Chapter 149: The Forum Bomb Strikes Again

After leading his battered troops away from his former territory, Suoluomingwang had not walked more than five li when the sound of a friend’s communication ringed out. He casually opened it, and his brow immediately furrowed.

“Brahma, what do you want?”

“What else could it be? Didn’t you say you planned to upgrade your territory today? Since you never made a move, I had to ask myself. How are the Attributes of this Gold Grade Level 2 Village?”

At the other end of the communication was another Gold Grade Lord from the India server area, Brahma. Since he was not in the Peacock Dynasty and had no direct competition with Suoluomingwang, the two of them did have some willingness to cooperate.

The day before yesterday, Suoluomingwang had already told a few friends he respected about his plan to upgrade his territory. Originally, he wanted to show off about it, but who knew that after the territory upgraded today, everything turned out differently from his imagination.

Listening to the questions over the communication, Suoluomingwang thought for a long time before speaking in a low voice: “It’s not good at all. My Yuesha Village has become a thing of the past.”

“A thing of the past? What do you mean?”

“My territory is gone. It was broken open by wild beasts. It was all that damned ‘Chaos of the Hundred Beasts’ mission that threw all my plans into chaos.”

Suoluomingwang gloomily explained that if the territory area exceeded ten thousand mu, it would trigger the “Chaos of the Hundred Beasts” event. He then said in a low voice: “Before you are absolutely sure, you had better not upgrade your territory rashly, or you will end up with the same fate as me, homeless.”

“There is actually such a mission setting?”

Hearing this, Brahma was also stunned for a moment, then a hidden joy rose in his heart.

Actually, his territory should have been upgraded around now, but he had been busy doing an Instance a few days ago, which delayed him by two days. He did not expect that this small delay would allow him to narrowly escape the disaster.

Luckily!

Luckily he did not upgrade rashly!

At this moment, Brahma almost wanted to laugh out loud three times, but thinking of his friend’s plight, he pretended to be concerned: “What about you? Did you respawn in a nearby City?”

“No, I escaped.”

“Being able to escape counts as lucky. What do you plan to do next?”

“I still don’t know. My mind is very messy right now, and I need to calm down.” Suoluomingwang replied irritably, then sighed: “If there is nothing else, I will hang up first. I am currently on the run.”

“Wait, I suddenly thought of something. Since your territory encountered the ‘Chaos of the Hundred Beasts’, there must be many other Gold Grade Lords on the entire Plane with a similar experience to yours, or they are about to become just like you.”

“What do you want to say? Do you want to watch us laugh?”

“No, I want to say that we should publish this news. Would you mind? You know, this is very important for the Players. If I release this information to them, they will all remember my favor. Our India server area’s international status on the Plane will be greatly improved. And who knows, we might even find reliable Allies from other server areas.”

Brahma’s mind moved very quickly. Although Suoluomingwang’s encounter with the “Chaos of the Hundred Beasts” was a disaster, utilizing this disaster might trigger some subtle reactions.

However, doing this would bring no benefit to Suoluomingwang, and instead would be tearing open his scabs. He instantly snorted angrily: “Are you trying to use me?”

“Hey, brother, how could I use you? I can shape you into a tragic figure, or you can publish this news yourself. At least this way, you can attract the attention of all global Players in a short time, instead of fleeing silently without a trace.”

Listening to Brahma say this, Suoluomingwang fell silent for a good while, then chuckled self-deprecatingly: “It seems I can still be useful for waste utilization. Alright, since you want their attention to gather on India, I will do as you wish.”

“Rest assured, brother, you will stand up again.”

Brahma said this verbally, but he added in his heart:

You might stand up again, but I will definitely stand higher than you!

…

On days without “Daydreaming” and “Daming Village” suddenly showing up, the Player Forum remained as calm as ever, with idle chatter where needed and bounties still hanging at the top of the headline.

However, in this calm and harmonious moment, a nuclear bomb from the South Asia region suddenly exploded on the Forum.

The Chaos of the Hundred Beasts!

A term that no one had heard of, and which seemed never to have appeared, directly attracted the gaze of thousands of Players.

After the territory upgraded, if the area exceeded ten thousand mu, the promotion mission was not just a construction task, but also a defense battle task against wild beast attacks.

Just looking at the mission name, one could tell it was not easy to handle.

“Peacock Dynasty? Did such a dynasty exist in history?”

“I don’t know. All I know about that place is that it used to be East India Company.”

“Does India also have Gold Grade Lords?”

“According to the thread starter, the Chaos of the Hundred Beasts is indeed terrifying. Is it like a BOSS attacking the city?”

“So nobody should upgrade now?”

“There must be a way. I don’t believe that Huaxia Village Level 3 Lord wouldn’t know the answer.”

The Forum Players seemed to have a natural talent for going off-topic. At first, they were still talking about India, but after turning a corner, they quickly dragged the Huaxia Great God into the discussion.

Whether Daming Village had actually experienced the Chaos of the Hundred Beasts also began to be a matter of debate.

…

Great Ming Dynasty, Wuyou Village.

Just after coming back from leveling up outside in the morning, Shangshan Ruoshui saw her sister sitting outside the Lord’s Manor looking at the Forum: “Sis, what are you looking at again?”

“Some Players on the Forum revealed something. After the territory upgrades, if the area exceeds ten thousand mu, it will attract attacks from wild beasts.”

“There is such a thing?”

Hearing this, Shangshan Ruoshui was stunned for a moment, then immediately leaned over: “Will Gold Territory reach over ten thousand mu just by upgrading to Level 2? The area is too huge!”

Next to him, a woman with long hair propped her cheek with her hand, also frowning with her willow eyebrows: “If the territory quality is not good, how can it match the ‘Gold’ prefix?”

“Tch, even if it is better, what can it do? It will still be done for early.”

Shangshan Ruoshui blurted out honestly, but after he finished speaking, he remembered that his own sister’s territory back then was also a Gold Territory, so he immediately felt embarrassed.

However, the woman beside him did not pay attention to her brother’s complaint, but nodded and said: “I have already made peace with it long ago. You are right, choosing a Gold Territory is indeed not a very wise choice.”

“Eh, why is that again?”

“I only understood this principle after my territory was broken. When the trial ended, I could choose not only the Gold Token as a reward, but unfortunately, the introduction of the Gold Token was too tempting, so I did not consider it carefully enough.”

The woman explained while looking at the Forum: “Just like eggs cannot all be put in one basket. Choosing the Gold Token looks like it has a very high starting point, but it also means I gave up other ways to strengthen my territory. Plus, my luck was a little poor, and the random location was not good, so of course it could not hold out for long.”

“So, according to what you said, Sis, the Gold Token is actually not as good as the Silver Token?”

“We cannot say it so absolutely. The advantage of a Gold Territory lies in its territory quality and potential. If you treat a Gold Territory like a Silver or Bronze Grade territory to manage, it will naturally seem worthless. But if you really spend half a year managing that three thousand mu of territory well, then upgrading later, the result of accumulating strength for a sudden breakthrough should be completely different.”