Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 87 Silver Hunter Enhancement and Clearance Time

The central area of ​​the Holy Grail Island.

Inside a magnificent castle, in the deepest room, stood a tall, handsome man with long, flowing golden hair.

The man was surrounded by four women with high noses and deep-set eyes. In front of them was a box inlaid with many gemstones.

"Beautiful ladies, this treasure chest is so exquisite, it perfectly complements your beauty. Would anyone like to open it themselves?"

The man looked at the four women, who all shook their heads.

One of them said, "Adam, you should open this precious treasure chest yourself."

The man named "Adam" smiled charmingly upon hearing this: "Since the ladies are being so modest, I shall begin."

Adam then used up a total of 5 keys to open the treasure chest.

All that could be seen was a dazzling golden light, inside which were placed a large amount of precious supplies and props, as well as an ancient sheepskin scroll.

Adam didn't touch the props. Instead, he picked up the parchment and opened it. On it was written a line: "I have placed the legendary Holy Grail in an abandoned church. If you want it, go and get it."

"Oh dear," Adam sighed regretfully, "what a pity, it's information that has already been leaked."

He casually tossed the parchment aside, and one of the women in his group picked it up. The other three women then read the contents as well.

One of them exclaimed in surprise: "It seems the secret of the 'Holy Grail' is hidden in this parchment. Logically, only those who reach the castle in the center of the island, enter the deepest room, and open the treasure chest should know... How did the team that got the Holy Grail ahead of time know?"

"Who knows?" Adam shrugged. "Maybe it was just luck."

The four women looked at each other, and one of them asked, "Adam, are you really going to give up on the Holy Grail? With your strength, you can definitely succeed."

“You all know me, I don’t like using violence.” Adam shook his head slightly. “Besides, I know that Lucifer will definitely try to take it, and it won’t be easy for me to protect you all from that violent maniac.”

The four women were moved by his words and said, "Adam, you don't need to worry about us. Besides, dying on this Grail Island isn't really dying; it just means being eliminated!"

Adam looked at the group with pity: "Although you won't die, the pain of death is real, and I don't want you to experience that pain."

"Adam..."

"Bullshit! Someone actually arrived first!" A rude, abusive voice came from the doorway, instantly shattering the tender atmosphere between Adam and the four women.

All four women looked furiously toward the door, where another group was crowding in front of it, led by a burly man.

"Five women?" the burly man scoffed. "There's even a team like this? Hand over the items you took from the gem box! Otherwise—"

"kill!"

The four women beside Adam acted instantly, and in the blink of an eye, the burly man was cut into several pieces. His teammates were shocked and hurriedly tried to counterattack, but they soon met the same fate.

Adam, watching this scene from inside the room, sighed and shook his head: "Alas, when will humans stop fighting and killing each other? Wouldn't it be better if everyone lived in peace and had more children together..."

……

[23 minutes remaining until the Holy Grail's ownership is determined]

Every team can clearly see this notification, which appears once per minute, telling the teams vying for the Holy Grail how much time they have left.

As the previous mech broke through from the top and destroyed the church structure, the other teams followed suit and began to destroy the church walls with their own weapons and tools.

They believed that this would leave the Holy Grail team with nowhere to hide, exposing them to the public eye and subjecting them to a collective attack.

But at the moment the church was completely destroyed, what everyone saw was not the Holy Grail team, but a sky full of white mist!

No one could describe how dense the white fog was; it was so thick it covered everything in all directions.

Originally, only the teams rushing into the church would encounter the white fog. Now that the church is destroyed, Guan Tong has stopped pretending and is frantically firing No. 4 smoke grenades and No. 3 high-explosive grenades in all directions.

Since he has no teammates, he doesn't need to worry about friendly fire. Everyone else is an enemy.

The teams trapped in the thick fog were dumbfounded. On the one hand, they couldn't see anything clearly, and on the other hand, they could be blown up by an explosion from who-knows-where at any moment.

In addition, they would be attacked by seemingly endless, ever-emerging undead. The explosions, the roars of the undead, and the shouts of the contestants fighting... made everyone feel as if they were in some kind of purgatory!

The most critical issue is that the person holding the Holy Grail seems to have blended into the crowd, making it impossible to pinpoint his location. This has led to most teams fighting haphazardly and creating complete chaos.

Guan Tong, clad in shadow armor, concealed himself among the crowd amidst the thick fog. He continuously summoned undead while indiscriminately blasting his Silver Hunter weapon, all the while pondering how to enhance it.

He just tried adding the word "guided" to give the No. 3 missile a tracking and striking capability. This would increase the hit rate when facing fast-moving enemies like the "Matrix Converter".

After adding the words, the materialization failed. This indicates that his current mental power limit does not support doing this.

Just then, he heard a buzzing sound in the sky, and suddenly an idea popped into his head!
The inspiration came from the reconnaissance drones flying around in the sky, which were a real nuisance to him. He only had one jammer in his makeshift backpack, and he'd already used it up.

Therefore, if he could interfere with these drones and any other devices that could track and monitor him, it would greatly help him conceal his whereabouts in the future. Thus, the three letters immediately jumped into his mind.

"EMP!"

EMP, or electromagnetic pulse, is extremely destructive to electronic devices, which is undoubtedly exactly what Guan Tong needs to address the challenges posed by drones!

He immediately added the words "electromagnetic pulse" before "smoke claw gun" in the "wordless book," and recalled Silver Hunter to retrieve it.

Thankfully, he had the "infinite mental power" buff, otherwise he really wouldn't have dared to do that. After all, such a summoning and recalling would have wiped out all the stored bullets—but with the buff, it didn't matter; he could fire and generate more as he went!
After resummoning the Silver Hunter, Guan Tong noticed that the gun body had not changed. He then selected to generate bullets, and a new No. 5 bullet appeared under No. 1-4!

It worked!
Upon seeing the No. 5 missile, Guan Tong immediately chose to generate it.

He discovered that it takes a whopping 50 points of mental energy to generate an "electromagnetic pulse bomb," making it incredibly expensive.

Once generated, he immediately pulled the trigger into the air.

"Zi——!"

What shot out of the gun was not a bullet, but a deep blue beam of light!

The beam of light exploded in the air, and sparks flew from the bodies of drones flying within a certain range, which then fell to the ground.

"not bad!"

Although the effective range of this electromagnetic pulse wave is not very large, only about ten meters in radius, it is enough for him.

In critical moments, it can at least be used to destroy surveillance devices such as drones and cameras, thereby reducing the enemy's ability to track you to some extent.

"Let's stop adding words to the wordless book here."

Guan Tong checked the time remaining in his possession of the Holy Grail; there were 21 minutes left. He planned to use some of that time to store up mental energy and Silver Hunter bullets, but the former required focused, undisturbed concentration.

In such a chaotic environment, with the thick shadow armor constantly being attacked by random items, it's impossible to calm down and complete the transformation.

and so……

Guan Tong's expression changed slightly: "It looks like it's time to clear the area."

If someone thinks that continuously firing a mixture of No. 3 high-explosive shells and No. 4 smoke shells is cruel enough, then they have no idea what Guan Tong's truly cruel methods are.

For him, his most capable assistant is always "Shadow," and with the buff of "infinite mental power," Shadow is fully capable of creating a truly terrifying purgatory.

With a thought, Guan Tong rapidly consumed a large amount of mental energy, transforming it into sharp, spiky shadows that spread continuously from the ground within the smoke.

"...This is also for the sake of efficiency in clearing the area, and hopefully no one will be left with psychological trauma."

Guan Tong thought that by outputting his maximum mental power every second, he could turn a large number of spiked shadows into physical entities!

In an instant, all the spike-shaped shadows materialized, and the contestants standing on them were pierced through their bodies without any warning, dying and being eliminated amidst pain and indescribable fear!
Even those who weren't hit were terrified. One person screamed and collapsed after witnessing his teammate being pierced by several black spikes.

Guan Tong named this move "Thorn Shadow Killing Array".

In those few short seconds, it took the lives of hundreds or even thousands of participants in the white mist.

Despite the smoke obscuring the view, many people still witnessed the horrific scene of the deceased.

The vast majority of the surviving contestants broke down instantly, unable to take it anymore.

They completely lost the courage to continue fighting, abandoning their quest for the Holy Grail and running headlong in one direction, hoping to escape the fog as soon as possible and end this nightmare.

Some succeeded and some failed, but the team that successfully escaped had no time to celebrate for long before they discovered that a group of more than fifty people had gathered together and blocked their way.

The leader was none other than the "alpha wolf" of the Tulip Federation.

In order to get here as quickly as possible, he asked the weaker members to contribute any items that could increase their movement speed, so that this small group of about a dozen teams, about fifty people in total, arrived here in less than ten minutes.

"Destroy them!" At that moment, the alpha wolf gave the order, and the wolf pack immediately coordinated their attack on the groups that had escaped from the white mist!
These wolf packs were extremely ferocious, fearless, and tightly coordinated. Therefore, even though hundreds of people escaped from the white fog, they were quickly wiped out by this elite pack of fifty, with only a few managing to escape.

Some members of the wolf pack wanted to give chase, but were stopped by the alpha wolf. The alpha wolf gazed at the large expanse of white mist not far ahead and said, "That pack has held the Holy Grail for too long; we must seize it as soon as possible… Hmm?!"

Suddenly, as if sensing something, the alpha wolf looked up at the sky, its pupils instantly contracting.

High in the sky, he saw a person with jet-black wings on their back, suspended in the air! This instantly reminded him of a name that a federal intelligence agency had specifically warned him to be careful of.

"It's Lucifer of the Solomon Empire... He really came!"

　Day 3 of my daily 10,000-word challenge, today's update is 10257 words!
　　I'm sorry that the third chapter is ten minutes late today because I made some last-minute changes to the plot during proofreading.

　　Also, the challenge storyline ends tomorrow, and new rules will begin. Please look forward to it!
　　
　
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