CHAPTER 11: CHAPTER 11: ENCIRCLEMENT

"Boom!"

In the pitch-black night, a sudden intense explosion resounded in the distance, accompanied by bright flames lighting up.

Zhou Yingting listened to the commotion from inside the room, furrowing his brow slightly and looking toward the distance.

Then, he saw several bright lights illuminating the distance.

And atop those lights, there were over a dozen birds that looked incredibly beautiful, continuously circling in the air before diving down one by one.

As these Firebirds kept diving downwards, explosions began to echo below.

The bright light at this moment illuminated half of the block.

Zhou Yingting watched this scene, unable to help but be slightly entranced.

"What kind of drone bombing formation."

Looking closely, these Firebirds were lined up, each conducting bombing operations below, looking indeed like a drone bombing formation.

Yet, the bombing here wasn’t over, distant cries and shouts kept coming.

"Tonight is truly lively..."

Zhou Yingting gazed at the distance, furrowing his brow slightly.

It seemed these people had realized that Blood Gold was incredibly hard to find.

Honestly searching for Blood Gold might mean not gathering enough before meeting their end.

In contrast, robbing others seemed faster.

And speaking of robbing, Zhou Yingting couldn’t help but recall the scene of finding the bank today.

Just as he had previously thought.

Previously targeting the bank’s lock, when the bank’s lock didn’t lose durability, it was because Zhou Yingting couldn’t damage it.

After acquiring the traits of the Wali People, Zhou Yingting could finally inflict damage on the lock.

But the problem was, Zhou Yingting spent half a day and only managed to reduce the lock’s durability by a few points.

Meanwhile, his Life Quota was depleting even faster.

Frightened, Zhou Yingting quickly stopped.

The Wali People’s trait by itself multiplied the plasma damage he took by three times.

If he kept smashing, the lock wouldn’t be broken yet, but Zhou Yingting would be out cold first.

Thus, Zhou Yingting was powerless against the bank’s lock.

It’s a pity, such a great opportunity to openly pick the bank’s lock.

Feeling slightly regretful, he wondered how much Blood Gold was inside the bank.

"Forget it, best to leave here quickly."

Thinking this, Zhou Yingting glanced down at his attributes.

In just half a day passed, his Life Quota dwindled down to 19 points.

This threefold damage certainly was unusual; he originally had 26 points of Life Quota, now reduced to only 19.

This made Zhou Yingting wary of casually touching anything, trying to stay away from plasma-concentrated areas.

Using this method, he aimed to slow his Life Quota depletion.

Otherwise, at this rate, he worried he wouldn’t have much life left to make it out.

Listening to the distant screams and yells, Zhou Yingting shook his head, finding a place to sit and rest.

Worried about missing tomorrow’s departure, Zhou Yingting decided to force himself to stay awake.

Even considering the triple plasma damage he was facing, since acquiring the Wali People’s trait, he hadn’t eaten anything or drunk any water.

Given the current situation, Zhou Yingting could still hold on a bit longer.

The cost of eating something was too high to bear.

The next day.

Distantly in the sky, light began to glow faintly, Zhou Yingting waited for several hours, eventually spotting a small boat sailing towards him.

Seeing the small boat, Zhou Yingting was momentarily stunned, but after noticing the departure markings on it, he couldn’t afford any delays.

He immediately leapt from the second floor down to the first, swiftly running towards the boat.

Just at this moment, an abrupt shout rang out beside him.

"Stop right there!"

Hm?

Upon hearing this shout, Zhou Yingting furrowed his brow sharply, was someone targeting him? Trying to steal his ticket?

Thinking this, Zhou Yingting immediately reached for a nearby stone pedestal.

If they wanted to steal his ticket, Zhou Yingting wouldn’t just comply with their wish!

However, just as Zhou Yingting grabbed the stone pedestal, he turned

Suddenly he saw seven or eight people emerge from the corner ahead, chasing after someone else.

Judging by the look of it, these people’s target wasn’t him, but the other person.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Yingting heaved a sigh of relief.

He had felt something was off; he was hiding well, how had he just come down and already felt like he was being watched for a long time?

Ignoring the chase happening beside him, Zhou Yingting quickly ran towards the pier.

In just moments, Zhou Yingting could see the boat’s full appearance.

The boat had a black awning style, but notably eye-catching was the presence of enchantments on the vessel, which repelled plasma from approaching due to the enchantment’s glow.

So, if I get on this boat, I won’t lose more Life Value?

Seeing this, Zhou Yingting’s face lit up with joy and he sped up.

"Don’t push me!"

As Zhou Yingting headed towards the boat, on the other side, surrounded, someone drew a Flaming Blade, shouting fiercely at those around.

"We won’t push you, just hand over the Blood Gold you got from the vault, and we’ll let you leave!"

The crowd surrounding Wu Huaiwen loudly shouted.

They were somewhat apprehensive about the Flaming Blade.

Hearing this, Wu Huaiwen’s face turned grim; he had depleted so much Life Quota to open the vault, how could he hand over the Blood Gold inside to these people?

"Impossible! There’s no Blood Gold inside at all, how could I give it to you!"

"Looks like you really want a confrontation with us!"

Seeing Wu Huaiwen unwilling to back down even slightly, the crowd couldn’t hold back anymore, immediately deciding to advance on him.

Meanwhile, Wu Huaiwen stared intensely at the few people in front of him, focusing on those posing a greater threat.

However, at this moment, Wu Huaiwen’s eyes suddenly shifted slightly, noticing the figure of someone running towards the river’s boat in the distance.

Having used a ticket machine before, he immediately realized something, his expression changing promptly.

"Stop that person, he has a boat ticket, he’s preparing to board the ship!"

Wu Huaiwen shouted fiercely, causing the crowd to pause momentarily and then turn reflexively to look.

Then, they saw Zhou Yingting running towards the small boat behind them.

Witnessing this scene, they stood stunned for a moment, then their expressions changed.

"Quickly, stop him, he has a boat ticket, whoever grabs this ticket can immediately board the ship and leave here!"

Wu Huaiwen called out urgently again, earlier he had indeed tricked these people, claiming there was Blood Gold in the vault.

But the issue was this Blood Gold could buy three train tickets, but couldn’t buy a boat ticket!

And just judging by the price, it was clear the boat ticket’s cost had a reason!