Survival of the Nation: My luck was a tiny bit worse.

Fifteen minutes—not a long time, not a short time.

Leng Ruolan tied Fei Ge and the other two to a pillar in the center of the square and took the opportunity to inventory and store all their equipment.

Chen Hao was able to water, fertilize, and loosen the soil around the mutated plant.

Hassan and Alexander set up another round of traps behind the low wall, adding three grenades and two flashbangs contributed by Phineas and his two companions.

It was enough for Ou Yun to lie in the hammock, drink half a bowl of fruit wine, and take a nap.

"Brother, can you stop being so relaxed?"

Leng Ruolan came down from the watchtower. "We're about to launch the second wave."

We still don't know what the second wave will be.

It's fine if it's a human being, but what if the person coming isn't human?

"What's there to be nervous about? It's an automatic flip every round, it's halftime."

Ou Yun opened one eye. "And besides, you're here, aren't you?"

Leng Ruolan's expression softened slightly, and she coughed twice. "Better safe than sorry..."

After thinking about it, Ou Yun realized that what she said made sense.

So he took out that Purple-Gold Sky Wolf Demon-Slaying Battle Blade from his spatial ring and shoved it into her hand.

"Then use this one. It deals 9999999999 damage. Just close your eyes and keep hacking away."

"..."

Leng Ruolan looked down at the knife with its garish color scheme.

"Big brother."

"Um?"

"Isn't this thing something you buy outside an elementary school?"

"Why don't you try it and you'll see?"

"..."

After he said that, Leng Ruolan really wanted to give it a try.

So she casually chopped a rock to the side with the knife.

boom!

That was a powerful strike.

The stone split open on the spot and shattered into pieces.

"...Just average."

Leng Ruolan's expression was indifferent.

Ou Yun said there was nothing he could do, "After all, it's just a rock, and that's its limit."

Leng Ruolan agreed, "Let's try it with a creature that has a high potential."

Alexander and Hassan, who were standing nearby, turned around at the same time and exclaimed "Holy crap!" several times.

Several fermented bean curd figures, tied to pillars and gagged, stared wide-eyed and exchanged glances in unison.

Brother, see, it's a good thing we surrendered quickly enough!

Yeah, yeah, if you got slashed by this thing, wouldn't you be going to meet the King of Hell on the spot?

That's right!

Ou Yun laughed beside him, "The power is not bad, huh?"

Leng Ruolan snorted coldly, "Not bad, it's as striking as its color scheme."

After all, practicality is the best form of aesthetics.

However, at that moment...

"Snapped!"

A green light shone from the dense forest on the north side—

The signal flare has arrived.

Immediately afterwards, a light also appeared in the northeast direction.

"Snapped!"

Two signal flares met in the night sky, like a pair of glowing eyes, staring at the camp in the valley.

"Here it comes! Here it comes! Here it comes!"

Chen Hao, holding a telescope atop the watchtower, immediately shouted down towards the ground.

"At least five people on the north side! Fully armed! The exact number is unclear to the northeast... but they are moving very fast! They are expected to arrive simultaneously within three minutes!"

Leng Ruolan, of course, wouldn't use that knife and returned it to Ou Yun.

"Big brother, you can have this awesome knife."

"Oh……"

She stretched her shoulders and drew two of her short knives.

The blade gleamed with a dark luster under the moonlight, and the swirling black mist was thicker than ever before.

"Brother, I'll handle the north side, you guard the northeast. The north and south sides are responsible for cutting off their retreat... Also, where's that giant tortoise?"

"We've just reached the halfway point; it should take another two minutes."

"Tsk, so slow."

"It's already a tortoise, what more do you want!"

*

The enemy from the north arrived faster than expected.

This was actually within the expectations of several European teams; in this situation, the richest player would inevitably become the target of everyone's criticism.

Have you seen *Women's Sorrows 3*?

"I've seen it, so what?"

"Didn't Wakanda just leave a crack in the barrier to let the purple potato army in and attack? We can do the same..."

"So this purple sweet potato movie has completely crushed the women who are always worried about their health."

"..."

Ou Yun thought for a moment and said it was fine, "The other side doesn't have a gem, so they can't snap their fingers."

Leng Ruolan added casually, "We don't have vibranium either..."

Chen Hao, standing beside him, sighed, "What an old joke..."

soon.

Back on the watchtower, Chen Hao saw five fully armed contestants rush out of the dense forest at the same time.

Using the low walls and stone houses as cover, they advanced rapidly, coordinating perfectly – two men provided suppressive fire from the front, two men flanked from the sides, and the last man carried a large pack at the rear.

Leng Ruolan didn't go up to the watchtower either; she just squatted behind the low wall, observing their formation through the cracks in the stones.

Leng Ruolan exclaimed, "Isn't this a standard five-person assault?"

The way she said that made it seem like she was holding a handful of sunflower seeds in her hand.

Ou Yun glanced at her, then used the communication stone to call Chen Hao, asking, "Which country are you from?"

"They look like... the regular army of the Sava Kingdom?"

"Can regular troops be drafted too?"

"Isn't Team Cold a regular army too?"

Leng Ruolan said, "I'm not, I didn't do it. I'm not a regular soldier on the surface."

"..."

Chen Hao sighed and said, "Forget it. The selection criteria for the forbidden areas have never been transparent, and it seems that any living person who meets the criteria could be selected."

"That's true."

Leng Ruolan took a deep breath and then stood up from behind the low wall.

Ou Yun exclaimed, "Aren't you going to take another look?"

"What are you looking at? They've already come to our doorstep."

As expected, the opposing suppressor immediately spotted Leng Ruolan and instantly opened fire on her with two assault rifles.

"Da da da da da da!"

The bullet hit the low wall, sending up a string of stone chips.

But Leng Ruolan was no longer there, like a ghost.

Her figure left a trail of afterimages in the moonlight as she used the stone houses, wooden frames, and water tanks in the camp as cover.

In the blink of an eye, Leng Ruolan had circled around to the side of the two suppressive firemen.

The two reacted quickly, immediately turning their guns around—

But just as the gun barrel turned, Leng Ruolan's left-hand knife flew out of her hand.

The short knife drew a dark arc in the air and precisely cleaved into the barrel of one of the suppressor gunners.

The barrel was instantly corroded by the corrosive energy on the blade, and the moment the man pulled the trigger—the barrel exploded.

boom!

"Holy shit!!!"

The man clutched his hand and fell to the ground; his entire palm was blown to pieces.

While the other person was still in shock, Leng Ruolan had already reached him.

Her right blade didn't strike his body, but rather with the back of the blade—

when!

It struck his wrist hard.

Click.

The sound of bones cracking.

"Ughh ...

Another scream pierced the night sky.

*

Three Pakistanis on another watchtower:

"Looks like tonight's going to be quite lively."

"Yes, one tiger kills two sheep."

"Alright, let's continue guarding the door, and then every now and then pretend we didn't see them and let a few in..."

"Seriously, do you think our brothers in China can handle this?"

"That's only a few, not even enough for your older brother to have with his rice."