There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"Ding, you've topped the list in the June Children's Day special event, earning the globally unique event-limited title—Godly Rich Gentleman."

"Godly Rich Gentleman?"

Chen Yi nodded thoughtfully after seeing this title and then turned his attention to the title he had obtained in the wilderness map.

「Title Name」: The True Wilderness.

「Title Level」: Blue.

「Title Effect」: When you stab a dagger into a tree, fresh Sour Plum Soup will flow out of it, entering a 24-hour cooldown period after use.

「Obtaining Method」: Fell over 90% of the pine trees on the wilderness map.

This title might seem somewhat useless, but actually, it does have a certain use.

At the very least, should they one day urgently need water, this title could save their lives.

Of course, that's assuming there are trees available.

Only then did he turn his attention to this newly acquired title.

「Title Name」: Godly Rich Gentleman.

「Title Level」: Red.

「Title Effect」: All your expenses will receive a 10% discount.

「Obtaining Method」: Secure the top spot in the Son of a Noble ranking during the June 1st Children's Day limited event.

The effect of this title is quite nice.

All future expenses would be discounted by 10%. It might not seem useful in the short term, but in the long run, the benefits are definitely significant.

Chen Yi picked up a mouthful of spicy pork with his chopsticks and swiftly went through all the unread system notifications.

Then he lifted his head to look at Tuberculosis Rabbit.

"I'm full. Hurry up and eat; we need to go out after you're done."

"Oh."

After gobbling up a quick bite of rice, Tuberculosis Rabbit looked up at Chen Yi with a puzzled expression and mumbled unclearly, "By the way, Yi, do you know what just happened to you?"

"Why did you sleep so long?"

"It's nothing,"

Chen Yi shook his head calmly and said, "Just eat your meal."

Then he stopped talking.

Discussing it seemed meaningless, after all, the Theater of Life was merely like watching a play.

If the scenes depicted inside the theater represented his destined ending, then this prop wouldn't just be a simple D-rank prop.

What puzzled him was this.

There were nine other players in the room, and the movie showed each of these nine players, but why mosaic the players sitting in the room and not the ones on screen?

What's the point of putting a mosaic there?

He didn't understand.

But if you don't consider any conspiracy theories and just look at it from an entertainment perspective, this D-rank prop is still very worthwhile because the sensation of seeing oneself as the protagonist in a movie is quite unique.

Especially when he had no memory of it, probably very few people in the world could have such an experience.

However, at that moment—

A notification suddenly sounded in his ear.

「Ding, player Zhou Ping has forcefully invited you to join the D-rank map 'Insect Tide Attack'. Please prepare yourself, as you will be forcibly teleported in ten minutes.'

Upon seeing this notification,

Chen Yi was slightly startled, frowning without saying a word, remembering this Zhou Ping.

He was the one who suddenly rose on the Global Vehicle Leaderboard, said he wanted to commemorate his 30-day anniversary with his girlfriend, and then asked Chen Yi to relinquish first place.

Chen Yi had ignored him.

There was no further action from that person afterward, but he didn't expect him to suddenly show up now.

"What a nuisance,"

Chen Yi looked at the pop-up notification with slight dissatisfaction. He had just come out of the wilderness map, and now he wasn't even given a day to rest?

Is it even possible to forcefully invite somebody into a map?

He wondered if it was due to some prop or another.

If everyone could force him into a map, he would end up staying there all day, without any time to sleep.

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"I've got to step out for a bit."

Chen Yi looked up at Tuberculosis Rabbit, "Someone's pulling me into a map by force. I'm not sure how long I'll be gone, so just to be safe, you go find Jiaye and the others until I'm back."

"If anything unexpected happens, Jiaye and Tie Chui's abilities should help you flee quickly."

"Um..."

Tuberculosis Rabbit swallowed his mouthful of rice with a slightly strange expression, "Was it Zhou Ping who forcibly invited you into this 'Insect Tide Attack' map?"

"You got dragged in too?"

"Yes…"

"Heh."

A flicker of cold light passed through Chen Yi's eyes, "So they think they can corner us and wipe us out in one fell swoop, huh?"

"Very well."

The ten minutes passed by quickly.

With the sound of the system notification, Chen Yi and his companion disappeared from their room, and when they opened their eyes again, they were atop a city wall.

The wall, around seven to eight meters tall, seemed to be made of mud bricks and didn't look particularly strong.

The edges of the city wall were pockmarked with bloodstains, evidencing numerous brutal battles.

The sky was dark.

Massive clouds loomed overhead, adding a sense of oppression, the wind howled past their ears, and their clothes flapped harshly.

The air also had a hard-to-stand, fishy stench.

Standing on the edge of the wall, Chen Yi looked at the scene before him, his pupils shrinking sharply. This scene... he had just seen it in the Theater of Life. In the movie, Tuberculosis Rabbit died right here.

The sky was the same, the wall was the same, and the name of the map, Insect Tide, was right on point.

Did that mean that Tuberculosis Rabbit would die on this map?

Impossible!

But he quickly let out a sigh of relief. It only looked broadly similar at first glance—on closer inspection, there were many differences.

For example, the walls in the movie weren't made of mud bricks, and they weren't this short either; they were much taller.

And the scene in the movie didn't look like it was set on any kind of map, it looked more like it took place on Blue Star.

Before he could observe any further,

there was a prompt in his ear.

"Ding, welcome players to the Insect Race Invasion map. Please listen carefully to the map rules."

"This map is a tower defense map."

"Players need to hold the wall at their feet and prevent the creatures of the Insect Race from climbing over the wall and destroying the Activation Point behind it."

"If the Activation Point is destroyed, then all players die."

"There are ten waves of monsters from the Insect Race. Please work together, players."

"After successfully clearing the map, rewards will be given based on the number of monsters killed by the players."

"Within this map, players cannot attack each other."

"The first wave of monsters from the Insect Race will arrive in 5 minutes."

The rules were simple.

No, to be precise, they were too simple—so simple that they could be read in a few seconds, with nothing that needed special attention.

Chen Yi furrowed his brows, staring at the rules without saying a word.

He had originally thought Zhou Ping forcefully pulled him into this map because he held a grudge and was preparing to make a move against him, but the map rules clearly stated that players couldn't attack each other.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

So what was the point of Zhou Ping pulling him in?

Just to clear the map together with him?

Just then—

A voice full of mockery and provocation rang out beside Chen Yi's ear.

"Tsk tsk tsk, let's see who we have here. Isn't this our very own Chen Yi, the big brother who spends his wealth so lavishly for the smile of a beautiful lady?"

"Why the frown? Do you think the map is challenging?"

"Or do you have some other thoughts?"

Chen Yi turned around expressionlessly and looked behind him, where he saw a pot-bellied middle-aged man with an arm around a woman and his other hand in his pocket, wearing a leather jacket.

At the moment, this middle-aged man was staring at him with a full face of provocation.

The woman huddled in the man's arms, on the other hand, looked confidently amused as she watched him.

Behind the man,

there were three men with their arms folded, smirking in the same teasing manner, like a group of lackeys.

"Are you tired of living?"

Tuberculosis Rabbit turned and looked at the middle-aged man who had spoken, paused for a moment, and then suddenly laughed, "You're not getting cocky just because players can't attack each other in this map, are you?"

"What else?"

The middle-aged man shrugged provocatively with one hand still in his pocket and looked at Chen Yi with a sneer, "No need to look further. I'm not planning to kill you. Someone who can casually spend 300,000 Points, you definitely have more strength than me."

"I surely can't kill you."

"But back then, I had called you big brother in front of all the global players, hoping you would let me have the top spot on the leaderboard, yet you didn't give me any face."

"You could've said something like, 'Little bro, I need the top spot, can you give me some compensation or something?'

"That way, you could have let me save face, right?"

"But you didn't."

"So many players around the world saw my embarrassment—it was very humiliating, you know?"

"I may not be able to kill you, but I can surely annoy you."

"Today I'm going to make you experience what it feels like to be a dog."

"See that Activation Point?"

The middle-aged man pointed towards a red hexagonal gemstone about one meter high, standing behind the wall. He smiled somewhat proudly, and his pudgy belly trembled.

"In a few minutes, the monsters will spawn, and they will charge at the wall."

"And you will have to stop all these monsters, otherwise they will destroy the Activation Point, and then we both will die."

"During this time, we won't lift a finger; we'll just enjoy the show."

"How about it?"

"Imagine clearing the map while carrying the most annoying people with you—doesn't that feel irritating?"

"Although you want to tear us to pieces, you still have to get through the map with us to survive. How does that feel?"

"Hahahaha!!!"

The man couldn't help but laugh arrogantly and excitedly, but his expression quickly turned cold, "Of course, if you refuse to be treated like a dog, just let the monsters destroy the Activation Point."

"We'll die together."

"Just one thing—"

"Do you dare?"

Then he turned his head to the woman in his arms and fondly stroked her nose, "See? This is what you call a direct strategy."

"Killing someone? That's too easy."

"This kind of overt, unavoidable scheme, this is the wisdom passed down by our ancestors."