It was getting closer and closer.
On Chen Yi's personal panel's flat map, there wasn't much distance left to those dense red dots.
This was a monster tide.
To put it accurately, it was a monster siege.
The next second——
"Screech!"
The grating sound of brakes filled the air as Chen Yi brought his motorcycle to a halt in an open area, looking towards the nearly deserted streets with a solemn expression.
At this moment, there was almost no one on the street in front of him.
The streets were completely blocked by vehicles, making them impassable.
Apart from that, there was a strong smell of fish.
It was like the scent of the sea breeze in the evening in a coastal city.
Yet Yancheng was a bona fide inland city; smelling the sea breeze here wasn't exactly normal.
Chen Yi didn't stay put for too long, quickly making his way up to the high floors of a nearby office building.
At the height of 39 floors, he could almost completely overlook the entire suburb.
Standing at the edge of the rooftop, Chen Yi gazed at the edge of the city with a complex expression, observing the throngs of monsters slowly advancing towards the city like a tidal wave.
There were too many, too dense.
He couldn't even make out what these monsters looked like.
"No way..."
The Tuberculosis Rabbit looked dumbfounded at the monster tide not far away, then glanced down at the Claw Knife in its hand.
"That is, although I don't know how powerful my Claw Knife with a charge progress of over 300 is,"
"even if it's powerful, it's probably not going to take out this monster tide in one strike, right?"
"There aren't many people here, and with just the few thousand of us, thinking of holding off so many monsters seems a bit like a pipe dream, doesn't it?"
They also came to understand the game's concept at this moment.
The project team probably wanted all the players in the city to unite against these monsters, but... it was clear that everyone had been in peace for long enough, and couldn't adapt quickly to taking up arms and going to battle.
If they wanted to safely withstand this wave of beasts, all the players in the city needed to come together and resist.
"Huh."
Chen Yi took a deep breath, looking a bit ill, before he took out a sniper rifle from his bosom, lay down on the rooftop floor, and observed the monster tide through the sniper scope.
He couldn't think too much about it.
First, he needed to look for any boss-level monsters.
Just then——
Suddenly, a rumbling sound erupted.
A long line of armored vehicles, tanks, and cloak trucks came pouring out towards the outskirts of the city.
Then, before everyone could react,
large numbers of soldiers jumped down from the vehicles and began constructing the first line of defenses, a process fluid and disciplined.
At a glance, there were nearly ten thousand people!
"Is this... has the military arrived?"
A trace of surprise flashed in the Tuberculosis Rabbit's eyes, followed by a relieved sigh, "This feels much safer. Otherwise, just relying on us volunteers to stop this tide would be a real pipe dream."
"Only..."
The Tuberculosis Rabbit looked puzzled at the variety of weapons in the soldiers' hands: "There are knives, bows and arrows, guns, and even mortars."
"These must be props, right?"
"Does the military have so many props?"
"I don't remember the Law Enforcement Bureau in the city intending to collect Points this month, do I?"
"No, they haven't,"
Chen Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and after a pause, he chuckled meaningfully, "but that doesn't mean that the people in the military haven't been collecting Points."
"I understand now."
"From the beginning, the military or rather the state, had already realized the importance of Points."
"They had already dispatched a large number of people to secretly collect Points and Skill Fragments."
"But in order not to give some restless people any other ideas, they ordered the Law Enforcement Bureau not to collect Points, so even those who felt that Points might be very useful later on and wanted to collect them."
"Upon seeing that even the Law Enforcement Bureau's people showed little interest in Points, they would abandon the thought."
"They trust the nation's actions more than their own judgment."
"Is that so?"
The Tuberculosis Rabbit nodded in sudden realization, "Well, I'll be, so that's how it is."
The next second—
'Extraterrestrial Invader Yancheng Rankings!'
'Extraterrestrial Invader Global Rankings!'
Two golden and enormous leaderboards appeared in the sky above Yancheng, clear for everyone to see.
At this moment, the top hundred names on the global leaderboard were already filled.
The first place already had 38 points.
Meanwhile, the Yancheng ranking had not a single person listed, as no monsters had yet made formal contact.
At that moment.
Chen Yi, lying prone on the rooftop, suddenly noticed that many of the military personnel setting up the first line of defense kept looking back at him.
Had he been discovered so quickly from his concealed position?
Chen Yi quickly realized and, somewhat speechlessly, looked up at the huge title above his head.
With this thing following him, it indeed seemed quite hard to stay hidden.
He was like a firefly in the dark.
And at this moment, the monsters were about to make contact with the military forces constructing the defensive fortifications ahead.
They were now getting a clear view of what the monsters looked like.
About half human height, they resembled enlarged bugs.
Writhing bodies, sharp Claw Knives, and little heads with seven or eight eyes.
The monsters, all of the same kind, surged towards Yancheng.
Chen Yi didn't hesitate any longer and turned to look at a Prop in his backpack.
'Prop Name': C-grade Universal Skill Fragments x3
'Prop Level': C-grade.
'Prop Effect': Can replace any C-grade Skill Fragment and be used for synthesis.
'Prop Introduction': Like a four-block piece in Tetris, it fits anywhere and can be used in the synthesis of all C-grade Skills.
This was a Prop he had acquired last time.
He could synthesize a C-grade Skill Fragment, but he had not used it, wanting to maximize its benefit.
But now, obviously, he didn't have the luxury of choice.
Immediately, the next second—
'Skill Name': Violators, Annihilate Nine Clans!
'Skill Level': C-grade.
'Skill Type': Active Skill.
'Skill Effect': When you use firearms to kill a person, if the target is a player, the player's next three generations will die along with them.
If the target is a monster, then the next nine hundred and ninety-nine generations of that monster will die as well.
'Skill Limitation': Using it once incurs a cooldown period of 48 hours.
'Skill Introduction': "One day, a tyrant suddenly found the order to annihilate nine clans too troublesome, so he developed this Skill."
He had not exchanged for this Skill last time.
On one hand, he wanted to maximize the benefit of the Universal Skill Fragment; on the other hand, he felt this Skill wasn't all that useful.