Without delay, Yu Xiangnan quickly headed towards the [Item Collection and Preparation Area].

Along the way, she asked the tiny wooden puppet, no bigger than a palm and always suspended in mid-air, with a puzzled look, "Are these all your clones?"

The puppet was secretly chuckling, but when its gaze met Yu Xiangnan's sharp and contemptuous eyes, the smile on its face froze instantly, and it hurriedly tried to distance itself from the situation.

[Puppet]: Of course not!

[Puppet]: I give up. Those are just randomly generated data. Please don't ruin my reputation.

Yu Xiangnan twitched the corner of his mouth.

Okay, okay.

Seeing her about to leave, the wooden puppet, which was only about a meter tall, immediately became agitated and shouted, "Stop! You haven't apologized yet..."

Yu Xiangnan's lips curled into a half-smile, and he interrupted it rudely: "Apologize? I'm rude, so I won't apologize, what about it?"

"You, you!"

The puppet was speechless with anger and trembled violently.

I have never seen such a shameless person!

Yu Xiangnan took this opportunity to leave.

She originally thought that only the cities in the team were large, but she didn't expect that not only were the cities ridiculously large, but the whole map was also very strange, with no fixed teleportation points, and you could only rely on walking.

It took nearly five minutes to walk from my team's city to the item collection and preparation area. So, a round trip would take at least ten minutes.

Moreover, you are very likely to encounter players from other teams on the way, and a fight will definitely break out. You might even be sent back to the city by a one-stop service before you even reach the collection area.

She immediately put on the jetpack and went to the item collection preparation area.

It's more accurate to describe this place as an orchard than as an area for collecting items and supplies.

This is a vast orchard, with lush fruit trees as far as the eye can see. A quick glance reveals numerous mango, pomegranate, peach, and apple trees, among others...

Yu Xiangnan had just arrived in this area when a new mission was triggered.

bite--

[Task List] (Automatically refreshes upon completion of tasks)

[Task 1]: Collect 10 apples and 5 peaches

[Task 2]: Collect 1 Rainbow Pomegranate

[Task 3]: Collect 5 mangoes, 3 peaches, and 3 apples.

......

Players need to enter the orchard to collect a certain number of fruits. Each time a task is completed, players will receive a chance to draw a prize in the exclusive lottery system.

Yu Xiangnan's eyes lit up instantly.

Because...this acquisition mechanism is very favorable to players with high luck!

It's all a lottery!

[Hint]: Please follow the instructions to collect fruits and successfully exchange them for one chance to draw a prize.

A notification pops up in your field of vision.

Yu Xiangnan flashed into the dense fruit trees. At this moment, the players from other teams—no, they should be called puppets—also rushed into the orchard, their target the fruit on the trees.

The orchard was in complete chaos.

Many of the puppets have already started fighting each other.

Taking advantage of arriving first, Yu Xiangnan successfully completed the first and third tasks within thirty minutes, earning two chances to win a prize.

Just as she was about to turn and leave, she caught a glimpse of a pomegranate radiating seven colors out of the corner of her eye.

At this point, all three tasks have been successfully completed, and there are about ten minutes remaining.

She changed her mind and decided to use this time to explore the surrounding terrain.

After some exploration, she discovered that the distance between the [Item Collection and Preparation Area] and the [Public Battle Zone] was unexpectedly close. The Public Battle Zone was a huge arena with scattered obstacles, and exclusive items would randomly spawn there from time to time.

The four cities occupy the four corners of the map, while the [Item Collection and Preparation Area] and [Public Battle Area] are located in the middle.

[Time's up. We're now entering the "Attack/Defense Preparation Phase."]

The city has two entrances. Each team of players needs to return to their own city to build defenses, coordinate their attacks, and prepare for defense.

Yu Xiangnan put on the jetpack and, with its powerful propulsion, quickly returned to the Green Team's city.

The first point of attack was the "city gate," and the other point of attack was on the left, which was another small gate in the city wall.

The game guide outlines only the most basic and conventional progression. Once the game officially begins, many players will follow the plan, head to the [Item Collection Preparation Area], collect the items, and then dutifully return to their own cities to place them.

There must be quite a few "honest people" like this who follow the rules.

However, things are definitely not that simple.

In the first two phases, the rules allow all players to act in the first phase, which means that some players will definitely not intend to collect items obediently, but will instead "kill". These players are trying to open up the situation in the chaos and gain an advantage.

As mentioned in the previous video, dying in the first two stages does not consume any lives, and the resurrection time is ten minutes.

Ten minutes... is enough to do a lot of things.

Once the game starts, she can immediately put on the [Invisibility Cloak] to conceal her figure, then rush to the orchard as fast as possible to complete the task first, obtain a chance to draw a prize, and then go to the [Public Melee Zone] to pick up the randomly dropped items, and also pick up any leftovers.

Well, I guess I'll just have to improvise.

Yu Xiangnan returned to the vicinity of that main road and found that the puppets in his team had already collected a lot of props and placed them on both sides of the road.

etc......

She rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

Which idiot would place the two basic two-star items given at the start of the game directly in the two positions closest to the Life Crystal?

The beginner's tutorial is terrifying.

It directly simulated the most terrifying scenario.

This isn't a beginner's tutorial, it's practically a blood pressure simulator.

Yu Xiangnan took a deep breath to calm himself down.

The two slots closest to the Life Crystal don't necessarily need to be filled with high-damage items. In fact, placing items with higher health is a wiser choice. This way, you can buy your team more time to respond when attacked.

If players are allowed to easily destroy the items in these two key locations and quickly turn their attention to the Life Crystal, the situation will inevitably descend into chaos.

There's no going back now, and the "attack/defense preparation period" has been shortened from the original half hour to ten minutes.

Yu Xiangnan decided to draw a prize first.

She opened the special lottery interface for this particular instance, and a red-painted card-drawing machine instantly appeared in front of her.

[Do I need to use one of my lottery draw attempts?]

[Drawing cards, please wait...]