"Someone."

Meizike's voice echoed in the room.

However, upon hearing Meizike's voice, everyone remained uninterested, merely gazing at the darkened sky outside and the howling blizzard.

Kane asked, "How's that team? Are they coming our way?"

"No, they're actually heading in another direction rapidly."

Hearing Meizike's words, Kane nodded and sighed.

This scene had played out countless times over the past two days. Kane and his group had gone from vigilant to relaxed, to the point of giving up now.

The daily appearance of Kane and his group's wanted notices in the sky, along with their real-time location, hadn't attracted the Explorers to attack them. Instead, it made it easier for these Explorers to avoid them, ensuring no encounters.

Moreover, with Kane and his group staying put, almost all the Explorers chose to go around, and if they had to pass through nearby areas, they did so cautiously and as swiftly as possible.

Giving Kane and his group no chance to earn points.

This was completely different from what Kane and his group had imagined. They envisioned waves of people constantly sneaking up on them after they set up camp in this conspicuous place, whether it's day or night.

Instead, it turned out to be easier for others to evade them.

The past few days, other Explorers' eliminations began appearing sporadically in the sky as well.

And soon, it was time for the map to collapse again.

Aside from the landmark buildings already occupied by Kane and his group, three other landmark buildings were occupied too.

These were located in the center and at the top of the map.

The area set to be destroyed soon included the outskirts and all the landmark buildings.

At this moment, two more teams of Explorers appeared in the sky with one team marked by a red line.

Longbei stood there, staring blankly at the scene in the sky, saying, "These cowards are having a great fight, but they won't attack us. We're standing here without moving."

"Oh well, since we're bored and these people won't come to bother us, let's go check out the ground that's about to collapse."

Saying this, he pushed open the wooden door and walked out, heading to the top of a nearby hill. The view from there was wide enough.

Kreya and the others followed, emerging one after another from the cabin.

"Boom!"

As soon as they stepped out, there was a commotion.

Kane and his group slightly crouched down to stabilize themselves as the ground beneath them began to shake violently.

The obscuring Molten Giant Snake crashed onto the collapsing ground, opening its mouth wide, tearing at the plates, circling the red line's edge like eating a donut, biting down layer by layer.

This scene was far more shocking than the pressing collapse on the first day.

At that moment, five people's faces appeared in the sky, split by a small fire snake, then burned away completely.

Some really did get swallowed by the Molten Giant Snake, and in a confrontation of this level, it was truly nerve-wracking.

Finally, the snake bit near the ground not far from Kane's group, those massive sun-like orange-yellow eyes staring at them.

It left Kane and his group breathless.

Then, following the bitten-open plate, it started moving to the side.

In a short time, the entire marked ground collapsed completely.

"Alright, let's go back and rest. We have to get up early tomorrow to check the next shrinking area."

Due to Kane's previous position being a bit far from the cabin's direction, half of the cabin was already gone. Kane went back and reconstructed it again, and the 10-meter radius was starting to feel insufficient.

...

Morning.

Today's sky was completely clear as it was the day for map information distribution.

The last time we saw such clear skies was last time.

This time, without any call from Yoyo, Kane woke up automatically, a delightful surprise.

Today, he couldn't be the last one to wake up, could he?

After freshening up, he went to the living room on the ground floor to find Kreya, Longbei, and the others already seated around the table and chairs.

What's wrong with these people? Up so early.

He picked up the bread on the table and started eating it voraciously.

Not long after, Yoyo slid over and said, "Master, it's time."

Hearing this, Kane and his group immediately went to the window, staring at the sky, awaiting the information.

With a loud bang, a map unfolded once again across the sky.

Kane and his group looked at the next area being reduced.

This is too unlucky; Kane seriously doubted that the Dungeon was targeting them. With the full Mist Warrior luck bonus, this is it?

Their location was completely reduced, while the safe zone for the next time was as far as it could be, on the other side of the map, untouched, while Kane and his group were entirely cut down.

This trip covered a distance of approximately 600 kilometers.

Longbei had already taken off his Mist Warrior Badge from his chest, holding it in front of him, seemingly pondering whether it was counterfeit.

Ever since I received this medal, I haven't felt lucky; instead, I've felt unlucky.

"Alright, pack up your things and get ready to go, this is going to be a long journey." Kane sighed and said.

After everyone was packed, Kane had already constructed the vehicle outside the door.

Everyone got on, and continued with Yoyo automatically organizing the route and locations.

The vehicle had been moving for less than an hour when a blizzard started outside again.

It happened just when the map in the sky disappeared.

At this time, a wanted notice featuring Kane and his team was hanging in the sky, along with their real-time map, showing the red dots representing them quickly moving on the map.

However, with the blizzard obstructing the view, it's not very clear unless you look carefully.

"Captain, the Fog Squad is heading towards our location."

"What? Quickly go around, avoid them, avoid them."

This was the scene for all the Explorer teams on the same route as Kane and his team at that time.

As for Kane and his team, they leisurely entered entertainment mode on the vehicle.

"Seeing you all so bored, I've got something fun for you to play with." After speaking, Kane took out a piece of transparent glass from his space equipment.

Then he pulled down a panel from above the vehicle, which could just fit the glass into the groove, with dense magic circuits below the groove.

Looking at the thing Kane assembled, everyone looked at him puzzled, waiting for his explanation.

Kane didn't rush to explain but took out two simple controllers made from small iron plates from above, each with a D-pad and two buttons, and handed them directly to Kreya.

Black and white pixel blocks appeared in the glass, soon transforming into the shape of Tetris.

Yes, this was Kane's sudden idea during this period, creating a simple game console through simulated circuits, and now using magic circuits to realize the construction of Tetris.

For the display screen, since Kane's origin skills couldn't construct it, he used a piece of magic solvent from the Golden Cauldron instead.

Seeing the screen display, Longbei and others weren't surprised at all, after all, it wasn't something remarkable, they had seen projections, let alone pixel displays.

The important thing was the game these images represented. In this world, almost all technology was used for practical purposes.

Apart from public welfare use, everything was meant to serve Explorers, resulting in no one thinking in this direction, after all, all the Mechanicians of the Mechanical Association were also Explorers.

And in the minds of Explorers, all they thought about was how to enhance their strength and research larger and more powerful mechanical devices.

As for entertainment during spare time, the enduring dungeon cards were the go-to.

Then Kane began to introduce Kreya to the screen display and the simple game rules of the controller.

The game rules were very simple, and Kreya fully understood after hearing them once, the rest was left to practical operation.

"Yes, move left, change direction, yes, like that, put it in this space, and look, this row disappeared." Kane explained while Kreya was playing.

Others also watched intently while listening to Kane's explanation.

Since it was the first time, it wasn't long before Kreya filled the entire frame, and the game ended.

"Lily wants to play, let Lily play the next round." Lily said eagerly from the side, fluttering her wings, watching impatiently.

Hearing her words, Kreya reluctantly handed her the controller.

Then it was the turn of several people to play in rotation, and honestly, Kane wasn't very interested in this game, as he had played it enough before.

He acted as a commentator on the side, explaining the parts they didn't understand.

This kind of novel thing was really interesting to them, as they had never played something so intriguing, always sticking to Fog Cards.

It was only after teaming up with Kane that they encountered many other board games.

Now Kane, relying on his mechanical knowledge and simulation construction technology, had simply recreated video games from before.

Now it's Tetris, who knows what more interesting things will be next.

Longbei was replaced after another death, then sat next to Kainder, and patted his shoulder, saying, "Good brother, how is your brain so wired? How did you come up with such an interesting and simple game?"

"This game is not something I came up with." Kane said, raising his head to look at the transparent vehicle cover covered in snow: "This was a game I played when I was a child; it just wasn't around anymore, so I replicated it."

"I see." Longbei caught onto the tone of Kainder's speaking and didn't ask further.

Seeing that they were getting better at playing, Kane closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep; for Explorers of their level, sleeping was as easy as closing their eyes.

However, it wasn't long before he was awakened by the noise from Longbei and the others.

He opened his eyes to see them starting to compete for high scores already.

"See that, Lily is the best player, with a score ten points higher than yours."

"Don't be smug, it's only because you played one more round than me, it's my turn now, watch as I surpass you straight away."

As for Kreya and Meizike, who were crushed under the scores, judging by their expressions, they didn't seem very convinced either.

"As the creator of the game, let us see your skills." Kreya said to Kane after seeing him awake and winked at him.

Kane immediately sat up, took the game controller from Kreya, and said to her, "Watch me avenge you by crushing their scores deeply, making it hard for them to surpass me."

After saying that, he focused on the screen and started playing.

Longbei and others also watched the screen intensely, observing Kane's control methods and hoping to learn some techniques.

After all, as the creator of this game, Kane was sure to be much better at playing than them, and learning a trick or two was certainly rewarding.

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