42: Chapter 42: The Epic Evacuation Begins!

Before the ruins of the broken bridge, the harmonious "blind date" atmosphere didn't last long.

Accompanied by a low tiger roar, a tall and cold figure riding the Mechanical White Tiger slowly emerged from behind a massive stone slab.

The deep, pitch-black ID above Bai Li's head was exceptionally eye-catching among this group of White-named players.

The crowd, who had been enthusiastically smashing crab shells, froze instantly.

The temperature in the air seemed to drop to the freezing point.

The burly men from C-72 District's expressions changed drastically. Almost reflexively, they drew their weapons and stood before the girls as if facing a great enemy.

"Not good, it's a Black-named player! Girls, hide behind me!"

However, the female players with the C-1 District prefix were first stunned, then erupted in joyful cheers.

"Sister Li! You're here!"

Several girls ran forward excitedly, completely ignoring the fierce pressure emanating from the Mechanical White Tiger.

Bai Li flipped down from the tiger's back. Her cold gaze swept over the wary men from C-72 District before landing on the girls from her own guild.

“Tell me, what's going on?”

"In a place like this, you're actually mingling with people from another district."

Bai Li's voice lacked any warmth, carrying a stern reprimand. "For clean supplies, people will kill and loot each other at any time. Do you not even know how to spell the word 'death'?"

Facing Bai Li's scolding, the girls were like children who had made a mistake, crowding around to explain all at once.

“Sister Li, you've misunderstood! They aren't bad people!”

“Just now, a crab monster as big as a small mountain was blocking the road. We were almost wiped out."

"It was the big shot Red Wolf from C-72 District passing by. He casually one-shotted this BOSS with a single blast!"

“The big shot thought dismantling the materials took too much time, so he just sped off without even stopping his vehicle."

A girl pointed at the crab remains on the ground and continued, "This BOSS dropped too many materials. The brothers from C-72 District said they couldn't take it all at once, so they suggested we dismantle it together and split the loot evenly."

Hearing this explanation, Bai Li was slightly taken aback.

She turned her gaze to the massive crab remains, landing on the three-meter-diameter hole that pierced straight through its chest.

At the edge of the hole, a few wisps of faint black and white flames still lingered.

She stared at that hole for a long time.

The nameless fire that had been stifled in her chest had mostly dissipated at some point.

She withdrew her gaze, not dwelling on the reason.

"Move aside."

Everyone subconsciously took a few steps back.

With a thought from Bai Li, the Mechanical White Tiger beside her let out a roar and lunged at the crab remains like a bolt of silver lightning.

"Swish, swish, swish—!"

Sharp alloy tiger claws wove a dazzling cold light in the air.

In just a few seconds, the rock-solid Mutated Crab King was perfectly dismantled with ease, turning into uniform pieces of high-grade materials neatly piled on the ground.

"Follow quickly once you're done processing. The waves aren't far off."

Bai Li didn't waste another word, cleanly flipping back onto the White Tiger's back.

The person and tiger turned into a silver stream of light, galloping in the direction the Red Wolf Tank had disappeared.

...

...

The gale howled in her ears.

Bai Li leaned low on the Mechanical White Tiger's back, advancing at full speed along the scarred ruins of the highway.

"Vroom—!"

Suddenly, on the distant horizon ahead, a sudden change occurred!

A massive pillar of light, emitting an eerie purple glow, tore through the gloom above Atlantis without warning and shot straight into the clouds!

The next second, a cold system-wide broadcast boomed in the minds of all surviving players.

[Ding! Global Announcement!]

[Detected high-value item entering the extraction judgment zone. Core Extraction Point 1 has been activated!]

[Extraction Point District: C-72!]

[Extraction Point Opening Countdown: 30 minutes!]

[Warning: This player's coordinates have been exposed in real-time. Kill this player, and this Epic-grade material will definitely drop!]

The moment the system broadcast ended, Bai Li looked up, a look of unprecedented solemnity appearing on her beautiful face.

The location of that piercing purple light pillar was directly ahead on her path!

“Epic-grade material...”

A burning battle intent ignited in the depths of Bai Li's eyes.

In this crisis-ridden post-apocalyptic world, a single piece of Epic-grade gear or item was enough to completely shatter the power balance between districts.

No matter who was carrying the material, in the next thirty minutes, that Core Extraction Point 1 would surely turn into the most brutal meat grinder in all of Atlantis!

...

Meanwhile.

In a valley of ruins even further from Core Extraction Point 1.

“Boom!”

The treads ruthlessly crushed the remains of Mutated Sea Pythons on the ground.

Lu Yuan was driving the Red Wolf Tank, having just finished a one-sided slaughter of a large monster stronghold.

The piercing purple light pillar and the global announcement also caught his attention.

“Epic material? Someone looted such a top-tier item right at the start?”

Lu Yuan looked at the frantically flashing purple skull coordinates on the radar, a predatory arc curling at the corner of his mouth.

The extraction point wasn't too far from his location.

He had been worrying about where to find high-level good stuff, and now someone had actively delivered it to his doorstep?

The thirty-minute extraction countdown was enough for him to make a big move.

“Interesting. It seems worth going back for a piece of the action!”

Lu Yuan slammed the control levers and floored the accelerator.

The Red Wolf Tank performed a magnificent drift in the ruined canyon, its heavy treads kicking up clouds of dust.

The engine let out a terrifying roar that shook the deep sea, like a vicious wolf that had caught the scent of blood, lunging madly toward the purple extraction point marked on the map.

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