Two streets away from Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area.
The downed airship was still burning with firelight.
But now, the surroundings had been encircled by the Bakatan people.
Their massive forms looked even more ferocious and terrifying in the firelight.
Yet at this moment, they parted to both sides, respectfully clearing a path.
A strange Bakatan drifted slowly over.
Its feet hovered off the ground, its spider legs folded up as if in meditation, floating in the void, silent and soundless, yet radiating a bone-deep sense of powerful dread from within. The Bakatan people around it looked like children before it.
A moment later, a Bakatan said in a low voice, "Lord Karl, great Psionic Master, we've confirmed it—there's a human settlement ahead, with at least a hundred humans inside. And the two other human armies carrying large numbers of human civilians that we've been watching are also gathering that way..."
"Very good. The lives of these humans will all become wealth for us Bakatan people. The Global Battlefield is about to open, and it's very likely that a Higher Civilization will intrude into our Blockade Zone. Before that happens, we need to obtain as many Contribution Points as possible and secure our foothold here, so we can steadily harvest the tens of millions of humans in this city! Remember, we're not just fighting for ourselves—we're fighting for our civilization!" That Lord Karl's voice was low, carrying a coldness like Hell itself. "Gather and assemble our people in the surrounding area, in my name—we will catch them all in one net!"
The Bakatan people around him all lowered their heads, showing submission to this lean-looking Bakatan.
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At the same moment, near the Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area.
Having killed one right as he came out, Lin Qun was a little excited and wanted to press his advantage, but as it turned out, that Bakatan scout was the last Bakatan he'd find nearby.
He wandered around like a Ghost in the nightfall, but didn't find any other Bakatan.
He knew it wasn't safe out here anymore, with a large number of Bakatan gathering, and lin qun's Energy had also been holding at around half the whole time. In the end, he had no choice but to let it go for now, retreating back into the depths of the residential area.
Inside the residential area, most of the survivors had already been dispersed and moved into several buildings. There were far fewer survivors downstairs now, and Fan Wenchuan and his group really had formed a survivor combat team.
As Lin Qun swept his eyes across the area, he also spotted that tall, elite girl, Chu Youwei.
Li Xinghe was eagerly trying to strike up a conversation with her.
But unfortunately, that girl with the astonishing Physique had no interest at all in this "expert renowned throughout the residential area," treating him with cold indifference.
As he passed by, nobody paid him any mind—Fan Wenchuan just saw him as a weakling overestimating himself; why would he bother recruiting him?
Lin Qun found this quite amusing. He just glanced over once, then hurried upstairs.
With nothing left to kill, he decided to seize the time to rest and recover his Energy, keeping himself in peak combat operation condition.
At this point, Building 5 where he lived had even more people than before.
But to make escape easier, everyone was basically concentrated on the first, second, and third floors, so Lin Qun's seventh floor was actually even quieter than before, and no one came to fight over his room.
As he went upstairs, amid the crowd, he noticed a gaze on him—it was Zhao Wen.
The girl's eyes held a probing look.
Lin Qun exchanged glances with her, said nothing, and went straight upstairs, then... collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.
It wasn't that he was prone to sleepiness—it was the energy consumption, which naturally made him drowsy, and before he knew it, he'd drifted off.
But he didn't sleep for long before he was jolted awake by noise from downstairs.
It seemed Jiang Bin and the others had gotten into an exchange of fire with the Bakatan.
But by the time Lin Qun reached the window, the exchange of fire had already ended. The number of Bakatan hadn't been large, and they'd rapidly retreated.
This had been a probe.
The Bakatan had already discovered this place and were assembling.
The two civilizations' main forces were engaged in a large-scale engagement at the far end of Modu, while here, a small-scale human army and the Bakatan were also brewing a terrifying collision.
But Lin Qun's gaze was drawn to the blinking text in front of him.
Little time remained before the countdown to the Global Battlefield's complete opening reached zero.
And below that, a new line of text appeared.
【Yesterday's ranking has been locked in.】
【Congratulations: Night Shadow. You ranked third in the Regional Ranking - Modu War Zone - East<Urban area War Zone.】</p>【Reward: 10 Civilization Contribution Points.】
Without him noticing, time had already passed twelve o'clock, and the settlement had completed.
At this moment, on the East<Urban area ranking, Lin Qun still held third place, quite conspicuous.</p>Though the settlement had completed, the Contribution Point Data wouldn't reset to zero.
And those 10 Contribution Points had already been credited!
Looking at that number, Lin Qun felt a strange sense of getting something for nothing.
These ten Contribution Points were basically free.
If he could get first or Second place in the region... the settlement would grant fifty or thirty Contribution Points...
If he could get a high ranking in an even larger region, that number could even double...
Every ten Contribution Points was a Lottery chance!
If he had enough Contribution Points, he could also level up his card draw Skill...
Lin Qun was quite tempted.
10 Contribution Points, exchanged directly for one Card Draw Opportunity.
Card draw!
Soon, a Card appeared.
What was drawn on it was...
A... yellow bag.
It also had a Daoist bagua drawn on it.
What was this thing?
As Lin Qun's gaze moved over it, an expression of pleasant surprise quickly appeared.
【Name: Qiankun Bag】
【Type: Item Card】
【Item Card Grade: F-grade.】
【Description: Using this Item Card grants an F-grade Qiankun Bag, containing a 111 cubic meter Space within, which can be opened or closed using Spirit power to store and retrieve items.】
【Manifest it?】
Manifest!
What Lin Qun hadn't expected even more was that he could draw things from the Cultivation World!
This was a storage treasure—though it had no attack power and the Space wasn't large, it could solve Lin Qun's carrying problem.
He could fit all his guns and Supplies inside it and carry them on his person, letting him travel light while also giving him the element of surprise!
This was exactly what Lin Qun urgently needed.
Once manifested, Lin Qun quickly familiarized himself with how to operate and use the thing. He tied the palm-sized Qiankun Bag around his waist and stuffed all the important Supplies and the Shotgun from the room into it, filling it up completely!
But Lin Qun was already thinking further ahead.
He could draw things from the Cultivation World.
If he could draw some talisman or peerless Cultivation Method, wouldn't he be able to just wreck everything with magic?
Still, as long as he didn't grow red fur all over his entire body and lose his mind, it'd be fine.
Also, this was the first time Lin Qun had drawn a card of the Item Card type.
Skill Card, Item Card...
What other types were there?
Lin Qun's heart was filled with boundless anticipation.
But he suddenly felt a tremor and a terrifying loud noise.
It seemed a terrifying explosion had occurred somewhere in the residential area.
Half the residential area lit up!
The glass in his kitchen shattered from the shock, and the glass in his bedroom cracked open with a horrifying fissure!
Lin Qun shot to his feet.
Had the Bakatan started their attack?!
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