Volume 2, Chapter 85 – Sudden Incident

As everyone knows, spending a little money brings pleasure, but spending a lot can ruin you.

However, seeing someone spend money to the point where even Tianyin started to question whether her life back in the real world had been lived in vain… that was a first.

Dozens of minutes later.

════════♡════════ Resources have reached warehouse capacity. ════════♡════════

A cold System prompt suddenly rang in Tianyin’s ears.

Before the three of them, the light screen displayed the faction resource panel. Wood, stone, and gold had all reached the current storage limit of their faction. It didn’t sound like much, but to Tianyin, the string of zeros on the screen made her question her very existence.

“S-So amazing, Sister Xiaomu…”

It wasn’t just amazing. With the amount of resources before them, Tianyin felt even upgrading a hundred cities like this wouldn’t be a problem.

“Well, if there weren’t a cap, I’d have added a few more zeros behind it~”

Add a few more zeros?

That wasn’t as simple as it sounded!

Adding a few zeros might sound small, but in reality, the cost would be ten times, even a hundred times more!

Tianyin didn’t even know how to react to Xingyu Muxi anymore. Even though Muxi had done it voluntarily, Tianyin still couldn’t help but feel guilty seeing how much she had poured into it.

“Mm, since we’ve got so many resources now, can’t we upgrade our level, Master?”

“Oh, right! I almost forgot…”

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Xiaomengyao interrupted Tianyin’s wandering thoughts.

Snapping back to her senses, Tianyin realized there was still something important to do. This wasn’t the time to daze off.

They needed to upgrade the city’s level.

“Click the plus sign, right?”

Following Xingyu Muxi’s earlier instructions, Tianyin found the plus sign on the System interface and tapped it.

════════♡════════ Confirm the upgrade level. This operation cannot be changed or reversed. ════════♡════════

“Confirm.”

════════♡════════ Confirmation successful. The city will complete its upgrade in three days. Please wait patiently. ════════♡════════

As the System voice finished, a detailed countdown, down to the second, appeared behind the plus sign on the light screen.

【71:59:55】

“Sister Xiaomu, the city upgrade takes three days. We’ll have to wait for it to finish.”

Though the countdown was already visible to all three, Tianyin still explained patiently.

“Three days? That feels kind of long…”

Hearing Tianyin’s words, Xingyu Muxi fell into a thoughtful look.

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“Eh? Three days isn’t long at all, right?”

Tianyin looked at Muxi strangely. Honestly, she had thought upgrading a city would take at least ten days, maybe even half a month. But unexpectedly, it only required three.

She had to admit this was far better than what she’d imagined.

“It really is a bit long. What’s troublesome is that there’s no item to shorten the upgrade time. Otherwise, I’d have it done today.”

Xingyu Muxi looked rather dissatisfied, clearly annoyed by the three-day duration.

“…”

For a moment, Tianyin didn’t know how to respond.

Three days… was that really long?

Truthfully, it was probably just because Tianyin had never played farming-style games before. Back then, she didn’t even have the financial means to play such games. Her understanding of them came only from bits of information online.

Which was why she genuinely felt three days was already fast.

“Master, Master… I… I suddenly have something urgent to deal with…”

Suddenly, Mengyao tugged at Tianyin’s sleeve.

“What’s wrong? Xiaomengyao, did something happen all of a sudden?”

“Mm, my brother… My brother seems to be in trouble. I need to go check…”

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By “go back,” she meant logging out.

But what puzzled Tianyin was, Mengyao had seemed perfectly fine just now, so how did she suddenly know her brother was in trouble?

Still, despite her confusion, seeing Mengyao’s worried expression, Tianyin didn’t think now was the time to stop her and ask questions.

“I see… then go ahead, Xiaomengyao. But if you run into something you can’t handle, come find us, okay? Though your Master can’t help much, Sister Xiaomu definitely will~”

“Mm-hm…”

It really seemed something serious had happened. This time, Mengyao didn’t say much more and logged out immediately.

Due to the game’s mechanics, players couldn’t log out directly in front of NPCs. So, to Tianyin, Mengyao appeared to faint right in front of her.

Of course, Tianyin wouldn’t let her just fall to the ground. She caught her, supporting the girl so she wouldn’t collapse.

“Let me do it, Xiaoyin.”

Though Tianyin was holding Mengyao, because of her special passive, her Strength was so low that even supporting Mengyao’s body was pushing her limit.

Seeing Tianyin struggle so much, Xingyu Muxi chuckled softly and took the unconscious Mengyao from her hands.

“Sister Xiaomu, what do you think happened to Mengyao’s brother? She looked so panicked all of a sudden…”

Tianyin was completely puzzled.

After all, Mengyao had always struck her as a confident, fiery little girl. clingy at times, yes, but also more mature than most kids her age.

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Yet this was the first time Tianyin had ever seen her that anxious, without warning, as if something terrible had happened.

“Xiaoyin, didn’t you say Mengyao’s brother reincarnated into the Graveyard as one of the undead a long time ago?”

As if recalling something, Xingyu Muxi frowned slightly.

“Yeah, that’s right. Why? Sister Xiaomu, is there something wrong with being undead?”

“Are you sure he really is undead? Did Mengyao ever mention whether her brother reincarnated again?”

“Reincarnated again? What do you mean by that?”

Muxi sighed softly.

“That’s what I thought. Xiaoyin, it looks like Mengyao’s brother might really be in trouble.”

“In trouble?”

Tianyin still didn’t understand.

“But what does that have to do with him being an undead in the Graveyard? Those two worlds don’t even seem connected.”

Xingyu Muxi shook her head.

“They are connected, Xiaoyin. If someone from our world stays reincarnated in the Graveyard as an undead for too long, their real body will gradually start turning undead as well…”