Apocalypse Gachapon - Chapter 1834: Where does your confidence come from

“The first phase of the trial will end in one hour. All surviving novices, please choose an open terrain around you and wait during the final five minutes. Novice killing is temporarily suspended. Those who do not follow the orders will be executed.”

A message appeared in the eyes of every surviving novice through their recorder.

Seeing this message, many breathed a sigh of relief, while others sighed in regret, some remained indifferent, and still others faced it coldly.

Regardless of the state, it meant the three-day first phase of the trial had ended, and they could take a break.

“The interval between the two trial phases is twelve hours. Novices, please use the time for purchases and exchanges while also paying attention to rest and treatment. Twelve hours later, the second phase of the trial will begin immediately.”

“Novices ranked last ten on the points ranking list, please use the time to obtain points. After this phase ends, the number of eliminations for the last place is ten!”

“Novices ranked in the top one hundred on the points ranking list. Please note: if you can maintain your ranking until the end of the first phase, you will receive an additional two percent points reward. Novices ranked 101st to 1000th on the points ranking list. Please note: if you can maintain your ranking until the end of the first phase, you will receive an additional one percent points reward.”

“The rewards will be distributed in real-time after the end.”

On a small island, Hawkins and his wife and others, looking somewhat disheveled, did not show any sign of relaxation. They just sat on the ground somewhat dejectedly, staring blankly at the seawater in front of them.

Even though they had lost Ye Zhongming earlier, they still came to the Sea of Ten Thousand Islands after the location was updated with a boom.

Although they could all swim, they were only at the normal top evolved level, far less adapted to this place than Ye Zhongming, who was like a swimming fish.

They had to maintain their rankings without falling behind, killing mutated lives and parasites to earn points while tracking Ye Zhongming.

Once they were too far from Ye Zhongming and unable to lock onto his perception, catching up again would be extremely difficult.

Moreover, Ye Zhongming was very slippery. Every time his location was updated, he would definitely move with full force, thwarting the pursuers’ goal of finding him.

From the time they lost Ye Zhongming’s location until now, Hawkins and the others had not caught a glimpse of Ye Zhongming again.

Looking at Aimusi’s current highest ranking of just over six thousand, everyone felt a sense of powerlessness.

There was no help for it; not every island had mutated lives or parasites. Often, they would arrive at an island to find nothing, or only one mutated life. After killing it, they would get at most a dozen points, at least a few points.

Without much aquatic ability, their points increase was very slow. Although they had improved quite a bit compared to before, by the end of the first phase, they were all around six to seven thousand, which was far from their expectations.

If it were just like this, it would be fine, but look at Ye Zhongming’s ranking: not only did it not fall, it rose significantly. An hour ago, it officially entered the top thousand! His points had reached one hundred seventy-seven.

In this ocean, his points were actually increasing faster than before. One must know that he had a broken arm.

“Let’s go. I feel there’s a powerful enough mutated life ahead. Killing it, plus the time to get there, I estimate the time will be about right. Don’t lose heart; there are still six small phases left.”

Hawkins clapped his hands, encouraging everyone.

The others stood up and jumped into the water, swimming towards another island.

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Ye Zhongming quietly floated on the sea surface, eyes closed, as if integrated with the sea.

Thanks to the Sea King’s Mark ability in the Sea King’s Crown, he could treat injuries in seawater. This was an all-around treatment, effective for all injuries except for Naka’s curse.

Only the treatment speed was slow. So far, the other injuries on his left arm had healed; only the several malicious, hole-like wounds made by Wade had not fully recovered. But the toxins had been completely cleared, and the wounds were healing. Now this arm could move normally, but it just couldn’t withstand intense combat yet.

In the ocean, all of Ye Zhongming’s abilities received bonuses. The marine life here wasn’t as abundant as in Earth’s oceans, but it wasn’t little either. Ye Zhongming didn’t even go onto islands; he hunted here. Perhaps because there were too few novices skilled in underwater combat, in half a day, Ye Zhongming didn’t find anyone snatching monsters.

Of course, due to his injuries, Ye Zhongming avoided powerful auras or targets that were too numerous; otherwise, his points would be even higher.

When the specified time arrived, he boarded a small island to wait for pickup—a small island where Hawkins and the others were.

When enemies met, they were really eyeing each other, but the rules prevented them from attacking each other.

Ye Zhongming stood in front of them, making the four of them tremble with anger.

A spaceship came to pick them up and returned them to the camp in just a little while. Before parting ways, Aimusi once again told Ye Zhongming in a sharp voice that she would definitely kill him.

Ye Zhongming nodded. Although he couldn’t hear, he knew what the woman was saying. He calmly replied “Got it” and entered the camp.

He first went to the Star-Eye Clan’s dirty tent to find Jie Kui, and, surprisingly, also saw Shi Kangbu.

“Where’s Bu Lanuo?”

Although he asked, Ye Zhongming basically knew the answer.

“Killed.” Shi Kangbu was in a sorry state, with many wounds on his body, though none fatal.

Ye Zhongming didn’t ask further. He and Jie Kui walked towards the already bustling free market; they wanted to see if there were any wound medicines for sale, as the official store’s were too expensive.

After looking around, two places were surrounded by many novices. Ye Zhongming and the other couldn’t squeeze in, but Jie Kui listened for a bit and gestured to Ye Zhongming that both places were selling medicine.

One crowd soon dispersed. Ye Zhongming and the others saw that it was because the potions were sold out. This person probably had a lot of stock, priced high, only ten percent cheaper than the store. But saving a little was saving a little, so everyone still paid up. There was no choice; if you didn’t buy, others would.

The other place used an auction method, which took a little time but still sold out quickly.

Jie Kui, disappointed, was about to pull Ye Zhongming away. They had to go to the store; only after healing their injuries could they look for useful items based on their remaining points.

But Ye Zhongming didn’t move.

Jie Kui knew he couldn’t hear, so he just looked at him with a puzzled expression.

Ye Zhongming walked up to the medicine seller, who was packing up to leave, and said, “Beauty, how about following us from now on?”

Jie Kui, beside him, almost fell over. The look he gave Ye Zhongming clearly said, “What confidence do you have?!”

“Big brother, where did you get this confidence?!”