Published: February 6, 2025
The once bustling Poppy Wheel was now somewhat listless under the sun.
Since the day the person with the five-star battle pet left, and since the escape of the five-star Evil Dragon, the atmosphere here had changed dramatically.
Yet, it remained the most dangerous place in Ying City.
The monster camp had dispersed, but the zombie camp and the mutated animal camp had gathered here, and with the passage of time, their numbers had increased to a certain degree. Compared to the previous state of the three factions, the overall numbers even surpassed that time.
The two camps stood facing each other at opposite sides of the wheel, separated by a few hundred meters.
The area around the Poppy Wheel was not entirely sealed off; on the contrary, there were many routes leading to the wheel, which the two camps had intentionally left open, hoping that some humans would come here to spin the wheel.
Unfortunately, there was not a single person around.
Because everyone knew, it was a one-way trip—entering meant not leaving.
Yet, there was still a lingering smell of blood in the air.
This was due to what happened this morning, when the major forces alliance, after thorough preparation, finally launched an attack at dawn.
They borrowed many ideas from Ye Zhongming, such as causing chaos in the camps by using the blood of evolution after spinning the wheel, and utilizing professionals and certain skills to increase their success and survival rates.
However, reality kicked the elites of Ying City off a cliff.
They failed, and even missed the chance to collect the rewards that appeared in the material zone, being besieged by the two major camps instead. While they achieved the goal of causing chaos with the blood of evolution, that chaos instantly engulfed those who had come to spin the wheel.
The survivors who tried to cover for the retreat of these people fled in disgrace after suffering huge losses.
The blood of evolution was obtained by the Mutated Rat King. Although it did not evolve directly to five-star level after devouring it, its strength surged significantly, and it was already on the verge of a breakthrough, making it guard the Poppy Wheel even more closely.
On the zombie side, luck was not as good. They only managed to devour a few evolvers, one of whom was three-star, but compared to the blood of evolution, it was still far inferior.
“What the hell kind of plan was that? They’re all dead, all dead!”
Lei Dongbao, in a foul mood and covered in blood, returned to the temporary camp and shouted loudly at the equally disheveled Old Li and Elder Yuan.
“Stop shouting! Are you the only one who lost people? Everyone else lost people too, alright!” Old Li was also furious. He had thought that without the five-star Evil Dragon guarding the wheel, everything would be easier, but who would have guessed it ended up as a complete failure, with almost no chance at all.
But the things on the wheel had too much allure; if they could spin it and get a bottle of Evolution Potion or a good weapon, their strength would leap immediately, making future evolutions much easier.
Unfortunately, after more than a few days of attempts, aside from wasting a large amount of magic crystal and losing over a hundred people, they obtained nothing at all.
“Bosses!”
A person rushed in, dripping with sweat. “The people from Star Beauty Corporation have left.”
“Damn it! That , leaving the team at a time like this?”
Everyone was very clear that after the recent defeat, morale was low, and leaving now would doubly worsen the situation for the entire alliance, putting it on the brink of collapse.
“Let them go; everyone has their own ambitions,” Elder Yuan said, somewhat disheartened. The peaceful kingdom had already suffered severe losses, and today more people died, making the old man consider retreating.
Zhang Dalong had stitched up a deep wound on his arm, took a couple bites from the bone handed to him by his subordinate, then suddenly stood up.
“I’ll do it myself.”