Chapter 255 - 255: 253: Surprised or Not?<div>


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    “Be cautious and watch out for any abnormalities!”


    As soon as theynded, the captain of every small team was loudly reminding their teammates in the chat.<div>


    Camille Victoria looked around and didn’t see any abnormalities, so she issued anothermand: “Follow the original n, find allies nearby, go to the middle circle together, and try to avoid fights!”


    The captains of various yer alliances also issued simr instructions: Don’t worry about points, gather allies first, and build up a numerical advantage.


    Of course, whether topletely avoid fights on the way or take advantage of opportunities to pick off members of other alliances, the tactics of different teams were not entirely the same.


    Camille Victoria’s “Blue Army” followed the principle of avoiding fights, quickly assemblinz seven small teams within their visual range in the middle circle.


    There might be more allies, but due to thepetition map limiting friend chats, they couldn’tmunicate temporarily and could only hope to see them at the predetermined inner circle assembly point.


    After arriving at the middle circle and gathering the team, Camille Victoria didn’t rush to find weapons. Instead, she formed a car team and continued to advance toward the inner circle, bringing together allies.


    She clearly remembered how Lincoln had once dominated the metropolis with just a screwdriver.


    When she had nned it a few days ago, she personally tried it out; with the dagger provided at the beginning of the game, she could easily rob an operating gun shop.


    So she didn’t n to search for supplies in the uninhabited middle circle, but instead travel lightly, rush directly to the inner circle and only arm the teams well after robbing the gun shop.


    That way, she could gather even more allies.


    Seven small teams were not enough to support her n.<div>


    At first, everything went smoothly; scattered yers dressed in red, green, and ck clothing were encountered, but they all consciously stepped aside when they saw their car team.


    Camille Victoria’s team also focused on moving forward without wasting time chasing them.


    That was until they went along the road and entered the inner circle and the real metropolis where NPCs lived.


    As soon as they entered the inner circle, windows on both sides of the road suddenly opened, and self-defensive NPCs leaned out with their gun muzzles aimed at the car team. Without anymunication, all the NPCs pulled the trigger at the same time!


    The next moment—death descended!


    A dense rain of bullets instantly covered the first four cars in the team.


    The drivers and passengers were directly shot into sieves! Then came fire, explosions, and car crashes!


    The cars in the back made emergency stops and tried to evade, but the bullet rain immediately spread over them.


    Since they were focused on speed and traveling lightly, the car team only had a little over twenty guns in total. They couldn’t organize an effective counterattack and could only endure the enemy fire passively!


    “Retreat! Retreat!”


    “Ambush! Powerful snipers!”<div>


    “Disperse! Disperse!”


    Everyone was panicked and ran around in a fluster.


    While shouting for everyone to retreat, Camille Victoria understood what the bell and air raid rm at the beginning meant—


    It was to remind the inhabitants of the metropolis!


    Now it wasn’t just a battle between yers anymore; the inhabitants of the metropolis had collectively joined the chaos!


    If the yers didn’t arm themselves and break through the obstacles, they would all be buried in the middle circle when the Great Earth Copse came!


    There might not even be a winner!


    Camille Victoria, who had always had a good impression of Lincoln and Cloud Dream, couldn’t help but curse in her heart: This is just too inhumane!


    They didn’t even leak a single piece of information in advance! It’s outrageous!


    But venting her frustration was no help. Camille Victoria could only lead her allies to retreat, quickly search for supplies, and arm the teams.


    The other yers were more or less in the same situation; whether they were standard ten-member teams, dozens of yer alliances, or individual yers, they all met with an onught from the NPCs when they entered the inner circle!<div>


    However, the snipes varied in strength; the more yers there were, the greater the intensity.


    Individual yers might sneak in, but they would likely find enemies on all sides and face great pressure for survival!


    Once they reached the small team level, they had to be fully armed to break through the barriers.


    As for the yer alliances, it was even harder!


    But they couldn’t just give up the advantage of numbers so easily, so they collectively turned back and began quickly searching for weapons, armor, and supplies to increase their team’sbat power.


    The only good news was that for some reason, perhaps because they attacked proactively, killing the NPCs in self-defense no longer deducted points.


    [14:30]


    Only half an hour after the start of the game, the earthquake started with a rumble, once again catching all yers off guard.


    The shrinking circle time was brought forward!


    With time bing more urgent, yers had to continue searching for supplies while enduring the violent tremors.


    But the shaking is irregr, and even more intense than during the preliminary selection battle, making it extremely difficult to move!


    Many yers are struggling to move, rolling and crawling in a miserable way.


    In the Cloud Dream Virtual Office, employees couldn’t help butin: “The boss is really inhuman!”


    “Yeah, who could disagree with that?”


    At this moment, Lincoln is snuggling with Mavis on a small sofa,ughing shamelessly.


    He even directly opens Spiritual Rhinoceros, and posts a status update with his own ount –


    “Surprised? Unexpected?”


    Without a doubt, this post has angered many. Numerous yers who haven’t yet participated in thepetition are showing up, using him of being inhuman.


    However, quickly, hundreds of times more yers appear in thement section, not only praising Lincoln profusely, but also posting even more inhumanments:


    “I’m so surprised!”


    “Well done! I knew I didn’t have the wrong impression of you!”


    “Please intensify your efforts!”


    “Where are thendmines? Tire spikes? Roadblocks? RPGs? You dare say you’re blocking vehicles without all these?”


    Looking at thesements from people who are only interested in stirring things up, Mavisughs until her whole body trembles.


    After a great deal of effort, Camille Victoria’s blue army finally gathered their weapons and ammunition.


    They divided all the yers into five teams, taking turns to activate the [Assassin’s Bloodline] skill and rush to the intersections.


    Braving the concentrated firepower of the Metropolis natives, they counterattacked while breaking through the obstructions and entering the inner circle!


    Next, they finally proceeded with their original n, robbing two gun shops and upgrading their firepower once again.


    After that, the team didn’t continue rushing to the core circle or return to the intersection of the middle and inner circles to take advantage of the chaos and snipe other yers. Instead, under Camille Victoria’s leadership, they turned towards the southwest area of the city.


    On the way, they regrouped with six short-handed squads, gathering over 120 neonle-


    Commentator Ren Jian was very puzzled: “ording to the power distribution map, they are heading to a very dangerous gang stronghold. Considering the now fully armed native residents, the danger level will only be more terrifying! They might suffer serious personnel losses; why are they stubbornly going there?”


    Zara also had a confused expression: “Not just them, even the video uploaders like Super Tomato, along with their allies, are not upying bases in the core area. Instead, they are heading to the northern area. What are they trying to


    Unorganized red-armored brigades, forum-allied ck-armored brigades, and Yellow Armored Brigades from the game tform discussion group are all taking advantage of the chaos at the intersection to umte points.


    Only the professional yers’ green army rushed into the inner circle to replenish supplies and then immediately went to the core circle to upy advantageous positions and build bases in advance.


    After all, the shrinking method has been determined to start from the outer circle, and the core area is likely to be the final safe zone. Building a base now will definitely give them a significant advantage in the end.


    These people are so unscrupulous. They are not only upying the ce and being satisfied, but they are also really nting high explosives, using vehicles to make walls and shelters, and even sshing gasoline on vehicles…


    There are also observation posts, snipers, and patrol groups…


    They are really determined to create an unbreakable stronghold!


    And ording to their current progress, they are likely to seed!


    Unless they are attacked before their base is fully built, it will be very difficult to take it down once it ispleted, even if several other yer alliances assail it at the same time.


    If the other yer alliances cannot unite, there is even less hope. No matter how manye, they’ll just be easy prey!


    And the other yer alliances have note at all right now. This allows them to avoid the most dangerous time and build their bases in peace.


    yers were watching the screen as the base became more and more perfect and solid, projecting themselves into the situation and feeling that the construction efficiency and defensive strength were outrageous and simply impregnable.


    Thements were full of debates. Some felt that the advantages of being unscrupulous were indisputable:


    “As expected of the professional yers’ alliance, they are really stable!” “They already have a huge advantage, right?”


    “Tactical correctness, implemented correctly, and rightfully obtaining advantages.”


    But there were many yers who were dissatisfied: “What is this? ying turtle tactics in the finals?” “There’s no entertainment value at all!”


    “In the end, is it going to be a battle of fortresses?


    Commentator Ren Jian also couldn’t help but exim in disbelief: “It’s been less than an hour since the start of thepetition! Are they going to kill it already?”