Preserving Yourself
Countless torrents intertwined and collided, fiercely battling each other, forming a complex and deadly three-dimensional maze of wind and fire covering an area of several kilometers.
The crimson and scarlet flames merged completely with the wind; the wind wall was also a wall of fire, and every violent change in the airflow triggered a chain of energy explosions.
The wind fanned the flames, and the fire, fueled by the wind, vaporized the dust in the air with its intense white heat. Streams of fire exploded wildly inside the wind wall, turning this airspace into a pure furnace of hell.
Lightning flashed and thunder roared, the wind whipped up the clouds, and firelight flickered.
The people of Zone 76 looked up; the light in the sky had dimmed, except for the approaching Storm Zone, which, illuminated by flames and lightning, presented a breathtakingly beautiful yet terrifying scene.
Even a tank made of alloy wouldn't last more than a few seconds inside; it would be shredded to pieces and then melted into liquid by the hidden flames.
Xi Ji and the others calmly watched the Doomsday scene outside the Sanctuary, then were enveloped by a precise whirlwind and ascended into the sky, while the Sanctuary sank into the ground.
Their level 6 Sanctuary defenses are no longer up to par with the pace of this level of battlefield; they're just a burden. At least a level 7 Sanctuary is needed to be effective.
Dust and rocks were swept up by the wind and fire, rapidly compressing and condensing around the Laboratory into several suspended, dense stone spheres.
Xi Ji and the others were then placed inside a larger stone sphere.
"Is this really something that can be caused by Attributes below 20?" Gao Fu, his voice hoarse as he gazed at the swirling blue and red light on the outer wall of the stone sphere.
Only by personally experiencing this overwhelming divine power did he gain a real understanding of Su Luo's strength.
"It seems like it hasn't reached 20 Attributes yet, but it's still too overpowered," Guizishi added.
"I have this feeling that the pros are playing a different survival game than us..."
"Think about the Forbidden Class you've encountered. Which of them played the normal survival game?"
Xi Ji Xi Ji a cigarette for a long time but couldn't; Su Luo had forgotten to give him oxygen.
A voice appeared out of nowhere.
"Come to my Laboratory."
Xi Ji, Duan Xinpan, Guizishi, Shi Yong, Jing Yunxin were carried away by the wind, leaving only Gao Fu, Jun Lebao, and Yin Haoguang staring blankly at each other inside the boulder.
The boulder slowly contracted and solidified, becoming hollow, just like the surrounding floating meteorites.
"Aren't you going?" Gao Fu asked.
"They're going because their abilities can be used for the greater good right now. Our task is to stay put, ensure we don't get eliminated, and maintain a full strength of ten people," Jun Lebao said calmly.
"Is this all there is?"
"That's the limit, Consultant Su."
Xi Ji pale, Jing Yunxin was continuously supplying him with pure life energy and Mana beside him.
"This is the strongest single-target mental amplification aura; if applied to myself, its effect is nearly doubled."
Su Luo felt the less than 10% but real increase in her mental Attribute and nodded slightly. The greater the difference in Attributes, the more difficult it is to increase them; this effect was already quite rare.
Xi Ji used his Talent to provide a boost to Su Luo, Jing Yunxin used her Talent to provide Xi Ji with Mana and stamina, ensuring the aura effect remained consistent.
A top-tier support and a top-tier healer serve Su Luo alone.
That was awesome.
"Come, come, this is yours." Su Luo turned and beckoned to Guizishi.
Guizishi stepped forward with a complicated expression, looking at the densely packed blue and red light spots on the platform.
"I'll provide you with the observation information. As soon as someone comes in, you deal with them decisively, understand?" Su Luo instructed, pointing to the operating system she had just casually created.
It would be a waste not to use Guizishi's Talent. Letting him control the Laboratory's Battle System would be far more effective than Su Luo trying to control it with her own attention.
"Clear."
"Duan Xinpan, use your Talent to assist him."
"Good."
"Alright, let's treat this as a matter to be dealt with." Su Luo nodded, saying no more, and focused most of her attention on the continuous strengthening of the external storm.
At this point, an hour had passed since the preparation phase ended.
Song Shige has begun to venture out to explore, and Su Luo's home turf has been initially established and will become stronger over time.
From the very beginning, Zone 76's strategy was not to proactively eliminate others.
Preserve yourself, eliminate the enemy.
The most important thing is to preserve yourself.
Then consider eliminating the enemy.
It's highly likely that the number of people in other areas is not the full ten.
Not every region can be like Zone 76, which was able to gather ten people to enter the first District War and survive the battle without losing any members.
One of the rules for this District War is: [The higher the team's score, the higher the final ranking; if teams have the same score, the ranking will be based on the remaining number of players].
Su Luo only needs to ensure that ten people survive until the time runs out, and she will most likely be number one.
Instead of running around fighting indiscriminately.
Since we have a natural advantage, we should make the most of it before considering eliminating others.
Victory is a foregone conclusion!
The path of survival is invincible; why borrow another's head?
Of course, after securing a good ranking, you can also try to eliminate areas to gain more points...
As for Song Shige, he won't die anyway, so let him out to fight and cause trouble.
It's a good opportunity to team up with the Caoyuanshi, Martial Dao, and stir up the situation outside.
With this thought in mind, Su Luo's consciousness flowed, and her senses Spread out like invisible tentacles.
The Trickster in the Mist Survival team is most likely still alive, but has disappeared somewhere; we need to find him. Those two in the Faithful Survival team inexplicably used their teammates to attack them. The Caoyuanshi in the Wilderness Survival is no slouch either...
The remaining six regions are by no means easy to deal with.
[Zone 3 has been eliminated; all remaining areas gain +1 point]
The system notification sounded coldly.
Oh, now there are five.
On the edge of the storm, the blonde woman Anna slowly reached her hand into the raging wall of wind and fire.
The rapidly spinning airflow cut her fingers like countless fine blades, leaving no white marks.
The dark red flames that followed clung to it like a malignant sore, Burn fiercely.
She quickly withdrew her hand, leaving a glaring scorch mark on her fair fingers.
As far as the eye could see, there was a desolate scene stretching to the horizon. A deathly barrier woven from wind and fire. The further in you went, the faster the wind blew, the hotter the fire burned, and the greater the danger became.
She abruptly turned to her companion, her voice laced with suppressed rage. "This is the target you so carefully chose? How are we supposed to break through this Fire Domain that engulfs the heavens and the earth?"
The man beside him shook his head slightly. "This isn't his power; it must be some kind of reward bestowed upon him by the Gods. Moreover, I can sense that his control over the storm is very low."
"Answer my question! This was a decision-making error on your part, wasting Lesser God blessing and a teammate. What's the next step?"
"The oracle revealed: 'Devil is being born amidst fire and storm.' He will eventually appear," the man said devoutly.
Blonde woman. "..."
Wait, is this guy really talking to me?
"So we'll just stay here and wait for the Devil to come out on its own, and then purify it?"
The blonde woman looked at her stubborn companion and asked, "Is there another possibility? Is the oracle warning us to stay away, not get closer?"