The eighth day since the main event began.
Because most contestants had already reached Stage Four and obtained supplies from the merchants.
The elimination count had finally stabilized completely, and there were no more mass eliminations.
Of course, on another scoreboard that the contestants could not see, the gap between the upper and lower halves of the Earth Fire Desert had grown increasingly obvious.
Upper half: 469 people (251 eliminated) Lower half: 632 people (87 eliminated). According to the principle of equal distribution, both halves had started with more than 700 people.
Yet after eight days of eliminations, the gap between the two sides had already reached three times the size.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"Either the statistics are wrong, or the lower half started with far more people than the upper half."
Golden Giant Eagle Territory, temporary infirmary.
Faced with several staff members' reminder, You Li, who had just withdrawn from the main event, wolfed down the food on the table while instinctively retorting.
No one understood better than him how terrifying that Earth Fire Desert was! The extreme heat, the scarcity of supplies, and the endless stretch of sand that seemed to have no end.
Even without the disaster that struck once every three days, the combination of all the other factors was already a hellish trial.
"Besides, if those two profiteers hadn't been in the upper half, we definitely wouldn't have been eliminated this late."
Only after gulping down an entire bottle of water did You Li slow his eating and drinking.
Thinking back on the past seven days, it had truly been a nightmare he never wanted to mention again.
During Stage Two, Ma Er withdrew, and they used the points he contributed to buy fresh water, allowing them to hold out until Stage Three.
Then, during