Everyone's playing as a roguelike, starting with an extra Mythical Relic.

Based on the classification method of the gate realm mentioned by Xiao Men, the reward for completing the Pink Divine Light Trial [Perfect and Flawless] is definitely the highest.

Moreover, this trial did not seem difficult for Chu Yang.

"The premise is that you don't encounter monsters that can break shields..."

After a moment's hesitation, Chu Yang stood within the pink divine light and accepted the trial.

A notification sounded: "You have accepted the pink epic trial [Perfect]. The trial will be completed when you clear the next three battle gates without losing any health."

"Gate number three is open. This checkpoint will close in 48 minutes..."

Chu Yang walked towards the location where Gate 3 was open, while simultaneously casting [Shield Blessing].

The three gates of light at Gate 3 each have a different icon.

The skull on the left represents a simple battle gate, while the icon of the light gate in the middle is a gate-shaped symbol with a leaving arrow pattern.

The pattern on the right is also a skull, but unlike the skull on the left, this skull is significantly larger, and its eye sockets radiate a dangerous, menacing light!

The small door explained again: "The central light gate is the [Escape Gate]. Entering this gate will pre-calculate the score for this [Gate Domain] and allow you to evacuate from the [Gate Domain] back to reality."

"The portal on the right is the [Hard Battle Portal]. Inside, you'll encounter even more difficult battles, but the rewards will be better. The treasure chest icon under the skull indicates that the reward for completing the level is a relic."

Chu Yang would definitely not choose to evacuate early. Although he now has a shield of 17000+, he still feels it is not safe enough.

Moreover, given that he possesses the [End Barrier], there's no reason for him to retreat at this time.

Therefore, his choice is quite obvious—[Difficult Battle Gate]!

He felt no pressure at all during the previous "Easy Battle Gate," and had no idea how difficult this so-called "Difficulty" would actually be...

For the next forty minutes or so, Chu Yang continued to stack shields.

Just as he had released it countless times, stacking his shield value to over 21000, he suddenly heard the notification sound from the small door again.

"A flash of inspiration! Your [Shield Blessing] skill has evolved. Please choose one of the following three evolution options."

Evolution Effect 1: Shield duration increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds.

Evolution Effect 2: Shield gain increased from 100 to 200.

Evolution Effect 3: Shield gain is reduced from 100 to 50, but you will gain 100 health points restored.

Humans' racial talent is to increase the probability of skill evolution, and with Chu Yang's frequent use of it, the evolution of [Shield Blessing] was not too surprising to him.

Of these three evolution effects, 1 and 3 can be ruled out. He doesn't need to increase the shield's duration, and he probably doesn't need this healing ability either.

Evolution Effect 2 doubles his ability to stack shields, making it his only choice.

After the evolution, [Shield Blessing] becomes [Shield Blessing+].

When Chu Yang decided to step into the [Hard Battle Gate], his shield value had already reached 29000+.

"[Orc Race - Tier 1 Gate Domain] (3/10)"

"Rescue the humans imprisoned by the bat people and lead them out of the Blood Bat Cave."

"The more humans you rescue, the higher your evaluation."

"The time limit for the level is six hours."

Upon hearing the mission description, Chu Yang didn't have time to analyze the mission details.

Because his current location makes him feel very insecure.

He was currently in a deep underground cave, and with the help of the faint glow of the fireflies on the surrounding stone walls, he could only barely see things within a meter or two.

More importantly, there was a figure standing just over two meters in front of him!

Chu Yang immediately took a defensive stance. If the other party's head hadn't looked like an animal's head, he might have launched an attack directly.

"Don't attack! I'm human, an Earthling!"

Suddenly, a woman's voice rang out in the darkness, but the person who spoke was not the one standing in front of Chu Yang.

There are other people here!

"Me too!"

"Me too! I'm an Earthling too!"

"..."

Such sounds appeared one after another. Chu Yang counted them in his mind and confirmed that there were at least five other humans besides himself.

They, like themselves, were Earthlings who had entered the [Gateway].

Encountering so many humans from Earth in such a dimly lit cave obviously made everyone feel much safer.

Soon, everyone gathered at a spot where the fluorescent light on the wall was particularly bright.

One of the fire mages cast a fire ring spell, and in the ten or so seconds of firelight, everyone could see their own faces clearly.

There are seven people gathered here: two women and five men.

Then everyone introduced themselves.

The oldest was an uncle in his fifties. In reality, he was a doctor, and his profession in the fusion was also physician. His surname was Wang, so everyone called him Uncle Wang.

The youngest is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl who is still in high school. Her fusion profession is archer, and her name is Zhang Man.

The other woman, the one who just cast the Fire Ring spell, is a lawyer in real life and a fused fire mage named Zhao Baining.

The man who had been standing in front of Chu Yang was named Zhou Yuan, and his profession was beast tamer. At this moment, a robust white wolf was crouching at his feet.

The other middle-aged man was named Xu Yuanlong, who, like Chu Yang, was a Shield Guardian.

The last person standing on the outermost edge was a male college student in his twenties named Sun Hong, whose fusion profession was thief.

Of the seven people, all but the greatswordsman are present.

After everyone lamented how drastically the outside world had changed and how dangerous the [Gateway] was, they turned their attention to the mission.

The little girl and Uncle Wang suggested that everyone act together, as they felt it would be too dangerous to split up in such a dark place.

Zhao Baining, however, wanted to split into two groups: "Look at the passage in this cave, it's too narrow. If the seven of us move together, it will be inconvenient. If we encounter danger, we won't be able to escape."

"Moreover, judging from the size of this system map, this cave maze is probably quite large. If we act together, we might not be able to find the exit in time."

Zhou Yuan patted the white wolf beneath him and said, "This cave is indeed a bit narrow. Even where we are standing is quite cramped. Besides, if we split up, we can rescue more people, right?"

Xu Yuanlong wanted to go together, while Sun Hong wanted to split into two groups. In the end, Chu Yang also suggested that it would be better to split into two groups.

With a score of four to three, the seven players ultimately chose to split into two groups.

Among them, the group consists of four people: Physician Wang Bo, Archer Zhang Man, Shield Guard Xu Yuanlong, and Thief Sun Hong.

Chu Yang, Beast Tamer Zhou Yuan, Fire Mage Zhao Baining, plus Zhou Yuan's white wolf as a team.

After walking along the cave passage for about ten minutes, the seven people and one wolf encountered a fork in the road.

The two groups decided to split up here and agreed that if one group found a way out of the cave, they would return a section of the way and leave a mark at a specified height on the wall.