Blue Lantern's words indeed achieved the effect she wanted.
The faces of the four girls suddenly changed, and a wave of killing intent simultaneously emanated from their bodies.
The familiar shiver of being engulfed by hostility resurfaced, as Blue Lantern's sharp fingernails dug into her skin, goosebumps forming around the small wounds.
"Heh, don't misunderstand."
Blue Lantern wore a delighted smile on her face, "I didn't say I killed him.
After all, in this Lost World, belts cannot be stored in the inventory,
and we didn't carry any extra belts either."
Qin stepped forward, an electric saw materializing in her hand, and said coldly, "What exactly do you an?"
"I'm just saying,"
Blue Lantern spread her palms nonchalantly, "we encountered your little boyfriend and his companions at the elevator going from the 42nd to the 41st floor.
That was about half an hour ago.
But at the ti, both we and they were being chased by a tide of ch beasts, and we took different elevators, so I don't know where they are now."
"What?"
Qin's pupils shrank, just about to question further, when Eva interrupted, "There's an elevator between the 42nd and 41st floors?"
"There always has been."
Blue Lantern shrugged and said, "You wouldn't be unaware, would you? There are many passages between the levels of the Lost World.
So passages were created by Builders. Others were ford during construction by Builders, like broken pipelines and cracked ceilings.
There are also ones originally planned in the buildings themselves, like giant staircases and lifts, as well as elevator shafts.
So large elevators near the walls of the Lost World can still be used even now."
As if to prove her words, Blue Lantern glanced at Umibouzu beside her, who nodded, took out a black button from the inventory, pressed the button on the back, and it imdiately emitted a beam of light, projecting an image onto the wall.
The image seed to be from the perspective of a recorder worn by Umibouzu,
as Umibouzu and two others were being chased by a large group of ch beasts, fleeing through the 42nd floor of the Lost World, and finally escaping into a large building.
This building was made of dark tal, with walls decorated in hollow patterns, a circular floor, a dod ceiling like that of a birdcage,
over a hundred ters tall and as large as a football field, with a row of basin-sized buttons lined up on the inner walls, each printed with otherworldly text.
This was a super-giant elevator comparable to a skyscraper.
After pressing the buttons, the elevator first dropped a heavy door, blocking the ch beasts swarming outside,
then rumbled as the entire elevator car moved downward along a winding track.
During the descent, Umibouzu and his companions noticed another elevator on a separate track, within which so faint figures could be seen.
"Stop!"
Eva said in a low voice, and Umibouzu pressed the button, pausing the projection.
"Nina."
Eva turned to her companion, who nodded, took out a cara-like device, pointed the lens at the image on the wall, zood into corners, enhanced clarity, and analyzed it.
The other three mbers of Wind Chaser's seventh team gathered around, clearly seeing Ju Tianfu in the screen,
and several others with him in the other elevator.
One with wild hair and beard, tall and muscular, with a steady expression exuding an air of a heroic figure.
One was an elegant young man in a suit and gold-frad glasses,
another a sturdy man with a buzz cut in a black vest,
and finally a slender middle-aged man with a goatee, wearing a bamboo hat.
The four Wind Chasers instantly recognized them as the Guild Leader of the Burn Wind Guild, ranked 49th on the personal combat power list, [Strange Face Tornado],
Intelligence Analyst Bai Haozheng of the Special Affairs Bureau,
the Special Affairs Bureau's Long Xiang Bao Bian,
and the Guild Leader of the chanism Guild, ranked 37th on the personal combat power list, [Ju Zi].
The four people in the image also seed to notice Umibouzu and others in the adjacent elevator, turning to look,
but the next second, the two elevators' winding tracks bypassed each other, leading to different locations, separated by layers of walls.
Beep—
Umibouzu pressed the button, and the image was interrupted,
Blue Lantern looked at the four Wind Chasers and smiled, "The content after that was us being chased by the ch beast swarm, continuously escaping to this place.
See, I didn't lie to you."
Eva did not respond to her, and the four girls gathered to discuss quietly, with Nina, the one most skilled in IT, repeatedly confirming with her device that there was no tampering in that footage,
and analysis of the "rumbling" sounds in the image background confird that it indeed occurred nearly two hours ago, consistent with the rumbling they heard at that ti.
After discussing briefly, Qin raised her head to look at Blue Lantern, saying in a low voice, "Why tell us this?
There's no reason for you to help us, is there?"
"Is it not allowed for
to enjoy helping others?"
Blue Lantern smiled and said, "Your ultimate goal is to reunite with your companions and endure as long as possible in the scenario task, right?
From the elevator's tracks in the footage, you can see that your little lover Ju Tianfu's elevator is at the other end of the 41st floor,
and he's with two powerful players from the Special Affairs Bureau,
as well as two Guild Leaders from alliances allied with the Special Affairs Bureau, all seasoned experts, top contenders for the next match stage.
Reuniting with them will greatly increase your survival chances..."
"What do you gain from this?"
Eva interrupted, "Isn't the Exceptional Affairs Investigation Bureau from the Japan Islands closer to the United States?
Your relationship with the Special Affairs Bureau can only be described as average, it's not at the level where you could set aside disputes and collaborate wholeheartedly in the face of huge benefits, is it?"
Eva's underlying ssage was, "Aren't you afraid that after we reunite with Ju Tianfu, we'll co back for you?"
Hearing her query, Blue Lantern gave a slight smile and nonchalantly said, "You might as well consider it forming good karma."
The main reason Blue Lantern urged them to leave was because her candle tools, which could block the detection of ch beasts and security guards, would automatically enhance the blockage effect based on the number of people within the candlelight's coverage.
The more people there were, the shorter the candle's duration would be.
If Eva and her group could leave earlier, Blue Lantern and her group could have more ti to rest and recover.
As for whether Eva and her group would co back after finding Ju Tianfu...
The distance from here to the location where the other elevator arrives would take at least an hour and a half even with fast vehicles,
by the ti they co and go, they would likely have already left.
"So, what do you think?"
Blue Lantern smiled and said, "Even though a few players with Ju Tianfu have high rankings and decent strength, judging from their state on the screen, they don't look very good. They must have gone through a tough battle.
Now all the ch beasts on the 41st level and below have gone mad. Even they might not hold out for long.
If you head over now, you might still have ti..."
The words had barely left his mouth when Nina's wristwatch started to vibrate. Her expression changed dramatically, and she quickly pressed a few buttons on the watch screen, speaking a few words to Eva in so obscure language, likely Hindi.
Blue Lantern squinted and glanced at Yuyi Xinzhong beside him.
Yuyi Xinzhong, who had the [All Language Mastery·Beginner] skill, nodded and lowered his voice, saying, "They've detected a special electromagnetic frequency, which is likely from the Wind Chaser group seven specific communicator that Ju Tianfu carries.
The distance is within 2.5km."
What?
Blue Lantern's pupils contracted. It's one thing to coax the seventh group away, but it's another matter entirely if Ju Zi, Qi Mian Xuan Tian, Bai Haozheng, and the others get close.
True, the security guards in the area have gone collectively mad, attacking whether or not the players wear belts,
reducing one reason for players to attack each other,
but who knows, maybe Bai Haozheng and his group, to reduce potential competitors, might use their numbers to deal with Blue Lantern and his group.
Maybe I should just take out these four little girls here?
To prevent them from running away and exposing this location?
But there are ch beast swarms upstairs, and none of Blue Lantern's group are particularly adept at stealth assassinations. If a fight breaks out, it will certainly cause noise, damage the basent structure, and extinguish the candles,
attracting a ch beast siege while also possibly alerting Bai Haozheng's group from afar, prompting them to rush over...
As Blue Lantern's thoughts raced, Yuyi Xinzhong translated again: "...However, the communicators only linked for a brief mont before their distances widened beyond the 2.5km range, losing contact once more.
They are now discussing whether to send drones for scouting."
After a brief discussion, the four ultimately decided to first dispatch drones to the communicator's location to check the situation. Blue Lantern, after considering it, did not object—Nina took out two items called [Dragon-rising Style Support Drone],
These drones are highly modular, possess long endurance, charge efficiently, and fly stealthily and swiftly. They can be equipped with multiple modular setups, including Freezing Beam, laser strikes, micro-missiles, stealth module, etc.,
When equipped with the stealth module, even the frenzied ch beasts and security guards won't detect them.
Blue Lantern also wanted to understand the situation outside, so he slightly increased the candle's effect, instructed Umibouzu to open the basent trapdoor, and released the [Dragon-rising Style Support Drone].
Buzz—
The two drones activated their stealth feature, turning into faint shadows, clinging to the ceiling of the 41st level and slowly flying.
The drone's cara looked down, clearly seeing a multitude of ch beasts racing towards one direction,
Every few hundred ters, they could see differently featured security guards attacking ch beasts, much like drivers herding livestock, deterring the ch beasts from scattering.
"What on earth is happening to them..."
Nina took a deep breath, and under the basent crowd's watchful eyes, controlled the drones, gradually accelerating along the direction of the ch beasts' path towards the area where the communicator had appeared.
The [Dragon-rising Style Support Drone]'s flying speed is extrely fast, advancing rapidly underneath the ceiling,
but soon, Nina actively slowed the flying speed.
Ahead, dense and loud noise was emanating.
Sounds of shells exploding,
tal shattering sound,
Biological roars,
Building collapse sounds,
Ground shaking sounds...
Millions of sounds mingled together, not forming a rhythmic and pleasing symphony, but rather intertwining into a chaotic and disordered cacophony.
Continuous, steady, occasionally pausing, yet never stopping.
Nina felt a faint tingling on her scalp as she stared intently at the ultra-clear image on the control panel, turning the joystick to lower the two Dragon-rising Style Support Drones,
avoiding a dangling broken pipe from the ceiling,
navigating past a corner.
The view suddenly opened wide, and she saw it.
This is a battlefield.
The urban ruin, with only the remnants of high-rise buildings, looked like the skeletal remains of a dead Giant.
On the outskirts of the tropolis, dense black smokestacks, like chimneys, were scattered across the wilderness.
Due to the majority of the Lost World's interior wall ventilation systems being defunct, these black smoke columns extended upwards, growing undisturbed,
until they reached the ceiling, resembling thin pillars supporting the heavens and earth.
Causing the tal-and-concrete-constructed ceiling to be entirely shrouded in a dense black layer.
Below ground, it's a world of silver.
Vast, dense ch beasts, resembling a mighty flood, charged towards the urban ruins.
They varied in shape, so like donkeys, others like horses, elephants, lions, mice, and so defied description altogether, as if their creators, in a drunken frenzy, had drawn bizarre patterns on paper that even their sober selves couldn't understand.
Tens of thousands?
Hundreds of thousands?
Millions?
Even with the high-performance processors and intelligent programs of the Dragon-rising Style Support Drones, it was challenging to quickly distinguish the precise numbers of each type of ch beast.
Only one thing was certain,
The ch beasts covering the wilderness were all rciless killing machines.
The forgotten, abandoned Lost World, like a self-aware, bloodthirsty furnace, had, over the long years, erased most traces of the creator's civilization,
and was consuming all ch beasts—the like of those unskilled at slaughter, with dull claws, had long been completely eliminated in the fierce internal competition.
Every ch beast species remaining had evolved to the extre within their physical confines.
Their teeth could easily snap steel bars, their claws could effortlessly tear through iron, they didn't need to drink or eat, didn't need motivation or inspiration, knowing no fear, feeling no dread,
When a ch beast fell, every part of its body,
from limb joints, processors to energy engines, would beco "supplies" for its companions,
so ch beast species could even, amidst the battlefield, utilize wreckage to reassemble and fabricate new ch beasts.
Under normal circumstances, even top twenty-level players, when encountering a significant number of ch beasts, would only choose to fend them off, then retreat and withdraw.
The consequence of standing ground for a deathmatch is defeating one group of ch beasts, only to attract more, until overwheld by an endless swarm of chanical Wild Beasts.
Cold, efficient.
Those are synonyms for ch beasts.
But now, they are the ones being slaughtered.
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