After finishing her business, Qi Xu couldn't be bothered to chat anymore. She agreed to enter the Sea God's Treasure Map together after the next dungeon run, and then she was the first to leave.
She left the three of them to chat loudly and openly about whatever secrets they had. It didn't matter anyway; Spider Amei would secretly tell her everything.
To Qi Xu's surprise, the other three just let out countless gloomy sighs and then retreated as well.
It was almost the end of the month, with only three days left. They needed to cover more mileage and strive for the top spot on the leaderboard!
But this time, Qi Xu planned to play a big game.
Just after she sent a notice in the group chat, Qiuqiu spoke up.
"Boss, don't do it in Zone 88. They're all our own people. Let's go ruin some other zones."
Qi Xu thought about it and agreed. Qiuqiu was already the chief manager ball of Zone 88, so they were indeed on the same side. They had even participated in dungeons together before. There were very few awful people left; at the very least, everyone seemed polite on the surface.
They might as well all go to Zone 01 to have some fun. She remembered Bad Ball saying that Zone 01 had a total of 999 sub-zones.
Server Transfer Cards were no longer precious items. Those with extreme luck could also buy them from her uplines, so there was really no shortage.
To prevent any accidents, Qi Xu even spent Survival Coins, using the team's public funds to buy more supply packs from Little Black, and distributed them to the many teammates preparing to go out and fight.
Then, any player who had reached the top 50 in the previous monthly leaderboards used a Server Transfer Card to venture into the sub-zones past 900 in Zone 01, trying their best to avoid running into their own people.
Qi Xu stayed put in Sub-zone 666 because she wanted to win the annual first-place prize. Not knowing if the prize would still be valid after changing zones, she decided it was safer to stay in her own zone.
As for her teammates going out to freeload off Bad Ball's rewards and coming back after they were done, just thinking about it was satisfying.
When the monthly leaderboard came out, a bunch of system balls were completely dumbfounded. The online report and complaint buttons were practically pressed to the point of breaking.
They were originally excited, thinking that a big shot had arrived in their sub-zone. They were just thinking about sending the rewards, having a private chat, and building a relationship, but they didn't expect the person to grab the rewards and run!
It took them a while to realize what had happened, and they were so angry that their hands trembled as they reported the issue.
The chief ball of Zone 01 also received the news and almost blacked out from anger.
Previously, it had focused on compensating the top 10 sub-zones with the resources from the last 100 sub-zones of Zone 01, mainly to let those who get rich first lead the rest.
But the cross-zone arena challenge and the tournament of champions directly disgusted the ball. The top 10 sub-zones, except for Zone 08, were all useless mud that couldn't stick to a wall. It also wanted to punish them and give them a sense of urgency.
So it specifically compensated the last 100 sub-zones with the resources from the top 9 sub-zones. The resources had been drained too harshly before, so this time it simply compensated them all back. The rewards for first place were very generous, hoping to pick out some good seedlings.
As a result, nearly 50 portions were directly freeloaded by others!
After Bad Ball finished investigating, its entire ball body was about to explode with rage. These people were all from Zone 88, Sub-zone 666!!!
It made sense. Suddenly, it all made sense. Such a wicked idea was perfectly reasonable if it was thought up by Invincible Black Whirlwind!
If this group of people had come to the 900s sub-zones before, it would have been impossible to get first place. But the last 100 sub-zones had been squeezed too hard, and Sub-zone 666 had always been wealthy. Coming over to take first place was a breeze!
Bad Ball couldn't help but feel a bit frustrated. It seemed her development was becoming increasingly uncontrollable.
After being angry for a short while, it directly reported this massive bug upwards. The ball was certain that if it wasn't fixed in time, once Invincible Black Whirlwind tasted this sweetness, she would likely do this every month.
How could they play then?! All the carefully prepared rewards were stolen by thieves, and their own people still had nothing!
Qi Xu's side was also stunned.
She had sent out over 50 people, and almost all of them took first place! This was Zone 01, the zone that Bad Ball claimed to be the strongest.
In the end, even the 50th-ranked person from Sub-zone 666 could get first place over there. This was a bit too exaggerated.
The key was... looking at the first-place rewards everyone posted in the group, Qi Xu was a bit tempted. Were the rewards in Zone 01 really that generous?! It was three or four times more than hers. This was completely unreasonable.
A huge windfall!
"Qiuqiu, go investigate."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
She thought Qiuqiu would be out investigating for a good while. After all, it was asking about news from upper management, which would take some effort no matter what.
Unexpectedly, in less than a minute, Qiuqiu's wild, screaming, piercing cries completely filled Qi Xu's little head.
"Hahahahahaha hic hahaha hic!"
"Qiu, you're crazy! You're laughing like you're about to run out of breath."
Qiuqiu couldn't even bother to reply, laughing crazily for a long time until Qi Xu's patience was completely worn out, before hurriedly stopping to speak.
"Boss, I'm dying of laughter. Don't say that ball is bad anymore. It's not bad at all; it's so good! It contributed all its treasured inventory to us."
When Qi Xu heard Qiuqiu explain what had happened, she also laughed until her stomach hurt.
That ball was truly a bit too adorable!
It compressed the resources of the last 100 sub-zones to prioritize supplying the top 100 sub-zones, but the top sub-zones were shattered by the powerful Rank 1, Invincible Black Whirlwind. Then it wanted to pin its hopes on the later sub-zones and give them compensation.
As a result, this compensation was intercepted halfway by Invincible Black Whirlwind. It was so dramatic that it was hard not to laugh...
In an instant, Qi Xu felt her mood improve countless times over.
"Boss, do you have any ideas for this month's dungeon? Do you want to compete against other zones?"
Qi Xu raised an eyebrow slightly. "How so?"
"We are already a major zone management ball now, so we can invite other major zones to participate in dungeon confrontations! Comparatively speaking, the rewards will be much richer, since they are given jointly by the balls of two major zones.
"It's just that the danger will also be higher. Basically, the dungeons for major zone confrontations are extremely competitive, and the mortality rate will definitely skyrocket. If you encounter a solo dungeon, you might not necessarily run into your own people."
Qi Xu was still inclined to directly challenge other zones. The more they fought and merged zones, the stronger they would become. Sub-zones being too stable wasn't necessarily a good thing.
"Go, set up a match."
"Boss, if we arrange a major zone confrontation, I won't be able to proactively choose the dungeon type. It will be randomly selected from the dungeon pool."
"Alright. We can't lack the necessary experience. I feel like the intensity has been a bit weak lately."
"Hiss..."
Qiuqiu didn't want to say another word. Look, what kind of talk was this? Being mocked by a human player that the game lacked difficulty and demanding an increase in difficulty—this was simply turning the world upside down...
