The fighting around them came to a halt because of Xu Wu's death.

Ye Miao then realized that everyone who was fighting was subconsciously looking at her reaction.

Seeing Xu Wu being killed so easily, almost all the core members of the Fearless Village were crushed. They either simply stood there or attacked in a disorganized manner. They fought more frantically and often missed their skills.

The members of the village that became rich overnight calmed down. While resisting the attack, they looked at Ye Miao with some questions in their eyes.

Ye Miao said coldly: "Don't leave any one behind."

With that, she unleashed her skills again, targeting opponents locked in combat with lower-level teammates. Several players, barely reaching level 65, were intently engaged when figures suddenly shifted around them. The numbers above the enemies' heads jumped a few times, and in the blink of an eye, they were either dead or reduced to mere skin.

In the corner of the villa's courtyard, a melee mage from the "Get Rich Overnight" village was cornered during a fight. The Fearless Village, known for their tendency to bully the weak and fear the strong, immediately surrounded them. The melee mage, sensing something was amiss, was about to call for help when a figure suddenly clambered over the wall.

"Entangled by vines! Wrapped in grass leaves! Bewitching by tree shadows!" Deng Wei used a series of skills, and the three players in the Fearless Village were trapped in an instant.

The melee mage breathed a sigh of relief, and the next moment, several flaming arrows pierced the night and hit the enemies. One of them died on the spot, and several hundred of the other two survived.

Chu Cheng, who was standing at the gate of the courtyard, put away his bow and arrow: "Shoot it away yourself, otherwise it will belong to me if it falls."

Chu Cheng turned and left after he finished speaking. Deng Wei had no intention of fighting for the drops either. She turned and left with big strides and went to help others control monsters again.

The melee mage came to his senses and quickly swung his staff before the control skill ended, finishing off his opponent quickly and efficiently.

The battle was over in just five minutes. The remaining members of the Fearless Village were wiped out, while those of the Overnight Rich Village sustained injuries, but no one died. Ye Miao glanced at everyone's health bars and casually unleashed a group healing skill, [Advanced Healing].

"Pick up the dropped items and prepare to go back." Ye Miao said, and then she walked towards the warehouse, picking up the dropped items that were determined to be hers to pick up.

When I walked to the door of the warehouse, the warehouse displayed: Conqueror [Ye Miao], welcome.

Ye Miao opened the warehouse and was shocked by the amount of stuff inside.

Gold cards, purple cards, potions, equipment, food ingredients, gold coins...

Ye Miao had long known that the Fearless Village had been exploiting players and was bound to have accumulated a lot of things, but he never expected there to be so much!

She reached out to the big box containing gold coins, and the box showed: 50,000 gold coins.

There are seven or eight large boxes like this.

Then I walked towards the box where the equipment was kept and opened it. I saw that it was full of purple equipment. The blue and white equipment were not worthy to be here at all.

Of course, there were even more boxes specifically for blue and white items. Ye Miao looked around, amazed.

"Boss?" Chu Cheng found the door, but was blocked by an invisible barrier and could not come in.

Ye Miao quickly adjusted the permissions. When he walked in and saw how many things were in the room, he was also stunned: "So many?"

"Do you think Xu Wu has hamster syndrome..." Ye Miao pointed at the gold coins in a hoarse voice, "You saved up all this money, but you didn't use it to upgrade the fortifications or retain members. You just piled it up in the box. Is it just for show?"

Chu Cheng laughed and said nothing. He handed her something and said, "Use this to pretend."

[High-Quality Silk Backpack], purple quality. It has 100 slots. Except for equipment, all other items of the same type can be stacked in one slot, with no upper limit.

A backpack with so many compartments is probably rare nowadays, but when Ye Miao took it to pack things, he didn't even finish packing all the equipment in the warehouse.

Fortunately, this thing is in stock in the warehouse.

Ye Miao looked at the box full of [High-quality Silk Backpacks] and after a moment of silence, he said again, "I don't understand."

It takes 10 minutes for a team to start fighting and two hours to clean up the spoils.

By the time everyone finally packed up their belongings and returned to the village where they had become rich overnight, it was already late at night.

Then, Ye Miao silently drank a bottle of physical strength potion and spent another two hours tidying up in his warehouse.

Admittedly, the gaming world does have its advantages. For example, you can use stamina potions to max out your stamina, so you won't feel sleepy even if you don't sleep! For two hours, she was so happy cleaning up the warehouse that she couldn't help but hum a little tune when she went back to sleep.

The next morning, Ye Miao got up early and walked into the reception hall alone to make an announcement while the members were busy eating breakfast.

First, the group-visible announcement: everyone who participated in the group battle last night will receive a reward via email:

【High-quality silk backpack】*1

【Random purple equipment】*1

[Advanced Blood Replenishing Potion]*3

[Advanced Magic Potion]*3

【Random ingredients】*30

Then there is the announcement visible to all members:

"To celebrate the resolution of the old enemy, village benefits will be sent via email: 500 gold coins and 10 random ingredients."

The two notices were sent out, and the members who were having dinner cheered.

"The boss is awesome!!!" Hu Hao raised his arms and shouted.

"Oh my god, oh my god, a silk backpack! Purple equipment! Even though it's not suitable for my profession... but I actually got purple equipment! I'm so touched that I cry!" A female mage who participated in the battle last night almost burst into tears.

The male assassin next to him poked his head in: "I got a reward too. What's yours? If it's suitable, can we exchange?"

Female Mage: "I got a shield."

Male Assassin: "I got a bow."

"..." The two of them were silent for a moment, and the female mage reacted, "Last night's team group is still there, we can exchange within the group!"

Soon, the chat in the group became heated.

At the same time, many old members from Fearless Village were moved to tears: "Damn, we've been handing over supplies to Fearless Village for so long, and only today did we find out that there are actually territories that are giving benefits to their members in return!"

"Yeah, yeah, and they only collected a very basic tax! And they even gave it back to you!"

"The Pure Land is indeed a Pure Land! I must have taken a bullet for God in my past life for having come across this place!"

Someone even walked up to Sister Jin's hut and slapped 500 gold coins over to her: "Make them all into orange juice! I'm treating everyone!"

Sister Jin took the gold coins and looked at him with a complicated expression. She was very sure that if she was able to make wine, he would definitely buy some.

In the grocery store not far away, Ye Miao couldn't help but smile as she asked Dazhuang to put the goods on the shelves.

Fearless Village was truly wealthy. The supplies she gave out for welfare only accounted for about 20% of the total spoils, but that was enough to make everyone in the territory incredibly happy. She could even put the rest up for sale later. Not only that, she even got three pairs of purple swords herself!

Purple double swords!

She had tried her best but couldn't get a single pair before, and she never got any when she asked Zhang Xu to do the work for her. Now, she actually received three pairs directly from Xu Wu's warehouse!

"Hahahaha!!!" Ye Miao was so happy that she couldn't hold back and laughed out loud at Da Zhuang.

Honest Dazhuang: “?”

"It's okay, it's okay." Ye Miao waved his hand hurriedly, lowered his head and continued to put things on the shelves until all 100 grids of the grocery store were filled.

This is the first time that the grocery store’s grids are full since the territory was established.

Now I can really make money without doing anything.

Ye Miao planned to take this opportunity to give himself a good vacation, the kind that doesn't require adjustment!

Dark night settlement.

The crop yield has been declining for several days, and the gathering members in the settlement are complaining bitterly.

No matter which territory they are in, the way of survival of the members who make a living by gathering is very simple. Basically, they go out to collect, then bring back the items to sell for money, and repeat this cycle.

The current low production rate has effectively cut off the lifeblood of mining players. Many are forced to work longer hours, returning home each day with their stamina levels dwindling and on the verge of illness.

At 9:30 pm, the last few foraging players finally returned. While the food vendors in the territory were still busy, the exhausted players gathered around to buy some food.

But when I got to the front, I saw:

[Item: Steamed Bun]

【Quality: White】

[Price: 30 gold coins]

[Item: Meat Bun]

【Quality: White】

[Price: 50 gold coins]

[Item: Soy Milk]

【Quality: White】

[Price: 40 gold coins]

Several gathering players looked at each other in confusion: "Meat buns cost 50 gold coins?"

Previously, these three white-quality foods were only sold for 20 gold coins. There was a small price increase in the past two days, but the price of meat buns only increased from 20 to 25, so no one paid much attention to it.

Now seeing the glaring 50, the players immediately became anxious: "What do you mean by this?"

However, the vendor's face was even uglier than theirs. He frowned and shook his head repeatedly: "There's not much flour left. Selling a little means less. I don't want to do this, but if I don't, I won't have anything to eat in two days."

The vendors' idea is simple - the collected crops are gradually used up, and people will only be able to buy food that does not use these crops, such as pure meat.

But the price of those things was much higher than these simple white foods. He had to earn as much as possible to cover future expenses.

Several gathering players kindly negotiated with him: "Can you make it a little cheaper? Look, there are so many of us. Small profits but quick turnover!"

"No," the vendor sighed. "If you don't buy them, I'll save them for tomorrow morning. I'll save myself a meal."

Seeing that he refused to give in, the collecting players hesitated in silence for a while. Some of them took out money, while others turned around and left.

Liu Yin was one of the people who didn't pay. She returned to her thatched hut tiredly, rummaged through the drawers for a long time, and finally found two small bags of biscuits that had been left there for a long time in the corner of the drawer of the bedside table.

Liu Yin wolfed down the biscuits, and her hunger finally disappeared. Her physical strength was also restored by a small amount. She should be able to recover it by sleeping until tomorrow morning.

The crisis caused by hunger was temporarily resolved, but when Liu Yin lay on the bed, she suddenly wanted to cry.

At the beginning of the apocalypse, the world was in chaos and the original order completely collapsed. Then the system began to sell [Shelter Construction Permits], and many powerful players rushed to buy them and established their own territories.

At that time, Liu Yin had lost contact with her parents and was forced to live with her three roommates. They had originally planned to survive together, but later a disagreement arose over the crucial issue of choosing a territory.

Liu Yin's roommates believed that with monsters roaming rampant in the apocalypse, they should first choose a strong territory to settle in, even if it meant losing some money. However, Liu Yin felt that those powerful territories were exploiting players, judging by their rules alone. Living in such a place would be extremely difficult.

Unable to reach a consensus, the four of them had to part ways. Three of the roommates entered a shelter that focused on combat power, while Liu Yin, after careful selection, settled in the Dark Night Shelter, now known as the Dark Night Settlement.

The Dark Night Settlement is "Buddhist" from top to bottom. It says it is a team, but it is actually very loose. Generally speaking, everyone lives their own life, and there are no regulations on handing over supplies. They only collect very basic taxes.

Li Rang, the owner of the settlement, had the concept of "Buddha" etched into his DNA. Since the territory grew from a refuge, he never actively recruited people. If someone applied to join, he never selected them. As long as there was space in the territory, he would accept them in the order in which they applied.

Under this model, relationships within the settlement are both peaceful and indifferent. It's a bit like a pre-apocalyptic metropolis: when things are quiet, everyone mind their own business, refraining from disturbing others. But if danger strikes, everyone stands ready to shoulder the burden together.

Liu Yin had once thought this mode was perfect, since they had even survived the recent Zerg attack. Back then, the waves of Zerg attacks were fierce, but the players, who normally didn't interact much in the territory, fought side by side until they got through it.

But now, the territory that could even survive the insect nest seems to be unable to survive the decline in crop production.

When the Zerg attacked, everyone could fight back with all their might, sacrificing their gear and medicine. Seeing the swarms being driven back wave after wave gave them hope, and fighting back the swarms also yielded a good amount of loot, meaning it wasn't all effort without reward. But now, food is dwindling with each bite eaten and each sale. If one day their stamina ran out and they couldn't buy food, they would die. The imminent threat of death forced everyone to be frugal, and a scramble for resources ensued. The peace that had once existed was silently shattered.

Liu Yin couldn't help but regret it. She couldn't help but wonder: If she had gone to the strong territory with her roommates, would things have been different?

Strong combat power means being able to collect more supplies, and a well-stocked territory will probably be able to overcome this difficulty, or at least avoid falling into trouble as quickly as they did.

Liu Yin lay on the bed and wiped her tears silently for a while. She opened her friend list and hesitated for a long time. Finally, she plucked up the courage and sent a message to her roommate Fang Siyu: Siyu, are you there?

When they were in school, Fang Siyu and Liu Yin were neighbors and had the closest relationship. If they hadn't had such different ideas, they wouldn't have separated.

So Liu Yin sent the message, and within half a minute she received a reply: "Liu Yin! How are you?"

Liu Yin replied, "Not very good. Crop production has decreased recently, and prices in the territory have skyrocketed. Even white quality steamed buns are selling for forty or fifty gold. It's almost unaffordable..."

Then she asked, "How are things over there? Are you short of food?"

In Tianju Village, Fang Siyu was eating a rough steamed bread. When she saw the message from Liu Yin, she was stunned, and then a sour feeling surged in her heart.

She could tell that Liu Yin was looking for a new way out because life was tough, so she should have responded promptly. However, she hesitated for a long time, still saying nothing, and cruelly closed the panel.

The steamed bread in my hand seemed to have become even more unpalatable. It tasted bitter and made my throat hurt when I swallowed it.

Coarse Flour Steamed Bread is the lowest-tier of all food items. While most white-quality foods have a minor bonus, like restoring 1 point of mana or health per minute, Coarse Flour Steamed Bread lacks even this bonus. Its only description is "effectively replenishes stamina and eliminates hunger."

But Fang Siyu has been eating this thing for five or six days.

Tianju Village is not the kind of village that is so harsh that people can barely survive. There is no last-in-first-out system, and there is no hunting of players or assassination of members.

However, the material distribution system here can be described as "primitive". It is basically that everyone forms a team to go out to kill monsters and collect materials every day. When forming a team, the team leader will specifically set the material distribution method. The system default rules are not used, and everyone's contribution value is not considered. Instead, all the items are taken away by the lord together, and then distributed according to everyone's contribution.

As the rules are gradually improved, the territory is now scored every three days, and the members' contributions are divided into seven levels: S, A, B, C, D, E, and F. Among them, the S-level has the least number of members, and basically every one of them is a big boss who can kill ten monsters at once. Of course, they can eat and drink well every day, and can also get free potions and equipment for replenishment; the A-level is similar, and their life can be said to be enviable.

Classes B, C, and D all fall into the ordinary category, but they live quite well and can basically have meat for every meal. Among them, the highest class B can even choose a meal and receive dessert.

E and F are in a worse situation, basically struggling to make ends meet.

Fang Siyu was very unfortunate. In the last two ratings, she almost made it into the D grade and was classified as E grade.

Even more unfortunate, the recent crop failure has hit. While the food for S- and A-ranks remains unchanged, the B-rank's dessert has been eliminated, while the C- and D-ranks each received a reduced dish. The E- and F-ranks were the most severely deprived. For three days in a row, the E-rank only had one dish at lunch, and breakfast and dinner consisted of two coarse-wheat steamed buns with a cup of soy milk or porridge. The F-rank, on the other hand, had only coarse-wheat steamed buns for all three meals, with no soy milk or porridge to be found, and of course, no vegetable at lunch.

After eating such miserable food for several days, Fang Siyu felt as if her tongue was about to stop working.

She ate two more bites of the steamed bread in silence. Her college roommate Song Feifei, who luckily still maintained her D grade, came over and silently shared half of the two dishes on her plate with her.

Fang Siyu whispered thank you, then told her: "Liu Yin sent me a message."

Song Feifei was startled: "What did she say?"

"She said...she's running out of food," Fang Siyu said. Song Feifei gasped, "Then call her over! I saw a few people left yesterday, and there's a vacant space right now. She still has time to apply!"

"Do you really want to call her over?" Fang Siyu looked up at her, confusion hidden in her eyes. "Actually, we're having a hard time too. If it weren't for the recent production cuts, Liu Yin might be doing better than us..."

"Don't let your imagination run wild." Song Feifei interrupted her and said firmly, "Call her over first and get through this period. It's the end of the world, so we can only take it one step at a time. We're lucky to be alive until now."

Fang Siyu was silent for a while: "I miss Zhou He."

Zhou He is the fourth person in the dormitory.

Song Feifei's face changed slightly, and Fang Siyu continued softly, "Actually, although we had a big fight at the time, now I think it was just a trivial matter. If she had stayed here, the three of us could have stuck together and things might have been much better. And if we could have called Liu Yin over, she wouldn't have suffered any loss."

It's easy to understand this kind of thing after the fact, but at the time, everyone was so angry that they didn't care about it. So after an argument, Zhou He angrily left Tianju Village, which was still a camp at the time. Song Feifei and Fang Siyu also angrily deleted her as their friend, and they haven't been in touch since then.

"I don't know how she's doing now." Fang Siyu became more and more sad as she spoke. Song Feifei hurried to persuade her: "It must be fine! She is the most capable and the most competitive. She must be better than us! Don't be sad... Hurry up and eat. It's time to go to bed after eating. It's already late!"

At the same time, Zhou He nervously walked out of the newly bought wooden house and looked around, finally confirming that Ye Miao didn't seem to take her seriously.

She was one of the last people to leave Fearless Village. Yesterday, Ye Miao had led his men outside, and she was still sitting by the campfire chatting with a few friends. It wasn't that she had any deep feelings for Fearless Village and wanted to live and die together, but she was just too scared to leave before.

So, after the Fearless Village was destroyed, she finally applied to join the Get Rich Village this morning. She was delighted that her application was quickly approved, but then a new sense of unease welled up in her, causing her to worry—could the lord of this place have remembered her and wanted to lure her in to kill her, hence her decision to let her in?!

Zhou He stayed in the cabin, shivering all day. The result was hilarious: no one paid any attention to her.

Before the small market completely closed, a hungry Zhou He ran inside to find something to eat. Since many members of the Fearless Village had previously "turned to the light," and there were also small groups of merchants going there to resell goods, she wasn't surprised by the prices in the village that had become so wealthy overnight.

What surprised her was that judging by the variety of food here, the sudden wealth seemed to have been unaffected by the crop loss at all?

In the small market, rice and noodles are everywhere. Stall owners are selling off their goods at discounted prices to get back home quickly. There's also a wide selection of vegetables and meats, sold alongside rice and noodles, offering excellent value for money.

…but why is this happening?

Zhou He couldn't understand.

The impact of crop failure is multifaceted. Even though there are very few gathering players in the Fearless Village, she discovered that the prices of various rice, flour, vegetable and fruit related products had increased almost the next day after the crop failure.

There are so many players who make a living by gathering, so they should be more obviously affected!

But... who cares?

Zhou He shook his head and dismissed these thoughts.

Since she has joined the Get Rich Overnight campaign, she should be looking forward to getting rich overnight and having delicious food every day!

A rich aroma of meat wafted over, and Zhou He was lured to He Kailai's shop.

He Kailai had actually already packed up his stall, planning to give the remaining food to less fortunate members. Especially those who had just moved in from Fearless Village a few days earlier, who didn't have much savings, so He Kailai considered it a good deed.

Zhou He, who had been hungry all day, came over at this time. As soon as he walked to the stall, he swallowed subconsciously.

He Kailai glanced at her and said, "What do you want to eat? Just take a look."

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