Magic Farm 160

Chapter 160: Intelligent Creatures Approaching Your Territory

Almost at the same time, Qi Yu’s friends list lit up with nearly ten new messages.

He could guess without looking what they were about.

[I Love Survival Games: No, I wasn’t hacked.]

[I Love Survival Games: I used a Didi cursing service.]

Zone 01 players: ?

[I Love Survival Games: Shen Benwuxiang is here with me.]

Everyone: Ohhhhh—

[Hot-tempered Bro: The guy who raised a dragon?]

[Hot-tempered Bro: I always thought he was just handsome, didn’t expect his mouth to be so sharp too.]

[Cockroach Tastes Weird: That’s the number one from Zone 88, wow, you guys must be really close, hanging out so late together.]

Qi Yu repeated the comments to Dan Xingyu.

Dan Xingyu’s thick brows rose slightly:

[I Love Survival Games: @Hot-tempered Bro, you have taste.]

[I Love Survival Games: @Cockroach Tastes Weird, of course.]

Zone 01 players: “……”

This was too much. They knew it wasn’t the game boss himself talking, but seeing that ID so active was just too strange.

[Grind King: My concern is a bit odd, but can other players use the survival panel?]

[Grind King: Mainly because everything about a player, including their backpack, is bound to the survival panel. If anyone else could use it, that would feel very dangerous.]

[I Love Survival Games: No, all the messages are sent by me.]

[Cockroach Tastes Weird: Hahaha, so those last few messages were actually from the game boss himself? That’s even funnier.]

The regional channel was clearly very curious about the mysterious number one from Zone 88.

[Reaching for the Moon in the Ninth Heaven: Welcome, Shen Benwuxiang. Is it really hot over there in the desert?]

[I Love Survival Games: You can call him Second God.]

[I Love Survival Games: Hot.]

[Cockroach Tastes Weird: Compared to that, I think I’d rather freeze than roast.]

[Grind King: If it’s a desert, there must not be any trees or wood. So what’s the main basic resource in Zone 88?]

[Little Old Me: I’m more curious about how the boss got that dragon. Do all Zone 88 players have pets?]

This was the first time a player from another zone had appeared in this region, and it was the number one from another region at that. Everyone was extremely interested in Shen Benwuxiang and Zone 88, and the channel buzzed with lively conversation.

It was a stark contrast to earlier, when My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s had been putting on a one-man show.

[I Love Survival Games: Thank you all for the warm welcome. I’m good friends with the game boss, and coming to the Forest of Stars feels just like coming home.]

Amid all the friendly chatter, there was the angry cursing of a certain someone losing his mind, but he had clearly become part of the spectacle.

No one even needed to defend the boss anymore; they just watched the number one from Zone 88 put on a show:

[My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s: So your usual kindness and generosity is all fake! At the critical moment, you just watch me die.]

[I Love Survival Games: Don’t just talk about not dying—come on, gray out your ID so I can see if it’s real.]

[My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s: I want to talk to “I Love Survival Games”! What are you, from another region, butting in for?]

[I Love Survival Games: Of course I’m here for your drama. I’ve had my fireworks ready for ages, just waiting for you to die so I can set them off.]

[I Love Survival Games: Don’t worry, I’ll make sure your funeral is a grand event—guaranteed excitement.]

My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s: “……”

Damn!

What kind of bastard was on the other end!

He was so angry his vision went black, but his whole body hurt so much he couldn’t even faint.

[Roadside One: Awesome.]

[Hot-tempered Bro: @I Love Survival Games, that line was for Second God. What a shame you’re not from the same region, can’t even add you as a friend.]

My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s fell silent.

No one knew if he was dead or just lost the argument and disappeared.

Qi Yu checked the rankings and saw his ID was still there, not grayed out.

“What a pity,” Dan Xingyu said regretfully. “How come justice never falls from the sky on this kind of scum?”

As he spoke, he saw the little local’s eyes shining as he looked at him.

“You’re amazing, Dan Xingyu.”

Dan Xingyu replied modestly, “That was nothing. I haven’t even shown a third of my skills.”

He told Qi Yu, “Some people just need to be cursed out. Next time you run into someone like that, tell me and I’ll do it for you.”

Suddenly, he reached out and ruffled Qi Yu’s hair.

Qi Yu: ?

Dan Xingyu said solemnly, “I’ve been meaning to say, your hair is really nice—it looks so soft.”

Before Qi Yu could react, he added, “And I’m not taking advantage. Here, to be fair, you can touch mine too.”

He lowered his head, bringing his fluffy hair right up to Qi Yu.

Qi Yu: ?

He didn’t know how things had suddenly turned out like this.

He hadn’t said anything about wanting to touch Dan Xingyu’s hair!

But when a good friend offered up his head, such a small thing wasn’t worth refusing.

He reached out and gently patted the top of Dan Xingyu’s head.

Dan Xingyu felt as if a cloud had floated across his head. He lifted his head a bit, rubbing against the hand.

Satisfied: “Alright, now we’re even!”

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Dan Xingyu stayed for a while, and when it was clear My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s really had gone quiet, Qi Yu sent him home.

He pretended to be sad: “I thought you’d at least ask me to stay a little longer?”

Qi Yu: ?

He couldn’t help but say, “Dan Xingyu, you’re acting really strange tonight.”

Dan Xingyu’s heart skipped a beat, but a sudden impulse made him ask, “Strange how?”

“I can’t really say,” Qi Yu replied. “Just strange.”

Dan Xingyu looked at him. “Do you dislike me like this?”

Qi Yu shook his head. “No, I don’t.” He just needed to get used to it.

Dan Xingyu’s lips quirked up in a quick smile.

And there was an even bigger surprise to come.

“Dan Xingyu, do you want to stay in my territory tonight?”

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t tempted.

But he just shook his head slightly. “No, I need to go home and cultivate too.”

Hmph, obviously the little local only asked because he brought it up first.

Whether he stayed the night wasn’t urgent—the little local was already a four-star mage; how was he supposed to sleep with that on his mind?

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After a night of cultivation.

Qi Yu opened his eyes under the Life Tree.

He sensed something was off—the temperature-regulating magic array was consuming more energy again.

That meant the weather had gotten colder.

He opened the survival panel:

[Current location: Forest of Stars.]

[Today’s weather: Heavy Snow. -50°C ~ -45°C.]

Minus fifty degrees.

He opened the regional chat channel. Aside from a few players grumbling that it had gotten a bit colder, most people seemed to be adapting well to the dropping temperatures.

Today’s buzz was about something else.

My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s had dropped from third to ninth in the combat power rankings!

Everyone was delighted.

Several people even @-ed him, led by Little Old Me and I’m So Overbearing.

Qi Yu glanced at the chat. Maybe influenced by Dan Xingyu’s attitude last night, his first thought was, “My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s is still alive?”

What a shame.

But judging by his drop in the rankings, even if he was still alive, he must have lost a lot of good stuff.

Just as he thought this, he saw My Fate’s name disappear from ninth and reappear at thirteenth.

His wealth ranking also slipped down a bit.

Looks like he really did lose a lot of equipment.

Qi Yu, imitating Dan Xingyu’s tone, silently wished: Hope he loses even more. Of course, if he just died outright, that would be even better.

Suddenly, a system announcement popped up:

[The forest is sealed by heavy snow. The cold weather and thick snow have made survival difficult for the creatures of the Forest of Stars. Shelters with warmth and food are now more easily discovered.]

The players who had just been enjoying the drama: ???!

[Cockroach Tastes Weird: What does this announcement mean? Did they only send half of it?]

Everyone thought the same, but after waiting patiently, there really was nothing more.

[Grind King: I guess the peaceful winter days are over. Maybe mutant creatures will start attacking our territories?]

[Tranquility is Bliss: Agreed. Thinking about it, they gave us time to adapt to the cold and fortify our shelters before introducing a new crisis. That’s actually pretty generous.]

[Old Civil Engineer: The survival game never posts announcements for no reason. Everyone, stay alert.]

The announcement put everyone on edge; no one had the mood to watch My Fate Is Mine, Not Heaven’s drama anymore.

Compared to their own survival, nothing else mattered.

Qi Yu was soon bombarded with requests in the regional channel—all asking to buy Scream Lilies.

He was worried too: if a few mutant creatures suddenly attacked, his ears would be in trouble. So he harvested all the Scream Lilies in his fields and put them up in the trading channel.

He didn’t want wood, so he set the price at one beast crystal per Scream Lily.

The regional channel started praising him again:

[The More I Grind, The Worse My Fate: Game boss is so righteous. Wood prices are up, and everyone wants Scream Lilies. Yet he’s selling them even cheaper.]

[Be a Good Person: I bought a pink little lily—so cute.]

[Rainbow Bubblegum: Yeah, I use so much wood every day now, and the tree-chopping cooldown keeps getting longer. Game boss really thinks of us.]

Qi Yu glanced at the channel, looking a bit puzzled.

[I Love Survival Games: I didn’t think that much about it.]

[I Love Survival Games: I’m collecting beast crystals because they’re a universal currency outside.]

Although he could resell wood for more gold, it really took up too much space.

If he had a choice, he didn’t like running back and forth doing business.

Of course, the main reason was that he was now a somewhat wealthy mage.

Otherwise, even if he didn’t like it, he’d still diligently collect wood to sell in Gold Cave City.

Speaking of Gold Cave City, he decided to wait and see what the survival game announcement was about. If his territory wasn’t in any real danger, he planned to make a trip there.

Now that he was a four-star mage, he could upgrade his rank at the Mage Association.

Players were on high alert, but the survival game announcement didn’t turn out to be as scary as expected.

Three or four days passed in peace.

Qi Yu was just about to head to Gold Cave City the next day, but at dawn, as he opened his eyes from a night of cultivation, he received a message.

[Detected: An intelligent creature is approaching your territory.]

Intelligent creature?

He immediately grew alert.

He equipped his Guardian Mage Robe, placed a magic scroll in the first slot of his backpack.

The Idelan Bow and Giantwood Heart Staff were ready to be drawn at any moment.

He went to the entrance of his territory.

[Author’s Note]

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No debt repayment today. The temporary goal is to update the debt progress to 450,000 this month. [drumstick]