Chapter 43

Chapter 043: The Idea King

After opening the golden chest.

Feeling the warmth of the Sword Qi flowing like a stream within his body, nurturing itself, Yan Cang was in a good mood.

With a sense of leisurely satisfaction, he sank his consciousness into the Fate Net.

The massive changes in the faction ranking had sparked discussions across the Fate Net, which now connected over a billion people, as soon as they were noticed.

However, unlike the shock of the first two days.

By now, everyone had formed a consensus that the "Fate Net is unique to the Huaxia faction."

So, regarding the fact that the Huaxia faction remained firmly at the top of the list, with its lead expanding at an astonishing rate once again...

The overall mood on the Fate Net didn't fluctuate much; it was more of a calm sense of "this is only natural."

Along with a more solid, collective sense of reassurance that followed.

In the forum and various chat channels, brief celebrations and mutual encouragement were everywhere:

"We're number one again!"

"Still at the top, and the lead keeps growing!"

"The rear is really dragging us down, but our advantage is so huge I can't even understand it... How can we lose?"

"Brothers, stay steady, don't get cocky! Keep it up!"

"A hundred days is still long; stay humble and avoid arrogance!"

"Keep grinding! Work hard today... earn more Fate Points!"

At this moment, some sharp-eyed and perceptive individuals noticed something odd about the point totals:

"Wait, today our faction's points increased by over 1.4 billion? Didn't some expert estimate based on the first two days' data that our faction still has about 1.3 billion trial participants?"

"Right, even if not a single compatriot was eliminated all day, and everyone survived to earn points, it should have only increased by around 1.3 billion... Where did that extra 100 million come from?"

"Yeah! That extra 'small goal' couldn't have just appeared out of thin air, could it?"

"I think it might be from everyone hunting beasts for points? Didn't a lot of people get kept awake by nighttime animals the night before last... and then crafted weapons to get back at them?"

"Oh, that makes sense, probably!"

"Nonsense, not at all. Sure, a lot of people crafted weapons, but 'getting back at them' was mostly just talk."

"Voluntarily running into the woods to fight beasts one-on-one? If you get injured, wouldn't that be a huge loss?"

"If you can't handle it alone, a team should be fine, right?"

"Bro, the team's main task right now is still building the camp. Who's going to waste time on that?"

"What if they want to eat meat?"

"Eat meat? Is it that easy to get?"

"What meat? The wild animals in the Trial Ground are cunning as hell, not like monsters in a game. At the slightest sign of trouble, if they see a big group of people, they vanish in an instant."

"I doubt any team would be that stubborn. If anyone actually organized a hunt, it's probably not worth the effort."

"Sigh... we did that yesterday afternoon and this morning!"

"Is your camp set up? Do you have an old hunter in the team? Do you have strong ranged weapons like compound bows or crossbows?"

"...No."

"Then how did you dare to do it?"

"No, it's just the three of us guys hanging out. Yesterday around noon, after opening a supply crate and finding a scythe, one of the guys suddenly came up with an idea."

"He said the meat prices in the Trading House were too high, so we should take this chance to go hunting like crazy. If we bagged some prey, we'd make a fortune. Me and the other guy thought it sounded totally solid. And then... well, here we are."

"So, what were the results?"

"The result is an empty stomach. Pretty much the same as what the guy upstairs said—the moment those wild animals saw three of us, all over 1.8 meters tall, they bolted out of sight... We were just thinking about turning things around with a supply crate, but all three crates were duds."

"Don't worry, you three big guys won't starve to death! Just sell some blood... ah, I mean, sell some Physical Strength to top up Fate Points, and you'll easily scrape by to fill your stomachs."

"Every group of three guys has to have an idea king. Now you know why the meat prices in the Trading House are so inflated, right?"

"Haha!"