The Land of Mist, West District.

On a desolate wasteland filled with scorched earth and wreckage.

Zhao Tianba pressed the red launch button on the control panel.

"Bang bang bang—!"

Twelve shells, trailing orange-red flames, slammed into a Tier 7 heavy armored vehicle bearing the flag of the Freedom Alliance, right in front of them.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Flames soared into the sky!

The players inside the Free Alliance vehicle didn't even have time to scream before they were reduced to ashes.

"Holy crap... Guild Master, a Tier 7 Apocalypse Tank is insane!" In the passenger seat, Li Wen's eyes were filled with horror. "That's a Tier 7 vehicle! We just tore it apart?!"

Zhao Tianba casually lit a cigar, a domineering smile appearing on his face.

"A triple-mounted 128mm main gun, its power is not bad!"

"Pass down my message: from now on, in the Misty Lands, if you encounter anyone wearing a Free Alliance dog tag, don't waste words, just beat them to a pulp!"

Recalling the experiences of the past two days, Zhao Tianba felt a pang of emotion.

Two days ago, he used his reborn memories to lead the core team into a difficult side quest.

Although the process was fraught with danger, the rewards were astonishing.

He obtained a [Beginner Starstone] and successfully upgraded his Level 6 Heavy Tank to Level 7 Apocalypse Tank form in one fell swoop!

Not only has the armor thickness tripled, but it also comes with 100 magic resistance.

Just now, as he led his team towards the center of the Misty Lands, they ran right into this elite Free Alliance team. The result was predictable: a one-sided massacre.

Just as Zhao Tianba was about to have his men collect the Starshine Stones and Level 7 blueprints dropped by the enemy vehicle, a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind.

The first stage of the knockout rounds... is finally over.

He glanced at the data displayed on the system panel, and his eye twitched suddenly.

[Current number of vehicles remaining: 99,999!]

"Damn, that's ruthless..." Zhao Tianba cursed under his breath.

In less than eight days, a total of one million vehicles that entered the Misty Land were eliminated and wiped out, leaving less than one hundred thousand! A survival rate of one in ten!

It was too horrific. He remembered that when he entered the Misty Land in his previous life, it was never this absurd or dangerous.

"However, with the points I've earned in dungeons these past two days, I should be able to secure a spot in the top twenty this time, right?"

Zhao Tianba touched his bald head, a hint of anticipation rising in his heart.

If he can make it into the top twenty, the phased rewards issued by the system will definitely allow him to take his strength to the next level.

With that in mind, he couldn't wait to open the personal points ranking list.

……

At the same time.

The Land of Mist, Northern District.

"Shengnan! Quick! Floor the gas! Get the hell out of here! Something seems to have awakened!"

Inside a Class 6 pickup truck, Li Xian gripped a walkie-talkie and was practically shouting at the top of his lungs.

Ahead of Li Xian, another level 6 armored vehicle was also speeding recklessly, with Captain Wu Shengnan in the driver's seat.

Inside Li Xian's car, Kang Chuanqi, sitting in the back seat, turned his head and stared at the scene behind the car window, his whole body breaking out in goosebumps.

"Brother Yun... what's going on? We've already cleared the dungeon, and we've already received the rewards, so why is this kind of boss popping up in this crappy dungeon?!"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?"

Zhen Haoyun pursed his lips. Although the scene behind him was terrifying, he was afraid. He stared intently at an object he was holding in his arms.

It was an egg.

The size of a soccer ball, its entire body is a deep blue, like the starry sky, exuding an ethereal feel. It's definitely a high-quality item.

Last night, because Zhen Haoyun casually pointed in a direction, their team unwittingly entered a side quest with a high difficulty level.

In less than ten minutes, all of their teammates died, leaving only them and their captain Wu Shengnan in two vehicles.

Li Xian and Wu Shengnan were originally prepared to die, but unexpectedly, Zhen Haoyun's "unbelievable luck" physique activated again.

He tripped and fell in the dungeon, avoiding monsters and crashing into a cave, where he casually pulled out an egg hidden inside.

As soon as Zhen Haoyun picked up the egg, all the monsters in the entire instance avoided them.

"Brother Yun..." Kang Chuanqi looked at the egg and suddenly asked, "Could the terrifying phenomena deep within the dungeon be because this egg can't be taken out at all?"

"Tch." Zhen Haoyun scoffed dismissively. "I found this thing with my own skills, how could I possibly throw it away! I'm going to personally present this mysterious egg to the God of Radiance as a gift!"

Suddenly, in the driver's seat, Li Xian's trembling finger pointed tightly at the rearview mirror.

"My God... Look! What the hell is that thing?!"

Upon hearing Li Xian's voice, Zhen Haoyun and Kang Chuanqi both turned to look.

They both gasped for breath after just one glance.

Suddenly, a terrifying white gust of wind swept up behind their convoy.

That raging wind was like a torrent of time. Wherever it passed, the once lush and verdant forest was swept away by the rapid passage of time. The grass and trees withered instantly, and living beings aged and died at an alarming rate. All vitality was swallowed up by the years in an instant.

The gale was less than 100 meters away from the rear of Li Xian's pickup truck!

"Holy crap..."

Kang Chuanqi's eyes widened in disbelief.

Li Xian pressed the accelerator pedal hard, wailing in despair:

"It's over...it's completely over..."

"What the hell is this insanely overpowered dungeon?! Is the system deliberately trying to kill us?!"

"Shengnan! Farewell. I hope that in the next life, I, Li Xian, can still be your boyfriend..."

"Hmph! When did I become your girlfriend?" came the dissatisfied voice from the communicator.

A white gale howled, and the ravages of time had reached the pickup truck's trunk. The once-sturdy alloy body was now showing signs of rust!

however.

Just as the raging winds of time, capable of turning everything to ashes, were about to completely engulf Li Xian and Zhen Haoyun's vehicle at the critical moment.

"bite--!!!"

The cold, metallic system notification suddenly rang out!

[Server-wide announcement! Phase 1 has ended!]

[A 24-hour safety break period has begun! Absolute safety measures are in effect!]

"Buzz—!"

A miracle happened.

That tempestuous wind of time, which seemed capable of decaying everything, came to an abrupt halt in an instant!

The boundary is the rear bumper of Li Xian's Class 6 pickup truck.

After the safety lever was pulled, the space became deathly silent, the vegetation withered, and even the land turned into a gray-white desert, as if it had experienced ten thousand years of vicissitudes.

Before the bumper, the pickup truck was still roaring with its engine, and not a single piece of paint had been chipped off its body!

It was as if an invisible line of rules had forcibly separated two worlds from different times and spaces!

And almost at the same time.

From the deepest part of the dungeon came an extremely angry and resentful shriek. The sound was enormous, like some indescribable ancient murmur, directly piercing through space and exploding in the minds of Zhen Haoyun and the others.

Under normal circumstances, upon hearing the shriek of a creature of this level, Zhen Haoyun and the others would probably have their Sanity levels instantly reduced to zero.

However, under the protection of the system's "absolute security mechanism" rules, they were completely unaffected.

"Holy crap... I survived!"

Li Xian slammed on the gas pedal, and the pickup truck shot off like an arrow, following Wu Shengnan's RV, and plunged into the exit light screen not far ahead.

"Whoosh—"

A blinding white light flashed, and the two vehicles finally rushed out of the instance and returned to the wasteland of the Misty Lands.

The moment they rushed out, all three of them turned back to look at the slowly closing dungeon entrance.

A gigantic hand, formed from thick gray fog and blotting out the sky, descended from the heavens and grabbed at the deepest part of the dungeon.

Immediately afterwards, a bird's cry filled with extreme terror and desolation rang out. The terrifying creature that could manipulate the power of time was powerless to resist the giant hand of mist. It was grabbed and dragged into the endless mist!

Kang Chuanqi exclaimed excitedly, "Although it was a near-death experience, this was truly a case of fortune favoring the bold! Look what this is! A sequence specialization blueprint! With this, I can awaken my specialization!"

Upon hearing this, Li Xian also mustered his spirits, chuckled, and pulled out an identical blueprint from his pocket: "I got one too!"

"Not only that," Zhen Haoyun in the back row said with a smirk. In his palm lay a stone that shone with dazzling starlight.

"[Basic Starstone], an important material for upgrading Tier 7 vehicles!"

Just as Zhen Haoyun and the others were immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster and the harvest.

Li Xian suddenly slapped his thigh and pointed at the system panel, shouting, "Holy crap! Guys, stop laughing! Look at the system panel, the personal points leaderboard is out!"

"Oh? The leaderboard?" Zhen Haoyun's eyes lit up, and he immediately opened the panel. "I want to see which team Hui Shen is on?"

……

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