Gu Mian first clicked on his profile picture and glanced at it. He had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and his gaze was firm. He looked very reliable, but he seemed a little familiar.

Then I realized, isn't this the same person who said in the chat channel that his brother got scratched by a zombie?

Zhou Yiwei: "Hello, I need a universal antidote pill. Can I trade it for an island-building token?"

An island-building order?

Gu Mian: "Send it out and let me see."

Zhou Yiwei: "[Island Building Order]".

A silver square token appeared in the chat box. Gu Mian clicked to view it:

[Island Creation Token: This token can only be used by players who have linked their personal island. Managing your territory will increase its prosperity level. Other features require players to explore on their own.]

Managing territory?

It seems like no players are talking about this yet. Could it be that everyone is secretly managing it?

The rarity and value of the All-Purpose Antidote Pill are self-evident; it can cure any poison, which is almost equivalent to having an extra life.

Gu Mian originally did not intend to make a deal, because, to put it arrogantly, she currently has no shortage of any resources.

She never expected that the other side would actually bring out a prop that she couldn't refuse!

Managing territory!

Her Shennong bloodline is about to awaken!

Which human on Earth could refuse?

Anyway, she can't!

Therefore, Gu Mian readily agreed to the deal.

[Special item, cannot be duplicated.]

[You have a special item: Island Building Token. Use it?]

Gu Mian: "Yes!"

[Successfully used! Players can now begin building their island and earning territory prosperity points!]

[Server-wide announcement: Congratulations to player Gu Mian for being the first to use the Island Building Token, receiving a reward of 1000 Territory Prosperity Points.]

[Construction of your island has begun and is currently being evaluated...]

[Assessment complete. Your current territory prosperity value is: .]

[A new territory management card pool has been added. Players can use territory prosperity points to draw cards. (P.S.: This is a luck-based card pool!)]

Chat channel.

"A server-wide announcement? This is the first time I've seen this. So, what servers are included?"

"That's not important, since most of the players from other servers are dead anyway."

"Huh? No way?"

"That's right, there aren't many players speaking in the world chat anymore; it looks like the game is almost over."

"Upstairs...you're getting more and more terrifying..."

"Oh, I don't care about that. I want to know if the island-building token is still available? How come I've never heard of this item before?"

"I've never seen it before either; it's probably a rare item."

"So what is the use of territory prosperity points? Is an island-building order required to obtain territory prosperity points?"

"Go back upstairs, yes!"

A blinding light streaked across the dim sky, followed by a deafening roar.

"Boom!"

Gu Mian, who was focused on studying the territory management card pool, was so startled that she jumped up.

The sky was completely obscured by dark clouds, so dark and oppressive that it made one's heart tremble. Several streaks of lightning, like silver snakes, streaked across the sky, instantly illuminating the entire heavens, followed by deafening thunderclaps.

A moment later.

There was a sound of dripping rain outside.

"That thunder was really loud!"

Gu Mian nestled back into the sofa, just about to continue studying the territory management card pool, when she heard:

[Raft attacked, durability -1]

[Raft attacked, durability -1]

[Raft attacked, durability -1]

...

"What the heck?" Gu Mian looked up at the window in confusion.

It was pitch black, and I couldn't see anything at all!

The warning sound of the raft being attacked kept ringing in her ears. Gu Mian casually picked up a baseball bat and walked towards the door.

Just as I was about to open the door, a thought suddenly struck me: could the attack on the raft this time have been caused by this rain?

Although it was a baseless conjecture, Gu Mian became more and more convinced that it was true, otherwise there was no way to explain why an attack from something could only reduce the raft's durability by 1 point.

But that doesn't make sense either. How could normal rain possibly damage a raft?

Unless there's something unusual about this rain!

With this in mind, Gu Mian specially found an umbrella to shield herself from the rain before opening the door.

As soon as the door opened, the sound of pattering rain became clear.

With an umbrella in one hand and a baseball bat in the other, Gu Mian quickly strolled around the raft, making sure there was nothing on it except rain, before hurrying back to her villa.

She was dressed in thin clothes, and the cold wind carrying rain made her feel quite cold.

Raindrops fell on the umbrella, making a continuous dripping sound.

As Gu Mian approached the door and was about to close the umbrella, she noticed countless small holes of varying sizes, corroded into the surface of the umbrella, when she looked through the light.

Gu Mian: ?

What's going on?

Is this rain poisonous?

Gu Mian disdainfully tossed the tattered umbrella to the system for recycling, and then happily received 0.001 points.

==!

I never imagined there were such numerical scores; it's truly eye-opening.

Speechless, I opened the chat channel, just about to vent, when a barrage of messages flooded the screen.

"It's raining acid, everyone! Please don't go out unless absolutely necessary. If you must go out, please remember to take all necessary precautions!"

"What? Acid rain? How could it suddenly rain acid?"

"Brother, you're too late! I just went out in the rain to bring the clothes back in!"

"How are you feeling upstairs? Have you experienced any symptoms?"

"I don't feel anything... Wait, why is my head so itchy?"

A sudden, intense itch ran down Xu Donghe's scalp, and he started scratching furiously. But after only a couple of scratches, he saw a clump of black hair fall from his head.

He paused for a moment, lowered his hands, stared blankly at the hair in his palms, and widened his eyes in disbelief.

After a long pause, Xu Donghe let out a heart-wrenching scream: "Ahhh!!! My hair!!!"

Meanwhile, the same scene was constantly happening among other players.

So the players who inexplicably became bald started angrily spamming the chat channel.

"Damn it! My beautiful hair! You damn system, if you're so capable, then anthropomorphize it!!! I'll beat you to death!!!"

"What am I going to do? What am I going to do?! I'm going bald! Can anyone save my hair?!!!!"

"Calm down. You're going to go bald sooner or later anyway, so why not be brave and accept it?"

"Damn it, just by looking at what you're saying, I can tell you're a bald guy with a dark side. You talk a good game, but I don't know what you're really laughing to yourself!"

"What's going on? Did all of you go out in the acid rain?"

"You're making it sound like we deliberately went to get rained on. We can only blame ourselves for not being careful enough, that's why we fell for it!!"

"Hmm...you've overlooked something, which might also be because your brains aren't working properly."