novelraw Chapter 154: The Invasion War Begins, Blood Wolf's Shelter
Chapter 154: The Invasion War Begins, Blood Wolf's Shelter
[Ding... Player ID: Blood Wolf Shelter has activated a 'War Token'. They will launch an invasion war against you in one hour. Please prepare for battle.]
[During the war period, social and trading functions are temporarily closed. Functions will be restored after the war ends.]
While Yu Yuan was still exploring the newly unlocked functions, a notification suddenly appeared.
Yu Yuan's spirits lifted as he looked at the prompt message.
"Finally starting, is it? Blood Wolf Shelter?"
The name seemed somewhat familiar. He immediately opened the Shelter Memo and the Leaderboard to check.
Soon, Yu Yuan found the name Blood Wolf.
"So it's him!"
A while back, when Moss Cottage Shelter was probing for information about him, Blood Wolf Shelter was one of the players who joined in.
So, now they've finally lost their patience?But...
Looking at Blood Wolf Shelter's ranking of 8478 on the Leaderboard, Yu Yuan couldn't quite figure it out.
A player ranked around 8000 and lower, who gave him the courage to challenge a player ranked 6799 like himself?
Moss Cottage?
This doubt rose in Yu Yuan's heart.
Even with the best of relationships, a normal person wouldn't sacrifice themselves to benefit others, would they!
Holding onto this suspicion, Yu Yuan decided to wait and see what move the other party would make.
This was also his first time experiencing a player invasion. Even though he believed his defenses were foolproof, he couldn't help feeling a bit uneasy.
"Finally, I get to witness the methods of veteran players!"
Yu Yuan quickly finished checking the remaining functions and came before the Magazine Display Stand to check today's newspaper news.
A black card on the display stand caught Yu Yuan's eye.
It was clearly an extra item that hadn't appeared for several days.
He spent 500 survival points to purchase the card and obtained its detailed information.
[Thought Tide Card – Impure Thoughts]
Quality: Rock
Function: After use, the target will develop an interest in darkness, blood, and mystery, slightly increasing their spiritual perception ability.
"This card... would be very compatible with Mona!"
Mona instantly came to Yu Yuan's mind. Yu Yuan already knew that the one continuously hunting scavengers in the eastern city before was Mona.
Add to that her current membership in the Aurora Animal Assistance Association, where she follows Missionary Miller to learn sacrificial religious rituals.
It perfectly matches the functional effects of this Thought Tide Card.
Yu Yuan had already decided that the next time they met, he would use this Thought Tide Card on Mona.
This way, he might be able to obtain the procedures and hidden secrets behind the religious rituals sooner.
Today's "Greenwood City Daily" still had four pieces of news.
First was still the report on the masthead with date, weather, temperature, and other information.
Following that was news about the 'Humpback Whale' faction from the Breaker Sea sending people again to infiltrate the southern district to conduct reconnaissance on the Aurora Animal Assistance Association. The appearance of the mutated creature last time had completely piqued their interest.
What Yu Yuan was most concerned about were the last two pieces of news.
[Neighborhood News Section]
Quality: Rock
Danger Level: Medium
The Black Shield Police Department detected that Thug Prison had set up armed outposts in multiple districts of the eastern city. Carmen received an order from Chief Hogg last night to destroy all these outposts.
Therefore, it was decided that this morning, a comprehensive sweep would be conducted on the armed outposts in District 7, District 9, District 12, District 13, and District 14.
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[Neighborhood Life Section]
The Aurora Animal Assistance Association has successively detected fleeting spiritual energy fluctuations over the past few days. The locations where these spiritual energy fluctuations appear are erratic.
They speculate this might be the result of further evolution of that [Rat] after it devoured the spiritual organs of mutated creatures.
Its intelligence level, concealment effect, and danger level have all increased by another grade.
However, they temporarily cannot understand why the [Rat] is running around everywhere, as this is very inconsistent with its previous habit of hiding and concealing itself.
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Carmen is about to take people to clean out Thug Prison's outposts?
Coincidentally, today he has to deal with a player invasion and won't be going out during the day.
But the situation with that [Rat] gave Yu Yuan a bad feeling.
That Giant Mutant Rat was already cunning enough, and now it has gained further evolution and enhanced abilities. There's simply no justice.
As for why that guy is running around everywhere now, Yu Yuan had a bold guess.
"That guy wouldn't be looking for me, wanting revenge, would it!"
Through the previous two encounters, Yu Yuan knew that guy was definitely not one to be provoked lightly. It was hiding from Yu Yuan before to recuperate.
Now that it has devoured the spiritual organs of several mutated creatures and undergone further evolution, its injuries must have completely healed, or at least mostly recovered.
The first thing it would naturally do is find him, its enemy, to settle the score from that one glance.
Thinking of this, Yu Yuan put on the Combat Detector. He didn't plan to take it off until the Giant Mutant Rat was dealt with.
Soon, an hour passed.
[Player ID: Blood Wolf Shelter has entered the 'Riot District' area]
['Blood Wolf Shelter' VS 'Yu Yuan Shelter', the player invasion war officially begins]
Upon hearing the mechanical prompt, Yu Yuan checked that the shelter's defense systems were activated and came to the monitoring network control console.
Watching the dozens of surveillance feeds on the screen wall, he quietly waited.
"Let me see the strength of other players!"
But...
Another hour passed. Yu Yuan rubbed his somewhat sore eyes and yawned.
"Huh? Where did this guy go?"
Having not slept a wink since yesterday, for a full day and night, Yu Yuan was really struggling to stay awake.
With this thought, Yu Yuan leaned back in the Boss Chair, his eyes beginning to glaze over.
And at this very moment, in an apartment room in District 13, a somewhat lean and wiry man hid in a corner of the room, not daring to make a single sound.
Because on the street not far away, a major battle was unfolding.
The wasteland combat vehicles of the Black Shield Police Department were blocking a building, unleashing a furious barrage of fire. People inside that building were also fighting back.
Xue Liang looked at the blinking cursor on the Virtual Light Screen and cursed inwardly, "Damn, a battlefield? For this Fish Abyss to survive in such a dangerous district and have his ranking skyrocket is way too terrifying!"
"And also, isn't my spawn location a bit too far off?"
The cursor indicated that Yu Yuan Shelter was still about 1 kilometer away from his current position.
"However, the master had already guessed before that the world where Yu Yuan Shelter is located might be an urban area. My mission this time is only to ascertain the specific location of Yu Yuan Shelter and figure out the other party's situation. No direct combat is needed. I just need to wait until seven days later to evacuate and bring the information back."
"As long as I'm careful, it's relatively safe. I'll wait until night to act!"
And so, two hours later, as the sound of vehicle engines faded completely into the distance.
Xue Liang's hanging heart finally settled down. Sounds of battle also came one after another from other directions in the district.
"Have the thugs finally left? The thugs in this city are way too aggressive, aren't they! Is the faction conflict this severe?"
"This is my first time seeing thugs fight in a city district. It's indeed safer to hide in the mountains..."
With a thread of curiosity, Xue Liang carefully peeked his head out from behind the wall, looking towards the direction of the previous battle.
Perhaps he could find the reason for Yu Yuan Shelter's rapid ranking climb.
Flames accompanied by black smoke were still rising from the street.
But...
Just as he stuck his head out, not even two seconds had passed.
A flash of light came from a room in the distance. Before Xue Liang could even react.
Bang—
A bloody flower had already blossomed on his head...
(Brothers, three chapters served up today!)