The Abyssal Garden: No Room for the Idle-Chapter 228 - 178: The Eye of the Storm, Su Buxian!

[Please note that players with points exceeding one hundred thousand will be exposed with their coordinates once every hour for ten minutes, with the degree of exposure tied to their points.]

[Final Home and strongholds are safe zones. Spending more than five hours in a safe zone will trigger continuous, uninterrupted exposure.]

...

Three hours after the countdown began.

A system message would update every hour.

And now.

There are only the final ten minutes left.

All the players had neither entered Final Home nor hidden within the strongholds but were silently moving through the fog.

"Brother Yang, now... there are only the last ten minutes left."

Ethan Dawn stood at the entrance of a cave, watching the time and the fog outside, speaking with a grave expression: "Everyone be ready to move at any time, although we don't know where those other guys are hiding right now, it seems their main goal is to hunt down Su Buxian first."

"When the time comes, Brother Yang, you must keep up..."

Ethan Dawn turned his head and suddenly snapped, "Can you not carve stuff on the wall in such a critical moment!"

Su Qi said: "Stay calm, be graceful."

"You have to understand the principle of keeping your composure even if Mount Tai collapses before you."

"Is that why you're carving a smiley face on the wall! And doing such an ugly job of it!"

Ethan Dawn massaged his temples, let out a sigh, and said earnestly and seriously,

"Brother Yang... listen to me, this is not just a game. I hope you take it seriously. You've managed to acquire so many points, if you can keep them, you might stand out from among the ordinary players in this ranking battle."

"Is there any benefit to standing out?"

Ethan Dawn paused: "Naturally, you'll be valued by the forces of Paradise."

"That sounds familiar."

It seemed that Left Hand and others had said something similar.

In fact.

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The top clubs' super rookies, including the beta testers, had a completely different attitude towards everything here than the ordinary players.

They were clear about... the importance of the ranking battle.

They understood the profound undercurrents behind it!

They were even more aware of the varied depths they would encounter upon entering Paradise!

The forces from Paradise did not pour resources into them just to see them chat politely with each other.

Without showing... enough value, unable to become a force's asset in the future, many of the powers behind the scenes would decisively abandon them.

He also spoke the truth.

The powers of Paradise had been accumulating for many years, with various forces and organizations entrenched; ordinary players without any background striving to make a name for themselves in Paradise would only find it extremely difficult.

In fact, people like Left Hand were top forces... as were Night Guard and Xu Linqiu from Zone 9, one of the biggest organizations. The other two major organizations were, naturally, Free City and Sequence City, which were also colossal entities.

[Elimination mechanism countdown begins in five minutes]

[All players, please be prepared]

[The system map has been generated and can be accessed at any time]

The pop-up message appeared again.

"The map..."

Ethan Dawn opened the map, his brows slightly raised: "Apart from marking my own position, everything around is fog."

Su Qi looked at the map for a moment:

"That means... even though the coordinates will be exposed in real time, the actual effectiveness of this is still in question."

Ethan Dawn nodded: "It also gives those exposed a chance to react, but once they're surrounded or their position is predicted, being found is inevitable."

"The boss and the others are nearby too, although they're spread out, they can respond very quickly and set up."

He looked at the map:

"Now... it depends on where Su Buxian is."

At this moment.

Players in other locations were also silently waiting for the game map to refresh.

"The last minute..."

"Everyone, get ready."

"Primary target is Su Buxian, secondary targets are all players we encounter along the way!"

The young man from Hidden Blade said calmly, "Su Buxian, who has been hiding for a few days, finally can't remain hidden."

The Ghost-faced Magician's gaze turned slightly cold, "Over a hundred million points... What kind of brilliance would that be?"

And finally, a minute had passed.

The system message appeared before everyone's eyes.

"It's here."

Ethan Dawn quickly fixed his eyes on the map, which gradually began to reveal twinkling points of light like ripples in water, the surrounding fog dissipating from the center of these lights and slowly rotating.

He understood.

Those were the top players with over a hundred thousand points, and the amount of points could be discerned by the brightness of the light and the degree of rotation of the surrounding fog.

For instance, his boss's presence nearby was clearly indicated by two twinkling points just a few kilometers away.

What's more important... the fog around them was undulating, clearly rotating with more intensity and thickness.

"Where's Su Buxian, then...?"

"Wait a second!"

Ethan Dawn's eyelids suddenly twitched, one ball of light... no... a flare!

No!

A sun!

It was like a burning, impassioned sun furiously crashing down onto the ground!

The entire map was initially just a 3D plane effect.

But... influenced by that terrifyingly bright orb, the surrounding fog spun wildly like a hurricane, towering to several dozen times its height and speed, a fearsome twister that lifted a vast amount of fog from the map, declaring the center of the storm!

"Your mother's kiss, this is just outrageous!"

However, Ethan Dawn had no time for surprise, as he excitedly discovered, "Brother Yang!"

"The light is extremely close to us!"

The fog was turbulent, but the position at the center of the light remained identifiable.

"The margin of error isn't more than a kilometer!"

"He's right near us!"

Moreover, Ethan Dawn immediately noticed other points of light on the map starting to move.

"Boss and the others have started moving!"

"And all the other lights are also converging this way!"

"Our luck is so damn good! Brother Yang, hurry up and get ready for action, let's encircle him with the boss!"

Ethan Dawn suddenly fails to get a response, and turning his head, he sees with wide eyes, "Why are you still carving words on the wall?"

Su Qi spoke calmly, "Don't rush it, ten minutes should do, the nearest point of light on the map would take about that long to get here, that's enough time."

"Enough time for what... Aren't you afraid that Su Buxian will run away? Isn't he the target you always say you want to hunt down!" Ethan Dawn was getting anxious, genuinely afraid that Su Buxian would escape.

"Haven't you noticed that he seems to have not moved at all?"

Ethan Dawn was taken aback, looking at the terrifying bright spot on the map, although the surrounding fog was swirling intensely, the eye of the storm indeed hadn't moved.

He was somewhat dazed.

Why?

Shouldn't a normal person be frantically referring to all the points of light on the map and making a run for it by now?

At that moment.

Ethan Dawn's eyelids quivered slightly. Earlier, he had only seen the smiling face that Su Qi had carved; his attention had been entirely on the map, he failed to notice until now... the characters carved into the wall.

Above were boldly and powerfully inscribed, deep enough to leave a mark.

[Su Buxian was here]