Congratulations to Sector 06 of District 01, Sector 08 of District 01, and... Sector 666 of District 88. You have successfully survived for one day. In 10, 20, or 30 minutes, drones will arrive at each station in sequence to deliver supplies.
The current survival numbers for the three sectors are as follows:
District 01, Sector 06 Ruins Station: 40 people
District 01, Sector 08 Medicine Station: 22 people
District 88, Sector 666 Food Station: 51 people
Tomorrow will be the second day of the survival challenge. Information regarding new resource points will be released promptly at 8:00 AM. Please rest early and prepare for battle!
Today, the people of Sector 08, led by Threeking, had been absolutely screwed over. They had watched a livestream of others feasting while they starved, and after exhausting themselves traveling a long distance back, they discovered... their home was gone.
Without a place to rest, there was no way to recover Fatigue points. As night approached, Hunger and Fatigue values were rising rapidly, so their only choice was to attack someone else.
They had lost over 20 teammates before successfully seizing the Medicine Station. Their strength had been severely depleted; it wouldn't be surprising if the Ruins Station was already eyeing them.
However, it was more likely that the two would join forces to attack the Food Station.
As soon as the announcement on the light screen faded, War Wolf 004 was already crouching in the shadows near the entrance, focusing his attention and preparing to steal something.
Qi Xu and Dongfang Yuan also led a dozen people, planning to see if they could intercept the drone directly. The drone was actually quite large; there was no telling how much stock was packed inside its belly.
Since it was coming anyway, they might as well make it stay... in this game, if you weren't ruthless, you wouldn't make it.
Once the 10 minutes were up, the drone indeed arrived. At first, it circled high in the sky, reluctant to descend. It only gradually lowered its altitude after noticing that the lewd, hypocritical figure from before wasn't there, and saw only a few humans smiling sweetly.
The moment Qi Xu saw the drone begin to air-drop supplies, he instantly lunged forward with Crimson Raid!
Three streaks of mist shot straight for the drone’s "wings." The drone seemed stunned and fled backward frantically, only to run right into Dongfang Yuan’s purple longsword. It twisted its body sharply, nearly getting sliced in two.
It then changed direction again, activating all its internal energy, wanting nothing more than to leave immediately! If I ever deliver supplies to the Food Station again, I’m a piece of crap!
Unfortunately... it ran right into Happy Gal’s fist. Happy Gal’s strength was already ridiculously high—she could hurl Qi Xu’s Golden Throne dozens of meters—and now her strength stat had increased by another 50%.
One could imagine the result.
The drone was smashed into a smoking wreck by Happy Gal’s single hammer blow. After a few pathetic twitches on the ground, it completely kicked the bucket and was rendered scrap metal...
Qi Xu violently forced open its belly and found two more resource packs inside. The total amount was pitifully small, considering how large its belly was.
But recalling the 10, 20, and 30-minute intervals mentioned in the system announcement, he guessed that the drone was supposed to visit the Food Station first.
If that was the case, he felt a bit sorry for the friends at the other two stations—your supplies are gone.
Qiuqiu was furious, so furious that another announcement was immediately broadcast on the light screen.
The players of Sector 666, District 88, have maliciously destroyed the supply delivery drone. The drone is now scrap! For the remainder of this Powerhouse Championship, drones will no longer appear! Suffer the consequences of your own actions! You greedy, unreasonable human players!
When the people of Sector 666 heard this, they hissed. Was a special broadcast really necessary? Was it that serious? It made them look like some kind of immoral villains.
Still, it felt pretty good. They had weapons, they had medicine, their buffs were active, and they had plenty of food.
Master Chef did a rough calculation. If they focused on balanced nutrition—mixing meat and vegetables and maintaining flavor and texture—it might only last three days. But if they weren't so picky and were careful with their portions, they could last seven days without a problem.
Could this Powerhouse Championship... really last that long? So they didn't care at all! It was better if no supplies were delivered; if no one had them, it was perfectly fair.
On the other side, however, the people of Sector 06 and Sector 08, who were sincerely waiting for the drone to deliver supplies, were completely stunned. What did it mean, the drone was completely destroyed? Is this something a normal person would do?
That group from Sector 666 are just bandits! They even robbed the drone coming to give them supplies? What kind of logic is that! You robbed it, you have supplies, but what about us!! Now the entire drone supply delivery feature is gone!
Qi Xu and his group didn't care about any of that. With abundant resources, they weren't worried at all and were already happily divvying up the loot.
It was a good thing they robbed it. That drone was definitely biased; the first package it dropped only contained one basic food pack and 100 bottles of mineral water.
But the two packages ripped from the drone’s belly were impressive. Besides meals and water for 100 people, each contained a Buff Card.
However, they weren't area-of-effect buffs.
One was a Strength Buff Card that increased the strength of 10 people by 20%, and the other was a Defense Buff Card that increased the defense of 10 people by 20%.
Both Qi Xu and A-Bian agreed that since they currently had a massive numerical advantage, there was no need for equal distribution. It was better to stack everything on their top-tier combatants.
So, they stacked both buffs onto the 10 strongest fighters.
Then, they sat down together to discuss tomorrow’s plan.
Everyone unanimously agreed that instead of fighting over resource points, attacking the enemy stations directly was the best move. Since they didn't lack resources, it was better if no one else got any either.
Ballpoint Pen raised a possibility. "The core of Sector 08’s station can be carried around. If they join forces, will they take their people and gather with the players of Sector 06 at a single station? If that happens..."
Qi Xu understood. "You mean, if that happens, we don't fight them yet, but go destroy the other station first!"
"Great idea. Even if the other two sectors unite, they won't trust each other completely. Spending too much time together will lead to friction. When the time comes, we can have Handsome Guy Song go in invisible and do some dirty work..."
"Good, good, good. I also thought of a great idea. Better early than late—let's just launch a sneak attack. The Ruins Station just finished fighting for the Medicine Station today; they definitely won't expect any action tonight."
Everyone brainstormed, and before long, a multitude of... unconventional and brilliant ideas emerged.
As a result, even after falling asleep that night, some people were smiling in their dreams. It turned out that everyone loved being a schemer, and everyone loved a good sneak attack.
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