As soon as Qin Feng entered the chat channel, he found it bustling.
Dawn was approaching, and many level 1 players had finished resting and gone out to hunt ferocious beasts.
With the novice assessment hanging over their heads like a sword, no one dared slack off.
Besides, the novice cabins doubled the rate at which people recovered their energy.
In other words, eight hours of sleep on Blue Star required only four hours in a novice cabin.
Moreover, those level 1 players had all received 20 attribute points, strengthening their bodies and reducing the sleep they needed even further.
At that moment, the chat channel was buzzing.
"Wow! The regional chat channel is about to open!"
"Boss Liu Xuan just reached level 5, automatically activating the regional chat channel."
"Huh? Boss Liu Xuan leveled up that quickly? Didn't he say last time that he wouldn't reach level 5 until tomorrow afternoon?"
"Yeah! It's only just getting light, and Boss Liu Xuan has already leveled up. That was fast!"
"Are you guys stupid? Our village won a wager and doubled its resources. Of course Boss Liu Xuan is leveling up faster."
Just then, Liu Xuan's avatar flashed as he joined the conversation.
Liu Xuan: "The person above is right! That wager didn't just double our resources. It also gave us 20 attribute points, making us all stronger."
Liu Xuan: "That's why I've been leveling up so much faster. Otherwise, I could never have reached level 5 this quickly. Really, we have Boss Qin Feng to thank for all of this!"
"Yeah! We have Boss Qin Feng to thank for all of this!"
"By the way, what level is Boss Qin Feng now?"
"He's level 6!"
"My God! Boss Qin Feng is already level 6? He's amazing!"
"Wow! Boss Qin Feng really deserves to be our village's strongest player. I look up to him!"
Liu Xuan: "Yeah! I admire him too!"
"Boss Liu Xuan, you're amazing too. You're the second-strongest player in our village."
Liu Xuan: "I'm laughing through my tears! Compared to Qin Feng, I'm way behind! You might think he's only one level above me at level 6, but going from level 5 to level 6 takes 3,000 energy."
Everyone was shocked by his words.
"Holy shit! That much? That's terrifying!"
"Heavens! Going from level 2 to level 3 only takes 300 energy, and I already find that hard. I can't imagine how you'd get 3,000 energy."
"Yeah! Level 3 to level 4 only takes 600. Level 4 to level 5 takes 1,200 energy, just double that. But level 5 to level 6 takes 3,000, more than double!"
"Looks like leveling gets harder and harder!"
Liu Xuan: "The person above is right. I just calculated it. Going from level 1 to level 5 takes 2,200 energy in total. Even added together, that's less than going from level 5 to level 6."
"My God! You mean Boss Qin Feng has earned more than twice as much energy as you?"
Liu Xuan: "Yeah! Probably close to three times as much!"
"Heavens! So Boss Qin Feng is already that amazing!"
Everyone marveled.
Reading this, Qin Feng smiled without a word.
He was currently level 6 (7960/8000). His total accumulated energy should have been over five times Liu Xuan's, not merely three times.
[Announcement: Regional chat channel connection successful. Novice Village No. 911 is the 47th village to connect successfully. You may now enter the regional chat...]
"Wow! We've connected to the regional chat channel!"
"We're the 47th to connect successfully, so 46 novice villages have already connected!"
"Hey, out of a thousand novice villages, ranking 47th is already excellent!"
"That's true! Enough talk. I'm going to check out the regional channel!"
"I'm going too!"
"Haha! I've been feeling cooped up forever. I really want to see people from other novice villages!"
At that moment, everyone happily switched channels.
Qin Feng checked the bottom-right corner of the channel. Sure enough, there was a new regional channel option.
He quickly switched over.
The moment he entered the regional channel, he found the conversation in full swing.
"Haha! Regional chat channel, here we come!"
"Awesome! It's finally open!"
"Oh! Another group has arrived!"
"They're from Novice Village No. 911."
"Your Novice Village No. 911 is the 47th to enter. Not bad!"
"Pfft! Hey, only two of them have reached level 5 after all this time, and you call that good? Our village already has four level 5 players."
"Haha! Our village already has five level 5 players. The strongest one reached level 6 half an hour ago."
"Heh! Novice Village No. 911 might be the 47th to enter, but among our villages, it's at the very bottom."
At that moment, the regional channel was buzzing.
Each speaker's name was followed by their novice village number.
That made it easy to tell which novice village someone belonged to.
At that moment, the people from Novice Village No. 911 were extremely excited.
The people from the other novice villages, however, acted high and mighty.
"By the way, what country are you people from Novice Village No. 911 from?"
"Oh! 911? That number has a special meaning for our Lighthouse Country. Are you from the Lighthouse Country too?"
"Hey, our Novice Village No. 911 isn't from the Lighthouse Country. We're from the Dragon Nation!"
"Baka! They're from the Dragon Nation! We from the Sakura Island Country don't like them."
"Aish! I hate people from the Dragon Nation! They keep stealing our South Stick Country's cultural heritage. They even claim the Dragon Boat Festival is theirs!"
"Oh! The Dragon Nation? Those historical 'sick men of the East'? I really can't bring myself to like them. I just want to kick their scrawny asses with my noble little feet!"
Hearing those words, everyone from Novice Village No. 911 was furious.
These bastards were despicable!
"Can you bastards speak like human beings?"
"Oh! You adorable little thing, getting all worked up. You might not know this, but before your Novice Village No. 911 came in, another novice village from the Dragon Nation joined. Unfortunately, we already beat them into the ground!"
"Haha! Your Novice Village No. 911 will be the second batch from the Dragon Nation we beat into the ground!"
"Damn it! What did we from the Dragon Nation ever do to you? Why are you ganging up to bully us?"
"Oh! Your Dragon Nation has been rather conspicuous on Blue Star lately. The second-largest economy, exploring the moon, exploring Mars, successfully fighting the pandemic-it makes us very uncomfortable."
"Holy shit! Just admit you're jealous!"
"Oh! You from the Dragon Nation above, I appreciate your honesty! We are jealous. What can you do about it? This is Slaughter World. We don't have as many reservations as we did on Blue Star."
Just then, another avatar of a person of Asian descent flashed.
"Brothers from Novice Village No. 911, I'm from Novice Village No. 34. We're also from the Dragon Nation. Don't talk to these people. They're all in it together."
"Oh! Someone from the Dragon Nation in Village No. 34 has spoken up too. You lost terribly in that last wager!"
"Yoshi! Village No. 34 lost half its resources last time. A lot of them are bound to die in this novice assessment. Hahaha!"
"Oh! Who's going to teach Village No. 911 a lesson this time?"
"Leave it to our Village No. 446! Our Lord Amir has a Wager Token. He says he's willing to represent the Asan Country and teach those people from the Dragon Nation in Village No. 911 a lesson."
"Oh! Wonderful! We'll entrust this sacred mission to your Village No. 446."
"Don't worry! We from the Asan Country all grew up drinking the sacred water of the Ganges. Every one of us has a superb physique! This time, we'll easily defeat those people from the Dragon Nation in Village No. 911. They're all sick men of the East! Haha!"
"Baka! I drank the Asan Country's Ganges water and had diarrhea for a week."
"Hey, we dare to drink our Ganges water. Do you dare drink your Sakura Island Country's nuclear wastewater?"
"..."
"Oh! Dear friends, we must stay united against the Dragon Nation. We mustn't fight among ourselves!"
"People of Village No. 911, our Lord Amir has spoken. He just reached level 7. He's now heading toward the level 8 ferocious beast area. Once he arrives, he'll launch a wager against Village No. 911!"
"Oh! God! Amir really is a supreme powerhouse. He's already reached level 7!"
"Aish! This Amir is incredible!"
"Oh! Our friend from the Asan Country, why is Amir going to the level 8 ferocious beast area? It's extremely dangerous there."
"Haha! Our Lord Amir is a powerful ascetic. He has already opened the tenth gate of Yoga Sound Current. That's why, even though he's only just reached level 7, he already has the strength to kill level 8 ferocious beasts."
"Oh! God! Amir is so powerful!"
"I get it! The wager that powerhouse Amir has chosen is a level wager. That's why he wants to reach the level 8 ferocious beast area before starting it. That will save a lot of travel time."
"Haha! My friend, you guessed right!"
"Damn it! You're actually scheming against the people from the Dragon Nation in Village No. 911 like this!"
"Oh! You people from the Dragon Nation in Village No. 34, are you mourning your fellow sufferers? Soon, the people of Village No. 911 will be just as miserable as you!"
"Here's another piece of good news! In just ten minutes, Lord Amir will reach the level 8 ferocious beast area."
"Yoshi! Those people from the Dragon Nation are doomed!"
"Oh! Wonderful! My friend! Show us Shiva's greatness with your strength! Crush those people from the Dragon Nation!"
"Haha! The great Lord Amir will definitely make them lose half their resources!"
"This time, our Sakura Island Country supports you!"
"Aish! Our South Stick Country supports you too!"
"Our Never-Setting Country supports you too!"
"All of us Western Alliance Countries support you!"
"Oh! God! It's an honor for us from the Lighthouse Country to watch you crush the Dragon Nation! Please make them lose their resources and turn them back into the 'sick men of the East.' Haha!"
Reading this, the people from the Dragon Nation were utterly furious.
Qin Feng was enraged as well.
He immediately left the regional chat channel and closed the Heavenly Dao screen.
He needed to make some preparations for the wager in ten minutes.
Hmph!
Did those self-important bastards really think they had the Dragon Nation in the bag?
How ridiculous!
This time, he would give them a resounding slap!
He would slap them hard across the face!