Ingrid refused to believe it and wanted to fight him again! The problem had been her own fault just now. She hadn’t been prepared—first, she had underestimated her opponent, and second, she’d been a little dazed after getting pummeled by Watch Me Cut You Down.
But… even after waiting twenty minutes, she didn’t get matched with either Watch Me Cut You Down or Song Peifeng. Instead, she was matched with someone from H Country, who was so terrible that she took him down in one move.
That left Ingrid feeling miserable. She couldn’t even sleep that night, completely unable to figure out why the two of them no longer wanted to fight her!
She came up with countless possible reasons, never once realizing that they didn’t have any tickets. If she had known, Ingrid would have gladly offered to provide them. What a beautiful misunderstanding!
[Congratulations to the Huaguo server’s guild Severing Path for becoming the third guild in the entire game to reach Level 2! A server-wide announcement is hereby issued! The reward for this announcement is one free building.]
Qi Xu: !!!?
Bian added specifically, “There was nothing we could do. The first- and second-place guilds leveled up the day before yesterday, when you were still in the Treasure Map Secret Realm. Besides, the reward was pretty ordinary. We don’t have to take it if we don’t want it, so don’t overthink it.”
“Indeed, it was too late. Giving up the International Server Treasure Map Secret Realm just to get the server-wide announcement for leveling up the guild wouldn’t have been a rational choice. You can’t have both fish and bear’s paw.”
Although Qi Xu wanted to claim every possible first-place title across the entire server, she also understood that it was impossible. There were always more important things to take care of.
After reaching Level 2, the guild’s membership limit expanded to five hundred. The two-thousand-square-meter plot available in the Level 2 service area was clearly no longer enough, so she upgraded the service area to Level 3 as well, spending 500,000 Survival Coins.
Chief Steward Laicai’s eyelid twitched. The boss was spending money faster and faster, and there were more and more places where money was needed. He would have to work even harder!
The server-wide announcement rewarded them with one free building of their choice. Qi Xu opened the guild’s building list and discovered that all the basic buildings cost 100,000 Survival Coins. The reward was almost useless.
After discussing it with Bian, they chose a parking lot.
As the guild grew larger, people drove in however they pleased, making management increasingly chaotic. They couldn’t possibly have Chief Steward Laicai direct traffic and work as a security guard every day.
With a parking lot, vehicles would automatically park in their designated spaces after their owners teleported to the service area. Vehicles could also be charged for free in the parking lot.
That would save them a huge amount of energy stones. It was definitely worth it.
A Level 2 guild was only allowed to have one building, so Qi Xu didn’t bother looking at the others. She opened the guild emblem and checked the rankings. The international guild rankings were still grayed out and unavailable, but there were currently six guilds on the Huaguo server.
Aside from the Level 2 guild Severing Path, which ranked first, the other five guilds had no ranking numbers before their names. They were all displayed as “-” and sorted alphabetically.
Longevity Guild, Howling Wolf King, Shadow Night, Jade Dragon Hall, and Sunset Red.
The first three guilds needed no explanation. Their leaders were Endless Longevity, Threeking, and Shadowkill respectively. All three guilds had been established after returning from the Treasure Map Secret Realm.
The last two guilds had actually been founded even earlier. Qi Xu couldn’t help feeling excited, eagerly hoping that everyone would become stronger—stronger and stronger.
The Sunset Red guild had been incredibly powerful during the previous round of the game. Every member was over sixty years old, and without exception, they were all ability users, having awakened their powers at the very beginning of the game.
But Qi Xu had never heard of Jade Dragon Hall before. The butterfly effect had arrived!
Qi Xu clicked on it to check the guild leader’s information. The leader of Sunset Red was still Scruffy White Beard, an old man with a white beard. The details of his abilities were unclear.
After all, the gap between their levels of strength had been far too wide in the previous round. She could ask Treasure Cai about it later.
The leader of Jade Dragon Hall was called Battlefield Rose, a nickname Qi Xu had never heard before. She had never had a chance to meet her, either. Their regional code was also rather interesting—Qi Xu’s guild was in District 88, while they were in District 888.
Qi Xu immediately added Scruffy White Beard and Battlefield Rose to the cross-server group chat.
The two of them quickly agreed to join.
Cheese Milk Cap, 80% Sugar: “Great! We have new friends! We should work together sometime.”
Wang Buyu: “(=^▽^=) Welcome, welcome!”
With those two sweethearts welcoming them, Scruffy White Beard and Battlefield Rose relaxed slightly. After all, this was the number-one guild in the entire server. They had never interacted with Invincible Black Whirlwind before and had no idea what kind of personality she had. They had watched the livestream of the gathering of top players, but there had still been cameras present.
They had been worried that she might be a warmonger or have some other agenda. After all, there were so few guilds at present that any newly established guild was bound to attract attention.
Now, judging by the attitudes of the other two players in the group chat, they could roughly tell that everyone was mainly interested in friendly communication. They exchanged a few polite remarks in return.
Qi Xu was busy traveling and didn’t chat in the group. As long as they had the strength, there would naturally be opportunities to cooperate in the future. There was no need to rush into a long conversation.
More importantly… Qi Xu was busy flattering someone.
“You’re so amazing, sweetheart! Has it really been that long since we last met? Doudou, you’ve gotten even stronger! Thank goodness I got to know you, or where else would I find a weapon this powerful and beautiful? Doudou, you’re seriously the coolest!”
Qi Xu kept showering her with compliments. Watching Iron Doudou’s ears wag back and forth, she felt her heart practically melt…
The last time they met, she had traded three rare materials for it, and Iron Doudou had even thrown in a huge number of treasured items. After taking so long, Sakura Fall had finally been reforged and upgraded!
The first thing Qi Xu noticed was that its weight had doubled, making it even better suited to her current Strength attribute. It also came with critical-hit and paralysis effects.
Although both effects depended on luck and probability, Qi Xu could clearly feel that her luck in this round of the game was far better than in the previous one!
Or perhaps… this was simply what normal people’s luck looked like. Her luck in the previous round had been worse than even the unluckiest person’s.
Even driving normally on the road had resulted in a blown tire. Whenever she asked about it in the chat hall, she had never found a single other person who had experienced the same thing. Looking back now, it really had been far too strange.
Had someone deliberately targeted her, or was there some other explanation? Qi Xu had some suspicions, but she didn’t dare confirm them yet.
“Go on, go on. I’m busy here.” Iron Doudou had finished basking in the praise and began working again. With Blackie around, she simply couldn’t concentrate on her work.
Qi Xu put on an aggrieved, cutesy expression. “You… sob, you’re actually kicking me out? I finally found time to come play with you, and you’re sending me away! What could possibly be more important than me?”
Iron Doudou immediately pulled up the list of unfinished orders and began roaring, “You have the nerve to ask! Take a good look for yourself! Aren’t every single one of my remaining orders from members of Severing Path?”
Qi Xu instantly pretended not to understand and gave a sheepish grin. “I’m leaving, I’m leaving, sweetheart. Um… don’t work too hard, either, and remember to rest. If you need any materials, just send me the list. I’ll put it in our guild, and I’ll have everyone exchange for them as soon as they see it!”
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