4 days remain until the tide arrives.
System Log: Added a livestream barrage feature…
Bai Qiu woke up as usual.
This time, however, his meditation spot had completely shifted to the sofa, where he now sat cross-legged.
The reason was simple—Zhang Shiyao had moved out of her original room and moved in with him.
Both of them were extremely busy.
Most of their days were spent running around outside, and even their return times at night were staggered.
Bai Qiu usually came back around 7 to 8 p.m. to shower and prepare for meditation.
Zhang Shiyao, on the other hand, spent more time outside increasing exploration progress and searching for system resource drops.
However, her main focus was still grinding monsters and leveling up, so her exploration progress wasn’t advancing very quickly.
Because of this, she usually returned later than Bai Qiu—often only about half an hour before he began meditating.
Yet the first thing she did upon returning was exchange information and resources with him…
That’s right—Bai Qiu had connections with major organizations in other safe zones.
He could trade equipment or skills for potions that increased elemental affinity.
Meanwhile, Zhang Shiyao also had her own channels for obtaining resources.
The resources she acquired rarely overlapped with Bai Qiu’s—most of them were items like Strength-enhancing potions or Magic-enhancing potions that boosted basic attributes.
The way both of them obtained resources was quite similar: large quantities and plenty to spare!
So every time they met, they would each give half of what they had obtained to the other.
As for where these items came from, neither of them asked—it was an unspoken understanding.
So, for convenience, Zhang Shiyao gave up her room and moved into Bai Qiu’s.
As usual, their schedule remained the same: wake up at 5:00 a.m. to wash up and eat breakfast, take A Yuan out to the reservoir at 5:45, and start traveling at 8:00 to activate safe zone teleportation devices…
At 11:23 a.m., Bai Qiu casually killed a lord-level monster, raising his level to 24.
His Strength also broke through to C+, leaving only his Endurance still at the C tier among his four main attributes.
Strength: C+
Magic : C+
Endurance: C
Agility: C+
Spirit: C-
It wouldn’t be long before his Endurance also underwent a breakthrough and reached C+.
Of course, it was also possible that his Magic Power would advance first, reaching C++.
After all, under the influence of the Holy Demonic Body, his Magic Power could break past the C-rank limit and advance into the B+ tier.
But then the question arises—if Bai Qiu had deliberately slowed down his leveling speed, why was his growth still so rapid?
You have to understand—Bai Qiu travels across more than a dozen safe zones every day.
Just the distance he covers daily is at least 300 kilometers!
Killing seven or eight—even ten—Dragonfang Lords along the way is just routine for him.
On top of that, he consumes over a dozen types of potion supplies daily, similar to energy drinks.
At night, he meditates to recover and further enhance himself…
For Bai Qiu, this kind of disciplined routine is normal.
But for others, every single part of it is difficult.
Just running 300 kilometers alone—before one’s Strength and Endurance reach C rank—would leave most people bedridden for an entire day.
As for those people in the chat channel urging him to go claim system resource drops—saying that otherwise he might not even hold his top position, or might fall out of the top ten—
Bai Qiu simply sneered and didn’t respond.
Sorry, kid. While you’re still gathering a team to prepare for the challenge, I’ve already run 100 kilometers as my morning workout.
At 12:15 PM, Bai Qiu unlocked the teleportation device of Safe Zone 2200.
At this point, all 51 safe zones from 2200 to 2250 had been fully unlocked.
At that moment, a system announcement echoed in everyone’s minds…
“Southern Region Announcement: Congratulations to player Bai Qiu for successfully unlocking the teleportation devices of Safe Zones 2200–2250, totaling 51 zones. He has been awarded the achievement title [Map Pioneer Exploration]!”
“As the first to accomplish this, the system specially rewards the player with 10 Free Attribute Points! Players are encouraged to keep up the effort!”
The cross-zone chat instantly exploded.
Messages, normally limited in frequency, suddenly flooded in—hundreds, even thousands within moments.
“Look at me!”: “Holy sh*t! I was wondering why Boss Bai Qiu hadn’t shown up for so long—turns out he’s been exploring the map!”
“I’m a Shark Idiot”: “I told you that flaming armored guy I saw before was Boss Bai Qiu! You guys didn’t believe me and even called me an idiot!”
“The moonlight is beautiful”: “I wonder what bonuses that achievement title gives? And what exactly are Free Attribute Points?”
…
[Map Pioneer Exploration 2200–2250]
Within the effective range of this achievement:
- Experience gained from killing monsters +100%
- Drop rate +100%
- Movement speed +30%
It was indeed a powerful title, and it came with no drawbacks—an unexpected bonus.
Although being publicly announced like this made Bai Qiu feel a bit annoyed.
Then there were the Free Attribute Points.
Bai Qiu opened the description, and their function was straightforward.
Free Attribute Points
Granted by the system. Can be allocated to Strength, Magic, Endurance, Agility, or Spirit.
Each point increases the maximum limit of the chosen attribute by 10%.
Note: Must be used within 24 hours, or the system will reclaim the reward!
Enhancing the five attributes—each point gives 10%, so ten points equal 100%… Is it applied proportionally like that?
Seeing the system’s final note, Bai Qiu shook his head. So stingy.
It seemed the system also knew that percentage-based boosts were too overpowered, so it didn’t want players to hoard the points and unleash them all at once later.
Hmm? Wait… could this bonus be exponential?
For example, if Bai Qiu’s current Strength was 100, using one attribute point would raise it to 110—that’s a 10% increase, or +10 Strength.
Then if he used another point, would it increase from 110 to 121? That would be another 10%—this time 11 points.
If that were the case, then stacking the points on a single attribute would clearly be more efficient.
And by that calculation, the final total bonus would definitely exceed 100%.
Thinking this through, Bai Qiu immediately allocated one free attribute point into his Magic.
The reason was simple—higher base meant higher gains, and a higher cap.
As for the other four attributes, under the influence of the Holy Demonic Body, they could all gradually improve through daily activities anyway.
Feeling the increase in his Magic, it was indeed a precise 10% boost.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.
Right… since there’s a 24-hour time limit, within that window I could keep leveling up by killing monsters, raising my base attributes first—and then apply the remaining points afterward. That way, the percentage gains would be even higher!
At that thought, a gradually sinister smile spread across Bai Qiu’s calm face.
Since you’ve given me a 24-hour limit, system… then whatever I do within these 24 hours is still within the rules, isn’t it?
— The end of the Chapter–
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