Chapter 49 You Can't Kill Me When I'm in An ambush!

The appearance of random swamps also varies in danger level. High-danger swamps contain unknown creatures, and no one knows what will happen if you fall into them. Medium-danger swamps are infested with high-level monsters that are lurking and hunting you. One wrong move and you will die.

Fortunately, this team has fallen into a calm swamp.

Calm Swamp, as the name suggests, is simply a swamp formed by geological processes, with no other dangers inside.

"Pah! This damn random swamp, how did it just appear on our only path?" A teammate spat out the sand in his mouth, his voice hoarse from the struggle. He cursed, "If we weren't strong enough and quick-reacting, we would all be dead here. This game is no peace!"

Before the man could finish speaking, a sudden golden light abruptly repelled all the team members; it was a system message from the world channel.

Wouldn't you like to come and see this cool oasis in the midst of a long, hot winter?

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After a brief silence, the group erupted in excitement, "A swimming pool has appeared in this game!"

"Could this be a trap? When will this lousy game ever let us have an easy time?"

A young team member practically tumbled and crawled towards the team leader, Fan. His voice trembled slightly, perhaps from excitement: "Boss, have you seen the system information? A swimming pool has appeared in the game, and the coordinates show it's less than 20 kilometers away from our current location. Should we go there?"

A teammate nearby immediately chimed in, panting, "This damn game is really messing with us. The Eternal Night event started a whole month early, catching us completely off guard. We almost all of us perished in this hellish swamp. We definitely need to find a place to rest."

"Yes, we should also find a place to sell our goods."

Some people were supportive, while others had doubts: "Boss, shouldn't we be more cautious? This territory seems to have appeared out of nowhere, and the terms are so good that it doesn't seem real. I have a feeling there's something fishy going on."

"Besides, it's only a four-day walk from where we are now to Chixia Town. That's a familiar route for us. If we really want to rest and replenish our energy, we can go there. Why risk going to a place we don't know?"

This caravan, named "Sand Fox," consisted of thirty people, all of whom were skilled warriors above level 45, experienced, and well-coordinated.

In the sixth year of the game, they formed a professional caravan. With their familiarity with the distribution of monsters and the demand for resources, they traveled between various still-operating human settlements, buying low and selling high, and even taking on customized escort missions. They didn't earn a lot, but they were still richer than the average player.

The leader of the Sand Fox Caravan, Du Fan, was a burly man standing 1.9 meters tall. His face was lined with wrinkles from his advancing age, but in terms of energy and spirit, no one in the entire caravan could match him.

He was busy directing his teammates to pull them out of the mud one by one, and had no time to spare. He had thought it was an unimportant message, but upon hearing his teammates' suggestion, he brought up the system notification again. His tired eyes suddenly cleared when he saw the content.

He stood up abruptly, looked around at his disheveled teammates, and knew they really needed a rest. He immediately made a decision in his mind: "Go! Why not go?"

He paused, his gaze sweeping over the disapproving team members: "Your concerns are valid. This territory does seem a bit eerie, but from another perspective, being able to send messages to the world channel through the system is something that no ordinary territory could do."

He explained, "Even if only half of this information on the system is true, it represents a huge market with immense potential that we have never seen before."

"Business opportunities always come with huge risks, isn't that something we've always known?"

Those present were all businessmen who had traveled all over the country, and after the leader's brief explanation, they immediately understood.

Yes, with such good conditions, the territory must be rich in resources. If they resell the goods from that territory to other places, they won't have to worry about selling them. It's incredibly profitable!

The team members, who were initially hesitant, instantly changed their attitude; they were willing to take the risk.

"Brothers, cheer up! Twenty kilometers? At our pace, it'll only take us two days." Wu Fan raised his voice, trying to motivate his teammates and dispel their fatigue. "If this territory is real, as long as we can hold on for two days, we might be able to take a cold shower and eat a normal meal. This risk is worth it!"

Wu Fan's words immediately gave the team hope. The team members quickly organized the remaining supplies and weapons and moved towards the goal given by the system.

Sandfox wasn't the only team with this idea; many people who hadn't found a place to rest due to the early arrival of Eternal Night were starting to consider whether to head to the Star Territory.

However, not everyone holds the hope of peace.

Some saw a glimmer of hope for survival, while others saw a business opportunity to profit from the chaos. The swamp distribution map provided by Star Territory not only guided players to safe routes but also accurately predicted their future travel paths.

With the swamp distribution map provided by Star Territory, the Sand Fox caravan avoided most of the natural traps along the way.

However, just when they were less than four kilometers away from the coordinates, a sudden change occurred!

"Attack!" A sharp whistle shattered the silence, and several arrows appeared out of thin air, shooting directly at their vital points.

Dozens of dark figures suddenly sprang up from behind the seemingly calm sand dunes on both sides. They had obviously been lying in ambush for a long time, and the terrain they had chosen was extremely tricky, right on the edge of a depression in a blind spot.

"Enemy attack! Be on defense!" Wu Fan reacted extremely quickly. After reminding his team members, he had already raised a giant shield in his hand and deflected several incoming arrows.

Although he successfully defended against the enemy's sneak attack, his heart sank suddenly.

The Sand Fox caravan had just suffered losses in the swamp a few days ago, followed by two days of intense travel and hard work. Their condition was no longer at its peak. The ambushers seized the opportunity perfectly and were quite strong, with an average level of probably over 40.

In the ensuing battle, the Sand Fox caravan was quickly put at a disadvantage, and its formation was broken up.

"Brothers, let's fight!" a veteran Sand Fox member roared, swinging his knife at an oncoming tank, but was attacked by an assassin who suddenly appeared on his right. Blood splattered, and his figure turned into a white light and disappeared, leaving only a small pile of supplies on the ground.

"Third Brother!" The teammate next to him exclaimed, his eyes wide with fury.

No one expected death to come so quickly.

One of the ambushers, seemingly the leader, grinned maliciously as his arrows never missed their mark. He shouted to his companions, "Hurry up! Kill them first! Once they're dead, everything in their backpacks will drop and be ours!"

Their goal was quite clear: to kill and rob.

In this post-apocalyptic game, players disappear as data upon death, dropping all items from their inventory. This is undoubtedly the most efficient way to loot.

"Damn it." Wu Fan's eyes were bloodshot. He wielded the giant shield with great force, forcing back two enemies in front of him, but he couldn't protect the enemies on either side.

The enemy consisted mostly of archers, and under the dense barrage of arrows, they couldn't even get close and could only defend passively.

As members on the outer perimeter of the team fell one after another, a surge of desperate anger welled up in his heart.

Just at this critical moment, a female voice came from not far away: "Bangbao, teach them a lesson!"

Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see a young girl carrying two tall magical plants.

Before the ambushers could react, a cherry tree next to the girl, laden with fruit, rustled its head, and three round, bright red, cherry-sized fruits, like cannonballs, accurately landed in the area where the robbers were most concentrated.

"What is that?"

"Watch out for explosives!"

Some of the ambushers cried out, but it was too late.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Deafening explosions rang out one after another, and a huge fireball, accompanied by a powerful shockwave, soared into the air, instantly engulfing the arrogant group of robbers.

As the smoke cleared, the robbers lay sprawled on the ground, groaning in pain, but none of them had died. After all, the power of the Cherry Bomb was only level 20, not enough to kill these high-level players.

With the rescue, the Sand Fox Caravan's pressure was greatly reduced. Wu Fan bowed gratefully to the girl who had helped him and then turned to organize his team to fight back.

The remaining members of the Sand Fox caravan, filled with the rage of those who had survived the catastrophe, did not hesitate to swing their swords at the ambushers who had been rendered incapacitated by the explosion. Flashes of white light followed one after another, and a lot of equipment exploded on the ground.

"You...you can't kill me!" The leading archer, also seriously wounded, screamed in terror as the Sand Fox team members approached. "I'm from the Fuguang Town patrol team. Our mayor won't let you get away with this. You're declaring war on Fuguang Town!"

He tried to intimidate the other party with his identity, making a desperate struggle.

Wu Fan paused, his brows furrowing.

Just then, Lin Nanxing lightly jumped off the banyan tree spirit and walked to Wu Fan's side.

She glanced at the blustering but cowardly bandit leader on the ground, her voice calm yet tinged with contempt: "Oh? When did the patrol team of Fuguang Town start ambushing and robbing people at their doorsteps, killing and plundering?"

Her gaze swept over the loot scattered on the ground, clearly belonging to different territories, indicating that many people had been robbed in front of her house.

Lin Nanxing's eyes were filled with anger, but his tone grew colder: "Even if you really are, tell me, if I send today's events, along with this evidence, through the system exactly as they happened."

She paused deliberately for a few seconds, "Do you think your town mayor will avenge you, or will he be the first to distance himself from you, and even thank me for cleaning up his own house?"

The leader's face turned deathly pale instantly, his lips trembled, and he could no longer utter a single threatening word.

Lin Nanxing stopped looking at him and turned to Wu Fan, her tone softening: "The rest is up to you. Welcome to the Star Territory, although this welcome ceremony is a bit special."

Once all the robbers were dealt with, the blood-red countdown on Lin Nanxing's control panel finally stopped.

[Time-limited mission completed: Rescue the guest]

[Mission Requirements: Eliminate the uninvited guests lurking around the territory and rescue the guests who are about to arrive.]

[Reward: 1 Reputation Point]

Seeing the reward, Lin Nanxing looked away with satisfaction. It was worth rushing over here. She hadn't even had a chance to touch Bao Bao's newly formed cherry bombs before using them all up in one go.

You know, she waited anxiously for three days, and only three seeds grew.