Poverty makes me capable of anything.

"Uh……"

Without giving Nadia a chance to refute, An Ran continued, "It's already 8103, and in a few months it will be 8104. It's time to change our thinking and try to trust strangers more!"

An Ran walked to a pile of stones more than 3 meters high, turned his back to Nadia and said, "Today I'll show you a completely new trick!"

She spread her arms, activated the anti-gravity field, and quickly flew away from the scene. Ella quickly followed.

"..."

"Wait……"

The person is gone.

"Section Chief, this..."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communication line, then Walter said, "Follow them and keep an eye on them."

"Oh."

Walter fell into deep thought. Could a few strangers really gather intelligence? It's 8103, should we really trust strangers more? Are they really that capable?

Three questions in a row.

It landed safely on the roof of a leaning building.

She already knew someone was listening in, but Nadia was using very ordinary communication equipment, and the signal she sent out was directly captured by Anran's signal detector.

He successfully pulled off another impressive feat, and to ensure the continuation of this impressive act, the only option was to let that king insect die.

As for trusting strangers?

You can trust a player's skill level, but you can't trust their integrity when it comes to NPCs.

King Insect, King Insect.

Anran looked around and soon spotted the king insect causing trouble.

Unlike other insects, the Queen Beetle stands on two legs, with a pair of wing-like arms in front and a pair of drill-like arms behind.

That's the burrowing tool of the Ohmu.

When it first arrived on Kleber, the Queen Worm was in a weakened state and could quickly burrow underground to escape using these "drills." Now it can probably dig even faster. Therefore, if you want to kill this Queen Worm, you must first destroy its drills. Otherwise, even if you make a huge sacrifice, you may still fail.

This kind of strategy for fighting bosses is actually quite common in games. Let's call it the key part. If you don't destroy the key part of some bosses, you might not lose any health by attacking other parts.

Each boss has its own unique characteristics. Strictly speaking, Anran can only be considered an "elite monster," so she only has a relatively simple template.

"Don't worry, don't worry, a lot of strangers have suddenly arrived over there!"

Ella suddenly bent down, her left hand behind her back, and her right hand pointing to a corner of the city.

An Ran looked in the direction Ella pointed.

Sure enough, there were several cars parked there, and one player after another jumped out of them.

"Let's go down too."

After accepting her quest, players can find her on the map of the [Quest Area] by clicking the quest completion icon.

Upon safely arriving at the area where the survivors were gathered, they quickly saw the old captain busy at work, as well as some players who were already in Sakura City.

So she quietly took out a pre-printed sign and stuck it behind her.

"Strike the insect's hand first! If you don't break the king insect's drill, it might escape!"

The illustrations, paired with Ella's paintings, are very vivid and lifelike.

The players who rushed over were completely dumbfounded.

"I find it strangely cute (?? . ??)"

“( ∩???∩) Hehehe, An Ran looks even better up close than in the video.”

"Anran, you mean Anran?" The old captain overheard the players' discussion.

"???"

"Is it An Ran, the one who killed so many Taiya insects?"

"Yes!" A player confirmed the old captain's guess.

The old captain's eyes lit up immediately. Thank God! Although he didn't know if An Ran was the hero the rumors said she was, the fact that she had killed several Taiya insects had been circulating for a long time. With such a strong reinforcement, maybe Sakura City could be defended.

The old captain walked towards An Ran with a smile on his face and said in a calm tone, "Hello, I am Karen, the temporary head of the resistance organization here."

“Oh, hello,” Anran replied.

"You came here because..." Karen asked.

"I'm here to take care of that Queen Beetle outside," An Ran said.

"???"

Karen's expression changed. The Queen Worm was not so easy to deal with. Even if you could kill the Teya Worm, the Teya Worm and the Queen Worm were not even in the same league.

He chuckled and said, "With the manpower we have here, it would be difficult even to stop the King Worm."

“No problem,” An Ran said. “I’m here.”

"..."

This person is so arrogant!

Karen frowned. The defense was already difficult to maintain, and if she were to make a mess of things, the line of defense might collapse completely.

But now everyone around her is very excited to see An, so it's going to be difficult to get rid of her...

An Ran added, "There are many other strangers here, so you don't need to worry at all."

It seems they haven't lost their minds yet, but...

“We don’t have nearly enough outsiders here; there are less than 200 people in total.”

It turned out that 200 strangers were no match for the King Worm, and Karen sighed.

"Ah."

Anran nodded.

That's right, it's difficult for 200 players plus her to defeat the King Worm, but what if that number is multiplied by 10 or 20?

As long as the king insect doesn't run away, it can be worn down to death drop by drop.

"Anran, Anran, you're here!"

"What's here?" Karen asked, puzzled.

The one who spoke just now was the little girl standing next to An Ran.

Anran turned to the side of the road, and Karen followed suit.

Strangers! Strangers have actually arrived, and they are strangers he has never seen before. He estimates there are more than 100 of them.

Karen looked surprised. He looked at An Ran and realized that she had called for help, but there weren't many people there.

"Don't worry," An Ran said with a smile. "There will only be more and more."

Then, Karen witnessed what a van full of people really looked like.

"..."

If the traffic bureau caught this, they could fine the driver into bankruptcy. But now that Kleber is like this, nobody cares.

"Where is the King Insect?"

One of the players, holding a hammer, said this.

After half an hour.

Karen: (°Д°)

An hour later.

Karen: (?｀?Д??)！

Two hours later.

Karen: ┌(。Д。)┐

My eyes are about to pop out.

Three hours passed quickly, and wave after wave of players arrived. An Ran spotted the unlucky Chen Tong and Gantz again in the crowd, with over a hundred people crouching in a corner of the ruins.

At this point, the campsite, which was originally deserted, was now packed with people.

Players were everywhere—on the roadside, on ruins, under walls, and on the roofs of dilapidated houses.

There must be at least two or three thousand people.

Karen, the camp leader, could only stand in a corner feeling very aggrieved. He wanted to direct these strangers to stop them from standing so loosely and taking up all the camp space, but he was harshly rebuked by several of them.

"Grandpa, just relax and watch us teach that king insect a lesson. You're too old for that.

What the hell!

Karen almost jumped up.

Old age?

He's not even 40 years old yet, and he's incredibly well-preserved. Plus, he's a veteran player of *Infinite: Swarm Wars*, known as the "Old Captain," with a wealth of combat experience!

That's about it.

Anran nodded to Ella, who then held the sign high. Using the projection function of the bracelet, the content on the sign was projected directly into the air.

"Thank you all for responding to my call to join in the fight against this king worm from Cholera Kleber!" An Ran said, holding up a megaphone.

In an instant, all the players focused their attention on her.

Including Nadia, who was hiding in the shadows.

"I won't waste any more time on small talk. I'll just mention one key point: as the sign says, to prevent the King Worm from digging its way out of the ground, we must first destroy its arms with the drill bit. Once we destroy those arms, I believe that with everyone's efforts, we will definitely be able to kill this monster that is wreaking havoc on Planet Kleber! Everyone, take a half-hour break, and we'll set off in half an hour!"

At the current pace, the King Worm will be close to the camp in another half hour.

"Oh!"

The camp was immediately filled with shouts from the players.