20. The First Team

At 19:30, on a Metal Bridge checkpoint in the outskirts of Grizzly City.

Grizzly City residents packed the area, lining up for inspections and clogging the road for a long stretch.

The 5-Person Squad had gathered together. Two of its combatants, S Hound and S Brown Bear, were with the NPC forces they had assembled, keeping the NPCs in line.

The squad leader, S Lion, was discussing the current situation with the young Yellow Hair, S Fox, and the Glasses-Wearing Programmer, S Hamster.

S Hamster held up his laptop and turned it around for the other two to see a pie chart. "We've gathered 1,830 NPCs so far. Of those, 1,250 can fight, while 580 are family members with no combat ability."

"Among the combatants, there are 978 civilian NPCs, 192 Public Security Officers, and 80 members of the Umbrella Rescue Team."

"As for firearms, every non-combatant has a handgun, while each combatant has one to three guns, including at least one Submachine Gun."

"With this many combatants, plenty of ammunition, and Public Security Officers and Umbrella rescue personnel among them, once the First Team enters the game, we can surround and wipe them out. The odds of taking them all down are over 70%!"

"No matter how strong they are individually, it's hard to resist a sea of modern weapons."

At that, S Hamster pushed up his glasses and added, "Of course, that assumes the First Team doesn't have affiliated forces behind them, and that we can find them."

"We've analyzed this before. Our Team 2 entered the Game at 8 a.m., while Team 1 entered at 8 p.m. The Sterilization Operation will destroy Grizzly City at 8 a.m. the next day."

"The Game lasts 24 hours. Since the First Team enters only after half the Game has passed-12