After dealing with his equipment and replying to messages from friends, Bai Qiu planned to head to the Sanctuary’s Black Tower to restock supplies, then take a teleportation device to Zone 2243 to meditate and rest…
After all, there were two people over there always ready to attend to him.
Meanwhile, Zhang Shiyao had already gone to Zone 2227 to continue helping with dungeon raids.
Judging by her tone, she seemed to be raising her prices this time—whether it would go smoothly remained to be seen.
Bai Qiu restocked another hundred bottles each of mana potions and various recovery potions.
Of course, these were jointly crafted by him and Guinelia.
Originally, he hadn’t planned to break the rule of buying more than fifteen potions from her.
But after Guinelia learned that Bai Qiu had nearly exhausted all his potion reserves while saving people and fighting, she took the initiative to bend the rule.
“Why?” Bai Qiu asked.
Guinevia thought for a moment, then clasped her hands behind her back.
She leaned forward, tilted her head up at him, and said with a playful smile, “Because… you’re special!”
“I see. Thank you. Oh, right—this is a scene I captured yesterday morning. I hope you like it. I didn’t have time to take new ones today since I’ve been preparing for tomorrow’s Wave. Sorry—I’ll make it up to you in a few days,” Bai Qiu said as he took out a recording cube and handed it to her.
Bai Qiu soon left.
Guinelia looked at the recording cube and let out a soft sigh.
“He’s good at everything… he can understand and learn anything at a glance. So why is it that he just can’t understand how I feel…”
…
Bai Qiu arrived at Zone 2243.
Feeling somewhat fatigued, he rubbed his brow.
He hadn’t told Guinelia about the Dark King—after all, hearing about it would only bring unnecessary worry.
Thanks to his prior notice, Wang Shiyun and Feng Yuling had already prepared a bath and laid out a lavish meal.
The moment Bai Qiu returned, he was able to enjoy impeccable service and completely relax both body and mind…
After bathing and eating his fill, Bai Qiu planned to immediately enter a meditative state to recover his energy.
But before doing so, he said to the two girls:
“Get some rest early. From now on, whenever I enter meditation, you should just go back and rest.”
“And for tomorrow’s Wave—I’ll team up with you and help you level up and improve your attributes.”
Wang Shiyun and Feng Yuling nodded excitedly.
“Thank you, big brother!”
After spending this period of time together, their favorability toward Bai Qiu had already maxed out.
Setting aside his looks, the treatment alone made them feel like they had made the right gamble!
There wasn’t actually much work to do after coming to Bai Qiu’s side, yet they received a decent salary, enjoyed his protection, and in Zone 2243, thanks to his influence, even a regional powerhouse like Ning Xingxue treated them with courtesy.
The only thing that disappointed them slightly was how little time they got to spend with Bai Qiu—and it seemed he had no intention of developing any kind of special relationship with them…
After two and a half hours of meditation, Bai Qiu fully recovered his energy.
When he opened his eyes, he found the two girls sleeping in his room, holding each other.
Since he had sat down cross-legged on the sofa to meditate right after eating, they had ended up sleeping on his bed.
“Were they waiting for me to wake up so they could get to work immediately? That’s some serious dedication,” Bai Qiu thought.
He left 1,000 Sanctum Coins on the coffee table, then headed out.
This time, he had used up almost all of his Darksteel arrows, so not a single minute could be wasted.
He needed to stockpile as many arrows as possible for emergencies.
Finding a secluded spot, he summoned A-Yuan—patted its head, fed it, patted it again—and then returned it to the contract space card.
By now, it was already evening.
Bai Qiu opened the cross-zone chat channel, which he hadn’t checked in a while.
The moment he did, he noticed that players were unusually active…
Ignoring the meaningless chatter, he began scrolling upward at high speed.
After a little over a minute—
“Regional Co-op Card?”
As expected, he found the key information.
Starting from this morning, monsters had begun dropping all sorts of new items.
These items were strange and varied—colorful and diverse—but most of them didn’t directly increase combat strength.
Even so, they still made players extremely excited…
Regional Co-op Card
Description:
After the Wave begins, using this card allows you to post a co-op request in the cross-zone chat channel for Safe Zones 2200–2250.
Players who finish dealing with their own Wave early can voluntarily accept the request, teleport to the requesting player’s Safe Zone, ignore all restrictions, and fight the Wave together!
Note:
After a Safe Zone uses a Co-op Card, it enters a 30-minute cooldown, during which no additional cards can be used.
Invitation Slots: 0/1
The moment this item was revealed, the players exploded with excitement.
Many shouted: “Thank the heavens for this blessing!”
But some players felt it was underwhelming:
“This lousy card can only invite one person—what’s the point? And unless the host sends them back, the invited player is basically bound to that Sanctuary. Who would even go?”
Immediately, others jumped out to refute him.
Wu Tao (Inner Chat):
“A piece of trash? Put it on the marketplace—I’ll buy it for 1,000 Sanctum Coins!”
Orange Cat:
“Did you forget we’ve got someone way ahead of everyone else over here?”
Look at Me:
“You mean Boss Bai Qiu? Yeah—if something like the Wave targets all players, only Boss Bai Qiu can turn the tide!”
I’m an Idiot:
“Boss Bai Qiu, look at me! Everyone in our Zone 2222 is useless—invite you first when the time comes, you’ve gotta come save us!”
Sunny man:
“Have you no shame? Weren’t you bragging nonstop in cross-zone chat a while ago about how invincible your Zone 2222 was? Why are they all trash now?”
And just like that, a full-blown flame war erupted.
Both sides took each other’s parents as the center point and extended the battlefield out to eighteen generations of ancestors, launching indiscriminate verbal bombardments…
At the same time, many players from different zones kept tagging Bai Qiu while pretending to be weak, trying to grab his attention.
But they were doomed to be disappointed—Bai Qiu had been busy forging at the time, so no matter how long they cried out, they got no response.
Bai Qiu felt speechless. What even is all this…
Still, he edited a pinned broadcast message and posted it:
“I will prioritize clearing the Wave in my own zone first. After that, I will consider accepting Co-op Card invitations and do my best to assist zones in danger. Please try your best yourselves—do not use Co-op Cards unless it’s truly necessary.”
The moment this message appeared, the chat channel exploded once again.
Players began praising Bai Qiu’s greatness and selflessness, with some even joking about starting a religion in his name and becoming his followers…
Looking at the chaotic frenzy in the chat, Bai Qiu felt a bit concerned about their mental state—but in the end, he could only shake his head helplessly.
Saying anything more right now would be like pouring fuel onto a blazing fire.
Better to stay silent and maintain his cool, aloof persona.
Wave Countdown: 10:56:12
System Log:
Killing monsters has a chance to drop various rare, limited items. These items can help players better deal with the Wave…
After browsing the chat, Bai Qiu took out the nine Darksteel arrows that had formed in his quiver and stored them in his spatial ring.
The reason it wasn’t ten was because the quiver’s capacity limit was exactly ten.
Once it reached that number, it would stop generating new arrows.
So, to avoid wasting time and potential, every time the count reached nine, Bai Qiu would remove them and store them in his spatial ring.
As for why he didn’t put them into a storage card—it was simply because the ring was more convenient.
Items stored in a storage card had to be retrieved after summoning the card first, which required much more precise handling.
That meant he had to summon the card, instantly take out the item, then instantly retract the card—repeating the process to quickly retrieve arrows.
But this method inevitably affected his performance.
If he were standing still and outputting damage, it wouldn’t matter much—after all, anyone could handle a repetitive “assembly line” process like that.
But for mobile shooting, a spatial ring was obviously more convenient.
He could draw arrows at any moment and nock them immediately—one less step compared to using a storage card.
That was also why he preferred keeping mana potions in his spatial ring.
Even if the improvement seemed minor, in combat, gaining even a single second could be enough to turn the tide!
After finishing all this, Bai Qiu stepped out of the Safe Zone and found a high vantage point, overlooking the land.
The appearance of the Dark King had sounded an alarm in his mind—he had to stay on guard against things like Priest Skeletons at all times.
As for how the Dark King had appeared, he already had a rough idea.
So now, he focused his attention on elite monsters—specifically Dragonfang Generals and Dragonfang Priest Skeletons…
Everything else could wait.
A lesson learned the hard way—Bai Qiu had truly had enough of enemies that could summon high-tier monsters.
Every time he ended up in a tough battle or suffered losses, it was because of these summoning or sacrificial types.
To avoid being disrupted by them when the Wave arrived, Bai Qiu decided to spend the entire night hunting these specific enemies.
He reserved three hours for recovery.
The rest of the time would be spent eliminating Dragonfang Generals and Dragonfang Priest Skeletons.
This was all the preparation Bai Qiu made in response to the Wave.
Meanwhile, other players were also making intense preparations.
They repaired their equipment, purchased potions, and pushed every possible enhancement to the limit.
Players who were close to leveling up desperately farmed monsters, hoping to gain just one more level before the Wave arrived.
As for those who were far from leveling, they gathered together.
After discussions in the cross-zone channel, they collectively decided to build defensive lines outside the Safe Zones.
Things like trenches and barbed wire—while these wouldn’t stop flying enemies or elite monsters, they were still effective against smaller mobs.
— The end of the Chapter–
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