[Score Calculation Rules Revised: Kill scores are weighted by target threat level and contamination concentration; phase mission scores are calculated based on completion rate and contribution to clearing key contamination sources; defense zone integrity and personnel survival rate are important multiplier factors...]
[Calculating settlement...]
The lengthy rule explanation flashed past.
Then, deep within Zong Shen's mind, his personal settlement information refreshed like a cascading waterfall.
[Lord: Zong Shen1999514]
[Phase Two Final Score: 2185683089]
[Phase Score Weighting Coefficient: 3.58 (Contamination Clearing Contribution MAX/Defense Zone Integrity MAX/Key Target Kill Contribution MAX)]
[Score Details: Click to Expand]
[Phase Two Score Leaderboard Generating...]
That ten-digit number seemed like a star quietly burning within Zong Shen's mind.
That deathly silence appeared once again.
It was a silence colder than the millennia-old permafrost deep within the Eternal Night Icefield.
The moment Time Stop ended, that silence swept through every defense zone.
The subtitles representing real-time score calculations vanished from the light screens before everyone's eyes.
In their place was an immense dark-gold curtain stretching across the entire eternal night sky, so vast it was suffocating.
Like a book of judgment lowered by a creator deity, it radiated supreme majesty.
At the very top of the curtain, a line of dazzling words that seemed forged from molten lava burned brightly.
This was getting more and more over-the-top.
It was rapidly changing from a cool, high-quality online game into a cheaply made browser game with scrolling announcements.
Zong Shen rolled his eyes and couldn't help complaining inwardly.
[Phase Two Score Leaderboard — Top Five Announcement]
Immediately afterward, a string of numbers appeared in the top position, numbers that seemed capable of freezing everyone's souls:
[1. Zong Shen1999514 — Score: 2185683089]
Every digit seemed carved from the heart of molten lava, scorching light flowing across the lettering and reducing