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He slept until he woke naturally, and it was nine-thirty the next morning. Tao Sai calculated the time and realized he had slept for nearly twenty hours. Perhaps his body was drowsy during the recovery process, otherwise ten hours would have been the maximum.
Opening her eyes, Tao Sai felt as if she were in another world, a dazed sleep. She subconsciously tried to move her legs out of bed, but found she couldn't. Then she realized she had just had a joint surgery.
After lifting the air-conditioning blanket, both calves were found to be splinted and wrapped with circles of gauze like mummies, fully ensuring that the severed tibia and fibula would not shift during the growth and healing process.
Of course, he couldn't move his legs a lot now, but Tao Sai found that his ankle joints could move slightly, and most of his toes could also move, but the range of movement was not large, and there was still a little delay.
Her recovery has been impressive, and Tao Sai feels it won't be long before she's able to walk again. Next comes rehabilitation training, learning to walk, run, and jump again. She's now filled with confidence.
Waking from a deep sleep, he was definitely hungry, especially since he was still recovering from his injuries. Tao Sai tilted his head and saw the bedside cabinet filled with food: freshly washed fruit, a hearty nutritious meal, and a warm bowl of vegetable and lean meat porridge.
She finished her breakfast quickly without eating any more. She felt unsatisfied and drank another bottle of nutrient solution. Suddenly, she felt her appetite increased again.
Tao Sai looked up at the ceiling with a vague look in his eyes and opened the system panel.
It should have been the night before yesterday. After she killed that man the night before yesterday, she only confirmed his death and did not have time to look at the resources she had seized.
Currently, she had 210 freely assignable attribute points, and that was after she had increased her resistance to 50, her agility to 30, and her strength to 50. This number was simply outrageous; if she upgraded and added all the freely assignable attribute points to herself, she could become a true hexagonal warrior.
Of course, her current body wasn't strong enough to handle such a surge in attribute points. In fact, she couldn't handle it anymore.
Tao Sai could clearly feel her heart beating much faster than usual, with occasional cramps. Veins bulged on the backs of her hands, arms, and forehead, and even when she dropped her hands, the pain wouldn't subside. This was probably a sign of her body being overloaded. She seriously suspected she was on the brink of exploding and dying: this was the change brought on by the 50 points of resistance.
With 50 points of Strength, Tao Sai experienced for the first time the meaning of "lifting a heavy weight with ease." She had just picked up a large bowl of vegetable and lean meat porridge, but it felt completely numb, as if a feather were resting on her palm. Her butt was numb, and as she tried to shift her core, she accidentally exerted too much force with her fingers holding the stainless steel bowl. Upon closer inspection, she saw a dent on the outside of the bowl, the exact mark of her five fingers.
As for the negative effects, the 50 points of strength and 30 points of agility added together caused an exaggerated discomfort to spread throughout every cell of her body, making her feel as if her soul had left her body at all times. Every time she moved, her soul would rush out of her body an inch and then bounce back. Even with the "duangduangduang" sound effect, it was not abrupt at all.
Only by lying flat could her soul find peace, could she truly feel that this body belonged to her. Once she moved, the dull ache of her soul being detached from her body made her dizzy and dazed. In her current state, even if her legs healed, she would still feel unsteady and lightheaded, like someone drunk.
Tao Sai sighed, the road to rehabilitation is long and arduous.
After gaining about 2 million experience points, Tao Sai thought it was time to upgrade the commandos. She herself didn't need to upgrade for the time being, as free attribute points would be enough.
There were almost no gold coins left. Kobayashi Nobukazu should have used up most of the gold coins to purchase equipment and supplies from the [Mall].
Then came the materials after disassembling the Ureshino. Tao Sai hadn't counted them before, because most of the materials she used to upgrade the shelter ship were universal materials obtained after destroying insect blood. It was not clear how much she had obtained this time. In any case, it was still far from the conditions for upgrading to a level 5 shelter ship.
Finally, there were the skills he had acquired. Tao Sai flipped through the skill list, looking it up and down, and back again several times. It was full of his old skills, not a single one of the newly acquired ones.
She was a little disappointed. It seemed that [Mist] was not Kobayashi Nobukazu's skill.
I have to admit, he was a ruthless man. Before he died, he still thought about uninstalling all his skills, leaving none for her. But it didn't matter. She would not let any of the members of Jiange go.
In the alliance channel of Hailou, He Zhaonian reported the voyage from time to time. They were currently sailing south along the coastline and had no destination for the time being.
That's right, get rid of any possible tail first, escape from danger, and then find a suitable place to anchor.
Tao Sai was considering whether to purchase a defense system for the refuge ship. The safest defense system was, of course, invisibility. This invisibility wasn't the military kind that evaded radar detection, nor was it the ordinary kind of invisibility.
The principle is probably to move the refuge ship into a parallel space. For the people on the refuge ship, everything is normal, but for people outside, the ship is equivalent to disappearing in this dimension. It cannot be seen, heard, touched, detected by radar, or attacked by weapons. It is absolutely safe.
Of course, such a secure defense system [Invisible] is also quite expensive. To activate the function for the first time, you need to pay a one-time payment of 10 million gold coins, and then renew it at a cost of 5,000 gold coins per day.
5,000 gold coins per day is a considerable amount unless you can be self-sufficient.
The refuge ship's shelter bonus generates gold coins daily. A Level 4 refuge ship earns 7 gold coins per crew member, and 5 gold coins per ordinary refugee. If the daily shelter bonus is used to redeem [Invisibility] renewals, counting only refugees, the "Deep Sea Fish" needs to shelter 1,000 people. Even if all of them were crew members, that would require over 700. With the current crew, the automatic daily gold generated is less than 300, far less than the 5,000 gold required for renewals, making it unsustainable. If the ship were to use its existing capital to renew its gold reserves, it would soon be depleted.
You can only wait until it is upgraded to a level five shelter ship. For a level five shelter ship, not only will the hull capacity be greatly improved, but the shelter reward will also be improved to a higher level. The crew can get 10 gold coins per day, and ordinary refugees can get 7 gold coins. With a total of more than 600 people, you can extend [Invisibility] indefinitely.
Although it is still far from being possible to renew [Invisibility] indefinitely, Tao Sai is still considering spending 10 million to activate the [Invisibility] function when he has enough gold coins, and then renew it on demand when an emergency occurs.
10 million is not a small number. It takes several million to kill bugs. Her current physical condition does not support her to kill monsters. Hailou’s focus is still on the confrontation with Jiange for the time being. Let’s wait and see when [S2 Season] starts, if there is one.
After closing the Alliance channel, Tao Sai flipped through the message logs on the World channel. She quickly scanned the logs but found nothing useful.
The general trend of the world channel was that the night before yesterday, her life-and-death battle with Kobayashi Nobukazu and the player "Wind" on the "Ureshino" was broadcast live by the Jiange members. The Jiange members were clamoring wildly, and the other players were almost united in condemning Jiange.
Then, after the accident and the death notice, several players from Jiange disappeared instantly and have not spoken until now.
A single death announcement cannot tell you anything, but the collective silence of the Jiange members, the fact that the total number of members on the alliance [Jian Ge] homepage has dropped from 9/10 to 8/10, and the fact that the leader of [Jian Ge], the player [Yi Jian Zhan Cang Long] has also disappeared from the member list, the answer is self-evident.
Cx330, despite being outnumbered and having both legs cut off, managed to pull off an extreme counterattack, killed the leader of Jiange, and escaped successfully.
After the death announcement, countless players frantically posted question marks, and the question marks alone stretched for hundreds of pages, as if no amount of question marks could express their shock at this astonishing reversal.
Once upon a time, a player risked her life to defeat a public enemy, surpassing her level. She should have been a respected figure, but instead, Jiange hurled a smear campaign at her. Even they, without any investigation or verification, simply relied on their own experience to falsely accuse her and spurn her. She endured immense injustice and the infamy she bore, yet chose to endure it alone and uncovered the true culprit, ultimately revealing the truth. Now, Jiange has revealed its true colors, brazenly threatening her on the world channel and even livestreaming their attack. She was attacked from all sides, unable to use her skills, facing an extremely experienced fighter and the leader of Jiange, with both legs severed. Yet, despite these extremely unfavorable circumstances, she managed a miraculous comeback! She escaped unscathed!
After the question mark, there was thunderous cheers and applause.
Words like "burning", "bibo burning", "crying", "my god" and so on filled the remaining one hundred pages of message records. In the channel, almost all the players stayed up all night and were in a frenzy. There were also "vindictive" players who circled the members of Jiange and asked them why they didn't continue the live broadcast; there were also players who cared about 330's current situation and asked the members of Hailou about the situation, but they did not receive a reply.
It was around last night that He Zhaonian and his team spoke on the world channel to report their safety to the concerned players.
Tao Sai didn't really care about these things. She actually preferred to keep a low profile. Being noticed by so many people would be a burden and a burden. However, she still wanted to use her current influence among the players to do something.
After much consideration, she spoke on the world channel.
[Cx330 (Lv4)]: Let me ask, which alliance is blocking the mouth of the Yangtze River?
[Li Huansan (Lv3)]: Wow, wow, wow, cool
[Little Bear Snail Noodles (Lv3)]: Capture a big guy alive!
[Blue Knight (Lv3)]: Boss, are you okay?
[Ordinary Pingping (Lv3)]: @(Cx330), my God!
…
Tao Sai: “…”
Her question was immediately followed by a lot of responses, none of which were serious answers, and her message content was quickly pushed to the top.
After about fifty lines, Tao Sai reposted it, and finally a player responded.
[Mainly a steady hand (Lv4)]: Boss, are you nearby? ! We just want to form an alliance with other players, not to block them, really
[Cx330 (Lv4)]: You'd better be
[Mainly focus on steady play (Lv4)]: Really, really, boss, if you don’t believe me, we will retreat immediately!
Tao Sai smiled. She didn't expect that her words would be so effective on the world channel.
If that's the case, then it's about time.
She peeled a banana, took a big bite, and while chewing, she chose her words and spoke on the world channel.
[Cx330 (Lv4)]: I will send a message to the players in Jiange later. Please do not respond or push the message up. Leave it up for half an hour to make sure they can see it.
[A Cheshire Cat (Lv3)]: Good!
[King Ryze (Lv3)]: Looking forward to it (starry eyes.gif)
[Mainly one-handed wave (Lv4)]: OK
[Mainly focus on steady hand (Lv4)]: Got it!
…
In fact, to ensure that the members of Jiange could see it, she just needed to circle those people, but what she really wanted was for the people behind Jiange to see it.
As expected, Jiange is backed by a larger power, possessing at least two S-rank abilities, including divine skills capable of ripping souls off people, and skills plundered from top players. The emergence of such a massive power is no coincidence. The player base is substantial. Take Hailou, for example, whose members are primarily civilian players, yet they have grown to a respectable size. Furthermore, if a player previously belonged to a privileged class, such as a consortium or government, they have access to unimaginable resources. By exploiting less powerful players, it wouldn't be difficult for them to develop into a superpower.
After killing the leader of Jiange, Tao Sai's gaze passed over the Jiange itself and cast towards the back. That was the real enemy she was about to face.
[Cx330 (Lv4)]: I don't like to endure, nor do I have the good temper to repay evil with kindness. From today on, I will collect your coordinates (∩_∩)
This is a declaration of war.
She could actually keep a low profile and plan secretly. After all, poisonous snakes hiding in the bushes are more aggressive.
However, it was foreseeable that after her escape the night before, she would inevitably face a larger-scale manhunt from Jiange and the forces behind her. They had already been sufficiently wary of her before, even mobilizing the entire Jiange force and plotting for days to set a deadly trap. Now that she had escaped, she was even more of a thorn in their side, and they were eager to remove her as soon as possible.
It's conceivable that they'll rack their brains and use every possible means to uncover Hailou's whereabouts and coordinates. However, reconnaissance is reversible, just like the "Great Law of Reversible Exploration" mentioned in a certain science fiction novel: if you can discover a low-entropy world, then the low-entropy world will one day discover you. Their reconnaissance will inevitably reveal their flaws, and Tao Sai may be able to trace their coordinates. Therefore, they will be wary and will have to restrain their reconnaissance efforts.
That's why she wanted to make this statement, to use her own deterrent power to sound a wake-up call to them and buy more time for Hailou to develop.
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