Currently, Chu Fu can control 20 plants.
Among them, the one with the widest and densest attack range is Galium.
Its range is about five meters.
In other words, Chu Fu can set up an interception zone of up to 100 meters in width.
The exit of Wangxi Village is roughly 800 meters wide and 1 kilometer long.
If Chu Fu blocks the entrance, she can guard one-eighth of the area.
This entrance faces the Red-Eyed Rabbit zone and will bear the brunt of the impact.
Chu Fu had everyone arrange the barriers and traps in a V-shape, funneling the monsters to gradually converge near the entrance, and then she used Galium to seal off the entrance, reducing the pressure on others.
Not only that, Shen Chi, as a mechanic, also built fully automatic targeting arrow towers with a range of 50 meters.
Each tower cost 100 silver coins, and they built a total of 100 towers.
But this money didn’t come from Shen Chi; it came from the quest materials crowdfunded by all players.
United in purpose.
Lin Haowan looked down from the sky, quite moved.
“We can see that in server 0308888, pre-war preparations have already begun.
The current number of online players is 8,827—a truly astonishing number!”
The entire area outside the village has been piled high with stone slopes, and beyond the stones, pits have been dug.
Just imagine: a beast falls down, can barely climb back up, and then gets focused down by ranged players!
If it manages to crawl out, it will be met by melee fighters ready to reap.
I’ve also noticed that players in server 0308888 have very high levels. I rarely see anyone below level 7.
It feels like there are at least a thousand level 10 players, and level 9 players are everywhere. Under these conditions, once the battle starts, player levels will spike quickly. Level 10 players can even learn new skills, so their combat power keeps growing!”
Lin Haowan showered them with praise, observing from his aerial view overlooking the entire village. For the first time, players saw their village from this perspective, and it felt incredibly lively.
And with the Thorns Guild’s base in the distance, surrounded by stone formations, it looked like a double-yolk egg.
It was truly beautiful.
“Now let’s check server 0288888.”
Lin Haowan got his bearings, then suddenly flew off to a new location at terrifying speed, faster than an airplane, soaring across the map.
This perspective was unique.
Lin Haowan said, “In the Original World, each newbie village isn’t an isolated map—they’re connected. I just passed by another village, likely server 0298888, which will have its siege battle tomorrow.
Alright, I’ve arrived at server 0288888. Hmm? They haven’t started preparing yet?”
From above, the village had half as many players as Wangxi Village, and they weren’t enthusiastic at all. The traps were sparse and scattered.
Online players: 2,972.
That was way too few.
Lin Haowan was stunned. He descended, knowing he wasn’t welcome among the guilds, so he found a corner and targeted a level 5 player.
A level 5 player definitely wasn’t part of any guild.
“Bro, isn’t your siege defense supposed to be today? Why are there so few people?”
The player looked up at Lin Haowan and immediately recognized him.
He was gleeful.
“Wow, how’d you manage to come to our server and witness the joke in person? You ask why we have so few people? Isn’t it your fault?”
Lin Haowan quickly denied it.
“How’s it my fault? I didn’t do anything! And I’m not even from your server!”
The player laughed uncontrollably. “You exposed all those guilds’ shady actions online. After players in our server found out, they realized the Dragon Rogue guild didn’t want to defend the newbie village at all.
They probably wanted to run too, but after your video came out, they couldn’t escape and had to say they’d defend. But they don’t have the strength—they can’t hold it! Why would we solo players stay and become cannon fodder?
So, those who weren’t online just didn’t log in. We didn’t have many active players to begin with. The ones online couldn’t quit in time, so they went to the village’s edge—ready to bolt as soon as the beast horde starts!
At level 5, I’ll stick around for quests to level up a bit and leave two hours early—plenty of time. Now, it’s not the guilds running—it’s us solo players!”
Hearing this, Lin Haowan realized it really was his fault.
If he hadn’t exposed the guilds’ dark secrets, solo players would naturally want to defend. But if they didn’t find out until the battle that Dragon Rogue had fled, it would be too late.
Now, with the plot exposed, the solo players were the ones fleeing.
Dragon Rogue stayed behind, but if they ran, they’d just get wiped.
The higher-ups had issued orders: they couldn’t run—at least not in the first few waves of the beast horde.
But to cut their losses,
They were offloading copper coins at low prices.
What was once 1 copper coin for 1 yuan had become 3 copper coins for 1 yuan—and no one was buying, so the price kept dropping.
After all, no one had the confidence to safely bring out the copper coins.
The guilds were selling off, and solo players followed suit.
It caused a total market crash.
This scene stood in stark contrast to Wangxi Village.
Lin Haowan left a fixed camera in place and returned to Wangxi Village.
This was much more interesting to watch!
Over the next 8 hours, players worked with enthusiasm. The number of online players climbed steadily, reaching 9,273 at midnight.
In other words, over eight days, aside from the 200 players Chu Fu had killed from the Universal guild, and the kills by Shen Chi, Xie Lin, and Jiao Jiao totaling around 300,
Their entire server had only lost about 200 players.
With that many players, what village couldn’t be defended?
Finally, midnight arrived!
As the time came, all players heard the system announcement.
【System Announcement: Wangxi Village is about to face a beast horde. All players, be alert.】
【System Announcement: Beast Horde Invasion begins! Contribution Leaderboard opened: Participants: 9,273. Pre-battle preparation quests also count toward contributions.】
Chu Fu stood on the stone wall, looking into the distance. A haze of dust appeared on the horizon.
That was the dust kicked up by an uncountable number of monsters migrating and moving.
Nearby, at the Red-Eyed Rabbit spawn point, monsters surged rapidly. Bunnies leaped out of burrows in droves, gathering together and charging forward frantically.
When they entered within 50 meters of the village, the arrow towers opened fire!
Shen Chi’s contribution began to skyrocket.
Automated towers sure were handy.
But no matter how good, each tower could only fire one arrow at a time.
As for Chu Fu, a single skill was enough to catch up to his contribution score.
