There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"Still not out?"

A uniformed captain stood before the crowd with an unsightly expression, gazing at the light screen at the entrance to the Sands of Time Pyramid, feeling somewhat uneasy inside.

He actually had some connection with Chen Yi.

In recent times, he was the one who contacted Chen Yi every time there was a job to collect corpses, and the Points from the Law Enforcement Bureau given to Chen Yi also came from him.

During the last global event of the Extraterrestrial Invader, even though the Insect Race monsters were taken care of by Chen Yi, resulting in very few casualties for Yancheng in that disaster.

But... from a certain perspective, most of the rewards from that event also went to Chen Yi.

This meant that the players in Yancheng generally had much weaker strength compared to players from other cities.

And now with Chen Yi's fate uncertain within the map, if he were to die there, another such event would likely prove too much for Yancheng players given their current strength.

It could be said that anyone in Yancheng could afford an incident, but Chen Yi could not.

"Not yet."

A subordinate standing beside Captain Wang spoke up, reporting, "We've already made contact with other cities. So far, about seven or eight cities have discovered this kind of map that abruptly changes terrain."

"They've all sent people in for map exploration."

"But... the death rate is very high, it usually takes several groups of people to completely explore a map."

"Once a map is explored, players can teleport into the map from any corner of the globe with a global travel pass, but if they can walk to the entrance of the map, they can enter without needing a pass."

"It's just..."

The subordinate hesitated a moment before speaking cautiously, "But even if map exploration fails, it usually only takes 2.3 hours at most. We haven't gathered any information on a map that requires a full three days for exploration like this one."

"Hmm, got it."

Captain Wang's pupils carried a shade of gloom, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart grew stronger. If Chen Yi were to die in the exploration of this map... the situation in Yancheng would turn dire.

...

Meanwhile, other players who had come to observe the commotion were also gathering and discussing among themselves.

"How come even a map has appeared, it's like playing a real game. If only there were a resurrection system, this crappy game doesn't even have that, not fixing such a big bug."

"That's not the important part. The important thing is that even Chen Yi took three days. If the map is released, do we dare to enter it?"

"We don't dare, but we have to."

A middle-aged man nearby tapped his pipe on the ground, speaking feebly, "The Vehicles are all gone, all the supplies in Yancheng are starting to run short."

"Just yesterday, the Law Enforcement Bureau was recruiting people to pull rickshaws to the granary for food."

"Now everything requires Points, it's hard to get by without them. There are definitely Points to be earned within the map, we have no choice but to enter."

"Now we can only hope that Chen Yi passes smoothly. Later on, if we can gather some Points, we can ask Chen Yi if there's anything we need to pay attention to regarding entering the map."

"Can Chen Yi really care about the few Points we have?"

"That's not an issue, we have numbers on our side. Surely we can gather a few thousand Points between so many of us."

"That's true."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

With that, the people around stopped speaking, all looking up together at the light screen of the Sands of Time Pyramid entrance, unsure when Chen Yi would finally complete the exploration of the map.

Or if... he wouldn't come out at all.

...

Inside the Law Enforcement Bureau of Yancheng,

Several elders sat in front of a table, seriously staring at a light screen panel on the wall.

'Main city task.'

'Task objective: Establish a Point ticket trading system, ensuring every player in Yancheng has spent and can earn Points, making Points circulate within the city.'

'Task reward: Activate the city task system, enabling players who enter Yancheng to take on corresponding tasks to earn Points.'

'Task requirement: One-tenth of the city's players have spent Points, and one-fifteenth of the city's players have earned Points.'

'Overall progress: 63%'

'Fund management: 1 million Points.'

"Director,"

An elder by the table sighed, turned off the air conditioner, and continued, "So far, we have several issues."

"We've allowed some shops to start accepting Points as payment, for example, selling a basket of meat buns for 1 Point."

"But the problem is, we only distribute 3 Points per day to the workers, which means the Points we give to the workers per day are only enough to buy them three baskets of buns."

"This is unreasonable."

"To resolve this, there are only two methods."

"First, increase the salary of the workers."

"Second, reduce the price of the buns."

"But we can't increase the workers' salary at all since our goal is for a large enough number of people to successfully earn Points, and our operation fund is only 1 million Points."

"If we raise the salary of the workers, it means we can't allow more people to earn Points."

"Reducing the price of buns is even less feasible, as that's already a subsidized price. Otherwise, with the current situation in Yancheng, the price of buns should have started skyrocketing."

"This also leads to very few people willing to spend their earned Points on these processed goods, and the progress required for this task is also the slowest."

"Most people go for rice or flour, something basic to fill the stomach, but our supply is limited now due to the vehicle restrictions."

"Enough,"

The Director furrowed his brows, pondered for a long while, and then spoke, "Can't you even cheat off someone else's work? How do other cities do it?"

"Other cities... the Extraterrestrial Invader event and the Insect Race provided many players with Points, so they could at least ease up a bit. But nearly all the Points generated from the Extraterrestrial Invader event in Yancheng are in Chen Yi's hands."

"I understand, I'll think of a solution for this,"

"The pressing matter is to complete the main city task as soon as possible. Only after activating the task system quickly can the players have enough sources of Points income. We can't raise the workers' wages for now, so let's focus on meeting the target number of people first."

...

At this moment, Chen Yi and his group had arrived in front of the white circle of the fifth Activation Point.

By stepping into this white light circle,

The Sands of Time Map would be considered fully explored.

They had farmed the second stage for a whole three days, and if it wasn't for their bodies barely being able to take it anymore, they had planned to farm for another day and night.

"Looks like we'll need to pack some dry food for future map explorations."

Tuberculosis Rabbit mumbled dizzily on the spot.

His stomach wasn't hungry, nor was his mouth thirsty.

All of these could be solved with Props, but the dizziness and slow thinking caused by not eating for a long time couldn't be helped.

They needed to get out.

If they didn't leave now, they might end up dying here.