Bowing to the Veteran

"The rules remain the same: private negotiations, trades, and even squad mergers and reorganizations are permitted. If an agreement cannot be reached, the order of battle will be determined by combat. Please proceed to the designated arena on the east side, where I will supervise and adjudicate the outcome."

Teams that act without authorization will be ineligible to register and will be subject to sanctions.

His voice was flat, tinged with the weariness of a businesslike demeanor.

Since there is no good sorting mechanism, this is the only way.

Establishing a long-term queuing mechanism? It was tried, but quickly failed because the Survivors ' strength changed too rapidly.

The addition of secondary Attributes, the learning of more skills, the use of Talents, a better-looking outfit, increased combat experience... in short, it's incredibly exciting.

Fixed rankings fail to reflect dynamic changes in strength and instead generate more dissatisfaction, with some questioning why a team can surpass another. Ultimately, everyone accepted this almost barbaric "real-time competition" model—using every means to prove themselves the most qualified to succeed the previous team before the previous one emerges.

Han Song himself is a special case in this fierce competition. His mental Attribute is as high as 17 points, which even surpasses the Main Attribute of many professionals in Zone 76.

Of course, he still hadn't learned any blue- Attribute skills; his Attributes were improved using his little porcelain bottle.

"By the way, when are you Class Change? With Attribute this awesome, there's probably no non-professional in the whole world as strong as you. You should be qualified to get Forbidden Class, right?" An acquaintance walked up to Han Song and asked.

Han Song remained silent for a moment.

The question touched on the part of his deepest struggle. He had never Class Change, nor had he even tried.

Because he didn't know whether the Mutual Aid Association let him Class Change, and he didn't ask himself, but he was bound to a special growth item.

If you die in Trial Instance, the quality of your special growth item will be reset to zero. Upgrading it requires not only a large amount of rare materials but also time.

Even though Zone 76 has almost completely mastered the Trial Instance, and the skill development paths on the forums are probably tailored to the Trial Instance environment.

The Mutual Aid Association also has a complete strategy guide, but the Trial Instance are still very risky due to the randomness of the initial identity and the randomness of the entire world.

Publicly available data shows that the mortality rate for those who don't use a strategy guide is 40%, while the mortality rate for those who use one is 13%.

Han Song didn't want to apply for a strategy guide and lower his Dungeon rating; he wanted to take a gamble.

"Have no idea."

After thinking for a long time, Han Song shook his head. He decided to ask Consultant Su for his opinion face-to-face when he returned.

The acquaintance nodded knowingly, patted him on the shoulder, and didn't ask any more questions. He turned around and returned to his own team. Everyone knew about Han Song's problem; his Class Change was probably not as simple as a personal choice.

Suddenly, everyone around turned their heads at the same time, looking into the same patch of darkness.

A faint tremor was felt over there, about twenty kilometers away.

"Holy crap? What's going on?"

Han Song turned around and realized what had happened.

The Mutual Aid Association's emergency plan is to Class Change a nuclear bomb under the feet of Survivors who are strong enough to solo Area Dungeons without consulting guides, meaning they may be eligible for Forbidden Class Forbidden Existence.

This appears to be the second explosion in recent times, but regardless of whether the survivors were brought out or not, those involved believe the Survivor were hit by the explosion are definitely not behaving normally.

It's not just Zone 76; the average strength of every region in the world is increasing dramatically.

However, the ways to improve are different. Regions with strong professionals who perform well in District War Continued Battle and receive generous resource rewards, as well as regions with strong leaders and effective management structures, have formed a virtuous Cycle.

Top-tier survivors expand the pie, while mid-tier and lower-tier Survivors gather basic resources, produce materials, and conduct team training in a relatively safe environment. Resources circulate rapidly throughout the region, enhancing equipment, trading skills, exchanging potions, and resources are fed back to the top-tier survivors... Overall strength grows like a snowball.

In those areas that still lack Order, the average strength increased rapidly in a different way. Without exception, the lower and middle levels were all "slaughtered" by the Monster Tides.

In less than three weeks, their average Main Attributes should be able to catch up with those of the world's top regions, such as Zone 76 and District 66666.

This heretical practice is also known as the "Dead Zone" on the World Channel.

The term "Dead Zone" has spread rapidly in the World Channel. It lacks a precise system definition, but a consensus has formed among Survivors: when the number of survivors in an area falls below a certain threshold, usually considered to be one hundred, it loses the ability to explore outwards, acquire new resources on a large scale, and reorganize. Its internal ecosystem completely collapses, and it can basically be identified as a "Dead Zone." It might still be able to survive for a while, but the possibility of turning things around is extremely slim.

[(Silver Badge) But damn it, the problem is, the number of "Dead Zones " has exceeded our expectations. I originally thought that after a month, the number of "Dead Zones " exceeding 10,000 would be quite exaggerated, but looking at your group's sob stories, I think 50,000 wouldn't be an exaggeration.]

[(Bronze Badge) Areas that allow or indirectly cause large numbers of low- and mid-level Survivors to die in Monster Tide and high-risk events have an average rate of increase in their Main Attribute that far exceeds that of areas with healthy development. Win!]

[Even well-developed areas (Silver Badge) are not immune to being "slaughtered" by Monster Tide. We will soon enter the era of "thousand-person areas". Whether it is a top-tier area or an ordinary area, the number of people may remain between 1,000 and 2,500 in the Future. This may be a natural selection and Balance under the pressure of the system...]

[Jun Lebao (Silver Badge): Who said that?]

[(Bronze Badge) Zone 76! Holy crap, I'm terrified, I'm kneeling before this veteran!]

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[(Gold Badge) Tali Lang: By the way, how did you guys in Zone 76 solve the problem of the [Class Change Certificate] production cap? At this rate of Monster Tides, it's impossible for everyone to Class Change.]

[(Gold Badge) Song Shige: Fused Sanctuary. Our region is still experimenting with Fused Sanctuary. Among the Survivors, nearly 30% are not combat specialists. These people can stay in the Fused Sanctuary, protected by professionals, and then Class Change later.]

[(Silver Badge) sounds like a lot of trouble, Fused Sanctuary is also very risky.]

[(Silver Badge) Perhaps the Survival System never considered that there are so many people in the area that there aren't enough [Class Change Certificates ]?]

[(Gold Badge): Holy crap, I've discovered a shocking secret outside. I suggest everyone go back and think about the two messages Ye Zizhen pinned earlier...]

[(Silver Badge): The Riddler Caught in the Supermarket.]

[(Bronze Badge): Accusing a Gold Badge holder?]

[(Silver Badge): Post a message?]

[(Silver Badge): Verb, quantifier, noun?]

[(Bronze Badge): I'm about to die, and you guys are still doing abstract things...]