The exclamation startled Xia Yixin. After she had chopped off the head of a level 5 zombie wolf, she briefly saw the mecha warrior lying not far away. His head had been bitten off by a tiger, but unlike the system description, he had not disappeared and returned to the respawn point.
Because they had been fighting all along, no one had noticed this until now.
Xia Yixin felt a chill run down her spine. Her instinct for death made her turn around and cover her face, but her arm was bitten by the predator with its mouth wide open. Instantly, a corrosive pain came. In front of the ten-meter-tall predator, her mecha was like a toy.
Despite the excruciating pain, she decisively shoved her other hand into the predator's gaping mouth, and the spear instantly pierced through the predator's head; the predator's mouth was its only weakness.
As the predator fell, Xia Yixin rolled away on the spot, narrowly avoiding it.
At this moment, the white mecha's entire right arm was corroded so badly that the wiring was faintly visible. Although Xia Yixin in the control room had no injuries, she still felt intense pain, and her entire right arm was red.
This is definitely not 60% of the pain!
This is a trap.
If it wasn't Qian Dahai, then who could it be? Who was hiding in the shadows?
She tried calling out to the system, but there was no response again. Fortunately, she had finally seized a high ground and was temporarily safe. She was panting and looked around. She knew that now was not the time to think about who wanted to harm her, but to find a way out!
Forcibly quitting would result in brain death; she could only do so to complete the game...
Wait, I've cleared the level!
Xia Yixin's eyes lit up with a burst of fire as she looked at the red gem that shimmered on the mountain peak on the distant horizon. It was a symbol of victory; once she captured it, the battle system would automatically quit!
Below that mountain peak, at a distance of nearly a football field, lay thousands upon thousands of monsters.
This is a huge gamble, but it's also her only way out right now.
She gripped her spear tightly and plunged into the monster horde. By this time, the number of survivors had dropped to thirty, and these thirty were all experts. They had also noticed something amiss with the system. Seeing Xia Yixin heading purposefully towards the mountain peak, they immediately understood her meaning: as long as one person won, the others could be teleported out even if they lost.
"Brothers, come quick! We must fight together!" a red mech pilot shouted in the channel.
Gradually, the remaining thirty people approached Xia Yixin purposefully, rushing towards the distant mountain peak. Unfortunately, they encountered two level ten predators on the way!
Including the previous three, there are now a total of five predators.
At this moment, the 09 live streamer, for some reason, had not been attacked, but the constantly trembling footage proved his fear.
Like him, all the viewers watching the live stream felt a sense of empathy and fear, including the people in the sewer rest area.
Finally, someone couldn't help but shout out, "This is too cruel! With monsters of this level in the wilderness, let alone victory, it's impossible to even kill all the monsters!"
The excitement on the faces of the other workers had long since faded, replaced by solemnity.
Those who received the news in Module Two and then left to watch the live stream felt the impact most directly in Sky City.
"This isn't the Pioneer Mode at all! Look, the 'corpses' inside haven't disappeared at all!" A sharp-eyed person noticed the clue.
"Impossible! This must be a special mode? The combat system has existed for two eras; it's impossible for it to malfunction!"
"The combat system can't possibly malfunction! If there's a problem, the Commander-in-Chief will definitely come out and address it."
Amidst the discussions, a post suddenly appeared.
"My friend is really dead!! My friend was one of the pioneers in this game. I just went to find him, and he was brain dead in the system pod!"
After this case emerged, more and more news gradually appeared on social media platforms.
"My friend is dead too, he's brain dead!"
"The combat system has been tampered with to 100% realism!"
"This is terrifying! The Commander's wife is sure to die inside!"
...
As these chilling reports spread, more and more ambulances began to appear in Sky City, carrying dozens of brain-dead Class A gene survivors amidst their sirens.
A sense of panic appeared on the live stream screen.
As the number of survivors plummeted, everyone watching the live stream held their breath. Many more rushed toward the Executor's headquarters, but most of them were taken into custody by the Executors.
And shortly afterward, the live stream stopped.
It was Lu Yuan who ordered the signal source of the combat system host in the RSM to be cut off.
Continuing to play this could trigger a lot of chain reactions.
At this moment, Lu Yuan was at the main control console on the combat system host. The combat system host was enormous, a space the size of a football field filled with rows of red-glowing computer cases. The main control console was also the size of a basketball court, enough to accommodate more than a hundred people, with rows of computers and maintenance personnel engrossed in calculations and operations.
Team Leader Zhang at the control panel was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He and his more than fifty team members kept trying to stop the combat system from continuing, but to no avail. The biggest help they could get was to form a semi-transparent protective shield for a short time, but the number of survivors had still dropped to ten.
The live stream kept shaking and cutting out. Suddenly, the camera fell to the ground, and a scream came from the staff member of the 09 live broadcast station.
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