Apocalypse Gachapon

“The second phase of the trial will end in one hour. All newcomers must immediately stop attacking each other and find an open area nearby to wait for pickup.”

“Violators will be executed.”

“Ongoing hunts may continue. Newcomers currently in the last one thousand places on the points ranking, please hurry to gain points. After this phase ends, the number of eliminations from the bottom will be one thousand!”

“Newcomers in the top one hundred of the points ranking, please note: if you can maintain your ranking until the end of the second phase, you will receive an additional two percent points reward. Newcomers ranked 101 to 1000, please note: if you can maintain your ranking until the end of the second phase, you will receive an additional one percent points reward.”

“Rewards will be distributed in real-time after the end.”

Such text appeared on the recorder, reminding every surviving newcomer that the second small cycle of three days was about to end.

Ye Zhongming looked at Aimusi, who was less than a hundred meters away from him, and revealed a cold smile.

After killing Hawkins, he had been running with his team.

This running wasn’t really escaping because, without the mechanical speedboat, Ye Zhongming and the others with the Sea King mark were significantly faster in the sea than Aimusi’s trio. If Aimusi hadn’t gone mad after her husband’s death and insisted on chasing Ye Zhongming, anyone else would have given up long ago.

Ye Zhongming had calculated the time. He lit a bonfire on a small island, roasted some hunted prey to eat, and sat there watching Aimusi approach from afar. Then, when she was less than a hundred meters away, she was stopped by the rules displayed on the device.

The Cloud Peak King truly hoped Aimusi would be so blinded by hatred that she would attack him. But this woman, whose son and husband he had killed, only looked at him with that cold, sinister gaze, sitting on the ground and soaked all over, a far cry from her previous high and mighty queen image.

Wade and Yaka sat behind her, also in a sorry state. Hours of full-speed pursuit, even for nine-star evolved individuals, were exhausting.

At the same time, in their hearts, they were truly filled with fear toward the man opposite.

Was it that he really couldn’t defeat them? No, Wade and Yaka didn’t think so.

The recovery ability of a nine-star evolved individual was quite terrifying. Ye Zhongming was among the best, plus with a Changxu Water Tribe member, they didn’t think he lacked combat power now.

Of course, no one wanted to face a mad and highly combat-capable nine-star evolved individual, which they also acknowledged. Presumably, Ye Zhongming felt the same. If it really came to a fight, everyone knew this already mad woman, Aimusi, would not cherish her life. What if she actually managed to trade her life? This should be the apprehension in the hearts of those opposite.

Wade and Yaka looked at Ye Zhongming with complex gazes because this man formed a sharp contrast with Aimusi. He cared more about the safety of his team members, unlike the Hawkins couple, where the relationship was just about benefits.

Yaka stuck her long-handled knife beside her, looked at her ranking on the recorder, and felt very uncomfortable.

Four thousand seven hundred and fifteen.

She didn’t think her strength should be like this. She felt that even if she couldn’t enter the top fifty, the top hundred was absolutely possible.

Now it had all been delayed.

The thought of leaving rose irresistibly in her heart.

Now this woman, Aimusi, was already mad, her heart full of revenge. Wade also had an inextricable grudge with Ye Zhongming; his brother was killed. But what about herself?

Yaka thought this way. She had no hatred involved, so why should she continue to follow them in this meaningless life-and-death fight? Just because they all belonged to Gold-Silver Island?

This dwarf girl made up her mind: after this cycle ended, she would not follow Aimusi anymore.

Aimusi wouldn’t care what others thought. She knew the sole goal of her remaining life was to kill the man in front of her.

She knew she was mad but had not lost reason. She would continue to strengthen herself until she killed this person!

She placed the child’s desiccated corpse, which had been on her back, on the ground by her legs, then took out a package. Before she even opened it, others could see the bloodstains seeping through.

Then she stood up and walked directly toward Ye Zhongming. Amid Jie Kui and the others’ slightly nervous emotions… she pulled out a burning piece of wood from the bonfire, casually went to the side and chopped down a tree, and within a minute, had made a new bonfire.

“Should I go…”

Wade had meant to say, go see if there was any prey around, the kind with low level and weak strength that could be caught easily. But before he could finish, he discovered in horror that Aimusi had opened that dripping blood package, grabbed those pieces of meat, and directly placed them on the flame.

The bonfire’s temperature couldn’t harm her armored hand, only burning that mangled flesh.

Ye Zhongming also looked astonished at this soul-shaking scene.

This woman was actually roasting her husband’s meat!

Then, without roasting for long— probably only one or two parts cooked—Aimusi pulled back her hand, brought it to her mouth, put those mostly raw pieces of meat into her mouth, and chewed them, one after another. While chewing, she also stared at Ye Zhongming and smiled.

This was a chilling scene.

Could hatred really make someone like this? After the initial shock, Ye Zhongming just watched quietly as Aimusi ate her husband’s flesh and blood bit by bit into her stomach.

The pickup aircraft arrived, representing the end of a small cycle and the beginning of a deep-seated hatred.

……………………………………

“Welcome back.” Zizi Kaba appeared above the novice camp. Strangely, this time he didn’t make these surviving newcomers do other things but had them all look at him first.

“I said I would increase the difficulty for you. You might believe it, but I think if it’s just changes in numbers, it doesn’t seem to grab your attention. So I thought, having the last one thousand die in front of you should stimulate you, right?”

He smiled, then vigorously grabbed the air with his right hand. One thousand newcomers ranked at the bottom of the points list, who had already been brought back and had regained hope of survival, all with a bang, their bodies directly exploded.

Everyone thought they must have had some devices installed on them when they were picked up; otherwise, this effect wouldn’t have happened.

The blood mist from the explosion stained the surrounding newcomers.

“Mmm, good. I like your expressions. Okay, now you have twelve hours of free time. Enjoy it well, because before the next cycle begins, I have to tell you some even worse news.”

After saying this, Zizi Kaba disappeared with his detestable aloof attitude.

The second rest cycle had arrived.