Qi Xu is currently in urgent need of core materials for upgrading to a Level 8 vehicle and service area fragments. It's just a pity that these can't be obtained from opening supply boxes on the roadside or from ordinary rewards.
So, if he wants to advance further, the best method currently seems to be participating in the Treasure Map Secret Realm.
After midnight, Breaking Cocoon into Butterfly, Golden Bell Armor Iron Shirt, Muzi Li, and Happy Big Girl returned after claiming their rewards for being number one in their sub-district rankings, completely bewildering the people in those sub-districts.
Having the number one spot you were sure of getting turn into number two wasn't a big deal; anyone can have a lucky break. But the key issue was... the new number one spot was taken by a player who had never appeared before.
After the confused players collected their rewards and went to the chat hall to search for information on the new number one, they found... there was simply no such person! How do you explain that? It was as if this person appeared purely to snatch the number one spot, and then left immediately after getting it. What was the meaning of that?
Qi Xu counted the people. Besides the four who had just snatched the number one spots, there were himself, War Wolf Egg Egg Seven, Crushed Ice Little Lamb, Fortune God's Only Daughter, and War Wolf 006, making a total of 9 people who had held a number one rank.
They just needed to create one more.
Sister Cut You and Classmate Xiao Song both had constitutions that made it very difficult for them to get a number one rank, unless they encountered a calamity that didn't calculate based on mileage but purely on monsters killed.
But such calamities required accumulation. Going in only on the last day was a bit difficult, and entering at the beginning of the month was prone to too many unforeseen changes, not necessarily cost-effective.
It would be better to let the War Wolves give it their all next month than to bring those three unreliable ones along. Qi Xu recalled the agony of the last Treasure Map Secret Realm, the miserable experience of completely being unable to carry them.
He decided to wait a bit longer, to first win the [Strongest Contender Championship].
Qi Xu directly sent a message in the chat hall.
Invincible Black Whirlwind: "Is everyone here? There's something I need to discuss with everyone."
Instantly, almost ten thousand messages popped out within a few seconds. The monthly ranking list had just been released not long ago, and everyone was already lively.
Seeing Invincible Black Whirlwind speak up, they all responded enthusiastically.
The veteran players went without saying. Those newly merged into Sub-district 666 of District 88 had been very curious about this server-wide number one, but she was incredibly low-key. It had been almost a month, and this was the first time they'd seen her speak in the chat hall.
If it weren't for the survival game not having the concept of servers, who knows how laggy things would have gotten just from that moment.
Invincible Black Whirlwind: "This month still has no dungeon, but there is a [Strongest Contender Championship] involving some players from five sub-districts. I will select 20 people to participate with me on my side. The other 30 slots require voluntary registration from other players in the sub-district.
Then the survival game will randomly select from these 30 people. Because it's a district-wide activity, the stronger our overall strength, the greater our hope of winning. So, we need to completely eliminate uncertainty.
Just like last month, winning comes with rewards for everyone. I hope all of us can unite our efforts and conquer this challenge together. Players interested in registering, locate me at 6 AM tomorrow, we'll gather and discuss it together.
We'll use PK or competition methods to decide the other 30 people. That means only these 30 people can register. Others, please don't click randomly. If you want to participate, come tomorrow morning and let your strength do the talking. Those not participating, don't cause trouble.
Malicious troublemakers, regardless of the competition schedule at that time, I will kill you before the match starts. Don't believe me? Just try."
Cursed by Misfortune: "Understood, boss! My strength isn't up to par, I won't go over tomorrow to cause trouble, but I wish our District 88, Sub-district 666 victory once again!"
Ruan Persimmon: "Boss is so cool! Live PK is great! Let strength speak! Where's Fortune Dog? Let's fight tomorrow, the strong get in!"
Fortune God's Only Daughter: "Oh dear, so sorry. Because my strength is overwhelmingly formidable, I've already been selected for the list. I won't compete with a minor trash like you."
Magma Cucumber Salad: "Can we who merged into the new district also participate? Do we need to pay a fee?"
Invincible Black Whirlwind: "Of course you can. No fee is required, but the competition might be somewhat fierce."
Buried Love 2009: "Boss, I'm dumb. Please explain clearly, just how fierce is it?"
Invincible Black Whirlwind: "Those with three-dimensional attribute values below 150 can probably skip the excitement. But if you possess special skills or other trump cards, you can come and give it a try."
This Humble Palace Somebody: "Understood. See you tomorrow."
Blessed by Luck: "Wow, there are hidden experts among the ordinary masses! Boss Whirlwind is kind and strong. I need to work hard to get noticed by the boss."
Qi Xu was amused; Blessed by Luck was starting to put on an act. He watched the chat hall a while longer, and after confirming everyone agreed and no one was deliberately picking fights or causing trouble, he felt at ease to rest.
This month's calamity was the Hunger Calamity, which could be called a "welfare calamity." Even the poorest players now had some supplies in their backpacks. With a month's time, anyone could manage to get through.
Early the next morning.
As soon as Qi Xu woke up, he received system notifications of being located one after another. He got up quickly, washed up, ate a meal, got out of the vehicle, and started working.
The list of 20 people was easy to choose, based on their strength and level of tacit understanding (teamwork). They were all teammates who usually trained together.
The remaining slots needed to be decided by competing with the players who came for pre-registration today. The stronger ones would go.
After the rules were set, the competitions began. It wasn't fancy, just one-on-one combat. After finalizing the list of fifty participants, anyone still unconvinced could freely pick someone for a solo duel.
Dong Fang Yuan came excitedly in the morning, but unfortunately, she was bored in the end as no one challenged her to a duel, so she left quite unenthusiastically.
It took nearly the entire morning until no one had any more questions. Qi Xu then posted the final confirmed list of 50 people in the chat hall.
"Except for the players listed above, no one else should click to register. Thank you for your cooperation. Troublemakers, I will locate you for a private chat."
At 8 PM, Qi Xu was once again pulled into a pitch-black virtual space for a meeting.
But this time, there wasn't even a table or chairs, only a cold, system notification electronic voice.
[The Strongest Contender Championship is about to begin. Each sub-district must send 50 participants. Please, Invincible Black Whirlwind, number one of District 88, Sub-district 666, quickly write down the list of 10 people for your team. The other 40 people will be randomly selected from among the voluntarily registered players within the sub-district.]
10 people? 40 people?
Qi Xu couldn't even be bothered to roll his eyes. Clearly, other districts got to freely choose 20 people, with 30 randomly selected. It changed again for me?
If he hadn't made preparations in advance, he really would have been tricked by Qiuqiu again. Thankfully, he had connections.
Qi Xu quickly filled out the list and submitted it. Subsequently, all players in Sub-district 666 indeed received a prompt sound simultaneously...
A highly seductive notification appeared clearly before all the players.
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