A Sudden Turn for the Worse

Bai Zhi is quite clear about some things.

From the very beginning, their goal was never to kill as many of these variant as possible. After all, these things are impossible to kill completely unless someone of them can actually carry hundreds of nuclear bombs in their Inventory to wipe out the entire world, or drop a Two-dimensional Foil into the world to create Dimensional Strike. Otherwise, what they are doing is simply a waste of time.

In this environment where the whole world is against them, all they can do is survive; as long as they can hold out, victory will be theirs.

Although the situation looks very promising right now, and it seems like we can easily get through the remaining hour and a half, anything can happen before the final result is known, so it's essential to conserve our energy.

--This is not some excuse that Bai Zi makes for himself to slack off.

The unexpected happened about 50 minutes before their return.

Just when OriginDeficit thought he had the game in the bag, looking down at the raging sea of flames, he was stunned to see more than a dozen large vehicles arrive in unison.

"Optimus Prime is here... No, wait, those excavators, bulldozers, and fire trucks are alive! They're here to put out the fire!!"

Startled, OriginDeficit immediately shouted loudly.

After Bai Zhi returned last night, he specifically ordered them to destroy all the streets and roads near the hotel and block them all. At the time, they didn't quite understand Bai Zhi's order, since such a small amount of stuff couldn't possibly stop the onslaught of those variant.

But now OriginDeficit understands.

If the roads hadn't been blocked, the fire trucks would have arrived at the scene in the shortest possible time to extinguish the fire. Fire Hydrant Fire Hose would have also been Life, and being fully automatic, their efficiency goes without saying.

If that's the case, then all their hard work last night will have been for nothing. That's why Bai Zhi specifically asked them to damage the road.

Even so, looking at the dozen or so large excavators and bulldozers working in front of the fire truck, OriginDeficit couldn't help but feel an extreme sense of danger.

Excavators and bulldozers were rapidly clearing the road, while fire trucks followed behind, extinguishing the fires along the way. All sorts of Fire Extinguisher were deployed, and thousands of Shovel were being wielded simultaneously... The scene was truly spectacular.

The hotel faces the main street, with a residential area behind it. The residential area has been completely burned into ruins, but on both sides of the street in front, more than a dozen bulldozers and fire trucks are working simultaneously, along with hundreds and thousands of different types of Fire Extinguisher and thousands of automatically swinging Shovel...

Based on their speed of clearing the road and extinguishing the fire, their fire defense line would be rendered ineffective in a maximum of 20 minutes.

"Are there still so many cars? Clearly, it's impossible to destroy all of them in one night..."

Looking at the large vehicles lining both sides of the street, Bai Zhi couldn't help but feel a slight toothache.

"I'll clear out those large vehicles. Fireworks of Romance and Li Tong, you two, blast away those Fire Extinguisher and shovels!!"

As he spoke, Bai Zhi took out the Silver Reaper, which was taller than a person, and placed it on the wall.

With his left eye slightly closed and his right eye aiming, a moment later, accompanied by a muffled thud, an excavator that was swinging its Shovel to dig through the road suddenly Explosion, and the flames from the Explosion even affected many Fire Extinguisher nearby.

As Elite Level weapon, the [Silver Reaper] has no other special features; it is simply a weapon of pure violence and destruction. With its seven-fold damage multiplier, it directly destroyed an excavator.

Then, the Corn Cannon operated by Fireworks of Romance arrived. Although it couldn't compare to the Silver Reaper in terms of firepower, it had the advantage of being a group attack.

One Corn Cannon went off, instantly killing quite a few Fire Extinguisher, shovels, and Shovel... but even more came from afar.

If you stand on high ground and look down at the city, you can clearly see that the fires that have broken out in various parts of the city are being brought under control.

--As time goes by, more and more Inanimate Things have acquired their own Life.

Soon, from the sea of fire below the hotel, the first group of beings, unaffected by the flames, emerged.

Hammers, Steel Ball, steel plates, gold... Flames posed no threat to them; instead, they inflicted a burning buff on them. They broke through the barrier of the sea of fire and began to climb toward the rooftop.

God knows why these things can climb walls.

"Fireworks of Romance, Li Tong, you go back to your own walls and guard them. OriginDeficit, World's End Singer, you take over controlling the Corn Cannon!!"

Looking at the dense mass of things climbing up the wall below, Bai Zhi waved his hand and poured a large bucket of Lubricating Oil he had found and dissolved at the store down the wall, while simultaneously speaking loudly.

These Eerie Thing arrived much faster than he had imagined.

Seeing this, Fireworks of Romance and Li Tong gradually realized the seriousness of the situation. Without saying anything, they put down their Corn Cannon and hurriedly returned to their defensive lines.

--Yuan OriginDeficit and World's End Singer replaced their previous positions.

"Uh... what about me?"

Seeing that everyone else had something to do, while he stood there alone, leaning on his crowbar, looking rather foolish, Chang Xi couldn't help but ask him what was wrong.

"You're the firefighter; you need to fix anything that goes wrong as soon as possible."

While continuing to use his [Silver Reaper] to target and clear the bulldozers and excavators, Bai Zhi spoke without turning his head.

"Patiently watch out for the West Pavilion Gardener. We don't know where Gelina is hiding, and she might very well come out to cause trouble at this time. If the West Pavilion Gardener is tied down by Gelina... the Tian Kong defenses are yours."

"Wait, your plan is indeed correct, but I can't fly! How am I supposed to defend the Tian Kong?"

After hearing Bai Zhi's arrangement, Chang Xi was immediately dumbfounded.

"While I do possess some anti-air capabilities, there are so many..."

"I don't care. Everyone is working hard, do you think you're the only one who wants to slack off?"

He then blew up another bulldozer with a single shot, and with his eyes half-closed, continued searching for his next lucky target. Bai Zhi slightly pursed his lips.

"If you're really going to do that, put your hand on your conscience. Can you live with yourself?"

"... I'll give it a try."

With a slight twitch at the corner of her mouth, Chang Xi looked up at the Tian Kong, put the crowbar aside, and reluctantly reached into her Inventory to pull out a Blank Scroll.