Resurrection Empire-Chapter 980 - 376: Monster (Part 3)

Everyone caught here can only think about how to survive, never dreaming of being able to care for their families outside.

But now, Hu Yang has given them an unexpected reassurance.

Outside, Tang Xiangyun was jumping in anger, cursing Ren Zhong's despicability and shamelessness.

Tang Xiangyun muttered under his breath, "How could he possibly do such a troublesome thing! He's talking nonsense! Just to trick these brainless lower humans into helping him achieve his goal! Damn it! These people won't trust him, absolutely not!"

But reality didn't shift because of his will; Hu Yang's subordinates in the field started to take action, reporting their backgrounds and family situations and transmitting them to Hu Yang.

The process was quick, and just a minute later, Hu Yang announced the completion of information collection, then sent the data packet back to everyone through the communicator.

It was just a data packet that nobody could see, yet it was heavy as a thousand pounds. At this moment, everyone's heart was heavy as they looked at the people around them. Though they were still strangers, not even knowing each other's names, there was already a resolve to share life and death together.

A simple and unadorned emotion that Source Star humans had long forgotten began to spread in this small valley.

This emotion was called "trust."

Hundreds of instances of trust gathered together formed unity.

Hu Yang: "A moment of silence for ten seconds, then continue forward! Move forward for everyone!"

After ten seconds, Hu Yang dragged his weary body, used his Battle Blade to flip the first patch of earth on the ground, and said, "Let's bury them."

The people beside him also stepped forward and nodded heavily.

More than ten minutes later, Hu Yang and his people finally unearthed all the buried equipment and supplies.

They even found Hu Yang's loyal drone, which, though slightly damaged, could still be used after replacing the damaged parts.

After a bout of quick adjustments and allocations, these hundred or so people practically hit a jackpot, with a per capita equipment value reaching sixty thousand Source Star Coins.

Everyone here, if taken to the Hunting Team, would be counted as elite among the elite.

As for Hu Yang, not only did he repair all the loyal drones, but he also continued to assemble over a dozen more drones using other parts.

Now she possessed a total of thirty drones, practically becoming a team of one.

Of course, the control module chosen for her by Ren Zhong was finally used up, and simultaneously controlling thirty drones was nearly her capability limit.

During this process, the others in the field didn't sit idle.

The scouts that went out returned one after another, bringing back many solo contestants actively seeking allegiance, and some even subtly ran to the D3 passage entrance, explicitly showing their willingness to join.

Overall, Hu Yang's personnel doubled to over two hundred people.

However, the hundred new additions couldn't immediately participate in fair equipment allocation; they needed to undergo some observation and testing.

When these people first joined, they were somewhat uncertain, but after hearing others recount the details of the team's journey from its inception to now and filling out their background information to receive the data packet themselves, without needing any extra "indoctrination," they understood the two core demands of this cohesive team and voluntarily offered their allegiance.

These two core demands were dignity and hope.

The Hunting Team on that side also gained considerably.

Tang Xiangyun's status as a Level Eight Citizen and heir to the second largest shareholder of Tanggu Group was indeed effective.

Many solo contestants were initially skeptical but trusted once the other party reported their true identity and gave clear promises.

In addition to this, the initially built temporary fortifications by the Hunting Team indeed gave a reassuring and safer feeling. Some people with weaker resilience were terrified for too long in the wild, their spirits tightly strained, almost on the brink of collapse, just wanting a safe zone to rest.

Therefore, within just ten minutes, the number of Hunting Team members soared to over a thousand.

On this side, after brief discussions, Hu Yang formulated the next step plan.

She opened the map, extended her finger, drawing several lines on it, and said, "Now our members have increased to over two hundred, but the Hunting Team increased even more, reaching over one thousand two hundred. They have changed their approach once again, beginning to build temporary fortifications all over the field, and sending relatively elite scouting personnel out trying to track us down. They attempt to use the defensive fortifications to continuously compress our space for action."

"In such circumstances, whatever the enemy wants, we cannot give them. It's time for us to split up. In the next hour, we are no longer the prey but the hunters. Our mission is to ambush their deployed reconnoitre personnel, further deplete their active forces, and further enhance our equipment level."

"Although the Hunting Team formed an alliance to kill me, they indeed shattered the original game rules. Therefore, we must defeat them, preventing the Citizens behind them from deriving pleasure from the game. You also need to spread our concept out, letting more solo contestants struggling outside join in."

"Only by uniting all the forces that can be united can fairness be achieved!"

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At this time, the remaining number of contestants in the field had sharply decreased to less than five thousand, consisting of dozens of teams.

The thousand-strong Hunting Team was the largest.

But Hu Yang's team was not second; the second in size was the team Ren Zhong had previously warned Hu Yang to watch out for.

The size of that team had reached close to eight hundred people.

Unlike Hu Yang's team and the Hunting Team, that team's commander did not have a powerful player behind him.

This person initially received equipment that was unbelievably ridiculous and completely unreliable, but he survived.

Up till now, this person managed to pull together such a team purely through personal ability.

Ren Zhong's attention also fell on this person.

A moment later, Zhou Ya beside him asked perplexed, "Do you think there's something wrong with this person?"

Ren Zhong nodded, "Hmm, a monster."

Zhou Ya stared at him in a daze, thinking, are you even qualified to call someone else a monster?