Panic Blue Star

For half a morning, Yang Jian saw about ten players report to the guild's stronghold.

After understanding the guild's task system and upgrade points, most of them excitedly accepted point-based tasks, expressing their desire to contribute to the guild's upgrade.

Yang Jian didn't place all his hopes on those solo players.

However, he still had to find ways to foster a sense of cohesion.

After all, once morale scattered, it would be difficult to lead the team!

For guild management, Yang Jian delegated authority to the three vice-guild leaders.

Zhou Yue took the lead, with Bai Youyou and Mo Suqing responsible for specific affairs.

Although Miss Mo hadn't arrived yet and was currently lost in the Newbie Village, she had almost become the big boss of Tianhai Group.

Her talent, intelligence, and ability were evident to all.

Managing a guild of just over 1,500 people would be a piece of cake for her.

With these two managing various miscellaneous tasks and Zhou Yue overseeing the overall situation, Yang Jian could confidently search for opportunities across the world; he only needed to be invincible!

Although Zhou Yue's ability wasn't the strongest, Yang Jian trusted her the most.

Coupled with her strong luck buff, he believed the Star Palace's future would only get better!

It was already two in the afternoon when Yang Jian once again left Zhenhai City with Xiao Mo.

After all, as the guild leader of the Star Palace, it was acceptable not to show up normally.

But since he had appeared at the guild, some minor matters still needed to be handled.

Time always flew by, passing very, very quickly.

With a slight delay, Yang Jian's departure time was postponed again and again.

By two in the afternoon, Yang Jian finally left the East Gate of Zhenhai City with his dog.

The target this time was Nightshade Town, east of Zhenhai City.

According to the route, Yang Jian should first head south, all the way to the stone bridge, cross the river to Nightshade Forest, and then proceed east to Nightshade Town.

But now, Yang Jian wouldn't choose such a troublesome path.

It was just a White Stone Heavenly River, a hundred meters wide!

This river flowed down from White Stone Mountain, north of Zhenhai City, and because the mountain walls were steep, it formed a waterfall with a drop of nearly a hundred meters.

So, people downstream called this river the White Stone Heavenly River!

Of course, whether the Ska Kingdom originally called this mountain and river by these names was no longer important!

Life, after all, was about being born and living on.

They didn't live to the present, so everything recorded by them was irrelevant!

He ran dozens of miles eastward.

Along the way, any wild monsters visible in their sight were rushed and killed by Yang Jian and Mo Song.

They also occasionally saw a few players.

From a distance, Yang Jian avoided them.

"Did two figures, one yellow and one black, just pass by?"

"Didn't notice! Are you seeing things?"

The speaker was also unsure.

Could it really be that I was seeing things?

"Hurry up and level up! There are more and more strange things happening on this Blue Star..."

"Alas, is it really the end of the world? Didn't the officials keep refuting the rumors?"

"You believe what the officials say? Do you believe them or do you believe I am Qin Shi Huang?"

His companion hesitated for a long time, feeling it was better to believe that the person in front of him was truly the reincarnation of the First Emperor!

Arriving by the White Stone Heavenly River, the current was extremely swift, and the river was over a hundred meters wide.

So, it wasn't that players liked to run so far to take the stone bridge; it was simply that in this cursed place, not even a boat could cross.

Fortunately, this river couldn't stop Yang Jian now.

Sending Mo Song into the pet space, Yang Jian leaped.

The moment he entered the water, Yang Jian transformed into a seal.

Why was a seal swimming in a freshwater river?

He thought for half a second, realizing this was actually not important.

Friends in the south all know that in such rapidly flowing waters, to swim to the other side, one must swim diagonally... Even if Yang Jian was a seal now, he didn't want to waste time and effort swimming directly across.

At an angle of about thirty degrees, Yang Jian rapidly moved his arms... or rather, his two front flippers.

In less than three minutes, Yang Jian landed on the opposite bank.

Standing at the edge of Nightshade Forest, when he looked up at the sky again, it was covered in a shadow!

Yang Jian frowned slightly.

This situation was clearly abnormal; was this land polluted by something, or was there some treasure hidden?

Whatever the reason, Yang Jian decided to find out if he had the chance!

He glanced at the towering White Stone Mountain in the distance.

Yang Jian actually had the idea of exploring it, but unfortunately, the mountain was too steep, so there weren't many paths to ascend.

One could directly take a boat from Zhenhai City's port, bypass White Stone Mountain, and from north to south, there were several paths leading up the mountain.

One could also travel east from Nightshade Town to Chi Shan Town, and then north from Chi Shan Town to reach White Stone Mountain!

And south from Chi Shan Town led to Troll Valley... Troll Valley was a war territory, inhabited by trolls who had fled there!

Zhenhai City had built several camps there to fight against the trolls... He shook his head, shaking these unreliable thoughts out of his mind.

Yang Jian turned and plunged into the jungle behind him.

Nightshade Forest, the forest area accounted for about 80%.

He came out to level up without setting a specific destination.

Yang Jian just looked around, searching for opportunities.

Across the river, the wild monsters within Zhenhai City's territory had a maximum level of fifteen.

The map level of Nightshade Forest ranged from level 20 to level 30.

Almost all wild monsters within this level range could be encountered.

Although Yang Jian was only level thirteen now, he could easily defeat level 23 wild monsters in a one-on-one fight.

However, the difficulty of level 24 wild monsters suddenly increased by several grades.

At level 24, he would be suppressed by the rules.

Although Yang Jian could still kill them, he needed to be a little more serious.

Fighting monsters 12 or 13 levels higher, the difficulty and suppression increased almost geometrically.

Now, Yang Jian finally understood why Old Ma said that one needed to be at least level thirty-something to even touch the lowest-tier Abyssal Monster.

The suppression of these rule levels was unbearable for him!

After killing two more brown bears.

He looted four bear paws and one bear gall, then immediately used Skinning... Yang Jian's Skinning skill was almost at intermediate mastery!

It was only because murlocs were a humanoid race and couldn't be skinned; otherwise, with the number of murlocs Yang Jian had killed, he should have achieved advanced Skinning long ago!

At four in the afternoon, Yang Jian arrived at Nightshade Town again.

Morton Evans was quite pleased to see Yang Jian arrive.

"Your strength truly makes me look at you in a new light..."

Morton Evans was not surprised by Yang Jian's decision to stay in Nightshade Town to level up.

After all, he could even solo the undead in the Night Watchman's Cemetery.

To be honest, perhaps it was from growing up hearing scary tales of the Scourge of the Undead.

How nervous Morton was when he heard that the cemetery had been reanimated and his ancestors had become undead monsters.

But he was the Town Lord... Just as he mustered his courage to lay his ancestors to rest, Yang Jian arrived!

Not only did he arrive, but he also accepted this hair-raising task with just two bottles of wine.

So, Morton had a good impression of Yang Jian!

This goodwill was not something the game's system could reflect.

"You came and went in a hurry a few days ago. If you're not in a rush today, you can come to my Town Lord Manor for dinner!"

Yang Jian's eyes lit up. There was such a good thing?

"I also have many questions I'd like to ask someone!"

Morton smiled.

"I will try my best to answer your questions, but the result might disappoint you, as my strength is limited, and my knowledge and perspective are constrained by it..."

Yang Jian didn't mind.

After clarifying the dinner time, Morton still had official duties to finish.

Yang Jian said he would get a room at the inn to rest for a while.

After the cooldown of his talent, Yang Jian immediately went offline.

[Upgrade Condition: 47 / 50 (Only blue equipment counts towards upgrade condition)]

Very good, it seemed that before tonight's operation, Yang Jian would receive an epic enhancement.

It was 4:30 AM on Blue Star when he went offline.

However, the entire studio was brightly lit.

The players of Lingyun Studio had formed teams early on.

And because equipment theoretically belonged to the company, they had almost no disputes.

With tacit cooperation and few disputes, most of the guild's teams could move freely in the Blood Moon.

Therefore, proper scheduling of offline and rest times became very important!

Yang Jian pushed open the company's door and walked into the business park.

Many studio employees were also looking up, gazing at the sky in twos and threes, taking photos!

He looked again at the large full moon above.

Checking his phone for the date, it was the tenth day of the sixth lunar month, typically a gibbous moon, yet it appeared as a full moon... Opening Douyin, the internet was now a chaotic mess.

Major official media outlets rushed to refute rumors.

Through various professional terms that ordinary people couldn't understand, they told everyone that this was a normal celestial phenomenon.

There was no apocalypse; everyone should not speculate wildly!

At the same time, discussions on such topics were completely banned.

Any online messages containing words or phrases like 'moon' and 'apocalypse' were immediately removed or had their traffic restricted.

In most cases, they couldn't even be posted.

When there is a policy from above, there are countermeasures from below.

Yang Jian saw many videos directly posting images.

They put the images on the background board... But most of them were still concerned about the progress of "salvation."

"Seeking to buy game helmets at a super high price! If you're selling, contact me, I'll pay any price!"

"Fifty million for a game helmet, message me if you're serious about selling!"

"Damn scammers, I want to buy a 'salvation' game helmet, what the hell are you selling me? Don't let me catch you..."

"Don't waste your breath, upstairs! Game helmets are bound to individuals... Even if you buy one, you can't use it!"

"There's even that restriction? Isn't that killing me?"

"What's up with those lucky players who got into the game? Why are their levels still so low? Can this cope with the apocalypse?"

"Heh heh, upstairs, the official media has refuted the rumors; there's no apocalypse, and the game has nothing to do with it. If it were that powerful, you wouldn't have seen a single Superman by now, would you? Even if you haven't seen one, haven't all these people online seen one?"

"Who knows if it's being covered up!"

"They're stupid. If I could get into the game, I wouldn't be eating beef anymore..."

"Good thing you couldn't get in!"

The online commotion, after all, affected many people.

In Xia Kingdom, people began frantically hoarding supplies, mostly salt... While in Milijian, another round of zero-dollar shopping began!

They weren't picky; the main thing was to grab whatever they could!

And the Bear Empire had already begun sharpening its knives!

Apocalypse?

I, Emperor Pu, have no other skills, just a hard head!

Let me see what's going on?

Whether I can win or not is another matter; I'll fight first as a sign of respect!

As for the EU countries, everyone wanted to kick this loose sand out of the Four Great Nations' scope.

Only Germany and France were somewhat reliable!

After scrolling through Douyin, Yang Jian suddenly realized a serious problem.

How exactly would this world be considered saved?

"Hello, Boss, I'm the new employee, Yan Zhengmei from the combat team!"

Yang Jian looked up and saw the little spy smiling, standing next to the equipment he was training on.

"Combat team?"

"Oh, because my talent is pretty good, a blue healing talent, President Bai arranged me separately!"

Yang Jian nodded, indicating approval.

Making the best use of resources, a basic operation for a mature manager.

"Are you looking for me for something?"

"Oh, no, not really. I just felt it would be impolite not to say hello when I saw the boss in the gym!"

"Oh, that's not necessary. It's all work! No need to be so formal, you go on and get busy!"

"Okay!"

Her smile was just right, friendly and natural!

Yang Jian just wanted to give her a thumbs up.