A golden light flashed before Yan Zi's eyes.

The shelter's information was instantly updated, and its level became E!

[Ding! The Shelter content has been updated, triggering a server-wide effect on Blue Star, granting an additional 10% damage reduction. Area merging is now underway. Please remain in place for ten seconds before teleporting.]

In the blink of an eye, Yan Zi appeared out of thin air in a new area.

As the shelter collapsed, she was thrown hard to the ground, her nose covered by a pile of sand.

"Pfft pfft..."

Yan Zi hurriedly spat out everything that was covering her mouth and nose, then looked around, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Why does this place look so much like a desert?

She stood up, checked the condition of her shelter, and felt that it was showing signs of dehydration!

She immediately put the shelter into her backpack, then looked around, clueless, and opened the area panel to check the information inside.

She was stunned by the flood of information as soon as she opened it.

[Emperor's Kingdom (Blue Star 96): The Sand Scorpions have become increasingly active lately, and their levels are ridiculously low. If you don't know how to deal with them, you can come here to exchange them. 10 Sand Scorpions can be exchanged for 10ml of water.]

[Peach Sister (Blue 96 District): You idiot upstairs! It's so expensive, who the hell would trade with you? Someone like you, don't let me catch you, or I'll beat you so badly you won't even be able to see a mirage anymore.]

[Official Guild (Blue Star 96): Official staff collect Sand Scorpions. Special accessories can also be exchanged if they are found. All transaction details are posted in the trade window and can be viewed by the guild.]

[Dragon Kingdom Official Group (Blue Star 96): We are the official Dragon Kingdom group. For resource exchange, you can choose this place first. All trade items are listed in the trade section. Those who need them can exchange them. We are buying Sand Scorpions and special accessories long-term.]

[Assassination Guild (Blue Star 96): We are a newly established guild. Our teams have ten level 6 experts who can help regular members level up by grinding monsters. To join the guild, you need to submit 30% of your profits on time.]

[Rose Guild (Blue Star 96): Team up to hunt elite monsters with venomous stingers. Players must be level 5 or above and possess both attack and self-healing abilities. Teams are open to selection.]

[Honeycomb Guild (Blue Star 96): Currently recruiting. Team up to farm low-level trash. We are dedicated to serving ordinary players. There is no fee to join the guild. Any Sand Scorpion critical hit drops can be controlled by the guild to join.]

[...]

After looking through them for a while, Yan Zi found that they were all filled with team applications and requests to team up for dungeons.

She couldn't find a single piece of the information she wanted to see...

Just as she was wondering if the people here were of a higher level than her, a new question suddenly popped up, drawing everyone's discussion back to the present.

[Panda (Blue Star 96 District): Why hasn't anyone mentioned that 10% damage reduction thing?]

[Anzhi Ruomeng (Blue Star 96): We all know that the system has announced that everyone has a special effect that reduces damage by 10%. I tried it when I was fighting monsters just now, and it really does reduce damage by 10%. It does consume a lot less resources when fighting monsters.]

[Child of the Earth (Blue Star 96 District): Wow, this 6666 really gets things done! I wonder which district he was assigned to. If I ever meet him, I'll definitely call him godfather!]

[Old Xu the scoundrel (Blue Star 96 District): Tsk tsk tsk, you make it sound so nice, but you only dare to say that because you happened to see that the other person wasn't there.]

[Child of the Earth (Blue Star 96): I hereby swear that if I ever meet 6666, I will offer my life as his adoptive father.]

When everyone saw what he said, they all laughed and teased him.

Yan Zi looked at the names they sent, then at the tag above her head, and without hesitation, she left a comment in the group chat.

[Yan Zi (Blue Star Region 1): Hey everyone! I'm new here, from Blue Star Region 1]

The previously noisy desert area was instantly jolted awake by these words.

After a brief pause in the live chat, a bunch of comments from Blue Star Region 1 suddenly popped up again...

It was only then that Yan Zi noticed that all her old friends from the same district were there, but they hadn't spoken up and had been quietly watching. After she appeared, they all started appearing as well.

The total population of this region is a staggering 160,000! That's 60,000 more than her original region. Is this what they call a merged region?

After a series of exchanges and negotiations, the official teams from both sides met for the first time.

The one called "Official Guild" is an official game guild that organizes itself, and it has absolutely no relation to the Dragon Kingdom Guild.

Because of the exposure of this incident, many people who joined the [Official Guild] in the Blue Star Region 1 chose to leave.

They came to find an organization to act with, not to form an official group to enter unofficial areas.

If their own official team from Zone 1 hadn't remained inactive, they wouldn't have thought of trying to find a powerful ally to get a better understanding of the situation. Now that they've come out, they naturally want to switch sides and join their own people.

It can be inferred from the potential personnel in the desert region that those who came from Blue Star Region 1 have not been seen emerging from the waters.

Their original regional channel had over 90,000 users, a considerable number. During the first disaster day of the new player period, only a few thousand people died, which was a respectable achievement, so they were included in the list of merged regions.

Their channel alone has already merged four branches.

One is their original desert region, Blue Star District 96, and the other three are Blue Star District 1, Blue Star Districts 4, 5, and 6, and Blue Star District 78...

After Yan Zi finished looking at the number of people in this area, she noticed that everyone's code name sticky notes still had their own area's name on them, and she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"Is this a notepad I'm going to carry around with me all the time?"

At first glance, it really is a merger of four districts.

She opened the trading area directly, and the chat messages gave her a lot of ideas. In this unfamiliar place, she should first learn about the offline situation.

In a sense, they are actually outsiders who are here to compete with us for resources!

She immediately opened the content about the sand scorpion and was surprised to find that it was a specialty of their desert region and a valuable item that could be exchanged with the system for resources and skills!

She opened the online store and found it filled with all sorts of wonderful things, things she hadn't seen in the previous seven days.

Yan Zi also saw something inside that could enhance the potential of the shelter, and she was immediately very envious. However, it was very expensive, costing 10,000 gold coins!

One gold coin requires killing 1000 sand scorpions...

"It's a long story! I thought my luck had finally turned around, but it turns out I'm just here to do hard labor."

Yan Zi put her things away and surveyed the surrounding terrain. Looking around, she saw a sandy area accompanied by sweltering heat.

Apart from the sand and stones flying everywhere, there wasn't a single trace of a scorpion to be seen!

"How am I supposed to find it?"

Yan Zi was a little confused for a moment, and started digging holes wherever she could find them. She dug quite a few holes, but found nothing. Apart from the increasingly hot air reflecting off her face, she really didn't find anything.