"Beep. Round two complete. Countdown to round three: 9 hours, 59 minutes." "Reward for this round: 2 points."
"Fuck, why so little?"
"Wasn't it twelve hours?! Why is it back to less than ten?!"
When the notification ended, He Zheng froze with a cigarette between his lips. Beside him, Zhang Tie looked bewildered.
A moment later, An Ke's somewhat weary voice came from behind them.
"Because the difficulty's been locked. Naturally, we can't get the extra 50% reward anymore. If the difficulty hasn't doubled, why would the reward increase?"
"As for the time..."
"The countdown doesn't start when the round ends. It starts when the round begins. You fought for two hours, so naturally, those count toward the next round."
He Zheng's expression changed at her words. He turned to look at An Ke as she approached from behind.
"They can fucking count it like that?! Doesn't that mean we're getting screwed?!"
Seeing how furious and frustrated he was, An Ke couldn't be bothered to respond.
But despite his anger, He Zheng soon came to terms with it.
The rewards might have shrunk, but seven rounds would still add up to somewhere between ten and twenty points.
If they'd gotten greedy and refused to lock the difficulty, the team would have been wiped out long ago. Apart from Ye Lin, probably none of them would have survived this long.
"Forget it. As long as we get out alive. Fuck, earning more is useless if we're dead."
He Zheng grumbled a little more, then put it out of his mind, completely unaware that Huang Liang had shuddered on the watchtower.
Fortunately, a moment later, Huang Liang remembered there would still be a final settlement reward. His gaze hardened with resolve, and he continued shooting zombies, as though he