Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 255 - 255: 253: Surprised or Not?

Translator: 549690339

“Be cautious and watch out for any abnormalities!”

As soon as they landed, the captain of every small team was loudly reminding their teammates in the chat.

Camille Victoria looked around and didn’t see any abnormalities, so she issued another command: “Follow the original plan, find allies nearby, go to the middle circle together, and try to avoid fights!”

The captains of various player alliances also issued similar instructions: Don’t worry about points, gather allies first, and build up a numerical advantage.

Of course, whether to completely avoid fights on the way or take advantage of opportunities to pick off members of other alliances, the tactics of different teams were not entirely the same.

Camille Victoria’s “Blue Army” followed the principle of avoiding fights, quickly assemblinz seven small teams within their visual range in the middle circle.

There might be more allies, but due to the competition map limiting friend chats, they couldn’t communicate temporarily and could only hope to see them at the predetermined inner circle assembly point.

After arriving at the middle circle and gathering the team, Camille Victoria didn’t rush to find weapons. Instead, she formed a car team and continued to advance toward the inner circle, bringing together allies.

She clearly remembered how Lincoln had once dominated the metropolis with just a screwdriver.

When she had planned it a few days ago, she personally tried it out; with the dagger provided at the beginning of the game, she could easily rob an operating gun shop.

So she didn’t plan to search for supplies in the uninhabited middle circle, but instead travel lightly, rush directly to the inner circle and only arm the teams well after robbing the gun shop.

That way, she could gather even more allies.

Seven small teams were not enough to support her plan.

At first, everything went smoothly; scattered players dressed in red, green, and black clothing were encountered, but they all consciously stepped aside when they saw their car team.

Camille Victoria’s team also focused on moving forward without wasting time chasing them.

That was until they went along the road and entered the inner circle and the real metropolis where NPCs lived.

As soon as they entered the inner circle, windows on both sides of the road suddenly opened, and self-defensive NPCs leaned out with their gun muzzles aimed at the car team. Without any communication, all the NPCs pulled the trigger at the same time!

The next moment—death descended!

A dense rain of bullets instantly covered the first four cars in the team.

The drivers and passengers were directly shot into sieves! Then came fire, explosions, and car crashes!

The cars in the back made emergency stops and tried to evade, but the bullet rain immediately spread over them.

Since they were focused on speed and traveling lightly, the car team only had a little over twenty guns in total. They couldn’t organize an effective counterattack and could only endure the enemy fire passively!

“Retreat! Retreat!”

“Ambush! Powerful snipers!”

“Disperse! Disperse!”

Everyone was panicked and ran around in a fluster.

While shouting for everyone to retreat, Camille Victoria understood what the bell and air raid alarm at the beginning meant—

It was to remind the inhabitants of the metropolis!

Now it wasn’t just a battle between players anymore; the inhabitants of the metropolis had collectively joined the chaos!

If the players didn’t arm themselves and break through the obstacles, they would all be buried in the middle circle when the Great Earth Collapse came!

There might not even be a winner!

Camille Victoria, who had always had a good impression of Lincoln and Cloud Dream, couldn’t help but curse in her heart: This is just too inhumane!

They didn’t even leak a single piece of information in advance! It’s outrageous!

But venting her frustration was no help. Camille Victoria could only lead her allies to retreat, quickly search for supplies, and arm the teams.

The other players were more or less in the same situation; whether they were standard ten-member teams, dozens of player alliances, or individual players, they all met with an onslaught from the NPCs when they entered the inner circle!

However, the snipes varied in strength; the more players there were, the greater the intensity.

Individual players might sneak in, but they would likely find enemies on all sides and face great pressure for survival!

Once they reached the small team level, they had to be fully armed to break through the barriers.

As for the player alliances, it was even harder!

But they couldn’t just give up the advantage of numbers so easily, so they collectively turned back and began quickly searching for weapons, armor, and supplies to increase their team’s combat power.

The only good news was that for some reason, perhaps because they attacked proactively, killing the NPCs in self-defense no longer deducted points.

[14:30]

Only half an hour after the start of the game, the earthquake started with a rumble, once again catching all players off guard.

The shrinking circle time was brought forward!

With time becoming more urgent, players had to continue searching for supplies while enduring the violent tremors.

But the shaking is irregular, and even more intense than during the preliminary selection battle, making it extremely difficult to move!

Many players are struggling to move, rolling and crawling in a miserable way.

In the Cloud Dream Virtual Office, employees couldn’t help but complain: “The boss is really inhuman!”

“Yeah, who could disagree with that?”

At this moment, Lincoln is snuggling with Mavis on a small sofa, laughing shamelessly.

He even directly opens Spiritual Rhinoceros, and posts a status update with his own account –

“Surprised? Unexpected?”

Without a doubt, this post has angered many. Numerous players who haven’t yet participated in the competition are showing up, accusing him of being inhuman.

However, quickly, hundreds of times more players appear in the comment section, not only praising Lincoln profusely, but also posting even more inhuman comments:

“I’m so surprised!”

“Well done! I knew I didn’t have the wrong impression of you!”

“Please intensify your efforts!”

“Where are the landmines? Tire spikes? Roadblocks? RPGs? You dare say you’re blocking vehicles without all these?”

Looking at these comments from people who are only interested in stirring things up, Mavis laughs until her whole body trembles.

After a great deal of effort, Camille Victoria’s blue army finally gathered their weapons and ammunition.

They divided all the players into five teams, taking turns to activate the [Assassin’s Bloodline] skill and rush to the intersections.

Braving the concentrated firepower of the Metropolis natives, they counterattacked while breaking through the obstructions and entering the inner circle!

Next, they finally proceeded with their original plan, robbing two gun shops and upgrading their firepower once again.

After that, the team didn’t continue rushing to the core circle or return to the intersection of the middle and inner circles to take advantage of the chaos and snipe other players. Instead, under Camille Victoria’s leadership, they turned towards the southwest area of the city.

On the way, they regrouped with six short-handed squads, gathering over 120 neonle-

Commentator Ren Jian was very puzzled: “According to the power distribution map, they are heading to a very dangerous gang stronghold. Considering the now fully armed native residents, the danger level will only be more terrifying! They might suffer serious personnel losses; why are they stubbornly going there?”

Zara also had a confused expression: “Not just them, even the video uploaders like Super Tomato, along with their allies, are not occupying bases in the core area. Instead, they are heading to the northern area. What are they trying to

Unorganized red-armored brigades, forum-allied black-armored brigades, and Yellow Armored Brigades from the game platform discussion group are all taking advantage of the chaos at the intersection to accumulate points.

Only the professional players’ green army rushed into the inner circle to replenish supplies and then immediately went to the core circle to occupy advantageous positions and build bases in advance.

After all, the shrinking method has been determined to start from the outer circle, and the core area is likely to be the final safe zone. Building a base now will definitely give them a significant advantage in the end.

These people are so unscrupulous. They are not only occupying the place and being satisfied, but they are also really planting high explosives, using vehicles to make walls and shelters, and even splashing gasoline on vehicles…

There are also observation posts, snipers, and patrol groups…

They are really determined to create an unbreakable stronghold!

And according to their current progress, they are likely to succeed!

Unless they are attacked before their base is fully built, it will be very difficult to take it down once it is completed, even if several other player alliances assail it at the same time.

If the other player alliances cannot unite, there is even less hope. No matter how many come, they’ll just be easy prey!

And the other player alliances have not come at all right now. This allows them to avoid the most dangerous time and build their bases in peace.

Players were watching the screen as the base became more and more perfect and solid, projecting themselves into the situation and feeling that the construction efficiency and defensive strength were outrageous and simply impregnable.

The comments were full of debates. Some felt that the advantages of being unscrupulous were indisputable:

“As expected of the professional players’ alliance, they are really stable!” “They already have a huge advantage, right?”

“Tactical correctness, implemented correctly, and rightfully obtaining advantages.”

But there were many players who were dissatisfied: “What is this? Playing turtle tactics in the finals?” “There’s no entertainment value at all!”

“In the end, is it going to be a battle of fortresses?

Commentator Ren Jian also couldn’t help but exclaim in disbelief: “It’s been less than an hour since the start of the competition! Are they going to kill it already?”