264: Chapter 264 Another City Destroyed, Yet Another Talent

"Spirit World."

Chen Fan whispered softly, his figure gradually fading away.

After equipping the divine staff, the one-minute duration was enough for him to reach the place where the warships were docked in the inner sea.

However, just as he passed the docking area, his brows couldn't help but furrow.

In these warships, there wasn't even a single Player.

On the shallows, some Players were busy building city walls.

Others were dumping land reclamation materials into the shallow sea.

But the number of these Players was clearly wrong.

Activating Exploration, Chen Fan instantly locked onto their position.

Taking advantage of the fact that the Spirit World had not yet faded, he quickly rushed over.

As he got closer, Chen Fan's brows furrowed even deeper.

Hundreds of thousands of Players were gathered near the main city and in the surrounding forests.

But to Chen Fan's surprise, these people had not destroyed the main city, but were standing there looking at each other in dismay.

The Spirit World dissipated, and Chen Fan immediately followed up with stealth, climbing through the trees, and quickly landed on the tree closest to the main city.

"Brother Lei, what do you say?"

"What do you mean, what do I say?"

"Are we retreating or not? We can't contact the boss, and the china might be coming over soon."

The man called Brother Lei twitched his eyelids slightly, hesitating: "What if the boss and the others are delayed by something..."

"Delayed my foot. The way I see it, they've gone into hiding."

"Right, if the china really can locate other people's islands, then this place is the most dangerous spot. I reckon they've hidden far away."

"I also discovered one thing: those 300,000 elite Players were said to have gone out to bomb islands and collect land reclamation materials, but they never returned after they left."

"I noticed it too. Could they have run away?"

"There's another possibility. Do you think the boss might have actually tipped off the china?"

As soon as this was said, the surrounding area erupted in discussion.

Brother Lei's eyes turned cold, and he shouted angrily: "What time do you think it is, and you're still saying such things? Boss Tianyan hates the china to the bone; how could he possibly do something like tipping them off?"

Hearing this, the Player who had spoken earlier scratched his head and said weakly: "I was just offering a different perspective. Since everyone thinks it's impossible, then I won't say anything more."

Brother Lei's expression improved slightly, and he nodded: "I'll try contacting the boss and the others again."

Chen Fan, hiding in the tree, couldn't help but laugh at this scene.

Tianyan and the others had abandoned the Players here just to escape his Tracking.

Yet, these people hadn't even destroyed the city and run away; they were still hesitating?

They were simply courting death.

However, the fact that the 300,000 elites hadn't returned did give Chen Fan pause for thought.

"Are they trying to sacrifice the rook to save the king, and then sacrifice the pawns to save the rook?"

"First run away themselves, then let the 300,000 elites run away. 'As long as the green hills remain, one doesn't need to worry about firewood'?"

However, Chen Fan shook his head.

If he could kill these millions of Players, the strength of District 3300 would be greatly discounted.

After all, no matter how elite the Players were, they still needed ordinary Players to support them.

Although Tianyan and the others, as well as the 300,000 elites, had been allowed to escape, if he could eliminate the supporters, it would still be considered a major loss of strength for District 3300.

Thinking of this, Chen Fan no longer hesitated and directly summoned the two captains.

Just as Brother Lei and the others were waiting anxiously, suddenly, a roaring sound erupted, causing the entire sea area to tremble.

Brother Lei's pupils constricted, and he said with a trembling voice: "An... annihilation ship."

"Brother Lei! Make a decision quickly!"

"That's right, the annihilation ship is here, can the Mechanical Dragon be far behind?"

"It's too late to run now, Brother Lei, hurry up and destroy the main city!"

"..."

The Players gathered around anxiously.

Some even couldn't suppress the fear in their hearts and pulled out their weapons.

Their eyes were bloodshot, and it looked like they were about to charge.

Brother Lei sighed deeply; he knew that his prestige was not enough to stop these Players.

He could have used a softer approach before, but with the arrival of the annihilation ship, these Players had already gone mad.

After all, the news of the 1.8 million Players in District 9999 logging off earlier loomed over them like a dark cloud.

"O...okay, let's... destroy the main city."

With a long sigh, Brother Lei issued the order.

The Players' expressions shifted, and they immediately began attacking the main city.

Just at this moment.

"Roar—"

A low roar made their scalps tingle.

They had heard this sound no less than ten times.

It was precisely the sound of the Mechanical Dragon breathing fire.

All the Players attacked the main city frantically, attempting to destroy it before the flames descended.

Through their efforts, the main city collapsed with a roar.

Above their heads, the flames had already reached the island.

The Players breathed a sigh of relief, turned to look at the overwhelming flames approaching, and sneered: "Want to kill us? Too late!"

"I'm not playing with you anymore, I'm slipping away."

However, the system notification they were expecting did not sound.

Until the flames engulfed the entire area and incinerated hundreds of thousands of Players, the system message still did not sound.

"Why..."

"Didn't we... destroy the main city? Where is the system notification?"

"Ahhhhh!!!"

"So hot, so hot... urgh."

Brother Lei, protected by blue light, only managed to hold on for one extra second.

Watching hundreds of thousands of Players turn to ashes and blood mist rising into the sky, he stood frozen in place.

"W-why..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was incinerated into fly ash.

Because Brother Lei had held on for an extra second, the flames had already dissipated by the time the blood mist appeared.

Brother Lei's blood mist was not swept up into the air as quickly as the other blood mist.

"Shield?"

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, he lunged forward at high speed, took out a glass bottle, and collected the blood mist.

This shield skill clearly had significant utility.

It was actually able to withstand the Flame Breath for one second.

Holding the glass bottle, just as Chen Fan was about to study it, he suddenly furrowed his brows.

"The main city has been destroyed, why hasn't the system notification come yet?"

After a moment's pause, Chen Fan activated Exploration and scanned the surroundings.

By the seashore, some Players, upon hearing the commotion, immediately boarded warships to flee.

These people had not been teleported out of the dungeon.

After deep thought for a moment, Chen Fan's expression turned cold: "Chris, Davian, attack at will, leave no survivors."

"Yes, Master."

The two replied and began to clear out the remaining Players.

The speed of over 100 knots of the patrol boats was child's play in front of the two high-level warships.

The remaining hundreds of thousands of Players kept logging off amidst wails.

Until the very last Player was torn apart, the system sound still hadn't arrived.

Chen Fan's eyes widened; he thought of a possibility.

"Could it be... that Tianyan built a main city somewhere else?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, no wonder."

"You old turtles, you are really ruthless, completely sacrificing the pawns to save the rook."

"However, can you run away?"

Chen Fan sneered and cast his gaze back to the glass bottle in his hand.

If he guessed correctly, this should be an extremely strong single-target defensive Talent.

It was exactly what he needed at the moment.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan took a deep breath and absorbed the blood mist.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations to the Player for fusing a Talent.]