Translator: AnubisTL
Chen Jiang took a deep breath, glanced at his remaining blood sacrifice points, and resolved to accelerate his efforts. He aimed to accumulate 50,000 blood sacrifice points as quickly as possible, hoping to acquire all 50,000 one-star items in one fell swoop.
"Scar Dog, commence the bombardment of the residential district."
"Understood."
Chen Jiang paused, then turned to Li Hao. "Keep a close eye on the Altar Shop. Watch for those five specific items. If anyone purchases them, notify me immediately."
"No problem, Brother Jiang."
With these instructions given, Chen Jiang finally let out a slight sigh of relief.
Although he was reasonably confident that no one would compete for these essentially useless one-star items, he knew it was better to be safe than sorry. After all, who could predict if some fool might suddenly take an interest?
Moreover, the Altar Shop's current inventory held several items that greatly appealed to him, beyond those five one-star items.
For example:
[Item Name]: Achievement Compendium
[Item Tier]: Two-Star Item
[Item Effect]: Reveals all achievement trigger conditions.
[Item Description]: Even if you know the conditions, you'll likely still fail to trigger them. But at least it gives you something to aspire to.
[Exchange Price]: 5,000 blood sacrifice points.
[Inventory]: (10/10)
He was deeply tempted by this item. With it, he could finally pursue achievements with purpose.
All the achievements he'd completed so far had been triggered accidentally.
The rewards for completing achievements were substantial, and he hadn't forgotten about the battle-ruined fragment that could activate the grand event, the Gluttonous Feast.
The item's price wasn't cheap, but it wasn't exorbitant either.
Beyond this, there were many other items that captivated him.
Of course, these items took priority only after the 50,000 one-star items.
Meanwhile, the city above had descended into chaos.
Over ten minutes of relentless, precise bombardment had nearly obliterated all its defensive measures.
The machine gun bunkers and other defensive fortifications at the city gates, along with the moat and the series of heavily fortified defenses, proved utterly helpless against the space-piercing cannon.
In a residential district composed of three twenty-plus-story high-rise apartment buildings and seven or eight ten-story villas, chaos reigned supreme.
The air was thick with panicked screams and cries.
Some residents were frantically packing their belongings, preparing to flee the city by car.
But their efforts were futile.
The streets were already choked with traffic accidents and abandoned vehicles, leaving no escape route.
Moreover, the inner city was completely encircled by the moat, a formidable barrier nearly ten meters wide and several meters deep, impossible to cross by human means.
The steel drawbridges spanning the moat had been Chen Jiang's primary targets, now engulfed in flames and billowing black smoke, rendered utterly useless.
In other words, the inner city had become a death trap.
For residents of the inner city without extraordinary abilities, their fate was sealed: to remain trapped and slowly slaughtered.
However, not everyone knew that the steel retractable bridges had been destroyed.
Amid the chaos, many still drove onto the streets, further congesting the roads.
Yet most remained holed up in their homes.
After all, they had nowhere else to go, and they firmly believed the mechanical race would never fall, just as they believed the sun would rise again tomorrow.
In truth, most members of the mechanical race had never truly grasped the cruelty of their own kind.
You might notice that despite the heavily guarded cities of the mechanical race, there was still a palpable sense of life.
Couples still flirted and bickered on the streets, elderly couples argued openly, and office workers sighed wearily on their way to work.
Such behaviors would be unthinkable among other races.
For other races newly arrived on this world, there were only two choices: survive or die.
No food, no clothing, not even the luxury of closing their eyes to sleep.
Faced with the mechanical race's slaughter, the mutated beasts' night raids, the hostility of alien race players, and even betrayal from fellow race members, who would have the mind to think about romance?
Yet, many did use their looks as weapons, preying on fellow race members like mantises, killing them to steal their items and secure their first windfall.
Such incidents were far from rare.
To be precise, they happened quite frequently.
Chen Jiang and his group had witnessed countless such occurrences.
When they first descended into this world, there was no distinction between friend and foe. Everyone shared a single-minded focus: survival, by any means necessary.
Only the mechanical race players, sheltered within their cities, could afford to leisurely hide as if the Ten Thousand Races Arena didn't exist.
In truth, most mechanical race civilians were far inferior to players of other races, both in temperament and physical prowess.
Three months had passed.
Apart from the mechanical race, virtually no players remained who possessed either a weak will or poor physical condition.
Though it sounds harsh, these players had long been weeded out within those three months.
The Ten Thousand Races Arena cared nothing for whether you were blind or crippled upon arrival. It offered only two options: life or death.
In a sense, this was true fairness—absolute impartiality, with no discrimination against anyone.
Therefore, when chaos erupted within the city,
the mechanical race civilians, like headless flies, were utterly clueless about what to do.
Until—
A phantom gate composed of white mist slowly materialized above the residential district, and a cannon barrel etched with crimson patterns slowly extended from it.
Then, time seemed to slow to a crawl.
A deep blue light bullet, trailing a crimson tail, shot from the barrel, hurtling straight toward the residential district in a devastating barrage.
The cacophony of wails, screams, prayers, and all other chaotic sounds that had filled the air above the district froze instantly, as if someone had pressed the pause button.
The entire space seemed to freeze, not a single sound audible.
It felt like an eternity had passed, though in reality, it was less than a moment.
Then, a deafening roar suddenly erupted between the towering buildings!
These civilian structures were utterly unable to withstand the high-velocity bombardment from a 110cm cannon at close range.
A skyscraper was instantly pierced through its midsection, leaving a perfectly circular hole that looked almost like a deliberate design feature.
But this was only the first shot.
Immediately afterward, countless deep blue light bullets rained down on the residential district like birds diving into a forest!
(End of the Chapter)
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