Chapter 33: Crisis at the Single Bridge

Zhu Zhiquan sat calmly in the carriage of the Tricycle and said to Zhao Yuxin, "Azhao, you just focus on driving; leave the rest to me."

"Mm." Zhao Yuxin pedaled the Tricycle with full concentration, dodging the threats from the bridge and the flying monsters on the side.

As Zhao Yuxin entered her flow state, neither the mechanisms nor the Human-Faced Demon Bats could get close to their Tricycle. Furthermore, whenever a crisis arose, Zhu Zhiquan would activate his Boiling Blood talent to clear the threats, causing them to actually pull further away from Liu Jie and her group.

Watching the feed transmitted by a Human-Faced Demon Bat, Liu Jie said with some surprise, "Damn! What kind of talent does this woman have to be so overpowered? Even with the mechanisms and the Human-Faced Demon Bats working together, they can't take them down!"

At this moment, the duration of Xiaowan's talent also ended, and the metal shell on her body gradually fell off. "Liu Jie, this won't work. If we keep going like this, when will I ever get my revenge!"

Liu Jie stroked her chin in thought, "Based on my deductions, the mechanisms require 15s to recover after being destroyed. If that's the case..."

Then, Liu Jie shouted to the players behind her, "Players in the back, I have an idea that can help everyone cross the bridge faster. Is anyone willing to cooperate?"

"What idea?"

"I assume everyone has noticed that the mechanisms require a certain amount of time to recover after being destroyed, right?"

"Yes, and then?"

"That's right, what do you plan to do?"

"According to my calculations, the recovery time for the mechanisms is 15s. Although some people possess powerful talents or weapons, those powerful talents either have long cooldowns or high costs, and powerful weapons consume resources every time they are used, right?"

"That's true, is there a problem with that?"

"No, the problem is huge! Everyone, think about how much longer this narrow bridge is? How many more mechanisms are on it? Can your bodies handle it? Are your resources sufficient? Or rather, how much food do you have left?"

These few questions from Liu Jie caused the players present to fall into deep thought, "That's true, my talent requires a huge cost every time I use it. How much further is the remaining path?"

"Hey brother, how much food do we have left?"

"The person in front makes sense. Our bombs have decent power, but how many can we make with our materials?"

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Seeing that the crowd had been swayed, Liu Jie continued, "So I propose that we divide into several squads, letting players with powerful talents or weapons lead the way at the front. That way, we can rush across in the shortest time and cross the bridge faster."

Hearing Liu Jie's proposal, the players began whispering to one another. They all felt this method was feasible, so after discussing some details, they voluntarily split into several squads.

Liu Jie herself successfully became the captain of one of the squads, and soon, with the assistance of her squad, Liu Jie successfully caught up to Zhu Zhiquan's Tricycle.

Watching a group of players behind the vehicle approaching them aggressively, Zhu Zhiquan felt immense pressure.

"Fuck! Are they crazy? Why are they chasing so closely!?" Zhao Yuxin, having also sensed people chasing them through her Bat Wing Ear, couldn't help but curse.

Seeing Zhao Yuxin's Tricycle within reach, Liu Jie shouted, "Everyone, our team is already full, but the players in front are too slow and will get us killed. What do you suggest we do?"

"Take them out!"

"Take them out!"

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"Ajiu, I bought bombs and a box of matches on the Trading Channel earlier, hurry and use them!"

Zhu Zhiquan rummaged through the boxes and cabinets, finding a few bombs and a box of matches. He quickly lit a bomb, preparing to throw it at the players chasing from behind.

Liu Jie was just about to command everyone to take out Zhao Yuxin's Tricycle, but seeing Zhu Zhiquan light something, she sensed something was wrong and immediately recalled the Human-Faced Demon Bat.

Boom!

After an explosion, the Human-Faced Demon Bat was blown to nothing but ash. Within the convoy, a player reached the very front, holding a bamboo tube with a fuse in his hand.

Just as he was about to light it, Zhu Zhiquan had already thrown a second bomb.

"Psychic Control!" Fortunately, at this moment, a player with Psychic Control changed the direction of the bomb, causing this bomb to explode for nothing.

These two players looked at each other, preparing to coordinate and send the bamboo tube bomb into the other's vehicle.

But just at this moment………

Whoosh~

Puchi~

A tiny Crossbow Bolt accurately struck the heart of the player who had Psychic Control. The player fell down in shock, and their teammate hurriedly used a body bag to pack up the corpse.

"Damn it! Brother, don't worry, I'll avenge you right now!" The player holding the bamboo tube bomb threw the bomb in his hand.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yuxin happened to make a turn, just barely dodging the bomb. Before the turn, Zhu Zhiquan saw that the first mechanism encountered after the turn was something like a guillotine, which would rise and fall at a certain frequency.

So, Zhu Zhiquan threw a bomb on the spot. The violent explosion created a screen that blocked the convoy's vision. The player who threw the bomb didn't care and threw another bomb.

Clang!

Hearing a crisp sound, the bamboo tube bomb bounced back to the feet of the crowd.

"Get down!"

"Wind Palm!"

Boom!

At the moment everyone was dodging the bomb, a girl used her talent to knock the bomb away. The moment the explosion ended, the girl was pierced through the body by shrapnel from the explosion and died on the spot.

"Little sister!" A female player rushed from the driver's seat to the front, "Little sister, how are you? Little sister!"

Unfortunately, no matter how she called out, this player's little sister would not wake up again. Watching her be so heartbroken, Xiaowan said impatiently, "Alright, don't you know that even if you die in this game, there's a chance to revive? Hurry up and use a body bag to pack..."

"Revive? Hmph!" The female player scoffed, "Then give me something that can revive my little sister! And how did you act as a captain!? Two people have already died in the team, and you don't intend to come out and say a few words?"

Xiaowan was about to lose her temper, but was stopped by Liu Jie. "This friend, you're right. As the captain, it's my fault for failing to protect you all. But isn't it those two people in front who caused all of this?"

At this time, the players behind urged impatiently, "Stop arguing! The mechanisms are about to recover, hurry up and go!"

"That's right! Staying here for one more second is dangerous, let's go!"

The female player could only put aside her hatred for now and continue to pursue Zhu Zhiquan and the other with the crowd. Although Zhao Yuxin had tried her best to pedal the Tricycle, if it weren't for the large number of mechanisms, she would have long since disappeared.

"This time, it's my turn!" Xiaowan touched the spikes of the Wolf-tooth Mace, and her body was once again covered in a metal shell, destroying the mechanisms along the way.

"Damn it!" Feeling the pressure from the players behind, Zhao Yuxin made several operational errors in her panic, causing both the vehicle cover and the canopy to suffer some damage.

Zhu Zhiquan took stock of the remaining items: three bombs and ten matches. If things continued like this, it was very likely that neither he nor Zhao Yuxin would make it out.

"Azhao, how much further?" Zhu Zhiquan loaded his weapons and some materials into his backpack, preparing to activate his Boiling Blood talent.

Zhao Yuxin panted heavily and replied, "About another hundred meters, and there aren't many mechanisms left."

The player throwing bamboo tube bombs took out another bamboo tube bomb and prepared to light it; Zhu Zhiquan raised his hand and fired a Crossbow Bolt, but due to the influence of the Sandstorm, it only hit the player's arm, and while the player had not yet reacted, Zhu Zhiquan threw a bomb.

Boom!!!