Chapter 325: Time to Watch the Fireworks._4
"None of you are normal."
"You're a bunch of freaks!"
"What a unique form of inversion that is."
"Thanks for the compliment."
...
Soon, there were less than three minutes left until the final battle commenced.
Both civilizations were ready.
There was no formation.
The scene was too chaotic; individuals from both civilizations were scattered, obviously anticipating a melee as soon as the boundary barrier collapsed, yet both sides had uniformly kept their distance from the boundary line.
They left about three hundred meters, a total of six hundred meters apart.
No one knew how many traps the opposing civilization had laid in those three hundred meters, and nobody dared to be the first to charge across. The leaders of both civilizations expected the war to be difficult to conclude within a month.
As the countdown drew closer, the expressions of those near the boundary line of both civilizations grew fierce, and their arms began to tremble at a high frequency, clearly indicating that the imagined battle scenes in their heads had already caused their adrenaline to surge.
This was when their combat power was at its peak.
With just one minute left on the countdown, an announcement popped up in front of everyone from both civilizations!
"Ding!"
"There is only one minute left until this civilization war commences. The battle arena will begin to shrink on the first day of battle, gradually reducing the battlefield until, within half a year, it will be the size of only five football fields."
"We urge all players to give it their all and not to simply think about hiding; this is an unavoidable war!"
"Each day after the battle starts, random airdrops will be delivered. These will contain several items that can decisively affect small-scale battlefields. The coordinates for the airdrops will be announced to all players ten minutes in advance."
"The highest-ranked player from each civilization is now granted the authority of a commander. The player with this authority may issue commands and arrange strategic actions to all their civilization's players."
"Commander authority can be transferred."
"The kill ranking leaderboard is now activated."
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"Stone Fort Civilization kill ranking leaderboard."
"Rank one": None.
"Rank two": None.
"Rank three": None.
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"Blue Star Civilization kill ranking leaderboard."
"Rank one": None.
"Rank two": None.
"Rank three": None.
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"Are you trying to bluff Sir Bai?"
Zhou Shen looked down at his watch and then at Sir Bai, who was fast asleep on the ground, and frowned, "In 50 seconds, the battle will start, and Sir Bai is still sleeping here. Can you get Sir Bai onto Stone Fort Civilization's territory within 50 seconds?"
"It's dozens of kilometers from the boundary line."
"If Sir Bai wakes up and finds out you've bamboozled him, it might cause quite the conflict. After all, this could be said to be the biggest opportunity of his life; the emotional letdown might be a bit too much."
He wasn't really speaking for Sir Bai; he just didn't want any conflict within the Tomb Guardians. Perhaps after being here for so long, he had gotten used to being a Tomb Guardian and was no longer considering his old position as the director of the Event Management Bureau.
This was where he belonged.
He wasn't going anywhere else.
"No need to worry."
Hungry Monkey shook his head, lowered his head to wind a hemp rope around Sir Bai's abdomen, wrapping it tightly for several rounds before waving his hand to signal Black Doctor to give the injection, "Didn't you pull a small prize from the secret realm?"
"A small handgun, shooting someone with it can heal their injuries."
"Give Sir Bai a few shots."
"Huh?"
Black Doctor, somewhat bewildered, looked toward Sir Bai who was unconscious on the ground and said blankly, "Sir Bai doesn't have any injuries."
"Just shoot when I tell you to. He doesn't have any now, but that doesn't mean he won't later."
"Oh, okay."
Without saying anything more, Black Doctor swiftly raised the handgun and aimed at Sir Bai's forehead, firing off a few shots. A pale white glow fluttered around Sir Bai's body, making him look like an angel possessed by a miracle, with a sensation that was exceptionally warm.
"Phew!"
After completing all this, Hungry Monkey took a deep breath, gripped the rope tightly in both hands, and started swinging Sir Bai, who was tied to the end of the rope, into the air, then he began spinning rapidly on the spot.
The speed got faster and faster.
In just a matter of seconds, Hungry Monkey's movements had already become static in their eyes.
This meant that Hungry Monkey's spinning frequency had surpassed the frame rate that their human eyes could capture.
Hungry Monkey's movements went from a blurred phantom to gradually becoming visible.
Finally—
After several seconds.
With a roar, Hungry Monkey yanked the rope and furiously threw Sir Bai, who was at the end of it, towards the towering white boundary barrier that was about to disappear into the clouds!
"Whoosh!!!"
A piercing sonic boom suddenly erupted as sparks even flew from around Sir Bai due to the high speed. Almost in the blink of an eye, Sir Bai vanished from their sight, leaving only a white, straight trail of turbulence in the sky.
"..."
Black Doctor looked up at the somewhat exaggerated white turbulent trail in the sky, full of shock. He had only seen such a thing trailing behind an airplane never, imagining it could appear behind a person. Continue reading at My Virtual Library Empire
"This speed... is countless times faster than Miao's Gatling. It's just... the impact on landing might be a bit severe, right?"
At that velocity, if Sir Bai's body wasn't exceptionally resilient, he probably wouldn't have even left a chunk of flesh behind, and would have merged directly with the soil – how natural, truly becoming one with nature, absolutely eco-friendly.
"That's right,"
Hungry Monkey nodded in agreement, "That's why I had you shoot with that medical gun in advance."
"My little handgun... the healing effect might not be that great."
"Don't worry, I believe Sir Bai will be fine. After all, he is an old hand in the Jianghu; there's no way he doesn't have a few tricks to save his life. Moreover, the sensation of falling is just right to wake Sir Bai from his dream, and Sir Bai himself mentioned that it would be nice to be thrown down from high up. I've perfectly met his request, killing several birds with one stone."
"It's time for Miao to get up too."
"Time to watch the fireworks."
...
Chen Miao woke up when the countdown was still thirty seconds away.
After a quick wash, the decisive battle had already been going on for over a minute. Roars erupted from afar, seemingly as if close combat had already begun. However, according to the message sent over by the deputy mayor of Fengtian City,
the vanguard armies of both civilizations were still at a standoff, each taunting the other to step into their territory first.
Otherwise, the traps they had set wouldn't be of use.
It was the pre-fight taunting phase.
Still, a minute into the decisive battle and no significant actions seemed to be taking place.
"Strange."
Standing on the city wall, Hungry Monkey raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the enemy civilization, puzzled, "Miao, why haven't we heard the gunfire yet? Could there be a mistake with the timing?"
"Don't rush."
Chen Miao, now awake, lit a cigarette for himself after getting up and leisurely took up a cup of tea. Reclining on the rocking chair atop the city wall, he savored it for a moment before chuckling and saying,
"Let the bullets fly for a while."