235: All your points will be mine.

Chapter 235: All Your Points Will Be Mine.

There was no need to go far; several conspicuous items were right there in the room.

A relatively intact microwave oven, a remote control of unknown purpose, and a faintly flickering crystal.

Their common feature was the presence of several energy lights, representing Fel Energy, floating around their surfaces.

[30% Functional Microwave Oven]: Perhaps barely usable, 30 points.

[Remote Control]: Unknown what it controls, 10 points.

[Stress Energy Crystal]: Judging by the flickering, it still contains a good amount of energy, 50 points.

"This—"

Shi Li suddenly felt that points might be easier to earn than he imagined?

He had just landed and already secured 90 points.

With so many houses before him, weren't they all just treasure troves of points?

After searching this room, he began arranging his exploration formation.

First, leading the charge was naturally the hundred mountain vessel.

Its mission was to walk ahead, discover enemies, and draw fire.

Under Shi Li's control, it moved in a zigzag pattern, utilizing every piece of cover.

Every squad member behind it would advance along the safe route scouted by the hundred mountain vessel.

Following the hundred mountain vessel was naturally the Red Blade Maiden.

This spacing was crucial, allowing the Red Blade Maiden to reach the hundred mountain vessel' position within 5 seconds.

If they encountered an enemy, the Red Blade Maiden could choose to immediately support the hundred mountain vessel or use cover to flank the enemy for a surprise attack.

Bringing up the rear were the cloud sea vessel plus the Lotus Succubus.

These two characters either had poor self-Defense capabilities or lacked offensive power.

Therefore, they needed to stick together and look out for each other.

The Red Blade Maiden acted as the central axis, staying slightly closer to the cloud sea vessel and the Lotus Succubus.

While the hundred mountain vessel could tank damage, these two characters were only mediocre in durability.

After setting up the formation, he had the squad leave the room and begin exploring.

Disappointingly, after exploring several rooms in a row, the income wasn't great.

Typically, a room only contained one item worth 10 to 20 points.

"It seems the starting room might have just been a special bonus."

"But there are many rooms here, and I have plenty of time."

"If I search separately, the efficiency will increase significantly, but the risk is also greater."

Shi Li hesitated slightly.

If he had known the items were so valuable, he really should have brought a highly mobile character with fast movement skills.

"However, let's split up a little."

After thinking it over, he changed the formation.

He separated the Red Blade Maiden, who could handle herself, as she had high HP and was resistant to crowd control.

If she truly encountered an enemy, the chance of successfully retreating for support was high.

As for the remaining three characters, he abandoned the formal formation and simply kept them grouped together.

The two separated teams would search adjacent rooms, ensuring they were never more than 10 seconds apart.

Searching this way doubled the efficiency.

Using this tactic, he searched for about 20 minutes, covering almost all the buildings in the area.

Through accumulation, the total points from Shi Li's collected items had now reached 500.

500 points was a significant amount.

Converted into cubic coins, that was 5 million.

Earning 5 million in just 20 minutes was definitely fast money.

"As long as I can safely evacuate, these points are pure profit."

"Therefore, I must ensure no members are lost and that we evacuate safely."

However, Shi Li did not know that the real big discovery was yet to come.

Soon after, the Red Blade Maiden discovered something extraordinary in a basement.

It was a bare, metallic humanoid figure, about the size of a normal person.

The Fel Energy surrounding it was extremely dense.

[Collector's Grade Figurine]: Perhaps favored by some high-ranking Bloodkin, 1,000 points.

"Bloodkin?"

Shi Li didn't understand why, but he was completely drawn in by the hefty price tag.

This was 1,000 points!

The deposits for his hundred mountain vessel and Lotus Succubus weren't even that expensive.

Since he was currently short on points, these 1,000 points were a massive windfall.

"Perfect."

Happily, he pocketed the item.

[Mothership is ready.

The evacuation point is officially operational.]

[Please locate the coordinates of the evacuation point marked on the map and proceed there to activate it.]

Just then, the 30 minutes were up.

"Time flies."

Shi Li opened his map to check.

The evacuation point was actually not far from him.

"But I have a feeling this map hasn't reached its capacity limit yet."

"It shows that about 30 Card Players are participating this time, yet half an hour has passed and I haven't encountered anyone."

"However, since everyone will be rushing to the evacuation point now, I should run into some people.

"As he muttered this, Shi Li suddenly thought of something.

"If others also picked up figurine-level items, and then I 'picked up' them, wouldn't that mean—"

Suddenly, he didn't feel so eager to evacuate immediately.

Compared to his target of 100,000 points, 1,000 points was ultimately just a drop in the bucket.

"So, if everyone on the field collects all the items on the entire map, and then I kill everyone, wouldn't that be equivalent to me collecting all the resources on the map?"

He began to daydream.

However, the problem was figuring out how to kill them before they evacuated.

"No time to lose, let's move immediately."

Shi Li immediately controlled his characters to head toward the evacuation point using the shortest straight-line path.

The earlier he arrived, the more initiative he would have.

Shortly after leaving the cluster of buildings, while crossing a small bridge in the wilderness, he was suddenly ambushed.

[Roar!]

A hound engulfed in flames lunged out.

"Hmm?"

Shi Li was not surprised and immediately ordered the hundred mountain vessel to move forward and intercept.

[Woof woof!]

[Look out for the arrow!]

[Biu biu~]

Subsequently, three figures also emerged from under the bridge and launched an attack on Shi Li's squad.

However, the enemy's four characters focused fire on the hundred mountain vessel, yet it didn't even lose one-third of its health.

This was because it gained a Shield upon entering combat, and Shi Li had immediately activated the Defense Damage Reduction of 'Energy Saving Mode.'

Combined with the Lotus Succubus's rapid whip strikes granting Recovery, the lost health was immediately reduced to only one-quarter.

Conversely, the Red Blade Maiden landed several strikes followed by an AOE attack, instantly leaving one enemy character critically injured and another moderately injured.

"Ah?"

After this exchange, the opposing Card Player was stunned.

He instantly realized one thing: the opponent had likely spent far more points than him, and he was no match!

In fact, even among the Card Players who qualified for Stage Two, Shi Li was among the top point earners.

After all, he was the person who had unleashed a full-screen AOE during the National War, provoking thousands of Card Players to attack him simultaneously.

That battle had earned him a massive amount of points.

After entering Stage Two, he had also achieved two consecutive victories.

Thus, he had naturally become a point millionaire.

Take the opponent before him, for example: the total deposit for all four of his characters combined was only 2,000 points.

To save money, he had specifically chosen cheaper attributes to carry, and one character even only had a single attribute.

How could such a configuration compete with Shi Li?

After quickly eliminating two of the opponent's characters, the Card Player realized the situation was dire, but it was too late for him to control his characters to flee.

The ranged attacks of the hundred mountain vessel and the cloud river were sufficient to land the Finishing Blow.

Four characters fell, leaving behind four boxes.

"Wow, this guy's combat power wasn't great, but his scavenging ability is first-rate."

Shi Li checked the boxes one by one.

The point items this fellow collected actually totaled over 2,000, double Shi Li's haul.

The 'Collector's Grade Doll' inside alone was worth 1,500 points.

This discovery only strengthened Shi Li's resolve to rob others.

Thus, without delay, he continued rushing toward the evacuation point.

Just as he reached the vicinity of the evacuation point, he saw a pillar of light descending from the sky.

It pierced through the thick clouds and shone upon an old but intact building ahead.

[Evacuation point activated.

You may proceed to the evacuation point.]

[Entering the anti-gravity light pillar is considered a successful evacuation.]

"I'm one step late."

Shi Li's expression tightened.

He opened the map and saw that the icon for the evacuation point had indeed changed.

It was dim before, but now it was bright.

"However, this is also another piece of good news."

"First, I don't have to do the work of activating the evacuation point."

Since the evacuation point was officially open, he had no worries about retreat.

In necessary moments of danger, he could immediately escape via the evacuation point.

"Second, the evacuation point just opened, meaning only one team has arrived here."

Multiple teams couldn't possibly have arrived in such a short time.

And even if more than one team arrived, they must have fought it out on the spot, with the victor activating the evacuation point.

In such a competitive atmosphere, cooperation between two teams was an extremely low-probability Event.

"Of course, I cannot rule out two possibilities."

"First, the person who activated the evacuation point might not have evacuated yet.

He might have deliberately activated the evacuation point to make others drop their guard, assuming he had left.

Then, he would lie in wait in the shadows, intending to ambush others who rushed over."

"Second, I cannot completely rule out cooperation between two or even multiple teams.

If the potential gains are large enough, some people will still cooperate.

Even if they might eventually turn on each other, that would only happen after dealing with the other teams."

Considering these two points, Shi Li became even more cautious.

Upon arriving at the building, he did not immediately enter.

Instead, he bypassed the main entrance and approached a window opening that lacked a frame.

He first had the Red Blade Maiden climb through the window, leaving the other three characters outside to find cover and wait quietly.

Controlling the Red Blade Maiden after she climbed inside, he began exploring the immediate area.

Only after confirming that there were no enemies in the surrounding small rooms did he allow the other three outside to climb in.

He then adopted the same tactic as before.

The Red Blade Maiden explored further while the other three remained on standby.

Sure enough, upon quietly entering a new room, he finally made a discovery.

The Red Blade Maiden was currently standing at the corner of a corridor.

By rotating the camera angle, he could see the area around the corner.

It was a large hall, and in the center were large concrete, rebar, and stone blocks that had collapsed from the floor above.

Behind the large blocks, four characters were stealthily crouching.

Shielded by the large stones, anyone entering through the main hall entrance would be completely unable to see them.

Because Shi Li had cover, he could see the opponents by rotating his viewpoint.

"As soon as I step out from this corner, they might be able to see me by rotating their viewpoint."

"So I must be fast."

"This distance—"

Shi Li measured it visually.

He only needed to take two steps to unleash Vast.

With the opponents grouped together, the timing couldn't be better.

He then controlled the other three characters to meet him at the corner.

After coordinating their movements, he abruptly had the Red Blade Maiden, the hundred mountain vessel, and the cloud sea vessel charge out.

The hundred mountain vessel and the cloud sea vessel mechs were responsible for ranged attacks, while the Red Blade Maiden focused solely on the enemy team.

Vast plus three basic attacks plus Vast, combined with the basic Finishing Blow attacks from the two mechs, instantly eliminated three enemy characters before they could react, leaving one character critically wounded.

The single cautious character couldn't cause any trouble and quickly died under the focused fire.

"Satisfying."

Shi Li began collecting the spoils of war.

Over 3,000 points went straight into his pocket.

This strongly suggested that, just as he suspected, this team had already eliminated at least one other team.

"To think of camping and ambushing ahead of time, that's truly cunning."

"But you overlooked one thing."

Shi Li surveyed the surrounding environment.

"How could such a large building not contain any point items?"

"It's too clean, which means someone has already swept through it."

Since it had been swept, it indicated a high probability that people were still present.

Next, he first located the evacuation point inside the building.

The evacuation point was a glowing five-pointed star array drawn on the floor, currently enveloped by a pillar of light.

It seemed that stepping into this light pillar guaranteed a safe evacuation.

"Now it's my turn to camp."

However, Shi Li clearly had no intention of leaving just yet.

Learning from his predecessor's mistake, he began scattering low-value point items throughout the building, creating the illusion that the place had not yet been thoroughly scavenged.

This wasn't enough; this was merely camouflage.

To complete the act, he needed bait to go with the disguise.

He found a suitable spot and placed the Collector's Grade Figurine he had first collected.

Then, he had the Red Blade Maiden hide behind the figurine, while the other three characters concealed themselves in nearby shadows, ready to strike at any moment.

Normally, anyone entering here would remain vigilant.

By using small gains to numb them, they would gradually relax their guard when they arrived here after collecting various scattered items and then saw the valuable figurine.

The moment they pocketed the figurine, the Red Blade Maiden would appear.

Facing the Red Blade Maiden head-on, the opponent likely wouldn't even know what killed them.

As for whether someone might flee straight into the evacuation point without scavenging, that was certainly possible.

But Shi Li didn't care about such people; if they escaped, they escaped.

Only greedy people would be loaded with points.

Therefore, all he had to do next was wait patiently for the fat sheep to arrive.