Chapter 40 p1
◎ Who are you looking for?! ◎
The content of this system update was too much. Yu Chi carefully read the rules three times.
First was the server merge, and the players’ independent status disappeared. This was within her expectations.
Yu Chi stood up and opened the cabin door. The weather had returned to a normal temperature from the extreme heat. The salty sea breeze blew past, giving her skin a cool and refreshing feeling. For a moment, she was not used to it.
She turned on the boat’s lighting system and illuminated the nearby sea.
Although the independent status had disappeared and the players’ small boats were distributed throughout the entire ocean, there were no other players’ boats around her.
Perhaps this ocean was much larger than she had imagined.
Yu Chi returned to the cabin. Every update was prone to some changes, but her small boat now had a protective shield, so she didn’t have to worry about this.
The second was the central island. This update provided a place for all players to communicate face-to-face.
All players could go to the central island once a week.
If you were worried about danger, you could stay in the inner island. It was suitable for trading, meeting online friends, playing, etc., while the outer island could be used for seeking revenge and arranging fights.
Yu Chi rubbed her chin. Those who had been arguing in the channel all day finally didn’t have to curse at each other from a distance. Wouldn’t it be great to just go to the central island and have a fight?
The third was about island exploration.
Cold Moon Island was a resource-type island, while Phantom Beast Island was a civilization-type island. Yu Chi was quite familiar with both of these types of islands, so this rule didn’t need too much research.
Then there was the reputation value system and the teaming system.
Yu Chi opened her information interface and found that her current reputation value was 18,842, which was the total number of players in District 1.
However, a little speculation would tell you that this reputation value couldn’t be the players’ recognition of a person. Otherwise, the reputation value would probably be maxed out by the players.
Rich players could just post a few announcements in the world channel and instantly achieve the effect of being familiar to other players.
Or was reputation value related to the players’ approval? Yu Chi temporarily suppressed her speculation in her heart.
There was no need to say much about the teaming system. The benefits were clearly displayed. The number of people was limited to ten. In a team, they could not attack each other and had a separate chat channel, which was very convenient whether they were scattered or gathered together.
Finally, there was the territorial sea system that she was most concerned about.
Yu Chi found that the next few rules were all related to the territorial sea system. This should also be the top priority of this update.
You can autonomously define a fixed territory range. Within the range, contaminated creatures will no longer be generated, keeping the sea area purified—a short line of words revealed a large amount of information.
The players lived in a polluted ocean. Although it didn’t look like much on the surface, not even a single normal creature could be found.
Yu Chi had to use the All-Purpose Fishing Rod to catch normal fish. These fish seemed to come from another space.
In contrast, the creatures on land were all normal species.
But now with a territory, at least she could ensure the normality of her own territory. She didn’t have to worry about being attacked by contaminated creatures, and maybe normal fish, marine creatures, and so on would be born because of this.
It was just that she hadn’t gotten the territorial sea order yet. Yu Chi felt that this thing should be very rare in the early stages.
However, there were great benefits to obtaining a territorial sea order in advance. Not to mention the system rewards, who wouldn’t want to have their own piece of the sea? Within the territorial sea, she would have the highest authority. She could move all the resources from other places over!
Rules 7, 8, 9, and 10 were all related to the territorial sea. Yu Chi did not study all of them carefully. She opened the chat channel.
Currently, the chat channel and forum were divided into regional and world. Speaking in the world channel or forum required 1000 crystals per message, which was not a small sum. This was probably to limit the number of messages.
However, the world channel and forum were not yet open. According to the description below, the channel and forum would open at 8 in the morning.
The atmosphere in the regional chat channel was particularly excited. Most of the players were talking about their families and friends. The first round of natural disaster was too cruel, and no one could guarantee that their families could survive.
However, in the enthusiastic atmosphere of discussion, even the most sarcastic people rarely went to burst such fantasies.
【Finally, I can see my wife, la la la la.】
【I miss my parents, boohoohoo. I’ll never be separated from them again.】
【I wonder where my baby daughter is, hahaha. She’ll be surprised that her old mom has become so strong!】
Yu Chi scrolled for a while and didn’t realize that a smile had unconsciously appeared on her face. Just looking at these words was beautiful. Many people would be reunited tomorrow, right?
Including herself…
She sat on the sofa, feeling her heart pounding. Except for when she had just come to this world, the thought of finding her dad had been suppressed in her heart for a while, but this did not mean that she did not care.
Thinking of this, Yu Chi couldn’t sit still. She paced back and forth in the room for several laps… anyway, she couldn’t sleep, so she might as well pick up the All-Purpose Fishing Rod and walk out of the cabin.
The sea was shrouded in the night, with only a hazy dividing line looming in the distance.
It seemed to be no different from usual. Yu Chi sat on the deck chair in the fishing area, casually threw the hook down, and stared at the night sky in a daze.
It was very dark, without a single star.
After looking for a while, she felt a little bored and opened the chat box.
【DazedFish】: I guess you can’t sleep either.
The other side quickly sent a message.
【GrumpyBro】: I’m fighting.
【GrumpyBro】: I just took down four boats.
Yu Chi: ???
It always feels like this buddy of mine has a fighting temperament in his destiny. Yu Chi shot up from her chair, looked around, and saw that there were indeed no other boats near her.
【DazedFish】: Good luck.
After a few minutes, a message came from the other side.
【GrumpyBro】: Why can’t you sleep?
【DazedFish】: What do you think? I’m going to see my dad tomorrow.
【GrumpyBro】: Isn’t that a good thing? I don’t even know who my dad is.
Yu Chi was stunned, and her speed of replying to the message subconsciously slowed down.
【GrumpyBro】: But my gang brothers should also be here. I’ll go look for them another day.
Yu Chi: “…”
She suddenly remembered a certain conversation she had had with Li Feng. The other party had indeed mentioned words like “gang” and “on the streets,” but she had thought he was just talking nonsense at the time…
【DazedFish】: You’re really something.
【GrumpyBro】: I’ll give you the position of the second-in-command of the gang then.
Yu Chi didn’t dare to imagine it.
【DazedFish】: …We’ll see, we’ll see.
What terrible mental pollution, she thought. He’s talking nonsense with me, and I can’t even remember why I was sad.
Fortunately, the All-Purpose Fishing Rod suddenly moved. Yu Chi closed the system screen and casually pulled the fishing rod up.
The two bullet points “Li Feng is in the □□” and “She might become the second-in-command of the □□” were scrolling wildly in her mind. For a moment, she didn’t even notice what the All-Purpose Fishing Rod had caught.
It was only when she held it in her hand that she felt something was wrong… huh?
【Item: Territorial Sea Order
Grade: Excellent
Description: The grade is related to the territorial sea’s resource output, sea area, special functions, and biological species. Please explore the specifics yourself.】
The grade of the [Territorial Sea Order] was from common to legendary, a total of four grades. The territorial sea ranges were 1 square kilometer, 5 square kilometers, 10 square kilometers, and 20 square kilometers respectively.
And the territorial sea level was from 1 to 10. The upper limit of the range was related to the grade of the [Territorial Sea Order].
The upper limit of a common territorial sea order was 10 square kilometers, an excellent one was 100 square kilometers, a rare one was 1000 square kilometers, and a legendary one was 10,000 square kilometers.
And what grade of territorial sea order a player could get was closely related to their luck. But besides luck, if they wanted to expand this range limit, they could destroy other players’ territories through territory wars and merge the two territories.
In addition, each player could only use one territorial sea order.
Yu Chi stared at the [Excellent Territorial Sea Order] in her hand with an unknown expression. Her ambition was of course not limited to this.
After knowing that there were rare and legendary territorial sea orders, she didn’t really want to use this excellent one unless necessary.
In the end, it was her topping the rankings a while ago that had nourished her ambition.
Yu Chi opened the chat channel and found that some players were already excitedly saying in the channel—they had luckily obtained a territorial sea order after killing a contaminated creature.
Perhaps the system had finally decided to protect the players’ fragile lives. After this update, an anonymous mode was rarely introduced.
A teleportation item could be used to teleport just by knowing the player’s ID. Yu Chi had long felt that this kind of chat method, which was similar to a real-name system, was very unreliable.
It didn’t matter for the players on the rankings. Anyway, their IDs were at the top every day. But for ordinary players, if they showed that they had something good in the channel or on the forum, they would easily be assassinated by other players. This was a bit too…
But now with a territorial sea, the players on the rankings didn’t have to worry anymore. Without the owner’s permission, no matter what means were used, they could not enter another person’s territorial sea.
Of course, it was a different matter to fight in from the outside.
【Player “Forgot to collect wheat when it rained” has successfully opened a territorial sea.】
【Player “Desperately finished a meal” has successfully opened a territorial sea.】
【Player “Failed the make-up exam by one point” has successfully opened a territorial sea.】
…
While Yu Chi was still thinking, the system suddenly began to broadcast. It only stopped after announcing the top ten players who had opened a territorial sea.
…The tension was rising.
The top ten players who opened a territorial sea would definitely receive generous rewards from the system. These rewards might allow a player to counterattack from the bottom, but of course, they might also lead to death.
After all, the ID was still clearly displayed on the system announcement. If it was remembered by someone with ulterior motives, they would be the first to be the target of a declaration of war order.
Yu Chi opened the territorial sea ranking. In just a short moment, hundreds of territorial seas were already on the list.
The world ranking was different from the regional ranking. It would announce the top one thousand players.
Yu Chi opened the personal strength ranking and the wealth ranking. Hot damn, she wasn’t even in the top one thousand of either list.
No big deal. It’s just that I have to start the arduous climb again.
Yu Chi was not surprised that she was not on the list. Excluding the elderly and children, a total of six billion players had entered this game. And after a round of natural disaster, there were still more than three billion players left.
These three billion-plus players were not to be trifled with. In fact, the extreme heat natural disaster was not difficult to endure. The players who had endured more terrible natural disasters would naturally have more outstanding strength.
Yu Chi glanced at the top three players in the world ranking, her eyes moving—
【Longevity Species】, 【Laying Flat Immortal】, and 【Makka Pakka】
…No players from District 1.
Yu Chi scrolled down again and finally found the names of [MortalRealmLittleFairyGrass] and [GrumpyBro] at 34th and 47th place.
The two of them were probably already level twenty. The players on the rankings were probably very close. Even the top few should be around level twenty.
Oh, I’m only level 12. Yu Chi thought slowly, feeling that it was not a big deal.
Players of the same level, with different personal opportunities, would also have vastly different attributes. Her attributes were not bad. If she couldn’t get on the rankings at level 12, she might get on at level 13 or 14.
Yu Chi put the [Territorial Sea Order] into her backpack and continued to fish with the All-Purpose Fishing Rod.
She was thinking that she would fish up a few more territorial sea orders. Even if the grade was not high, it would be a huge fortune to sell them.
However, she didn’t fish up a [Territorial Sea Order], but instead fished up two [Declaration of War Orders].
Forget it. At least it’s an item related to this update, so it’s a good harvest.