In the central tower, dozens of teams were exploring the Flesh Maze in an orderly manner.
In the past ten minutes, they had slain a large number of Corpse Demons controlled by the Corpse King and destroyed many critical Flesh Walls, earning each person a substantial amount of Contribution Points.
Unfortunately, there was little progress in the exploration for the location of the Corpse King’s core body.
Though the teams communicated via intercoms and assisted each other when encountering formidable enemies, in this competitive situation where everyone was fighting for themselves, crucial information was absolutely not shared.
Even if it were shared, there would be suspicion that it was deliberately misleading smoke and mirrors, false information!
In such circumstances, even though the Flesh Maze itself was not particularly large for the Transcendents, its complex internal structure still prevented the Awakened from finding its core.
"We can’t drag this out any longer!"
After smashing through a Flesh Wall only to find an old path she had marked already explored, Lin Wanyue felt her composure shatter.
Her face was quite grim. Not only had she failed to locate the Corpse King, but she also just received news that Ye Junlin’s team had split into three, significantly accelerating their exploration and Contribution Points accumulation.
"Mu Qing, split our team into three as well... no, make it five teams to explore! We cannot fall behind!"
"Miss..." Mu Qing looked at Lin Wanyue and said diplomatically, "Ye Junlin’s team can do that because they have a high level of precision and numbers."
"Each team is led by at least one Warrior Tier combat strength, giving them ample reaction ti when encountering danger."
"Given our current team size... splitting into five is too risky, maybe we should just split into two?"
"What danger could there be?" Lin Wanyue scoffed, "These Corpse Demons are not strong, indicating the Corpse King is extrely weak. At this ti, if we don’t strike while the iron is hot, we’ll just watch the Core Anchor Point get snatched away by others!"
Upon hearing this, Mu Qing quickly said, "Miss, there are still the Extre Dao."
He glanced around, seemingly not wanting to incite panic among other team mbers, then leaned in and spoke quietly, "Each of those Extre Dao has strength no less than the Seven Knights, and this Flesh Maze is the perfect hunting ground! The risk of dispersing is too great!"
"Tch," Lin Wanyue snorted disdainfully, "Those who hide in the shadows only dare to pick off the isolated, they’re just bullies who fear the strong. How could they possibly dare to provoke us? Has anyone from our forces been attacked by the Extre Dao before?"
"If they dare co, I will take care of them myself."
"Besides, without taking so risks, how could there be any rewards? Like when we entered the central city a day early, not only did we remain unscathed, but we also gained a considerable advantage!"
"But Miss, often walking by the riverside ans getting your shoes wet, we..."
Mu Qing tried to persuade further but was interrupted impatiently by Lin Wanyue’s hand wave: "Just do as I say, when have I ever misjudged the situation?"
Mu Qing sighed and could only reluctantly discuss arrangents with other Warrior Tier mbers. Naturally, many people didn’t want to take risks, especially those weaker Awakened. For them, unable to seize the Anchor Point anyway, why foolishly take risks?
But Lin Wanyue threatened, "You took the Lin Financial Group’s money, and now you’re shirking when it’s ti to contribute, is there such a good deal?"
"I’ll say it here, those who follow my instructions will be greatly rewarded, even if without contributions, and if we successfully find the Corpse King’s location, there’s a bounty of one hundred million Huaxia Coins!"
"However, for those unwilling to contribute... hehe, the Lin Family doesn’t need cowards, nor are we charitable donors giving wages for nothing!"
"You all know about Chen Ce, right? He took our group’s money and disappeared for the last few days, does he think I can’t find him because he wears a mask? If he’s dead, it’s easy, but if he’s not, I’ll make him wish he were dead!"
Lin Wanyue’s tone was chilling, and everyone exchanged glances, silent as cicadas in winter.
Mu Qing looked at Lin Wanyue with a complex expression. He was her classmate and recalled when Lin Wanyue entered school, she was a rather shy girl. However, after her extraordinarily high Energy Level was detected, drawing the Lin Family’s attention, she gradually changed.
She started arriving at school in luxury cars, mingling with the wealthy kids, wore expensive jewelry, and her personality beca increasingly self-centered.
Mu Qing didn’t know if it was her no longer hiding her true nature or if money and power indeed had such imnse magic that could change a person so thoroughly.
"But at school, you can sail smoothly because everyone lets you, in the early exploration, you could avoid mistakes because the Lin Family prepared a foundation to handle every change."
"But now..."
Mu Qing sighed and buried these thoughts within.
Under Lin Wanyue’s threats, the sporadic voices of protest quickly faded, unable to afford offending the vast scale of the Lin Financial Group.
The group dispersed, and this indeed sped up the exploration significantly, discovering several new paths in no ti, making great progress.
This brought a gleam of satisfaction to Lin Wanyue’s eyes.
"Second team, report your intelligence." Lin Wanyue said over the intercom.
"Yes, we are currently..."
"Not bad, Third team, report your situation."
"We killed two Corpse Demons, tracked the blood vessels behind them, and discovered a tumor..."
"Very good!"
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