【Energy Recovery Potion（Basic）】
【Description: Using this item instantly restores 3 points of Energy.】
【Purchase requires: 1 Civilization Contribution Point.】
Lin Qun exchanged for one bottle directly, to keep as a backup.
In the blink of an eye, a small brown medicine bottle that looked like Shuang Huang Lian appeared in Lin Qun's palm.
It looked utterly unremarkable, and Lin Qun carefully put it away.
At this moment, the internet, water, and electricity had all been cut off.
The city was full of clamor, but the Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area had fallen into an eerie dead silence.
After a brief rest, Lin Qun's Energy had recovered to fourteen points.
He stood up, preparing to head outside.
That's right, outside.
At this moment, the entire residential area was trembling with fear, every household shut behind closed doors, terrified, not daring to step outside — but Lin Qun was the one exception.
He wanted to go out.
Rather than wait for others to come to him, he should charge out himself.
To get more Contribution Points as soon as possible.
Because Lin Qun had discovered that in just this short span of time, his ranking had already dropped from ninth to somewhere past thirty, while first place was still that person named Xia Qing — she already had twenty-five Contribution Points.
What kind of madwoman was this?
She was killing like a lunatic!
Lin Qun didn't ask for first place, but he had to at least scrape into the top ten!
Fifth or sixth would be best of all.
That wasn't impossible either.
Although first place had killed twenty-five already, fifth place currently only had ten Contribution Points.
No sooner had the thought crossed his mind than he acted — from just moments ago, the Bakatan people had been dropping from the sky like dumplings into a pot.
If he waited until their numbers grew even larger, going out would be much harder.
They were clearly following the principle of "Everyone is a Soldier."
The first and second floors downstairs were packed with survivors.
The residents of the entire building had crowded together, all gathered around that B-rank named Li Xinghe.
Only then did Lin Qun understand — it turned out that the credit for his own three Bakatan kills had all been attributed to this guy, Li Xinghe.
Lin Qun glanced at the guy.
Li Xinghe sat alone occupying a living room, surrounded and fawned over by everyone, but his face showed not a trace of excitement or elation — instead there was a kind of awkward, sitting-on-pins-and-needles discomfort.
Of course, to everyone else that expression looked like cold, stern composure. Only Lin Qun could see what he was really thinking — normally being treated like a big shot was naturally a good thing, but being treated as one right now was a double-edged sword.
In contrast, Lin Qun stood in the crowd, unnoticed and unbothered by anyone.
Fan Wenchuan was off to the side with a group, collecting everyone's Supplies. Though he too leaned on Li Xinghe's backing, he carried himself with the air of someone who was one below all yet above everyone else.
Lin Qun glanced over, then quietly slipped away.
No one paid him any attention either — except for a hot DJ girl in the corner with the Clairvoyance Skill, who happened to catch a glimpse of him and was a little startled: he still dared to go out alone at a time like this? Was he insane?
Lin Qun was, of course, not insane.
On the contrary, he moved along the Blood River.
Drawing on his old experience playing League of Legends and Battle Royale games, he crept forward stealthily, searching for where the Bakatan people were.
His Physique was far too weak, well below average — if a Bakatan spotted him first, he'd be as good as dead.
So he had to be sneaky enough; only by spotting the Bakatan first could he strike first and blow them apart before they reacted.
However, what Lin Qun hadn't expected was that the Bakatan were very easy to find.
They were right at the entrance to the residential area.
And moreover, there were more than the two Lin Qun had assumed!
Those two from the Bakatan Civilization were in the middle of welcoming another squad of Bakatan!
Twelve of them in total!
The one leading them was even taller, seemingly a Bakatan Squad Leader, clad in black armor, currently saying something to the other two Bakatan.
Fourteen Bakatan in all!
Cold sweat broke out on Lin Qun.
Gathered together like this, he was absolutely no match for them.
He wasn't stupid either.
He immediately realized why there had been no sound or sign of life after he killed those three Bakatan earlier.
It turned out they'd been waiting for reinforcements!
And now... the reinforcements had arrived.
And at that very moment, the Black-armored minor leader suddenly turned its head, looking straight toward the direction where Lin Qun was hiding, then abruptly raised a hand and pointed this way!
Several Bakatan beside it immediately sprang into motion.
He'd been spotted!
Lin Qun was greatly surprised.
But he wasn't one to be trifled with either.
He had already killed three Bakatan; he'd long since overcome his fear.
You're looking at me? Well, I'm "looking" at you too!
The Headshot Girl Skill activated instantly.
A spray of blood burst forth.
However, this time it wasn't a headshot — blood sprayed as the armor at the Black-armored leader's neck exploded outward, blood splattering everywhere. Its body staggered backward, and its expression twisted with shock!
The Bakatan around it fell into chaos, all rushing over to gather around and guard the Black-armored leader, all of them stunned.
What kind of means was this?
They hadn't even seen what the enemy looked like!
The Squad Leader of that earlier five-man group spoke in a low voice in the Bakatan language: "It's the human who killed our compatriots! It has to be him!"
They were shocked — and Lin Qun was shocked too.
This Black-armored leader's Physique exceeded eighteen points!
Almost double the human standard!
What kind of build was that?
After all, the ordinary Bakatan Civilization Warriors from before could tear a human apart with their bare hands even with a Physique under sixteen.
Still, Lin Qun's counterattack hadn't been for nothing.
He'd thrown these Bakatan into chaos, and he seized the chance to retreat, rapidly putting distance between them — pull away first, figure out the rest later.
He still had twelve points of Energy left, enough for five more Skill uses at most.
But there were fourteen Bakatan here!
And a Black-armored leader whose Skill couldn't even pierce through.
Cold sweat streamed down Lin Qun's forehead.
What should he do?
What should he do?!
Behind him, a furious roar erupted.
The Black-armored leader hadn't been severely injured. It let out an angry roar and issued an Order directly — the remaining thirteen Bakatan were to search the entire residential area, advancing along the full line, pushing forward from the exact spot where Lin Qun had just been, sweeping the whole area!
Muffled, terrifying gunshots tore through the dead silence of the residential area.
The survivors hiding within Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area were gripped with panic.
The same was true at Lin Qun's Building 5.
Everyone panicked.
Because the bodies of the three Bakatan from before were still lying in front of the building — even a fool could tell their building was now the target!
The crowd surged, scrambling in a crowded mass toward the higher floors.
The awakened girl with the Clairvoyance talent cried out an urgent warning.
"I see them... I see them... fourteen Bakatan, and a leader too, it looks injured, they're all heading this way! And there's someone else, who is that? Wait, why does he look familiar?"
Her words detonated the panic.
Fan Wenchuan grabbed hold of Li Xinghe: "Brother, I'm taking people upstairs — this is on you now!"
Li Xinghe was stunned blank. Fourteen Bakatan, and this was supposed to be "on him"? Yeah, right.
He couldn't beat even one of them!
"No, no, no, no way! Building manager Fan... you have to help me, you have to organize people to help me... fourteen of them, there's absolutely no way I'm a match alone..."
Fan Wenchuan gritted his teeth as well, and shoved forward the skinny man who had been following close behind him this whole time: "You... you go... find a few people to cooperate with Mr. Li! I'm too old for this, I need to go hide upstairs!"
The skinny man's face went pale, but he understood too — one against fourteen wasn't good odds. He started searching around for people, but when he turned back around, he found that Li Xinghe had vanished!
The skinny man's expression went stunned: "He... ran away?"
Li Xinghe had indeed ran away.
Was this some kind of joke?
Making him fight fourteen alone — wasn't that just seeking death?
Run, he had to run, run right now!
But Li Xinghe had barely run out when he came face to face with a five-man Bakatan group, a burst of gunfire sweeping straight toward him!
Li Xinghe's soul nearly left his body on the spot.
"I'm dead! I'm so dead!"
If Fan Wenchuan and the others had seen the so-called "big shot" they all admired looking like this, they probably would have all come running down from upstairs.
But right at that critical, life-or-death instant, a hand suddenly shot out from the Shadow off to the side and yanked him in.
Li Xinghe was startled. From behind him came a voice, speaking fast, asking coldly: "Do you want to live?
"I have a way to wipe out all the Bakatan out there!
"But I need your cooperation!"
The person stood behind him — Li Xinghe couldn't make out who it was at all. But at those words, his heart skipped a beat, and then, for no clear reason, a deep sense of calm settled over him. He was certain — this person had to be the real big shot!
Was he about to reveal himself and make his move?!
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