Magic Farm 114

Chapter 114: The Server-Wide Event “Speed Carnival” Is About to Begin

[Today’s weather: -13℃ to -10℃, light rain, gentle breeze, level 2.]

Compared to the past few days, the temperature had actually risen a little today, and both the rain and wind had lessened.

The latest message from the Survival Panel:

[Today is the last day of the Swallow Points event. Players, seize the opportunity, give it your all, and finish strong!]

Qi Yu opened the points leaderboard.

First place, ILoveSurvivalGame, 319,800 points.

Second place, Reach for the Moon, 156,399 points.

Third place, Grind King, 124,901 points.

Fourth place, Need a Little Money to Save Me, 116,223 points.

Fifth place, My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s, 98,772 points.

……

Qi Yu pressed his lips together.

He felt that these past few days, Survival Game—no, it definitely wasn’t Survival Game’s fault.

It was the swallows targeting him.

Just looking at how quickly others’ points had risen, it was clear: players further down the leaderboard had all gained points rapidly in recent days.

From the regional channel and the Zone 01 Survival Squad chat, he’d learned that swallows attacking shelters had been increasing steadily.

For example, Money had discovered a black tree, camped at a swallow nest during the day, and ground away at home all night, clawing his way up to fifth place.

Aside from Money, no one else in the region had found a new black tree. As for Qi Yu’s own territory, it seemed as if the entire swallow species had blacklisted him—barely a few hundred came by in a whole day.

€€€€ He was still scoring over ten thousand points a day, but only by going out himself, hunting from dawn until dusk.

But this thought only flickered through his mind for a moment.

He knew he’d already been extremely lucky: the first to discover the black ancient tree, the first to collect enough points, the first to exchange for the level 3 shelter blueprint, and the one who got the diamond chest.

Looking at it from another angle, if he were a swallow and ran into such a killing machine, wouldn’t he avoid him too? Wasn’t it only natural for them to flee?

It would be too much to ask otherwise.

He continued scanning the rankings.

Serenity Leads to Distance was ranked 13th, Old Civil Engineer and Don’t Dare Open My Eyes were 20th and 21st, side by side.

His friends’ rankings were all quite good.

Coming down from the treehouse, two figures working in the farmland behind hurried over.

“Greetings, Lord.”

These two NPCs were the farmers summoned from the “Farmhouse.”

At first, Qi Yu had thought they’d emerge from the farmhouse itself, but there’d been no movement that night.

The next morning, two ragged young men had appeared just outside the territory.

One was named Joe, the other John. They claimed their village had been flooded, and they’d wandered into the forest.

The Survival Panel popped up a prompt, and Qi Yu chose “Recruit.”

The two became employees of the territory.

Qi Yu could view their personal panels, including their loyalty.

Perhaps because they were recruited through the “Farmhouse,” both had a full loyalty score of 100.

Qi Yu observed them for several days—their behavior was completely normal, just like real people, but with data panels. He couldn’t tell if they were real natives or high-level alchemical puppets—“NPCs” as Shenben Wuxiang called them.

But since they were a reward from Survival Game, it didn’t really matter what they were. As long as their loyalty was 100 and they could be trusted, that was enough.

.

Last night, Jiangnan Misty Rain Guest and Reach for the Moon had contacted him about the trade they’d discussed earlier.

But the resources they offered in exchange didn’t tempt Qi Yu.

Finally, Reach for the Moon made a suggestion:

[Reach for the Moon: How about a silver chest?]

[Reach for the Moon: Game big bro, you know why we’re in such a hurry to get the shelter blueprint. Besides upgrading the shelter as soon as possible, we’re after the ranking rewards for upgrading.]

The shelter upgrade rewards: first place on the server gets a diamond chest, top 100 get gold chests, top 1,000 get silver chests.

[ILoveSurvivalGame: But at this point, it’s almost impossible for you to make the top 100.]

So far, no one knew how many Blue Star people Survival Game had pulled in, or how many regions there were in total.

But one thing was certain: there were definitely more than three digits’ worth of regions.

Even if only each region’s number one upgraded their shelter, there would already be more than 100.

If they missed the top 100, then upgrading the shelter would only net them a silver chest at best.

If they gave the upgrade reward chest to him, it meant their own shelter upgrade would yield them no benefit.

[Reach for the Moon: If we miss the Swallow Points blueprint exchange, we might not get any reward at all.]

She was very straightforward:

[Reach for the Moon: We’re going to upgrade the shelter anyway—the sooner, the better. We can’t lose. You spend 120,000 points for a silver chest, and you don’t lose either.]

No one knew what would come after the swallow event, but one thing was clear: upgrading to a level 3 shelter early would definitely improve their risk resistance.

And they had another little scheme: with the swallow event ending, the end of the month was approaching.

At month’s end, the three leaderboards would be finalized. If they could upgrade to a level 3 shelter, their shelter ranking would be secure—no surprises or dark horses.

This event looked like it offered a lot, but the truly valuable items—like high-quality weapons and equipment—were missing.

Most of the goods, especially the furniture and food blind boxes, seemed more like a way for players to stock up on survival supplies.

A single shelter shield cost fifty thousand points; it really was more cost-effective to gamble on a silver chest.

Both sides reached an agreement.

Now, Qi Yu had an unopened silver chest in his backpack.

He still had over 70,000 points left.

The siblings were right.

If you didn’t buy shelter blueprints or shelter shields—the big-ticket items—it was actually hard to spend points by the ten-thousand.

Qi Yu opened the regional channel and found that far fewer people were chatting today.

Judging from Grind King and others’ sporadic messages, everyone’s shelter was busy today.

His good friend in another region, Shenben Wuxiang, was also too busy to chat, having already sent over his daily meal reminders so Qi Yu could eat on time.

Qi Yu: Sigh, being ostracized by the swallows is such a lonely fate.

He finished breakfast, changed into his exploration clothes, and set out to explore Star Forest.

At four in the afternoon, he returned.

He arrived at the shelter with just half an hour left before dark.

The Survival Panel popped up again:

[Six hours remain in the Swallow Points event. Please use your points to purchase items in time. The event ends at midnight. Any unspent points will disappear with the event.]

Zone 01 Survival Squad:

[Don’t Dare Open My Eyes: Have you guys noticed there are fewer swallows now?]

[Old Civil Engineer: Yeah, it’s gotten quiet around my shelter too.]

[Serenity Leads to Distance: Is there going to be one last big attack, or are these last few hours for us to rest and shop?]

No one knew.

But everyone was on edge, keeping a close watch outside their shelters.

Qi Yu opened the shop.

Any Furniture Blind Box, 50 points each—he bought 10 for 500 points.

Any Food Blind Box, 50 points each—he bought 10 for 500 points.

He started opening them.

[Obtained Small Heater x1, Household Refrigerator x1, Household Washing Machine x1, House Cleaning Set x1, Vintage Vase x2, Garden Tea Table (with 2 chairs) x1, Carved Bookshelf x1, Snack Cabinet x1…]

A pile of items filled the hall.

Qi Yu arranged them one by one according to the territory module’s recommendations.

But he felt most of these items were rather superfluous—ten was probably enough.

He opened the food blind boxes:

[Obtained a box of assorted instant noodles, 500g spicy tofu snacks, 12 cans of soda, 12 bottles of coconut juice, 2 servings of spicy crayfish, a premium nut gift box…]

Just reading the names made him look forward to eating them, and the packaging was colorful and bright.

The snack cabinet he’d just gotten from the furniture blind box came in handy—Qi Yu carried everything over and arranged it neatly.

Then he opened twenty more food blind boxes, filling the cabinet to the brim and placing it against the bedroom wall.

He actually had a backpack, and the backpack had a preservation function, so storing food there was obviously the better choice.

But Qi Yu just wanted to do it this way—to have all the delicious food lined up, neat and full, right where he could see it as soon as he looked up.

He wasn’t even particularly greedy; he just liked the idea that every morning when he woke up, or when he sat on the carpet to read, he could look up and see a whole cabinet of treats.

It felt like happiness.

He’d planned to buy ten basic plant seed packs as well, but after buying three, the shop showed they were sold out.

Qi Yu: ?

He’d bought two before, so the profession-related basic packs could only be bought five times in total?

He’d just spent 2,500 points; last time, he’d spent 2,100.

He still had 75,200 points left.

Basic building upgrade blueprints were also limited to five—he could still buy four, costing 4,000 points.

That left 71,200.

Originally, the shelter shield hadn’t been a high priority, but after scanning the shop and seeing that everything else he wanted was limited, he just bought one.

That cost 50,000 points, leaving 21,200.

He opened his friends list:

[ILoveSurvivalGame: I still have points left. Is there anything you want?]

[Shenben Wuxiang: I was just about to ask you the same thing. I can’t spend all mine either—everything’s limited.]

Shenben Wuxiang didn’t need anything, so Qi Yu opened the Zone 01 Squad chat and sent the same message:

[ILoveSurvivalGame: I still have points left. Is there anything you want?]

[Don’t Dare Open My Eyes: Raising my hand! Game boss, if your farm still has limited slots, buy me a high-grade plot. My delicate magical plant potion ingredients need the best!]

He hadn’t really expected much, since everyone in the group knew the game boss’s profession was “farmer.”

Unexpectedly:

[ILoveSurvivalGame: Sure.]

……

Survival Game proved generous—there was no “last-minute surprise attack” that night.

Everyone made it safely to midnight.

The Survival Panel popped up right on time:

[The Swallow Points event has ended.]

[Congratulations to all players for surviving the first thirty days in Survival Game! From this moment until the end of the month, the next three days are Safe Days. Your shelters will not be attacked, and you will not encounter aggressive mutant creatures while exploring. The weather will return to a comfortable temperature. Please enjoy your holiday.]

[To prevent boredom, the server-wide holiday event “Speed Carnival” is about to begin. Registration is open for 8 hours. Participation is optional—everyone is welcome to join!]