Round two? Ensure the nascent form descends, and lock the difficulty?
When the announcement ended, everyone froze. After reading the updated objective, excitement surged through them!
It worked. It actually worked!
They did not know why the second round had appeared after Frank completed option one, but it meant their approach had been right.
Locking the progress probably referred to the monster's evolution. Once it finished evolving, the difficulty would be locked at the level of the earlier zombie horde. Not only that, the Mutants would stop fusing, too!
But...
They watched "Roger" eat faster and faster, even beginning to devour other zombies on his own.
All of them tightened their grips on their weapons, unease flickering in their eyes.
He had now become their greatest threat.
Even if they would have to face something similar later, and encountering him now was the optimal outcome, no one knew how powerful he would become once his evolution was complete.
"Ye Lin, we need to be careful. If he's too strong after evolving, we'll retreat first."
"He seems to have learned to seek out zombies to eat. Our next challenge will most likely be killing him, or escaping his pursuit. But as long as the difficulty gets locked, the situation will still be favorable enough for us."
Speaking rapidly, An Ke raised her wrist and urgently warned Ye Lin.
She trusted him not to be overconfident, but she feared he would aim for a higher rating.
The system had not mentioned whether the monster needed to remain alive after descending.
That meant killing him once he finished evolving would surely earn them the highest possible final rating!
Before Ye Lin could reply, Frank, who was closest to the horde, abruptly stood up and stopped concealing his presence.
He shouted urgently to Huang