20: What a troublemaker! The frustration of the "beacon of light" nation!

Dragon Country Operations Center,

the atmosphere was heated to the extreme.

On the main screen, within the twenty small grid frames representing the Dragon Country contestants,

at least half were staging scenes of turning the tide against the odds.

After PE teacher Chen Hu obtained the strength boost,

he was like a fierce tiger released from its cage.

He kicked open the warehouse door, clutching a crowbar, and began smashing the dozen or so zombies outside.

His physical constitution was already good, and with his strength enhanced,

every strike of the crowbar shattered the zombies' bones and tendons.

In less than two minutes, he had completely cleared out the dozen or so zombies.

[Global Announcement: Dragon Country contestant Chen Hu has achieved the 'ten kill' achievement! Personal points +100! Dragon Country national fortune points +100!]

Another sum of national fortune points credited!

Meanwhile, on the other side,

the archery girl Zhao Zihan in the school gymnasium

displayed a completely different combat style.

After obtaining Basic Archery Mastery, it was as if she had cleared her meridians.

The recurve bow that was once awkward in her hands now felt like an extension of her arm.

No longer afraid, she calmly stood on the second-floor stands of the gymnasium,

finding a perfect sniping position.

She took a deep breath, drew her bow and notched an arrow, her sharp gaze locking onto a zombie wandering below.

"Swoosh!"

The arrow left the string with a soft whistle, tracing a nearly straight trajectory through the air before piercing precisely through the zombie's eye socket and penetrating its brain!

The zombie's body stiffened and it fell straight down.

The entire process was silent, efficient, and lethal.

[Global Announcement: Dragon Country contestant Zhao Zihan has achieved the 'ten kill' achievement! Personal points +100! Dragon Country national fortune points +100!]

On the screen, reports of success from the Dragon Country contestants kept coming in,

and the global announcements were almost entirely dominated by the words "Dragon Country."

Everyone in the command center had faces beaming with pride and excitement.

"So fierce! Truly too fierce!"

Major General Li Guodong watched the constantly refreshing announcements, his voice trembling with excitement.

"How long has it been since the start? Less than an hour! Our Dragon Country contestants have gone from struggling to survive at the beginning to taking the initiative now! To other countries, this is simply unimaginable!"

"Comrade Su Yuan, your strategy of blooming across the board is simply a stroke of genius!"

Li Guodong looked at Su Yuan, his eyes full of admiration.

"You've used every single national fortune point where it counts most, allowing every contestant to realize their maximum value!"

Su Yuan smiled, feeling a sense of satisfaction in his heart.

Watching the contestants he had personally nurtured slaughtering their enemies in every direction,

this sense of accomplishment was even more gratifying than being on the field himself.

"This is only the beginning."

Su Yuan looked at the screen, his eyes flashing with a confident light.

"Our advantage will only grow larger and larger."

As he spoke, he consumed another 100 national fortune points in his mind,

and issued a new guiding mission to the Architectural Engineer Zhang Wei, who was hiding in the building.

[Mission Name]: Stronghold Renovation Plan

[Mission Description]: Comrade Zhang Wei, the Hongyuan Building where you are located has a solid structure and a superior geographical location. It will serve as our first safe stronghold in the city center.

Please immediately use your professional knowledge and the existing materials in the building to reinforce and renovate the skyscraper, block the ground-floor entrances, and establish preliminary defensive fortifications. Your teammates will gradually assemble at your location.

[Mission Reward]: None

It is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish.

For a professional like Zhang Wei, giving him food and water only solved his immediate needs.

Giving him a clear goal and letting him utilize his expertise was the true way to make the best use of his talents!

As expected, after receiving the mission, Zhang Wei's entire mental state was completely refreshed.

He was no longer that ordinary middle-aged man shivering in a corner,

but had transformed back into the high-spirited Chief Engineer who commanded the construction site.

"Stronghold renovation... block the entrance... establish defensive fortifications..."

Zhang Wei muttered to himself, a light reigniting in his eyes.

He immediately sprang into action, surveying the building to find usable materials.

Rebar, cement, discarded desks, fire doors... these things that others saw as trash,

in his eyes, all became precious construction materials.

Under the precise control of Su Yuan, the mastermind behind the scenes, the Dragon Country contestants

were developing in a direction that was becoming increasingly powerful

and increasingly organized.

Meanwhile, the command centers of other countries around the world were filled with gloom and misery.

Lighthouse Country, Temporary Command Center.

The Blonde Director,

his face ashen, watched the global announcements on the screen being constantly dominated by Dragon Country,

and slammed his cigar into the ashtray.

"Fuck! Can someone tell me what the hell is going on? Why are the Dragon Country people acting like they've all taken drugs?"

He roared in anger,

"Where are our contestants? Where is our SEAL Team? What are they doing?"

On the screen,

the footage of Lighthouse Country's contestant no. 1, Michael, was quickly enlarged.

At this moment, Michael's situation was indeed not very good.

Although his tactical skills were extremely high,

without any intelligence support,

he could only wander like a headless fly,

cautiously exploring the city.

He chose his routes very carefully, trying to avoid main roads

and traveling through alleys and buildings.

But even so,

he still inevitably encountered several waves of zombies.

"Bang! Bang!"

Michael calmly fired single shots with his pistol,

accurately headshotting two lunging zombies.

But he didn't dare to fire as recklessly as Wang Yi,

because he knew that gunshots would attract more trouble.

Moreover, his ammunition was limited.

After finishing one magazine, he immediately replaced it,

but looking at the three spare magazines

he had luckily scavenged from the zombies,

his brow furrowed deeply.

"Damn it, the ammo is being consumed too quickly."

Michael cursed under his breath

and quickly relocated.

Just as he slipped into a residential building, in his ear,

he suddenly heard a tooth-gritting clicking sound.

He whipped his head around to see a creature a size larger than a normal human,

its skin a bizarre bluish-black, its long tongue dragging outside,

flicking in and out like a snake's tongue,

crouching at the end of the corridor,

its cloudy eyes staring intently at him!

Special Infected! Licker!

Michael's pupils contracted sharply,

and the hair on his body stood on end!

Without a second thought, he immediately raised his gun and fired!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The bullets accurately hit the Licker's body,

causing flesh and blood to fly.

But the Licker only hissed a few times and swayed its body, yet it didn't fall!

Its powerful muscles significantly reduced the impact of the pistol bullets!

In the next second, the Licker went on all fours,

and like a bolt of black lightning,

it lunged fiercely toward Michael!

"Shit!"

Michael was horrified;

he never expected the creature's speed to be so fast!

He only had time to dodge to the side,

and sharp claws grazed his arm,

leaving a bloody gash and tearing through his tactical vest!

Intense pain shot through him; Michael groaned and used the momentum to roll away, creating distance.

He looked at the deep wound on his arm, which was visible to the bone, and his expression became extremely grim.

He was injured!

In this virus-infested world, any wound could be fatal!

Having missed its strike, the Licker let out an angry roar and lunged again!

In the Lighthouse Country command center, everyone stood up in tension.

"Quick! Get out of the way!"

"Attack its weak point! Its brain is exposed!"

"It's useless! It's too close! He can't dodge!"

Just as Michael was about to be disemboweled by the Licker's claws, in that critical moment, a sudden change occurred!

"Roar!"

An even more violent roar came from the other side of the residential building!

A creature even more massive, with knotted muscles

and skin as hard as rock, suddenly smashed through the wall and burst in!

Tyrant!

Another classic boss from Resident Evil!

Everyone was dumbfounded.

A Licker... a Tyrant... how the hell are you supposed to play this?

However, an even more shocking scene unfolded.

The Tyrant that had burst in

didn't seem to care about Michael at all;

its target was actually the Licker!

The two powerful monsters, seemingly natural enemies, were instantly enraged upon seeing each other and immediately began a roaring struggle!

The collision of claws and heavy fists produced dull, loud booms.

Under their impact, the walls cracked and collapsed like they were made of paper.

The entire residential building was trembling!

Taking this chance, Michael scrambled away, fleeing the building without looking back.

He knew that a battle of that level was not something he could get involved in.

After escaping the building, he leaned against a corner, gasping for breath, his face pale and his back soaked in cold sweat.

He glanced at his bleeding arm and thought about the two terrifying monsters from just now; a deep sense of helplessness welled up in his heart.

The difficulty of this dungeon was far beyond his imagination!

The Lighthouse Country command center was deathly silent.

Everyone was badly shaken by the harrowing scene.

"This is... the consequence of having no intelligence."

After a long time, the Blonde Director said in a raspy voice.

They could only watch helplessly as their ace contestant scrambled for his life in the dungeon, barely surviving.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Country contestants,

somehow obtained a large quantity of weapons and potions,

slaughtering in all directions and frantically racking up points!

This sharp contrast

made all the Lighthouse Country elites present

feel an unprecedented sense of grievance and humiliation.

"Dragon Country..."

In the Blonde Director's eyes, a light of jealousy and malice flickered.

"How exactly did they do it?"

"We must find a way to identify this person! At all costs!"

Not just Lighthouse Country, but the command centers of Japan, India... all nations

were now caught in a dilemma similar to that of Lighthouse Country.

Their contestants, some were besieged by zombies, running out of ammunition and food; some accidentally stumbled into the nests of special infected and were brutally devoured;

and others died in agony due to food poisoning or viral infection.

[Global Announcement: Japan contestant 'Miyamoto Ken' has died. Japan will suffer a hundredfold penalty...]

[Global Announcement: India contestant 'Rajesh' has died. India will suffer a hundredfold penalty...]

[Global Announcement: Gaul Country contestant 'Pierre' has died...]

Death announcements began to ring out globally like a flood of messages.

Each announcement represented the wail of a nation.

In stark contrast to this,

were the successive reports of rewards won by the Dragon Country contestants!

This scene of two completely different worlds

made the audience worldwide clearly realize one fact:

On this cruel national destiny arena, Dragon Country had already taken a massive lead!

And the architect of all this, Su Yuan,

was currently sitting in the operations center, calmly watching the national fortune points rapidly rising on the panel,

a faint smile playing on his lips.

"It's not enough; our advantage can be even greater!"

His gaze fell upon an item in the mall priced at 1000 points that he hadn't brought himself to exchange for yet.

[Item: Team-wide Voice Communication (Basic)]

[Effect: Establishes a real-time voice communication channel for all contestants of the country.]

Before, when national fortune points were scarce, he didn't dare spend them recklessly.

But now, looking at the huge sum of over 2000 points in his account, Su Yuan felt it was time to pull these twenty Dragon Country stragglers scattered throughout the city together into a single force!