People in Yu-Gi-Oh! The hyper-converged audience is also integrated

Chapter 240!
[WARNING! The first safe zone will begin to shrink in five minutes.]

All candidates are requested to proceed to the designated safe area as soon as possible.

The mechanical voice kept repeating the announcement.

At the same time, a real-time map of the Youlan Islands popped up on the supercomputing rings of all the candidates in the high sky. A huge white circle appeared on the map, marking the five "finger" areas of the islands and the third of the "bear paw" area close to the "finger".

The vast area outside the white circle was marked with a prominent skull and crossbones symbol and a poison gas symbol.

The hospital area is located right on the edge of the white security zone.

"This is a toxic zone?!" Yu Wanyin frowned and blurted out, "What is that?!"

Tang Xin blinked and whispered in Li Guanqi's ear, "We really have to run from the poison gas, Brother Ba. How did you guess that? You're not from the future, are you?"

Li Guanqi ignored her whispers, his gaze fixed on Yu Wanyin, his voice steady: "Do you still want to fight?"

Yu Wancha glanced at the map and countdown on the supercomputing ring, then at Li Guanqi and his sister, whose momentum had not diminished. He decisively shook his head at his sister: "The hospital area is on the edge of the circle, it's not safe. Let's go to the next stronghold."

The announcement only stated that it was the first safe zone, implying that it would continue to shrink.

The four of them had basically cleared out the hospital area of ​​personnel and staff, so there was little point in staying there; the benefits were far outweighed by the risks.

Moreover, if they were to actually fight, they wouldn't be entirely confident against these two guys who had won fourteen consecutive games.

Yu Wanyin glared at Li Guanqi resentfully, but in the end she put away her gun, her face cold, followed her brother, and quickly turned and left the hospital area.

Watching the two figures disappear, Li Guanqi's tense nerves finally relaxed slightly. He let out a long breath and turned to Tang Xin, saying, "Let's go, we need to buy some things."

All the surviving candidates in the entire Youlan Islands were in an uproar the moment they heard the announcement from the sky and saw the map pop up on the supercomputing ring.

Amidst various communication channels and across different areas, voices of surprise and confusion rose and fell.

"The safe zone is shrinking? What does that mean?"

What happens outside the circle? Is there really poison gas?

"Hey! What kind of rules are these? They weren't mentioned before!"

"I knew it! What was that ridiculously expensive gas mask in the mall for?!"

"I have a feeling it will continue to shrink."

Panic spread rapidly. The gas mask's description stated that it could only reduce gas exposure, not provide complete immunity. Moreover, its base price was as high as 30, and inventory was limited. For every one sold, the price would increase by 3%, just like with UR cards.

The sudden change completely disrupted everyone's plans and rhythm.

Xia Sheng, who was far away in the power plant area, had just finished a repair mission and received a credit of 100,000. Looking at the notification popped up by the supercomputing ring, his expression changed slightly: "Running away from the poison gas, huh? Interesting."

He glanced at the map; it was five kilometers from the edge of the safety zone, not too far.

Meanwhile, Lin Chen, who was in the mountainous area on the other side, was completely dumbfounded when he saw the map and the distance.

"Is it poisonous?!" He looked at the distance displayed on the supercomputing ring—25043 meters.

"Five minutes? You want me to run twenty-five kilometers?!" Lin Chen's voice changed.

“I…I have plenty of money,” Lurie whispered urgently beside him. “We can buy that gas mask.”

Her deck-building strategy is stuck at the basics; she only plays against AI. She has never used SR or UR cards since childhood, which has unexpectedly saved her a large amount of credits. She still has 550,000 credits left.

"No way!" Lin Chen forced himself to calm down, his mind racing. "The gas mask can't cover that far! The announcement said 'shrink,' not 'cover.' The toxic zone is compressed little by little from the outside in; it's a process!"

Luli didn't quite understand: "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is," a sharp glint flashed in Lin Chen's eyes, "that the gas masks might be a decoy; the real key is the means of transportation!"

"As long as we move faster than the shrinking safe zone, we can survive!"

"Quick, let's go to the safe zone and check out the shop!"

The two quickly arrived at the safe zone, opened the shop, and encountered several people along the way, but no one launched an attack.

They are all people condemned by heaven for jumping into remote mountainous areas.

Time ticked by, and on the mall interface, the price soared from 30 to over 39 in just a few dozen seconds, while the inventory was also rapidly decreasing.

Lin Chen ignored the gas mask and quickly swiped his finger down to find a vehicle.

Prices for various vehicles and speedboats are also rising, and he's clearly not the only one who's thought of this.

"Brother Chen..." Lu Li looked at the constantly ticking countdown, his voice filled with tension.

Lin Chen's gaze fell on an option at the bottom of the list: [Small Speedboat (Inventory: 1)].

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Buy this one, five hundred thousand!"

Upon hearing the price, Lu Li paused for a moment, then immediately swiped his supercomputing ring without hesitation: "Okay!"

【Purchase successful】

[Obtain your 'small speedboat' usage certificate and proceed to the designated mooring point]

The quota of 550,000 was reduced to only 50,000 in an instant, but Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the confirmation information and grabbed Lin Chen's arm tightly: "I got it, Brother Chen!"

Following the map's directions, the two quickly ran to an inconspicuous anchorage on the edge of the island.

As soon as I stood still, I heard a metallic scraping sound. Beneath the calm sea in front of me, thick iron pipes slowly rose, and pale green gas began to escape from the exhaust vents at the top.

"One minute!" Lin Chen felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the countdown on the supercomputing ring.

The two hurriedly jumped onto the brand-new small speedboat.

However, after sitting down, the two of them were dumbfounded.

The control panel was filled with buttons and screens, glowing with a faint blue light. They were all people struggling to survive at the bottom of society, who had never even ridden in a speedboat, let alone driven one.

Lin Chen frantically pounded on the control panel and pressed buttons haphazardly, but the speedboat didn't budge: "How do you drive this thing?!"

The sea breeze gradually picked up, carrying a salty, fishy smell, and blew the green toxic fog billowing from the iron pipes on the shore towards us, making the fog thicker and thicker.

"Brother Chen..." Lu Li's voice tightened as he looked at the approaching poisonous fog behind them, "Should we... be eliminated here? The swordsman's instructions..."

"No way!" Lin Chen shook his head violently, his hands moving even more frantically. "If I'm eliminated now, I won't be able to explain it to Chu Linfeng. He'll just think of me as a piece of trash, not even worthy of staying by his side!"

"We must survive to the end, and then find a seemingly 'reasonable' accidental elimination!"

He gritted his teeth and pressed several more buttons, but the speedboat still didn't respond: "How do you even use this piece of junk?!"

The poisonous fog had spread around the speedboat, emitting a slight hissing sound.

Lu Li's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something: "The book said... it seems, it seems like it can be voice-controlled?"

"Voice control?" Lin Chen was stunned. He didn't care about anything else and shouted at the control panel, "Start! Set sail! Let's go!"

The speedboat did not respond.

The green poisonous fog surged up rapidly, instantly engulfing the speedboat and the two people inside.

A pungent odor filled my nostrils, and my vision began to blur. [Success Rate: 80%...]

[Destiny Score: 78%...]

[Destiny Score: 76%...]

The bright red numbers on the supercomputing ring keep jumping. Once the success rate drops below 30%, it will be forcibly ejected from the barrier and eliminated.

"Cough...cough cough..." Lin Chen coughed violently, feeling a burning pain in his lungs and dizziness.

His gaze swept across the control panel, landing on a smooth, circular sensor panel: "Right... we need to sense the Qi first."

This is the most basic operation of Biantana. To use any ethano technology, you need to inject your own ethano for "preheating".

Without further hesitation, Lin Chen placed his palm on the sensor plate, frowned, and mobilized the already scarce nitric acid in his body, injecting it with all his might.

The speedboat's lights brightened, and the control panel emitted a faint hum, but the depletion of acetylene further weakened his body, exacerbating the corrosive effects of the toxic gas.

[Destiny Score: 60%...]

[Destiny Score: 57%...]

[Destiny Score: 54%...]

The speedboat engine progress bar was stuck at 60%, but his acetylene had run out.

Lin Chen stared at the screen in despair at the progress bar that wouldn't go up.

Just like his life.

No matter how hard he tried to climb up the ladder, his fate was sealed.

His hands began to tremble uncontrollably.

This is reality, a cruel reality.

These God-forsaken individuals, whose affinity is below 3.5, cannot naturally recover or increase their acetylene in their bodies. They only have a pitiful threshold of around 2000 points, and they have to rely on eating to recover it after using it up.

Those at the very bottom don't even have the right to use high technology to escape.

"Heh..." Lin Chen let out a dry, bitter laugh.

Just then, a thin, cool hand gently covered the back of his hand and pressed it onto the sensor plate.

Lin Chen was jolted and turned his head with difficulty, seeing Lu Li's pale but unusually determined profile.

Fortunately, the ability to sense energy can be achieved through cooperation.

Lu Li's energy wasn't exactly abundant, but with the combined efforts of the two, they finally reached the minimum threshold for starting the speedboat. The control panel emitted a series of soft "ding-ding-ding" sounds, the screen lit up, and the energy sensing was complete.

"Autonomous driving."

"Full power!" Luli shouted with all his might, mimicking the tone of the hero in the book, despite the discomfort in his throat.

"start up!".

[Command received, autonomous driving initiated, engine power MAX]

The speedboat emitted a clear warning sound, and its engine roared loudly.

"Boom—!" A powerful gust of air instantly shot out from the tail, blowing away the dense poisonous fog around it and creating a gap.

The speedboat shot forward like an arrow, breaking through the water and leaving the poisonous fog far behind, its speed far exceeding the speed at which the fog spread.

"Cough—" Lin Chen coughed out a mouthful of green, stale air, then took deep breaths of the fresh sea breeze.

Life is slowly recovering.

Although the used acetylene will not be replenished naturally.

Luli was also panting heavily.

Although she didn't have a deck, she still spent 500,000.

Although, although there are many.

But he survived.

Both of them simultaneously revealed indescribable smiles.

Lin Chen took a deep breath, stood up, faced the sea and the sea breeze, clasped his hands together, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Bastard!"

"I will definitely survive!"

"You—you can't crush me!"

He cursed loudly, clearing the poison from his chest.

Even if he doesn't know who he's cursing.

Lu Li tried to stand up, but he didn't have Lin Chen's literary talent. He could only face the sea breeze, open his mouth wide, and let out a strange, hoarse sound.

"what--!!!"

"Hahaha." Lin Chen laughed inexplicably, then opened his mouth wide and made a strange sound.

"what--!!!"

The sea breeze tousled his bangs, and a calm smile graced his face.

Just surviving is an achievement in itself.

Who knows what monsters might lie ahead?

But how much worse can things get?

In the hospital's safe zone, Li Guanqi spent over 700,000 to purchase a single [Engraving Blacksmith] engraving system card. SR cards like [Great Sage Coffin] and [Soul-Suppressing Coffin] were relatively cheap, so he bought two to make up for the extra cost.

In addition, he also bought a firearm that can be used to shoot people.

Tang Xin added four Magical Puppet Dessert UR cards and a sniper rifle.

There are also 40 rounds of "Life Point Bullets," which were just updated in the store. Hitting someone with a pistol bullet will not cause physical damage, but will reduce their life points by 10%.

Sniper rifle bullets will reduce a player's hit rate by 20%, and being hit by four shots in a row will eliminate the player.

Those hit by a duel bullet will also be marked, becoming immune to other bullets, but will also be unable to fire and can only play cards.

"Prepare to set up your guns." Li Guanqi gave a sinister smile.

"Let's give a proper welcome to those who have escaped the toxicity zone."

Tang Xin hung up the magazine and smiled, "They've worked so hard running from the poison gas, it's time to help them get rid of this burden."

(End of this chapter)