Chapter 89 Partition Merging

Jiang Baiyue ignored the arguments in the chat area and took a rare relaxing soak in the hot spring. The grill was placed next to her, and she would occasionally take a sip of old white tea, sigh after each sip, and sometimes eat a roasted orange.

Every day, I'm either processing private messages or thinking about how to build the base.

When she relaxed, she felt a little drowsy.

This bamboo grove is no ordinary bamboo grove; it is tightly enclosed yet possesses a unique elegance, preventing heat and sound from escaping.

After soaking in the hot spring, Jiang Baiyue went to the changing room to change her clothes. When she walked into the lobby, she found that the lobby was full of people waiting.

Many familiar faces cast puzzled glances at Jiang Baiyue. Confused, she walked out of the hot spring and sat down at the arcade to start playing games before she realized what was going on.

Everyone is expressing their support for her.

In the early hours of the morning, after dealing with private messages and organizing some supplies, Jiang Baiyue was about to go to sleep when she closed the game panel.

Suddenly, the number of survivors in the chat area jumped from over 40,000 to over 80,000. The chat area, which had been calm, became active again because of this change.

Day 29 of survival, 00:25:43 daytime, temperature 11°C～20°C, zone 301, number of survivors 84310/100000.

"Crayon Yang: What's going on? Why are there suddenly so many people?"

"Black Cat's Eye: Is this... is this a real person? There are suddenly four or more people??"

"Don't like passion fruit: ??"

"Looking for Su Xiaomo: ?? Who's the extra person? Doesn't our district only have a little over 7,000 people left?"

"Crazy Sisi: What? Our district has over 40,000 people... Which district are you from?"

"I don't want to study: That's what happens in Ward 301!"

"Cat Sister Three: !! We were in District 140, but now the district has been changed to District 301..."

Butcher Wang: So sudden, without a word.

This unexpected turn of events raised many questions, and after exchanging information, they discovered that there were now players from six other zones in Zone 301.

The partitions have been merged.

Jiang Baiyue looked at the world chat area and found that people were also discussing this matter, and it wasn't just that many players had suddenly appeared in server 301.

Several zones, such as Zone 001, Zone 206, and Zone 111, have been merged into players from at least 5 or 6 zones.

This time it's just because it's the early hours of the morning, and some people are already asleep.

...

The next morning, Jiang Baiyue opened the chat area. Only occasionally did some "victims" send messages wanting to continue to ask for their items back. Most people were discussing the issue of merging the sections.

This is too strange. Many people have calculated that if eight partitions are merged in, it only adds more than 40,000 people, which means that each partition only has more than 5,000 people surviving.

Upon closer reflection, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Did the number of survivors in these zones decrease suddenly, or had it decreased beforehand? What happened?

So what will happen to them in District 301?

What happened that resulted in only a small number of people surviving in several partitions?

The number of people in District 301 is decreasing gradually. Although everyone feels uncomfortable, it is a process after all.

After suffering for a long time, people's pain receptors become less sensitive... After all, the living are more important. Faced with crises and dangers all around, people are busy surviving every day and don't have time to think too much.

Jiang Baiyue stepped out of the wooden door and found that there were many people in the base, and it was clear that some of them were somewhat frightened and uneasy by this incident.

She temporarily lost interest in going out, and instead instructed the mercenaries to clear out the zombies in the vicinity. She also opened the base control panel to check if the arrow towers had enough energy crystals.

Upon looking at it, good heavens, a chill ran straight to Jiang Baiyue's heart.

The arrow tower's energy crystals have been consumed by more than half!

What happened last night?

The amount of repair materials for the protective shields in the warehouse has decreased slightly, but the consumption is not significant.

After much deliberation, Jiang Baiyue realized that the only way to deal with the unknown dangers was to make more preparations. She updated the mission rewards in the mission hall, replacing them with weapons, ammunition, medicine, food, and so on.

The materials cannot be utilized to their fullest extent if they are left in the hands of residents. The effort to collect a batch and stockpile them in the warehouse is also to protect the base.

Residents can also exchange for useful supplies.

Jiang Baiyue used to mostly use coins as payment, but now with the support of the arsenal, she has no pressure to use weapons and other items as payment.

Not only did Jiang Baiyue begin to stockpile materials more actively, but other bases also began to stockpile them, and even began to prohibit the outflow of their own base's "special" materials.

Jiang Baiyue is usually keen on hoarding all kinds of supplies, and there are quite a lot of different kinds of supplies in the warehouse, so no one has noticed yet.

However, the various teams at the White Moon Base directly felt the increased difficulty of transactions, and prices were also soaring.

Sunflower was trading spider silk with someone and was about to collect the materials when the other party suddenly withdrew.

Sunflower: What's going on? You want to back out?

"Black Bear Spirit: No. Our base chief forbids us from trading them out; now we're selling them in limited quantities."

"Black Bear Spirit: I have no choice. Now that the zones are being merged, we don't know what will happen next. I just want to keep as many supplies as possible. However, we've traded so many times, we still have a relationship. If you raise the price a bit, I can secretly sell you a little more."

The Black Bear Spirit's base is located in a forest. There are fewer resource points than in a city. The most abundant resources are carrots, berries, bird eggs, zombies, and spider monsters.

Spider silk is especially plentiful; players in their own base or other nearby bases can hunt spiders to collect spider silk and exchange it for resources.

However, because of the large quantity, the price is also very low.

Later, when some people in the base got workbenches and spinning machines, spider silk could be used to make and repair weapons as well as make protective gear and clothing, so the price went up a bit.

As people's lives improved, they were able to trade with people from other bases for other food and even medicine.

However, after the unexpected merger of the zones last night, the base commander ordered a limited sale of spider silk and even forcibly confiscated a batch of supplies.

While the black bear spirit was dissatisfied with the base chief's tyranny, he also saw it as an opportunity, since he could hide in the base if a major disaster really occurred.

The base manager should protect them since he collects so many supplies, accommodation fees, and taxes from them.

He still had some supplies, so he decided to sell them at a high price and then stockpile some medicine.

Sunflower rubbed her temples, thinking that this person was being incredibly unreasonable.

The deal was agreed upon yesterday, but because he had already transferred his share to someone else, it was agreed that the transaction would be completed today.

Now they're telling her they want to raise prices? Do they think she's easy to bully?

Sunflower firmly refused and immediately convened a meeting with her teammates to discuss the matter.

One customer who doesn't like passion fruit said, "This person is so dishonest. We'll buy from someone else."

The older sister, who loves carrots, wasn't so optimistic. Thinking about the messages she'd seen in the chat section, she felt uneasy: "Sijie, things might not be that simple. I'm afraid other places will raise their prices too."

Beauty is not a mistake: "Yes. I just came back from the mission hall, and the base commander is also stepping up efforts to collect supplies. I'm afraid other bases are in the same situation. However, the base commander hasn't restricted our external trade."

Bai Yunduo placed a bowl of boiled eggs on the table, and Gu Zilin sat down next to it.

The base now has more than just a "lying flat and salty fish" workbench. Since "lying flat and salty fish" has taken back his workbench, Gu Zilin found a job at a general store, working two days on and one day off. Today was her day off, so she went with her mother to the team meeting.

However, she worked in logistics with her mother in the team.

Bai Yunduo: "Let's have breakfast first. If all else fails, we can try to trade for some supplies after we finish eating. It would be best if we stocked up on more."

"There's more good news. Zilin snagged a duck-shaped bag and two plush toys at the boutique this morning."

Tian Tian patted the child's head and picked up Gu Zilin with affection, saying, "You're really amazing, kid. Here's a reward for you: two more eggs."

The team of about 20 people finally started eating. After eating, they began to collect supplies on their own, but the situation was indeed not optimistic.

Most places no longer sell supplies, and even if trade is necessary, they only accept barter. Only a few with abundant supplies are willing to sell at high prices.

However, the high price is really too difficult to bear.

This situation occurred at every base, and for those bases that didn't usually have many supplies, it was a devastating blow.