While fleeing, Jiang Kai kept checking the time.
So far, except for opening three chests at the beginning, Jiang Kai hadn't made any progress afterward.
When he looked back, the escape forest from earlier had long disappeared, replaced only by a massive lava lake several hundred meters below.
"Three minutes left. Whatever, I'm going to open a few golden chests."
Just as Jiang Kai decided to go all in, a mountain beside him collapsed along with the ground, half the mountain toppling down.
Boulders rolled, and towering trees toppled and fell.
After dodging left and right, Jiang Kai suddenly saw behind a huge rock, a trace of purple shaking with the collapsing ground.
"A purple chest?", Jiang Kai's eyes widened. He gritted his teeth and rushed toward the purple chest.
Opening the chest, Jiang Kai immediately took out the item inside.
The moment he removed the item, the speed of the ground collapsing instantly doubled.
Even though Jiang Kai had excellent agility stats, with the entire ground collapsing, he could only run desperately with all his might.
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
The entire mountain collapsed and fell… the Lost Land seemed to have turned into a living hell.
Jiang Kai looked back and suddenly saw at the bottom of the falling mountain, a white light faintly visible among the debris.
Jiang Kai's eyes widened.
Normally speaking, the chests in the Lost Land had only four levels. However, very rarely, a glowing treasure chest might appear in the Lost Land.
That glowing object was very likely a glowing treasure chest.
But, that glowing object was already falling with the mountain. If Jiang Kai wanted to get it, he would have to jump down…
Jiang Kai thought of what Lu Jun and Su Lanlan had told him earlier.
Black Tortoise now wasn't just targeting his family. Even Old Wei and Brother Jiang might get implicated.
As a gambler who hadn't even advanced to a transcendent class, the chips in his hands were far inferior to the Black Tortoise Guild. In the military's eyes, his value was definitely less than the Black Tortoise Guild.
Thinking of this, Jiang Kai shouted angrily, "I'M BETTING IT ALL!"
With that, Jiang Kai suddenly turned back and sprinted toward the cliff.
At the cliff's edge, Jiang Kai leapt down.
The whole world was falling. Jiang Kai stepped onto the trunk of a giant tree and sprinted downward. At the end of the trunk, he jumped again, using several giant rocks to continuously close the distance to the white light.
1 minute and 30 seconds left until exploration time ended.
The temperature above grew hotter and hotter, and Jiang Kai was already close to the white light.
Sure enough, the white light was coming from a treasure chest.
Who would've thought that this Lost Land Jiang Kai entered actually contained one of the rare glowing treasure chests?
But the chest was embedded inside the mountain. If the ground hadn't collapsed, Jiang Kai would never have found this glowing chest.
Jumping next to the chest, Jiang Kai immediately opened it and retrieved the items inside.
At this moment, he was only a dozen meters from the lava's surface. In an instant, the mountain beneath his feet dropped into the lava lake, splashing a towering wave.
The mountain was quickly consumed by lava. It looked like he was about to sink into the lava with it.
Just then, another giant mountain body fell from the sky, landing not far from Jiang Kai.
Seeing this, Jiang Kai quickly jumped onto that mountain.
The mountain sank fast, and Jiang Kai targeted falling rocks above and, before sinking into the lava, leapt to another huge boulder…
Every jump was nerve-racking. He had to avoid falling debris while quickly leaping to other large falling objects. If he was even a fraction of a second too slow and missed his chance, he would sink into the lava.
"20 seconds left!", Jiang Kai said anxiously.
Ten seconds, five seconds… Jiang Kai missed the chance to jump to another boulder because he was avoiding a giant tree, and it looked like he was about to sink with the rock beneath him.
Helpless, Jiang Kai mustered all his strength and jumped up…
Unsurprisingly, Jiang Kai couldn't defy gravity, no matter how high he jumped, he would eventually fall.
Seeing himself about to plunge into lava, Jiang Kai cursed, "Old Hu, this is the place you picked!"
Just after cursing Old Hu, Jiang Kai suddenly felt a flash before his eyes…
———
At this moment, everyone watching the Lost Land exploration was staring intently at the harvest lists of each team.
Seven minutes ago, the Huaxia team obtained a purple chest, found by Yuan Zhu and Su Nuannuan.
However, the Fishing Team had already gotten two purple chests, and the Wizards had also gotten one.
In the end, the Fire God Team ranked first in total number of chests, though they had one fewer purple chest than the Fishing Team.
However, everyone knew that the value of purple chests was the highest.
In other words, the first-place Fire God Team in the tournament was overtaken by the Fishing Team during the Lost Land search, and even the third-place Wizard Team wasn't much worse than them.
Especially Jiang Kai's performance, which drew a lot of criticism.
One silver and two bronze chests, that was the worst record among all participating players.
But no one expected that just over a minute ago, just when everyone thought the final results wouldn't change much, the long-unchanged Jiang Kai team data suddenly updated.
One purple, one silver, two bronze.
"That guy actually found a purple chest, finally showing something," He Shishi said coldly, "But the Fire God Team has an agreement with the military, profits are split 50/50, so the Fire God Team effectively only contributes one purple chest."
"Jiang Kai's value isn't irreplaceable."
The Lost Land exploration had entered the final 30-second countdown.
He Shishi smiled faintly, "It's over. Chunlan, get me the Lieutenant General's phone."
The woman behind her bowed slightly, took out her phone, and dialed a number.
The call was connecting.
At that moment, the harvest list updated again.
The other teams had no changes. The only change came from Jiang Kai's team.
One glowing, one purple, one silver, two bronze.
Seeing the latest data, Chunlan immediately hung up the call and looked at He Shishi.
He Shishi sat on the sofa, her body stiff, eyes wide open.
"A glowing chest… this, how is this possible? He found a glowing chest in the last 30 seconds? He just opened a purple chest a minute ago!"
Jiang Kai's team had the fewest total chests among all teams, but just one glowing chest was enough to capture everyone's attention.
Purple chests could already contain class advancement materials for seventh-tier classes, then what would come from a glowing chest?
Clang—
A crash sounded as He Shishi's coffee cup fell to the ground, shattering.
"It's over…", He Shishi muttered faintly, "I'm afraid, from now on, making a move against Jiang Kai won't be so easy anymore."
———
Military district office area. Wei Ying slammed his palm on the desk, breaking off a corner of the mahogany desk.
Wei Ying was extremely excited, "Good kid, Jiang Kai, you're incredible!"
"In just two minutes, he found one purple chest and one glowing chest, how the heck did he do it?"
A rare smile appeared on Lu Jun's face, "Jiang Kai really holds back until the last moment, but once he acts, it drives people crazy!"
"A glowing chest, could it contain an eighth-tier class? Even if not, it must be the highest-grade material so far!"
"This time's Lost Land exploration might just change Huaxia's overall international standing!"
Wei Ying nodded continuously, "Quick, I need to log in. They should be in Mount Taiping, right?"
Lu Jun was about to make arrangements when he suddenly received a call from Xiao Hei. After a few words, he hung up and said to Wei Ying, "General, someone from the central military region is already at Mount Taiping."
"Who?"
"A lot of people," Lu Jun said, "Rumor is, all the committee's generals went."
Wei Ying nodded, "Hmph, of course they had to. They missed Jiang Kai last time. They definitely won't miss him this time. Xiao Lu, let's go see that kid too!"
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