"Brother, do they have some misunderstanding about us?"

Qi Yang leaned closer to Gong Yunxiao, puzzled. They didn't know each other before, did they? They had no grudge against each other, right?

"No misunderstanding, those men are Fang Xiyue's husbands."

Gong Yunxiao's tone was not good. He felt that they had blurred the lines between public and private matters, and there was no need to renege on their alliance because of personal matters.

"You mean, that girl is Fang Xiyue? She looks different! And she really has had several husbands!"

They had heard that Licheng recognized polygamy, but they never expected it to actually become a reality.

"So, bro, you've been eliminated?"

Qi Yang glanced at Gong Yunxiao's unpleasant expression and realized that he had discovered the truth.

“It’s my unwillingness. I’ve said before that I won’t get married. Let’s pretend we never had a marriage certificate, and there will be no other possibility between us.”

After Gong Yunxiao finished speaking, he got up and went to find other teams to form alliances. He had always been competitive since he was a child and never allowed himself to fail.

The same applies to this group stage; he wants to win.

Although their Water City team isn't very strong, this competition isn't just about brute force; sometimes, strategy is also very important.

The Yancheng and Yucheng teams, whose supplies they had previously robbed, were not within his consideration.

According to his data analysis, teams from northern cities are excellent allies.

Because they were the first to establish a safe zone, they received the ability upgrade fluid earlier than the cities in the south, giving them more time to practice their abilities.

Therefore, choosing them as allies is more cost-effective.

His current choices are Xingcheng, Luocheng, Ningcheng, Xicheng, Yucheng, and Jiangcheng.

Star City has high overall strength, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're willing to form an alliance with them.

Ningcheng and Jiangcheng had a good relationship with Licheng, so he narrowed it down to the four cities of Luo, Ning, Xi, and Yu.

Gong Yunxiao didn't say much before, and the teams agreed to form an alliance with him.

They agreed because they thought the more people the better, and since Water City was weak and wouldn't pose a threat in the end.

Once they eliminated the strong teams, they could easily eliminate Water City. They had no idea that they had let a wolf into their house.

Gong Yunxiao stayed with them for a while and memorized the members of the four teams and their special abilities, especially the speed-type and healing-type members.

"Let's go, it's time to set off."

Jun Nanxuan checked the time; it was 8:30 in the morning. He felt it was about time, so he got up and told his allies to leave.

After the four teams got up and tidied themselves up, they began to move towards the finish line.

The team behind him saw them leave and quickly got up, packed up, and set off. They had finally caught up and couldn't afford to fall behind again.

The Yancheng team and the Yucheng team also got up and prepared to set off. They had received supplies at supply point number 2 and had just eaten, so they were still able to keep up.

As soon as they were about to leave, they were surrounded by Gong Yunxiao's alliance.

"Don't go too far! You already stole our supplies, why are you stealing more?!"

The members of both the Yancheng and Yucheng teams glared angrily at Gong Yunxiao and his group.

"Your stamina is already insufficient, and you have no hope of winning. You might as well give us the supplies."

Qi Yang smiled at both groups of people, making you really want to punch him.

"This is just a game. Are you sure you want to do this and make enemies of both our cities?"

Both the smoke and rain teams glared at the people from Shuicheng with hostility.

"You said it yourself, this is just a competition. You shouldn't be so petty as to make enemies with us over this, right?"

Besides, the rule of the game is that we can steal supplies; we're just following the rules.

"Didn't you guys also rob other teams of their supplies before? We used the same strategy, didn't we?"

Qi Yang's tone was so irritating, it made people grit their teeth.

The Yancheng and Yucheng teams looked at the five teams surrounding them and knew that they had no chance of winning even if they fought.

So they exchanged glances, and in unison pressed the quit button. The 20 people vanished instantly, along with their supplies.

Since they can't win, we shouldn't leave the supplies to them.

"Looks like from now on, if we want supplies, we'll just have to rob them from the supply depots."

After the captain of the Jiangcheng team finished speaking, he led his team on their way.

Gong Yunxiao was not satisfied with the result. He did not expect them to choose to withdraw from the competition. He thought they would try to fight back. He should have just taken action to seize the supplies.

The second day of the group stage was the most peaceful; we didn't encounter any mutated plants or animals, nor did we experience any storms.

Fang Xiyue and her group walked 100 kilometers from 5 a.m. to 6 p.m., stopping to rest along the way.

It was a very tiring day, but it was worth it. After today's journey, they only had 70 kilometers left to travel.

If things go smoothly tomorrow, we should reach the finish line by tomorrow afternoon.

The four teams found a cave to rest in, and they decided not to go to the third supply point tomorrow.

They now have a fairly sufficient amount of food, so they can walk straight to the finish line without any problem.

"I have a feeling that the other teams will start attacking tomorrow. We must be careful and make sure we are not ambushed."

Fang Xiyue saw Gong Yunxiao form an alliance with those four teams today. Based on her understanding of Gong Yunxiao, she knew he was definitely plotting something.

"Okay, go to sleep and recharge your energy. There will be a big battle tomorrow."

Jun Nanxuan pulled Fang Xiyue into his arms and told her to go to sleep.

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October 17th, the 126th day of the apocalypse, the 3rd day of the group stage.

Early in the morning, Fang Xiyue and the others received a notification on their devices saying that the rules had changed.

"Special abilities are not allowed in battles between players; they can be used in other situations."

Well, everyone fell silent after seeing this message, it seems that some of the players who withdrew from the competition had complained.

Furthermore, they felt through live streaming that battles between contestants using superpowers might lead to accidental killings, so they changed the rules.

Everyone should abide by this point, after all, the first competition is just a trial run, and the rules will be improved to the best in practice.

However, this news is bad news for others, but good news for the Licheng team, whose members have all taken Sanda crash course capsules.

Their skills are far beyond those of ordinary people, so this rule is undoubtedly more advantageous to them.

So, upon seeing the rules, they all instinctively tried to suppress their laughter, afraid of laughing out loud because they were too happy.

The 40 people had just finished breakfast, and it was only 5 a.m., still a bit dark and foggy outside.

However, they are no longer in first place because they heard other teams passing by last night.

They were probably planning to travel through the night, and they weren't sure where they were right now.

"Set off!"

At Jun Nanxuan's command, the 40 people began to move forward.

Because they walked for a long time yesterday, their legs were still a bit sore today, so they walked a little slower.

At 7 a.m., after walking for two hours, they had only covered 15 kilometers.

"Run!"