You Xiaoxiao glanced at the system panel.
There was a hint of disappointment in her eyes.
Pursing her lips, she said, "Why is it an Lv1 area this time? The population is only a little over 9,000."
"Dungeon Lords in Lv1 areas like this are probably quite poor, what a shame..." You Xiaoxiao shook her head, "I wanted to increase the bid, but it's clearly impossible this round..."
In You Xiaoxiao's opinion,
a Dungeon Lord in a newly emerging small town area, without even looking, she knew they were probably living on a shoestring budget every day.
Where would they get money to increase the bid?
She had originally hoped to make a profit this round, but who knew she'd run into a poor guy.
"It's a pity, increasing the bid must start from the side with the weaker population. In the past few rounds, I was always the weaker side in terms of population. But this time, I've actually run into someone with a population of less than 10,000, making me the stronger side."
You Xiaoxiao regretfully shook her head.
She was about to close the system panel.
Just then,
she saw the 【Increase Bid】 button on the system panel suddenly light up.
"Increase bid by 100%?"
You Xiaoxiao was slightly stunned at first.
After a long while,
she couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Is this real or fake? They actually agreed to a 100% increase. Could it be that the opponent is letting their guard down because I'm just a regular small town, hoping to make a quick buck?"
"If that's truly the case, then you'd better be prepared to lose money."
You Xiaoxiao smiled lightly.
Don't look at their Food Town being just an Lv2 regular small town now; in the past, it was an Lv8 county. Its strength and prosperity back then were by no means weak.
However, for some unknown reason, Food County suddenly declined, and the entire town experienced a generational gap, directly falling from an Lv8 county to a newly emerging small town.
It wasn't until You Xiaoxiao's appearance, and through her efforts, that it painstakingly returned to the level of a regular small town.
You Xiaoxiao undoubtedly had great talent in cuisine.
Therefore, the entire town supported her immensely, seeing her as their hope.
And because of that...
You Xiaoxiao didn't believe she would lose.
The townspeople of Food Town would all support her, and no matter what, there would always be some greedy Adventurers in the opposing town. Even if only one or two appeared, she would still win.
Even if there weren't any,
it didn't matter.
Because You Xiaoxiao's Food City belongs to a "certain death" Dungeon. After entering, one must first expend attempts and hand over soul crystals to obtain corresponding food cards.
Therefore, her death rate reached 100%.
Meanwhile, traditional Dungeons on the market generally have a death rate of around 70%, and to participate in 'Dungeon Duel', they would even adjust the death rate to fifty or sixty percent.
Under these circumstances, even if the opposing Adventurers didn't support her, You Xiaoxiao wasn't afraid.
After all, the death rate already determined her win rate.
Based on the absolute support of the Adventurers of Food Town for her,
plus her absolute confidence in her cooking skills,
You Xiaoxiao unhesitatingly clicked 【Increase Bid】.
"Max it out!"
"100%, that's exactly the effect I want."
The corners of You Xiaoxiao's mouth curved slightly.
If the system hadn't stopped her, she would have put all her assets on the line. Unfortunately, she could only add it little by little.
"Continue?"
Although she knew the other side couldn't hear her, she still asked herself through the system screen.
It was clear.
You Xiaoxiao desperately wished the opposing Dungeon Lord would continue to 【Increase Bid】.
And Chen Yu, as if fulfilling her wish,
increased the bid by 100%.
You Xiaoxiao unhesitatingly followed suit, her excitement uncontrollable.
"This is great..."
"Yes, exactly! Don't stop!"
"Don't stop, keep going..."
As if in response to her words,
Chen Yu indeed didn't stop.
He continued to 【Increase Bid】, and the two of them engaged in a fierce bidding war, going all the way up to 5%.
The final ratio,
from 91:91, reached the current 455:455.
The number of soul crystals in the central prize pool also reached 7,280.
Looking at this number,
the excitement in You Xiaoxiao's eyes was uncontrollable.
"7,280."
"Although my current income is quite high, this is still about half a day's income for me, which is not bad."
"I hope this time, with the seasoning I just developed, I can attract the Adventurers from the other side. Increasing the population is the most important thing."
You Xiaoxiao's biggest goal was still to increase the population.
Only by rapidly increasing the population would the town's level quickly rise.
This was her primary reason for participating in 'Dungeon Duel'.
Although the population conversion rate was extremely, ridiculously low, as long as it converted, under the influence of the 'Special Area,' it would inevitably convert into loyal fans. The income brought by this kind of population was long-term income.
As for those soul crystals,
they could only be considered a bonus.
In a 'Special Area' town like this, industry geniuses like You Xiaoxiao, who were beloved by all the townspeople, had daily incomes that were completely incomparable to ordinary Dungeon Lords.
Ordinary Dungeon Lords had to play mind games with Adventurers.
However, in 'Special Area' industry geniuses like her, Adventurers would eagerly rush to offer soul crystals, afraid that their industry genius would perish due to lack of soul crystals.
After all, they possessed unparalleled irreplaceability, unlike ordinary Dungeon Lords, where if one was gone, there was always another.
Therefore,
unlike the Dungeon Lord of Light Feather Town in previous duels, You Xiaoxiao had money. Even though her area was only Lv2 now, in terms of income... she could even crush some Lv5 areas.
After all, too few people were sharing the pie with her.
"Now, let's decide the time for the duel!"
After a moment of contemplation, You Xiaoxiao
directly chose tomorrow morning.
Which was... 【18:28:11】
18 hours later.
Because her Dungeon didn't need any adjustments or data changes.
Food-type Dungeons were just that simple and direct.
You just use them as they are.
Copy and paste would suffice...
This was also You Xiaoxiao's consistent style since she started participating in 'Dungeon Duel'.
Not only could she suppress her opponent this way, but as long as the opponent agreed, she could participate in the next Dungeon Duel even faster.
Thinking of this,
You Xiaoxiao planned to click a few more times, using this method to urge the other side to make a quick decision and suppress their morale.
However...
What You Xiaoxiao didn't expect was that
as soon as her duel time was submitted, the opposing Dungeon Lord directly chose 【Confirm】.
"??"
【Time confirmed!】
【As both parties have agreed on the time, the duel will be set for 18 hours from now. Both Lords, please prepare.】