Xu Xiaoyue's reply was obviously sarcastic. After sending the message, she did not expect that her casual remark would invisibly become a "keyword in public opinion."
In the Fearless Settlement, although no one knew why Xu Wu suddenly kicked out Zhang Ying and the other three and started chasing them that day, there were people who guessed that there was a traitor among the players who wanted to leave the Fearless Settlement and sold them out.
If this kind of thing happened in a dramatic literary or artistic work, there should be someone who speaks up for justice, or a wise man should appear and find ways to dig out the traitor and conduct some just judgment.
But the reality was that everyone had been manipulated by the Fearless Settlement for so long that they had become numb. Some, while still resentful, knew Xu Wu's style of work and the Fearless Settlement's strength, so they didn't dare to resist, let alone stand out.
Therefore, the reaction of most people after becoming alert was just to become more cautious in private conversations. They dared not mention the words "get rich overnight settlement". After hearing Xu Xiaoyue call it "a pure land in the end times", they simply used "pure land" as the code name for the get rich overnight settlement. Everyone understood.
This was actually quite self-deceptive, as Xu Wu was only the territory manager, and lacked any omniscient surveillance abilities in the game. Even if everyone openly discussed the "Overnight Rich Settlement" in private conversations, Xu Wu would hardly know. And in online chats, whether within a channel or in private, the term "Pure Land" appeared so often that even a fool could guess what it referred to. If Xu Wu insisted on investigating, even making up 200 more codenames would be useless.
But this was still enough for everyone to deceive themselves, thinking that even if Xu Wu had some doubts, they would have a little more room for quibbling.
As a result, there were many more weird-sounding conversations in the Fearless Settlement.
For example, after a day of fighting exhaustion, someone complained about how difficult life was, and his companions teased him, "There are places where it's not difficult. 'Pure Land' has everything good, but now it costs 500 gold a day for accommodation. Are you going there?"
Those who complain can only sigh: "Why don't I go to the Pure Land? Is it because I don't want to? Isn't it because I'm poor?"
Someone nearby immediately echoed, "It is poverty that has restricted my journey to the Pure Land!"
The sound of everyone singing in unison is filled with an inexplicable sense of mystery. If it weren't for the total number of people in the settlement, this kind of superstitious atmosphere could be a breeding ground for a cult.
Extraordinary settlement.
The swarm attack has been going on for nearly ten days. The settlement's barrier stone has been repaired three times, and now it only has 5,000 health points left. The settlement owner has no money for the next repair.
The members of Brink of Collapse are getting more and more crazy in fighting monsters. They often unleash a series of skills without any regard for the consequences when they see a bug, but the bug may die halfway through, and the remaining skills will be wasted, wasting their physical strength and magic points.
The barrier stone's health continued to decline. Once it shattered, the territory wall would become their last line of defense. However, the Extraordinary Settlement had previously focused solely on increasing their combat power, pouring vast resources into equipment, cards, and potions. Their defense towers hadn't been upgraded at all, remaining mere basic arrow towers unable to penetrate even the thick armor of the insect swarm. Their walls had only been upgraded to wooden ones, with only slightly more health than the most basic fences.
Finally, when the sun of a new day shone down again, everyone saw several swarms of insects coming in with great momentum, and the last bit of support in their hearts collapsed.
Some members rushed out with red eyes, determined to fight these damned bugs to the death. Others, exhausted from fighting, lay in their rooms, resigned to their fate and awaiting death. Still others simply spent all their savings on alcohol, getting themselves drunk and hoping to die without realizing it.
Of course, there are also people who pack their bags and muster up the courage to leave the settlement in the intervals between insect attacks to find a new place to live.
In the current environment, this approach is tantamount to gambling with one's life, as the Zerg are everywhere, and if one travels far, it is unlikely that one will completely avoid encountering them. Even in the dead of night when the Zerg will not actively attack, it is difficult for players to completely avoid disturbing the Zerg nests scattered around the territory.
However, for players who are in despair, such a gamble at least gives them a "one in ten" chance of survival, while if they stay in the extraordinary settlement, there is definitely no hope.
At noon, the Extraordinary Settlement's barrier stone finally reached zero health. The luster of the runes on the stone faded, and the stone shattered, and the pale blue protective shield disappeared without a trace.
"The protective shield is gone!!!" the players screamed.
Then, in less than half a minute, the swarms of insects from all directions broke through the fragile wooden walls, demolished the arrow towers, and broke into the settlement.
The members of the settlement fled in all directions, but the swarm was extremely agile, and players were constantly bitten, having their heads bitten off and their bodies thrown away.
Players hiding in houses are not immune either. The biting bugs rampage recklessly, destroying houses and easily biting humans hiding inside to death.
In just 10 minutes, there was no sign of a living person in the Feifan settlement, only scattered corpses and collapsed houses were left everywhere.
The location of the Extraordinary Settlement is relatively close to City T. Even so, many players would take the risk to enter and exit City T for various reasons, thus passing by the Extraordinary Settlement.
So the news of the destruction of the Feifan settlement spread quickly. After hearing about it, Ye Miao opened the map and took a look. Sure enough, he saw that the small red flag that originally symbolized the territory had turned gray.
According to the game's usual settings, after three days, the gray flag will disappear, and everything in the destroyed settlement will disappear completely.
This is not uncommon in the apocalypse, especially after the arrival of the insect nest, where two or three territories suffer catastrophic disasters almost every day.
But seeing the Extraordinary Settlement gone, Ye Miao couldn't help but sigh. Firstly, it was a "settlement"-level territory, theoretically not much different from the Overnight Rich Settlement. Secondly, if she had calculated the date correctly, the Insect Nest incident should be almost over. Just two more days of endurance and she'd be successful.
It is very sad to fall before dawn.
That night, although Xu Wu's residence was brightly lit, it was dead silent.
The two-story building she lived in was one level higher than the red brick house. The east side of the second floor was Xu Wu's master bedroom, and the room on the west side was reserved as a place for core members to hold daily meetings.
There are currently 16 core members including Xu Wu herself. All of them are here now, but there is no sound in the room.
The silence lasted for who knows how long. Xu Wu finally opened her mouth and said, "Since you all have no solution, then I will tell you my plan."
All 15 people looked at her quietly.
Xu Wu said solemnly, "If everyone has no objection, I plan to upgrade the settlement to a village right now and increase the maximum number of people."
The members were stunned. After a brief pause, someone understood Xu Wu's idea: "Increasing the maximum number of players can attract more high-level players to join, thereby improving the territory's overall combat power. In the apocalypse, high combat power means a greater chance of survival, and the hope of survival is what everyone values most. It's a crucial bargaining chip for players to stay."
"Yes." Xu Wu said slowly, "Besides, with more people, I can appropriately reduce the amount of resources and taxes each person has to hand over."
The core members looked at each other in bewilderment, their emotions a bit mixed. They had actually heard Xu Wu proactively suggesting a reduction in resource contributions and taxes? Had they heard correctly?
"If you all have no objections." Xu Wu's eyes swept across their faces, "I will upgrade now."
Soon, the [Fearless Settlement] was upgraded to a [Fearless Village], and the population increased to 1,000.
As a renowned high-powered territory in T City, Xu Wu's inbox was already overflowing with new member applications. As she'd anticipated, the upgrade had once again attracted the attention of many players. Within an hour of the upgrade, many applications had been submitted.
A settlement that became rich overnight.
Ye Miao felt complicated when he heard that the Fearless Settlement had been upgraded first.
——The old members all wanted to run away, but she was still upgrading the village to recruit new members?
It's quite courageous.
At that time, she was still a little short of leveling up. After killing monsters in the morning and selling two more expensive red brick houses the next day, she had enough.
Ye Miao opened the panel, which read:
Have at least 80 members [100/100] (Completed);
The total income from the Inn accommodations reached 1000 gold coins [1000/1000] (completed);
Own at least 70 private residences [70/70] (completed);
The remaining health of the barrier stone must be at least 7000 [7961/7000] (completed).
"You have achieved all your goals. You can upgrade the [Get Rich Overnight Settlement] to a [Get Rich Overnight Village] by spending 150,000 gold coins."
After upgrading to [Get Rich Overnight Village], you will receive:
Larger territory area;
The area covered by the barrier stone expands with the area of the territory;
The upper limit of the number of people in a territory is increased to 1,000 (current upper limit: 100 people);
·Open more rare item trading permissions, details can be viewed after upgrading;
The "Post Station" has been upgraded. Details can be viewed after the upgrade.
Hmm? More rare item trading privileges?
This was an item Ye Miao had never seen before when playing the game. Just by looking at the text description, he couldn't guess what this "rare item" referred to.
But it doesn’t matter much. She will upgrade the village regardless of whether this rule exists or not.
Ye Miao decisively pressed the upgrade button. The next second, the gold coins decreased by 150,000, and the territory changed instantly.
At this time, most of the members were eating lunch, and a large number of them were sitting by the campfire, using the opportunity to recover their strength while eating. The territory was upgraded, and they suddenly saw the three walls suddenly move away. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then, those who reacted quickly were the first to cheer: "Upgrade!!!"
"Upgraded!!!" The others suddenly realized and cheered, driven by an inexplicable joy.
Most of the visitors in the inn were outside at this time. After hearing the call, they came to their senses one after another, opened the panel with great joy, and applied to join.
Ye Miao soon received a series of application prompts:
"Player [Chu Cheng] applied to join the [Get Rich Overnight Village]."
"Player [Xu Xiaoyue] applied to join the [Get Rich Overnight Village]."
"Player [Zhang Xi] applied to join the [Get Rich Overnight Village]."
Ye Miao originally wanted to see the detailed introduction of the upgrade, but was overwhelmed by this series of messages and had to click "Approve" first.
After clicking on the message and closing the panel, Ye Miao opened the territory information interface again and found that there was an icon next to it that was not there before.
The icon is in the shape of a small house with a word written on it: Shop.
shop?
Ye Miao clicked on it, and a guide popped up first. It said: "Welcome to the Fantasy World Store. The store's items are refreshed every 72 hours, and you can purchase them. After purchase, you can use them yourself or sell them."
Oh, it’s equivalent to a purchasing channel?
Ye Miao turned off the panel and looked at the store carefully. The variety of goods in the store was beyond imagination.
For example, [Blank Blueprint] is priced at 300 gold per piece. Players can draw weapons, clothing and other equipment on the blueprint. After the drawing is successful, it can be handed over to players with relevant skills for equipment production. The purchase limit is 30 pieces.
300 gold for a piece of paper might not sound cheap, but for a player like Zhang Xu who made his living from forging, this item was a necessity. Previously, the blueprints Zhang Xu had were probably drops from combat players, but the drop rate was actually quite low, so the types of equipment Zhang Xu could forge were also very limited.
For ordinary players, it's also necessary to have a few equipment blueprints that suit them. For example, she always keeps dual sword blueprints in her bag so that when the equipment she has is damaged, she can find someone to forge it.
In addition, the store also has [Advanced Blank Blueprints] that have never been seen before, priced at 20,000 gold each.
A piece of paper sold at such a high price must have special effects. Ye Miao clicked on the description, which clearly stated, "When forging using high-level blank blueprints, there is a 99% chance of obtaining purple equipment and a 1% chance of obtaining gold equipment."
Simply put, as long as the equipment is drawn on this piece of paper, you are guaranteed to get a purple piece. Although it is a huge loss to sell a piece of purple equipment at a price of 20,000 gold, the blueprint can be used an unlimited number of times, and once a gold piece is dropped, the investment will be immediately recovered.
Ye Miao looked at this attribute and pondered for a while, then realized with vigilance that this probably meant that the combat power of players would be significantly widened from now on.
The main factors affecting combat power in the game are probably level, attribute points, and equipment. The first two are largely within the player's control, and generally speaking, as long as you are willing to level up, you can quickly increase your power. Leveling speed also directly affects attribute points.
Equipment, however, was something most players could only find by chance. Take her, for example: up to now, only her wrist guards and heavy armor were purple, the rest were blue.
However, the emergence of advanced blueprints means that as long as players have money in the future, they can be guaranteed to own purple equipment, and blue equipment will become insignificant.
Looking down, there is also an [Advanced Fire Staff Blueprint] and an [Advanced Fire Arrow Blueprint] in the store, both of which are much more expensive than blank blueprints. The former costs 50,000 gold and the latter 30,000 gold. This is probably because the archer's equipment is divided into two parts, the bow and the arrow, so the system has humanely split the price.
Ye Miao couldn't help but pause at the sight of the Advanced Fire Arrow Blueprint. She sincerely wanted to buy it, but she simply didn't have the money...
Turning the page of the drawing, Ye Miao also saw gold cards and purple cards, but the prices were shockingly high. She was not sure if she could make money by reselling them. Since she was short of money, she was not willing to take the risk.
Turning another page, all kinds of furniture come into view.
There are several pages of various beds, cabinets, tables, chairs, and sofas, and the unit price basically ranges from 200 to 1000 gold. There are also a few pieces that look ridiculously gorgeous and are priced at 1000 to 3000 gold.
"Hmm..." Ye Miao was a little moved.
While these items aren't as essential as blueprints, they're cheap and easy to resell. If there are wealthy people in the settlement who want to improve their quality of life, they're likely willing to spend money on them.
Then Ye Miao saw this and realized belatedly: the system seemed to have integrated some things that could only be obtained by paying real money into this store.
For example, she once spent a fortune on the most expensive item, the Versailles Floral Sofa, in the game. Before buying it, she looked at the picture and thought, "Wow, that's gorgeous! I have to have it!"
After buying them, I put them in the house and thought: It is indeed something worthy of the Palace of Versailles.
Continuing to flip through the pages, Ye Miao finally saw some cheap stuff. Various ores and gems needed for forging equipment, various ingredients needed for cooking, and various disposable props of various levels that could increase the success rate of taming beasts were all hung inside.
In the end, Ye Miao had to admit that many things were too tempting. So even though she knew she had very little money left, she still took out 10,000 yuan from her remaining budget and picked and chose to buy some inexpensive things.
Two days later, at seven in the morning, the villagers stood behind three walls, ready to wait for the swarm of insects to attack, but until 8:30, the swarm of insects did not appear.
As Ye Miao expected, the insect nest incident ended after 15 days.
Ye Miao breathed a sigh of relief, packed up the things he had bought two days ago, and took them to Dazhuang Grocery Store along with some stock in the warehouse.
The territory has been upgraded, there are more members, and many members have savings - it's time to make her recover!
Ye Miao stood in front of Da Zhuang and started a crazy round of consignment sales.
First of all, there are the gold cards that were drawn before but not used. The gold cards that were just swiped out in the system store are all skill-type, and they sell for 30,000 gold. The [Silver Buds Inlaid That Even the Empress Dowager Cixi Said Well] in her hand is a cooking-type card, which is far less important than a skill card, but it has good attributes. Is it not too much to sell it for 18,000 gold?
Hang it up!
Then there were more than a dozen purple weapons of various categories. She didn't sell them at a high price, just the usual price of 1,500 gold per piece in the territory's grocery store, and put them up for sale!
Then came the various ores and food ingredients. She had sold some of them intermittently before, but with the recent insect swarm attacks, it was unsafe for the members to go out, so they could only eat the stored food. She was afraid that selling them would affect the supply of low-priced meals, so she had to save for a while.
Now that the insect nest incident is over, I'm selling the materials in groups of a few hundred. Put it up for sale!
After all the items were put on the shelves, Ye Miao dusted off his hands and headed towards the residential area in a casual manner.
The northern part of the residential area is backed by a cliff, so it cannot expand northward even if the territory is upgraded. However, the edges on the east and west sides have extended a lot, so generally speaking, it does not hinder the expansion of the residential area.
Considering that the upper limit of members would increase tenfold after upgrading the village, Ye Miao decided to build some two-story and three-story buildings for wealthy players to use.
Simply put, the two-story building and the three-story building are both "villas" in the conventional sense. The two-story building covers an area of 100 square meters, with a total of 200 square meters on the upper and lower floors, and an additional 50 square meters of courtyard.
The three-story building also covers an area of 100 square meters, with a total of 300 square meters on the three floors above ground, 50 square meters of storage space underground, and another 50 square meters of courtyard.
Such a building would be considered a luxury residence not only in the apocalypse, but even in the normal world. It is conceivable that the price would not be cheap.
After careful consideration, Ye Miao increased the construction cost of the two-story building, which was 1,500 gold, tenfold and sold it for 15,000 gold; the three-story building cost 2,000 gold and sold for 30,000 gold.
She has only built three of each type of house for now, so that if the price is too high and they cannot be sold, she will not lose too much.
The house here hasn't been built yet, but the grocery store over there is already crowded with people.
Members old and new were watching curiously, and the crowd kept exclaiming in amazement.
"Furniture? I always thought the game only had bamboo and wooden furniture that came with the rooms, but now there are other styles? Those white, light French-style pieces are really beautiful!"
"Oh my goodness, oh my goodness! I've worn out several sets of equipment fighting the Zerg Swarm, and I've run out of materials. I was just worried about this, but now I can just buy the materials!"
"Hey, that purple staff is for us melee mages, I have to have it!"
"Those two pieces of pork belly are mine! No one can snatch them from me!!!"
The crowd was crowded in front of Dazhuang. It took a long time before they could barely form a line and start buying in order.
Chu Cheng was also queuing out of curiosity. When he got to the front of the line, he saw the one that was [inlaid with silver buds, which was praised by the Empress Dowager Cixi].
[Empress Dowager Cixi praised the silver buds]
【Quality: Gold】
[Description: Cooking card. After consumption, it automatically restores a certain amount of health and mana per second, lasting 12-24 hours. The cooking success rate and specific consumption effects depend on the cooking skill.]
[Required ingredients: bean sprouts*50, chicken/pork/beef*10]
[Price: 18,000 gold coins]
The properties are impressive, and although the price is shockingly high, it is also reasonable. Chu Cheng pressed "Buy" without hesitation.
While Ye Miao was building the house, he watched the system messages pop up wildly.
[Grocery Store] Complete the transaction, gold coins +1500;
[Grocery Store] Complete the transaction, gold coins +18000;
[Grocery Store] Complete the transaction, gold coins +270;
[Grocery Store] Complete the transaction, gold coins +650;
[Grocery Store] Completed the transaction, gold coins +3200.
…
Ye Miao was overjoyed when he saw the prompt: Very good, don’t stop, throw the money at me.
By the time the six houses were finished, Ye Miao had already earned over 70,000 yuan. Thinking back to the pain he'd experienced saving money before, Ye Miao was thrilled.
The smell of money is the best smell in the world!!!
After waiting for another twenty minutes, Ye Miao knocked on Chu Cheng's door with 80,000 gold coins. As soon as the door opened, she handed over the money: "Hello, creditor, I'm here to pay you back!"
Chu Cheng laughed at the brisk tone: "You just leveled up, and you've saved enough money so quickly?"
"If I hadn't been so hesitant to sell off resources when we were under siege by the Zerg, I might have had enough." Ye Miao smacked his lips. "And the interest. I'll send it to you in a couple of days."
Chu Cheng said calmly: "No interest."
"Don't be so confident." Ye Miao said in a rhythmic tone, keeping the question in suspense. "I won't take the money back. You can decide whether you can use it later."
"Okay." Chu Cheng was determined to refuse completely, so he didn't rush to say anything and opened the door. "We have new dishes, come in and try them?"
"What new material?!" Ye Miao's eyes lit up.
To be honest, Chu Cheng is worthy of being a senior chef with a cooking skill of level 92. His cooking is really delicious. Even in the normal world before, she has never eaten such good food.
Chu Cheng smiled, but didn't answer directly. He led her into the living room and then went into the kitchen. A few minutes later, he came out again with a plate in his hand. He placed the plate on the table. At first glance, it looked like a plate of bean sprouts.
However, the panel shows:
[Item: Silver-inlaid buds praised by Empress Dowager Cixi]
【Quality: Gold】
[Description: After consumption, it automatically restores 500 health points and 300 mana points per second, lasting for 20 hours.]
“!!!” Ye Miao was stunned.
Just now, when she saw the notification that the grocery store had earned 18,000 gold in a single transaction, she was busy and didn't bother to open it to take a closer look. Now she realized that the only item with a unit price of 18,000 seemed to be the gold card.
And he is probably the only chef in the territory who can control the golden cooking card.
Ye Miao took a deep breath, and a very special aroma filled her nose. There was the taste of crisp bean sprouts and the fragrant smell of fresh meat.
But the food's properties are clearly more enticing than its taste. What does "automatically restore 500 health and 300 mana per second after consumption" mean? At first glance, the numbers don't seem high, but when calculated in seconds, even someone with a high health pool like Ye Miao can restore it from 0 to full in 40 seconds, and the effect lasts for 20 hours.
This basically means that as long as you eat a serving of this dish before going out, you will basically not need any blood-replenishing potions or mana potions within a day, unless you encounter a rare high-damage attack and can't even wait a few seconds to recover.
Ye Miao was shocked. Seeing Chu Cheng sitting leisurely opposite him, he looked at him seriously: "Chu Cheng, have you ever considered opening a stall?..."
"Not considering it." Chu Cheng refused coldly, "At this level, it's still more cost-effective to farm monsters."
Ye Miao: "But with this attribute, someone will buy it no matter how much it costs!"
Chu Cheng: "10,000 gold?"
"You're going a bit too far." Ye Miao was speechless. "But it can definitely be sold for seven or eight hundred gold!"
Chu Cheng said indifferently: "It takes 35 minutes to make one portion, and the bean sprouts have to be stuffed with minced meat one by one."
Ye Miao: “…”
Chu Cheng: "I don't know if you can get myopia in apocalyptic games, but if you do, I'm sure there won't be anywhere to get surgery."
Ye Miao was unwilling to give in: "Why don't you ask Doctor Fang?"
Chu Cheng: “?”
"Ah, just pretend I didn't say that." Ye Miao also knew that he was talking nonsense. He chuckled twice and picked up the food with chopsticks.
After just the first bite, she was conquered by the taste.
——Oh my god! So this is what imperial cuisine tastes like!
Who would have thought that she would be able to eat something that was insignificant in the normal world in the apocalypse!
To round it off, she played the role of Karl Lagerfeld in the apocalypse QAQ.
In Fearless Village, everyone's mood is different.
Newcomers to the village were delighted. Because of Fearless Village's fame, many people had applied to join since the first day of the upgrade. However, the Zerg crisis had not yet subsided, and aside from a few experts, no one dared to venture out, putting plans to relocate their territory on hold.
Now that the swarms have vanished, everyone can finally venture out again. Many players immediately exited their settlements and submitted their applications, and were overjoyed when their applications were approved.
In their view, being able to join such a powerful territory means they won't have to worry about their survival in the future. In the end times, survival is the most important thing!
As for the rumors about the fierce competition and difficult survival in the Fearless Village, some people always think that they are just malicious attacks from the weak and do not take them seriously.
Several new members who had left their previous territory together arrived together, their eyes full of anticipation for a new life. As they entered the gate, they encountered a burly warrior walking out with a broad smile on his face. An acquaintance nearby curiously asked him, "Are you going to kill monsters? You look so excited?"
"What monsters are you killing?" The warrior waved his hand. "I have an appointment with the boss. I need to go to the Pure Land!"
"Ah!" The person who spoke was surprised and delighted, "'Pure Land' has also been upgraded?!"
"Yeah." The soldier nodded. "It seems to have happened two days ago, probably around the same time as us. Hey, enough talking, the boss is waiting for me outside. See you again if we're lucky!"
"Have a nice trip!" the latter wished sincerely.
The soldier walked out of the gate, and outside were Yi Hang and his three teammates. When Dou Yuehui asked them for help, Ye Miao was busy building a house and Chu Cheng was cooking behind closed doors, so they had to run a "private job" on their own.
"Welcome." Yi Hang waved to the soldiers in a friendly manner. "There are a few more people. Let's wait."
"No problem!" The soldier said happily, "Ah, Pure Land, I finally waited for you!"
"?" Yi Hang looked puzzled. "What is Pure Land?"
Inside the gate, the newcomers looked at each other in confusion: "What is the Pure Land?"
Everyone looked confused. "Is this a territory? Why haven't we heard of it before? Or are we just talking nonsense?"
"It's a territory, but it's not called Pure Land," the player who had just spoken to the warrior explained kindly. However, since he didn't want to elaborate too much on the newcomers, he said, "You'll find out over time."
After saying this, he left in a hurry, fearing that he would be questioned.
A village that became rich overnight.
Sun Aimei bought breakfast and returned it to the tent. She turned and walked out. Sun Yuanyuan asked her from behind, "Mom, are you going out?"
"Go and pay back the money!" Sun Aimei said happily.
Sun Yuanyuan's eyes lit up: "3000 gold coins, have you saved enough?"
"I've saved enough!" Sun Aimei said happily. For the past few days, she'd been actively farming insect swarms to collect drops while also living frugally, her daily expenses barely covering the cost of three cheap meals for herself and her daughter. Finally, she'd saved the 3,000 gold she owed Ye Miao.
She had a very hard time these past few days, but she had to admit that the money she saved was much faster than she had imagined.
To put it more tragically, she actually couldn't believe that she could actually save up the money!
Recalling the difficulties she faced in the Fearless Settlement, Sun Aimei felt as if she were in another world.
It’s great here. There are rewards for every effort, and everyone lives comfortably.
In the living room of the red brick house, Ye Miao finished her silver sprouts and only then realized that Yi Hang and his team had gone to Fearless Village to pick someone up. Speaking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little irritated. "I didn't expect Xu Wu to upgrade so suddenly. This has disrupted our plans."
Chu Cheng concentrated: "Why is it disrupted?"
Ye Miao sighed: "Our previous plan was to dismantle the non-core members of the Fearless Settlement and then wipe out the core members. But now that the settlement is being upgraded to a village, there will definitely be a steady stream of new members joining. The previous plan is no longer feasible."
Chu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Not necessarily." He sneered, "Let's wait and see for a few days. I think Xu Wu can't even keep the old members, so attracting new members is a desperate measure. It may temporarily cause a 'last gasp', but it won't affect the overall situation."
"I hope so." Ye Miao said to himself.
If circumstances allowed, she still wanted to finish off Xu Wu as soon as possible. Although she felt good about going there to clamor and recruit people recently, having such a high-powered team there was ultimately a hidden danger.
In addition, another more immediate question is: What new events will happen after the Hive Crisis?
Theoretically, a new crisis should have already begun, but they simply haven't felt it yet. As the territory's owner, she needs to quickly understand the situation so she can respond promptly.
In the territory’s farmland, since everyone had been staying in the territory for a while and couldn’t go out, they could only work hard in the fields every day, so the harvest time this time was much shorter than before.
Under normal circumstances, crops are harvested every 15 days, but this time they were ripe in 10 days.
So the farmlands are now full of new crops that have just been planted for five days. Sun Chen thought it was time to go out and pick them again, so he informed everyone to work in the farmlands for one more day today, and only do the daily tasks tomorrow, and then go out in teams.
However, after lunch, everyone who returned to the farmland found something wrong.
Ding Yu: "I clearly watered it just now, how come it's dry now?!"
Others chimed in, "Yeah... Look over there, it's even cracked from drying out? How weird!"
An Yan's brows were furrowed the most: "I even watered it once more, and now the ground is completely dry!"
"It's strange." Sun Chen frowned, unable to figure out what was going on for a moment.
Is it a drought?
Judging from the condition of the land, it was indeed a drought. Almost every field had cracks to varying degrees, as if it had not been watered for a long time.
But why is this happening? It doesn't make sense!
Generally speaking, drought is always linked to high temperatures. If there is no high temperature, there must at least be a long period of lack of rain and water.
Anyway, no matter what, the farmland that had just been fully watered in the morning turned out to be like this... It really goes against the Basic Law!
As a professional in this field, Sun Chen couldn't think of the reason and unknowingly got stuck in a dead end. He squatted beside the farmland and scratched his head in distress, trying to come up with an explanation.
Ding Yu also thought about it, but to no avail, so he advised Sun Chen: "How about going to tell the boss first? Maybe the boss knows?"
"...That's right." Sun Chen sighed.
Ye Miao really had to be told, even if she couldn't solve the problem. After all, the output of these farmlands had to be shared with her, and she was the largest shareholder in their farming business!
Sun Chen then walked directly into the residential area and knocked on Ye Miao's door. Ye Miao was admiring the system's pop-up notifications about grocery store sales. When he opened the door and saw Sun Chen, his smile remained unchanged. "Good afternoon, what's going on?"
"Good afternoon..." Sun Chen sighed, "Boss, there's something going on in the farmland, you have to come and take a look."
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