Chapter 80: New Disaster Arrives on the First Day of Wild Beast Season
The party lasted two or three hours, and it felt like being back on Planet Blue. But happiness is always short-lived. After the party, everyone had to continue surviving in the game.
Because the material cost for upgrading the city was halved today, and because other requirements like full residential areas were no longer required, Yu Luowei had already upgraded the city to level 9 upon returning. Thanks to the props he'd used earlier, it could now accommodate 120,000 people. Therefore, upon returning home that evening, as soon as Yu Luowei opened the survival manual, he was overwhelmed by countless new messages. This was after the intelligent butler had filtered the results.
By the way, speaking of the Smart Butler, Yu Luowei had opened its exclusive upgrade card from the red treasure chest among the leaderboard rewards, upgrading it to the highest level. Now it has a physical form and can help new citizens enter the city on Yu Luowei's behalf.
This entity was designed by Yu Luowei. Its head features a display showing a map of the entire North City. Advanced smart butlers can possess up to ten entities, and Yu Luowei has deployed six within North City. Besides being used for new residents, it can also be used by everyone to search for places they wish to visit.
These things had been dealt with before Yu Luowei went to the party. When she came back from the party, she cleaned up and went to rest.
The citizens of North City also revealed expressions of satisfaction after receiving their leaderboard rewards—this was the first time many had received a red-level treasure chest. However, due to a system update, the threat of treasure chests was eliminated, so they hurried off to dig for treasure chests in the desert without even carefully examining their contents. They remained unwilling to leave until dark.
The temperature returned to normal, and the monsters outside increased in number. Although their aggressiveness had decreased considerably on the day of the settlement, some people accidentally damaged monsters while digging for treasure chests, leading to a fierce battle. As a result, the hospital had a few more "guests" today. Fortunately, monsters still dropped treasure chests today, so everyone took advantage of the opportunity to harvest some.
This time the city's capacity was expanded to 100,000, and Yu Luowei removed the age limit. Therefore, after sunset, except for some people who were too old or too young, most people could be said to have returned with a full load, not only of supplies, but also of combat power, which had undergone a major upgrade.
Others, however, didn't have such a fulfilling experience. First, in the cities, although the temperature had recovered today, the temperature recovery was indirectly related to the city's level and the area of trees planted during the event. Some cities that didn't contribute much to the event saw temperatures peak at 37 or 38 degrees Celsius, which was still very hot.
As for the personal base, while they weren't troubled by the temperature today, they were already struggling to survive the heat and monster swarms. Last night, a fire broke out, further reducing the base's defenses. Surviving was a good thing. They had to repair the outer shield of the base before they could decide whether to join other cities or continue their lone wolf life.
Perhaps to take care of those survivors who were short of resources due to the disaster, Yu Luowei planned to use the reminder card as usual in the new season, but a sudden system prompt interrupted her action in time:
Starting this season, you will no longer receive supply chests from killing monsters or exploring. Supplies are sourced from city production, completing dungeons, and surface environments purchased by the city lord. Resource points are now considered surface environments and will no longer produce unlimited resources. Water and electricity cards are no longer available for sale, and time will return to normal. The Survival Manual now features an out-of-city map, allowing you to take the manual outside your base.
Special Note: This season's disaster is a Beast Tide. Specifically, during the first three days, a Beast Tide will attack cities or personal bases at 2:00 PM. From the fourth to the sixth day, Beast Tides will attack cities at 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM daily. From the seventh to the ninth day, there will be two random Beast Tides during the day, and another between 6:00 PM and 10:00 AM.
The intensity of a city's encounter with a beast tide is related to its overall strength. Rankings are divided into city rankings, city lord rankings, and individual citizen contribution rankings. Rankings are based on the intensity of the beast tide and overall response results; there is no individual ranking. Rankings are updated daily at 8:00 AM. Starting on the third day, rewards are distributed based on the previous day's results.
From the fourth to the sixth day, the intensity of the beast tide encountered by the personal base will be twice that of the city. From the seventh to the ninth day, the intensity of the beast tide encountered by the personal base will be ten times that of the city. If the defense of the base or the city wall drops to 0, the survivors or city owner can choose to join another base or city with their supplies (with the consent of the other party). If they fail to join within the specified time, all supplies except the bracelet will be confiscated, and the base will be completely destroyed and uninhabitable.
During the first six days, before the beast tide arrives, survivors or ordinary citizens can join a city at any time, and cities can also be merged. However, be careful, as monsters are still present during this time, so be careful not to get caught.
Luckily, the hint came early, saving her a prop. Putting away the hint card, Yu Luowei looked out the window. Today's sunlight appeared little by little, which was considered a sunrise in this crappy game.
Yu Luowei was also concerned about resource sources. The hint must have been as she'd imagined: from now on, only the corresponding meat and fur would be available from monsters, and only the corresponding fruit would be found in the forest. It was precisely for this reason that Yu Luowei had bought one for each environment yesterday, and now it was finally coming in handy.
The channel has become a super chat group shared by five billion people, and unsurprisingly, it exploded at this moment. Or rather, the "pot" has been boiling ever since the game's major update and server merger was completed yesterday, and the news at this moment just added fuel to the fire.
The message said that the beast tide faced by individual bases was far greater than that faced by cities. Therefore, the survivors who hadn't joined a city yesterday for various reasons were now looking for cities with available spots. North City, which was far ahead in every aspect, became the first choice. Yu Luowei was bombarded with information again.
Fortunately, the smart butler has been upgraded, so Yu Luowei handed the matter over to the smart butler and went to the supermarket processing center to check the city’s current defense measures and prepare for the beast tide in the afternoon.
Yu Luowei went up to see the observation tower that had been installed before. It was equipped with very high-tech telescopes that could see far away, as well as various equipment for transmitting information.
Yu Luowei also received a few arrow towers from yesterday's ranking rewards, but they weren't enough for an entire city. The system prompted her to convert her personal base's arrow towers into city arrow towers. After some thought, Yu Luowei only kept four arrow towers for her own base, converting the rest and placing them on the city walls.
After placing the order, Yu Luowei first informed her friends in a group chat about the situation, and then discussed specific countermeasures with everyone. She informed the smart housekeeper in advance that the reception of new residents would end at 12:00, leaving two hours for preparation.
Given the city's overall strength, the beast tide North City faced was undoubtedly the most powerful. However, today was the first day, so the tide wouldn't be overwhelming. Therefore, everyone in North City, from top to bottom, was eagerly anticipating the impending beast tide and the rewards for first place on the leaderboard.
When citizens join the city, as long as they don't use special concealing props, Yu Luowei, as the city lord, can directly see their age and level. She has had the intelligent butler screen out those with personal levels above level six, which is about 200. There are more than 10,000 people at level three and above.
Except for Yu Luowei, these people are already considered the top combat forces in the gaming world. Level six can enter the top ten thousand in the overall combat power rankings, so two hundred people is a lot.
Yu Luowei had already asked the smart butler to inquire about the skill cards and weapons of these two hundred people. Are they more focused on melee, ranged or support? As for more detailed information, they probably wouldn't tell her even if she asked, so she didn't bother with it. Her initial plan was
Besides that, she also discussed the mission with her friends. Su Tang had already arrived at the restaurant, preparing various special foods. Zhao Linlang was still in charge of logistics at the hospital. As for the others, Yu Luowei's initial idea was to divide the map outside the city into twelve zones according to the lookout towers, and then divide the high-level survivors into groups, with each group responsible for a zone. Yu Luowei would then be responsible for four of the zones. Lin Zhixia, Jiang Nian'an, Fang Min, and Lu Zhi, who had already reached level six and whose weapons and equipment were the highest-end after Yu Luowei's modification, were all at the top of the combat power rankings, and each of them would be responsible for overseeing two zones.
Friends all agreed, and the smart butler gradually received replies. Yu Luowei then began dividing the areas and groups at the city processing center. Friends also gradually came to the processing center to assist with some of the work.
In the city's internal channel in the survival manual, everyone was discussing enthusiastically how to deal with the beast tide. Some people had already formed teams, ready to kill as many as they could when the time came. Others were asking Yu Luowei and the others if they had any measures. Coincidentally, the map had already been completed, so Yu Luowei posted it and the plan in the group chat.
Each area has high-level survivors for melee, ranged, and support. The ranged survivors stand in the watchtowers on the city walls, responsible for both long-range attacks and reporting the situation at any time. The support survivors, in addition to adding buffs, are also responsible for some simple rescue.
The group chat was quiet for a moment after reading the plan, but soon became heated again. It wasn't about opposing the plan, but rather about which district to go to.
Because there were too many people, it was impossible to register who went to which area. It was very likely that there would be too many people in one area and no one in another. Yu Luowei asked everyone to go outside the city forty minutes in advance to prepare, and equipped the advanced survivors on the city wall with prop walkie-talkies to facilitate timely communication of the number of people.
In addition, the areas they are responsible for have not been determined at this time. When the time comes, Luo Wei will be responsible for the areas with the least number of people to prevent accidents.
After completing these tasks, Yu Luowei checked her friends' weapons and equipment. Su Tang's special food had also been delivered to the city wall via the intelligent butler. With everything ready, Yu Luowei also went outside to prepare for the first wave of beasts.
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