Translator: AnubisTL
The remaining merit points were still on their way.
As for rescue...
Chen Jiang gazed at the residential district shrouded in dust and smoke, now a landscape of ruins. He licked his lips and chuckled softly, "In this situation, even God himself couldn't save them."
He plopped into the driver's seat and glanced at Scar Dog. "Get in."
Once Scar Dog was inside, Chen Jiang slammed his foot on the accelerator, sending the vehicle roaring forward.
The turret mounted on the roof continued its relentless bombardment of City 18, showing no signs of fatigue.
He planned to drive around City 18 several times, his turret relentlessly pounding the outer districts into rubble.
He knew he couldn't directly storm the city center. But after a few circuits, the outer districts would be reduced to ruins, allowing him to gradually close in.
In just this short time, he had already reclaimed the top spot on the race kill rankings!
He now far surpassed Feng Jiutian, the second-ranked player, by over three hundred alien kills.
[Top Ranking: Human Player Chen Jiang!]
Meanwhile, in the canyon of the Ten Thousand Races Arena...
The slender man, his body a patchwork of mechanical organs, stared coldly at the race rankings before him. After a moment's pause, he rasped, "How could this human player have killed nearly two thousand aliens in such a short time?"
"Could he also possess a Meat Valley?"
"Well..."
The subordinate standing beside him pondered for a long moment before replying hesitantly, "That seems unlikely."
"After all, Lord Feng Jiutian, you were able to acquire a Meat Valley because the mechanical race survived the last Ten Thousand Races Arena and paid a considerable price to participate again this time."
"Moreover, this year's Arena is set in our mechanical race's homeworld, with all other races being transported here."
"We mechanicals have the absolute advantage."
"While the other races were still figuring things out, we launched preemptive strikes, slaughtering countless aliens and using the merit points to unlock our sealed tech tree to a sufficiently high level before beginning our large-scale hunting of other races."
"We've been herding them into the Meat Valley precisely so that when the race kill rankings open, the mechanical race can secure the top ranking every day, giving us a massive early advantage."
"This human race only descended upon this world three months ago. Before that, they couldn't possibly have known anything about the Ten Thousand Races Arena."
"This means they would never have deliberately hunted alien races, collected them, and confined them in Meat Valleys."
"Therefore, this subordinate believes that the human race player simply stumbled upon a small tribe of some weak race within this short time frame and seized an easy opportunity."
"The rate at which this human player's kill count is increasing has already slowed down significantly."
Feng Jiutian stared expressionlessly at the race kill rankings, his gaze fixed on the steadily rising kill count of the human player Chen Jiang. "How many Meat Valleys do I still have?"
"Lord Feng Jiutian, you have thirteen Meat Valleys remaining, each containing approximately 3,000 individuals."
"Good."
Feng Jiutian nodded in satisfaction, then sneered coldly. "I want to see how many more small tribes this human player Chen Jiang can stumble upon."
"Slaughter another Meat Valley. I'll show him what it means to be crushed by overwhelming force."
"My lord..."
The subordinate standing beside him hesitated, his expression conflicted. "According to the mechanical race leader's plan, Lord Feng Jiutian, you were supposed to secure the top ranking on the race kill rankings for the first ten days."
"Today is only the second day of the race kill rankings."
"If you exhaust too many Meat Valleys today, Lord Feng Jiutian, you may be unable to fulfill the mechanical race's mission in the coming days."
"Are you questioning my orders?"
A cold glint flashed through Feng Jiutian's eyes as he turned to glare at the subordinate standing beside him.
"This subordinate would never dare!"
The subordinate instantly broke into a cold sweat, bowing respectfully. "As you command, Lord Feng Jiutian!"
"Take me to the nearest Meat Valley."
"Yes, sir!"
Meanwhile, Chen Jiang, driving in circles around the edge of City 18, glanced at the race kill rankings and noticed Feng Jiutian's sudden surge back to the top. His expression turned peculiar as he muttered, "Is this kid really going all out?"
[Race Kill Rankings]
[#1: Mechanical Race, Feng Jiutian]
[Alien Race Kills: 6,478]
[#2: Human Race, Chen Jiang]
[Alien Race Kills: 3,982]
In just a few minutes, Feng Jiutian's kill count had surged by nearly three thousand.
"Not bad," Chen Jiang said, nodding casually as he glanced sideways at City 18, shrouded in smoke. "I wonder how many anti-air rockets City 18 has left."
For 1,000 merit points, he could purchase an Energy Refill Gun, instantly replenishing the energy cartridge of his turret. With this item, his turret would have virtually unlimited ammunition. Yet he hadn't even used it yet; the turret's original ammunition hadn't been exhausted.
Could their anti-air rockets also have unlimited ammunition?
Just then, a raspy mechanical voice echoed in his ear:
[Ding! Congratulations, Player Chen Jiang! In the Human-Mechanical Race War, you have become the first player to eliminate 4,000 alien races in a single day.]
[Reward: Choose one of the following three options:]
[1: One hundred one-star Energy Rifles.]
[2: Thirty Global Speakers.]
[3: Ten two-star random items.]
"Hmm?"
Chen Jiang instinctively raised an eyebrow, considering the three reward options.
One hundred one-star Energy Rifles?
These items were useless to him. He wasn't recruiting troops, so the only use for them would be for enhancement. But a hundred one-star items wouldn't provide many enhancement opportunities, making it a poor investment.
Besides, if he really wanted a hundred Energy Rifles, he could just raid City 18. It was like a ready-made granary, a zero-yuan purchase waiting to happen.
As for the ten two-star items, to be honest, they weren't particularly tempting.
However, the thirty Global Speakers were incredibly appealing.
He couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle. Without the slightest hesitation, he chose the thirty Global Speakers.
To truly kill someone, you had to crush their spirit.
How could you crush their spirit without being able to communicate across distances?
That must be how Feng Jiutian got his Global Speaker, Chen Jiang thought.
What Chen Jiang didn't know was that Feng Jiutian's Meat Valley wasn't just populated by humans; it also contained a chaotic mix of other races. This meant Feng Jiutian hadn't actually claimed the reward.
The reward for being the first to kill 4,000 alien races in a single day could only be claimed by one player from either race. Chen Jiang had already secured it, so even if the mechanical race killed 4,000 humans in a single day, they wouldn't be able to claim it.
Feng Jiutian's Global Speaker had dropped from a mutated beast kill, and there was only one. He had already used it.
Meanwhile—
The anti-air rockets from the 18 cities seemed to have run out of ammunition, falling silent as no more rockets were seen launching into the sky.
Without the rocket barrage to impede them, the artillery shells once again rained down unopposed on the 18 cities, their massive shockwaves causing the very air to tremble.
In less than five minutes, Chen Jiang's kill count had surpassed Feng Jiutian's once more, reclaiming the top spot on the race kill rankings.
[Race Kill Rankings]
[Top Ranking: Human Race, Chen Jiang]
[Alien Race Kills: 6,672]
[Second Ranking: Mechanical Race, Feng Jiutian]
[Alien Race Kills: 6,478]
At the same time, another Global Speaker message echoed in everyone's ears:
[Global Speaker—]
[Human Player Chen Jiang: "Is that all you've got?"]
(End of the Chapter)
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