"Hey, fuck? What the hell is this!"

Su Yan's fingers swiftly slid across his phone screen, suddenly cursing out loud, "I'm playing a game! Why the hell is there an ad popping up! Which idiot app is causing this!"

The sudden pop-up covered Su Yan's entire phone screen.

Close it, operate quickly!

Five kills, crystal explosion!

Then, game over.

"Huh? How did I lose?"

Su Yan looked devastated, blaming that stupid ad for popping up at a crucial moment and messing up his operation.

"Let me see which app dared to offend a user like this, you..."

Su Yan searched his phone but found nothing. As he looked up, he was stunned.

[User confirmation successful.]

[Identified as the world's first "confirmed" user, granted a unique special permission, effective upon the activation of "Endless Road."]

["Endless Road" will launch globally after a one-minute countdown.]

[Good luck, please survive.]

Su Yan stared blankly at the transparent interface in front of him, waving his hand through it.

He couldn't touch it, but it hung right there in front of him.

In the empty rental room, it was just him and it.

"Technology has advanced so much, even ads are this sophisticated now?"

Su Yan mumbled, getting up to drink some water, trying to calm down.

No matter where he went, the transparent interface remained in front of him.

The one-minute countdown in the bottom right corner flashed in red, making his heart uneasy.

"What on earth is this?"

"What is the Endless Road, and what does it mean to survive..."

Su Yan suddenly realized he might have just casually closed something important.

As the countdown reached zero, Su Yan was shocked to find his arms and legs disintegrating, turning into a dazzling rain of light.

"Wait! What did I just close!"

"Can I see it again, just one more time..."

An endless darkness enveloped his consciousness, like a dreamless sleep.

When Su Yan's consciousness awoke, he was astonished to find himself standing on a deserted city street.

The sky was gray, the atmosphere desolate, and everywhere he looked was a scene of ruins, like a city abandoned after a great war.

"Wasn't I just disintegrated?"

Su Yan quickly checked himself, phone, cigarettes, change, underwear, his little brother... everything was intact.

"At least I'm not missing any parts."

Su Yan breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up to see the transparent information box still hanging in front of him.

[Welcome Earthling, to the "Endless Road"!]

[Death Racewalk, cannot stop.]

[Monsters everywhere, endless.]

[Don't ask how long you can survive.]

[Until death.]

"Hmm..."

Su Yan seriously read these lines, remaining silent for a long time.

Finally, he spoke.

"Can I see the first notification again?"

"The one I closed..."

Su Yan's tone was sincere, with a hint of embarrassment.

No response.

No answer.

"Alright, alright, I'll figure it out myself."

Su Yan sighed. If he could do it over, he would read every phone notification carefully.

Su Yan tried waving his hand and found he could actually move and close the prompt in front of him. After dismissing the notification, he widened his eyes.

"Hiss!"

"What kind of game have I entered?"

Su Yan was surprised. His surroundings hadn't changed, still a deserted city street with cars overturned, buildings tilted, and a dim sky.

But in his view, several fixed transparent light-colored messages were distributed in different areas.

In the top right corner of his vision were three flashing special symbols: a card shape, a flag shape, and a skull shape.

In the top left corner was Su Yan's own large avatar, with a long progress bar below it, and a "..." style communication icon next to the progress bar.

Looking down, Su Yan saw a 180-second countdown number floating on the ground, seemingly reminding him of something.

From his perspective, this was clearly a unique view of some game character.

But who would dare use a living person to play a game!

What kind of cyber horror is this!

"180 seconds, not much time..."

Su Yan muttered.

He quickly realized the importance of the time limit and needed to understand the situation as soon as possible.

Su Yan looked up and tried clicking on the various icons on the left and right of his view.

Starting with the first [Card Icon], Su Yan raised his hand to touch it, and a new transparent interface quickly popped up.

Like a painting unfolding before him, red and black mingled, and a massive altar appeared in front of Su Yan, resembling some kind of gacha pool interface.

Above the altar floated six different text labels: Supply Card, Equipment Card, Talent Card, Skill Card, Trait Card, Servant Card.

The altar was entirely black, with five of the floating text labels in blood red.

Only the [Equipment] text label was in color.

"Let's give it a try."

Su Yan reached out and touched the most prominent [Equipment] text label.

The altar quickly twisted, swallowing the [Equipment] text label, and a new information interface popped up.

[User currently possesses "First Pull" special privilege!]

[First Pull - Special Privilege]: The only privilege on the Endless Road; the user's first draw using the "Sacrificial Altar" each day is free and guaranteed to obtain a "Legendary-grade" card.

"Suddenly thrown into a survival game, and I'm playing gacha?"

Su Yan rubbed his chin, scanning the entire interface, noticing a few lines of small text below the altar.

[User Notice:]

[The Sacrificial Altar produces six types of cards, drawing requires consuming "Blood Coins."]

[Every 100 Blood Coins allows one draw.]

[The higher the card grade, the stronger the card effect.]

[Card Grades: Basic Card (N), Excellent Card (R), Rare Card (SR), Epic Card (SSR), Legendary Card (UR).]

"Blood Coins..."

Su Yan recalled the information about "monsters everywhere," muttering, "Kill monsters to earn Blood Coins, then draw cards to strengthen myself?"

"Can I exchange my own blood for Blood Coins to draw cards?"

"Forget it, I have a free first draw, why am I thinking about this."

Su Yan shook his head, reaching out to touch the altar, tentatively speaking, "Draw?"

[User confirmed draw, this time is free.]

[Confirm card category: Equipment.]

[Drawing...]

As the prompt appeared, a blood-red light surged from the black altar, enveloping Su Yan in a mass of blood light, then quickly condensed into a dazzling blood-red card.

The card was about palm-sized, entirely crimson with gold edges, slowly rotating in front of Su Yan.

One side of the card was engraved with a silver prism-like object, while the other side was marked with the deep words Legendary (UR), dazzling and eye-catching.

"Pretty cool..."

Su Yan reached out, touching the card, and information about it appeared before him.

[Judgment Crystal]: Legendary Equipment - Weapon Type.

[Card Description]: This equipment card can provide the user with different types of "Combat Lore," each use of the card can load one "Combat Lore," and the user in the "Combat Lore" state can gain corresponding combat strength, experience, and skills.

[Combat Lore (Owned)]: Martial Arts Master (Rare-grade Lore), Mad Priest (Rare-grade Lore), Dread Hunter (Rare-grade Lore).

[Martial Arts Master]: Activating this lore grants the full strength of a martial arts grandmaster, including combat experience, techniques, inner qi, etc.; but does not change one's appearance or physique.

[Mad Priest]: Activating this lore grants the full strength of a dark clergy member, including combat experience, divine arts, faith energy, etc.; but does not change one's appearance or physique.

[Dread Hunter]: Activating this lore grants the full strength of a non-human creature (Dread Hunter), including combat experience, instincts, talents, etc.; changes one's appearance and physique to a certain extent.

[Combat Lore (Not Owned)]: 7 remaining "Blank Combat Knowledge" slots available for containment, new combat lore can be extracted after killing creatures, old combat lore can be replaced at any time.

[Card Durability]: Legendary-grade card, can be used infinitely.

[Card Trading]: Legendary-grade card, cannot be traded, cannot be lost.

[Card Information]: When this card collects 10 types of combat lore abilities not lower than Epic-grade, it will automatically unlock "Shining Form," allowing simultaneous loading and compatibility with 10 types of combat lore; and gain the unique special ability of the Shining Card "Judgment and Containment."

"A growth-type card?"

Su Yan raised an eyebrow, his eyes filled with interest.

As a seasoned gamer, he understood this kind of data introduction at a glance.

[Judgment Crystal] is a Legendary-grade equipment card, but it's not a weapon or armor; it's a card that strengthens the user through the [implant] effect, also understood as a [transformation].

The stronger the implanted combat lore, the stronger the user's power, and this card has immense growth potential, theoretically allowing Su Yan to possess 10 types of Legendary-grade combat lore simultaneously.

In simple terms: the peak state of this card can be equivalent to at least ten Legendary-grade.

"This must be top-tier even among Legendary Cards, right?"

Su Yan couldn't help but smile, admiring the card in his hand. Just as he was about to try using the card's specific effects.

Suddenly!

A scorching sensation came from beneath his feet.

It felt like stepping on a volcano, the burning pain made Su Yan jump up.

"Hiss hiss hiss! It hurts!"

Su Yan was startled, quickly dodging a few steps forward, looking back at where he had just been standing with uncertainty.

The ground was unchanged, but the countdown floating on the street had disappeared, replaced by a new message.

[This round of "Death Racewalk" has begun, do not stop.]

[Stop, and you die.]

Su Yan looked at these words, feeling the scorching pain brewing under his feet again.

"Damn it!"

Su Yan's expression changed, hurriedly stepping forward.

His feet still hurt, the previous sting wasn't an illusion, it was real damage.

His soles were bleeding, his shoes were ruined, he wasn't moving fast, but as long as he didn't stop, there were no new warnings.

Su Yan had figured out what was going on, the gacha was just an incentive, the real purpose was the Death Racewalk, stop and you die.

But if you keep walking, will you survive...

Probably not!

"Woo..."

Terrifying howls came from the buildings on either side of the street, Su Yan vaguely sensed terrifying shadows flashing through the buildings, and the air began to fill with a pungent stench.

"Gulp."

Su Yan couldn't help but swallow, recalling the prompt: monsters everywhere, endless.

The monsters... were coming!

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