"One day? I've been unconscious for that long?"
Whisperer endured the searing pain in his chest and asked, "Cough, cough... What happened? Has someone already taken first place? Was it Black Hawk or Papaya Star Spirit?"
Moonlit Cat quickly replied, "It wasn't Black Hawk or Papaya Star Spirit. It was Xinghe!"
"He only took a little over three hours to gain more than three hundred points, then claimed first place at a terrifying pace!"
"Not only that, the rewards for second and third place were taken too. One was called Lonely Hero, and the other was Yun Tianming."
"Someone in the Chat Channel guessed that they're probably working together!"
Whisperer was equally shocked upon hearing this. "What!?"
However, the moment his emotions flared up, he could not help coughing up a mouthful of blood.
Whisperer quickly shut his mouth, his face turning deathly pale.
Moonlit Cat, standing opposite him, clearly noticed something was wrong and asked, "Boss, what's wrong?"
Whisperer wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said with difficulty, "Forget about the ranking rewards for now. I'm injured—seriously injured!"
"If I don't get treated in time, I'll die before long."
"What!?" Moonlit Cat was utterly shocked and hurriedly asked, "Boss, is Spirit Spring Water useless?"
Whisperer gritted his teeth. "Useless!"
"Spirit Spring Water can only treat minor injuries. My injuries are too severe now. I need a stronger recovery item!"
He paused, then continued, "Old Cat, I need to give you an order."
"Gather the entire team's resources and do everything you can to find items with healing effects for me. If there aren't any, ask for help in the Trading Channel. Do whatever it takes to trade for them."
"Remember, no matter the cost!"
"Then tell the brothers that the Elite Monster in the new area is unprecedentedly powerful, and its hide is thick and tough. Without recovery items, there's no way to take it down!"
Moonlit Cat understood the severity of the situation. He immediately hung up the private chat and swiftly began reporting the situation to the team members.
However, at this stage, aside from Spirit Spring Water, there were very few other items with healing effects.
Some were even less effective than Spirit Spring Water.
Moonlit Cat was frantic, so he simultaneously posted a message in the Chat Channel and Trading Channel.
The Whispers of the Gods team was offering a high price for healing items and potions, willing to trade a Blue Greatsword for them.
At the same time, another large team, Airplane Boy Band, posted an identical purchase request.
However, their offer was even more astonishing: a Blue Bracer Schematic.
The entire District 107 channel instantly erupted.
At this stage, the value of Blue Equipment went without saying.
Even Han Xing and the others had not obtained any Blue Equipment before receiving the ranking rewards.
In the Chat Channel, some survivors discussed it one after another. "Both major teams are buying healing items, and they're even willing to offer Blue Equipment and schematics. Did something happen to their bosses, Whisperer and Papaya Star Spirit?"
This guess was almost entirely correct.
Although many of them were tempted by the terms offered by the two major teams, none of them possessed healing items valuable enough.
By the latter half of the night, more and more survivors reached the 900-point threshold and inevitably encountered the regional boss.
The level-five Elite Monsters showed them what true despair was.
Many people's equipment was even worse than Whisperer's and the others'. They were dealt heavy damage or killed outright the moment they came face-to-face with the Elite Monsters.
Some survivors who had narrowly survived began bitterly complaining in the local network.
"Damn it! These Elite Monsters are way too terrifying! Their attributes are so high, and their hides are thick and tough. How are we supposed to fight them?"
"The guy above, same here. I finally managed to inflict a little damage on that Elite Monster while getting injured myself, but it went berserk right away and didn't give me any chance to fight back..."
"Stop complaining. We're already the lucky ones to have escaped with our lives. Look at the rankings—so many names have already disappeared. They probably died..."
Only then did they notice that many names had indeed vanished from the rankings, and a chill crept up their backs.
Being able to escape alive after encountering an Elite Monster was already a blessing amid misfortune.
The other survivors were even more stunned.
At this point, they also understood how the early-game map generation system of this world worked.
Every region where survivors were located had a powerful monster. Without defeating it, a new map could not be generated, and they could not break through 1,000 points.
The system had locked this threshold down tight.
At that moment, someone asked.
"This regional boss is so powerful. Is there really no way to deal with it? Logically speaking, the system wouldn't set up an enemy we can't defeat in the early stages, right?"
After he asked this, the Chat Channel fell silent. This was also what many people wanted to know.
Then, a weak male voice sounded in the Chat Channel.
"Cough, cough... This friend is right. The system won't set an enemy for us that cannot be defeated."
The speaker was Papaya Star Spirit, the leader of Airplane Boy Band. He had often posted strategy guides before and had a good reputation in District 107.
The moment he spoke, the other survivors held their breath, wanting to hear his thoughts.
Papaya Star Spirit said, "Cough, cough... To be honest, I also encountered an Elite Monster. But shamefully, I only managed to escape from that monster with my life by sheer luck."
As Papaya Star Spirit had remained steadily in the top three for the past few days, his strength was undeniable.
His words raised the perceived danger of the regional boss by another two levels in the minds of the other survivors.
Papaya Star Spirit continued, "However, this failure was not without gains."
"Through my observations during this time, I've found that the monsters everyone encountered should have roughly similar attributes. From this, I've drawn a general conclusion."
"To defeat this level-five Elite Monster, you need at least a Green Gear main weapon to cause damage to it. This is a hard requirement. If you don't meet it, don't even think about it."
"If you have other Green Gear on you, it can improve your margin for error. Besides that, you also need decent combat awareness."
"However, more importantly, you must have healing items or healing-type skills!"
"Otherwise, once the monster goes berserk, no matter who it is, they will inevitably be injured. Without healing medicine, there is simply no way to continue fighting."
After Papaya Star Spirit finished speaking, the Chat Channel filled with sharp gasps.
At that moment, others said,
"So that's how it is. The Elite Monsters in this region are actually this terrifying?"
"You must have recovery medicine, or there's no way to clear it at all?"
"Then how did Star God and Lonely Hero get through? Could it be that they have recovery potions?"
That person had guessed correctly. Han Xing indeed had a large number of Life Elixirs on him.
Many people thought of this at the same time. For a moment, everyone's attention focused on Han Xing.
That night, Han Xing's private messages exploded!
They were all desperately craving the recovery potions in Han Xing's hands!
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