Chapter 189: Level III 13
Chu Yian finally had a stroke of luck this time!
The weapon crate was right near them, its bright beam of light so intense it almost made them unable to open their eyes.
With such a good opportunity, the weapon crate was bound to be theirs!
They ran to the weapon crate at top speed. Everyone, without prior agreement, pulled out their weapons and aimed at anyone attempting to approach the crate. “The weapon crate is ours now. Anyone who takes one step closer will be killed.”
After Brother Jie finished speaking, some people, still unwilling to give up, tried to move closer.
A shot rang out.
The person who had moved forward was shot in the head.
Brother Jie showed with his actions that his words were not just empty threats.
Not fighting for this weapon crate might not lead to death; fighting for it would mean immediate death. Smart people immediately gave up on the item before them and turned to other weapon crates. Of course, some still lingered nearby, curious to see what would be opened from it.
The group stood in a circle around the weapon crate, making sure others were ten meters away before opening the box.
Inside were five rifles and two hundred rounds of ammunition.
Two grenades and two smoke bombs.
Three syringes, labeled ‘Adrenaline’.
The most important item was likely the entry pass.
There were 10 crystal card-like entry passes in total! They only had 9 people, which was more than enough.
At this moment, everyone, whose hearts had been pounding with tension, breathed a sigh of relief. After all, some things cause trouble not because of scarcity, but because of uneven distribution. If there weren’t enough entry passes, it would cause a lot of problems for their team.
Now there were enough, with one extra.
Everyone received an entry pass, and Brother Jie kept the extra one.
The weapons in the crate could not be left behind.
Most of the weapons were taken by Brother Jie’s subordinates, while Lu Qingyuan received a pistol.
Facing this obvious differential treatment, Chu Yian didn’t say anything. After all, they were only considered new members of the team. If she were in Brother Jie’s position, she would also prioritize giving good items to those she trusted more.
However, being divided into different tiers within the same group was somewhat displeasing.
She preferred to arrange others rather than be arranged by them.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Brother Jie.
Indeed, she wasn’t very suited to being a subordinate in a team.
Brother Jie also noticed her gaze, paused, and then walked towards her. “Here, this is for you.”
What he took out was an adrenaline injector.
Chu Yian didn’t stand on ceremony, reaching out to take it and putting it into her backpack. “Thank you, Brother Jie.”
Brother Jie’s lips curved slightly upwards at her words, then quickly returned to normal. “No need to be polite with me.”
Lu Qingyuan stood quietly to the side, watching the two of them expressionlessly.
Ah, this strange atmosphere.
You Che watched them from a distance, inexplicably feeling like it was a movie with four characters, but he couldn’t even have a name.
“Look at those lights!”
As the items in the weapon crates were taken, the light emitted from them gradually faded. More and more beams of light disappeared, indicating that most of the weapon crates had been claimed.
And as these beams of light vanished, a single pillar of light shooting straight from the ground to Level III became extremely conspicuous.
“Is that the light ladder to Level III?”
Everyone in the team looked forward. Though the distance was far, it made their blood boil.
At once, the team set off in an orderly fashion.
As time passed, fewer and fewer beams of light were emitted from the Layer II weapon crates. In just five minutes, only one or two beams of light remained from the Layer II weapon crates. Gunshots and other weapon sounds could be heard in the distance, likely indicating that people were fighting over entry passes.
“Don’t worry about it, let’s go.”
Brother Jie motioned for them not to stop. Their current crisis was not yet fully resolved.
There were always some people, hoping to pick up scraps, who had been eyeing them from the start, following the team at a not-too-far, not-too-close distance, with ulterior motives.
In less than six minutes, the last beam of light from the weapon crates disappeared.
All the deployed crates were emptied.
At the same time, Layer II emitted a huge roar from a crustal movement. This sound was so familiar, instantly pulling people back to the fear of the land collapsing on Layer I.
Layer II also began to collapse.
Unlike Layer I, Layer II began from the outermost periphery.
The vast land, its edges, began to fall little by little. People who had been randomly teleported to the boundary of Layer II watched with their own eyes as the irregular edges started to drop.
People were alarmed, running from all directions towards the central pillar of light in Layer II.
Seize the entry passes, escape the collapsing edges.
Over nine hundred thousand people instantly descended into chaos on this land, with disorder and unforeseen events arising in a short span of time.
“Old Li, I’ll cover you here, you run quickly.”
A man with over twenty years of brotherhood with his companion raised his gun, aiming at the people rushing forward to snatch things.
His companion turned and looked at him deeply, tears in his eyes, as he ran forward. “I’m sorry, Old Zhang, I will definitely take good care of your parents!”
No sooner had he spoken than a bullet pierced his chest.
It was his sworn brother, his friend who was supposed to cover his retreat.
Old Li rushed forward, snatched the entry pass hidden in his clothes. “Sorry, my friend.”
He wasn’t a good person.
Rather than having his brother take care of his parents, he preferred to take care of them himself. Moreover, after enduring the current hardships, who could even be sure his family was still alive?
He was the only son in his family; he couldn’t die!
Near another weapon crate, a man had ten entry passes hanging from his waist, a wild smile on his face.
Why?
Because he had drawn a rocket launcher and a Gatling gun from the weapon crate.
Under the heavy artillery fire, it became a one-sided massacre. The man raised the rocket launcher and bombed the most crowded areas, satisfying his twisted desire to kill.
There were also people who were extremely lucky to get entry passes but, guarding a pile of weapons, had no idea how to use them and were swarmed by the surrounding crowd.
If one’s ability is insufficient, even if they obtain something, they will immediately lose it… The 9-person team was currently rushing desperately.
The nine of them gathered together, forming a circle, guarding against anyone trying to ambush them from all directions.
But more and more people were gathering around. They couldn’t let them stay here any longer; keeping these people around would sooner or later become a big problem!
Brother Jie’s ability to be the leader of this group was not only due to his outstanding capabilities but also his ruthlessness.
He shot at the strong man who had started following them earliest from behind; a living person instantly lost his life. This shot was the beginning, and the other members of the team quickly understood, raising their rifles and spraying bullets at the people around them.
Either flee, or die.
This indiscriminate firing truly drove away the people who had been following them.
