"Whoosh—!"
Amid the howling wind, a cloud of sand swept past, blowing across the endless wilderness.
Luo Zhen stood in the sandstorm, moving forward step by step while scanning the surroundings. As he looked over the wilderness, his thoughts wandered to matters unrelated to his current situation.
"Is everywhere outside the Safe Zone in this world this desolate?"
That was a question he already knew the answer to.
After all, this world was set on Earth after civilization had been almost completely destroyed. Outside the cities, nearly everything was just as desolate as this.
Even where civilization had once existed, all that remained were various ruins.
Mutated creatures and unmanned robots were the monsters of this world, and players treated them as prey.
Now, Luo Zhen had entered this wilderness with a live-ammunition rifle, arriving at a training area some distance from Glocken.
However, Luo Zhen's so-called "test-firing" did not mean shooting monsters.
Given his current situation, once he left the Safe Zone and entered Outside the Safe Zone, there would be more than enough prey for him to test his gun on.
"It should be about right."
Muttering that, Luo Zhen took advantage of yet another gust of sand and concealed himself completely within the sandstorm. After darting onto a rocky hill, he went straight to its highest point and lay down there.
Then Luo Zhen took the rifle from his back, set it up in front of him, and aimed it toward Glocken City.
Over there...
"Hurry!"
"They should be just ahead!"
"Keep up!"
"Let's wipe that smug look off his face and see if he still dares underestimate us!"
Amid those shouts, figures began to appear.
They held all kinds of firearms and came from the direction of Glocken City. As they ran this way, sinister smiles