Abstraction for a bad world

Chapter 200: Rank does not represent strength, a sudden wave of refugees (4k)

Yuan Qingzhuo continued to freeze the Core-Forging Stage warrior in mid-air with some difficulty.

If the current martial arts will is output at full power, it can probably keep the opponent in this completely immobile state for thirty seconds.

——It seems that simply exporting the will of martial arts as spiritual essence is indeed a very stupid approach.

Even if the opponent is just an ordinary core-casting stage that can be found everywhere, it is difficult to kill him with such means - he can only be kept in a motionless state.

There is almost no practicality.

He casually transformed part of his martial arts will into extremely high-frequency vibration waves, and amplified them with a spell. Yuan Qingzhuo only spent less than one-tenth of his martial arts will to shatter the warrior's extremely hard body into pieces.

Secretly putting away the weapon that barely reached the [Exquisite] quality, Yuan Qingzhuo calmly turned around and observed the reactions of the other contestants through the gap in the iron helmet.

The twin stars are gone, and no one here dares to challenge themselves anymore...which is good.

This shows that it is still useful to easily kill this Core-Forging Warrior.

——Although it’s just a parallel import.

If we talk about combat power, ten warriors combined probably can't beat Vichi... As for Vina's words, that remains to be discussed.

Yuan Qingzhuo thought to himself with ease.

Rank does not represent strength.

Yuan Qingzhuo felt the truth of this sentence very intuitively today.

In the Ascension Stage alone, there are people like Sunday and him who can touch legends, to the humorous guy who can't even match the aura of the Mercury Stage.

Even at the core-casting stage, which is full of gold content, there will still be fakes like the warrior just now who don't know how they were promoted.

Compared to this complete fake fighter, the guy just called the ferryman by the contestants is much stronger.

I almost killed him again, but luckily I was more skilled than him.

——It seems that I can take a break from now on.

Looking at the contestants who began to look at each other and talk in low voices, Yuan Qingzhuo yawned in his armor and casually made a communication spell to contact Rush.

And then it failed as expected.

He then tried to contact Caroline again, but without success.

I think both of them should be in the royal city. Rush may have met the new king, and he is not showing up now because he has other deeper plans.

But with Caroline's personality, how could she not get involved when the new king announced the challenge?
It’s weird.

I don't know what they are doing now...

Caroline was like a hardworking worker bee, scattering the micro-ritual nodes given to her by Rush on the people passing by in the streets and alleys - of course, this little thing was just a piece of cake for her.

Rather than completing Rush's mission, Caroline would rather stroll around the now deserted streets, and then pick a fight with two guys she barely looks good enough.

Therefore, in the past four hours, Caroline has collected more than ten chess pieces of exquisite quality - although most of them are incomplete, it is still a considerable gain.

Ignoring Rush's announcement that "the challenge is over" that spread throughout the royal city, the Dragon Girl sat on the city wall, squinting her eyes and looking at the huge crowd of refugees in the distance.

A large group?

Is it really just a large group?
Caroline, who had no idea of ​​numbers, began to count the approximate number of people. After counting ten thousand times, she was shocked to find that the crowd more than ten kilometers away was at least over 100,000 people.

"Oh my god, why are there so many people here all of a sudden?"

Caroline looked down at the group of tents that she had not paid attention to before - she thought that she seemed to have thought there were only a few thousand or tens of thousands of people here.

So she quickly ran around the royal city again and estimated that there were about 100,000 or 200,000 refugees just outside the royal city.

"So there are so many people waiting to die outside..."

Caroline frowned and muttered. She did not use the word "starving" or other milder words, because in her eyes, if the "new king" did not let these people enter the city, then only death would be waiting for them.

Either sooner or later.

But now, things are different with little Rush here!

Caroline thought that Rush probably didn't know the situation outside the royal city, so she took the initiative to contact Rush through the communication.

——After using the Star Mask to block the fourth communication from Yuan Qingzhuo, Rush secretly moved his eyes to look at the silent armor that walked to his side.

How should I put it? I'm kind of happy...

After listening to Caroline's report on the refugee situation calmly, Rush first looked up and said to Yuan Qingzhuo, who told him that his mission had been completed:

"Please wait for me for a few minutes, Master Zhuo."

She tapped her fingers on the armrest, thinking about the refugees as she spoke, "I need to take care of something for the time being."

"It doesn't matter."

A lazy voice came from the armor, and Rush pursed his lips under the mask.

However, she soon stopped paying attention to Yuan Qingzhuo beside her and focused her attention on the "refugee" issue.

——The number of refugees around the royal city is understandable. With the patrolling angels on the city wall resisting the erosion species and long-term accumulation, it is not surprising that there are such a number.
But what about the at least hundreds of thousands of refugees heading towards the royal city?
Normally, the refugees coming to the royal city from other villages, towns or cities are usually a dozen or dozens of people, and the largest number of people escorted by extraordinary people is no more than a hundred.

But now the number...

Not to mention how so many people solve the problems of food, clothing, housing and transportation on the road, just the fact that such a large number of people gather together can easily attract dozens of erosion species to have a buffet.

Normally, there wouldn't be a reason for so many people to gather together to travel...

According to common sense.

Rush immediately understood the problem.

So, the current situation is not normal.

Contestants.

"Sister Caroline, didn't you notice how many contestants came with this wave of refugees?"

"Contestants?"

"Yes, contestants."

"Then let me check the white stripe... No, huh? Wait, isn't this the skyline?"

Amid Caroline's series of screams, Rush heard her say some incredible words.

"——Yes, there is a contestant coming with those guys."

Rush was stunned for a moment, but couldn't help but ask back: "One?"

One person not only had to gather so many people, but also brought hundreds of thousands of people to this place in such a short time. He also had to maintain order among hundreds of thousands of people and protect them from being killed by the erosion species...

On the throne, the girl fell into puzzled thought.

How is this done?
"I was wondering why I didn't see it before. It turns out I mistook his kindness bar for the skyline."

In the silence, Rush heard Caroline's hearty laughter: "The one who brought them here is the big brother who helped us with the paperwork a few days ago."

"——【Sun】, Andesia."

So all the doubts were answered.

Under the mask, Rush frowned slightly in annoyance - although she admired and respected such behavior very much, if it were in reality, she would definitely do her best to help Andesia resettle these refugees.

But this is not reality after all.

She is not just Rush, but the "New King Mercy" in the eyes of others. Most importantly, she is a contestant who is about to kill hundreds of thousands of people to advance to the next round.

So Andshia's behavior would only make Rush feel that there was another unstable factor that would affect his plans.

This is probably the reason why people say "do your job well while in your position".

Originally, it was troublesome enough to just deal with Zhuo Ge's influence.

Now a stronger Andesia emerges?

And with so many people.

That's enough.

Feeling annoyed, Rush quickly reviewed the information Caroline had given her.

Then, it became clear that something was wrong.

"Sister Caroline, didn't you see the beam of light above Andesia's head? There's no reason why his chess pieces shouldn't be at the epic level or above."

"I really didn't notice that... Hey, really not. Little Rush. Do you want me to go over and ask him what's going on?"

"..."

"Okay, okay, it's just a joke. I'm not that reckless."

Rush glanced over Caroline's words as if he was listening to a joke, and then began to think about the reason why the light beam above Andshia's head disappeared.

The most normal thought is to hand over the chess piece to others just like you do.

But that's unlikely.

Because according to the news from Caroline, Andsia should treat this audition game world as reality just like Zhuo Ge.

Under such circumstances, he would definitely be worried about this large number of refugees, so he would not, and there was no need to, take the risk of handing over the chess pieces to others.

But the beam of light above his head disappeared after all...

As Rush pondered silently, possibility after possibility flowed through her mind.

But in the end, she still couldn't think of a logically self-consistent closed loop.

Well, there is no need to delve into such details.

The key now is not to let Andsia and the refugee crisis he brought, as well as the meaning of his behavior, affect his own plans.

——Andshia should allow all refugees outside the city to enter the city.

This is what would undoubtedly happen if he saw how empty the royal city was.

Then what you need to do now is very simple.

First meet with Andesia and negotiate with him, then guide the overall situation in a direction that is beneficial to you while satisfying his demands.

——Anyway, after the plan is completed, I will directly enter the next round.

The key point is that you cannot reveal your identity.

Also, try to avoid contact between Zhuo Ge and Andesia before everything is finalized, so as to prevent these two guys from causing any big trouble again.

"Sister Caroline, I think I'll have to trouble you again. Could you please put on your armor again and contact Andesia as soon as possible?"

"What trouble? This is not trouble! I've wanted to run over and have a chat with that guy for a long time."

After temporarily ending the communication with Caroline, Rush looked at Yuan Qingzhuo and bowed slightly to him:

"Mr. Zhuo, I have requested that you end my protection here. Thank you very much in advance."

"It's a small matter, and I didn't come here just for your sake."

Yuan Qingzhuo took off the helmet that was transformed from his martial arts will and smiled at her: "If it wasn't for her request, I would have actually considered taking down your three chess pieces."

"she?"

Rush paused and inserted a sentence that was not originally planned:

"Mr. Zhuo, excuse me for asking, what is your relationship with her... that Lash?"

After finishing the short sentence, Rush stared closely at Yuan Qingzhuo who raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"She told you her name?" Yuan Qingzhuo's eyes lit up, and his tone became much more intimate: "Then Your Majesty, can you tell me where she is now?"

"We have a deeper level of cooperation. It's just a name, not a secret that cannot be shared with each other."

Then, Rush shook his head: "As for the position, please forgive me for not being able to tell you for now - I can only say that she is in a special situation now, and is trying to get more chess pieces."

"Is that so... Thank you, Your Majesty, for clearing up my confusion."

No wonder I couldn’t contact Rush. It turned out that she had entered her personal special copy.

The little guy is just lucky.

Thinking of this, Yuan Qingzhuo stared at this guy wearing a mask and looking unusually cold - it seems that he has to thank the new king.

"As for the relationship between Lash and me, it's okay for you to tell Your Majesty."

It really doesn't matter.

One is that the new king has some cooperation with Rush, and telling him these little news can increase his favorability.

Second, the new king is just an NPC in an audition world. So what if he knows all this?

Yuan Qingzhuo smiled at her and raised his fist as big as a sandbag: "Rashi is my sister, Your Majesty. If you want to bully her, you must ask my fist first."

"Sister... huh."

Yuan Qingzhuo saw the new king nodded, and then murmured something that seemed a little... disappointed and regretful?
What the hell, is this my illusion?
"I understand. Then, could Your Excellency Zhuo please stay in my palace for a few hours?"

"——Next, I need to receive a more important guest."

After taking a deep breath, Rush suppressed those unnecessary emotions and continued to say to Yuan Qingzhuo: "Of course, I will not let you guard here in vain."

She used a spell to place an exquisite chess piece she had collected earlier into Yuan Qingzhuo's hand:

"One chess piece of this quality per hour."

"make a deal!"

Yuan Qingzhuo almost smiled as he received the chess piece.

With those previous lessons learned, those contestants would not dare to come and give themselves up.

So now he's on paid leave - if someone doesn't learn their lesson and still wants to sneak in...

That's even better!
Because that means I will get double salary!
"Then your majesty, I will take my leave now."

"Please."

After settling Yuan Qingzhuo and positioning him to prevent him from coming into contact with Andesia, Rush dialed the communication again:

"Sister Caroline, what's going on over there?"

Outside the royal city, in front of a huge tide of refugees.

Caroline hurriedly put on her armor and stood not far away, staring at the leader covered in blood as he chopped the attacking monsters into pieces like weeds.
She looked up and gazed over the heads of the refugees.
"Little Rush, I think I know what this situation is."

(End of this chapter)