Magic Farm 152

Chapter 152: Insult God Has No Form, and I’ll Block You.

With his mind brimming with new knowledge, Qi Yu changed locations—well, he only shifted slightly, really.

He moved from beneath the Tree of Life to the Tree of Wisdom.

He felt that maybe the knowledge in his head would settle better this way.

Casually, he opened his survival panel and began handling his messages with practiced ease.

He rarely received many friend messages, since he hadn’t added that many friends to begin with.

The one he chatted with most was God Has No Form. But ever since the teleportation array had been activated, the frequency of their friend chats had dropped, since most things they wanted to say could now be discussed face-to-face.

Aside from God Has No Form, there were his friends from District 01.

The familiar few were all in the “01 Survival Squad” group chat. Their habit was to share any information in the group, so private messages were rare.

The only ones left were that pair of siblings from the rankings.

Reach for the Moon Above and Jiangnan Misty Guest—he’d added them as friends back when they’d traded the level-three shelter blueprints.

But they were always very measured and never bothered him without good reason.

And, when they’d traded blueprints, Jiangnan Misty Guest had created a group chat, so if either of them needed to contact Qi Yu, they’d usually do it there.

Qi Yu opened the 01 Survival Squad chat:

[I Love Survival Game: .]

[Need Some Money to Save Me: oi! Boss is back from the wild!]

[Civil Engineering Bro: Congrats, game pro, you’ve stirred up another big commotion this time.]

[I Love Survival Game: ? What commotion? There wasn’t even a server-wide announcement, was there?]

[Afraid to Open My Eyes: Boss, is it only server-wide announcements that catch your eye now?]

[Afraid to Open My Eyes: Reputation leaderboard just shot up by over three thousand points. The regional channel is in an uproar, everyone’s guessing what big thing you did out there!]

Qi Yu thought, honestly, it wasn’t anything that big.

It was just a rain of dumplings in the royal city of Ophelia, that’s all.

[Tranquility Brings Distance: Is everything going smoothly?]

[I Love Survival Game: Pretty smooth, nothing much happened.]

[I Love Survival Game: I’ve compiled some relevant info. I’ll post it directly in the regional channel—want to check it out together?]

If he posted it in the group, he’d just have to send it again later anyway.

Naturally, no one in the group objected.

Seeing his friends had no opinions, Qi Yu opened the District 01 regional channel:

[I Love Survival Game: .]

A dazzling mage entry effect flashed across the screen.

[Cockroach Tastes Weird: 111]

[Grind Emperor: Game pro is here.]

[Cockroach Tastes Weird: Hehehe @Grind Emperor, I finally beat you this time.]

[Cockroach Tastes Weird: Welcome, game pro. Did you go explore the big world again?]

[I Love Survival Game: Mm, I went out with God Has No Form.]

[I Love Survival Game: We’ve compiled some information about the Star Forest and our exploration gains. You can use it for reference.]

What he shared was mostly speculation about whether the “Star Forest” had ever truly existed for the natives, or in this world at all.

[I Love Survival Game: I got a random region exploration blueprint from a wandering merchant. You all should be able to get one eventually as well.]

[I Love Survival Game: As for outside exploration, my advice is: please be cautious. And, if possible, always carry a teleportation scroll.]

[Little Old Me: Game pro, do you mean there’s danger in outside exploration? Is it that the natives might be hostile, or what?]

Qi Yu hadn’t used a random region exploration blueprint himself, but he figured it was probably similar to the message-in-a-bottle process, maybe without the commission task.

[I Love Survival Game: There are a lot of people out there.]

[I Love Survival Game: I’ve met good people, and I’ve met people who wanted to catch me.]

[I Love Survival Game: Those of you who’ve unlocked professions should know about the profession level system. On this trip, I encountered more than one level-eight professional.]

As soon as he said this, the regional channel exploded.

[Grind Emperor: ?? Level-eight professionals? Doesn’t Survival Game have a newbie zone for outside exploration?]

[Reach for the Moon Above: If that’s the case, then outside exploration might be riskier than it’s worth.]

[My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s: Oh, come on. Are you about to say you faced more than one level-eight professional and got away without a scratch? @I Love Survival Game.]

It had been a long time since this ID had appeared—its sudden return felt almost unfamiliar.

Qi Yu didn’t think much of it, but others in the channel weren’t having it:

[Jiangnan Misty Guest: If you don’t want to listen when the pro shares info, fine, but can you just shut up?]

[Little Old Me: Exactly. The game pro has over three thousand points on the leaderboard, and can even help people from other districts soar. What are you whining about?]

[I Am Lily: It’s such a shame we can’t block people in the regional channel.]

As expected, the person who’d been silent for days was now completely triggered.

[My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s: So what if he’s number one? You’re all just licking his boots?]

[My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s: Exploration is so great? Reputation is so great? He just got lucky with an early item drop, that’s all.]

[My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s: He’s just using his exclusive channel to share some common knowledge, and you’re all worshipping him for it. Now that others can get exploration items, your so-called pro won’t have any advantage soon.]

The reason My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s dared to talk like this was because he’d also gotten a random region exploration blueprint earlier today.

Right now, only “I Love Survival Game” was on the reputation leaderboard, and the second one was obviously the person who’d gone with him.

Hmph, others might not know, but he certainly did.

This was a classic case of benefiting from being first.

On this point, no one was more qualified than him.

He’d just been lurking in the regional channel, and judging from the chat, it seemed no one else in District 01 had gotten this blueprint yet.

He decided to use it first thing tomorrow morning.

Exploring the world—if I Love Survival Game could go back and forth several times, how hard could it be?

His original plan had been to lie low for a while, then burst onto the scene and amaze everyone.

But seeing so many people mindlessly fawning over I Love Survival Game, he couldn’t hold back.

All these bootlickers—how come when he was number one, no one praised him like this?

He’d already played out a thousand little dramas in his head, but when he looked back at the regional channel, he realized no one was even discussing what he’d just said.

Because everyone’s attention had shifted to something else.

It all started with a question from “Reach for the Moon Above.”

[Reach for the Moon Above: Game pro, I noticed there’s another person on the reputation leaderboard. You just said that “God Has No Form” went with you. Does that mean outside exploration can be done as a team? If you team up, can you share reputation points?]

[I Love Survival Game: Yes, you can team up, and reputation points should be shared.]

[I Love Survival Game: But God Has No Form and I teamed up using a reward title from the last Speedrun Carnival event. I’m not sure if other team-ups work the same way.]

[I Love Survival Game: Info €€ Team Scroll. I also saw this item at the wandering merchant’s.]

[Grind Emperor: Whoa, a team scroll? So if you have trustworthy teammates, you can act together in the future.]

[Grumpy Old Bro: That sounds really useful. For outside exploration, having teammates would make things much safer.]

Someone took a different approach:

[Little Old Me: @I Love Survival Game, since you can get a team scroll, have you considered charging to take people along? That way, you could help District 01 rack up more reputation, earn some extra money yourself, and the players who join your team could safely explore the new world and gain reputation too.]

[Grind Emperor: Whoa, like hiring a pro to carry you.]

[Little Old Me: It’s just a suggestion. After all, teaming up depends a lot on trust, but everyone trusts the game pro’s character.]

The members of the 01 Survival Squad saw this message and were honestly impressed.

A few of them grumbled in the group chat:

[Need Some Money to Save Me: This Little Old Me, damn, he can say anything to butter people up. And it sounds so nice.]

[Need Some Money to Save Me: But I’ll never forget the way he threatened me to be his lackey—ugh!]

[Tranquility Brings Distance: People like this are more dangerous than My Fate.]

[Afraid to Open My Eyes: @I Love Survival Game, game pro, don’t let him fool you.]

[Tranquility Brings Distance: Don’t worry, the game pro won’t fall for it.]

Qi Yu didn’t see the discussion about this guy in the group chat.

Facing Little Old Me’s words, and the fact that some people in the regional channel were actually tempted, he was cold as iron.

There were even people belittling God Has No Form, calling him a freeloader, saying that instead of letting outsiders benefit, the good stuff should go to players from their own district.

Absurd.

[I Love Survival Game: Not considering it.]

[I Love Survival Game: I team up with God Has No Form because he’s my good friend. At any time, I can trust him and fight alongside him. I don’t trust strangers.]

[I Love Survival Game: Even if I ever do team up to take people along, I’ll only choose my friends.]

He even specifically @’d that player who’d insulted God Has No Form.

[I Love Survival Game: @Sleepy Fool, God Has No Form isn’t an outsider, he’s my best friend. If you insult him, you’re blocked.]