Civilization Paradise

Chapter 18 Evacuation
"what!"

Before Gu Yi could react, he fell down.

Boom!

Long Ming jumped straight down, bullets hitting the edge of the sewer opening.

swell~
After landing, Long Ming immediately helped Gu Yi up and fled out along the passage.

"Ouch, that hurts! Brother, you run yourself, I can't escape. I don't want these things anymore, you can have them all. Take your things and get out of here!"

Gu Yi reached into his backpack and pulled out a double-barreled pistol and a short staff that was over thirty centimeters long, made entirely of gold, with intricate lines engraved on its surface and a red gemstone embedded in its top. He then shoved them all at Long Ming.

Long Ming was also taken aback when he saw the short staff being handed to him. No wonder Zheng Bin and the others were chasing after Gu Yi and the other two. Although this short staff was an art piece, it didn't look like an ordinary item at all. He was even a little tempted by it, but in the end he still refused.

"I don't want to, and don't say such unambitious things."

"Brother, I really can't walk anymore, so I won't hold you back."

Gu Yi said, enduring the pain.

At this moment, Zheng Bin and the others also jumped down. They looked at Long Ming and the other two running in front of the passage, reloaded their guns, raised their hands, and shouted fiercely.

"Boy, go to hell!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Gu Yi pushed Long Ming forward and then spread his arms to block Long Ming.

Boom!

A burst of gunfire rang out.

Gu Yi was like a target, shot after shot, his eyes wide open, muttering to himself.

"Yeah, that hurts."

Long Ming's face darkened instantly, and he immediately raised his single-shot rifle and fired back.

bang~
Zheng Bin and the others quickly bent down to avoid it.

As it turned out, Long Ming's shot didn't hit them, but instead hit the lighting at the top of the passage!
The dim lighting was instantly shattered, plunging the entire passage into darkness.

Long Ming hurriedly stuffed his things into his backpack and then ran forward as fast as he could.

"Damn it, chase them!"

Enraged, Zheng Bin led his men in pursuit, reloading as they went, firing blindly at what was ahead!

bang bang~
Unfortunately, all the bullets were used up.

In the blink of an eye, Long Ming rushed out through the open iron gate and arrived at the extended platform.

He immediately ran towards the front of the expansion platform.

As he rushed to the edge of the outer platform, Zheng Bin and the others also rushed out through the iron gate.

Seeing that Long Ming had nowhere to escape, they burst into laughter and shouted.

"Go ahead and run!"

"Why aren't you running!"

Long Ming frowned, snorted coldly, and jumped straight down.

"Holy crap, Brother Zheng jumped!"

Wu Kang and the others were dumbfounded.

"Damn it, he's got a death wish!"

Zheng Bin immediately led his men and rushed over.

When they reached the edge of the outer platform, they discovered that Long Ming, who had jumped down, was not dead. In fact, he was running away in the opposite direction from the mobile fortress, already a hundred or two meters away.

"How is that possible? He jumped from that height and didn't die?"

Zheng Bin's face was filled with disbelief, considering that it was over ten meters tall.

"Brother Zheng, there's a ladder here."

At this moment, Wu Kang noticed that there was a ladder outside the outer platform.

"Damn it, fire!"

Zheng Bin immediately felt like he had been tricked, and raised his gun to fire at the fleeing Long Ming.

Boom!

Unfortunately, they couldn't hit him at all, and Long Ming quickly disappeared into the night.

"You bastard! Don't let me ever see you again!"

Zheng Bin stomped his feet and cursed in exasperation.

On the other side, Long Ming turned his head to look back at the mobile fortress, then raised his wristband to open the map. He found that there were no extraction points nearby, so he headed towards the extraction points he had explored before.

Huhu~
A gust of wind blew by, and Long Ming couldn't help but shiver; the temperature was getting lower and lower. He forced himself to keep walking, knowing that he would be free once he reached the evacuation point.

As the sky began to lighten slightly, Long Ming dragged his weary body to the vicinity of the evacuation point.

However, he did not approach rashly, but lay on the sand dune, cautiously observing his surroundings.

There's a saying that goes, "The eve of victory is often the most dangerous."

He didn't want to be ambushed at the last minute, otherwise all his previous efforts would be in vain.

A moment later, after confirming that there was no ambush, Long Ming glanced at the time on his bracelet. He had been in this world for more than fifteen hours, so he got up and walked towards the mechanical platform for evacuation.

Soon Long Ming walked to the mechanical platform, lay down on it wearily, and gasped for breath.

Call ~
Time passed second by second.

Long Ming suddenly felt something was wrong, but the mechanical platform didn't respond for a long time. He then sat up and muttered to himself with an uncertain expression.

"What's going on? Is the mechanical platform broken?"

"No, it can't be broken."

Long Ming immediately dismissed his idea; he had personally witnessed people evacuating from here, so the mechanical platform couldn't possibly be broken.

At this point, a notification pops up on the bracelet interface.

"Notice: This evacuation point has been used. Please go to another unused evacuation point."

"Isn't it?"

Upon seeing this notification, Long Ming's lips twitched slightly. He hadn't expected to dig a hole for himself.

However, he quickly adjusted his mindset and immediately opened the map to check all the nearby evacuation points.

Then Long Ming checked his status.

He is now moderately dehydrated and his strength has dropped to one-third.

Long Ming carefully calculated his remaining stamina, checked all the extraction points, and chose one that was relatively far away but within his reach.

He didn't choose a closer evacuation point because if it were too close to the ruins, it would be easy for someone to have used it or set up an ambush.

After making his selection, Long Ming immediately set off towards his target.

At noon.

Long Ming stared at the blazing sun, panting as he walked forward. He was severely dehydrated, and his lips were cracked.

He glanced down at the map on his wristband; there were still two kilometers to go to the selected evacuation point. Just hang in there, and he'd be there.

However, at that moment, a whooshing sound suddenly came from the sky.

Long Ming was also startled and subconsciously looked up. Then he saw a red streak of light streaking across the sky in the distance, flying towards his direction.

"No way, this is really bad luck?"

When Long Ming saw the red streak of light flying straight toward him, his face turned as black as charcoal.

If someone were to be crushed to death, that would be a truly unjust situation.

Fortunately, the red streak of light eventually passed over Long Ming's head and crashed into the desert three kilometers away.

boom!
The massive explosion was accompanied by a sandstorm.

Long Ming was stunned by what he saw; he hadn't expected to encounter something like this during his retreat.

What exactly is that falling?
Long Ming was also very curious and wanted to go and see, but he had some concerns.

He raised his wristband and checked his status, only to see a series of red notifications popping up.

"Warning: You are severely dehydrated!"

"Warning: You are severely hungry!"

Long Ming's expression kept changing. Although the object didn't seem to have fallen very far, his stamina was almost depleted, and he only had 2 hours and 16 minutes left. Moreover, judging from the direction it fell, the object had deviated from his escape route.

If we risk going to see it, we might not have the strength to escape to the evacuation point, and then everything will be over.

But he was really unwilling to give up.

This world's civilization seems quite primitive; normally, it shouldn't produce anything of great quality. However, Long Ming had a premonition that the falling red light might actually contain something valuable.

Also, the terrain here is desert, so there are probably not many people around.

Therefore, there is virtually no chance of anyone stealing it, and the risk is very low.

It would be a real shame to give up such a rare opportunity. Moreover, if you miss this chance, you might not be able to seize it again even if you encounter it next time.

However, as the saying goes, fortune favors the bold, and with this thought in mind, Long Ming's eyes became extremely determined. He then steeled his resolve and changed direction, heading towards the spot where he had fallen.

(End of this chapter)