In the Rimewinter Snowfield Region, the Dark Tide had receded.
Players who had revived after their cooldowns or logged back in after logging off stared at one another across the snowfield.
Heavy snow still swirled, and the aurora remained dazzling, but the once-bustling Novice Village was gone.
A Le Training Camp had gone out of business.
As players, they had truly been hurt by this blow.
Although the attack had targeted the Lord of Bliss, they were the ones who hurt most.
No one had imagined that Di Nian Bully could put the Novice Village out of business.
The Regional Voice Channel was filled with wails:
"Seriously, how did the Novice Village next door overrun ours? That shameless Di Nian Bully! Where am I supposed to enjoy grinding monsters now?"
"What I can't understand is, sure, the fighting in the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Novice Village is more intense, but ours has a stronger foundation, right? The Elysium Evil Spirits and Elysium Insect Race might be weak, but they have the demigod Lord of Benefits behind them. What makes Di Nian Bully so special? This makes no sense."
"This is surreal. It feels like the Kindergarten Squad next door came over and beat ours out of business. They're both Novice Villages. Since when did they compete?"
"A million newbies lost their homes in an instant. The age of universal unemployment arrived without warning. Our Commander's shut down completely. Said we might have to split up for a while."
"A Le, I can't live without you..."
The incident had come so suddenly that every newbie player was caught off guard.
As players on the Forum put it: one moment, they had been passionately beating each other up on the Rimewinter Snowfield; the next, the newbie training camp had shut down,