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Day 15.
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[Achievement]: First Time Cooking
[Rewards]: 50 Journey Points, 1 Mana Regeneration Card
[Hidden Achievement Obtained]: The Counterattack!
[Reward]: 200 Journey Points (★★★★★), 1 Pet Egg Incubator (Part F), 50 Experience Points
[Achievements Acquired]: ......
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Yu Xiangnan was frantically racking up achievements in the wild when, suddenly, he had a bad feeling.
The next second, the ground began to shake violently!
At the same time, a chilling buzzing sound came from the horizon, sweeping in rapidly from afar and instantly shattering the original tranquility.
Yu Xiangnan looked up and saw an overwhelming swarm of insects, like a surging black torrent, rushing towards the large shelter not far away.
These insects were bizarre in shape, including giant beetles, winged centipedes, and giant moths, and they were densely packed together.
Wherever it went, it blotted out the sky and completely blocked out the sunlight.
Inside a large shelter near City A.
Broadcast message: "Level One Alert! Level One Alert!!"
"Attention all residents! A swarm of insects is attacking. This is not a drill! Combat personnel, proceed to your defensive positions immediately. Non-combat personnel, proceed to underground shelters immediately. We are confident we can repel the swarm. We will issue further notice later..."
Suddenly, a sharp static noise rang out without warning, and the sound from the radio abruptly stopped, leaving only the crackling sound of electricity.
It’s over!
It's all over!!
Inside the shelter, people stared in terror at the approaching swarm of insects, their faces filled with despair and fear.
Some people stood frozen in place, as if terrified, their bodies trembling uncontrollably; others let out shrill screams and fled in all directions, pushing and trampling each other, creating a chaotic scene.
Special forces quickly assembled, equipped with upgraded plasma pulse rifles capable of firing high-energy plasma beams powerful enough to instantly penetrate the insect's hard exoskeleton.
This rifle is said to be specifically designed to combat mutated insects.
Behind the main force, there are also support teams equipped with heavy firepower. Multiple rocket launchers can fire multiple high-explosive rockets at once, causing devastating damage to large areas of the swarm.
"boom!!!"
With a deafening roar and a blinding flash, the rocket slammed into the swarm of insects, blasting countless insects to pieces.
However, it was all in vain.
There are just too many mutated insects!
Yu Xiangnan frowned, his eyes fixed on the swarm of insects that surged into the large shelter like a black tide.
Their actions are not random and chaotic.
Because she couldn't communicate directly with Xiao Hei and Xiao Lü, Yu Xiangnan specially sent that advanced mutated bee to infiltrate them and act as a real-time broadcaster.
The description indicates that the swarm frequently changes direction abruptly during its advance, collectively avoiding rocket attacks—a feat that mutated insects could not have made instinctively. Furthermore, their attack rhythm is highly coordinated, allowing them to quickly concentrate their forces for a breakthrough.
The level of tacit cooperation they displayed far exceeded the behavioral patterns of typical biological groups.
Such an organized and disciplined collective mobilization could not possibly be accidental.
Yu Xiangnan looked and looked with his astigmatic and mildly myopic eyes, but all he could see were dense black dots, and his eyes were almost blinded by looking.
Just then, she suddenly had a strong feeling, as if a cold gaze was falling directly on her!
In that instant, she felt as if she were being pricked by needles, and a chill quickly spread from her spine to her entire body.
What is it? A dungeon boss?
Never mind, let's go!
Without further delay, Yu Xiangnan quickly jumped into the RV, started the engine, and drove away from the insect swarm at high speed.
The large shelter has been completely overrun. The large number of people inside has created chaos, leading to a stampede. People are trapped inside and unable to escape, and players within are unable to use their skills.
The scene was crowded and chaotic.
Only the slightly smarter and more agile players realized something was wrong and ran away in advance, thus escaping disaster.
Six hours after the insect swarm outbreak, Yu Xiangnan checked the panel and found that the number of surviving players in the dungeon had dropped sharply, with only a little over 3,000 left.
Due to the insect swarm, the area of the instance map has shrunk rapidly, leaving them with very little space to move around.
This means... we've made it to the finals?
The time when Little Black and Little Green had been "turned from enemies to friends" was almost over. Yu Xiangnan gave them her final order: to stay away from her, as far away as possible.
Just as she was pondering her next move, the prompt popped up again.
[Note]: The temporary shop is now open.
Each item in this temporary shop is available in limited quantities and will not be restocked once sold out. Each player has only one chance to enter the shop, and the time limit is six minutes.
Players are advised to plan their time accordingly based on their own needs.
[Randomly selecting serial numbers...]
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[Yu Xiangnan (ID: H00), Serial Number: 1]
Yu Xiangnan was taken aback.
The first one in? Looks like luck worked.
The next second, a mechanical voice entered my ears, and the surrounding scenery changed abruptly.
[Entering a temporary shop...]
This temporary shop is quite different.
Yu Xiangnan looked up.
This is a small shop that looks very old, surrounded by emptiness, so there is no choice but to go inside.
A six-minute countdown appeared in the upper left corner of the screen.
Yu Xiangnan walked into the small shop. The dim light enveloped the entire space. The light was not uniform and bright, but had a dim yellow hue, like candlelight flickering.
The chandelier on the ceiling is a spherical frame made of various irregular metal pieces, with several beads that emit a dim light in the middle. The light shines through the gaps in the metal pieces, creating dappled light and shadow on the ground.
Various props were displayed on the shelves inside the store, their outlines appearing blurry under the dim lighting.
Yu Xiangnan looked closely.
A strangely-looking NPC stood in front of the counter.
Simply put, it's a "human body with a crocodile head".
Its body resembles that of a human, with human limbs and a general body outline, and it is draped in a camel-colored cloak, but its head is shaped like a crocodile.
Most notably, it also wears a pair of glasses with lenses that shimmer in the light and frames made of a silver-blue metallic material.
Its top displays: [Luo Pin] (ID: 666)
I don't know why, but even though this NPC doesn't look like a human, he still looks like a shrewd businessman.
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