The next day, on the outskirts of Fries Harbor, the Jungle Corps stood watch with chainsaws and grenade launchers in hand.
Although the vegetation that had run wild through the forest had stopped growing, the danger had not been completely eliminated.
In particular, the wildly expanding vegetation had disturbed the mutants active in the area, causing the danger level around Fries Harbor to skyrocket.
Several patrol drones had even discovered large carnivorous mutants rated at danger level 60 in the forest!
These extremely dangerous mutants had originally been active deep in the inland forests, but the migration of the herds had drawn them toward Fries Harbor.
Even the brood nests in the forest had no control over this situation. They could not directly order a particular mutant to go somewhere.
Several checkpoints leading inland had now been closed. Only players and those holding passes could enter or leave.
In fact, at a time like this, aside from the Jungle Corps' ranger squads, hardly any players would head deep into the forest.
After all, even if they would not truly die in the game, the death penalties were still a massive headache.
However, even though both the official website and VM had raised the area's danger rating and recommended level, there were still stubborn players who refused to believe it and deliberately went wherever it was dangerous.
For example, at that moment, three little players just over level 20 stood at the checkpoint entrance.
The NPC officer on duty checked their VMs and confirmed that all three were indeed shelter residents.
Still, seeing how clueless they looked, he kindly gave them a reminder.
"The map's current recommended level has temporarily been raised to level 40. If your level is more than 10 levels below the recommendation, insurance only pays half. If