Prehistoric? Choose the crocodile and survive until version T0.

After Lin Ye reached the summit, his voice reached everyone's ears.

"Ding! This season has ended. The next season is about to begin! Ten seconds left!"

The moment the countdown to the settlement reached zero, the whole world was silenced.

Lin Ye stood on the last ruin of the Triassic Field, with cracked swamp mud beneath his feet—the territory he had guarded for an entire season.

The light curtain stretching across the dome in the sky trembled violently, followed by a deep, soul-stirring buzz that pierced the eardrums of all the contestants.

The next second, a line of large, scarlet words exploded on everyone's retinal screen—

[System Announcement] The Triassic season has ended. Season 2, "Early Jurassic," has officially begun.

[Global rules are being reshaped...]

[Map iteration rate: 100%]

[Biological evolution rules are being adjusted—please note the following announcement if you are a survivor]

Lin Ye didn't rush to look at the panel. What he sensed first was the air.

A warm, humid wind carrying the sweet, fishy smell of humus swept over me.

The ground beneath my feet was undulating.

Vines, ferns, and horsetails taller than a person burst forth from the soil, growing taller, sprouting leaves, and coiling at a visible speed.

Space is being reconstructed, and the distant horizon is being swallowed up by layers of dark green, colossal forests.

Those are gymnosperms—an ancient relative of cycads, ginkgo, and pines, each leaf as rough as a knife edge, and the canopy blocking out the sun.

The system announcements continued to refresh on the screen.

[Map overlay complete]

• Core topography: Mild rainforest (45% coverage)

• Expanded terrain: Extensive swamp (30% coverage)

• Highland topography: gymnosperm forest (coverage 25%)

[Changes in environmental parameters]

• Atmospheric oxygen content: 32% (an increase of 14 percentage points from last season)

• Prehistoric vegetation growth rate: +300%

• Swamp methane concentration: High risk (new environmental damage assessment).

Lin Ye squinted and took a deep breath.

Oxygen content: 32%.

This means that insects will swell to an exaggerated size, the power of fire-type abilities will double, and stamina consumption will be greatly reduced.

But what follows is the rampant growth of vegetation that obscures the view, the swamp currents that swallow your feet, and the ever-present threat of apex predators that could emerge from some dark corner at any moment.

This is a season of stealth, ambush, and endurance.

He clenched his paws—no, he clenched his fists.

Even after possessing the body of the crocodile for so long, he still occasionally forgets his current appearance.

But it doesn't matter, the body has changed, but the mind hasn't.

Now comes the main event.

[Season Balance Adjustments - Global Announcement]

An attribute gap table popped up simultaneously on the retina screens of all players.

Lin Ye glanced at it, and his pupils suddenly contracted.

Weakening Items (Applicable to all bound players except those with special exemptions):

1. Base attributes reduced by 30%: The four base values ​​of strength, agility, neural reaction, and cell activity for land and marine organisms are all multiplied by a coefficient of 0.7.

2. Skill cooldown time increased by 50%: The base cooldown time of all active evolution skills, racial talents, and gene skills is increased by 50%.

3. Evolution speed halved: The efficiency of accumulating evolution points by killing creatures is reduced by 50%, and the experience requirement to unlock new nodes in the evolution tree is doubled.

The instant the announcement popped up, Lin Ye heard it—not from the arena, but from the voices of the overseas players in the system channel.

"What the f——"

That was the voice of the new North American contestant, "Thunder King" Jansen. The second half of the sentence was directly censored by the system as harsh noise.

"By the God of Luck!" A voice with a British accent exploded in the public channel. "Our European team's synergy has been shattered! The five-person combo skill originally required each member to bear 15% of the load, but now everyone's stats have dropped by 28%, resulting in a total load shortfall of over 70%—has the game designer lost their mind?!"

"Baka!"

The sound of keyboards being slammed echoed in the Japanese and Korean region's channel, followed by three consecutive piercing disconnection alerts. Someone was mentally broken.

Lin Ye licked his lips, his gaze falling on the small print at the bottom of the weakening announcement.

The system uses a font that is not very conspicuous, but cannot be ignored if you look closely.

Dragon Kingdom Division - Forest

Judgment: Belongs to the swamp creature category. All talents, evolution points, and combat attributes from the previous season are retained at 100%, and are unaffected by any version nerfs.

The public channel was silent for a full three seconds.

Then it exploded.

"Impossible!" The survivor from the Brazilian region exclaimed, his voice trembling. "Why can one person escape being weakened globally?!"

"The system is bugged!" The Australian player immediately started a live stream, and on camera, he angrily kicked over a piece of dead wood in the swamp. "I want to file a complaint! This is racial discrimination!"

"Calm down and look at the reasons for the exemption..."

A Nordic female contestant's voice coldly interrupted, carrying the unhurried indifference characteristic of Nordic people.

The channel went silent for a moment again.

Lin Ye ignored the commotion on the public channel and a dangerous smile slowly crept onto his lips.

In the new season, all players' base attributes have been reduced by 30%, and their evolution efficiency has been halved. This means that in a version where the overall difficulty has increased, their starting point is higher than at the end of last season.

Moreover, the swamp and rainforest terrain was a map he had practiced countless times in the Dragon Kingdom training camp last season.

This is his home turf.

He looked up; the system screen was displaying real-time data from other regions.

"North American Region Overall Strength Forecast: Down 46.8% from Last Season"

"European Team Synergy Efficiency Rating: A+ → C-"

"South American rainforest home advantage player: André Silva, whose base attributes are still above average after the nerf, but the increased skill cooldowns suppress his burst cycle."

"East Asia Region: The average strength of the remaining Japanese and Korean players has fallen below the S2 participation threshold, and they are urgently appealing."

Meanwhile, in the commentary hall of the Dragon Kingdom on the other side of the world, the three commentators stood up at the same time.

"Wait—" the commentator's voice trembled, "What am I seeing? Lin Ye wasn't weakened? All his attributes are intact?!"

The commentary booth erupted in cheers.

On the data panel, a line of green data quietly lit up, like a shot of adrenaline piercing the hearts of all the viewers in China:

"Overall combat strength fluctuation in the Dragon Kingdom region: -1.2% (The main reason for the fluctuation is the overall increase in weight due to the weakening of the Forest Exemption)"

The nation's fate has been stabilized.

Lin Ye turned off the control panel.

My gaze passed through layers of giant ferns and gymnosperms, and looked toward the distant swamp shrouded in mist.

He could hear the hissing of giant insects coming from the depths of the swamp, and the rustling of some six-meter-long amphibian dragging its tail through the mud.

A new species. A new prey.

He took a step forward, the soft humus beneath his feet creaking.

"New season," he said softly, but the public channel in the system channel picked up the sentence and translated it into hundreds of languages, broadcasting it to the world.

I feel like I can't continue writing the first season, so I'm ending it and starting a new season with new characters.

At the same time, I wrote a new book, "Doomsday Car Team," in which I became a god by relying on the favorability of beautiful women. It's about the Doomsday Car Team and is related to beautiful women (those who know, know). Those who like to read can take a look.

Also, it hasn't passed the initial test yet. I glanced at the follow-up reading and it's not bad. I'll write it first and see how it goes. If I add an extra chapter, it will be yesterday's chapter.