Magic Farm 132
by CristaeChapter 132: A Baffling Game PV
01 District Regional Channel:
[Cockroach Tastes Weird: So much for a holiday—Survival Game, you never really let us rest, do you?]
[Grind King: No danger, comfortable temperatures, increased exploration rewards—how is this not a holiday? Sure, I encourage everyone to grind, but if anyone wants to be a slacker and sleep all day in the shelter, no one’s stopping you.]
[Cockroach Tastes Weird: Damn it! With an announcement like this, who can just lie around? Not going out to pick up loot is basically losing a billion, you know?]
[Grumpy Bro: Honestly, with no internet or cell phone to play with, if you really just lay around in the shelter all day, it’d be boring as hell. The exploration event is pretty fun—just treat it like a trip, and you might pick up some treasure chests along the way. Not bad at all.]
[Jiangnan Misty Guest: I wonder what this Encounter Event is about. Treasure maps—does that mean we can actually find treasure?]
[Be a Good Person: Why is everyone talking about the event? Am I the only one focused on tonight’s leaderboard ranking?]
[Grumpy Bro: Guess why none of the leaderboard big shots are chatting? They’re all grinding in silence.]
[Grumpy Bro: Honestly, the regional leaderboard rewards are absolutely insane. If a game on Blue Star gave out rewards like this, I’d question whether the devs knew what they were doing. I’ve seen server-wide announcements before, but those just gave out Silver Chests. The regional leaderboard gives a Diamond Chest to first place, and even the top hundred get Silver.]
[Grumpy Bro: Just to be clear, I mean no offense to the top players—I’m your fan! I just think the regional rewards might be a bit too unbalanced.]
[Old Brother Tumu: Sneaking in a word during a busy moment. That’s exactly why everyone needs to stay alert. The high regional rewards, I suspect, are meant to encourage us to raise our overall strength. On the other hand, I worry that the road ahead in survival will require us to be even stronger.]
[Old Brother Tumu: Don’t slack off just because of a three-day holiday.]
After a few words, Old Brother Tumu disappeared from the chat.
Qi Yu, for his part, was already out exploring.
A faint blue-green glow shone beneath his feet—the effect of Wind Magic’s Lightness Technique.
Today, the Star Forest was clearly livelier, with more mutant creatures than before.
But it was still Safety Day. If Qi Yu wanted to just be a scavenger, he could speed through without being attacked at all.
Still, as always: he had no obligation to let mutant creatures go free.
Especially with today’s boosted drop rates.
His motto for the day: If I see it, it’s mine.
He extended his spiritual sense, moving forward at high speed.
“Hmm?”
His spiritual sense detected something glowing in the grass.
He walked over—it was just an ordinary patch of grass, nothing else, but one blade had tiny points of silver light glimmering on it.
[Encounter Fragment found. Pick up?]
So this was an Encounter Fragment?
Qi Yu chose to pick it up. A small cluster of silver light flew toward him and settled into his backpack.
So “Encounter Fragments” weren’t physical objects—just clusters of light.
After finding the first one, the rest were easier.
Qi Yu discovered that these Encounter Fragments could appear anywhere.
On the ground, in trees, in piles of grass, under treasure chests.
Even killing mutant creatures could sometimes yield a few.
Today, he headed east from the shelter, using Wind Magic to speed up the entire way. By noon, he’d reached an area he’d never visited before.
He found a tree to sit under, ready to rest, have something to eat, and tally up his morning haul.
He opened his personal backpack.
Morning’s total gains: 1 Bronze Chest, 3 Refined Iron Chests, 8 Wooden Chests. Sixty kilograms of various mutant beast meat, 17 level-1 beast crystal stones, 5 level-2 beast crystal stones. 20 Encounter Fragments.
There were also some miscellaneous materials dropped by mutant creatures, but most were of average quality and he couldn’t be bothered to count them one by one.
This haul was more than he and God Without Form had found together in an entire afternoon yesterday.
He took out a bottle of Desert Silver Acacia Sap, opened it carefully, and took a sip.
So sweet!
But not the cloying kind—a fresh, clear sweetness with a hint of plant fragrance, incredibly refreshing.
Qi Yu couldn’t help himself; he drank more than half the bottle in one go before putting it away.
A delicious drink put him in a wonderful mood.
He popped a piece of dried meat into his mouth, chewing as his gaze wandered idly into the distance. He thought: Survival Game and God Without Form have really spoiled my taste.
That thing God Without Form said—he felt it deeply himself.
If he were sent back to the apocalypse, he probably couldn’t stomach those bitter, astringent foods anymore.
Survival Game, you’d better keep going strong—don’t you dare throw me back there.
Then again, he thought, he’d already died thoroughly in the apocalypse. If he were sent back, maybe he wouldn’t have to worry about such things at all.
Amused by his own strange thoughts, he shook his head, chewing away, letting good food sweep away all the nonsense.
After a short rest, he stood up and continued exploring to the east.
Three in the afternoon.
Qi Yu’s backpack was stuffed with even more loot.
He was ready to head home.
At this distance, even with magic, he’d never make it back on foot—he’d need the speed of Azure Wings.
With a thought, beautiful wings unfurled, and Qi Yu soared into the sky.
His spiritual sense spread out by habit. Just as he was about to head home, he suddenly detected something.
He focused in that direction, his expression turning serious.
He landed silently, held his breath, and crept closer.
He watched quietly from a distance.
There was a person wearing oddly styled armor, hair tied in a medium-length ponytail, wielding a sword and battling a mutant creature.
As he fought, he was saying strange things—almost like narrating his own actions:
“Watch my basic attack! Hey! Nice dodge, handsome—can’t hit me!”
“Monster! Take my original Barbarian Sword Technique!”
“And now for a Qin King Circling the Pillar—ah… nice footwork!”
“……”
He seemed like a cheerful sort. That was a tier-two mutant wild boar, and the fight was pretty even—if the player kept at it, he’d probably wear the boar down.
Qi Yu slipped away without a sound. Neither the player nor the beast ever noticed he’d been there.
Azure Wings appeared again, lifting Qi Yu back into the air.
As he scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense, he reminded himself to focus on his formation studies.
After money, he’d now encountered another player from the same region.
The odds of this would only increase as players grew stronger.
Who knew when someone might find his shelter?
The thought of someone he hadn’t personally approved of finding his shelter gave Qi Yu a strange sense of violation.
He needed to find a way to hide the shelter.
.
He picked up a few more things on the way back.
He arrived at the shelter at five-thirty in the afternoon. Barring unexpected events, Qi Yu could now time his return with impressive precision.
He went to the backyard to check on the seeds he’d planted that morning. They’d already grown into mature plants.
This time, of the six types of plants, only the sunflowers had mutated. And it was the old friend returning—every sunflower he’d planted had mutated into a Radiant Sunflower.
As for the soybeans, strawberries, and cherries—all edible—none had mutated.
Qi Yu didn’t mind at all: from past experience, once plants mutated, their fruit was no longer edible.
And he’d never tasted these three foods before.
He wanted to try them.
As for Moonlight Grass and Honey Crystal Flower, as magical plants, their original effects were already quite good.
He checked the countdown—by tomorrow morning, everything would be ready for harvest.
By the fields stood two figures, seemingly lost in thought, so much so that they didn’t notice Qi Yu approach.
It was the two farmers of his territory.
Qi Yu walked up. “What are you looking at?”
Joe and John, startled, hurried to salute him.
“We’re amazed by your fields, my lord,” Joe said in awe, gazing at Qi Yu. “You must be truly blessed by the Goddess of Nature to grow such fine crops.”
John, less talkative, just nodded vigorously.
Neither seemed to think it strange that Qi Yu could grow crops that matured in a single day.
Qi Yu asked, “Do my crops look that good?”
Joe replied, “What you’ve grown is even finer than the best varieties on the market.”
Qi Yu was pleased. “Maybe I just have a talent for planting.”
He added generously, “When everything’s ripe tomorrow, you’ll both get to try some.”
“Thank you, my lord.”
By the time he’d sorted through the day’s haul, night had fallen.
That afternoon, he’d focused on treasure chests and Encounter Fragments, killing fewer mutant creatures.
So today’s final haul: 1 Bronze Chest, 6 Refined Iron Chests, 14 Wooden Chests. Eighty kilograms of various mutant beast meat, 20 level-1 beast crystal stones, 6 level-2 beast crystal stones. 46 Encounter Fragments.
He opened the survival panel—a glowing page popped up.
He clicked in. It was a prize wheel.
The wheel was divided into many sections, each presumably a different reward. But every section just showed a question mark—no way to tell what was inside.
Qi Yu didn’t spin it right away. Instead, he opened the chat.
01 Survival Squad:
[Need a Bit of Money to Save Me: Everyone home yet?]
[Need a Bit of Money to Save Me: Did you figure out the Encounter Fragment lottery? I drew some random junk, and then watched some baffling holographic game PV—no idea what it meant.]
[Old Brother Tumu: Just got home, haven’t tried it yet.]
[Don’t Dare Open My Eyes: Ten Encounter Fragments per spin. I just barely have enough for one spin.]
[Old Brother Tumu: Same here—barely enough for one.]
[Serenity: I’m a bit better—just enough for two spins, with twenty fragments.]
In the regional channel, some people were boasting about a bumper harvest, while others complained about how few Encounter Fragments they’d found—not even enough for a single spin.
Qi Yu clicked the glowing page again.
[Spend 10 Encounter Fragments for a spin?]
“Yes.”
The wheel spun slowly. A golden light leapt out, landing on Qi Yu’s brow.
Countless images flashed rapidly before his eyes.
A beautiful forest, trees lush and vibrant, flowers blooming everywhere, all sorts of fluffy little animals bounding through the woods.
He even saw the thumb-sized winged folk he’d glimpsed before in Teacher Egner’s spiritual world.
The vision darkened, and everything vanished.
Now Qi Yu finally understood what Money meant by “a baffling holographic game PV.”
What was that?
Qi Yu pondered. He couldn’t shake the feeling that the place in those images looked oddly familiar.