At this same time.
The disappointed Adventurers turned their gaze to the various strategy groups, awaiting their response.
With such a big incident, the various strategy groups indeed found it inconvenient to feign death. If they continued, they would only completely ruin their reputation in Tidal Town.
No choice.
The Jiu Xuan Raiders Group was the first to respond, expressing their willingness to participate. As for winning or losing, it didn't matter; they were merely joining in for the fun.
Once one strategy group spoke up.
The other strategy groups naturally couldn't sit still.
Fenghuo Strategy Group and Yunxiao Strategy Group could only respond.
They stated that they were also preparing to go, and even if the Adventurers didn't say anything, they had planned to experience this vast world game themselves.
Only the Chang Xu Strategy Group remained silent...
"Hahahaha, Brother Hand-in-Hand was mocked last time when he missed, he's probably chickened out this time!"
"Forget it, four strategy groups are enough."
"It's just a pity there's no official organization or commentary. It's a bit hard to watch on our own."
"It's still good to treat it as a regular competition. Now it just depends on what Lord Chen says. After all, the four strategy groups can't be in the same world as regular Adventurers; they need to be separated to ensure fairness."
Professional competitions are like this; if ordinary Adventurers participate, it's hard to guarantee that there won't be helpers from one of the strategy groups among them.
"Someone has already gone to find Bai Feifei."
"As the head of Lord Chen's fan club, Bai Feifei should be able to contact Lord Chen, right?"
"If this competition gains traction, it would also be beneficial for Lord Chen. His reputation would instantly soar. Lord Chen shouldn't refuse, right?"
Everyone unanimously believed that Bai Feifei, as the head of the fan club, should be a Contract Adventurer of Great Xia Nevernight City by identity.
If they found her, it would definitely work out.
However, in reality...
Bai Feifei didn't have contact information.
But it wasn't impossible; she went directly into the "Happy Playing Cards" Dungeon and found Lina.
Ultimately, through this method, she contacted Chen Yu.
"Create a separate world for a professional competition?" Hearing Lina's report, Chen Yu approved without a second thought.
After all, it was a very simple matter.
The normal mode of the vast world itself was that no matter how many people were inside, it would just fill up 10,000 people in order and then switch to a new world.
Then fill up another 10,000 people in order.
This was because the firearms and supplies inside were roughly only enough for 10,000 people to use.
And what Bai Feifei and the others requested was merely to record the list of participants, then open a separate line to let these people in to compete.
Lina knew how to do this operation; she just needed Chen Yu's approval.
Seeing Chen Yu agree, Lina bowed and prepared to return to the "Happy Playing Cards" Dungeon to inform Bai Feifei.
"Wait!"
Chen Yu suddenly called out to her again.
"Lord Chen, do you have any other instructions?" Lina asked respectfully.
Chen Yu pondered for a moment, then suddenly said with a smile, "How about this: you tell Bai Feifei that opening a new world requires energy, and currently there aren't enough soul crystal. Tell the Adventurers to risk their lives more often. Once enough energy is accumulated, I'll open the new world."
Hearing this, Lina also smiled, "As you command, Lord Chen!"
Watching Lina head towards the Dungeon world.
Chen Yu sat on the steps in front of the ancient castle, also feeling a bit interested, planning to see how this professional competition would turn out.
Of course, there was still some time before the competition began.
Chen Yu, having nothing to do, opened the system to take a look.
He unexpectedly found many messages from Li Siya in his inbox.
She had actually sent messages continuously for seven or eight days, which Chen Yu hadn't expected.
It wasn't that Chen Yu deliberately ignored her; to Chen Yu, the other party was a stranger, and he wasn't sure of her intentions. Besides, he had been too busy these days.
Every day he was either building Dungeons or constructing and developing his territory. When things piled up, he wasn't really inclined to spend effort on information and interpersonal relationships unrelated to his career, as communication also requires energy.
Of course
The most important reason was...
Chen Yu and Li Siya weren't familiar with each other to begin with.
The only memory point was that scene from his predecessor's fragmented memories.
Moreover, Chen Yu didn't really want to get too involved with his predecessor's interpersonal relationships; those weren't his own memories.
However... he also didn't want to be too heartless, as Li Siya came with good intentions. But you couldn't judge whether it was true or false based on just a few words.
This also caused Chen Yu to keep putting off replying until now.
"Chen Yu, I heard that a Lord in your area died. Are you okay? You haven't been in touch for so many days, I'm a little worried. I was planning to go see you today, but something unexpected came up... Hang in there, I'll be able to handle it soon!"
This was the message Li Siya had just sent him today.
Seeing this.
Chen Yu couldn't help but sigh.
He didn't want others to take risks because of him, so he could only reply.
"Please don't worry, I'm doing very well now, thank you for your concern! I know about the matter you mentioned, it won't affect me. Just worry about yourself, you don't need to come over."
After sending it.
Chen Yu closed the message chat.
At this moment, a system prompt also appeared in his consciousness.
"Your Half-elf Swordsman has discovered an unoccupied small village. Would you like to absorb it?"
"Yes!"
Chen Yu chose to absorb it without any surprise, and consumed 100 soul crystal to activate the protective shield.
Actually, this small village was the one the Half-elfs had lived in before.
Due to resource shortages at that time, Chen Yu had temporarily left it there, untouched.
Now that resources were sufficient, Chen Yu sent the two Half-elf Swordsman back to absorb the Guardian Stone.
Although this small village could only build one Dungeon, it was still near his territory, so taking it over would always be somewhat useful.
For example, if someone besieged the city, this small village could be used as a tactical point.
Besides... even a mosquito's leg is meat.
Chen Yu checked the current status of this small village through the Lord's perspective.
It could only be said that it was indeed somewhat crude; there wasn't even a single field, which explained why the two Half-elf girls were so hungry when they arrived.
Chen Yu built a teleportation array and then told the idle Half-elf residents that they could go back and tidy up the territory when they had nothing to do, making it clean and neat.
After finishing these tasks.
Chen Yu glanced at his inventory of soul crystal; he still had over a thousand left.
From early morning until now, the acquisition of soul crystal had not stopped; the Adventurers were quite enthusiastic about dying.
In such a short time, he had already obtained over a thousand, which would have driven other Lords crazy with joy.
And the reason Chen Yu still asked Bai Feifei to go back and add fuel to the fire was to speed up this process, to prevent those sneaky guys from only exchanging a little each time.
He was still waiting for soul crystal to build that new territory!
"Activating the protective shield requires 1000 soul crystal. I already have enough now, so why not activate the protective shield first!"
Chen Yu thought for a moment, then selected the new territory.
"Would you like to consume 1000 soul crystal to activate the protective shield?"
"Yes!"
"Activating."
"Activation failed. There are creatures not belonging to this territory currently present within the territory. Please remove them before attempting activation again."
??
Chen Yu was stunned for a moment and opened the map interface.
And indeed, in the new territory, he saw a furtive figure, a Lizardmen, holding a long spear, seemingly a scout from some territory.