Xu Xin answered the call immediately.
"Xu Xin, have you allocated the amplification points?" Ji Chaoyang asked straight to the point.
"Yes, it has been allocated." Xu Xin replied.
"I actually wanted to remind you that artists are very important. Right now, in the entire Jungle 188 area, only you and I have the ability to add additional decorations in addition to the items in the Points Mall."
"Don't worry, my art room has the most." Xu Xin suddenly remembered the [Deep Water Pearl] he had obtained from Qin Yunlong, so he asked, "[Deep Water Pearl], do you have it?"
"Yes, Qin Yunlong also came to me."
Li Chaoyang was silent for a moment, then said, "Xu Xin, do you remember that I lost contact for the entire day yesterday?"
Now comes the point.
"Well, I'm actually very curious about where you've been. I haven't been able to contact you all day."
"This matter is very strange, and I don't know how to explain it to you."
Ji Chaoyang began to tell his story.
"At the time, I didn't have any burning or explosive arrows, and I didn't have any good way to destroy the heart, so I was going back to the tree house. While talking to you and walking out, I suddenly heard another strange rustling sound besides the beating heart. It was very subtle, but with my hearing amplification, I could still hear it very clearly.
I followed the sound and found it was coming from beneath the ground. I stepped on the ground and found a cave that had been dug out and led deeper into the ground.
"Deeper underground?" Xu Xin's heart tightened. As expected, had he arrived in that underground world again?
"I can't say anything more about what happened next. This involves the secrets of the world. Just like last time, the voice warned me not to share it with anyone who doesn't know the secret, otherwise I will be severely punished." Ji Chaoyang's tone was full of helplessness. "I don't know if I can share this secret with you, so I'd better not take the risk."
Xu Xin's eyes twitched: "...Then why are you telling me this?"
His curiosity was piqued, but he couldn't speak. It was annoying to finish a sentence halfway through!
"Although I can't tell you, I think you can imagine where I went, but there are some different things there. Based on everything I saw and heard there, I can share with you the conclusions I deduced." Ji Chaoyang exhaled, his tone a little solemn, "Xu Xin, our previous guesses were all correct."
"What do you mean?" Xu Xin narrowed his eyes. What was his previous guess?
"After this treehouse upgrade, its protection area has been expanded. As you can probably guess, survivors can now meet each other."
"Indeed." Xu Xin nodded.
The tree house began to show functional tendencies, and his alchemical ability even unlocked the coordinates of a portal. Everything indicated that the teamwork survival mode was about to begin.
"An even more brutal competition is about to begin. The second stage is no longer about individual survival, but the survival of the entire region." Ji Chaoyang said solemnly, and gave another vivid example, "If you think of this survival game as the World Cup, then each region is a team, and in the end, only one team can lift the trophy."
"You mean... the second stage of survival selection is based on regions, and the competition is between regions?" Xu Xin's eyes fixed. This was slightly different from their guess, but the deviation was not big.
They are really going to start team competition!
"That's right. Each region is equivalent to a participating team, and only one region will have the final say."
"So, we can't choose our own teammates and can only work with people from the same region?"
"From what I've heard, that's the situation."
"Then...what about the people from other regions who were eliminated? What will happen to them?"
"Perhaps, just as that mysterious voice said, they will leave this 'beautiful' world forever. As for how they will leave, it is unclear."
"Are you sure about your guess?"
"Eighty percent sure."
The two were silent for a long time.
The competition and elimination between survivors has ended. According to Ji Chaoyang, the next step is the competition between regions. But how should regions compete with each other?
He and Ji Chaoyang had actually guessed about teamwork for survival, but he didn't expect that it would be mandatory based on the area.
They had put a lot of effort into helping to rescue so many people, and they were more focused on selecting suitable teammates from them, but they didn't expect that all the people they rescued might actually be their teammates!
People in the same area are tied to the same boat by the rules of the game!
"Since this matter is not a secret, why did you only tell me and not others?" Xu Xin was a little confused.
"Because, from what I gather, the competition between regions might be happening in the dark."
"dark place?"
"The vast majority of survivors are actually unaware of the competitive elimination relationship between regions. Before they learn the truth, survivors from different regions will even interact with each other in a friendly manner, helping each other and cooperating with each other."
Xu Xin understood what Ji Chaoyang wanted to say: "I understand. You mean, we shouldn't release this news, shouldn't disrupt this superficial peace, and use this period of peace to secretly develop our team's power?"
"That's right. It's also an information gap. Without knowing the competition between regions, survivors in the same region won't be able to cooperate closely. They might even suffer internal friction due to certain issues. For example, the ongoing famine is a major problem. At this stage, we just need to do our best to develop our own region."
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