Reborn as a beautiful girl, I want to be the best in the world

Ye Qing frowned slightly. Since they were able to reach a "deal" with the NPC, it was naturally not impossible for other players to participate.

Since leaving the port city, Ye Qing and his team have parted ways with the main group of players, so it is normal for some people to arrive here early.

But by suddenly attacking at this time, was he targeting his own side or simply helping the Black Crow Gang?

"We're just one block away from getting closer to you!"

Next block...

As soon as Zhao Xin finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded not far away, causing many people around to exclaim in surprise.

The radiance of the elements appeared right at the corner of the street, so much so that everyone could even see violent spells bombarding around them, as if completely ignoring everything around them.

But looking at these spells, Ye Qing couldn't help but feel that they looked somewhat familiar.

This seems to be someone's usual spell combo...

But before she could carefully identify it, she could already see someone rushing towards them in the distance.

He was a member of the Black Crow Gang. At the moment, he seemed to be using his agility to dodge the pursuit of three "raincoat giants" behind him and was running towards Ye Qing.

"Is that person coming towards us?"

There was no need for Zhao Manying to say anything more, Ye Qing had already carried Lin Jue on his back and quickly dodged to the back with her.

What a joke! What would happen if they were affected by this?

Zhao Xin had even switched to dual guns in mid-air, ready to intercept the players attacking from behind at any time.

However, just as Ye Qing and others were about to evacuate, a strange light suddenly burst out among the crowd.

Before Ye Qing could react, the ground began to shake violently.

"Xiao Xin, take everyone away!!!"

Ye Qing immediately clenched his teeth, and quickly threw Lin Jue behind him into the air, took out the loyalty in his hand and retreated backwards.

Zhao Manying had no time to do so. She could only take out the shield in her hand and hold it in front of her, covering both of them with a defensive field.

There is a wolf in front and a tiger behind. What should I do?

Zhao Manying had almost no time to think and could only follow Ye Qing's instructions.

Even the black-robed thugs who had received the death order at the other end of the street were quite surprised and steadied their bodies at this moment, and even hesitated whether to rush forward.

Even these "NPCs" felt an inexplicable sense of fear at this moment.

Just like the fear any living being would feel when facing death, the extreme discomfort even made him not want to move forward anymore.

Of course, they were not the only ones who had the same feeling. The Long Yin group who were chasing them from behind also had the same feeling.

As the ground shook violently, Long Yin and the other two stopped and looked ahead vigilantly.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, but I really don't want to go there again. Lao He, do you feel the same way?"

Gao Yu stopped immediately. The strong feeling of uneasiness made him not want to continue chasing forward.

Anyway, their mission is just to stop the offensive of the other gang and help the Black Crow Gang move forward as much as possible.

The black-robed thug they were chasing just now was marked as an important target, and they would be able to get extremely high points as long as they eliminated him.

"Feelings... just saying feelings is useless. Let's just get this over with quickly and avoid unnecessary trouble."

Wu Yonghe shook his head. He had the same feeling in his heart, but feelings could not prove anything.

Anyway, they don't need to fight to the death. All three of them have long-range attack capabilities, so they can just kill the person directly.

After hearing what Wu Yonghe said, Gao Yu took out the walkie-talkie again and summoned the snipers in the sky.

As the stealth spacecraft was already hovering in the air, the snipers had already set up those exaggerated sniper rifles.

Several red dots had fallen from mid-air, pointing at the thugs who were running forward.

"Fire!!"

Chapter 55: The Great Collapse

However, their plan failed again. Just as the sniper was about to fire, the ground began to shake violently again.

The figure of the black-robed thug deviated from the shooting range in an instant, and the red dot that was originally locked also fell into the empty space.

There was no other reason than that the ground began to shake violently again.

"Is this... an earthquake?!!"

Wu Yonghe didn't even have time to steady himself, and could only quickly throw a protective magic ball under his feet.

As citizens of Yanxia Country, they had basically never experienced an earthquake, especially Wu Yonghe and others, so when the ground shook for the first time, everyone thought it was just a monster spawning.

The ground was shaking, houses were collapsing, and the world before our eyes was shaking, leaving people with no time to react.

Not only them, but the entire city began to shake violently.

Whether it was innocent civilians or gang members in the middle of a war, everyone was affected by the tremor.

Cracks even appeared on the ground of the entire city. The uneven ground directly destroyed large areas of houses, and countless people were buried under the rubble.

Only the Mountain Gang neighborhood within the barrier and... the City Lord's Mansion in the distance were not affected.

"Quick, go down and save them!!"

Lin Jue in mid-air looked at the fission on the ground and couldn't help but shout loudly to Zhao Xin who was holding him.

This was the first time she had such an excited reaction since she followed the crowd.

But Zhao Xin, who was dragging her, had a gloomy face and did not react as excitedly as she did.

This was partly because she could see the team panel on the virtual interface. Ye Qing and Zhao Manying were still in full health and their bodies were not "disabled".

What is more important is whether this earthquake is a coincidence, human manipulation, or something else...

Zhao Xin frowned slightly and began to scan all possible factors within his field of vision.

The most eye-catching thing is naturally the city lord's mansion and the barrier that appeared due to the earthquake.

There is no movement from both sides now. Even if they are not damaged now, it cannot be judged that they are the culprit of the earthquake.

"Sister Ye Qing, can you get the message?"

"Um... ok, no problem!"

As the words fell, a figure broke through the rubble and tiles on the street that was originally buried by the ruins and jumped out.

That person was none other than Ye Qing.

She stood up and looked around. Almost no one had crawled out of the ruins in any direction.

The players’ situation isn’t much better, not to mention the NPCs whose attributes and equipment are inferior to theirs?

If this was caused by the enemy, then it is time for the enemy to show his true colors.

Or is it that the consequences of this earthquake are its real purpose?

Thinking of this, Ye Qing couldn't help but frowned, but she still went to find the place where Zhao Manying was buried and cleared the rubble above her head for her.

"Are you okay?"

"It's okay, Miss Yun is OK too."

Zhao Manying, who was holding up the barrier, nodded. Miss Yun was squatting beside her, using a fairly standard defensive posture of holding her head with her hands.

With a weapon like loyalty, it didn't take Ye Qing too long to clean up the surrounding ruins.

If it wasn't for protecting Miss Yun, Zhao Manying would have simply removed the barrier and rushed out herself, and the surrounding rubble would not have caused much damage to her.

The two were pulled out by Ye Qing, and Zhao Manying also threw out a reconnaissance bird, building a transparent barrier around them to detect invisible units.

"...Don't blame me for conspiracy theories. Under the circumstances, I just think this earthquake happened by chance."

Zhao Manying sneered and checked the surroundings. She raised the shield in her hand and cast a layer of divine blessing buff on everyone.

No one knew what strange things would appear after the earthquake, not to mention that they were the only ones on the street now.

With this violent earthquake, the streets that had been turned into a mess became completely quiet.

Gang members, civilians, soldiers, almost no one survived such an earthquake.

"Yes, no matter who initiated it..."

There was already anger in Ye Qing's eyes. Involving innocent people had already touched her bottom line, not to mention the practice of "burying them alive" all at once.

Coupled with the completely virtual effects, everything appears so real in front of everyone.

Even among the most severe earthquakes in human history, this one would probably rank among the top.

If it were any other player, they would probably only be shocked by the earthquake in front of them, and would not empathize with the buried NPC.

Perhaps due to system protection reasons, some of the more tragic scenes were not shown to the players, but Zhao Manying, as a former police officer, understood it all too well.

"Master Zero, you have to get used to it."

At this moment, Miss Yun spoke with a smile.

Everyone's eyes were immediately focused on her. At this moment, Miss Yun didn't seem to care about the messy ground. She just calmly stretched out her hand and swept it, then sat down on the ground.

"All ambitious people on this continent, or in this world, have always been like this, whether it's now, a hundred years ago, or a thousand years ago..."

Miss Yun's eyes gradually turned cold, as if she was recalling some bad things in the past, and the smile on her lips made people feel cold.

She had never shown such an expression before. Because of this, when someone like her has obvious changes in expression, it is easier for people to guess her inner thoughts.

"They take human life lightly. In the eyes of those people, ordinary people are no different from weeds on the roadside."

In the eyes of all players, this is a fact that has always been "ignored" or ignored by them.

This cruel world is not covered with a cloak of "hypocrisy" like the reality that Ye Qing and others live in.

"...What are you going to do now? It's probably not too late to run away immediately. The teleportation array is definitely useless."

Miss Yun smiled, as if she was expecting how Ye Qing would react in this situation.

On this journey back to the Eastern Continent, choosing her to be my "bodyguard" was the right decision.

Ye Qing did not give an immediate answer, but connected to the team channel.

"Xiao Xin, in the video you sent back just now, only the City Lord's Mansion and the Mountain Man Gang areas remained intact, right?"

"Yes, rather than keeping it intact, it's better to say..."

Zhao Xin climbed a distance and looked around again. The two places seemed to be more isolated from the earthquake.

It was as if the area they were in was cut off from the outside world and became completely independent.

"Keep an eye on the City Lord's Mansion. Manying, protect the Lantern Festival. I'll go check out the barrier."

Ye Qing made the decision quite decisively, which made Miss Yun, who was sitting on the ground, sigh and shake her head before standing up.

It seemed that she was quite dissatisfied with Ye Qing's decision, and even felt it was quite "stupid".

What can a person do in the face of these forces?

"Ye Zi, don't forget our mission."

Zhao Manying nodded, but still reminded Ye Qing.

Her actions were quite "irrational". If it were any other professional team, they would have probably run away by now.

Why bother getting involved in these big troubles if you don't prioritize completing the tasks at hand?

But if Ye Qing was such a rational person, how could she have met so many companions along the way? Whether it was NPCs or players, there were many people willing to follow her.

"Got it. I'll be back soon."

Ye Qing nodded, quickly shuttled through the ruins, and rushed towards the direction of the Mountain Man Gang in the distance.

Looking at her gradually receding back, Miss Yun dusted herself off and asked Zhao Manying softly.

"Are you really not going to stop her at all?"

"Stop, who can stop her?"

Zhao Manying smiled, holding the dagger in his hand, and began to wander around the ruins to see if there was anyone who could help.

If we can save as many people as possible now, at least those buried under the rubble are all innocent.