37: Chapter 37 Atlantis

The twenty-four-hour rest period at the cross-district hub vanished in the blink of an eye.

During this time, undercurrents surged on the plaza outside as experts from various districts tested each other, formed factions, and even broke into several small-scale verbal altercations.

But none of this had anything to do with Lu Yuan.

The thick, Crimson Meteoric Iron armor completely isolated the Red Wolf Tank from the outside clamor.

Inside the comfortable folding bedroom, the climate control system maintained the most optimal temperature.

Lu Yuan lay on the soft, large bed and slept until he woke up naturally, completely relaxing his nerves that had been tense for days, returning his physical state to its peak.

He stretched his limbs, got up, and walked to the tank's control console.

Through the holographic projection, Lu Yuan quietly admired the newly completed main gun on the roof—the Explosive Flame Collapse Cannon.

The dark red barrel emitted a cold metallic luster, like a dormant prehistoric beast.

The terrifying explosive damage of up to one hundred thousand points gave Lu Yuan unparalleled confidence and a sense of security.

He could not wait to test the power of this cannon.

Time passed, and it was soon twelve o'clock noon.

"Ding—"

A cold, emotionless synthesized mechanical voice exploded on time in the minds of all players.

"Rest period over."

"Loading new map..."

As soon as the words fell, the sky outside the hall underwent a drastic change.

The thick gray mist that originally shrouded the hub seemed to be torn apart instantly by a pair of invisible giant hands.

Immediately after, a holographic map so massive it blotted out the sun slowly emerged in the sky, carrying an eerie, ghostly blue light.

It was a magnificent ruined city submerged in the deep sea; ancient buildings loomed in the deep waters, exuding a suffocating and eerie deep-sea aura.

Map—Atlantis!

The system's broadcast continued to echo across the horizon, ruthlessly announcing a new round of death rules:

"All surviving players will be randomly distributed to the outer regions of Atlantis."

"Deadly Waves will rise from the edges of the map and continuously consume toward the center at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour."

On the giant light-screen map in the sky, hundreds of dazzling white spots of light lit up.

"The locations of the light spots are Evacuation Points."

"Upon reaching any light spot, players can choose to activate the Teleportation Array to evacuate. Those who evacuate successfully will return directly to the Service Area and wait safely for the end of this round."

"Warning: All neutral loot obtained by players within Atlantis is contaminated."

"Contaminated materials cannot be used directly and must be brought back to the Service Area for purification."

"Good luck to all players."

The broadcast ended, and a massive blood-red countdown appeared in the sky.

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Hearing the faint commotion and cries from the periphery, Lu Yuan sat in the driver's seat, looking at the map and rules in the sky, his eyes instantly becoming incredibly sharp.

This set of rules from the system was simply malicious to the extreme.

All neutral materials dropped in the map are contaminated and cannot be used directly.

This meant that in this high-intensity tug-of-war in Atlantis, players couldn't use medicine picked up by the roadside if they were injured, and they couldn't use fuel picked up by the roadside if their vehicle ran out.

To survive, everyone could only rely on the inventory they brought in at the start.

What if the inventory wasn't enough?

Then they would have to kill!

To plunder the clean, directly usable materials from other players!

This was a Gu-style game forcing everyone to slaughter each other.

As for the glowing Evacuation Points in the center of the map...

A cold arc curled at the corner of Lu Yuan's mouth.

What seemed like a path to survival left for the players was actually a poisoned dagger.

Hundreds of Evacuation Points forced millions of players to flock there frantically.

When the exhausted prey finally escaped the waves and reached an Evacuation Point to start the teleportation, what awaited them would definitely be concentrated fire that had long been lying in ambush.

That wasn't a safe zone; it was the perfect slaughterhouse!

"Interesting..."

Lu Yuan gripped the tank's control levers with both hands and slowly stepped on the accelerator.

The Turbo-fusion Engine let out a low, violent roar, like the awakening growl of the Grim Reaper.

The blood-red countdown in the sky had reached its final end.

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"Teleportation beginning!"

A blinding white light flashed instantly, completely swallowing all vehicles on the plaza.

The white light dissipated, and the intense feeling of weightlessness vanished.

When Lu Yuan opened his eyes again, the heavy Red Wolf Tank had already crashed steadily onto the edge of the map.

He looked around, and what met his eyes was a stretch of dilapidated yet incredibly magnificent ancient city ruins.

Lu Yuan immediately glanced at the global map on the vehicle's radar.

At this sight, even though he was used to great storms, the corner of his eye couldn't help but twitch slightly.

This ruined city known as Atlantis was despairingly large.

The area of the entire map was roughly estimated to be comparable to the territory of an entire major nation in his past life.

And the route distance shown on the radar, from the outermost edge where he was now to the Evacuation Point at the very center of the map, was actually as much as five thousand kilometers in a straight line!

And at the end of his vision, which was the boundary of the entire ruined city.

A circle of deep-sea waves hundreds of meters high, like a black wall connecting heaven and earth, was slowly and steadily advancing toward the center.

In the towering seawater, massive, eerie shadows could be seen rolling and roaring.

Once caught in these giant waves, one would definitely be as dead as could be.

A long five-thousand-kilometer Road of Death, with a life-claiming tsunami moving at twenty-five kilometers per hour behind it.

This meant that every day from now on, he would have to maintain high-intensity speeding through these deep-sea ruins filled with killing intent and contamination.

Lu Yuan pulled his thoughts back, gripped the control levers with both hands, and prepared to hit the gas to put some distance between himself and the giant waves.

However, at that moment, the tank's radar suddenly captured a dazzling red dot moving at high speed.

On the road about two hundred meters ahead of the Red Wolf Tank.

A massive Mechanical White Tiger, emitting a cold metallic luster all over, was galloping rapidly on its four limbs across the dilapidated ruins and stone-paved road.

And on the broad back of the Mechanical White Tiger.

A tall and cold figure was crouching low, like a beautiful goddess of war, riding this steel beast as it sprinted forward.

Seemingly hearing the terrifying engine roar from behind, the Mechanical White Tiger's galloping motion suddenly slowed.

The person and the tiger turned their heads simultaneously, their gaze crossing the dilapidated ruins to stare fixedly at this blood-colored tank that had suddenly arrived.

District C-1, Bai Li.

Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had actually been assigned to the same Road of Death as this extremely dangerous ice-cold beauty.