Chapter 349: Return, Third Version Update

Chapter 349: Return, Third Version Update (Added an extra chapter)

(PS: The previous two chapters were indeed problematic, adding an extra chapter to apologize to the readers QAQ)

Everyone woke up in the middle of the night, wanting to confirm if it was true!

And when they opened the [Legion] channel, they found that [Wangjiang Pavilion], which had been in the top three, had indeed disappeared.

At this moment, everyone gasped in surprise.

"Too ruthless! They actually razed the entire headquarters to the ground. How brutal!"

"To the person above, that's a demon, what kind of good person did you expect?"

"Exactly, demons don't care about humanitarianism."

"Brothers, why do I feel like the people of Wangjiang Pavilion deserved it? Running off to cooperate with the Church of Light, and then foolishly trying to deal with such a terrifying demon, isn't that just courting death?"

"+1 to the above. I also think Jiang Qingyun deserved it. To actually cooperate with such a cult and try to borrow the power of these indigenous people, only to end up inviting disaster upon themselves."

Regarding the destruction of Wangjiang Pavilion, everyone remained in a state of spectators.

After all, this legion's reputation in District 17 was not good.

And this time, it was because they actively courted death that they brought about their own destruction.

Some Survivors sighed.

"I feel like I'm really lucky. I joined Wangjiang Pavilion a few days ago, but Jiang Qingyun didn't think much of my strength and assigned me to a branch, so I escaped this disaster!"

"Brothers, this teaches us a lesson: choosing sides is very important. Jiang Qingyun tried to use the power of this cult, and ended up inviting disaster."

"Indeed, I suspect it's not just Jiang Qingyun. There are many others in our District 17 who are cooperating with this cult. I think you all should seriously consider your positions."

Everyone nodded one after another.

They all knew this in their hearts.

There were still over a hundred thousand people in District 17, and there must be more than just Wangjiang Pavilion cooperating with the Church of Light.

Now, the Church of Light's forces had suffered a setback in the Gale Snowfield, and the King had issued a kill order.

Once these people were exposed, they would surely be implicated.

The destruction of Wangjiang Pavilion was extremely shocking news to them.

At the same time, they realized how powerless the Survivors were when facing the indigenous people.

Wangjiang Pavilion was already a top-three legion in District 17, and its headquarters was a den of tigers and dragons!

Yet, when facing that demon, it was still wiped out casually.

The remaining legion leaders, including Wu Xinghu, Ji Xinyue, Zhou Bo, and even Chen Feng from other districts, all felt a sense of crisis in the middle of this night!

They urgently wanted to possess greater power!

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About three hours after Cao Xing and the others left, the ruins of the Wangjiang Pavilion headquarters remained in a mess.

During this time, quite a few nearby Survivors came to confirm the situation.

They also saw that Wangjiang Pavilion had truly been destroyed, and all the buildings in the territory had been razed.

Late at night, a figure snuck out.

The person was dressed like an ordinary villager, but their aura was very profound.

If Cao Xing were here, he would have discovered that this person actually had the strength of a Tier 5 leader.

In other words, a white-robed priest.

Callum, as one of the few remaining white-robed priests in the Gale Snowfield, had previously tried to cooperate with many Survivor lords.

Including the siege of Lake Doron City this time, he hadn't participated for certain reasons, so he had escaped disaster.

A few hours ago, he learned from a Survivor lord that the demon had appeared and was hunting down the hidden black-robed priests in their church.

So he hurriedly ran over to confirm the situation.

And after seeing the scene of corpses strewn across Jiang Qingyun's territory, his pupils instantly constricted!

"This is indeed something only those demons could do!"

"Damn it! They are actually hunting our black-robed priests all the way; this is to wipe out our Church of Light!"

"No, I must report this to the Seed of Light as soon as possible."

After speaking, he quickly left the place.

Then, through some strange device, he contacted the Seed of Light and reported what had happened tonight.

After listening to the white-robed priest's report, the young man's expression turned grim.

At the same time, they were also certain.

The one who destroyed this territory and had been targeting their Church of Light was that demon, along with the army of demon slaves it led!

The young man said with a grim expression: "I understand, Callum. You go find a place to hide and lie low for now."

"This demon must want to completely clear our church's forces out of the Gale Snowfield."

"Pass down the order: all remaining believers in the Gale Snowfield should keep a low profile recently and not expose themselves easily."

"Let it be arrogant for a while longer. Once Archbishop Sullivan has weathered this storm, we will naturally have the means to deal with these demons!"

"At that time, I will definitely make this demon pay a painful price!"

Hearing this, the white-robed priest quickly replied: "I understand, Lord Seed of Light."

After speaking, they quickly cut off the connection.

That night, all Hunter forces in the Gale Snowfield received the news.

The Seed of Light ordered them to keep a low profile recently.

This included withdrawing from their original strongholds, finding new hiding spots, and so on.

The entire Church of Light began to take action.

In just one night, the Church of Light seemed to have vanished without a trace.

After Cao Xing razed Wangjiang Pavilion, it triggered a series of chain reactions.

And as the initiator, he naturally didn't know about any of this.

Or rather, even if he did, he wouldn't care.

He continued to lead his men toward his territory.

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The next day…

At around six in the morning.

The sky was already beginning to turn a fish-belly white.

A Mammoth took strides with its thick elephant feet, moving at a steady pace through the snowfield.

Beside it followed a Snow Blizzard Bear, a Frost Moose, and an Earth Dragon Mecha.

And behind them were Assam and his group riding Frost Wolves.

The dawn light appeared.

Shining behind them, casting the shadows of this group onto the pristine white snow.

Like triumphant warriors, they returned to the vicinity of their territory.

In front of everyone's eyes, they could see from afar a massive territory with a diameter of two kilometers.

Looking at the familiar sights in the territory, gentle smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

For them, there was nothing more comfortable than sleeping in the territory after a day of fighting outside.

In the territory, they didn't need to resist the erosion of this world's extreme low temperatures, nor worry about the threats of wild beasts and monsters outside.

They could let go of everything and just lie down as they pleased.

The territory was a safe haven for all of them.

Rabb had sent news last night that they had successfully arrived at the territory.

And Cao Xing also noticed the changes in the territory.

This time, they had been away for three days and three nights.

Yet the territory was still busy constructing various buildings.

The most obvious one was the city wall, which had only been half-circled before they left.

Now it had been completely built, enclosing the entire territory.

Among them, quite a few sections of the wall had been upgraded to Intermediate Frost Walls.

Although the width was only one meter, it was enough to withstand the impact of some low-level beast herds.

Besides that, at every interval along the edge of the city wall, one could see an Intermediate Elemental Arrow Tower, Ice Arrow Tower, or watchtower.

Looking at these buildings, Cao Xing pondered: "These intermediate walls and intermediate arrow towers don't have high attack power or durability, they are a bit unable to keep up with our strength."

"But that's not a big problem; after all, there are blueprints for Advanced Walls and Advanced Arrow Towers in the Dragon Shop that can be exchanged."

"Previously, it was because the resources in the territory were insufficient, and we hadn't even finished building the intermediate walls, so I didn't think about exchanging them."

"After this construction craze ends, I can exchange them to check their attributes, and then start a new round of construction craze!"

At the current stage, most Survivor territories were built with Primary Walls and Primary Arrow Towers.

Very few could build Intermediate Walls and Intermediate Arrow Towers.

So this level of building was already enough to bring a sense of security to other Survivors.

However, Cao Xing and his group now had strength that had reached a powerful level.

The combat power of everyone was Tier 5!

If they attacked seriously, these intermediate walls would collapse directly in almost two or three seconds.

This was the situation caused by the speed of personal strength improvement exceeding the speed of territorial development.

But for them, this was obviously a good thing.

With greater strength, they could deal with more powerful enemies and obtain more and higher-level resources.

Then these resources could also be used to build the territory, achieving a virtuous cycle.

As time passed, the territory would slowly develop.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth again.

Just as he was about to lead people into the territory.

A system prompt appeared.

[Survivors please note: You have passed the 6th day of the Construction Week, 0 days and 17 hours left until the end…]

[The Construction Week acceleration BUFF will officially end at 00:00 tonight, please be prepared.]

[After the Construction Week ends, the third system update will arrive. The power of the Dragon will descend in a brand new way, and new challenges will be launched simultaneously.]

[Please note! The second regional merger is coming. This merger will still be a large-scale merger, which will merge your current district number with the 5 nearby districts.]

[This update will add a Point Shop and a Gold Point Shop, where you can exchange for special rewards.]

[More update content is being launched, please look forward to it…]

[Weather forecast: There will be a light snow today, with a minimum temperature of -65°C ~ -72°C.]

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This system prompt could be said to have ignited all chat channels once again.

Not just the District 17 chat channel, but all global chat channels were ignited.

Nicholas Cage: "God! I hate the power of the Dragon. We finally had a week of stable days, and now we have to live in fear again."

Chen Haifeng: "Merging districts again! Looking at this trend, it won't be long before all humans on Earth are merged into the same district."

Park Young-hwan: "Very good, the map of our Great Korean nation can expand again!"

Katagiri Ryuichi: "Will people criticize me if I still want to be a magical girl at forty?"

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At this time, Cao Xing was also very shocked after hearing this system prompt.

The last merger was 16 days ago.

During this period, the number of online Survivors in District 17 had already fallen below 200,000.

Although everyone had adapted to life in this world, it was not without danger.

The enemies Survivors encountered when going out to explore, the beasts that suddenly attacked the territory, and some special events, etc., could all take away the lives of some Survivors.

So every day, the number of online people in the chat channel would decrease a little.

Although it was not like the beginning where tens of thousands of people died every day, it was normal for one or two hundred people to die a day.

Other districts were probably the same, maybe even fewer online people.

A thoughtful look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"I didn't expect that after just one week of stability, the third system update would make a big move again. It really doesn't intend to give us Survivors much room to breathe."

In fact, by now, everyone had discovered it.

The updates of the Lord System were wave after wave, forcing people to try their best to adapt.

Under this high-intensity pressure, although the mortality rate was very high, those Survivors who could adapt and persist would also possess a very fast speed of becoming stronger.

From the fact that many Survivors had already reached level 20 and broken through to Tier 3, it could be seen.

The indigenous people of this world would need to exercise diligently for at least ten years to possess Tier 3 strength.

Those talented monsters, freaks, or nobles might need less time, but it would still take a few months to a few years.

However, it had only been a month and a half since they descended into this world, not even two months.

It was imaginable how shocking this speed of becoming stronger was.

After analyzing the first update, Cao Xing began to analyze the content of the second update.

That was—merging districts.

"This time it's 5 districts merging into one, which means the number of people in each district later will basically be around one million?"

He quickly understood the reason.

As Survivors gradually became stronger, the range of exploration also became larger and larger.

The previous areas could no longer satisfy their exploration.

(PS: Before the merger, Survivors could not reach the areas where other districts were located, and the edge of the map would be blocked by an air wall, which was mentioned earlier.)

So this time, merging districts again directly brought the number of people in the district to one million, and at the same time, the map expanded significantly.

Then there was the update of new challenge content.

The previous challenges were basically centered around the Ice Nest.

And these challenges, although all carried considerable difficulty.

But danger and opportunity coexisted.

If the challenge was successful, one could reap a large number of opportunities and resources, thereby achieving an overall increase in strength.

If it failed, it would naturally be a heavy loss at best, and the destruction of the territory at worst.

As mentioned before, these challenges were all launched to allow Survivors to quickly adapt to this world and improve their strength.

So, everyone was still looking forward to the new challenges.

Finally, Cao Xing also noticed the two pieces of information about the [Point Shop] and the [Gold Point Shop].

"This Point Shop should be different from the Dragon Shop."

"Every time there is an update, the system will add many powerful items to the shop, and this Point Shop should be no exception."

"As for the Gold Point Shop, it is estimated to be a more special kind of shop, which might have some unique items inside?"

Cao Xing inferred these things and had a rough concept of the upcoming update.

During this Construction Week, he thought his development was not bad.

The territory ushered in a second wave of expansion.

At the same time, his personal strength and the strength of his soldiers had all achieved rapid growth.

He dared not say that he was already standing at the pinnacle of billions of Survivors, but he should also be one of the top existences among them.

Therefore, Cao Xing did not feel afraid of the upcoming new version; on the contrary, he was looking forward to it!

He didn't fear a chaotic situation; he only feared stagnant water!

As long as one could seize the opportunity in this chaos, anyone would have the chance to soar into the sky!

"Let's go, let's go back."

"Moo—"

Dabai made a happy sound, carrying Cao Xing and Liu Muxue back to the foot of the territory's wall.

As soon as they entered the territory, the gate identified his identity and opened automatically.

Although it was just dawn, the staff had already gotten up early.

And they had learned from Rabb that the lord and the others would return today.

So everyone got up very early, just wanting to welcome the return of their Lord at the first moment.

Now it seemed that the time they got up was just right.

"The Lord is back!"

Someone shouted.

Suddenly, hundreds of eyes looked over at the same time, passing through the streets of the territory, looking at the buffer zone outside.

There, a group of powerful figures was slowly walking towards them!

At this moment, everyone's hearts were stirred, and they couldn't help but straighten up, welcoming the return of their Lord with the best posture.

When Cao Xing arrived at the large plaza in the center of the territory, he jumped off Dabai's back with Liu Muxue!

At the same time, the territory resident Cao Yi shouted first:

"Lord, Lady, and brave warriors, welcome back in triumph!"