[TUTORIAL FLOOR SIX: SILENCE OF THE NAMELESS]
Objective: Cross the Path without uttering a single word, name, or thought spoken aloud.
Special Rules:
• Speaking, whispering, or mouthing any language = instant death.
• Writing, signing, or symbolic language = forbidden.
• Sirens of Thought can read identity, intent, and emotional weakness.
The deeper your identity, the louder your mind becomes.
Wang Ling appeared inside a frozen obsidian temple, dimly lit by braziers that burned without smoke.
Yue stood beside him—her face pale, lips trembling. She instinctively looked at him.
He raised a finger.
Silence.
The floor beneath them cracked, revealing a path of stone bridges suspended over black void.
Floating above the path, twisted, translucent beings shimmered — eyes where mouths should be, hair flowing like ink underwater. They drifted like ballerinas through the air.
Sirens of Thought.
They pulsed in and out of form — hungry, listening.
One man three steps ahead gasped, "What the—?"
A Siren turned.
Tilted.
Smiled.
The man's body folded inward on itself like paper.
No scream. No sound.
Just gone.
Yue's eyes widened.
Wang Ling grabbed her wrist.
His grip firm.
No panic. No noise. No identity.
[Floor Mechanics Activated]
The Sirens do not detect your words.
They detect the weight of your sense of self.
Those who define themselves loudly... are eaten first.
Wang Ling exhaled slowly.
"So this is the Tower's ultimate cruelty."
"It kills not the strong… but the ones who still believe in who they are."
He took the first step.
The stone beneath his foot didn't shift.
The Sirens drifted nearby — but didn't react.
He was a void. A black mirror.
They crossed slowly.
Other players weren't so careful.
One girl tried to sign her name to her partner with her hands.
Gone.
Another wrote "HELP" in the air using her finger.
Gone.
A third merely whispered the word "Mom."
The Sirens devoured her mid-step.
Yue stumbled.
The Sirens turned slightly.
Danger.
Wang Ling held out a hand — flat, direct — stopping her.
She froze.
Sweat rolled down her cheek, but she didn't move.
He nodded once, then stepped forward again.
"Don't think."
"Don't feel."
"Just move."
Halfway across, the Sirens began to sing.
Not aloud.
Inside the mind.
A slow, cold hum — made of memories and old regrets.
Yue's breath hitched.
Wang Ling heard the voice too.
"They never loved you."
"You're still that discarded child."
"Wang Ling... even your death was an afterthought."
He didn't blink.
"The Tower thinks it can bait me with the past?"
"The past already tried to kill me."
[Passive Trait Activated: Frozen Core Lv.2]
All mental-based status effects reduced by 80%
Immune to Siren Song for 60 seconds
Achievement Unlocked: "Unmoved by Thought"
+10 AP
+1 Free Stat Point
Siren Aggro Resistance: PERMANENT
By the time they reached the final archway, Yue was sobbing silently, eyes full of tears, but she had not spoken.
He let go of her wrist.
She collapsed to her knees the moment they passed the last threshold.
He stared forward as the sirens faded behind them.
[FLOOR CLEARED – SILENCE MAINTAINED]
Time: 38 Minutes
Violations: 0
+2 Levels
+15 AP
Title Unlocked: Mind of Stone
+25% resistance to emotional manipulation
Aura now interferes with telepathy and mind-reading enemies
🩸 GLOBAL PLAYER STATS – END OF FLOOR 6
• Original Participants: 3.2 Billion
• Survivors after Floor 6: 49.1 Million
[Rankings – Tutorial Phase: Day 6]
1. Wang Ling – 420 AP
2. Aimee Hart – 181 AP
3. Haruto Shino – 167 AP
4. Yue Lin – 98 AP (Passive bonus: Floor completion with Wang Ling)
📦 ACHIEVEMENT SHOP – Tier 2 Unlocked
New Items Available:
• Mindbreaker's Crown (Passive Skill Augment): 350 AP
• Advanced Trait Refinement Node: 300 AP
• Memory Seal Token: 200 AP (Erase a specific memory from a target)
• Dominion Rune (Monarch-Only): 400 AP (Aura expansion, Fear stacking enabled)
Wang Ling stared at the Dominion Rune.
"Not yet."
"But soon."
[Tutorial Floor 7 begins in: 23:59:59]
Theme: Paradox Garden
Objective: Escape while trapped in a looping time corridor.
Every death restarts the floor.
Memory carries over. Pain increases.
Yue curled up against the wall in silence.
She didn't ask what the next floor would be.
She already knew.
Wang Ling sat beside the window.
The sky was darker again.
No stars.
"Five floors left."
"And then Earth follows us in."