This operation wasn’t entirely without gains.
The Yellow Team’s bed had already been destroyed, sealing their defeat.
Moreover, while everyone else was scrambling for spirit stones, Mu Yawen had casually picked up a few diamonds by the edge island.
Though not as valuable as spirit stones, they were better than nothing.
"Forget it, as long as our bed is still intact..."
After venting his frustration at Zhong Yi and Zhou Qiaoling, Zhou Yue sighed and stepped out of the base to see the legendary "fortress" Zhou Qiaoling had supposedly poured immense effort into building.
The moment he stepped outside,
a massive red castle loomed over their base’s perimeter.
"The bed... where’s the bed?"
Zhou Yue exclaimed in shock.
"It’s inside!"
Zhou Qiaoling cheerfully pointed to an open doorway and led the group in.
Where the bed should have been, layers upon layers of wool were tightly packed around it.
"So? Am I amazing or what?"
Zhou Qiaoling boasted proudly.
"..."
Zhou Yue took a deep breath, struggling to suppress his emotions.
"What’s the point of building such a huge castle outside?! We won’t even see enemies sneaking in to raid us!!"
"And what’s with using wool to protect the bed?! Anyone could just dig through it in seconds!!"
Zhong Yi patted Zhou Yue’s shoulder. "Relax, old Zhou, the bed’s fine, isn’t it?"
Just then, a faint "rustling" sound emerged from the woolen tomb before them.
"What’s that noise?"
Zhou Yue frowned suspiciously.
"No idea..."
Zhong Yi was equally baffled.
As the rustling grew louder, Zhou Yue frantically began tearing away the wool layers.
"Damn, how many layers did you even stack?!"
Zhou Yue was speechless.
"Hey, that just proves my defense is effective!"
Zhou Qiaoling argued stubbornly.
Soon, Zhou Yue broke through the woolen barricade.
Seeing the red bed perfectly unharmed inside, he finally let out a relieved breath.
"Phew... at least the bed’s safe."
Zhong Yi wiped sweat from his brow, his tension easing.
The moment he spoke,
the dirt block beneath the bed was suddenly broken through.
A head wearing a green cap popped out from below.
The green-capped intruder glanced at the three of them, then calmly pulled out an axe and started hacking at the bed.
"Holy crap!! A tunnel raider!!"
"You bastard—stop right there!!"
"Kill him, kill him now!!!"
"Ahhh!! The bed’s gone!!"
......
......
The battle took a brutal turn this round.
All four teams’ beds had been destroyed!
The nature of the game changed instantly!
With only one life left, it was all about skill now!
Every resource point became a cautious struggle among the four teams.
Because now, death meant permanent elimination!
Teams would suffer irreversible losses in strength!
"Listen to me—keep using diamonds to buy Spirit Gathering Arrays and max out the resource pool’s quality!"
Zhong Yi’s voice crackled through the team comms.
Diamonds were high-tier resources that periodically spawned on the edge islands.
They could be exchanged for permanent buffs.
The base’s Spirit Gathering Array was one such upgrade, permanently enhancing the quality of resources generated in the pool.
By now, their base had upgraded the array three times, allowing the resource pool to occasionally yield spirit stones.
This meant they could afford to ease up on the fierce competition for the central spirit stones.
After all, the Yellow Team still had all four members, making them a formidable threat.
Without hesitation, Zhou Yue maxed out the Spirit Gathering Array.
Originally, he had planned to prioritize attack and defense upgrades.
But following Zhong Yi’s suggestion, focusing on the array first had proven highly rewarding.
Both he and Mu Yawen now wore full sets of darksteel gear, putting them on par with the best-equipped Yellow Team.
By repeatedly securing edge islands and stockpiling diamonds, they had stabilized their position.
"Old Zhong, I gotta say—your death might be the biggest buff our team ever got!"
Zhou Yue chuckled.
After their bed was destroyed, Zhong Yi had, unsurprisingly, plummeted into the void soon after.
But honestly, the guy was just as useful dead as he was alive.
Now, he could strategize freely, making the team even stronger.
"???"
Zhong Yi gritted his teeth in frustration but had no retort.
After all, his bridge-building skills had been... less than impressive.
Just then, a system alert flashed across the sky:
[Random Event Triggered!]
[Chaos Summon (Rare Event):]
[Several Chaos Fragments will spawn on the central island. The first cultivator to collect 100 fragments will obtain a Chaos Orb!]
[Note: Chaos Fragments drop on death but cannot be voluntarily discarded.]
The moment this announcement appeared, everyone’s eyes lit up.
Rewards from random events were always overpowered!
Whoever secured it would dominate the battlefield!
Though such rewards were usually time-limited, with no respawns left,
the winner could easily wipe out the remaining players within that window!
"Junior Brother Mu, let’s move!"
Without hesitation, Zhou Yue spent all his spirit stones at the shop, stocking up on a full inventory of items.
"On it!"
Mu Yawen’s eyes gleamed as he gripped his darksteel sword and charged toward the central island.
By the late game, with economies fully developed, players no longer relied solely on bridge-building to reach the center.
The Ender Pearls, capable of instant teleportation, had become an essential item.
The two of them hurled their Ender Pearls toward the central island simultaneously, their figures vanishing and reappearing there in an instant.
At this very moment,
the other two teams, who had been cautiously biding their time, also emerged on the central island.
Everyone realized one thing—
whoever seized this Chaos Orb would win the game!
At the same time, Chaos Fragments began appearing all over the central island.
The final battle for supremacy had begun!
...
"Chaos Fragments cannot be voluntarily discarded. There are probably around three hundred fragments scattered across the field..."
"Don’t just focus on collecting fragments—go for kills!"
"Leave Mu Yawen’s fragments for Old Zhou to pick up..."
"Mu Yawen, go harass them, isolate their members... create one-on-one opportunities for Old Zhou!!"
Zhong Yi swiftly commanded.
Mu Yawen didn’t question the order and immediately sprang into action.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yue frantically gathered fragments while keeping an eye on Mu Yawen’s movements.
His combat skills were the most refined among them.
If given a one-on-one fight, no one at this stage could defeat him!
Such was the confidence of a true grind lord!
"Old Zhou, the second player from the Yellow Team is isolated!"
Zhong Yi’s voice rang out.
"Heh, coming!"
Zhou Yue tossed an Ender Pearl, teleporting precisely beside the lone Yellow Team member...
...
With Zhong Yi’s leadership, Mu Yawen’s harassment, and Zhou Qiaoling’s enthusiastic cheers,
Zhou Yue successfully eliminated two enemies and gathered a full hundred Chaos Fragments.
The remaining members of the other squads, seeing this, could only scatter like startled birds, fleeing in haste.
Everyone knew that, for the time being, the Red Team would be the most terrifying force on the battlefield.
They had to avoid confrontation and wait for the random event’s buff to expire before they could strike back!
"Hahahaha! The Chaos Orb is ours!!!"
Zhou Yue stared at the swirling mass of energy in his hand, his heart surging with excitement.
"Old Zhou, after all our struggles, fortune is finally smiling on us!"
Zhong Yi was equally overjoyed, tears welling in his eyes.
Unaware of any impending danger, Zhou Yue clenched the Chaos Orb tightly and crushed it.
["Unbreakable Resolve" has shattered the Chaos Orb, triggering a random effect:]
[An unknown entity has been summoned...]
A flash of white light erupted.
A rare yet eerily familiar figure materialized.
Buzz cut, pale eyes, blue short-sleeved shirt.
Above its head gleamed a radiant name—
"Black Curtain."
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
close your eyes and open them again, only to find yourself transmigrated into the role of a villainous male supporting character. Readers familiar with urban wish-fulfillment novels know that it is only through the relentless antics of the villainous male supporting character that the plot between the male and female leads can progress. As the villainous male supporting character, Long Aotian not only has to bully the female lead, harass the second female lead, and flirt with the third female lead, but he also has to go all out to antagonize the male lead. In the end, when his body is discovered, he is still clutching half a moldy fried dough stick in his hand. Fully aware of the plot, Long Aotian is determined to change his fate, starting with the female lead! In the beginning, the female lead lacks confidence: "Big brother, I hope I didn't scare you?" In the middle, the female lead treads carefully: "Brother Long, please don't hit me, okay?" Later on, the female lead becomes coquettishly clingy: "Aotian, it's time to pay the 'public grain' tonight." Long Aotian's legs go weak, and he feels like crying: "I taught you to be thick-skinned, not shameless!"
