In a room equipped with a one-way mirror, Chu Jun and Li Xiu were looking at a person in the room through the one-way mirror.

In that prison-like room, the walls, tables, chairs, beds, even the sheets and cups were all black.

The people inside were sitting on chairs, staring at the tea cups on the table, mumbling something in their mouths without knowing what they were talking about. The voices were too low to be heard clearly.

Li Xiu and Chu Jun watched for more than half an hour. The man just stared at the cup and muttered for more than half an hour. Except for his body shaking weirdly like Parkinson's disease, he didn't even stand up.

Pass.

"Mr. Chu, he has always been like this, except when eating, drinking and sleeping." The Hongsha City official who accompanied Chu Jun said with a smile.

"Can we go in and talk to him?" Chu Jun asked.

"Of course, but he is crazy and can't understand human speech. I'm afraid it will be difficult to communicate." The official said and took Li Xiu and Chu Jun to the door of the room and asked someone to open the locked room.

Door: "Please."

Li Xiu and Chu Jun walked over, but the man ignored them and continued to sit in front of the table and muttered.

"Apa, someone is here to see you." The official shouted to the man, but the man still didn't respond.

"Mr. Chu, I'm really sorry. He's just like this. You can ask whatever you want. If you're lucky, he might say a few random words. If you're not lucky, he won't even answer you." The official said.

Li Xiu and Chu Jun looked at each other. Li Xiu walked to the side of the man and looked at his appearance.

He was a handsome young man in his twenties, but in his eyes, Li Xiu could not see a trace of vitality that a young man should have. He only saw emptiness, death and deep fear.

Li Xiu didn't ask him anything, he just knelt down and got closer to listen to what he was talking about.

"One hundred and eighty-nine thousand six hundred and forty-seven thousand seven hundred and sixty-four...one hundred and eighty-nine hundred and sixty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty-three..."

After Li Xiu heard clearly, he found that he had been counting, counting one number at a time. According to his speed, it would take more than ten seconds to count such a number, and the intervals were irregular.

Obviously, the numbers he counted should not be used for timing.

But apart from keeping time, what else could it be used for? What on earth was he counting?

Li Xiu followed his gaze and looked at the cup. It was a pure black cup with no patterns on it and nothing for him to count.

"One...two...three...four...six..." Li Xiu didn't ask him anything, but tried to count beside him.

After counting a few, the man suddenly turned to look at him, smiled and said: "You counted wrong..."

"Where did I count wrong?" Li Xiu asked.

The man did not answer him, but turned to look at the cup and continued to count. His memory was surprisingly good, and he continued to count the numbers just now.

Li Xiu also continued to count down his numbers and increased his voice. His voice had already drowned out that person's voice.

But that person was completely unaffected by him and continued to count by himself. Li Xiu listened for a while and found that his interference was of no use at all. The number of people was not bad at all.

"One hundred and seven... one hundred and nine..." Li Xiu deliberately missed a number.

"Wrong... you are wrong..." The man turned his head again and smiled at him with a grin, which was a bit scary.

"What will happen if I make a mistake?" Li Xiu asked.

The man ignored him and started counting again.

"Sir, you can try to ask something else. Maybe he can answer you." The official said with a smile.

"No, let's go." Li Xiu stared at the man for a while, then got up and walked out of the room.

"Sir, are you really asking no more questions?" the official looked at Li Xiu with some confusion and asked.

"No need, he's gone crazy like this, and I can't find anything out if I ask." Li Xiu looked at the official and asked, "Did he say anything before?"

"The information has been handed over to Mr. Chu, and everything he said has been recorded in the eucalyptus. You can check it," the official said.

"Okay, let's go." Li Xiu and Chu Jun left this prison-like place together.

"Why don't you ask more?" Returning to the place where they stayed, Chu Jun asked with some confusion when he saw no one around.

"If I could ask something, the experts in Hongsha City would have asked it long ago. No matter how much I ask, I will never be more professional than those experts." Li Xiu said.

"Then what do you think? Do you still want to go to the Gate of Purgatory? I think it's better not to go. When I saw this person, I was a little scared and felt very bad." Chu Jun said.

"No, I want to go to the Gate of Purgatory." After meeting this man, Li Xiu had already decided that he wanted to go to the Gate of Purgatory.

It is certain that the test at the Gate of Purgatory has nothing to do with physical fitness, but is related to the brain. Such a test is very beneficial to Li Xiu.

And he vaguely felt that the trial at the Gate of Purgatory might be related to the number of people.

"In that case, according to the original plan, we will arrange for you to go to the Gate of Purgatory tomorrow. In three days, our family will go to Red Sand City to complete the transaction. If nothing happens, you should be able to come out before then.

"After Chu Jun finished speaking, he still felt a little uneasy and said: "I always feel that that person is weird and has an uneasy feeling."

"Don't worry, since someone can come out alive, I will definitely be able to come out alive." Li Xiu comforted Chu Jun with a smile.

"That's right, it should be okay if it's you." Seeing that Li Xiu had made up his mind, Mr. Chu said nothing more.

After a night's rest, early the next morning, the officials who received Li Xiu and Chu Jun yesterday took them into a bus and took them out of Hongsha City along a road toward the mountains.

And go.

The bus went round and round along the winding mountain road. The road was not well built, narrow and dilapidated, with potholes and puddles in some places.

Several times, Li Xiu thought the bus was going to drive out of the mountain road, but in the end it just turned a corner.

Fortunately, Li Xiu's mental quality and physical condition were both good, otherwise even if he was not knocked unconscious, he would probably have a heart attack again.

The bus went down one mountain and then up another. When the sun reached the top of our heads, the bus finally stopped at a mountain col.

The official got out of the car with two men dressed as soldiers, and said to Li Xiu and Chu Jun in the car: "We can only walk the next road, the road has not been built yet."

Li Xiu picked up his backpack and got out of the car with Chu Jun. They left the road and walked towards the mountain path next to it.

Although the road was difficult to walk, for the trialists, such a road was nothing. An hour later, several people arrived at a simple base built near the mountain.

There was an electric fence blocking the outside of the base, and there were soldiers in full armor guarding the inside. The official took out the pass, and the soldiers inside let them in.

Led by officials and an officer from the base, Li Xiu and the others walked through the base and took them to a cave behind the base.

In the deepest part of the cave, there is a black stone door embedded in the rock. The door is black, without any patterns or carvings on it. If it were not for the seventy-two grooves, it would be difficult to find that it is a trial door.

If you look at the door, you will just think it is a smooth rock wall.

"Mr. Chu, this is the Gate of Purgatory." The official said panting and wiping his sweat. After such a journey, his fat body was a little overwhelmed, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.

Chu Jun nodded, glanced at Li Xiu, then walked to the stone wall and took out a small bag from his arms. After opening it, there were about three carats of rubies and sapphires inside. It seemed that the gems that opened the door to purgatory were.

It was produced by Chu Jun himself.

According to the information provided by the Lord of Red Sand City, the Gate of Purgatory cannot be opened using trial badges, only gems.

Li Xiu didn't say anything. Even if these gems came from Hongsha City, they were obtained through the Chu family's transaction. He still owed Chu Jun's favor, so there was no difference.

"Bring people here." The officer greeted, and some soldiers led a group of dozens of people with guns over to the gate of Purgatory.

Seeing Mr. Chu stop what he was doing and look at those people, the official said with a smile on his face: "Mr. Chu, there is no limit on the number of people in the trial at the Gate of Purgatory, and each person's trial is separate.

There is no influence on each other. It is a bit of a waste if you only enter one person here. Do you think I can also enter a few people here?"

What he said seemed to be a plea, but in fact, there was no room for Chu Jun not to agree. Everyone was ready. Even if Chu Jun didn't agree, once the door opened and they ran inside, Chu Jun could still stop them.

Chu Jun looked at Li Xiu, who nodded slightly. Chu Jun said nothing and continued to put the gem into the groove.

Thirty-six rubies and thirty-six sapphires are inlaid on both sides. The quality of those gems is quite good, and they all exceed three carats. The price of opening the door to purgatory is quite high.

When all the seventy-two red and sapphires were inlaid, all the gems lit up by themselves, and the two doors were dyed blue and red respectively by the brilliance of the gems.

With a bang, the two doors slowly opened, revealing a gap.

There was no light coming out of the gap, which was a bit different from the trial door Li Xiu had entered before. It was pitch black inside and nothing could be seen.

Even though Li Xiu wore the Mirror of Darkness on his face, he could still only see a depth of black.

"Sir, please." The official made an inviting gesture to Li Xiu, urging him to hurry in.

If Li Xiu doesn't go in, it's natural that those in Hongsha City won't be able to go in either.

Li Xiu looked at Chu Jun, who said, "I'll wait here for you to come out, and we'll go back together."

"Okay." Li Xiu nodded slightly and walked towards the dark door.

After Li Xiu entered the door, the officer asked the soldiers to drive all the dozens of people in. After a while, the door slowly closed, with a loud bang, completely cutting off the world inside from the outside.

In a white room, Li Xiu was looking at everything in the room.

This room is about the same size as the dark maze room. They are also white rooms. The difference is that there is no door in this room.

The whole room was like a big sealed box, with nothing but Li Xiu.

Suddenly, a light screen appeared on the wall, and the familiar cold voice also sounded at the same time.

"Welcome to the Purgatory Gate Trial Field. The S-level trial is about to begin. The rules are as follows: Survive until the end of the trial."

There is only one rule: survive until the trial is over, and there is nothing else.

There is no time limit, no rule limit, and no project, just survive.

As the countdown to the trial ends, the trial has officially begun.

Li Xiu stood in the room and waited for a long time, but nothing happened. The white room was eerily quiet.
To be continued...