Chapter 1 The End

Inside the strategic command center on the tenth floor of Dawn Group in Emperor City.

*Ka!*

A gaming pod began to depressurize, its running indicator light switching to idle.

Then the pod opened, and Qian Chengxue slowly opened her eyes, sitting up and looking around at the real world.

She sighed softly, muttering to herself with complicated emotions.

"It's finally over."

At that moment, Qian Chengxue had the illusion that she had been in a very long dream, and now she was waking up.

Of course, Qian Chengxue knew very well that this was not a dream, it was all reality.

Her Star Ring expedition had ended.

Outside the strategic command center, it was bustling with activity. The fallen sisters were all gathered together, chatting about things in Star Ring.

"With such a big accident, I wonder how Sister Xue and the others are doing now?"

"Don't worry, others might have problems, but how could Sister Xue, who is so strong, have any problems? And if all else fails, there's Su Mo."

"That's right, there's Su Mo. Su Mo is very strong."

"Don't put too much hope on Su Mo. No matter how strong he is, he's just one person."

A male member complained unhappily.

"We're just optimistic about him, so what..."

"Okay, okay, I didn't say anything..."

......

At this moment, the VIP room in the girls' strategic command center opened, and Qian Chengxue pushed the door open and walked out.

In an instant, the lively atmosphere froze. Everyone's eyes widened, staring in disbelief at Qian Chengxue as she walked out.

"Xue, Sister Xue, why are you out?"

"You wouldn't be..."

.....

Qian Chengxue took a deep breath and answered frankly, "I'm sorry, I've been eliminated."

"No way, Sister Xue, how could you die?"

"That's right! Sister Xue, how were you eliminated? Where did you die?"

"Sister Xue, don't worry, Sister Sun Li and Su Mo will definitely find a way to revive you."

"That's right, Sister Xue, don't feel pressured."

......

Everyone frantically comforted Qian Chengxue. Once Qian Chengxue died, the nature of the situation became serious. It meant that the entire legion was leaderless, and the legion's progress might come to an end.

Then everyone would be finished.

"Okay, everyone, there's no need to say anything more. I know my own situation. The probability of revival is basically non-existent. We didn't carry a Fire Seed this time. And even if we had a Fire Seed, Sun Li and the others wouldn't be able to find the location where we sacrificed ourselves. Even if they knew where we died, they wouldn't have the ability to save us, so we can basically declare ourselves dead."

Qian Chengxue calmly said to all her sisters.

Hearing this, everyone fell silent. Some sisters even had red eyes. They felt very lost and uneasy.

Looking at the many sad sisters, Qian Chengxue's slightly calmed heart was touched again.

In fact, she was also filled with regret at this time, but the ultimate failure could not be blamed on anyone but herself for not being strong enough. She still wasn't working hard enough, so that she still had to rely on Su Mo in many situations.

Thinking of Su Mo, she said, "Okay, everyone, don't be sad. Death is a matter of time, it's just that it came earlier than expected. By the way, where's Su Mo? Hasn't he logged off yet?"

"No, did Mr. Su Mo also sacrifice himself?"

Everyone looked at each other.

"That shouldn't be. Let's go take a look at the boys' strategic command center."

Qian Chengxue was also slightly stunned. Under normal circumstances, Su Mo should have been eliminated as well.

So she led everyone towards the boys' strategic command center on the opposite side.

Soon, everyone arrived at the boys' strategic command center and walked to Su Mo's side. They saw Su Mo wearing a helmet, still lying in the space chair.

The indicator light on the helmet was also very strange. It didn't show an online status, nor did it show an idle offline status, but instead showed a standby status.

"What's going on?"

Everyone looked back and forth at each other.

Qian Chengxue was also very puzzled. Why hadn't Su Mo logged off yet? She was sure that Su Mo had absolutely no chance of winning in that situation.

And no matter who came to support him, it probably wouldn't work.

.......

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The western battlefield area of Qilong City, where a large number of surviving elites gathered.

Mechs were clearing out the remaining mutated players. Although there were quite a few mutated players here, they were quickly wiped out under the one-sided slaughter by the gathered elites.

Everyone was busy setting up remote fire points.

Because they had wasted too much time escaping and gathering the survivors, they didn't have much time left.

"Hurry up!"

"Faster!"

Various languages burst out from the mouths of different commanding officers, creating an unusually harmonious scene.

In the heavy snow, inside a specially modified command vehicle, a hand-drawn map of the west side of Qilong City was laid out on the table.

Long Ming, Augulas, Fujiwara Tani (head of the Amaterasu Guild), Cui Dao (head of the High Rite Guild)... were gathered together.

"I estimate that the defense of this west gate is similar to that of the south gate, and won't be too weak."

Long Ming said thoughtfully.

"I think so too. Conventional weapons definitely won't be able to break through."

Augulas said with a solemn expression.

"Then what do we do? We don't have time for lengthy discussions now. We have a maximum of three days to attack. If we can't handle it, we'll have to make a big escape. We're on the west side now, and if we can't take Qilong City, it will take us a long time to escape to the Celestial Canal."

Fujiwara Tani and the others were almost frantic. They didn't have enough people gathered, and they were running out of time.

Augulas turned to look at Long Ming and said, "I don't think it's time to hide anything anymore. It's time to activate that weapon."

"I think so too, so on the way here, I already had Zhang Wei adjust that weapon. It should be adjusted soon."

Long Ming revealed a smile.

"Then let's do it, deploy that weapon."

Augulas nodded in response.

Everyone present was confused, looking at each other. Suddenly, they seemed to think of something, and their expressions became extremely interesting.

......

At dusk, behind the hastily built camp, a super-tonnage Jv Li Shen (Titan) armored transport vehicle was parked, carrying a giant metal container fifty meters high.

Two third-generation mechs and thirty second-generation mechs guarded the transport vehicle.

No one was allowed to approach!

At this moment, Li Ruiqi and Putmi and others walked over quickly.

The guarding officer immediately saluted.

"Hello!"

"Yeah, have Zhang Wei and the others come out yet?"

"No, they're still inside the metal container."

The guard captain respectfully replied.

Li Ruiqi looked at the time on his wristband. It was almost the scheduled attack time. He took a deep breath.

"I understand."

Putmi couldn't help but ask, "How much longer? Are your people reliable? I knew we should have let our mechanics go up too."

"You have the nerve to say that? You guys should have come, we haven’t even seen your shadows."

Li Ruiqi was already very annoyed, and when he heard what Putmi said, his anger flared up.