Hell's Handbook

Chapter 291: Mere Mortals

Some teams had no idea what the Ceremony of the Gods was, but that wasn’t the case for everyone. Team Boning Knife was obviously horrified. In short, anyone who died in this Challenge would be dead for good.

The clown held his hands out in a shrug and smiled at everyone. “So finally, welcome one and all, to an Earth Level Challenge, the Island of Mistakes! The only goal is to survive three days on the island. The side quest is to kill other owners, and you will get one point per person. Use of Spirit Power and items are all prohibited. Your physical bodies will be restored to its state before you became owners.”

“So… have a good trip, everyone! Oh, by the way, each of you will be randomly sent to a different part of the island, so you can’t work in teams this time.”

Immediately after he said that, the floor beneath their feet suddenly broke apart like it was merely a piece of glass. They started falling rapidly toward the Island of Mistakes.

“Damn it! We’re just mere mortals now! If we fall from such a height, we’re definitely going to die when we land!” muttered Wu Chen. Most of them had a look of despair in their eyes as well. But most of the strategists remained calm. They knew that the Handbook wouldn’t kill them all before the Challenge really began.

And just as they had expected, after free falling for a short while, their bodies were enveloped in a bright flash before disappearing. They were being teleported to the island itself.

When Su Jin opened his eyes again, he found himself in a forest.

The first thing he did after getting to his feet was to find a place to hide. He wasn’t sure if he was in a safe place, and he didn’t have all those abilities he used to have anymore. Any monsters that existed in the Handbook could kill him easily.

He had just hidden himself for a few seconds when he heard screams from afar. A few more followed after that, but they stopped in no time. It was clear that some unlucky ones had been teleported to a dangerous place and died almost immediately after that.

“Are they serious about killing us all this time?” A rare look of helplessness appeared in Su Jin’s eyes. Surviving this island as a mere mortal for three days was impossible. And even if he was lucky enough to survive, what about the rest of his team? He had three women in his team, so they were in a more dangerous position.

“I hope everyone survives!” Su Jin clenched his fists. He wasn’t going to give up, no matter what happened. He had been separated from Ye Yun for so long and had just been reunited. He didn’t want to be separated from her again.

In a different part of the island, a man appeared. Immediately after he appeared, a few swift and aggressive monsters appeared. In most cases, this man would be considered an unlucky one, and he was definitely going to die.

But the man didn’t panic. He used his palms like knives and struck the monsters a few times. The monsters quickly collapsed and breathed their last. The man had actually killed them all within seconds.

“Su Jin… excellent, we meet again.” The man had a cruel look in his eyes, but a maniacal smile on his lips.

Meanwhile, killings were happening at different parts of the island. Out of the 36 owners that had descended on the Island of Mistakes, a certain number were destined to die immediately. The most unlucky one fell straight into the mouth of a volcano. They were burned up before they could even figure out what was going on.

Su Jin moved slowly through the forest. He initially thought of hiding in the forest, but he realized that the forest was definitely a bad place to hide. The forest was filled with many predators, and the screams he heard earlier were probably the sound of owners being caught by these predators.

The monsters here came in weird shapes and forms, but they were all very formidable fighters. But what frightened Su Jin the most were the bugs in the forest. He figured that he could still hide from those monsters or fight them, but there was no way he could deal with the bugs in the forest.

There were centipedes that looked more like bullet trains, mosquitoes that were as large as helicopters, carnivorous cockroaches that resembled tanks: every one of these were enough to break Su Jin both physically and mentally. That made him quickly realize that if he stayed in the forest any longer, he would end up like those screaming owners in no time.

Thankfully, the forest wasn’t that big. He climbed up a large tree and discovered that the forest was surrounded by a rocky area. If he could find a cave around there and camouflage himself, perhaps he could seek shelter there for a period of time.

He moved very carefully and dared not do anything to raise suspicion. But being careful did not guarantee his safety. He soon realized that the path he was on was blocked by a group of bees that were all as large as motorcycles, and that was the only path he had.

These bees did not live in a beehive, and upon closer inspection, he realized that these things weren’t really bees. These monsters resembled bees, but where their legs should have been were human arms and hands.

Su Jin narrowed his eyes and noticed that the bees were crawling about on the ground. A human corpse was among them, and it was none other than Kevin, the man who had questioned the clown earlier.

“Those screams just now… was he one of them?” Su Jin didn’t know what to do now. These bees were blocking a path that had probably been cleared by some giant monster before this. If he didn’t go down this path, he would have to go through the densely forested areas. He did consider doing that, but after taking one look at those areas, he realized he could never get through them. Those areas were exactly where all sorts of monsters lived and bred. If he walked through those areas, he was going to end up dead in less than ten minutes.

He had to think of a way to get these bees out of the way. He was already very close to the rocky area. Taking a roundabout route would be a waste of time and too dangerous as well.

Su Jin did not act rashly and patiently waited to observe the bees some more. He quickly noticed that these bees seemed to be blind. They did not have anything that looked like eyes on their bodies, but he couldn’t be too sure. Their eyes could very well be in some completely unexpected location.

He picked up a stone and flung it toward the front of one of the bees. After the stone landed, the bee immediately dashed over and swallowed it in one mouthful.

“Was it the sound? Or the vibration?” Su Jin was now sure that the bees were really blind. When the stone flew over, the bee did not react at all. But once the stone landed, the bee had dashed over.

“In that case, let’s set up a trap.” Su Jin removed his jacket, picked up several stones, wrapped them in his jacket and hung it on a tree.

He tied the sleeves into a butterfly knot, then tied a long vine to one end of the knot. He held the other end of the vine and moved in the opposite direction. Once he was sure he was far enough from the jacket filled with stones, he licked his lips, then pulled on the vine hard.