Chapter 81 A sudden surprise on the second day of the Wild Beast Season
Just as I was about to close the system map and head to the battlefield, the system prompt sounded again: The Tree of Life is fully mature, do you want to go to the Tree of Life platform?
This Tree of Life was the one given to Yu Luowei by the survivors of the Golden City. With the beast tide still some time away, Yu Luowei took a look. Was this a surprise or a shock?
This tree was given to her by the survivors of the Golden City. Because it was separated from the only way out of the city by a park, a fountain, and part of the residential area, Yu Luowei had not paid attention to it since she was settled there. But when she took a look at it now, it was beyond her expectations: the tree had grown from being almost as tall as her to being as tall as seven or eight stories high, becoming a truly towering tree.
The trunk's diameter had grown to the size of two Yu Luoweis with their arms outstretched. Furthermore, in the center of the trunk, a door appeared. Curious, Yu Luowei pushed it, and it turned out to be a portal, teleporting directly to the treetops.
After closing her eyes, Yu Luowei appeared on a platform at the top of the Tree of Life, built of branches and vines. A railing was thoughtfully placed around the platform to prevent anyone from falling.
Standing at the fence, one could take in the entire North City, clearly seeing the residential areas, the defensive zones, and everything else. One could also see the scenery outside the walls. At this point, quite a few people were already standing in the area outside the walls, ready to kill monsters.
Yu Luowei also discovered another surprise: on the tree trunk behind the platform, she saw several buttons. A careful reading of the system prompts revealed that these were special buffs granted by the Tree of Life after it matured. Each button represented a different buff: increased physical strength, increased mental strength, increased attack, increased speed, and increased defense. Pressing one would apply the buff to all citizens, regardless of whether they were in the city or not. However, only two of these could be pressed once per day.
Furthermore, from this platform, Yu Luowei can launch attacks anywhere within the city and within a 100-meter radius outside the city walls, with her attack range tripled. When Yu Luowei first received this card from the girl, she simply thought it was a special building, but now it has become a huge golden finger in her hand. Yu Luowei was extremely excited and quickly told her other friends about the buff's usage time.
By this time, most of the other citizens had also arrived. Yu Luowei and the other leaders briefly adjusted the number of people and determined their respective areas of responsibility. To their surprise, quite a few elderly people and children (especially those not with their families) also joined in. They said that their physical strength and other attributes were not bad, so there was no reason not to participate, which made Yu Luowei very pleased.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the beast tide arrived on time. Yu Luowei, standing on the Tree of Life, could feel the vibrations—the countless monsters rushing in from afar were like waves, sweeping across the forests and mountains, the environment that Luowei had just purchased, and rushing towards North City.
Standing on the outermost defense line outside the city wall were the elites of North City who were above level six. They had been through hundreds of battles in their past gaming lives, and now, facing the beast tide before them, they had no fear in their hearts, but used their skills skillfully.
The other citizens were more or less shocked, but they quickly regained their composure and joined the battle. The arrow towers that Yu Luowei had placed in advance had already launched their attack, and together with the attacks of other citizens on the city wall, a rain of arrows formed.
During the last season's activities, when attacking the disruptive monsters, Yu Luowei discovered that in this survival game, teammates could also cause damage to each other. The system prompt this morning did not mention this, so in order to avoid being accidentally injured, Yu Luowei deliberately tried the approximate attack range of long-range weapons - fortunately, it was relatively large, and the lookout tower also had an additional attack range bonus, and then he demarcated the scope of each area.
Yu Luowei also explained this in the group to prevent being attacked by teammates to the greatest extent possible. So far, it seems that all these measures are still effective - at least within the range she can see, long-range attacks fall ahead of other citizens.
Just as Yu Luowei had expected, on the first day of the disaster, the monsters were relatively low-level, and ranged attacks dealt with most of them. The few that slipped through the net were easily dealt with by the citizens standing outside. It was just that there were too many of them, and there was always another wave after another.
Seeing that everyone's attacks were gradually slowing down, while the beast tide in the distance was still running wildly, Yu Luowei seized the opportunity and pressed the button to increase his mental and physical strength. With the blessing of the buff, the citizens successfully dealt with the beast tide in an hour and a half, and remained unscathed.
While there were no treasure chests dropping from monsters, points were still awarded. Furthermore, points from monsters weren't just given to the last person to kill them, but were distributed according to contribution, eliminating the risk of head-scratching. The citizens' fatigue diminished significantly the moment they saw their points increase, and completely vanished the moment they saw North City's position on the leaderboard.
Everyone performed so well that Yu Luowei didn't even have a chance to fight, though Lu Zhi and the others did participate. However, as the city lord, Yu Luowei would also receive a certain amount of points for defeating the beast tide. Therefore, she was more happy that no one was hurt and sincerely hoped that she would not have to fight in the future.
Su Tang, Zhao Linlang and other people who did not participate in the attack but provided special food or medical care (taking care of existing patients in the city) also received different points according to the degree of their participation in the assistance. This made Yu Luowei sigh for a while at the fairness of the system, but soon his attention was diverted by the food - Su Tang and others prepared a sumptuous dinner in advance to welcome everyone who returned victoriously.
Even during the meal, everyone's excitement continued, excitedly discussing various details of the day, like whether their attacks were a little slow or their positioning was off. Some who hadn't read the manual in time also learned about the citizen buff and adjusted their tactics accordingly. Overall, the atmosphere was positive and upbeat.
After finishing his meal, Yu Luowei also came to the restaurant kitchen and reviewed the day's battle situation with his friends. After the discussion, he was about to leave when he heard a cry from the lobby: "Look at the points mall!"
Subconsciously pulling out the survival manual and opening the points store, the first thing that caught my eye was no longer ordinary materials and daily necessities, but a wide variety of skill cards, weapons, and equipment. From white to red, everything was available. However, the points required to level up at the orange level were a stratospheric price, not to mention the red level.
Previously, these items had to be unlocked and purchased gradually as VIP levels were reached. Now that this restriction had been lifted, Yu Luowei didn't feel bad about it—she had already used all her points to buy suitable items. Updating the points mall at this time would also improve North City's combat power—everyone had just received a small amount of money and was ready to spend it.
Yu Luowei already had a lot of skill cards, weapons, etc., and she also had magic, so she just flipped through them and bought a few blank skill cards.
There was really nothing to buy, so Yu Luowei simply scrolled to the last page, ready to close it after reading, but found a surprise - a red-level city-exclusive skill card.
As the name suggests, this is a city-wide skill card, effective for all citizens or a certain radius outside the city walls. Its power varies depending on the city level and the level of the city lord, but it can instantly kill even orange-level monsters. Therefore, not only is the purchase limit for this skill card limited to five per element, but it's also very expensive, with higher-level cities commanding higher prices.
Yu Luowei's entire fortune plus the public points of Beicheng were only enough to buy ten cards of the lowest level, not to mention others. In addition, since they were on the last page, none of these skill cards were reduced.
Accustomed to preparing for a rainy day, Yu Luowei reluctantly purchased five cards: Water, Wind, Thunder, Fire, and Earth, even though there was no chance of using them yet. The Water card was a healing skill, while the Wind card also had an acceleration effect. Yu Luowei's points were once again reduced to only a quarter.
It doesn’t matter, these skill cards will bring more points in the future. Yu Luowei comforted himself while carefully putting the skill cards into the bracelet, and left a few grids around them empty to show his importance to these skill cards.
Looking up, the restaurant had also become quiet. There were not many people left. Since there was nothing else to do, Yu Luowei helped Su Tang and finished the business for the day before leaving.
It was almost dark. Although he consoled himself for a long time and tried to distract himself by working, Yu Luowei still felt bad about his "lost" points, so he went outside the city to vent his anger on those ghost monsters and skeleton monsters.
If the system said there were no treasure chests, there really were no treasure chests. The previous 100% guaranteed drop of treasure chests was gone. Yu Luowei spent a long time beating monsters without a single treasure chest dropping. Suddenly, she felt a bit hypocritical for not wanting to open treasure chests until her hands were sore.
Time returned to normal, and the night sky had a new moon and more stars. On the way back to the city, Yu Luowei also had the moonlight to accompany her.
The hint had been given, so there was no need to hide the name of the disaster. Yu Luowei, falling asleep under the bright moonlight, welcomed the second day of the Wild Beast Season in his deep sleep.
With yesterday's experience, everyone was not so panicked. They formed a team in an orderly manner this morning and went to the training hall in the city to practice the skill cards they bought last night - after all, training does not consume skill card usage.
Fortunately, since there was really nothing to put in the defense area, Yu Luowei was able to promptly place the training hall he obtained later. There are now four training halls in the North City, otherwise it would not be enough for the citizens to use.
At 1:30 pm, everyone arrived at the battle zone on time. At 2:00 pm, the beast tide arrived again. Without Luo Wei and other leaders reminding them, everyone started fighting skillfully.
Although the number of survivors increased slightly compared to yesterday, thanks to everyone's concerted efforts, the battle ended even faster. However, two individuals, overly excited, strayed into ranged attacks, suffering accidental injuries to their arms from the enchanted arrows. However, with the help of a Level 6 Survivor Support, they recovered quickly without even alerting Zhao Linlang.
All cities gained more points today, and the city skill cards in the points mall were completely empty. Yu Luowei couldn't help but feel lucky that she had taken the initiative and bought five cards yesterday.
Yu Luowei, who hadn't participated yet again today, reconnected with the undead monsters before returning to base. Ma Tuan had been busier than her these past two days: Since she didn't want to be in the trees, she'd taken turns accompanying Fang Min and the others on the front lines. With hopes for tomorrow, Yu Luowei, a cleaned-up Ma Tuan, and the citizens of North City, eager for leaderboard rewards, arrived at the third day of the Wild Beast Season.
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