The next day, at six o'clock in the morning.
At this time of day, the notification sound would normally be broadcasting the Novice Ranking in the sky.
But today, the sky above is utterly silent.
Only the celestial phenomenon of the sun and moon appearing together in the sky remains quietly high above.
"Ouch~!"
Outside the makeshift logistics dormitory, Mo Wan emerged with messy hair and sleepy eyes.
She looked up at the sky and muttered to herself in bewilderment.
"That's strange, did Tianmu Sky Curtain change his ways today?"
"Is the broadcast system broken? Why is there no sound at all?"
Hearing this, Lin Zhu, who was washing her face with a basin, rolled her eyes speechlessly.
"You call yourself a seasoned survivor? Did you not pay attention during your training at the Ninth Base?"
She pointed to the unusual phenomenon of the sun and moon appearing together in the sky above.
"The instructor already said that the calendar in the Barbaric Realm has a fixed 30 days per month, which is 360 days per year."
"And these so-called [Destruction Five Days] are five days independent of the calendar!"
"During these five days, the world's concept of time is, in a sense, frozen."
"Therefore, not only will the Sky Curtain not appear, but all system functions that rely on time-based calculations will also come to a standstill."
Oh~!
Mo Wan suddenly realized and slapped her thigh, "So that's how it is!"
"No wonder the calendar in the Barbaric Realm doesn't have the rule of 'thirty-one days,' where the days are always exactly 31."
"So they crammed all the extra days into these five days?"
Just as the two were chatting and reminiscing...
"Tap, tap."
Footsteps came from not far away.
Mo Wan her head and saw Jiangnan walking straight towards the edge of the fortress without looking to either side.
Behind him, Dusk, carrying a suitcase, stayed close by.
"Hey! Boss! Good morning!"
Mo Wan immediately waved and greeted her, "Where are you going to buy goods so early in the morning?"
However, Jiangnan seemed extremely busy and had no time to stop and pay attention to her.
He didn't even take out a note; instead, he went straight to the point and told her where he was going.
Under the watchful eyes of Mo Wan and Lin Zhu.
As Dusk fell, Jiangnan walked straight to the breakwater at the outer edge of the city wall.
At that moment, a new portal was twisting and taking shape on the sea surface.
"Meow!"
With a roar, the BOSS, whose body reeked of foul Black Qi, poked out a sheep's head!
"Whoosh!"
Jiangnan casually tossed the Three-Point Double-Edged Spear away!
"Pfft!"
A beam of light pierced through the black goat's forehead, killing the unfortunate boss instantly. His soul was extracted by the Human Emperor Lamp.
Jiangnan then ignored the sinking corpses and led Dusk directly into the teleportation portal.
Their figures disappeared behind the light curtain.
"..."
On the city wall, watching the effortless, scalping process that seemed as easy as going out to buy groceries, Lin Zhu couldn't help but complain.
"Boss, you're really... decisive and efficient."
"Other teams fight a boss with great difficulty, but this is just a one-sided slaughterhouse."
Mo Wan nodded in deep agreement. "That's right, you'll get used to it."
"Looks like the boss went into the Time Rift to find a great opportunity."
"Let's go to the cafeteria for breakfast."
"With the boss around, all we little sisters can do is lie down and cheer, that's all."
Lin Zhu agreed, "Okay, I heard they're pan-frying jellyfish in the kitchen today, they might be gone if we go too late."
So the two of them went to cook without any qualms.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the fortress.
The Clown, disguised as an ordinary soldier, did not make any rash moves.
He cautiously approached the army's temporary encampment and observed the situation.
In the center of the encampment.
The God of War Lin Bayi was standing on a high platform, personally recruiting candidates to explore the Time Rift.
The China military has always maintained an open-minded attitude.
This mission, fraught with danger but also with incredible opportunities, is open to all who wish to participate.
"Hidden within this narrow crevice are countless priceless treasures."
But it's also fraught with danger!
Lin Bayi was gripping the neck of a bizarre zombie-like BOSS covered in green fur!
"Once I kill it, the portal to this monster will temporarily open! You only have one minute to enter!"
"You need to think this through carefully. Is this your only chance in this lifetime to defy fate?"
"It's about choosing to enter and take a gamble, hoping for a meteoric rise."
"I'll choose to stay in the army and take it one step at a time these next few days."
"Whatever choice you make, I will unconditionally support you! Do you understand?!"
"Understood, Chief!"
The soldiers responded in unison, their voices shaking the heavens!
"Alright! I'll open the portal now! May you all have great luck in your martial arts!"
After saying that, Lin Bayi exerted force with his wrist, and the BOSS's neck was crushed!
Above his corpse, a portal immediately opened!
"Rush!"
Dozens of well-equipped soldiers, carrying guns, filed in.
The Clown, naturally, blended in discreetly into the crowd and crossed the dark gate.
After a moment of weightlessness.
The soldiers arrived in an abandoned city.
Directly in front of them stood two dilapidated Twin Towers.
The Clown looked up at the surrounding ruins, his brow furrowing slightly. "This architectural style..."
"It looks familiar, it seems to be..."
But before he could finish searching the memory bank, he was interrupted by an old soldier next to him.
"Shh! Everyone, spread out and take cover! There's danger ahead!"
The Clown, displaying impeccable professionalism, immediately obeyed the order.
He followed the small team of several dozen people, hiding behind bunkers in the ruins.
Following the squad leader's gaze, a figure was wandering on the ruined street about a hundred meters ahead.
He was a man dressed in tattered Middle Eastern clothing, carrying a travel bag.
However, his limbs were contorted!
"Sir, what is that thing?"
"They don't look like human survivors. Should we just shoot them?"
A sniper peered through his scope and asked for instructions, sounding puzzled.
Meanwhile, the imposter Clown, hiding nearby, noticed the Middle Eastern man's attire and the travel bag he was carrying...
His pupils suddenly contracted, and his body involuntarily trembled!
This wasn't fear at all; it was the stirring of his uniquely Eagle Country DNA!
"Don't hesitate! Fire! Fire immediately!"
"That's definitely a dangerous monster!" the Clown pleaded urgently.
The other soldiers knew the dangers of Destruction Five Days; they would rather kill the innocent than let any potential threat go unpunished.
The squad leader nodded decisively. "Everyone prepare! In three seconds, unleash concentrated fire!"
"3...2...1, fire!"
"Da da da da da!"
More than a dozen specially designed Assault Rifle opened fire simultaneously!
The bullet flew towards the strange man!
However, just as the bullet was about to hit...
The Middle Eastern man seemed to sense the danger.
It suddenly turned around, revealing a charred face!
"Roar!"
It roared.
Then, the figure became blurry!
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
His body was constantly teleporting short distances across the street!
He dodged bullet after bullet.
Instead of retreating, he grabbed the bag and charged towards the soldiers!
"Damn! This guy's the boss! Turn up the firepower!"
The squad leader roared.
"No! His teleportation speed is too fast! The specially designed bullets can't predict his landing point at all!"
The sniper was sweating profusely with anxiety.
The monster was now less than ten meters away.
"Since ranged attacks can't reach us, let's fight at close range!"
A burly assault soldier roared and drew his military dagger, charging out!
He activated his Supernatural Ability [B-Rank Fixed-Point Strike]!
"The next strike will definitely hit!"
The assault soldier leaped high into the air, his dagger transforming into a streak of light under the enhancement of his Supernatural Ability.
Die!
"Pfft!"
The chisel pierced the Middle Eastern man's skull, all the way down to the hilt!
"Haha! I did it!"
As the monster fell, the assault soldier roared excitedly, "I soloed a boss!"
The other soldiers who wanted to rush in to help breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
But the next second...
The boss, with a dagger still stuck in his head, started beeping from the travel bag he was holding.
It then flashed a dazzling red light!
"Fuck! It's a suicide bomber! Get out of the way!"
The Clown's scalp tingled as he roared!
But it was still too late.
"Boom!"
A fireball engulfed everything within a 30-meter radius!
The assault soldier, along with several soldiers closest to him, was instantly reduced to ashes in the self-destruction!
They sacrificed their lives.
But...
The boss, however, was not.
Just one second later.
In the still-lingering smoke and flames at the epicenter of the explosion...
Countless scattered dark red particles began to recombine towards the center!
The Middle Eastern man with the travel bag on his head...
They reappeared in the same spot!
Special Boss [Self-Destructing Ghost]!
After death, you can resurrect infinitely with full health, and each resurrection will cause an explosion!
"Damn it! This is the worst luck ever!"
Crawling behind a distant bunker, the Clown was covered in dust from the blast wave and cursed under his breath.
"Even if I were to intervene, I couldn't completely kill this monster!"
"This ability is too overpowered!"
The remaining soldiers were stunned and at a loss by the monster's resurrection mechanism.
Just as the Self-Destructing Ghost were about to launch another attack.
"Boom!"
"Hahahaha!"
This was accompanied by a burst of arrogant laughter.
A graceful figure descended from the sky and appeared before the Self-Destructing Ghost!
"Finally, I've found someone alive!"
The smoke and dust cleared.
Medusa accidentally entered the portal while chasing the Draconic Empress, got lost in the Time Rift!
She had been wandering around the ruins for a while, and was already quite upset.
Just then, I saw a fire in this direction. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that the soldiers were wearing China uniforms.
Medusa's eyes lit up instantly.
She assumed they were all from the Ninth Base.
If we rescue them and then go back with them, wouldn't we be able to continue our rampage at the [Ao Hai Casino]?
Once her card-playing urge kicked in, she completely forgot about chasing the dragon.
"You ugly freak who plays with bombs, how dare you act so arrogantly in front of me?"
Medusa didn't even glance at the Self-Destructing Ghost; she merely gave it a casual look.
"Buzz!"
A gray, petrifying beam of light erupted!
The [Self-Destructing Ghost] was petrified from head to toe into a statue, frozen in place.
Crisis averted!
"We're saved..."
Several surviving soldiers, having narrowly escaped death, collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.
Medusa walked confidently to the soldiers, tossed her hair, and asked smugly.
"Hey, you guys, are you from Ninth Base?"
"Quick, take me home! I'm going to win back all the money I lost yesterday, plus interest!"
"Uh... Miss, thank you so much for saving my life."
An old soldier wiped away his cold sweat and answered awkwardly.
"But we are not from Ninth Base."
"We are soldiers of the Eighth Legion New Deep Pool Fortress."
"What?! Not from Ninth Base?!"
Medusa's smile froze, then a look of disappointment appeared on her face.
"After all that, we saved the wrong person... It was all for nothing."
Do you know how to get to the Ao Hai Casino?
The soldiers looked at each other and shook their heads.
Meanwhile, the Clown, who had been hiding at the very back of the group, watched this scene with a heart full of turmoil!
"Instant kill! A true instant kill!"
"That super-class Self-Destructing Ghost can resurrect infinitely doesn't even have the right to self-destruct in front of this woman!"
The Clown was shocked.
"I never imagined that the China military had another trump card hidden besides the Dragon God!!"
The poor Clown, his cleverness backfired.
He never would have imagined...
He considered this thing in front of him as China's trump card.
A woman picking her nose in public, oblivious to everyone else, is not a true human being.
She even...
He was their supreme superior in the Desolate God Society.
Demon Snake Evil God Medusa, one of the twelve Evil God!
Medusa flicked the snack off her little finger and asked irritably.
"Fine, fine! I don't care which base you're from."
"Now tell me, how can I get out of this wretched place and go back?"
The squad leader respectfully replied, "According to the rules, in this space, we must personally kill a BOSS."
"It is necessary to open the portal back."
"Oh? You want to kill the boss, right?"
Medusa casually pointed to the stone sculpture of the Self-Destructing Ghost next to her.
"Isn't this guy good enough? Isn't it the boss? Just smash it."
"This..."
The squad leader swallowed hard, and said with lingering fear.
"This guy's ability is too strange. It might just be sealed by your ability, and not truly dead."
"If we smash the stone sculpture, and it breaks the seal and revives, then self-destructs, we might..."
Medusa thought about it and realized it made sense.
"Fine, then let's just leave it here as a scenic statue. I'm too lazy to unpetrify it."
Medusa clapped her hands, urging impatiently.
Actually, it wasn't that she didn't want to undo it, but rather that she simply didn't know how.
"Then let's find another normal boss to kill."
"Come on, you guys come with me, I'll protect you!"
The surviving soldiers exchanged glances, all revealing expressions of ecstatic joy.
In this perilous and precarious Time Rift, having such a high-level combatant by your side would definitely increase your chances of survival dramatically!
"Thank you, sir! We will listen to you!"
Thus, this peculiar combination team was formed.
And so began their journey to find the new boss in these ruins...