Early the next morning.
After washing up early, Lu Yang logged into the game.
On the forums, players were still curiously discussing the anniversary celebration quests.
"I bet this anniversary celebration will definitely have bonus experience rewards. This is the first anniversary celebration, after all."
"Other online games have monster sieges. Do you think ours will have something that good?"
"Heh, it'd be great if there were a monster siege. We'd get both experience and money."
"Equipment! Please let there be a monster siege."
"Please let there be a monster siege."
There were too many forum posts wishing for a monster siege to count, as if everyone wanted one.
Lu Yang's face darkened. It had been the same in his previous life. The system had probably answered the players' requests. There had originally been a monster siege, but when the monsters appeared, the system deliberately added even more. Of the 48 main cities across the three factions on the Chinese server, 42 were overrun by monsters.
System Notification: Attention, all players. Attention, all players. The anniversary celebration will officially begin at 12 noon. All players across the server will receive triple experience, and special buffs can be collected from any NPC in the server. System Notification: The Myriad Races Siege will officially begin at 12 noon. This siege will last for seven days. All players, please prepare for battle in advance.
The two announcements repeated more than ten times in a row.
"There really is a monster siege!"
"Triple experience."
"It's a carnival! There are buffs too."
"Come on, come on! I can't wait!"
The players descended into revelry, and the Iron Blood Brotherhood went wild as well. Any roadside NPC could grant a special effect that increased all five attributes—Strength, Endurance, Constitution, Intelligence, and