Chapter 72: Spreading Magma

At this moment, most people were still immersed in joy and did not hear what Zhao Yuxin said.

"Quiet!" Mo Xincheng roared at this moment, shaking everyone's ears until they ached; Zhao Yuxin was even struck with tinnitus. If Zhu Zhiquan hadn't covered her ears in time, it might have been even more serious.

Mo Xincheng strained his voice and said, "Let us hear what this lady, whose screen name is Yangguang Xujie, has to say."

Zhu Zhiquan gently patted Zhao Yuxin's shoulder while searching for traces of the Black Scorpion Group with his gaze, though he did not know which ones were the Regiment Leader and high-ranking members of the Black Scorpion Group, otherwise he would have definitely charged out to slaughter them.

Zhao Yuxin came back to her senses from the pat and immediately spoke up: "Everyone, my teammate is currently poisoned. Does anyone here have an antidote?"

"Huh? Antidote? No, we don't have any here."

"We don't have anything or any innate skills that can cure poison either. Does anyone else?"

"I don't know, but I'm curious why their teammate was poisoned? Don't the Stone Statue Knights lack the ability to poison people?"

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Seeing that the crowd could not produce any means like an antidote, Zhao Yuxin steeled her heart and continued: "Since everyone has no way to cure my teammate's poison, then I can only destroy this Core!"

"What did you say! By what right do you make us and your teammate be buried with you!"

"Can't your teammate be resurrected with items if they die! If you want to die, let your teammate die on their own!"

"Damn it, the magma is going to be here soon, are you trying to get us all killed!"

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Zhao Yuxin's words enraged most of the players at the scene, and some posted their dissatisfaction on the World Channel. The Black Scorpion Group Regiment Leader, hiding in the crowd, was also angered to the point of laughter by her actions, "I don't know what this girl is thinking, actually inciting public anger!"

A lackey on the side suggested: "Regiment Leader, how about I manipulate public opinion to make her fall out with all the players?"

The Black Scorpion Group Regiment Leader was just about to agree when Zhao Yuxin continued: "I know my request is indeed excessive, but the culprit who caused all of this—the Black Scorpion Group! They haven't come out to take any responsibility from start to finish; is this reasonable!"

The crowd's cursing gradually subsided, turning instead to mutual discussion or quietly listening to Zhao Yuxin's speech. The members of the Black Scorpion Group all frowned, and the Black Scorpion Group Regiment Leader clenched his fists even tighter, feeling a bad premonition.

"At the time, the two of us were searching for the location of the Stone Statue Knights in the maze, but the Black Scorpion Group's Chief Financial Officer suddenly jumped out on the road and tried to molest me, only to be killed by my teammate instead. After that, this Black Scorpion Group Regiment Leader, without distinguishing right from wrong, wanted to………"

The more Zhao Yuxin spoke, the more agitated she became, occasionally adding embellishments and exaggerations to the facts to direct the crowd's conflict toward the Black Scorpion Group.

The Black Scorpion Group Regiment Leader knew well that public anger was hard to defy, and if he continued to hide, he feared being attacked by the crowd, so he had no choice but to stand out, clutching a black bottle in his hand.

He tremblingly handed the black bottle to Zhao Yuxin and said with a respectful attitude: "Miss Zhao, it was my failure to supervise my subordinates that caused trouble for you two. In the future, I will strengthen the management of my men. This is the antidote for your teammate; I hope you will be magnanimous."

Zhao Yuxin had intended to put on an act to bluff him, but who knew that Zhu Zhiquan would suddenly use his Xuangang Spear to pierce the Black Scorpion Group Regiment Leader's throat first, then glance at Zhao Yuxin's position and throw the antidote onto the ground.

Zhao Yuxin hurriedly stooped down to catch the antidote. She checked the antidote bottle up and down, and only after finding no signs of tampering did she set her mind at ease.

At this time, although Zhu Zhiquan was nervous facing so many people, he still shouted to the others, "Ev... everyone, the Black... Black Scorpion Group bullies men and oppresses... oppresses women and commits all kinds of evil. How... how can we be deceived by their out... outward appearance?

It would be... better to find the rem... remnants and execute them all together!"

Lin Yu, who was in the crowd, thought for a moment and then shouted: "All Merchant Group players, take orders: find all members of the Black Scorpion Group and bring them to justice!"

"Understood, Regiment Leader!"

Afterwards, the members of the Merchant Group searched for the members of the Black Scorpion Group. Mo Xincheng thought for a moment and also led his own Player Group to purge the Black Scorpion Group.

Other players, seeing this, also joined in the event of exterminating the Black Scorpion Group. In just a short moment, all the high-ranking members of the Black Scorpion Group were wiped out, leaving only the middle and lower-level members who pretended to be free players to escape the disaster.

While everyone was searching for the Black Scorpion Group, Zhao Yuxin grabbed Zhu Zhiquan by the hair and poured the antidote into his mouth.

Gulp, gulp~

Feeling that there was half left, Zhao Yuxin asked seriously: "Is the poison cured?"

Zhu Zhiquan nodded after opening his Personal Panel to check. Seeing him nod, Zhao Yuxin stopped the action of pouring the medicine and put away the remaining half bottle of antidote.

Then she said to Zhu Zhiquan: "If the poison is cured, then hurry up and take the Core and let's go, lest we be caught up by the magma!"

Zhu Zhiquan obediently held the Core in his palm, and the next second, an arrow appeared above their heads.

Seeing this, the two of them passed through the crowd toward their Tricycle. Many players and Player Groups who had just looted the Black Scorpion Group's legacy noticed their movements and also began to return to their own Tricycles to prepare for departure.

The two had just returned to the Tricycle when they were hugged by the Ice Cream Cactus; its aggrieved appearance seemed to be accusing them of its dissatisfaction.

Facing the crying Ice Cream Cactus, Zhao Yuxin had to coax it patiently: "Alright Baobao, it's Mom and Dad's fault for making you worry. Can you let go of Mom and Dad first? Mom and Dad need to drive now."

"Mm~ mm~" The Ice Cream Cactus still held onto them, refusing to let go.

Zhu Zhiquan waved his Xuangang Spear to tease it like a dog, "Come Baobao, look at what this is?"

The Ice Cream Cactus was immediately attracted by the Xuangang Spear. Zhu Zhiquan seized the opportunity to pretend to make a move into the carriage, and the Ice Cream Cactus scrambled inside the carriage to search just like a dog.

After getting rid of the Ice Cream Cactus's entanglement, Zhu Zhiquan went to the driver's seat to be responsible for driving, while Zhao Yuxin continued to tease the Ice Cream Cactus in the carriage.

Because only the person holding the Core could see the arrow, the other players voluntarily cleared a path and did not make any excessive moves.

Soon, everyone arrived at a stone wall, which had a gap the same size as the Core, and a stone pillar stood on each side. At this time, the players still did not understand why Zhu Zhiquan and the others had come here.

But Zhu Zhiquan and the other did not know why the Core had guided them here either. At this moment, the Core flew into the gap in the wall on its own, and the stone pillars on both sides were like batteries entering a charging state, with blue stripes emerging from the bottom and constantly climbing upward.

Seeing the progress bar representing the process constantly climbing upward, many players began to get excited.

"Does... does this mean we can get out?"

"Great, after staying in this ugly maze for so long, we can finally get out!"

"By the way, do you guys feel like it's getting hot here?"

"That's true, I don't know what's going on."

"Everyone look behind! Mag... magma! The magma has already spread to here!"

Everyone turned their heads to look one after another. At this time, the magma was slowly spreading toward them from the entrance of the passage, while the progress bar had only climbed less than halfway.

Based on the speed of the magma's spread, the crowd speculated that the players in the back would very likely be swallowed by the magma.