CHAPTER 8: CHAPTER 8: NEW ENTRY

The daylight quickly passed, and when night fell, Zhou Yingting casually found a place to lie down and rest.

The power system within the town had been completely destroyed.

Judging from the style of this side of the town, it seemed pretty similar to Earth over there.

There was electricity, water supply, shops, etc., all similar, the only thing different might be the artifacts.

But later on, if large-scale artifact integration begins on Earth as well, this place won’t be very different from the outside.

As for whether there will be large-scale artifact coverage on Earth later, it’s hard to say.

These artifacts have too many side effects.

But if the day comes when artifacts are well known, despite the side effects, many will still choose them.

If everyone else has taken artifacts and gained extraordinary powers, would you choose not to?

And what if one day, those with extraordinary power, facing death from side effects, start a massacre?

If that day really comes, the external circumstances might force you to choose artifacts.

Moreover....

Zhou Yingting frowned, thinking of that Polar Survival artifact.

In more than ten days, Polar Survival will draw hundreds of thousands of people into the instance.

And those with more powerful artifacts are more likely to survive in the instance.

Zhou Yingting, with countless thoughts racing through his mind, fell asleep amidst drowsiness.

The next day.

Just as the sun was rising in the distance, Zhou Yingting abruptly opened his eyes.

After slightly easing his body, Zhou Yingting rubbed his face and immediately headed away after stepping out of the room.

Having eaten nothing the whole day yesterday, Zhou Yingting was unbearably hungry today.

Even if eating would deduct some life value, he planned to eat a bit.

When Zhou Yingting casually found a shop and managed to get some food, he noticed two teams outside glaring at each other.

One of the teams was led by Song Qingyun, and the other was the group of university students who had previously invited Zhou Yingting to join them.

To Zhou Yingting’s surprise, the woman who had been robbed yesterday was now in that university student group.

Sensing someone’s presence nearby, both teams turned their gazes unanimously toward Zhou Yingting.

Zhou Yingting, seeing this, nonchalantly took a step back.

Has the situation gotten this bad already, starting from the second day in the instance, with people forming teams and guarding against each other?

Or was it that the number of people robbed yesterday was large, prompting these people to unite into teams?

"Oh, it’s you brother, so have you thought it over, do you want to join us?"

As Zhou Yingting retreated to the side, Song Qingyun looked at him and extended an invitation.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yingting glanced at the opposing team, which had a total of five people.

Moreover, they appeared to be seasoned participants of instances.

Choosing to join as a newcomer might result in him being tricked by the five members of the opposite team.

Furthermore, if they teamed up to find Blood Gold, how would they handle uneven distribution, or a shortage of Blood Gold?

Thinking this, Zhou Yingting shook his head and said, "No, I want to try it myself."

With time running short, Zhou Yingting didn’t want to waste it there and turned to leave after saying this.

With just a few leaps, Zhou Yingting’s figure disappeared at the end of the street.

Both teams, upon seeing Zhou Yingting’s speed as he left, adopted solemn expressions.

This person’s speed is really fast; if we want to snatch this person’s Blood Gold later, we’ll need to block every exit, otherwise, it’s going to be difficult catching him.

"Let’s move, time is short, we can’t afford to waste it."

Seeing that Zhou Yingting didn’t agree to join them, Song Qingyun didn’t chase after him, just gestured for the others to leave.

The others nodded in response and turned away one after another.

It’s still important to focus on finding Blood Gold quickly; if there’s not enough, then we’ll resort to taking from others.

Estimating that those people haven’t found much Blood Gold either, it isn’t worth the effort to rob them now, better save energy for later.

In this town, even breathing is life-threatening, so conserving energy is wise.

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Having run to a distance, Zhou Yingting quickly finished eating while checking his life value.

Seeing that after a whole night, his life value had decreased by only half a point, he felt slightly relieved.

It seemed that he had come into contact with less Plasma while sleeping, so his life value decreased less.

A moment later, Zhou Yingting found several stores, only to discover they had all been scavenged upon approach.

Judging by this, everyone had been busy searching these shops all day yesterday.

So, visiting other stores might be pointless, futile efforts.

Glancing at the street side, Zhou Yingting decided to venture into the residential buildings for luck.

The main doors of these residential buildings were likely locked, but fortunately, none of the windows had burglar bars.

With a running start, Zhou Yingting leapt lightly toward the second-floor window.

The next moment, glass shattered directly, and Zhou Yingting smoothly entered the second-floor room.

Looking around intently, he saw the room was quite messy, with various clothes scattered and dust covering the floor.

The drawers within the room had been opened, and there seemed to be no Blood Gold.

Searching the room for a while, Zhou Yingting soon found a safe.

However, the safe was locked.

After tugging it experimentally, he found it to be incredibly sturdy.

"Let’s see, there should be a key."

Though the safe had an electronic lock, Zhou Yingting noticed a keyhole on it, indicating a key could bypass the need for a password.

After searching inside the room for a while, Zhou Yingting found two keys in a hidden compartment in the wardrobe.

Seeing the keys, Zhou Yingting’s heart leapt with joy as he hurried to the safe to try inserting them.

With both keys successfully inserted, Zhou Yingting gave a gentle twist, and with a clicking sound, the safe opened.

With anticipation, Zhou Yingting looked into the safe but was momentarily stunned by what he saw inside.

There was no Blood Gold inside the safe, only a solitary artifact lying there.

"Can this artifact be kept outside by itself, locked in a safe?"

Staring intently, Zhou Yingting had previously thought that such artifacts only appeared when drawn, but now it seemed otherwise.

And the artifact in this box seemed quite strange.