The next day.
“Alright, I believe everyone has understood the rules. Now, I will give you the final five minutes to prepare. Once the time is up, you can release your spiritual sense and be teleported in.”
“The entire survival match is set to last for 72 hours. When the time expires, the teleportation stones on your person will immediately activate, sending you out of the arena.”
In the assembly area of the fortress, the organizers of the survival match were making the final arrangements for the participants.
Lin Ran, pulling Luo Qingyan aside, was also giving her some instructions:
“You’ve memorized everything we stayed up all night researching last night, right?”
Luo Qingyan glanced at Lin Ran.
“My brain is still functional. How could I forget?”
“I have to say, your quirky idea for communication is quite something.”
Lin Ran smiled.
Since the competition disallowed any communication devices, Lin Ran naturally had to resort to some special methods to contact others.
Therefore, Lin Ran had given Luo Qingyan a bunch of magic energy activation device triggers set within the Divine Might Space.
Because his main body was in the Divine Might Space, he wouldn’t be discovered.
Depending on the different effects of the magic energy triggers, messages could be transmitted unidirectionally.
Furthermore, because Luo Qingyan had Divine Might engraved in her eyes, she could directly hide in the Divine Might Space when facing danger.
“Let’s go! You can treat entering this as a trip. I’ll bring back the victory, no need to risk your life.”
“Combined with the points from the previous two matches, it’s absolutely enough to ensure no defeat!”
Lin Ran chuckled.
Luo Qingyan rolled her eyes.
Seeing Lin Ran’s arrogant and presumptuous demeanor, she really wanted to punch him.
However, Luo Qingyan also knew that Lin Ran wouldn’t say things he wasn’t confident about. Since he said so, it must be fine.
Seeing that Luo Qingyan didn’t object, Lin Ran felt relieved.
Of course, he had said the same thing to Xu Sheng and the others earlier, and naturally received their unanimous praise.
The countdown ended!
As he felt a surge of spatial power enter his mind, Lin Ran relaxed his spirit and accepted the competition’s teleportation request.
The next instant, nearly fifty thousand participants on the field vanished from their positions simultaneously.
…
Swish!
After the magic of the teleportation spell completely dissipated, Lin Ran opened his eyes again.
It was truly desolate…
This was Lin Ran’s first impression.
He was currently standing on the rooftop of a building about 30 stories high. Looking out, all he could see were broken stones and debris.
Looking further down, the severely worn walls of the building were covered in various vines and plants. Below, the ground was littered with various animal carcasses, fungal mats, and moss.
Perhaps affected by the dust that permeated the city, the sky had become less clear, appearing somewhat gloomy and dim.
Dead, decaying, lifeless – this was Lin Ran’s first impression of this city.
It was no less than those renowned forbidden lands.
The City of Ruins, truly lived up to its name…
Just as Lin Ran finished sighing, he suddenly heard movement around him.
As if sensing the presence of the human who had suddenly appeared, the ferocious beasts hidden within the floors became restless and rushed upwards with a clatter.
They moved swiftly and in large numbers, surging upwards from all directions.
There were even many crawling beasts that climbed directly up the walls.
Damn it!
Lin Ran extended his hand and easily repelled all the beasts that had closed in on him.
He had no mood to play with these insignificant creatures, as he was in a hurry to grab the airdrops.
According to the strategy provided by Zhao Wudi, besides the ordinary resources that could be collected on the ground, there were also some rare resources that would appear over time.
The points provided by these resources were more than ten times that of ordinary resources.
This was precisely why it was said that whoever gets the airdrop wins the world.
Although the normal version of the competition information also mentioned the existence of airdrops, it was of no use.
This was because the normal version did not provide the specific locations of the airdrops.
However, the strategy provided by Zhao Wudi not only marked the areas where airdrops would land at different times but also specified the resources within them.
After a detailed review of the strategy, Lin Ran had devised a rather detailed route, allowing him to continuously acquire the highest-value airdrops at each time period.
In other words, as long as Lin Ran could successfully execute his plan, he would undoubtedly be the undisputed first, far ahead of the second place.
The only uncertain factor in this plan was the random teleportation landing point upon entering the arena.
With this thought, Lin Ran opened the real-time competition map provided by the organizers for each contestant.
Good! It wasn’t too far from his first destination in the northeast corner. He would definitely arrive before the first airdrop landed!
Lin Ran nodded with satisfaction. Then, with a push of his feet, he alternated between using Soru and Geppo, nimbly traversing the rooftops of the upper-level buildings in the City of Ruins.
Lin Ran’s rapid movement left the weak ferocious beasts completely disoriented.
However, it also attracted some powerful ferocious beasts.
A huge eagle descended from the sky, pouncing directly at the moving Lin Ran.
Sixth-order ferocious beast!
Lin Ran’s mind raced, and the Golden Dragon Spear appeared in response.
Based on the experience that ferocious beasts were generally one tier weaker than awakened individuals, this creature’s true strength should be around peak fifth-order, not enough to pose a threat.
The reason Lin Ran wanted to kill it was mainly to have the Golden Dragon Spear devour its origin.
Ever since he obtained the Golden Dragon Spear, he had basically only fought against people and hadn’t made much use of its devouring effect.
Therefore, while the Golden Dragon Spear’s attributes weren’t still at zero, they hadn’t improved much.
Since he could conveniently gather some energy now, why not?
Lin Ran used a Geppo to ascend into the sky, facing the eagle head-on.
Rage Dragon Piercing Heart Break!
The powerful Golden Dragon energy instantly, like slicing tofu, pierced through the eagle’s heart with unstoppable force.
After the eagle died, its life source was completely absorbed by the Golden Dragon Spear without reservation.
Since the Golden Dragon Spear needed to personally kill its target to absorb its attributes, and the absorption effect was directly proportional to the opponent’s strength,
Therefore, weak ferocious beasts were almost worthless for absorption. Large, high-order ferocious beasts like this were the best nourishment for the Golden Dragon Spear.
Let’s just kill our way through!
Presumably, the guardian beast over there would also provide a considerable amount of life source for me to absorb.
Lin Ran smiled and continued to advance towards his target destination.