Chapter 99
Everyone was stunned on the spot. Even Gu Yongnian didn't react. He just stared at Yi Tu blankly, not knowing what to do.
They didn't know that at this moment, the comment section for Nightingale and Aurora Team was extremely lively.
[Anonymous Player 112:??? What happened? Why did the Big Devil's offer change??]
Anonymous player 498: Holy shit, is this even possible? I thought the Big Devil and the Queen of Hearts weren't on good terms.
[Anonymous Player 92: Uh... Am I the only one who feels like the Big Devil is deliberately teasing people? These two might know each other and have a close relationship...]
[Anonymous Player 77:? How did you figure that out? They've never even met, how could they possibly know each other? Can you please stop talking nonsense? (Speechless.jpg)]
Anonymous Player 342: Although, the Big Devil just changed the price. 300,000 to 0.001W. It changed instantly after the little rabbit started taunting the Queen of Hearts. (Obedience.jpg)
Anonymous player 532: Hahahahahaha, even though I'm not a fan of the Big Devil's wife, I was also annoyed by his weirdness (dog head.jpg)
[Anonymous Player 764: If it weren't for the Demon King's rapid change of expression, I would have thought these two were enemies (crying and laughing.jpg)]
[Anonymous player 899: What the hell? ??? What's going on with the Night King? ? I'm completely confused.]
[Anonymous Player 342: Ahhhh my flowery little angel!!! Honey, I love you!!!]
[Anonymous Player 476:??? What the hell did the Night King do? He just gave away an entire city???]
[Anonymous Player 976: It's obvious he's trying to win over Queen of Hearts. However, apart from the major teams, Queen of Hearts is the only interesting team in this crossover tournament, so it's not surprising that the Night King is showing goodwill.]
[Anonymous Player 349: I'm so envious of the Queen of Hearts' treatment. The Big Devil lowered his price first, and the Night King gave him the city later. I'm so tired of saying "envy"!]
Anonymous Player 453: Oh my god, he looks so good when he smiles!!! I've gone overboard, I've rebelled, I want to be a fan of Red Heart Queen's wife!!
[Anonymous player 609: First come, first served, sister (smile.jpg)]
Yitu didn't know that he had created so many wives out of nothing, but after hearing Huaman's words, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Just one day after he rejected Hua Man, the Night King himself came to him in person.
The man was much gentler than he had imagined. He didn't even say anything to win him over. It seemed as if he just came over to say hello.
This made Yitu relax his vigilance a lot, especially after he clearly refused to stay overnight, Huaman sent him this S-level energy core again.
He then realized that the Night King had not changed his mind at all, but he had simply hidden his ambitions very well.
Because the Night King has plenty of patience.
The dark red energy core is only the size of an egg, but its pure energy can refract brilliant colors under the light.
Yi Tu did not reach out to take it, but Hua Man cleverly stuffed the heavy energy core into Gu Yongnian's hand.
"Happy gaming!"
Hua Manchong Yitu smiled sweetly, and then quickly disappeared from everyone's sight.
Gu Yongnian's hand holding the S-level energy core was shaking a little. He looked at Yi Tu and asked hesitantly in a low voice:
"Do we need to go back?"
In his heart, he actually didn't really want to return the favor. After all, there were not many opportunities to show goodwill like the King of Plum Blossoms.
What's more, Yitu is a new player in the throne, his foundation is unstable, and he may be ambushed at any time.
But once they join forces with the Night King, the situation will be very different.
But the Night King was obviously coming for Yi Tu, even though he was using the name of the Nightingale Team, Gu Yongnian knew it.
So even if he didn't want to, he still had to ask Yi Tu's opinion.
Ding Rong, who was standing beside him, was stunned for a moment and said in confusion:
"But she's gone far away. Where can we find her?"
"Yes, yes, how about...Brother, let's accept it." Meng Xian also echoed.
Now, Xincheng is the only one of the five sanctuary cities that has not been opened. If they can enter before other teams and get the reward points for opening the sanctuary city, then their team's ranking will be firmly in the top five.
There is no reason for them to refuse such a good thing.
Yi Tu frowned slightly, and Jiang Hanyu's reply message flashed on the game panel.
[Jiang Hanyu: You promised, don't go back on your word.]
[Jiang Hanyu: Whoever regrets is a puppy (smile)]
Yitu: You tripled my city entrance fee. Is this how you treat your spouse?
[Jiang Hanyu: ...Didn’t I change it to 0.001 for you? (Little Confusion.jpg)]
【Yitu: Oh.】
[Jiang Hanyu: Yes, please hurry into the city, baby (well-behaved.jpg)]
[Yitu: No, I want to be a puppy.]
[Jiang Hanyu:? ]
[Jiang Hanyu: ???]
"Since it's for Nightingale, I'll naturally follow the captain's opinion."
Yitu smiled slightly. The others were stunned for a moment, but soon realized the meaning of his words.
Since the Night King was afraid that he would not accept it, he deliberately sent the energy core in the name of Nightingale.
Then this favor and solicitation essentially has nothing to do with his intention.
Whether to admit it or not is something that should be done with a soft heart.
The Night King, who was far away in Sen City, was watching the live broadcast of the Nightingale Team. It was no surprise that the man said such a thing.
The man raised the corners of his lips slightly, with a hint of smile in his eyes.
"What an ungrateful little bastard."
With Yi Tu's words, Gu Yongnian and the others didn't have to think at all. They directly accepted the energy core sent by the Night King and prepared to go to Xincheng.
Before leaving, Ding Rong said to Aurora Captain Little Rabbit with a smile:
"Oh, I didn't expect we wouldn't need it. You can go and line up to apply to enter the city."
Yitu took a subconscious glance and saw the baby rabbit's face turning pale and blue at times, which was quite interesting.
He didn't say anything offensive, but Jiang Hanyu must be very angry at this moment.
Message notifications kept popping up on his game interface, but Yitu ignored them all, thinking that it was unlikely that Aurora would be able to enter the city.
In fact, not long after Nightingale left, most of the players in the Aurora Team's viewing area also left.
After the Aurora Team's application to enter the city was rejected, the remaining players left a series of boring remarks and quickly exited the viewing area.
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Half an hour later, Yitu and his companions arrived at the gate of Xincheng.
Xincheng is located at the easternmost part of Yancheng. Compared with several other defensive cities, it is the closest to Yancheng.
But Xincheng has the smallest area. Although it is called a city, it is actually more like several villas side by side, and you can see the end at a glance.
The exterior walls of Xincheng are a dilapidated black-brown color, having fallen into disrepair. It is unknown whether the equipment inside the city can still be used normally.
"No wonder only Xincheng is left of the five cities." Ding Rong sighed, "The good ones have all been picked up by others."
Hearing this, Xu Heng glanced at him and said, "It's good enough to have it, but you're still picky."
Although Xincheng looked shabby on the outside, after an energy core was placed on the eye of the city, a red light quickly turned into gold and flowed into the groove.
The moment the city gate was opened, there was a roar in the city, and countless machines and equipment started to operate.
A huge golden energy shield first rose into the air from all directions, and the inside of the golden energy shield was soon covered with a layer of indestructible reinforced steel mesh.
The pitch-black wire mesh is electrified. Once the first line of defense of the city wall is crossed, the electrified wire mesh can block most zombies from entering in a short period of time.
And around Xincheng, there are many giant attack turrets that can penetrate and bomb at a 360-degree angle without any blind spots.
However, the activation of each artillery battery requires the consumption of a large amount of energy cores.
Yitu made a simple estimate and found that if the energy cores needed to open a sanctuary city were converted into team points, it would be around 100,000.
Each time the penetrating turret is activated, 5,000 team points are consumed. There are a total of 24 such giant turrets in Xincheng to annihilate zombies.
In this way, they realized that opening a city of refuge was nothing. The most difficult thing was that they had to constantly obtain energy cores to maintain the operation of the city of refuge.
"Why do I feel like I've been cheated?" You Ke smiled bitterly.
After hearing this, Xu Heng sneered and said nothing.
They didn't know the Night King's background and thought that he was really a living Bodhisattva.
To open a sanctuary city, you need an S-level energy core and about 100,000 team points. Even if you don't have an S-level energy core, you can open it as long as you have enough points.
The fact that the system sets the limit so low speaks volumes.
Opening the City of Sanctuary is just the beginning of the game. Maintaining the last territory under limited conditions is one of the difficulties they have to face.
When Hua Man sent him this energy core, Xu Heng didn't really want it.
It’s not that he anticipated the huge cost of building the City of Sanctuary, but he simply believed that the Night King had no good intentions.
But now the energy core has not returned yet, so it is useless to say more.
After entering the city, Yitu and Xu Heng made a simple estimate of the normal consumption to maintain the operation of the Sanctuary City, which was about 30,000 points a day.
Judging from the energy cores they currently possess, they are just enough to last for a month without a surge of zombies.
But if all the energy cores are consumed on the Sanctuary City, their team's ranking will drop.
Although they can charge other teams an entry fee, Xincheng is small in size and the number of teams that can accommodate it is limited. In addition, its environmental conditions have no advantages compared to those of other cities.
For a moment, Yitu felt a headache just thinking about it.
Xu Heng stood in front of the four-meter-high fountain in the center of Xincheng, spread his hands and laughed.
"Oh my goodness, there's no water."
Yitu nodded helplessly, "Xincheng is short of water."
Although in this zombie-ridden apocalypse, water resources cannot be wasted, and it is normal for the fountain to have no water.
But Xincheng is not like Miaocheng, which has a small natural lake in the center. Even Yancheng and Sencheng have their own reservoirs.
But Xincheng doesn’t have it, so both Xincheng and Yaocheng need to borrow water from several other refuge cities.
"At least Yaocheng has a large area, but why does our Xincheng have no advantages at all?" Jiang Weixiao sighed.
Meng Xian suddenly said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Among us... who will be the city lord?"
If Yi Tu had not joined, there would be no need to ask this question at all, and the captain would naturally be the city lord.
But now that Yitu has joined Nightingale, everything is different.
Even though Gu Yongnian is the captain, he seems to have lost his power and limelight as a captain.
Although Meng Xian knew that his question made Captain Gu Yongnian somewhat embarrassed.
But this Xincheng is indeed a gift from the Night King to the Queen of Hearts Yitu. On the one hand, they are benefiting from it, and on the other hand, they have to please and care about Yitu's feelings.
Sure enough, after he asked this question, a hint of unnaturalness flashed across Gu Yongnian's face.
Ding Rong, who was standing next to him, also drooped his lips. No one spoke. Just when Meng Xian was extremely regretting that he had opened his mouth, Gu Yongnian spoke.
He smiled gently, not seeming to mind at all, and said:
"Xincheng was originally given to Yitu by the King of Plum Blossoms. Moreover, it will look better for us if the Queen of Hearts becomes the city lord."
Hearing this, Ding Rong was about to say something, but Gu Yongnian grabbed his hand in time, and Ding Rong swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Yitu looked at the expressions of these people and found it interesting.
Gu Yongnian's words were very polite, but he didn't necessarily mean to be humble to him.
Before entering Xincheng, Nightingale and the others all wanted to take over the city.
But after entering Xincheng, I found that there were problems everywhere, and it was a headache to deal with them.
Such high maintenance costs are not as cost-effective as paying the city entrance fee one by one.
Gu Yongnian seems to be giving up power, but in fact he wants to be a hands-off boss.
Firstly, he wanted to show his generosity and tolerance to the people from other teams. Secondly, Yitu had taken over the position of city lord. If anything went wrong, it would affect the reputation of the Queen of Hearts, and it would have nothing to do with him or Nightingale.
Yi Tu had thought of this, but he could only afford it because he was just a city lord.
He smiled faintly, "Since the captain has said so, I will not be modest and will temporarily bear the title of city lord."
"From now on, Captain Gu and Deputy Captain Ou will have the final say on any issues within the team."
"I have no objection." Hu Zao Zao said.
"No problem." You Ke also agreed.
Everyone in the team had no objection, so Yitu temporarily took on the title of Xincheng City Lord.
By this time, it was completely dark, and Hu could no longer hold on, so You Ke took his girlfriend to find a room to rest.
After the two left, the others also left one after another.
Only Gu Yongnian and Ding Rong were left there. Gu Yongnian took Ding Rong's hand and whispered:
"Let's go."
Ding Rong hesitated for a second, and instead of handing over his hand, he asked:
"Are you being too accommodating to Yitu?"
Gu Yongnian was stunned for a moment, "How did I accommodate him?"
Ding Rong became anxious when he heard what he said:
"Are you stupid? Is this your team or his?"
"Before, Xu Heng came and bullied me, which was fine, but at least the team still kept its word. But now, look what happened!"
"If we want to put the city lord in name only, we must first ask Yi Tu if he has any objections!"
"What the hell is going on?" Ding Rong was so angry that his speech speed increased a lot, and he kept chattering.
Gu Yongnian was amused by him and hurried to hold his hand.
"Okay, okay, are you so angry, huh?"
"No...I just feel bad for you." Ding Rong said in a muffled voice.
Hearing this, Gu Yongnian's heart softened and his voice suddenly became much softer.
"You think I want to? It's just that this city was given to the Queen of Hearts by the Night King. If I really use the title of city lord, I will be laughed at to death by others."
"You said I was... thick-skinned! I was taking advantage of the Queen of Hearts and so on. Besides, do you think being the city lord is that easy?"
"Xincheng's energy consumption is so high, and all the energy cores are with me. Even if Yi Tu becomes the city lord, doesn't he still need my approval for everything?"
Ding Rong was stunned for a moment, "It seems so."
Gu Yongnian smiled. "So it's just a matter of face. As long as the team members are loyal to me and listen to me, what can Yitu do?"
Ding Rong hesitated and said, "But...are we just going to let him dominate us like this?"
"Brother, this is just the beginning. Didn't you see how polite Meng Xian and Jiang Weixiao were to Yi Tu? As time goes on, who can guarantee that they won't change their minds?"
After hearing this, Gu Yongnian hesitated for a moment, then said:
"What you said is a problem, but it's impossible for someone like him to stay in Nightingale forever."
"We just need to make good use of his time here and maximize the team's interests."
"Um!"
Yitu chose a room on the third floor of the main city tower, and Xu Heng chose the room next to him.
Although Xincheng is small, there are at least a dozen buildings, and Xu Heng just likes to squeeze in with him.
In this way, Ou Cheng must have become one of his neighbors, living across the street from Xu Heng.
After the three of them had booked a place, it would be difficult for the other members of the Nightingale Team to live in other buildings, so they stayed on other floors of the main building.
Yitu entered the room, grabbed some clean clothes without saying a word, and headed straight for the bathroom in the room.
After several days of surviving in the wilderness, he was extremely dirty and always smelled bad.
He spent more than half an hour just taking a bath.
Just as he finished washing and was about to get dressed, the message on the game interface popped up again.
Yitu was in a good mood, so he clicked on it casually.
Jiang Hanyu became angry after being ignored after sending messages repeatedly.
And now the man has sent another message, it is likely that something real happened.
Yitu opened the game interface, and Jiang Hanyu's message immediately popped up.
[Jiang Hanyu: City Lord Xin, is the big bed comfortable?]
【Suitable map: .......】
When Yi Tu saw this message, he immediately felt that he was overthinking.
What could possibly be wrong with this guy? He's just full of bad intentions.
[Yitu: What can I do for you, Lord Yan?]
[Jiang Hanyu: ........] It's been so long since we last met, and your name is already so unfamiliar?!
[Jiang Hanyu: Xincheng is so close, don't force me to beat you up.]
Yitu raised his eyebrows slightly. Oh, this guy is anxious again.
Yitu didn't reply in a hurry, so the man calmed down and sent another message.
[Jiang Hanyu: The passage from Yancheng to the Exiled Forest has opened, and there might be a Quantized Beast in your Xincheng.]
Yi Tu was stunned when he heard this.
Yitu: What?
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