Lin Yuan, Research Institute 3154, and the others returned to the safe zone to rest and prepare to take on the Crawlers together.
According to Research Institute 3154's arrangements, Lin Yuan would be the main fighting force in the final circle.
Research Institute 3154 and the elites from the other major organizations, along with top unaffiliated players like Rock Bear, Rose, and Bai Ling, would provide support from the sidelines.
As for everyone else, they could only stand around doing nothing, just like Lilia.
Still, Doll Girl could rely on her immortality to watch from the front row of the final circle.
The other ordinary players could only watch from far away on the outskirts.
On a stage of this caliber, there really was nothing they could contribute. They could only leave their fate in Lin Yuan's hands.
Thus, when the ordinary players noticed that Lin Yuan's entire group had returned to the safe zone to rest, they knew the final showdown was about to begin, and most quietly followed them back.
This battle would decide whether everyone lived or died. At this moment, the other players inevitably lost interest in hunting Transcendent Creatures and instead focused entirely on the coming battle involving Lin Yuan and the others.
For a time, a rare silence fell over the Instance that had been bustling with noise just moments before.
Half an hour later.
Lin Yuan stretched his arms and legs, confirmed that he was in perfect condition, then stood and looked toward the center of the Instance.
During that half hour, he first used "Emergency Repair" to restore the health he had lost in the earlier battle, then took "Explore the Sea" out of the Divine Artisan Forge and fused three D-rank cores into it.
In the process, he also used