However, before he could be happy for two seconds, the familiar system broadcast voice resounded throughout the sea area again, cold and mechanical:
[Region-wide Notice: Player "Lu Ye" (ID: CHN-735***) is currently located in the waters near coordinates (XXX, YYY). Repeat, player "Lu Ye"...]
"Again?! Is it never going to end?!" Lu Ye's face turned dark in an instant.
"This crappy game is trying to pick a fight with me, right? Are you afraid that others won't know I'm picking up trash here?!"
He was now 100% certain that this system definitely had some kind of "hatred attraction" that specifically targeted outstanding players like him.
This is like roasting him on the fire!
"Hurry! Su Baiyue, Chen Shu! Don't just stand there! Hurry up and grab the boxes! Only the ordinary ones! Grab as many as you can! After we're done, let's get out of here immediately!" Lu Ye's tone was hurried, and his sense of crisis instantly reached its peak.
That move just now must have exposed the existence of a supply box here. Now the coordinates have been broadcasted. It won’t be long before the hyenas smelling the scent will come!
"Okay!" Su Baiyue obeyed Lu Ye's words at this moment. The shocking scene just now and Lu Ye's brilliant response made her completely convinced.
She immediately picked up the hook and deftly hooked those plain wooden boxes. She even skillfully swung the hook and hooked two at a time!
Chen Shu also acted quickly, and the two of them cooperated to drag more than a dozen ordinary wooden boxes floating nearby onto the speedboat one after another as quickly as possible.
They completely ignored the patterned boxes that exuded temptation.
"Let's go!" After all the ordinary boxes that could be quickly salvaged were put on board, Lu Ye immediately started the engine. The speedboat roared, turned around, and sped towards the south, away from this troubled place!
The speedboat cut through the waves, leaving danger and potential enemies far behind.
After driving for a distance, Lu Ye slowed down slightly, picked up the telescope, and looked back at the sea area they had just left.
It turned out to be just as he expected.
Two ships appeared at the place where they had just stopped.
Judging from the size and degree of modification of the boat, it is similar to his upgraded speedboat. It is obvious that he is also a player who is doing well in this area.
In the field of view of the telescope, the people on the two ships seemed extremely excited and anxious, and were busy using various tools to salvage the remaining boxes - including those patterned boxes that Lu Ye had clearly instructed not to touch!
"Tsk tsk, people die for money, birds die for food..." Lu Ye put down the telescope, shook his head, and a mocking arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.
His intuition told him that those patterned boxes definitely contained more than just the Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish as a "surprise".
Sure enough, the moment he finished his thought—
"boom!!!"
A deafening explosion was heard clearly even from a considerable distance!
Suddenly, a huge fireball rose from the position of one of the ships, mixed with thick black smoke and shot straight into the sky!
The fragments of the hull and debris were blown into pieces and flew everywhere, falling into the sea like flowers scattered by fairies!
The firelight illuminated half the sky red and also illuminated Lu Ye's calm eyes.
“…” Su Baiyue sucked in a breath of cold air, her face turned pale, and she subconsciously covered her mouth.
She clearly saw that just before the explosion, someone on the ship seemed to have just pried open a box with intricate golden patterns.
Shen Shu also frowned, her eyes solemn.
The power of this trap is simply terrifying.
If they had been greedy just now, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Lu Ye just calmly looked at the flames rising into the sky and the gradually sinking wreckage of the ship, with no ripples in his heart, and even felt like laughing.
Greed is indeed the original sin.
In this damn survival game, one wrong step will lead to eternal damnation.
He checked the system interface.
[Remaining time in "Raging Sea" mode: 08:00:00]
Eight more hours.
He glanced again at the mileage record.
From the time he left the island until now, including the detour he had just taken to avoid potential pursuers, he had already traveled a total of about fifty nautical miles in his speedboat.
[Ding! The player's cumulative sailing mileage has reached 50 nautical miles, triggering the "Courier" system special reward.]
[Received 5 System Express Supply Boxes. Delivered to your speedboat deck.]
Along with the prompt sound, five cardboard boxes of different sizes, printed with the special "Courier" system logo, appeared in the system space.
"Oh? There is such good news?" Lu Ye raised his eyebrows. Finally, there was some good news.
But now is not the time.
He drove the speedboat carefully for a distance and found a relatively remote sea area far away from the main channel. There was no trace of other ships nearby.
"Alright, let's rest here for a while." Lu Ye turned off the engine and let the speedboat float gently with the waves. "We'll take turns keeping watch and replenish our energy. I'm going to sleep for a while. Who's going to be the first shift?"
"Let me do it." Chen Shu took the initiative to speak, "Miss Su was frightened today, so she should rest first. Besides, she and I are not teammates certified by the system after all."
Although this is said directly, it is also true.
In this dangerous game, the trust in teammates who are not bound to the system is always discounted. Shen Shu's caution is not without reason.
Su Baiyue's face froze slightly when she heard this, but she didn't refute.
She knew that Shen Shu was telling the truth, and she really needed time to calm down.
She glanced at Lu Ye gratefully and whispered, "Thank you."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Doctor Shen." Lu Ye yawned and didn't bother to be polite with her. He found a relatively comfortable position, wrapped his coat tightly around him, closed his eyes and began to rest.
The continuous high tension and running around made him feel tired.
The waves gently hit the side of the boat, and there was silence all around, with only the occasional cry of a passing seabird.
Time passes by little by little.
After an unknown amount of time, Lu Ye was awakened by a hurried call in his daze.
"Lu Ye! Wake up! Check the channel!" It was Chen Shu's voice, with an unusual solemnity.
Lu Ye suddenly opened his eyes, and the dazzling sunlight made him squint.
He quickly sat up and looked at his retinal interface.
On the system interface, a huge announcement that covered the entire field of vision slowly unfolded:
[Region-wide Notice: The first round of the "Raging Sea" challenge has officially ended!]
[Phase settlement in progress...]
In this region (#S7-Sea), a total of 47,821,534 players participated in the first round of "Raging Seas."
At the end of this round, there are 17,819,203 players left.
[Total number of eliminated players: 30,002,331! ]
Thirty million!
Looking at the shocking number, Lu Ye's expression instantly became extremely solemn.
In just the first seven days, the first round of the lowest difficulty natural disaster mode eliminated over 30 million players?!
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