These new rescue teams were also assigned tasks and started working. Wealth from All Directions and Bian each followed one group, observed them twice, and after confirming there were no issues, felt reassured.
This rescue squad was initiated by Invincible Black Whirlwind, so naturally, they couldn't tarnish Whirlwind Boss's reputation.
It's worth mentioning that out of these 15 people, 10 were originally all from District 444. The team leaders were Ruan Shizi and Heartbroken Kitten, both typical representative figures from District 444.
And the team members were also the same ones who used to curse "Wealth Dog" in the group chat every day...
Wealth Coming was initially worried that Fortune God's Only Daughter might feel uncomfortable, but after secretly observing her expression, she was actually gleeful, her eyebrows dancing and her mouth puckered with excitement, so he stopped worrying.
The other 5 people were all newly recruited in the past few days, including one who came from another district specifically to join the boss. This group had even stronger personnel, with a superpower user leading the team.
Before these three teams arrived, the other 5 teams got along quite harmoniously, focusing on honing their own skills and not caring much about performance or fame...
But after these three teams showed up, the peaceful environment was suddenly shattered.
The reason was simple: these three teams were too competitive.
They would actively compete for tasks, even making promotional videos and personal introductions, posting them directly in the chat hall to secure jobs for themselves.
As a result, when players placed orders, in less urgent situations, they would prioritize choosing the three newly emerged teams...
Could the other team leaders tolerate this? They also started finding ways to compete, striving to improve their team's strength while promoting themselves.
Wealth from All Directions got into the spirit and organized a series of activities: a lottery for returning customers to win a free rescue, a 5% discount on the next service for good reviews, deposit a certain amount for a free rescue...
So, from the moment the dungeon ended, the chat hall had been as lively as a grand gathering.
The eight rescue teams all began competing with each other. Everyone wanted to be the team with the highest task completion rate and the best performance.
Competition breeds fighting spirit. Qi Xu felt this was a good thing, and as it was all healthy competition, he didn't interfere too much. The original teams were too harmonious and yielding; now, being more active actually produced better results.
On the competition preparation team side, Qi Xu and Bian worked together to devise overall combat strategies, while Dongfang Yuan was responsible for supervising each person's combat training.
They hardly even ran their mileage, just barely meeting the daily quota. Every day, the moment they opened their eyes, it was fight, fight, fight...
For a full month, everyone was completely transformed. Whether it was 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, or 5v5, Qi Xu had perfect team combinations figured out.
Considering the current nine people were too few, they eventually called over all eight rescue teams as well. If there was a rescue mission, they'd go; if not, they'd focus on combat practice.
It was exhausting, but truly fulfilling. Everyone felt they had direction and purpose. And on this highway, "exhaustion" could no longer be considered a negative state—it was the hope of being alive.
The 50-person preparation group practiced fervently every day. No matter what form the cross-district arena challenge took, they had found the most perfect way to handle it.
When Ruan Shizi and the others arrived and saw Fortune God's Only Daughter, they initially felt a bit awkward, but...
Qi Xu directly arranged for them to have a match. After the whole group was beaten down by Fortune God's Only Daughter, who had been meticulously coached by Dongfang Yuan, they instantly couldn't control their mouths, trash-talking while fighting.
After being cursed at, Fortune's Jewel (Fortune God's Only Daughter) got much more excited, fighting more fiercely and improving rapidly. No matter how fast her moves were, it didn't stop her mouth from running.
Qi Xu naturally didn't interfere. As long as there was progress, that was fine. Everyone had their own suitable way to grow.
So, these 50 people were either bleeding from head wounds or covered in cuts and bruises every day. In the end, they actually reached a point during the "Perilous Moments Without End" disaster where they couldn't find any monsters to fight.
No problem, no fear. Qi Xu would spend money.
They earned so many survival coins to be spent. That Snake guy is so poor, what's wrong with supporting his business a bit more?
The previous S-rank assassin was treated with good food and drink every day, and when injured, Ni Jiu Jiu would specifically heal him. But there was only one assassin, not enough to go around. Fortunately, Snake successfully created another one. Qi Xu directly hired another S-rank and ten A-ranks.
Or they could simply practice against each other!
Qi Xu remembered getting a vehicle core in the dungeon and simply said, "For those who haven't successfully upgraded to a level 7 vehicle yet, before the end of the month, whoever can defeat War Wolf 004 gets this vehicle core in my hand. If no one can defeat him, then this core goes to War Wolf 004."
Instantly, War Wolf 004 became the most eye-catching guy in the whole place. Several of the more combative members in the team, the moment they opened or closed their eyes, just wanted to challenge 004.
This pushed 004 to raise his strength another level in the final few days...
Qi Xu had guessed that this month's monthly ranking definitely wouldn't be calculated based on mileage run. Qiuqiu did exactly that, finally assessing based on the quantity and quality of monsters killed.
So, Qi Xu once again secured the first place on the district's monthly ranking.
He only slept briefly during mileage runs each day. The rest of the time, he was either fighting or analyzing, stubbornly making ordinary time feel more exhausting than a dungeon run.
With Ni Jiu Jiu constantly helping with recovery and supplies, no one could match Qi Xu's stamina, and no one dared to play like this—they'd probably die from overwork in ten days.
By the time the rankings were announced, no one had successfully challenged War Wolf 004 in a solo fight, so Qi Xu, as promised, gave the vehicle core to him.
After receiving it, War Wolf 004 directly transferred 800 energy stones to Qi Xu in the group chat. Seeing everyone else doing the same, he followed suit.
Well... there wasn't anything else particularly good to give. Seeing that Whirlwind Boss was a big consumer of energy stones, and that his three pets (except the little snake) were quite voracious eaters, he simply gave energy stones.
The competition for the monthly rankings was getting fiercer.
Everyone realized it was now extremely difficult to break into the top five; it was impossible without risking your life.
This month, second place went to Dongfang Yuan, the old wolf hunter—no doubt about it.
Third place was War Wolf 008's. War Wolf 008's pet, the Red Squirrel, was also support-type. Although it couldn't heal its owner, it could shield them from negative status effects.
Before her health points hit zero, she was always at peak condition—the perfect attribute for a competition fiend.
Fourth was Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly, fifth was Fortune God's Only Daughter. War Wolf Dandan Qi, who pushed herself madly with extra training every day, not daring to rest for a moment, only managed to snag sixth place even after giving her all.
And that was with Muzi Li out doing rescue team tasks; otherwise, she might not have even gotten sixth. She's fiercely competitive too.
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