The Death List Novel - Chapter 265

Chapter 265 Fermented Storm

There were more than two hundred apostles who entered this region. Due to the fact that the Battle of Hegemons could not carry ordinary recovery items, apart from some battle maniacs, most of them had the same idea, that was, to take advantage of the fishermen.

Under normal circumstances, there weren’t many battles in the early stages of the hegemony battle. Most people would wait for the best opportunity to participate in the battle. Perhaps some of the apostles would join forces to form temporary teams and wait for the final days of the battle before appearing.

This way, it would definitely be a fierce chaotic battle. There would be many coincidences in this kind of battle. Unless he didn’t participate in the battle, even Qin Lun couldn’t guarantee that he would survive. However, due to time constraints and the adequate preparation of most of the apostles, the death toll was not high.

Qin Lun estimated that of the 200-odd apostles, the final number of survivors should be between 100 and 150. This was in keeping with the goal of holding a war of urban hegemony in the shattered starry sky, training the apostles’ viability, stimulating and catalyzing their advancement with a small number of casualties.

However, this was not Qin Lun’s goal!

Every time Qin Lun passed through a mission, his total profit would be more than 200,000 broken crystals. In the last two missions, the profits from the World War II and Nars worlds were between 300,000 and 400,000 pieces of broken crystals.

To engage in an extremely dangerous chaotic battle with more than two hundred opponents of the same level. In the end, the profits weren’t as generous as the mission world. This was definitely not Qin Lun’s original intention to participate in the urban hegemony war.

In Qin Lun’s eyes, the city war was like a Gu cup. Two hundred apostles were the poisonous insects that killed each other in the Gu Cup. The more they died, the more they ate, and the stronger the remaining ones would be.

An apostle’s invitation was worth a hundred thousand shattered crystals, and two hundred people were worth twenty million shattered crystals. If 50 people died, then only 50 people would receive the harvest. Other than the hundreds of points hired by the intelligent races, the other 100 people would receive nothing. On average, only 150 people could get 30,000 to 40,000 broken crystals. Even if one hundred people died, the other hundred people would have a profit of 100,000 broken crystals.

This was too little!

In order to shatter the crystal, Qin Lun didn’t have to participate in the city war. Moreover, only the living could share the legendary items seized from the Battle of Hegemony. The more people left, the less chances he would have.

Thinking of this, Qin Lun’s strategy was very simple. That was to fight as little as possible, conserve strength, and provoke battles between the other apostles. He had killed an apostle earlier, but he had reaped 100,000 broken crystals. Once the number of people dropped to 100, 50, or even 20, killing an apostle would result in a profit of close to 1 million broken crystals.

Most importantly, the more battles between the others, the greater the consumption of the recovery treasures and magic scrolls they prepared, which was beneficial to Qin Lun’s victory.

However, all of the apostles who could be selected into the urban warfare were dragons amongst men. Everyone knew that they had to preserve their strength in the early stages and avoid fighting as much as possible. Moreover, the battle zone was a random teleportation zone, and very few people were familiar with each other. Qin Lun was even more lonely. It seemed impossible for him to provoke other people’s battles.

However, for a psychological master like Qin Lun, it was easier to plan than to fight head-on.

What were the apostles participating in the war of hegemony for? It was just to scramble for invitations from others and search for the apostolic equipment and legendary items left behind in the Holy City of Atlantis.

What would happen if there was a great treasure left behind by the Holy City in front of them in the early stages of the battle for supremacy? Clearly, that would lead to a fight among the apostles that would trigger a melee ahead of time. No one was willing to watch others snatch away the biggest piece of cake, and they could not help but take action.

All Qin Lun had to do was create such a big cake for the two hundred apostles. As long as it triggered such a storm of battles, even if someone was willing to become a Ninja Turtle, it would only be a small number of people, and it would not affect his overall plan.

The only thing Qin Lun needed to consider and guarantee was the authenticity of this treasure!

For this, he prepared that special bottle of invisible ink! This kind of ink could fuse with most of the paper, and could not be seen on the surface. Only under the illumination of special eye techniques and light would it appear. It was completely in line with the settings of the treasure map.

However, before Qin Lun entered the battlefield, he did not understand the surroundings and Atlantis culture, so he could not make this treasure map beforehand. They could only wait until they entered the battlefield to be produced live at the Atlantis apostle base. Only in this way would the treasures not be seen through by the other shrewd apostles, and the treasures would have credibility.

Originally, Qin Lun had entered the “Wheel of Heaven” branch just to find their reference room or staff and use the letters and blueprints left behind by the Atlanteans to create this “treasure map”.

At that time, the question that Qin Lun wanted Elder Ames to answer was to find the reference room or the General Staff in the fortress. However, Kalu’s interruption and the presence of the apostle mecha had created a better magic stage for him.

With the Apostle Mecha worth more than a million broken crystals as evidence, the “Treasure Map” created from the mecha pattern would become flawless. Moreover, the two Apostles and Thieves had witnessed this magic show with their own eyes!

All Qin Lun needed to do now was to send out the “Treasure Map” in his hand, break it into pieces, and hand it over to the dozens of apostles outside the fortress. It would be best if the two Apostle Thieves could be brought forward to enhance the reliability of the information.

Don’t think that the apostles wouldn’t understand this “treasure map”. They would naturally use all sorts of methods to check the blueprints in their hands. When they saw the apostle mecha worth more than a million broken crystals with their own eyes and took it away, they would only pay more attention to the blueprint fragments in their hands.

After that, little time was needed for small-scale battles to break out between the apostles. Slowly leaking information about the treasure to the other apostles would inevitably lead to a storm.

Judging from the value of the apostle mecha, they would naturally think that the Treasure Map would be several times more valuable than the apostle mecha.

Perhaps everyone understood that it was impossible for them to collect a complete “treasure map”. However, the more fragments they collected, the more opportunities they would have to unlock the mysteries of the Treasure Map in advance.

Even if some of them had doubts, it didn’t matter. No one would be willing to give up the temptation of millions or even tens of millions of broken crystals. As long as the storm started, all the apostles would be swept in, and Qin Lun would not be spared either.

However, since Qin Lun was the initiator, he naturally had the opportunity to do so. He could freely choose the timing and location of the battle, avoid the most dangerous moments, and compete for the most intense area of the blueprint. He could endure until the final stage before picking the peaches.

In order to implement this plan, Qin Lun had already invested four magic scrolls. These included the spider web technique in the Sacrificial Gloves, the White Bone Shield, the Withered Attack, as well as a light body technique scroll and half a pot of walnut wine.

Qin Lun tore open countless cracks in the inner ring of the Treasure Map and carefully protected the connection between the edges. This still looked like a complete blueprint, but if it was heavily attacked, the Treasure Map would immediately shatter into twenty to thirty pieces.

Too many copies can be fragmented and lose their preservation value. If the number of shares was too small, the scope of the competition would be too small. Once a chaotic battle broke out, there would be spectators and evaders, which was not conducive to the fundamental purpose of reducing the number of apostles in the early stages.

Twenty to thirty portions were just enough to give the apostles who were hiding outside the fortress a basic portion. With these twenty to thirty sets of storm seeds, the battlefield was spread into twenty to thirty places. There were only about seven or eight people fighting in each location, so the apostles who had a certain amount of confidence in themselves would definitely participate in the battle.

Once this incident had begun, no one could control the situation anymore. Next, it would roll like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger. Two hundred people were reduced to a hundred, and a hundred to fifty.

When the number of people in the entire region fell to less than a hundred, it was practically the same whether there was a “treasure map” or not. At this time, there was still a long way to go before the end of the battle. Killing an apostle would yield more than 200,000 broken crystals. Even without the Treasure Map, the remaining apostles would fight to the death.

If the situation went smoothly, Qin Lun estimated that by the end of the battle, there might be fewer than 30 people on the field. As long as he killed an apostle, he would be able to reap nearly a million broken crystals and basically get back the investment in the apostle mecha.

If he could obtain the Legendary Items of the Hegemonic Battle Zone during this process, it wouldn’t matter if he couldn’t obtain them.

At that time, the other apostles were basically exhausted of their magic power, and their scroll reserves were completely depleted. Even if those people were not weaker than Qin Lun, they were even stronger than him. However, in the face of a murderer who was waiting to be slaughtered, he could only draw his neck and wait to be slaughtered.

“It’s almost time. It’s time to greet the two thieves!” Qin Lun slowly opened his eyes as he closed his eyes to rest. The hand of the Eye of the Clock shone brightly in the darkness.

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“Yin Fan, do you think you’re not charming enough? That’s why that guy disdains you!” Black Rat glanced at his companion with sidelong eyes, his face full of grief. They searched the fortress for more than an hour but failed to attract any attacks.

“Bullshit!” Yin Fan angrily glanced at this unscrupulous companion and sighed, “If I had obtained an item worth more than a million broken crystals, I wouldn’t have appeared again! Once he escaped from here, I’m afraid he might not appear during the entire battle!”

“That guy’s luck is really good!” The black mouse helplessly hesitated.

“Forget it, our harvest is not small. Don’t be too greedy! It’s almost dawn. Those fellows outside have been waiting all night. They should be coming in soon!” Yin Fan said indifferently, “Let’s go. If we don’t go out, we’ll be trapped inside!”

The two of them slowly faded away, speechless as they sneaked towards the entrance of the castle.