Chapter 202: First Server Merge, Points Ranking Board Opened!

After listening to this person's explanation, a look of realization appeared in the eyes of the other Survivors.

"So that's how it is…"

"Hearing you put it that way, the environment in those zones is just too harsh."

"Yeah, yeah. We have a few big shots in our zone too, but they've never treated us like that. Especially Great Lord Cao Xing—he's been really good to us."

"That's right. Compared to them, Great Lord Cao Xing is truly a rare conscience!"

At this moment, Ji Xinyue said in the chat channel: "Everyone, listen to me. It's definitely going to be chaotic after the server merge tomorrow."

"We must unite so we don't get bullied by people from other zones!"

"If they try to force us to join their legions, everyone must not agree easily!"

Upon hearing what Ji Xinyue said, the Survivors of Zone 174 all felt that her words made sense.

They chimed in one after another: "That's right, we must unite."

"Haha! I'd rather wait for Wu Xinghu and the others to level up their legion and join the Ice Tiger than join those people."

"Me too, I want to join the Ice Tiger!"

Including Wu Xinghu, Zhou Bo, and Qiu Yating, many others also spoke up.

They promised that they would not be like the top powerhouses in other zones and oppress the living space of other Survivors.

Under Ji Xinyue's guidance, the Survivors of Zone 174 reached a consensus tonight.

Time slipped away quietly. Soon, the night passed.

The next day, a system notification appeared.

[Attention all Survivors: You have survived the seventh day of the Official Period.]

[Number of Survivors after the Novice Period ended: 5.085 billion; deaths during the seven days of the Official Period: 732 million; remaining Survivors: 4.353 billion; overall mortality rate: 14.39%.]

[Survivors who have made it this far, you have further adapted to the survival rules of the new world. Please keep it up, put in more effort, and build a brand-new civilization in this unknown world.]

At this moment, countless people opened their eyes. Cao Xing and Liu Muxue woke up at the same time.

Seeing these death figures, a look of contemplation appeared in their eyes.

In the seven days of the Official Period, another 700 million people died. Compared to the seven days of the Novice Period, where over two billion died instantly, it could be said that the mortality rate had dropped significantly.

From now on, if there are no major changes, such as significant events that affect the entire global landscape, the mortality rate will continue to decline.

And those who have survived are naturally the elites who have been filtered through layer after layer.

Then, the second system notification continued to sound.

[The second update of the Official Period has been completed.]

[Update Content 1: The first server merge has officially begun. Merging your current Zone 174 with Zones 171–180. Please wait patiently…]

"Axing, the server merge has started…" Liu Muxue said softly.

"Yeah." Cao Xing nodded.

At this moment, not just Cao Xing, but all the Survivors in the nearby area felt a strange sensation.

This feeling was very peculiar and hard to describe. It was as if the world they were originally in had suddenly expanded.

The next moment, a system notification appeared.

[The server merge is complete. Your server zone has been changed to Zone 17.]

At this moment, Cao Xing saw that the chat channel had changed.

[Zone 17 online count: 229,713 / 229,713]

It was about what he expected. Adding up the 10 zones, there were barely 220,000 people.

This was only because Zone 174, where Cao Xing was located, had raised the average; otherwise, it would have been even lower.

Meanwhile, a massive number of messages flooded the Zone 17 chat channel.

Qiu Liangdong: "Haha! Finally, the server merge happened. Second Uncle, I can finally come find you!"

Ruan Yin: "Honey, listen to me, I didn't mean to cheat on you. I was just young and ignorant, and I accidentally had two children with your brother. I don't know why the system assigned me to the same group as them!"

Meng Xinxu: "Brothers, it seems we are all from Xiangjiang City. I guess the next server merge will be with other cities, right?"

Jiang Qingyun: "The No. 1 legion of Zone 171, Wangjiang Pavilion Legion, is recruiting. We only want Survivors level 10 and above. Weaklings don't need to private message me; I have limited time."

Yu Luanyu: "I… I have two golden magic plant seeds here. Does anyone want them? No one in my previous zone could afford them…"

Glancing at the massive amount of information that had instantly erupted in the chat channel, it was about what he had anticipated.

After the map expanded, one could travel to more distant places to find their loved ones and friends.

There were also a portion of Survivors who possessed precious items that no one could afford before, and now they were seeking trades through the chat channel.

Moreover, Cao Xing discovered something else. When these Survivors spoke, besides the ID number after their names, there was also a small font. For example, 171, 172, etc…

This must be to distinguish which zone they originally belonged to. Cao Xing nodded secretly, "This feature is quite good."

Just then, the system notification continued to appear.

[Update Content 2: As the Survivors' territories develop, the indigenous forces of this world will gradually take notice of your territories. Soon, a large number of indigenous people will head toward the vicinity of your territories to investigate. Survivors, please handle your relationships with these indigenous people appropriately.]

[Update Content 3: New resource points have been refreshed. A small number of rare resource points have been released this time. Powerful monsters may appear in these resource points; please proceed with caution.]

[Update Content 4: As Survivors have gradually established legions and large-scale battles have increased, the armor calculation method has been changed. Previously, 1 point of armor offset 1 point of damage; it has now been changed to a division formula: Damage = Attack * (1 – 1 / (1 + Attack / Defense)).]

Of these three updates, the first one was somewhat beyond Cao Xing's expectations. Cao Xing pondered secretly: "Indigenous forces will take notice of our territories?"

"This means that entities similar to those churches, kingdom forces, noble factions, etc., might all send people to make contact with our territories."

For the Survivors, this could be an opportunity, or it could bring trouble.

For instance, those barons or dukes—if your territory is located within their domain and they demand to forcefully merge your territory, then how you choose to respond becomes very critical.

One wrong move could provoke a battle, and given the strength of the Survivors, they definitely couldn't be a match for these indigenous people.

There is also the case like Fang Long's back then, where the territory was occupied by those Hunters and used as a new stronghold. Overall, this update is meant to help the Survivors integrate into this world more quickly.

The second update content, which refreshed new resource points, is exactly what Cao Xing urgently needs. "Very good. Once I'm done here, I'll have the two Centaurs scout the nearby resource points."

As for the third update, it's also very simple. This is an update introduced to accommodate the majority of ordinary Survivors.

Cao Xing pondered: "The armor calculation method has changed. This way, when those ordinary Survivors besiege some high-level beasts or monsters, they won't end up in a situation where they can't break through the defense."

"For my legion, this is also a significant upgrade." A smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

The system notification continued. [Update Content 5: The Dragon Revival expansion pack has opened a new chapter, and the survival difficulty has increased. Boss-level monsters and a small number of Leader-level monsters have been added to the Ice Nest.]

[Update Content 6: The Dragon Shop has added various new items and blueprints available for exchange. Please check them yourself.]

"New items have been added again?" Cao Xing took a glance. He found that there were indeed more things in the shop.

For example, the limited-exchange [Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll]. For example, the high-level material [dragon rock ore]. There were also high-level gems available for limited exchange.

He looked at the prices of these new materials. [Dragon Shop Exchange Page] [Tier 2 Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll]: Price 5,000 Ice Dragon Mark (Limited to 20)

[Tier 2 Elite Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll]: Price 20,000 Ice Dragon Mark (Limited to 5)

[Tier 2 Boss Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll]: Price 100,000 Ice Dragon Mark (Limited to 1)

[dragon rock ore]: Price 1,000 Ice Dragon Mark

[Intermediate Heart of Strength]: Price 10,000 Ice Dragon Mark

[Glacier Magnet (Gold)]: Price 100,000 Ice Dragon Mark (Limited to 1)

[Dragon Stone (Orange)]: Price 300,000 Ice Dragon Mark (Limited to 1)

There were many newly added items. Besides these, there were some miscellaneous materials and the like. Also, a new exchange option for the Intermediate Heart of Strength had been added.

Cao Xing checked the attributes of the two high-level gems. [Glacier Magnet (Gold): Can be embedded in weapons or equipment, increasing Strength by 50 and Spirit by 50, and additionally increasing Attack by 100 when launching Ice-type attacks.]

(A magnet containing the power of a glacier; requires an Expert-level Blacksmith to embed.)

[Dragon Stone (Orange): Can be embedded in equipment, increasing Constitution by 300, and upon the moment of being attacked, has a 15% chance to increase Armor by 100%.]

(A gem containing the faint power of a dragon; requires a Master-level Blacksmith to embed.)

"That's pretty formidable…" Cao Xing couldn't help but exclaim. The attributes of these two gems were almost comparable to a piece of equipment.

Of course, the price was also outrageous. One cost 100,000, and the other cost 300,000! Cao Xing's primary goal right now was still to open the Silver Treasure Chest or use the excess Ice Dragon Mark to exchange for the Intermediate Heart of Strength.

After all, this was the method that would provide the greatest improvement for him.

Six consecutive updates were no less significant than the first system update.

The chat channel had already erupted into heated discussion.

However, just at that moment, another system prompt appeared.

[Update ⑦: Since the level ranking challenges for all major regions have ended, a new ranking challenge is now being launched!]

[Points Ranking, officially opened!]

[Challenge Rules: Over the next 10 days, for every Ice Nest destroyed, Survivor Lords will gain 1 point. Killing an Elite-level Ice Nest Monster grants 1 point, and killing a Boss-level Ice Nest Monster grants 5 points. After 10 days, ranking rewards will be distributed based on the final points.]

Seeing the system prompt, a look of keen interest appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Oh? A new ranking challenge has appeared again?"

"Let me see what the rewards are!"

[Reward List.]

[Rank 10000 ~ 5000 Reward: Primary Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Tier 1 Imperial Soldier Recruitment Scroll * 5, Random Purple Equipment * 1, Ice Dragon Mark * 1000]

[Rank 4999 ~ 1000 Reward: Primary Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Intermediate Frost Wall Blueprint * 1, Random Purple Weapon * 1, Tier 1 Imperial Soldier Recruitment Scroll * 10, Ice Dragon Mark * 2000]

[Rank 999 ~ 100 Reward: Primary + Intermediate Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Choice of Level 20 Purple Weapon, Tier 2 Imperial Soldier Recruitment Scroll * 10, Ice Dragon Mark * 5000]

[Rank 99 ~ 50: Primary + Intermediate Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Frost-Covered Silver Treasure Chest * 1, Choice of Level 20 Purple Weapon * 1, Tier 2 Imperial Archer Recruitment Scroll * 10, Ice Dragon Mark * 10000]

[Rank 49 ~ 10: Primary + Intermediate Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Frost-Covered Silver Treasure Chest * 1, Choice of Purple Weapon * 1, Tier 2 Elite Creature Recruitment Scroll * 3, Ice Dragon Mark * 20000]

[Rank 9 ~ 4: Primary + Intermediate Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Primary + Intermediate Frost Arrow Tower Construction Blueprint * 1, Frost-Covered Silver Treasure Chest * 1, Choice of Purple Weapon * 1, Tier 2 Elite Creature Recruitment Scroll * 3, Ice Dragon Mark * 30000]

…

Seeing this long list of reward prompts, a look of intense shock appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Damn, the rewards this time are so generous?"

"The top ten actually get 4 blueprints as a reward! Plus Silver Treasure Chests, weapons, and elite scrolls!"

"This is pretty formidable!"

Even Liu Muxue, who was by his side, had a look of surprise in her eyes.

And this was only the reward for the top ten.

When Cao Xing saw the rewards for the top three, he was completely stunned.

[Rank 3 Reward: Primary + Intermediate Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Primary + Intermediate Frost Arrow Tower Construction Blueprint * 1, Gleaming Gold Treasure Chest * 1, Choice of Purple Weapon * 1, Tier 2 Boss-level Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll * 1, Ice Dragon Mark * 50000]

[Rank 2 Reward: Primary + Intermediate Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Primary + Intermediate Frost Arrow Tower Construction Blueprint * 1, Gleaming Gold Treasure Chest * 1, Choice of Class-Specific Gold Weapon * 1, Tier 2 Leader-level Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll * 1, Ice Dragon Mark * 70000]

[Rank 1 Reward: Primary + Intermediate Frost Wall Construction Blueprint * 1, Primary + Intermediate Frost Arrow Tower Construction Blueprint * 1, Gleaming Gold Treasure Chest * 1, Choice of Ice Dragon Set Piece * 1, Tier 2 Commander-level Dragon Blood Warrior Recruitment Scroll * 1, Ice Dragon Mark * 100000]

…

"Holy crap… these rewards are too exaggerated!"

"The top three get at least one Gold Treasure Chest, and combined with the Ice Dragon Mark rewards, it's worth over a hundred thousand Ice Dragon Marks."

"Not to mention the Boss-level Dragon Blood Warrior and Leader-level Dragon Blood Warrior scrolls!"

"What's even more exaggerated is the first-place reward; it actually includes a Commander-level recruitment scroll!"

A look of intense shock appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

You have to realize, up until now, he hadn't even encountered a single Commander-level creature, let alone a recruitment scroll!

It could be said that this first-place recruitment scroll alone would be enough to trigger a frenzy among countless people!

Liu Muxue said excitedly: "Oh my god… so many rewards!"

"Axing, can we take first place this time?"

Cao Xing thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I don't know the strength of the other regions yet, so I'm not sure."

"After all, there are over 200,000 people competing this time, and these people are all elites who have survived for half a month."

"It probably won't be that easy to take first place."

A look of realization appeared in Liu Muxue's eyes.

Although Cao Xing was confident in his own strength, humility was a virtue for Chinese people.

So, Cao Xing didn't speak too confidently.

However, the chat channel at this moment had completely erupted because of the ranking rewards!

Zheng Pai: "Brothers, have you all seen it? The rewards for this points ranking are too terrifying!"

Li Dongbei: "Saw it, it's really exaggerated. Not to mention the top three, just the rewards for the top ten are enough to drive people crazy!"

Fang Yandong: "I originally thought the Leader-level recruitment scroll was already outrageous enough, but I didn't expect that this time they actually gave a Commander-level recruitment scroll."

Mei Shi: "Yeah, yeah. Previously, Great Lord Chen Shi from our region took first place in the level ranking. Relying on that Leader-level recruitment scroll, his development speed was incredibly fast, and he directly established the First Legion. This time, the Commander-level recruitment scroll will probably be even more outrageous!"

The Survivors were endlessly amazed by the generous rewards of the ranking.

At the same time, they also decided that they must work hard to get a good ranking.

At this moment, someone said:

"Do you think that since every region has two or three top-tier big shots, with so many people, how many can make it into the top ten?"

Hearing this, the Survivors thought for a moment and then spoke up.

Zhu Xiaocai: "Great Lord Yang Wanli from our 180th Region is already level 18, and he has a Leader under his command. With his strength, he can definitely make it into the top three!"

Miao Yang: "Great Lord Chen Shi from our 173rd Region is also very strong; I estimate there won't be a problem for him to make the top ten."

Xiao Jiu: "And there's Great Lord Jiang Qingyun from our 171st Region. I feel like he can take first place this time!"

Survivors from various major regions spoke up one after another, listing the names of the strongest people in their minds.

In the end, they compiled a list of some of the most popular Survivors.

They were Jiang Qingyun from the 171st Region, Gao Yiyi from the 172nd Region, Chen Feng from the 173rd Region, Nan Yiman from the 175th Region…

Almost every region had one or two.

However, the 174th Region was uncharacteristically silent, with no one speaking.

Gradually, Survivors from the other regions noticed this phenomenon.

At this moment, a Survivor asked with confusion: "Strange, why are the brothers from the 174th Region not saying anything?"

"I noticed it too. Since the regions merged, people from the 174th Region have rarely spoken in the chat channel."

"Brothers from the 174th Region, what's wrong with you? Are you naturally quiet? Or does your region not have any top-tier powerhouses?"

"Hahaha, I think it's because they don't have any strong people. If that's the case, you guys in the 174th Region should just join our 172nd Region's legion sooner rather than later!"

Facing these people's doubts, the Survivors of the 174th Region had strange expressions…

At this moment, a Survivor named Ding Liang couldn't help but say: "We actually have quite a few powerhouses in the 174th Region."

"Great Lords Wu Xinghu and Zhou Bo are already level fourteen or fifteen and are preparing to break through to Tier 3."

"The two of them have also established legions, and there are many strong people under them."

"And above them, there is an even more powerful and mysterious Great Lord Cao Xing."

Hearing this, the other Survivors spoke up one after another.

"I've heard of Wu Xinghu and Zhou Bo, but who is this Cao Xing?"

"Yeah, what mysterious Great Lord Cao Xing? What level is he? Is he stronger than our legion leader?"

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