I have an Apocalypse City

Chapter 861: Chapter 862 Begin_1

Song Jian looked around, and there were only about a third of the people left standing in their original spots, just like him, they had all passed the phase one combat power assessment.

Looking at the red glow emanating from his body, Song Jian immediately had a very bad feeling, because the light was just too similar to flowing blood, and he even caught a whiff of a bloody scent at the tip of his nose;

Soon, after all the players who had entered the selection competition vanished, another system prompt appeared before the eyes of Song Jian and the others still present;

System: Please get ready, you will be transported into the Trial Space in ten seconds, and the method of entry will be random; ten, nine, eight, seven…

A countdown timer appeared before Song Jian’s eyes, and in the instant time ran out, everyone turned into a beam of red light that shot up into the sky, the spectacle was quite magnificent;

But for Song Jian and the remaining players, the feeling wasn’t very pleasant—the sensation of being tossed into a washing machine resurfaced, followed by dizziness, as if someone had punched him hard in the stomach, making him feel like vomiting;

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When he finally managed to steady himself, he couldn’t help but lean against a damaged wall, heaving non-stop; this feeling was even more intense than the dizziness he had experienced when he first entered the game.

At that moment, the system prompt appeared again;

System: You have entered the Trial Space “City after a nuclear war,” with the number of players entering this Trial Space being: 385;

System: Please find protective gear within ten minutes, otherwise, you will continuously lose Vitality Points, and as time goes on, the rate at which Vitality Points are lost will increase, until you enter a critical state;

System: The trial mode is survival mode, when the number of players in the Trial Space is reduced to one, the trial will end.

System: On the edges of the Trial Space, a toxic aura will appear, shrinking its range by one kilometer randomly every ten minutes; players within the toxic aura will continuously lose Vitality Points, and protective gear will become ineffective;

System: In this Trial Space, players will not truly die; once the damage taken exceeds their own threshold, an Invincibility Aura will be triggered, and players who trigger the Invincibility Aura will be teleported out of the Trial Space, failing the trial; those who fail will receive a bonus of all attributes increased by 1 point;

System: After thirty minutes, the winners of the selection competition will descend into the various Trial Spaces one after another, please be cautious of these competitors!

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Like a waterfall, the system prompts appeared in front of Song Jian, and at the same time, a ten-minute countdown timer also appeared.

Simultaneously, Song Jian felt a stinging pain on his exposed skin as if pricked by needles, his Vitality Points began to inexplicably decrease, and above his head floated numbers indicating “-1” damage;

This kind of loss was completely bearable for Song Jian, as the rate at which his Vitality Points recovered ensured he could survive in such an environment indefinitely;

But Song Jian still actively started searching for the so-called protective gear, knowing well that this bleeding would gradually intensify with time, and eventually, it would become more than he could handle;

This city was very much like the previously encountered Doomsday City, seemingly abandoned for hundreds of years, with a great deal of greenery having enveloped all the buildings, even the wide roads were cracked, with various plants spreading out from the gaps.

The only difference from Doomsday City was that this city was utterly lifeless, without any signs of living creatures, not even a single monster;

Song Jian randomly burst into a shop, where he discovered a bottle of beverage placed on the counter that was completely out of place with its surroundings, looking as if there wasn’t a speck of dust on it, as though someone had just put it there.

It was only when Song Jian picked up the beverage that he realized it was an energy drink for restoring Spirit Points, and that this bottle could only be used within the Assessment Space. Once he left the Assessment Space, the beverage would instantly disappear;

The moment Song Jian picked up this beverage, all the recovery items in his inventory, whether they were for restoring Vitality Points or Spirit Points, whether they were for use in combat or only outside of combat, all turned gray.

From that moment on, these recovery items could no longer be taken out of the inventory, becoming sealed;

When Song Jian realized something was wrong and threw away the beverage in his hand, the sealed status of the recovery items in his inventory did not disappear. He checked, and they would not vanish until he left the sealed space;

“Damn it!” Song Jian’s face turned ashen as he turned back and picked up the beverage again;

“Just by touching a potion, similar items I have will be sealed. If I pick up equipment or weapons, will they also seal my equipment and weapons, making them unusable?” Song Jian suddenly became vigilant.

Out of more than three hundred people, only one could remain in the end. Though it was called a survival trial, once the players encountered each other, battle was their only choice;

Song Jian had many supplies in his inventory, which were now all sealed, meaning his logistical advantage had disappeared, and he needed to collect more items like the beverage;

After searching the entire shop, Song Jian found two bottles of pills for replenishing Vitality Points;

By then, the prickling pain on his skin was becoming more and more intense. Song Jian dared not delay and rushed to the next room. His primary concern now was not these supplies, but to find a protective suit within ten minutes;

After searching three rooms in a row, Song Jian finally found a protective suit in a clothing shop. It was made of a film resembling plastic, light as a feather, and weightless when worn;

Upon donning this protective suit, the prickling pain on his skin immediately disappeared, and his Vitality Points began to slowly recover, but what frustrated Song Jian was that after picking up the suit, all of his equipment, except for the necklace, accessories, and rings, were automatically removed and sealed in his inventory;

This meant that at that moment, Song Jian was as if he had left the game and returned to the real world, losing all equipment bonuses;

“It’s simply unpredictable, but all players who entered here should have lost their equipment bonuses as well, otherwise, they’ll be automatically kicked out after ten minutes!” Song Jian thought to himself;

Song Jian’s equipment was far superior to most players’. With the supplies and equipment sealed, the gap between him and the other players began to slowly close;

“I can’t keep picking up items in this space, or else my accessories, rings, and necklaces might also get sealed!” Song Jian thought to himself;

But just then, an item emitting a purple-red glow suddenly appeared in front of Song Jian, causing him to open his mouth wide in disbelief.

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PS: Thanks to “Hopes for Tomorrow” for tipping 100 starting coins~