"Sell them? You must be dreaming out of your asses!"
When Jiang Jiayou saw that comment, he cursed outright and immediately replied, making it clear that these weapons would absolutely not be sold to outsiders!
What a joke! These were all high-tech weapons!
And they were devastatingly powerful trump cards, the kind that would not be deployed lightly!
Their strategic deterrent value was even greater than their value in battlefield combat.
With these, they might even be able to study and reverse-engineer them to produce more weapons for national defense!
They also no longer needed to worry about any ferocious beasts descending on Country L. As of today, they finally had a better way to eliminate threats from beasts below S-rank!
"That power is terrifying!" Che Yisi exclaimed repeatedly.
Chang Jian nodded solemnly. Fortunately, his resolve had been firm and his stance unwavering, and he had not readily allowed himself or anyone else to touch the weapons. Otherwise, if one had accidentally gone off, the entire National Fortune Analysis Bureau base might have been destroyed!
"We have ten thousand weapons this powerful! Ten thousand!"
Jiang Jiayou was beside himself with excitement, feeling genuine joy and pride at Country L's strength!
Han Wenju suddenly said, "Now all that's left is to wait for Lin to finish the game and return to reality!"
"Exactly! This time, I'll go pick her up myself!" Jiang Jiayou felt that only by doing so could he express his respect and gratitude toward Lin Xiaoran!
Without her, how could they have obtained the world's only A-rank weapons?!
How else could Country L's points have repeatedly broken historical records, reaching an impressive four thousand?!
Although Heroic Spirits were the key to helping their Masters win, without Lin Xiaoran's summoning, there was no telling how strong the Heroic Spirit would have been. The two complemented each other!
But the entire nation knew that Lin Xiaoran was the most important one!
Because once this round ended, Issho would return, and when the second round began, Lin Xiaoran would have to summon a new Heroic Spirit.
Inside the game instance.
Lin Xiaoran did not immediately head to Andrei's location with Issho to end the game early.
Because she still wanted to use the remaining night to practice her swordsmanship and abilities properly, and learn more combat techniques from Issho.
Although only three nights had passed, Lin Xiaoran's sword swings were already beginning to look somewhat decent. During this process, she also made sure to combine swordsmanship with her gravity ability, developing more ways to use them.
"You need a good blade," Issho suddenly said.
"It's still too early for that. I'll just make do with this for now."
What Lin Xiaoran was currently practicing with was Issho's Cane Sword, which was reportedly one of the twelve Supreme Great Grade Swords.
But to Lin Xiaoran at this point, the quality of the blade was not that important. She was no great swordsman, after all.
Besides, Lin Xiaoran relied more on the Press-Press Fruit's ability to defend herself.
"I'll be going back tomorrow. Time really flies."
Five days was neither long nor short. To Issho, these five days felt like a vacation. He did not have to shoulder the crushing burden of justice or consider who was good or evil, who was right or wrong. It had been very relaxing.
Besides that, there had been all kinds of delicious food that left Issho reluctant to leave. He even wanted to take some back to eat.
"It's all right, Uncle Issho. Who knows? Maybe we'll have a chance to meet again someday."
Lin Xiaoran did not know, nor was she certain, whether she might summon the same Heroic Spirit again in the future, but that did not stop her from saying so.
"Haha, then I'll look forward to it!"
The two were in very good spirits, but for the others, the long night held nothing but endless suffering and worry.
Over at Andrei's location.
A dozen or so people listlessly leaned against the walls or simply lay on the ground, silent and saying nothing.
It was already past six, yet they did not have even the slightest appetite for dinner. They could only wonder why time was passing so slowly.
"Why hasn't Lin Xiaoran passed through here?!"
"She must have taken a detour!"
"Does she know we're waiting for her?"
"Know, my ass! Didn't you see that she even took out the A-rank beast?! She must have gone straight to the finish from there!"
"Damn it! Why won't she come here?! Then I could get it over with sooner!"
"Oh? You want to die? I can grant your wish."
"..."
The challenger who had spoken shut his mouth.
When they had learned during the day that Lin Xiaoran had dealt with the beast, they had been utterly desperate at that moment, so they had not feared elimination.
But after several hours, the fearlessness they had felt while mentally preparing themselves and waiting for Lin Xiaoran to arrive had long since vanished. Their desire to survive slowly rose again, and they began fearing elimination once more.
After all, who was not afraid of death?
The next day, they had no choice but to continue toward the finish, to meet Lin Xiaoran, whose name they had heard but whom they had never seen, for the final showdown.
Boom!
As they advanced, an explosion rang out through the fog.
Andrei instinctively opened the leaderboard. Sure enough, Lin Xiaoran's points had increased again.
It was as though the points from ferocious beasts mattered more than challengers like them.
[Hahaha, I want to laugh whenever I see Andrei looking like he has nothing left to live for!]
[Andrei: Lin Xiaoran, just come kill me already!]
[Lin Xiaoran: I'm earning points. Quiet.]
[Points Ran really loves her points too much!]
[One challenger is only worth 5 points, but one B-rank beast is worth 100! That's twenty Andreis!]
[All right, all right, Andrei's become a unit of points now too.]
[Whatever happens, today's the last day. Lin will be back soon!]
[Welcome back, Lin!]
After Jiang Jiayou arrived at work that day, he did not go to the command room. Instead, he met up with Che Yisi, Han Wenju, and Chang Jian, and headed to Lin Xiaoran's address.
They were going to pick Lin Xiaoran up in person!
Inside the game.
Lin Xiaoran effortlessly killed the final B-rank beast of this round with the Gravitational Beam Emitter, bringing her total to 4,510 points!
There were certainly other beasts outside the safe map area, but Lin Xiaoran could no longer hunt them, because leaving would get her eliminated from the game.
If not for that rule, along with the fact that Lin Xiaoran had to travel every day, she would have insisted on turning every beast on the entire map into points.
Before long, Lin Xiaoran and Issho reached the city center, the game's finish.
It was a large plaza roughly the size of a standard 400-meter athletics field. No fog obscured it, nor were there any other buildings within it. Only a gigantic silver trophy, five meters tall, stood alone at its center.
In other words, no matter how many challengers were still alive, once they arrived here, they would inevitably have to fight to determine the last one remaining and end this round of the National Fortune Survival Game.
Lin Xiaoran sat beneath the trophy, quietly waiting for Andrei and the others to appear.
[Here it comes! The final moment!]
[Clay chickens and pottery dogs! One shot will finish them!]
[Go, go, go!]
[The final victory is ours!]