[Congratulations to everyone for successfully passing the final instance of the first year of the survival game! Qiuqiu has prepared a New Year's gift for everyone. Happy New Year!
For the next half hour, a server merge operation will be conducted for all sub-zones in Region 88. All zone transfer cards, cross-zone communication cards, cross-zone group chats, and cross-zone trades will be disabled. Please wait patiently.]
After the broadcast on the light screen ended, the "Region 88, Zone 666" text on all players' data panels completely transformed into simply "Region 88."
A second ago, everyone was still feeling a slight sense of reluctance and loss. After all, Zone 666 had almost always been tied to Invincible Black Whirlwind. Over the past year, it had appeared on the global server announcements countless times, making it absolutely the most dazzling zone in the entire server.
Now, it was about to become history.
But soon, all players received a New Year's gift—an oversized red gift box tied with a beautifully patterned green ribbon in a delicate bow.
It was incredibly ceremonial. Pulling gently on the ribbon caused the gift box to pop open, revealing an exquisite meal of seven dishes and one soup, accompanied by two large buckets of fruit juice. It had the distinct feel of a New Year's Eve dinner, and just looking at it brought a sense of familiarity...
Many players eagerly took photos and posted them in the chat hall. It was only when they took their first bite that they realized—it was the taste of home! It tasted just like their mother's cooking!
So much so that after swallowing the first bite, their faces were covered in tears...
No wonder it felt so much like a New Year's Eve dinner. There could be no better New Year's gift than this. They couldn't help but start missing their families and friends.
For those players who had never had a New Year's Eve dinner, had no parents or family, or for whom those memories were not pleasant, Qiuqiu had completely taken them into consideration! For them, the seven dishes and one soup perfectly replicated the flavors of Chinese Master Chef's cooking.
Since it couldn't give them emotional enjoyment, it would give them the ultimate gustatory experience! Survival was not easy for anyone.
Qi Xu... upon tasting this unfamiliar yet familiar food, also couldn't help but get red-rimmed eyes. Why hadn't she met such a considerate Qiuqiu in the previous round of the game?
Otherwise, she might have had the confidence to survive a few more days!
The taste of the food naturally couldn't compare to what Chinese Master Chef made, but what they were eating were memories.
Gradually, the number of people in the group chat increased.
It transitioned from over 5,000 to over 10,000, then to over 100,000... and finally reached 1.01 million people.
Qi Xu was stunned by this number. If she remembered correctly, in the previous round of the game... the total number of people during the year-end server merge was just over 600,000. This was nearly double that amount!
Qiuqiu was still howling wildly.
[The number of survivors in our Region 88 ranks in the top five among all regions! Throwing flowers! Congratulations!]
Dandan Seven: "Top five? What exact place in the top five?"
Fortune God's Only Daughter: "Do you even need to ask? It's definitely fifth. With Qiuqiu's personality, if it were fourth, it would have said 'top four'."
Possessed by Bad Luck: "Here you two go again. Careful, or Qiuqiu will have a mental breakdown in a minute."
[Players Fortune God's Only Daughter, Dandan Seven, and Possessed by Bad Luck have maliciously slandered Lord Qiuqiu. They have been muted for 24 hours!]
Watch Me Cut You Down: "Hahaha, it really did have a breakdown."
Qiuqiu didn't want to get scolded, so it ignored what Dongfang Yuan said. A good Qiuqiu doesn't fight with you!!
With a million people now in one region, the chat hall was flooded with messages like a waterfall. If you wanted to see a specific message, you had to scroll up little by little and read at a slower pace.
However, from the player list in the chat hall, one could see that the top 100 players in the comprehensive rankings for total assets, total mileage, and vehicle level had their names bolded and framed.
Especially the name Invincible Black Whirlwind. Not only did it hang high at the number one spot, but it was also wrapped in a layer of fine pink glitter, and outside the pink glitter was a golden rim...
The prestige of being number one was maxed out!
Ranked second was Tonsil Never Speaks. From the ranking alone, one could tell just how many treasures Bian had, because the third place was Chinese Master Chef.
Master Chef had a level 8 vehicle, yet Bian managed to surpass a level 8 vehicle to reach second place in the comprehensive ranking... This was the power of the Goddess of Luck.
As for fourth place, it was Laicai. Basically, all the supplies and profits from the team's overall trades were with him, and every Monday was the day for splitting the overall profits.
As for places 5 to 10, they were also basically members of the core squad. Only the 9th place was an unknown player with an incredibly long name.
Qi Xu had originally closed the chat dialog box, but she paused slightly and quickly reopened it, specifically opening the profile of that 9th-place player again.
She read his nickname clearly and completely.
"Sincere Believer of the Moon Shadow Gilded Rabbit Princess·Brain Spins Faster Than a Fan"
Good heavens, really good heavens! That incredibly gullible... no, incredibly pure and sincere player they met in the amusement park instance was actually still a believer? Had he not compared instance details with other players after coming out?
Had he never wondered why no one else ever encountered the Moon Shadow Gilded Rabbit Princess? Or had he deliberately changed his nickname to make himself forever remember the humiliation of that instance...
No, the main point was that this player actually managed to get 9th place! He ranked ahead of the battle wolf Dandan Seven?! Was this reasonable?
Qi Xu even wanted to go and chat with him...
But she didn't know what to say. She couldn't exactly say... "You are my believer," right?
[Hi, dear friends, hello everyone! I am the Qiuqiu in charge of Region 88. The server merge work is complete. From now on, everyone is family in the same region! In Region 88, no player is allowed to slander Qiuqiu, otherwise you will happily receive a mute package!
Tomorrow is January 1st. To celebrate the New Year, the survival game is specially holding an Elite Gathering event. The purpose is to select the spiritual leader of our China server!
This event cannot do without the support of all players in the China server. At the same time, the entire event will be broadcast live, and all players are required to watch it punctually at 8 AM tomorrow morning.
During the event period, there will be no daily mileage requirements, and no supply boxes will appear by the roadside. I hope all players can watch earnestly and participate actively!
It is an honor that Invincible Black Whirlwind, a player from our region, has successfully qualified to participate! As family, of course we have to support them—the kind of support that goes all the way to the end, understand?! Don't let me find any traitors who are physically here but mentally elsewhere, otherwise you will definitely face Qiuqiu's sanctions!]
[Warning! The management Qiuqiu of Region 88 has violated the rules by canvassing for votes and has now been fined! All regional management Qiuqius, please take this as a warning!]
[Don't worry everyone, I'm back, hahaha. Following my boss, do you think I lack the money for that little fine? Cough, cough, I won't say anymore, and it's definitely not because I chickened out! It's because I believe in my boss's strength, I believe in the feelings between our family members! And I believe in everyone's IQ!]
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