Chapter 221: Disaster Survival System (50)

"Click!"

"Boom!"

A few hours later, the gate of the Underground Palace was successfully removed by Xie Yang.

The Communication Channel finally reconnected to a signal.

Xie Yang's private chat window was shaking incessantly.

32 fellow players, plus one extra member—Han Xinyi—had been looking for her this entire time.

Ever since they discovered Xie Yang was missing and out of contact, the first thing they did upon waking each day was check the number of surviving players on the Regional Channel; only upon seeing the full count of 33 would they heave a sigh of relief. They would press their palms together to pray to the Heavens, pleading for Sister Xie to be safe and sound.

After she went missing, Fu Zhangzheng hadn't closed his eyes for several nights in a row, constantly surveying the area near where she disappeared; having determined that the place where she last stopped was the site of the collapse, he led the effort to dig through the soil day and night without rest.

Yet, after digging for over ten days, the excavated soil had almost piled up into a hill, but they still hadn't reached the bottom.

Instead, the Mutant plants and animals that had originally retreated to the edge of the Orchard began to stir.

The other players could handle it at first, but later on, too many Mutant plants and animals surged forward, and they truly found it difficult to cope.

Fu Zhangzheng had to stop his digging work and switch to wielding a weapon to fight back.

When Xie Yang exited the Underground Palace, he happened to be locked in a fierce battle with a large Mutant black bear that had run out from the deep forest.

Seeing Xie Yang appear before him safe and sound, he let his guard down and smiled, but because of this, he failed to dodge the Mutant black bear's attack; his left shoulder was swiped by a claw, and blood flowed freely.

Xie Yang immediately took out a gun and aimed it at the Mutant black bear.

Yet, she saw the big guy actually mimicking a human, raising both paws in a gesture of surrender; while Xie Yang was stunned, it scurried back into the deep forest.

"..."

"..."

Xie Yang and Fu Zhangzheng looked at each other.

The latter twitched the corner of his mouth: "It seems it wasn't an illusion before; they really have become sentient!"

"Let's not talk about that for now, your injury is urgent."

Xie Yang walked to his side and took out a Medical Kit, about to help him treat the wound on his shoulder.

Remembering the pile of Treasure Chests she had collected in the Underground Palace, which seemed to contain Advanced Potions with remarkably quick effects, she took one out and asked him if he dared to drink it.

"What is there not to dare? We're already in the game."

However, after Fu Zhangzheng took it, he used the recycling platform of the Game Mall to estimate its value and discovered that a potion the size of a finger actually cost Gold Coins.

"!!!"

Suddenly, he couldn't bring himself to drink it.

"Drink it!" Xie Yang pushed it right to his lips, "Just consider it helping me test the efficacy of this potion."

"..."

Fu Zhangzheng drank the potion and waited quietly for the effects to take hold.

Before long, he felt the area on his left shoulder where he had been scratched become a bit itchy.

Turning his head to look, the wound was actually healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than a minute, the wound had completely healed.

He moved his neck and limbs, unable to feel that he had been injured at all; his condition was even better than before.

"!!!"

He looked abruptly at Xie Yang and reminded her immediately: "Don't tell anyone else."

Immediately after, he changed out of his blood-stained Combat Suit, checked himself all over, wiped away all the bloodstains, and only then changed into a Low-level Protective Suit bought from the Game Mall.

He didn't ask her if she had found the treasure, nor did he ask any questions related to the treasure; instead, he reminded her not to test human nature and to keep in mind that possessing a treasure is a crime in itself.

But since she had taken it out to use on him, she had already decided to turn it over, and he was the best medium.

Those treasures, if kept in individual hands, were just a pile of treasures; only by handing them over to the country could they exert a greater effect.

"Sister Xie! Sister Xie, you're finally back! We missed you to death!"

At this moment, Ming Hao's panting voice came from behind.

As soon as he received the message that Xie Yang was safe on the Regional Channel, he had finished off the Mutant vines around him and rushed over.

Xie Yang and Fu Zhangzheng exchanged a look, tacitly not mentioning everything that had just happened.

Xie Yang's return restored the confidence of the Dragon Country players and also scared off the Mutant plants and animals that had already invaded the Shelter:

"Oh my god! Why did this female fiend come out so soon? Wasn't it said that it's hard to get out once you enter that place?"

"Ahhh! The male and female fiends have reunited? You scared this old vine to death! I'm retreating! I'm retreating quickly!"

The Mutant vines retreated like a tide.

The Mutant animals also scattered like birds and beasts.

The players then excitedly hugged Xie Yang:

"Sister Xie! It's so good that you're okay!"

"Sister, you scared me to death! Don't ever act alone again! It's too dangerous!"

"Okay!"

Xie Yang smiled and agreed to them one by one.

Even if she wanted to act alone, it wouldn't work for the time being; her Storage Space and Backpack Slot were completely filled with supplies, and for this reason, she had even left some furniture and ornaments that looked good but were useless in the Underground Palace.

If she wanted to take action, she would have to pull along a player who had extra Backpack Slots.

Otherwise, looking at supplies she couldn't collect, how depressing would that be!

Sub-system: 【Host, just hold on for a few more days; it will soon be thirty days again, and the Storage Space can be expanded again!】

Main System: 【...】

Why did it inexplicably feel some sympathy for a peer who wasn't in the same system?

Not a system: Survival Game System: Peer: 【...】

End it quickly! It is tired!

Another month and a half passed, one day at midnight—

【This season of the Survival Game has ended! Congratulations on overcoming the Four Seasons Natural Disasters and surviving until the very last moment!】

At the same time, the Sky Screen outside the game also lit up as bright as day, scrolling through the information and rankings of the 99 final surviving players—

1. GY; Dragon Country; Wealth Value:

2. GY09854; Dragon Country; Wealth Value:

3. GY00005; Dragon Country; Wealth Value:

4. GY00100; Dragon Country; Wealth Value:

5. GY01909; Dragon Country; Wealth Value:

6....

Once this list was announced, not only were the citizens of other countries stunned, but the people of Dragon Country themselves were equally shocked.

What! Out of Wanyi players, fewer than 100 survived to the end and returned alive?

Dragon Country alone accounted for 33 of them!

And these 33 people occupied the top 33 spots on the leaderboard!

"In other words, not a single one of the 33 players from Dragon Country who were snatched into the game died? They all came back alive?"

"It's one thing that none of them died, but why are their rankings all so high?"

"How on earth did they do it? Why didn't they teach the players from our country!"

"Exactly! We are all people of Gaia Star, why distinguish between your country, my country, and their country! In the game, we should have looked out for each other and resisted the natural disasters together!"

"Why is the Wealth Value of the first and second place Dragon Country players so high? There is a cliff-like gap between them and the third place. Especially the first place, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand... holy crap! 9.9 billion?"

"Could the first place have dug up a treasure? Or perhaps an entire top-grade mine? By the way, can't the supplies in the game be brought out? Doesn't that mean they've struck it rich?"

"The game is global, so the supplies should be shared globally too!"

Facing these unpleasant voices, the citizens of Dragon Country were not to be trifled with:

"Keep dreaming! I ask you, if you had taken first place, would you share it globally?"

"Now you're saying we're all people of Gaia Star and shouldn't distinguish between your country, my country, and their country. When we were first snatched into the game, your faces weren't so righteous and noble!"

"What do you call this? Back then, you ignored me. Now, you're not worthy of me! Hmph!"

"It may seem like just a game, but isn't it a battle of national destiny? Dragon Country won! You lot lost! It's as simple as that!"