Chapter 2667: The Hero’s Swan Song
"Do you think you’re the only Super Evolver here?" A stranded player waved his hand, and invisible Spatial Ray Blades shot toward the young player and the sickbed.
For players without Spatial Evolution, it’s hard to grasp the details of the Spatial Power confrontations, but that doesn’t mean they’re completely unaware. The concentration and explosion of power in the space, along with subtle changes in wind direction and sounds, can be their basis for judgment. So when the attack from the stranded player was blocked, and Spatial Ray Blades ricocheted back, the players nearby who were attempting to attack all retreated!
Marks from the sweeping sharp objects appeared on the ground, extending continuously up to fifty meters outside the sickbed.
Some stranded players were wearing Defensive Clothing, but they weren’t fully prepared when they came and didn’t wear the defensive hood. So before the Spatial Ray Blades disappeared, they didn’t dare to rush in, fearing an accidental hit.
Of course, what the players present were more concerned about was where the non-game field simulation devices were placed. The government’s people seemed to be only dealing with the stranded players, but it was hard to guarantee they wouldn’t target local players. No one expected the government had cultivated such a powerful Super Evolver, this young, who will likely be a super-strong trump card for the government for a long time...
This situation led some players to believe that what Lian Qingkong had done earlier was just to lull them into complacency, while another group had the opposite view: Lian Qingkong, even with the ability to overturn the table, didn’t do so, only for the sake of Yu Country’s future. Even when facing attacks and assassination attempts against himself, he didn’t change his original intentions, which was admirable!
"Mr. Lian," the leader of a player organization trapped inside the sanatorium said loudly, "Twenty years ago, I was not convinced when you took the position of Chief Governor, but today, I am. You are a national hero; I am not worthy in comparison!"
After saying this, he turned to his companions and said, "Brothers, show these Outer Zone players what’s what, make them understand whose territory this is!"
Members of the Player Organization began to join the melee.
The stranded players had arranged for many people across the city; it was time for them to take action. Some were setting fires throughout the city, while others attacked some crucial government buildings, trying to coerce Lian Qingkong into compromising.
Hearing the successive explosions and the increasing shouts and cries for help around, Lian Qingkong’s face was as hard as iron, looking at the young man beside him.
The young man seemed to know what he wanted to ask and whispered, "Dai He hasn’t returned to the city yet."
Lian Qingkong’s expression didn’t change; he simply nodded at him.
The young man understood, pressed the signal device he carried, and in an instant, blinding colored lights covered the entire sanatorium, followed by deafening alarm sounds—this was clearly a signal. None of the players present knew what backup Lian Qingkong prepared, but it didn’t stop them from searching for devices blocking the sanatorium. At this point, two stranded players had already dug out the deeply buried parts of the equipment!
But before the stranded players could get motivated, those players trapped outside the sanatorium realized their props were also unusable!
At the same time, explosions in various parts of the city came to an abrupt halt as prepared government players began appearing in groups, capturing, and limiting those Outer Zone players whose personal panels were locked using specially equipped instruments!
The crowd hadn’t yet recovered from this enormous change when the group of stranded players holding equipment marched towards Lian Qingkong—the activation of the signal device wasn’t just to summon government players ambushed in the city, it was a signal for a larger non-game field simulation device to activate. Originally, the simulation device on the sanatorium side not only disabled personal panels but also interfered with equipment, while the simulation device expanded to the city only limited personal panels, so their equipment came into play again.
No one knew how wide the range of this simulation device’s lock was, but judging from the preparation, Lian Qingkong planned not to let anyone escape, be they troublemaking stranded players or conspiring local players. He intended to clear all obstacles for the next Chief Governor before his death!
"Go!" At this moment, not only those who were dissatisfied with Lian Qingkong but even the Player Organizations that had reached agreements with the government in advance didn’t dare to stake everything on the gamble, so their first reaction was to evacuate their people.
But they weren’t wrong; Lian Qingkong didn’t intend to let anyone go. He wanted not only to kill those causing chaos but also to ensure the remaining people wouldn’t dare to forget today’s fear for the next ten years!
The attack from the stranded player’s equipment hadn’t yet fallen on the sickbed when the sanatorium was suddenly covered by a black sphere, along with a group of players, leaving everything silent. Inside and outside were suddenly isolated, and the players outside the sanatorium had no way to see what was happening inside, but they didn’t have to worry too long because the next second, the black sphere suddenly expanded, engulfing all the players outside the sanatorium who hadn’t had time to escape!
Xu Huo, who entered the city just one second before the Capital City’s lockdown, had already reached near the sanatorium by this time. Looking at the black sphere almost covering the entire city center, he slightly raised an eyebrow, then ignored Dai He and the other government players chasing behind him, diving straight in.
This black sphere, initially thought to be Lian Qingkong’s prop or special equipment, but judging from the posture, it was likely evolved from characteristics; when personal panels were restricted, this characteristic could still be used, and wreak havoc... Indeed, having traveled to enough places, surprises could be found everywhere.
Without caring about those players silently harvested in the darkness, Xu Huo killed a few stranded players blocking his path and headed straight to Lian Qingkong’s sickbed.
The young player guarding him sensed his approach, just about to act when he was frozen in place by the Time Force.
"Mr. Lian, spare them," Xu Huo said, standing beside the sickbed.
Lian Qingkong was already at the end of his strength. With such a wide range of characteristic activation, he could use it once but not a second time, so he needed to kill the people on his list to the maximum extent.
Feeling his vitality rapidly declining, Xu Huo pressed his arm, "Save some breath. Maybe if you wait a while, others will help you eliminate the people you want dead."
This was more of a request; in Lian Qingkong’s state, it was impossible to kill him, and stopping Lian Qingkong was very easy.
"Maybe it’s fate," Lian Qingkong finally stopped. After the black sphere disappeared, nearly two hundred bodies, both men and women, young and old, were scattered around the sanatorium center; among them were some of the heads of Player Organizations.
The black sphere only covered for a short two minutes, yet so many players died, a large part not apparently from battling each other... All eyes invariably turned to the culprit behind this situation!