Chapter 234: Battle Royale • Wilderness Survival (1)
From the killer’s stronghold in the northwestern Second Ring, it took Everly half the night to walk to the border between the southern Second and Third Rings.
And from the southern Second–Third Ring area to the northwestern river estuary, the distance was even farther than the first half of the journey. Coupled with more than ten hours of continuous walking, Everly was already feeling exhausted. No matter how urgently she pushed herself, it wasn’t until the next morning that the familiar river flowing northwest finally appeared at the edge of her vision.
On the way from the Third Ring to the Fourth Ring, Everly clearly noticed that there were fewer buildings along the roadside.
The Third Ring already didn’t have many buildings to begin with—one would only appear every three to four kilometers. After crossing into the Fourth Ring, they became even sparser. After walking the entire night, Everly only encountered three buildings in total, and all of them were extremely small.
Perhaps because of this, most players on the island mainly operated within the First, Second, and Third Rings, and very few came to the Fourth Ring.
As a side note, there were also very few surveillance cameras in the wilderness at the island’s edges. Most of the time, Everly didn’t need to detour at all—she could just head straight toward her target. Situations that required changing her route were rare.
Every supply point had fixed surveillance. Worried about being captured on camera, Everly focused entirely on traveling the whole way and did not enter any buildings to take supplies.
By the time she finally reached the river estuary, the sun had already risen.
The river mouth was a shallow wetland mixed with silt and sand. At the edges of the shoal grew vast stretches of lush green grass taller than a person.