Chapter 82: The City That Was Attacked on Days 3 and 4 of the Wild Beast Season
Day 3 of the season
The level and number of monsters increased slightly, but compared with the updated skill cards of the citizens of North City, it was nothing and they were still quickly and successfully dealt with. Yu Luowei, as usual, only added buffs for everyone on the platform of the Tree of Life and did not participate in the battle.
The only difference was that at eight o'clock that evening, the system sent the first batch of ranking rewards. Yu Luowei also received the city lord's share—a small amount, just one orange treasure chest. However, the monsters killed by Ma Tuan were also counted towards Yu Luowei's, and she thus received the reward for being in the top 100 of the city's rankings—a purple treasure chest.
Lu Zhi and Lin Zhixia made it into the top 50 of the city's rankings. Yu Luowei asked about it and learned that in addition to the fixed purple treasure chest that the city's top citizen could get, the rewards for the top 50 were also this orange treasure chest. She wondered if it was because the difficulty was relatively low in the first three days, so the rewards were so small.
Since there were so few people around, Yu Luowei didn't dwell on it any further. He opened the chest and saw no special building cards in the orange one, and the purple one had a very low chance of appearing. He put the purple one away and sorted it out. He then made a delicious meal for Ma Tuan, the "big hero" who was exhausted from fighting monsters—his appetite had increased significantly due to his heavy workload these past two days—and then he went to bed.
Day 4 of the season.
From today on, there will be more than one beast tide. Everyone feels that today's beast tide will be much stronger. Therefore, in preparation for the morning's beast tide, many citizens went to the training hall last night and trained until midnight.
The tactics haven't been adjusted. Recently, new citizens have joined one after another, so the number of people in each area has increased. In addition, everyone bought new skill cards at night. Even if the difficulty of the beast tide increases, everyone is confident to deal with it.
Yu Luowei also arrived at the treetop in advance, took out a telescope, and peered into the distance. She had always been curious about where the beast tide came from. She had gone out during the day and often saw other monsters appearing nearby, with the same frequency as before. If the beast tide was a gathering of nearby monsters, then there shouldn't be other monsters before the tide.
Through the telescope, the distant forests and plains were peaceful. However, the arrival of the citizens made the area outside the city walls much noisier.
At ten o'clock, a black line suddenly appeared in the distance through the telescope. When the "line" got closer, various monsters could be vaguely seen in it. In addition to those running on the ground, there were also flying monsters.
As expected of a "survival game," this beast tide actually appeared out of nowhere. Yu Luowei passed the message to the others.
Soon the beast tide arrived at the city gate. Because there were more flying monsters, the long-range attackers shifted their targets and focused on attacking the monsters in the sky, leaving all the attacks on the ground to the people on the ground.
The beast tide in the morning was safe, but in the afternoon, because everyone had not fully rested, an area with the least number of people was almost breached by monsters.
Yu Luowei was finally able to participate in the battle. Due to the large number of monsters and the urgent situation, she directly used snowflake bombs on that area. After the use, a heavy snowstorm fell over the area. Most of the flying monsters and land monsters were injured by the snowflake bombs. The remaining monsters that escaped the net were much easier for the citizens to deal with.
Even though Yu Luowei's treatment was prompt, there were still over a dozen people injured today. However, none of them were from the areas Yu Luowei was responsible for, perhaps because she handled the situation promptly. Those with minor injuries were almost fully recovered after receiving treatment from the psychics, while those with more serious injuries were sent to the hospital.
Yu Luowei went to the hospital to check the situation. Fortunately, it was not serious enough to require amputation. She comforted them for a while and then left.
I originally thought that everything would be fine today after the beast tide ended, but unexpectedly, a new situation arose at night - a group of strangers suddenly came outside the city.
There were probably several hundred people in this group. They did not communicate with the smart housekeeper in advance. It was the citizens who went to the forest outside to pick fruit who discovered them and notified Yu Luowei.
There were so many people, and Yu Luowei didn't know what their purpose was. He didn't let them enter the North City immediately, but went to the city gate to meet them himself.
This group of people looked like they were from China, as well as other countries. However, with the game system in place, communication wasn't a big problem.
After some discussion, Yu Luowei learned that this was a city that had been destroyed by the beast tide that afternoon. The city walls were severely damaged, so the system gave them an hour to find a new city to join. Their city lord chose North City, the number one city on the list, without hesitation.
By now, half of the time had passed, and the faces of the citizens of the other city were gradually showing signs of anxiety. Their city lord was quite responsible and, seeing this situation, offered to give them some extra points in exchange for the opportunity to enter the North City.
Yu Luowei wasn't concerned about these points; there were still plenty of empty seats in the city. She was mainly worried about the character of these people. However, there were only about six or seven hundred people in total, and their ranks weren't very high, otherwise the city wouldn't have been captured so quickly. With surveillance and patrols within North City, it was unlikely that they would cause any particularly serious consequences.
Seeing that the hour was almost up, Yu Luowei considered it and accepted the points. After all, he couldn't let them join for nothing. He let them enter the city first and called the smart butler to follow them.
Yu Luowei entered the city with the others, inquiring about the details of the previous city's fall as they walked. While waiting for the city bus, she noticed that most people were delighted. After all, joining the new city meant temporarily escaping the danger of family destruction. However, there were two people whose expressions, amidst their joy, also had a sneaky, guilty feeling.
This expression made them look even less like good people. Either they were one of the culprits behind the city's fall, or they were behind some other conspiracy. Yu Luowei asked the former city lord, but unfortunately, he didn't have a personal impression of every citizen. Yu Luowei mentally marked these two individuals and activated the intelligent butler's maximum monitoring of them.
The smart butler robot took the newcomer to the residential area, and Yu Luowei returned to her base. Soon, the smart butler sent the location of the residential area of the two people she was focusing on. They happened to be neighbors, so Yu Luowei placed a small robot there to monitor their movements.
With the addition of flying monsters, the already small number of ranged attackers became even more insufficient. Yu Luowei found a decent orange-level bow blueprint from her supplies and made 60 of them. She briefly mentioned the new citizens joining the group chat and then recruited more ranged attackers. If their weapons were too low, they could come to her to rent them out and upgrade them.
By the time it was time to go to sleep, each area had about 20 more ranged attackers. All the newly made weapons had been rented out. Closing the chat channel, Yu Luowei opened the leaderboard to claim today's rewards.
Yu Luowei casually tossed it onto the same spot as yesterday's purple treasure chest. In comparison, the rankings were more appealing to her. Compared to yesterday's, today's rankings had changed significantly. Many cities that were at the top of the list yesterday had fallen down the rankings, and many new cities had also joined.
Besides the city led by Fu Xiangming, Yu Luowei saw a familiar name: Golden City. If it were just the same name, Yu Luowei wouldn't be surprised. After all, there are tens of thousands of cities these days, so having the same name is perfectly normal. However, the coordinates of this city were very similar to the ones she had obtained when she went to assassinate Jin Yu.
Could it be that other survivors of that city had rebuilt another identical city on the ruins? Yu Luowei wondered. However, since no one had revealed the identity of this new Golden City in the regional chat channel, Yu Luowei simply assumed they liked the name and location.
Before bed, Yu Luowei asked Zhao Linlang about the patient's condition. Zhao Linlang said he only needed a day's rest. At the hospital, doctors could purchase more specialized medical supplies from the points store. Therefore, with the help of Zhao Linlang and several other doctors, and utilizing the various in-game equipment and medicines, the injured were treated quickly.
There was nothing else to do, so Yu Luowei and Ma Tuan welcomed the arrival of the fifth day.
That day, all the monsters that arrived in the morning were ground monsters, and all the monsters that arrived in the afternoon were flying monsters. While their numbers increased, their levels didn't change much. No particularly powerful elite monsters or mini-bosses appeared—the city they'd visited the previous night had been annihilated by a mini-boss.
Because the monsters that arrived in the morning were all land monsters, Yu Luowei had already considered the afternoon's flood and adjusted the number of personnel on the city wall at noon. Even if there were no ranged attacks, skill cards could be used on the city wall. Therefore, when the beast tide appeared as expected in the afternoon, it was easily dealt with.
The newly joined citizens also blended in harmoniously. Although their level was not high, there was strength in numbers, and they also made a significant contribution to repelling the beast tide.
The most important person, one of the new citizens, has a giant griffin as a pet. It's decently rank, but its bloodline doesn't seem very high. Last night, it nearly got into a fight with someone else's pet in the city, but when Ma Tuan showed up, it was instantly subdued. Since then, it's become completely obedient to Ma Tuan's every word, practically becoming his second master.
The griffin's master was only level four, so he could have ridden the griffin in the air to fight the flying monsters, but he gave the opportunity to Ma Tuan. Ma Tuan therefore actively participated in the battle, which originally had no part in it, and killed many monsters.
However, this was done without Yu Luowei's knowledge, which was not really a secret, as Yu Luowei was still on the Tree of Life when the plan was made. This meant that when Luowei found out, Ma Tuan was still freely flying in the sky on a griffin.
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