Chapter 269 Exclusively published on Jinjiang: Another Holiday Flash Sale

These islands are mostly uninhabited, except for a small number of those inhabited by native inhabitants.

Yunlu Village didn't set foot in the areas with indigenous inhabitants, leaving them directly to the new emperor to handle. Whether they would exchange goods and resources or have other plans was up to them.

The hunting team from Yunlu Village mainly explored uninhabited islands.

Some islands are covered with coconut trees, and the harvest from one island is greater than that from the three islands occupied by the village. The total number of coconuts harvested is in the hundreds of thousands, and several hundred coconut crabs have also been found.

On islands that Lu Xuan did not intend to occupy, he did not cut down the trees except to ripen the fruit. He left them to ripen again next time, so that he could obtain the same number of coconuts and coconut crabs and continue to harvest them for a long time.

Other islands have a large number of palm trees, resulting in a bumper harvest of palm fruits.

Similarly, if the tree isn't cut down, the heartwood can't be obtained either.

Fortunately, Lu Xuan already had a mutated palm tree, so he didn't need to worry about not having enough heartwood to eat in the future.

On some islands, tropical fruits such as jackfruit, papaya, avocado, and breadfruit, which Lu Xuan had never had before, were also discovered, adding a few more varieties to his fruit collection.

The young and middle-aged people, having reaped abundant rewards, were so happy that they no longer wanted to go into business.

However, the most valuable discoveries are the various mineral veins.

Not only did Lu Xuan from Yunlu Village provide the mineral vein detector, but several groups of people from the Western Continent also traded detectors with Lu Xuan, resulting in the discovery of various gold and silver mines, copper mines, gemstone mines, and jade mines.

The gold, silver, and copper mines, which served as ancient currencies, were not seized by Yunlu Village after they were discovered, but were handed over to the new emperor.

In return, the new emperor promoted everyone in the hunting party.

Those who are not superhumans will be given a nominal fifth-rank title, and after the catastrophe ends, they will receive a corresponding monthly salary, as well as thirty acres of land.

Those with supernatural abilities will have their baronial rank promoted by one level to viscount, while their viscountial rank will remain unchanged. Their official rank will be raised by one grade, and their stipend and land holdings will double.

The hunting party was overjoyed.

Gold and silver mines are indeed precious, but they all know that they simply cannot keep such important veins.

Lu Xuan is strong, but we can't let him bear everything and let them take advantage of us.

Instead of coveting a gold mine, it's better to take some more tangible and safer benefits.

Moreover, after losing the gold and silver mines, they discovered a small ruby ​​mine and a jade mine.

Ruby mines often contain associated minerals such as spinel and zoisite, which are less valuable than ruby ​​mines. However, zoisite comes in various shades such as blue, purple, and pink, making it more versatile for jewelry making than ruby.

Jadeite mines also sometimes contain water-like jade, which is similar to glassy jadeite.

In terms of total value, gemstone mines are not necessarily inferior to gold and silver mines.

After discovering these mineral veins, Lu Xuan promised the viewers in the live stream that once he returned to the Western Continent and found artisans to make a batch of jewelry, he would give away a batch in a lucky draw during the live stream, making the viewers, especially the female fans, so happy that they showered him with gifts.

Of course, not every uninhabited island yields a reward.

Some islands are barren, covered with rocks and weeds, with no other life except for barnacles and oysters that can be found elsewhere clinging to the rocky beaches.

Some islands are fraught with danger, teeming with venomous snakes, spiders, and ants; hunting parties would flee faster than rabbits upon discovering them.

Two months is neither a long nor a short time. Aside from the time spent on the journey, the time required to cultivate the fruit, and the time needed to collect all the fruits and pick up the surface ore, Yunlu Village only managed to collect supplies from 15 islands in total.

Of these, three gold and silver mines were handed over, two islands yielded less, and only ten islands were truly valuable.

And the climate has been constantly changing during this period.

The rain was heavy, the wind was unpredictable, and there were two instances of insect fog.

Although everyone was already experienced with these issues and knew how to deal with them, the excessively frequent climate changes did indeed pose a significant obstacle to the exploration team.

The exploration was halted after only two months because, according to Weather Companion, another underwater volcanic eruption was expected, which would be followed by a new tsunami.

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Yunlu Village No. 1 Island, on the highest hillside of the island.

As soon as the weather app indicated the time arrived, the ground began to shake.

Having experienced dozens of earthquakes of varying magnitudes, the villagers calmly bent down to steady themselves. Even with Wei Yunyun, who was only five years old the year before, Zhang Xiuxiu showed no sign of panic.

The adults protected the children while gazing at the distant sea.

"The tide is receding!" someone suddenly said.

Others naturally saw this scene as well, and only then did the villagers, who had maintained a calm demeanor, begin to worry.

The women, who had witnessed the entire continent being submerged months earlier, turned pale.

Miao Jinfeng said in a panic, "Won't this kind of tsunami really submerge the island? Should we pack up the safe house first?"

The others also showed some hesitation.

Only Lu Xuan remained calm and composed, his gaze sweeping over the wall that they had built to enclose the entire island a few days after their return.

"Don't worry, the tsunami is predicted to reach a maximum height of no more than ten meters. The wall is fifteen meters high and two meters thick, which is enough to block the impact of the tsunami."

These walls were built with a lot of his superpowers and crystal cores. If they can't even stop a normal tsunami, he, a level seven superpower user, will lose all face.

Sure enough, when the ten-meter-high wall of water surged in and slammed into the wall, the wall, which had been specially reinforced by Lu Xuan, remained completely still. Apart from splashing water, there was no sign of the large area of ​​seawater flowing in.

"It really blocked it!"

"Very good!"

The villagers cheered, and Zhang Chengming and other young men put their arms around each other's shoulders and patted each other on the shoulder, their faces beaming with joy.

Lu Xuan said that earthquakes and tsunamis would still occur every now and then, but the scale would be similar to this one. This meant that they would no longer have to worry about the island being submerged, and they would have to return to living on the cruise ship and continue their nomadic life!

Who inlanders could endure a long, long life at sea?

The impact of a tsunami is not just one wave, but the aftershocks, like those of an earthquake, are much less powerful.

Once the villagers were assured of their safety, many excitedly ran to the city wall, ready to watch the tsunami up close.

Lu Xuan then found a quiet place to contact the Western Continent and inquire about the situation there.

The Western Continent's city walls were built earlier and employed more workers, but the area the Western Continent had to defend was far larger than their islands. In the end, the city walls they built were not as sturdy and thick as those built by Lu Xuan using his supernatural abilities.

The tsunami's immense impact damaged a small section of the city wall, as well as nearby newly built houses and mobile shelters.

Fortunately, this was within expectations. The new emperor had moved the disaster victims from the outskirts to the inland areas in advance, so there were no casualties.

As long as no one dies, the loss of some supplies is insignificant.

Despite the fact that a massive disaster had just occurred, many of the disaster victims from the Western Continent, as well as those from Yunlu Village, prepared a lavish meal to celebrate that very night.

The celebration started at noon and continued until the evening before gradually ending.

After the Lu family returned home, Lu Miaomiao cut them a plate of fruit to help them cleanse their palates.

Lu Qing and Lei Yan were eating while still talking about the tsunami. Halfway through their conversation, they noticed that Lu Xuan hadn't said anything. They turned around and saw that he was holding a piece of jackfruit and seemed to be lost in thought.

Lu Qing said knowingly, "Are you still thinking about the mutation?"

Lu Xuan looked up at her, offering no comment.

“It’s not that one or two mutations happen quickly, but the fruits we found later all mutated in just two days, which is obviously not right.”

Lei Yan guessed, "Could it be that your abilities have improved again?"

Lu Chen nodded in agreement, "Da Fu and I have both reached level three. He's much more capable than us, so he'll definitely improve even more."

【You're all wrong. The streamer's skill level started at level seven, and two years later, it's still level seven—no change whatsoever.】

[It's not fair to say there haven't been any changes. The streamer has acquired a full ten special abilities in the past two years. How can that not be considered an enhancement?]

The blood of several high-level mutated beasts obtained from the Star Alliance also significantly enhances one's strength!

However, the wood-type ability remains at level seven, and there has been no significant improvement in its ability to induce mutations. The mutation speed of fruit trees like coconuts and jackfruits is indeed exceptionally fast.

Could this be a sign of yet another new disaster?

Even if it's a new disaster, it's unlikely to be a natural one; you can't tell from the weather app, and it's impossible to guess.

I do have a slight suspicion, but... I'm probably overthinking it, so I'd better not say anything.

Why are they deliberately keeping us in suspense? If they don't want to talk about it, they shouldn't bring it up at all!

Ultimately, the speculation about the accelerated rate of fruit mutation came to nothing.

Lu Xuan didn't tell his family too much about his premonition, so as not to make them feel anxious again after they had just relaxed.

·

late at night.

Back in his room, Lu Xuan checked the data growth rate over this period by opening the system backend.

Since successfully purchasing the warship, Lu Xuan has paid little attention to these things.

But whether he cares or not, his online presence and number of followers are steadily increasing.

In the four months since the end of the year, the peak number of concurrent online users has increased from 22 billion to 25 billion, and the number of fans has also increased by more than 200 million, reaching more than 4.7 billion.

Needless to say, the points are also increasing. The trade with the Western Continent continues, and the points starting with 2 have increased to 3, and it is not far from reaching 40 billion.

At the same time, this day also saw the achievement that, while not particularly important, was nonetheless significant.

[The achievement of 'receiving gifts totaling 100 billion Star Coins' has been achieved, rewarding you with a military S-class mech. This is the highest achievement for this item.]

The rewarded mech's performance is comparable to that of a master-level custom mech, and the fact that it achieved a top achievement in less than two years is enough to be recorded in the history of dimensional streamers.

Even though Lu Xuan usually enjoys teasing the audience, he couldn't help but smile sincerely when he suddenly realized that the audience had given him so many gifts.

"Thank you all for spending money. As a reward, we'll be giving out another round of points today."

Lu Xuan usually participates in lotteries quite often, but today he went on to participate in 10 rounds in one go, totaling 1 billion, which is equivalent to 10 billion points.

There are a total of one million slots available, and each slot will receive a reward of 10,000 Star Coins.

As expected, the entire live stream went crazy again. From the announcement of the giveaway to the more than one hour that followed every ten minutes, Lu Xuan's live stream saw another small peak in online viewership and fan count.

The audience was also extremely excited.

[Aaaaaah!!! After almost two years without winning anything, I finally, finally won! Waaaaah!]

[Giving away billions of Star Coins in a direct lottery! Which other streamer can be this generous? I'm so excited I could scream!]

Many people are sharing this on Weibo; the streamer is already trending on social media.

[Sigh, even though I won the prize, I still feel a little guilty. Actually, I didn't spend that much on gifts; the total probably didn't even add up to 10,000 star coins. If we're talking about who contributed the most, it's the big spenders on the leaderboard.]

That's true. The top 100 spenders on gifts alone have given over 10 billion yuan, just as generous as the streamers.

Lu Xuan nodded in agreement, "The fans on the leaderboard have indeed put in a lot of effort." He paused slightly and added, "I'll give an extra gift to the big fans who are associated with me; the top 1,000 will all receive one."

Lu Xuan didn't specifically select any items; he simply included some rare foods he had on hand, as well as a few relatively fresh mutated fruits that he had recently acquired, creating a gourmet gift package, each weighing a thousand catties.

The main reason is that the mutated fruits are large in size and account for a large portion of the weight, so the actual number is not that many.

Viewers who didn't receive a gift were certainly envious, but considering how much Star Coins those big spenders had, it was only right that they received an extra gift.

As for Lu Xuan, he didn't actually suffer any losses.

Because these big fans are very generous, before the gift packs even reached them, many online big fans immediately started showering Lu Xuan's account with another wave of the most expensive 'Glory Star Crowns', causing a large portion of his account, which had just shrunk by 1 billion, to return.

But the excitement tonight doesn't end there.

After the lottery, when Lu Xuan went to buy his daily necessities as usual, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the livestreamer's store had a new batch of crystal cores.

This time, all the new crystal cores are high-level, including an eighth-level crystal core that he has never obtained before, which is a 'versatile' type that he can absorb.

Lu Xuan's expression hardened, and he quickly clicked to buy.

Seeing the words "Purchase Successful" appear before him, Lu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, his brows furrowed with joy.

Then he noticed that there were still some level 6 and 7 crystal cores left, so he bought them as well.

The items below that were in high demand were sold out before he could even make a move.

Lu Xuan didn't care about this; as long as he could obtain the level eight crystal core, nothing else mattered.

The audience, still reeling from the lottery draw, couldn't help but get excited again when they saw the level eight crystal core.

[Holy crap! I'm not seeing things, am I? An eighth-level crystal core!]

[This is really rare. This is the first time we've seen level 8 crystal cores listed in the streamer shop after all this time!]

It seems like it's been five years since I last saw a Level 8 Crystal Core on another streamer who had unlocked the streamer shop.

[Ahhh! The streamer got an eighth-level crystal core, does that mean he can break through to level eight!?]

[Just now we said the streamer's superpower hadn't changed, and now it's going to level up? That's too fast!]

Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow. Fast? He thought it was too slow.

It should be noted that he has been a level seven ability user for three years. In the high-intensity survival environment of the apocalypse, three years is enough time for him to reach the peak of level seven.

If he were still in the apocalypse, he could find some mutated plants and animals of the same or even level eight, or level eight zombies to challenge. Even without a level eight crystal core, he might still be able to break through naturally.

Unfortunately, I accidentally ended up in a different world, which almost completely cut off my path to leveling up.

Now, he finally sees hope for an upgrade again.

However, the breakthrough was not 100% successful. After the tsunami during the day, Lu Xuan had used up a lot of his supernatural power to reinforce the walls, and he has not yet recovered.

To truly achieve a breakthrough, one needs to adjust their mindset and find the best opportunity.

As for the present...

As Lu Xuan was still fondling the crystal-clear level eight crystal core that no gem could compare to, a familiar temporary pop-up appeared on the store page.

[Limited-Time Holiday Flash Sale]

Lu Xuan paused slightly, and after calculating the time, he suddenly realized that it really was the day of the new year's holiday flash sale.

Lu Xuan became interested and carefully put away the level-eight crystal core, preparing to see what good things were available to buy this year.