Countless monsters from alien armies rushed forward one after another. They were then slaughtered in the midst of heart-wrenching roars.
There were many alien species trying to charge forward, but they were all blocked by the raised shadow cage.
Finally, large-scale bombings broke out. The dust raised by the explosions was more than 20 meters high. It buried all the corpses in the instant of heavy impact.
The whole process was like a blockbuster movie that was completed in one go. It was so exciting that it gradually returned to silence.
Five hours.
It took a full five hours to successfully resist the fourth wave of attacks.
There was silence in the squares of each small world outside the instance.
After a long time, someone finally reacted and sighed. “Too… really too strong.”
The moment these words were spoken, the whole crowd started to boil.
“God Lou! It must be God Lou! Is this the true power of an old god?”
“With such strength, he still can’t pass the final instance… hiss.”
“I actually feel like it is no longer a competitive thing. Given the strength of this instance, it is already pretty good for the people inside to come out alive.”
“It isn’t just God Lou! Captain Chi! No, I should call him God Chi! If I remember correctly, these phantoms seem to have superpowers!”
“S*it, these phantoms can also use superpowers?!”
“Did those members of the Dawn team really come out of an instance? How can they be so strong?!!!”
During the third wave of monster attacks, most people also watched the battle scenes of these top teams. They were also extremely shocked, but in comparison, they still couldn’t feel as exhilarated as they felt at this moment.
As the instance progressed, many people had already captured a lot of information from the conversations of the Dawn team. They were extremely shocked, but they gradually accepted the reality that the people of the Dawn team might’ve really come from the doomsday world in this instance. However, why this happened was still a mystery. This made it difficult for everyone to come to a conclusion on whether these people were humans or NPCs. They were also looking forward to the arrival of the final moment of revelation.
At this moment, the players paying attention to the progress of the instance from outside only had one thought in their minds. Fortunately, these people from the Dawn team were in the instance, or they might really be wiped out. At least now, there was still a glimmer of hope.
In fact, other teams in the instance also had this thought for a moment.
On the other hand, looking at the contribution values on the current standings, they exchanged looks, and all they could do was let out a helpless, bitter smile.
If the spontaneous cleanup by the Dawn team at the beginning of the instance was real cleanup, then the teams that stayed behind now had really become a complete background board.
They thought that with such a huge number, it would be a fierce battle even if they only dealt with the alien species that escaped through a gap. Unexpectedly, from beginning to end, they didn’t even touch a single monster.
In comparison, the Prisoner, Seven Seas, and Jazz teams, who were on the flanks, did manage to score some points.
Once the whole world became quiet again, the contribution value of the Dawn team exploded just by relying on this wave of income. They ranked first by a huge margin.
Lou Yueren was almost clinging to Chi Ting as he was helped back to the safe zone.
No matter how carefree and unrestrained he had been on the battlefield before, he relaxed at this moment and was suddenly overwhelmed by a strong sense of exhaustion. Except for the corners of his lips that were still clearly curved, his entire face was frighteningly pale.
Chi Ting actually felt a bit regretful.
He had promised Lou Yueren not to attack rashly at first, but facing such a huge number of people, it seemed unnecessary to keep his promise just now. He still had to move around and help out to some extent.
Just looking at Lou Yueren’s appearance, he really did let himself go and killed people to his heart’s content. However, he was now completely exhausted, and he finally felt the pain.
After all, the entire five hours were almost his personal show. With such intensity, one could imagine how exhausted he was.
Even if it was Chi Ting himself who fought alone throughout the whole process, the result wouldn’t be certain.
However, looking at Lou Yueren’s current smiling face, he seemed to be in a very good mood.
It was confirmed that he was a masochist.
As Chi Ting was thinking this, he looked up and saw the people waiting for them not far away.
The others watched the return of the Dawn team. They saw Lou Yueren, who was hanging onto Chi Ting, and their expressions were somewhat complicated.
Chi Ting wasn’t interested in guessing other people’s feelings. He wanted to send this person back to rest as soon as possible. He was concise and to the point. “So, everyone should’ve seen clearly how to better reduce the degree of alienation when there isn’t support from the healing system.”
Lang Xuelin nodded. “I see. Make sure there isn’t too much close contact, right?”
Chi Ting nodded. “Almost.”
Such an answer made Lang Xuelin smile bitterly.
To be honest, this theory was understandable but it was a completely different matter when it came to battlefield application.
He Yuanqing’s focus was on another matter.
Of course, he had seen Lou Yueren’s fighting style before, but it had been a long time since he had seen this guy go crazy. After observing for a while, he pointed at the half-dead figure hanging on Chi Ting’s shoulder and asked, “Captain Chi, how is he now? He won’t die from overwork, right?”
Hearing this, Lou Yueren finally raised his head slightly. “Can’t you look forward to something good?”
The voice was quite low and hoarse.
Chi Ting glanced at him with a smile. “It’s okay. Old Song is here. Just go back and rest.”
As he was talking, he finally remembered something and turned around to look at everyone present. “If you aren’t in a hurry to rest, please stay here and wait for me. I will send him back soon. Now… there might be something else I need to do.”
Xi Qinxin replied, “Go ahead. We will all be here.”
Everyone present was actually very tired, but no one said anything after hearing what Xi Qinxin said.
Everyone was tired, but no one was in the mood to have a good rest.
Chi Ting nodded and started walking again.
He glanced back once more as he walked. Once he was far away, he asked, “Do you think these people seem a bit different?”
“That’s normal.” Hua Qianmei smiled. “The top teams, the tip of the pyramid, have long been accustomed to being surrounded by people and are absolutely confident in their own strength. In this case, they must have more confidence in themselves than a small team like us that came out of nowhere. But now it is different. After experiencing the beating of life, they are naturally content. People always have a mentality of admiring the strong.”
This statement was quite insightful, but Lu Nanling added coldly. “Strong people are indeed easy to be admired. On the other hand, they are also easy to become the target of public criticism.”
Hua Qianmei smiled and spat at him, “Can’t you hope for something good?”
As they were talking, the group had already arrived at the door of the lounge.
Once Chi Ting sent Lou Yueren to bed, he gave Song Xuefeng some instructions and was about to leave. As he stood up, his wrist was grabbed.
He was slightly stunned before lowering his eyes to look. “?”
Lou Yueren’s eyes, which were half dead before, finally opened and stared straight at him. “Remember to tell me what you find.”
Chi Ting wasn’t surprised that Lou Yueren could guess the next action plan. He was just curious about another thing. “You seem to be particularly worried about me during this period.”
“I’m worried.” Lou Yueren’s voice was hoarse and clearly weak, but it was like a hand gently scratching his heart again and again. “After all, you have been a habitual offender of showing off before you even met me.”
Chi Ting thought for a moment. “Don’t worry, I won’t act stubbornly.”
Lou Yueren raised his eyebrows a bit and looked over with a playful and scrutinizing look, obviously not believing it.
Chi Ting laughed when he saw this. “I’m really not showing off. After all, things are different now. I basically didn’t have any concerns before, but now… I do.”
He pointed at Lou Yueren. “If I accidentally act too aggressively and someone goes crazy, killing everyone, then all my aggressiveness would be in vain, right?”
The color in Lou Yueren’s eyes flickered slightly. Then he slowly closed his eyes. “Yes, you had better be.”
“Wait until I come back.”
Chi Ting paused for the last sentence and walked out of the lounge.
The other teams had indeed been waiting here. Once they saw Chi Ting come back, they all looked over.
Chi Ting glanced at the current countdown time and got straight to the point. “To make a long story short, everyone should’ve felt it now. We can still resist the attacks of the alien armies for the time being, but the number of each wave will continue to increase again. Given our current situation, if we want to complete the tower defense mission to the end then I’m afraid we still need some external help.”
Lang Xuelin had obviously thought about this a long time ago. “You mean, search this instance to see if there are any suitable materials to use?”
Rule 4 of the initial rules stated that supplies were available throughout the Benisaf Fortress and could be searched freely.
These battle-hardened top players had all taken it to heart.
Lang Xuelin looked at Chi Ting. “I have considered this before, but the area of the base is too large. Based on our current number of people, we haven’t found a suitable opportunity to carry out the search. However, judging from what Captain Chi said, he should have a specific search direction. If we can identify a specific target, we should be able to reduce the search pressure to a great extent.”
Chi Ting nodded. “I only have a general direction.”
Lang Xuelin asked, “What direction?”
“Reagents or formulas,” Chi Ting replied. “Our biggest problem right now is how to prevent excessive alienation. If we can find the corresponding alienation inhibitors or other drugs, we won’t have to worry about this. At least in the next defense process, we won’t have to worry so much.”
Lang Xuelin thought for a moment. “Are you sure there is such a thing?”
“I’m not sure.” Chi Ting smiled slightly and answered without any pressure. “I am guessing.”
His expression seemed to be saying, ‘It is up to you whether to find one or not. If you don’t, just leave it alone.’
Lang Xuelin: “……”
There was a brief silence around them. Then a voice was heard. “Let’s look for it.”
Xi Qinxin felt the gazes from all around her but remained calm. “I just don’t want to see my teammates turn into monsters like that again. There is no harm in looking anyway. If possible, I hope that the potion Captain Chi mentioned really exists.”
As she spoke, she looked towards Chi Ting. “Captain Chi, do you have a rough reference for that type of thing?”
It sounded like there was nothing wrong with asking this question, but it was actually equivalent to silently confirming that Chi Ting had at least seen this type of drug.
They were all old foxes, so Chi Ting could easily understand the meaning behind these words.
He just smiled in response at such an obvious test. “The appearance of medicines isn’t much different, but if you want to find it, I suggest you split into two groups. If you don’t mind, I will take one group. Qi Xiu, please help take the other group.”
Once the name Qi Xiu appeared, many people were caught off guard and didn’t react for a while. Then they remembered that it seemed to be a player from the Jazz team.
Qi Xiu was obviously a bit surprised, but he just smiled and agreed.
Soon, the two teams were assigned their areas of responsibility and set off efficiently.
The others obviously didn’t understand such an arrangement. Chi Ting knew very well that it was only their performance since entering the instance that made the others choose to comply with his suggestion.
But on Qi Xiu’s side, even without any communication, this person obviously understood his intention.
The reason why he didn’t give the appearance of the medicine as Xi Qinxin suggested was because they weren’t the apocalypse world he was from after all. If they locked onto an external structure and missed some clues they should’ve noticed, it would inevitably be a loss.
As for letting Qi Xiu lead the team, it was because they had conducted in-depth research on this type of medicine during a mission when they were partners together.
This way, each of them taking the lead of one side would undoubtedly be more conducive to the search.
Thanks to Lou Yueren’s outburst, there was more time left for the next countdown after the fourth wave than before.
Even so, finding the so-called instance item that could provide support in the huge No 2 stronghold was still like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Fortunately, before the fifth wave of attacks broke out, we received the good news that Qi Xiu had found the medicine.
However, what was found wasn’t an alienation inhibitor but a potential catalyst.
Qi Xiu’s voice came from the communicator, and his tone was subtle. “There are some other discoveries. Ah Ting, come here first.”
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