Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 85: The Whole Team Hunts, Writing the Fourth Page
[Attention all participants: A team has already obtained the hidden treasure, the Holy Grail. Its location has been revealed, and you are welcome to go and compete for it.]

The team that holds the Holy Grail for 30 consecutive minutes will gain ownership of the Holy Grail in this challenge and win a hidden reward. This challenge will then end immediately.

The Fire Stealer's announcement resounded in the minds of every contestant on the island, and for a moment everyone stopped what they were doing, their faces showing disbelief.

A long arrow appeared on the ground in front of them, pointing in the direction of the Grail holder.

"The hidden treasure, the Holy Grail?!"

"Hidden content in the challenge mode???"

"There's a hidden reward too!"

While most people were still in awe, some teams had already begun their operations.

"The Holy Grail? It seems there's a reason this island is called 'Holy Grail Island.' Holding it for 30 consecutive minutes to end the match is not bad. I was getting a little tired of it anyway... This Holy Grail should belong to me, Lucifer."

In the center of the island, a tall, lone man looked at the arrow pointing in the direction he was pointing and followed the instructions without hesitation.

In a town on the north side of the island, a small team that had just finished clearing out the town's supplies saw the notice for those who wanted to steal fire and couldn't contain themselves.

"Boss, the Holy Grail! It sounds amazing! Let's go steal it!"

"support!"

"agree!"

The team members were eager to participate, but the leader casually refused, saying, "What's the point of competing? Can you compete with those monsters? Besides, we already have enough points, why take the risk? Countless teams will flock to this announcement, and if we run into the national team and get wiped out, we'll have nowhere to cry. So, all of you, stay put!"

On the west side of the island, a well-trained team of five was immediately excited upon seeing the ground markings.

"Captain, it looks like the Grail Holder is not far from us! This is a golden opportunity!"

"The team that wins the Holy Grail should be able to obtain the hidden grand prize of this challenge, we can't miss it!"

The team leader nodded and said, "As a team funded by the government, we do have a responsibility to win the biggest prize. Let's get started!"

On the south side of the island, a large group of over a hundred people were all following behind a burly man.

Others would be astonished to see this, considering it an illegal team formation. Teams are limited to a maximum of five people, but with over a hundred people, there are at least twenty or more teams operating together, which seems highly unreasonable.

However, the leader didn't care about any of that. As the alpha wolf chosen by the Tulip Federation's "Wolf Pack Project," he had absolute command authority over the other teams in the federation.

Therefore, even before the challenge began, he ordered all teams in the Federation to immediately rush to the southernmost point of their respective areas after teleporting to meet him and follow his command to act in unison.

As the alpha wolf, his strategy was simple: first, the Federation's teams would gather together and use their overwhelming numerical advantage formed by "illegally forming teams" to crush and eliminate the teams from other countries on the island.

Once only the Federation teams remain on the island, they will split up and fight each other to determine the top ten.

The plan was progressing steadily. The Federation had eliminated most of the foreign forces on the southern side of the island and was planning to advance towards the center of the island. However, the Firebringers' sudden announcement disrupted everything.

At this moment, the entire pack of wolves, numbering over a hundred, stopped and awaited the alpha wolf's decision.

"Head to the west side of the island," the alpha wolf quickly decided. "Take the Holy Grail and eliminate all other contenders."

Countless teams on the island are now heading west.

Some of the most powerful teams had a very clear objective: to seize the Holy Grail.

Teams that are less competitive often have a "pick-up" mentality, hoping that the strong teams will fight each other to the death while they are lucky enough to snatch the Holy Grail.

There are also some teams that are self-aware enough to know they are no match for the top teams, so they are not interested in the Holy Grail, but they are very interested in the teams that compete for it.

Just like selling shovels to merchants digging for gold, it's uncertain whether the diggers will actually find gold and become rich, but the merchants are guaranteed to get rich by selling shovels.

These teams' plan was to ambush weaker teams that dared to participate in the Holy Grail War along the only route, thereby earning points.

Finally, there are some teams that have a clear understanding of their own strength. They know very well that the Holy Grail will only be the possession of top amateur teams or national teams, and it is not something they can take.

Rather than becoming cannon fodder in the past, it's better to take advantage of everyone else going to the west of the island and search for more resources in other parts of the island. Maybe you can find some good items. After the pros finish their battles, you can pick up some leftovers and get some points.

At this very moment, Guan Tong, who truly held the Holy Grail, knew that today was his lucky day the instant he heard the Fire Thief's prompt!

……

Almost the instant he heard the Firebringer say, "While you possess the Holy Grail, you will have infinite mental power," Guan Tong opened his personal terminal.

He quickly glanced at his mental energy level and simultaneously converted a No. 3 bullet. [Mental Energy: 132 (132) (330)]

"I see. The so-called 'infinite mental power' does not raise the upper limit to the maximum; it simply means that it can be used infinitely within the current upper limit."

This felt to Guan Tong like using a game cheat engine to enable a "health not decreasing" function. It only locks the upper limit value, not the maximum value.

This discovery left Guan Tong with a slight sense of regret. If there were no upper limit, he would immediately fill all the pages after his greatest reliance, the "Wordless Book," with writing!
But now that the limit has been set, the [Wordless Book] can probably only...

Guan Tong took out the "Wordless Book" while holding the "Corpse Whistle" in his mouth and blowing it continuously.

Three undead people emerged from the ground one after another, quickly filling the entire church.

Guan Tong gave the order for them to stand guard outside the church. At the same time, he turned the page to the fourth page of the "Wordless Book" with his left hand, while his right hand continuously loaded the Silver Hunter bullets…

He's not doing two things at once anymore, he's doing three or four!
Because the Firebringer made it very clear that his current location is now public knowledge across the island, this means that countless forces will come to attack, attempting to seize the Holy Grail.

Guan Tong is on her own. To protect the Holy Grail, she must go all out and not slack off in the slightest. Not a single second can be wasted.

Fortunately, many of his items benefit from the "infinite mental power" buff, allowing him to continuously enhance his combat power through conversion.

If it were another Ascendant without similar items, even if they obtained the Holy Grail and had the powerful buff of "infinite mental power," they probably wouldn't be able to hold onto it and it would quickly be taken by another team.

Therefore, Guan Tong now needs to use this buff to strengthen herself on one hand, and on the other hand, she also needs to do a good job of defense. Otherwise, if she is defeated by a strong team and loses the Holy Grail, all her efforts will be in vain.

He now has the Corpse Whistle in his mouth, constantly summoning the undead. He has switched to his left hand and is holding the Silver Hunter, continuously generating No. 3 high-explosive shells and No. 4 smoke grenades. At the same time, part of his shadow forms a full-coverage shadow armor that wraps around his entire body, while the other part of his shadow extends all the way to the church entrance, ready to deal with any attacking enemies.

But the key is his right hand holding the "wordless book." He turned to the fourth page and wrote down something he had thought about before, something he wanted to obtain.

"Fully functional shelter".

That's right. When Guan Tong saw the large-scale demolitions on the street, she thought about using the "Wordless Book" to get a refuge.

He also found it very troublesome to live a nomadic life, constantly moving around. He thought it would be so much more convenient to have a portable shelter that he could leave wherever he needed to go.

But he definitely had requirements for this shelter: it had to be sturdy enough, safe enough, and have a filtration system, water and electricity, etc. He originally thought it would take a long time to achieve this.

But now, with the "infinite mental power" buff, he can write it right away!

And as he expected, the fourth page consumed an extremely high amount of mental energy. As soon as Guan Tong wrote a stroke, he felt a tremor throughout his body. He knew that was the feeling of his mental energy being drained—meaning that writing just one stroke had consumed all of his maximum mental energy.

But thanks to the buff, that feeling vanished in an instant. He continued to write quickly, the second, the third, the fourth... In just a few seconds, the six characters "Full-Function Shelter" were completely written on the fourth page.

Guan Tong spent one second trying to materialize it, and an inconspicuous little house appeared instantly. At the same time, he also felt his body trembling as his mental energy was drained.

In other words, materializing this shelter would consume all of his maximum mental energy at once. But as long as he succeeds, that's enough!

Guan Tong continued to turn to the fifth page of the "Wordless Book," and with a glimmer of hope, he began to write—the next moment, his hand was violently knocked away by the pages!

"……I knew it."

Writing on the fourth page consumes all of one's maximum mental energy, making it impossible to write on the fifth page, which consumes even more mental energy.

Because the single transaction exceeds the maximum limit, even with buffs, it's useless. It's like using a game cheat to lock "no gold depletion," but you only have 100 gold in your inventory, and the merchant's item costs 200. No matter how much you try to keep your gold from decreasing, you still can't buy it!

"Roar!!!!!"

Suddenly, the howls of the undead rose and fell outside the church. Guan Tong's heart skipped a beat, and he thought to himself, "They've arrived so quickly?"

He hasn't even had a minute since he obtained the Holy Grail, and a team has already come looking for him. That's really efficient!

"But if you want to get into the church, you'll have to wipe out those hundreds of undead outside first..."

As Guan Tong thought about it, he casually raised his left hand and fired a bunch of No. 4 smoke grenades at the church entrance to confuse and delay the enemy from entering.

He then quickly turned the wordless book back to the first page.

After writing "full-function shelter" on the fourth page, Guan Tong felt that this trip was worthwhile!

He used to struggle to write even a single stroke on the fourth page, so you can imagine how much time it would take to write those six characters. But now it only takes a few seconds, saving him months of time!
This made him feel that even if he died the next moment, his participation in the challenge wouldn't have been in vain. So, now that he had "broken even," the next step was to maximize his gains.

Strengthening his shadow, enhancing his silver hunter abilities, and storing mental energy... all of these will continue to provide him with assistance after the competition ends.

Especially the shadow; Guan Tong plans to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to further enhance it by adding words!

(End of this chapter)