Day 20 Inside the Barrier (Equivalent to 60 Years of Real-Time Training)
Lightning howled across the fractured skies as crimson bolts licked the mountaintops, casting jagged shadows across the battlefield. The second anomaly zone, aptly named the Zone of Broken Echoes, was unlike anything Chen Yu had encountered. Echoes of ancient beasts cried through the rift-ridden winds, and each gust carried whispers of old gods that had once ruled the realm.
Chen Yu groaned, coughing blood as he lay in the crater left by the colossal beast's strike. His armor—reinforced by void runes and chaos-forged steel—was cracked at the chest, pulsing with faint heat from the impact.
System Alert:You have taken 43% total body damage.Vital signs: Stable.Void Reserve: 12%Chaos Energy: SealedMana Regeneration: Accelerating…
"Perfect," Chen Yu muttered sarcastically, dragging himself to his feet. His legs ached, ribs fractured, vision blurred—but his will remained ironclad. He looked up.
