The third rule is more an advertisement: The vessel is equipped with hundreds of empty private cabins. Those who board can freely choose a vacant cabin to reside in, but they would be required to pay the lodging fee based on the price of one year of life per day.
Apart from serving as a basic private space, the ship cabins offer the players one significant benefit, which is to conserve their energy!
As long as they stay overnight in the cabin, any unused energy from the day would accumulate for the next day, up to a maximum of 50 energy points.
However, the prerequisite is that they must stay in the cabin the entire time. If they venture out mid-way, the accumulated energy would automatically disappear before midnight.
Despite these many restrictions, all 26 players promptly applied for a cabin as soon as the rule was announced. Paying just one year’s lifespan per day to prevent the waste of a dozen or so energy points, it was a net gain whichever way you looked at it.
Once the boarders were settled, Mu You set a new course for the Ghost Ship and promptly sailed to the next destination.
Next, Mu You teleported back to the Elf Forest through the teleportation array. He summoned his Gryphon and was ready to embark on a patrol task when he heard Little Ya’s cry from a distance, "Oh no! Someone killed me!"
"Oh? Who killed you?" Mu You immediately looked at her.
"You were killed by Poison Scorpion, Shout Grandpa, Invincible, Lantern, and Do Not Abandon..." Little Ya hastily recounted her game chat.
Being killed in the Elf Forest, Mu You thought it must be the work of the King of the Tenth Generation’s group from before, but it turned out to be five unfamiliar IDs.
Mu You furrowed his eyebrows, wondering if it was just a mere coincidence. Then he saw Lin Xue, who had been standing next to him, quickly express confusion and look at them uneasily.
"Were you killed too?" Mu You asked, taken aback.
Little Ya’s level was only 7, so it would make sense if she was attacked by passers-by, but Lin Xue had already reached level 10 two days ago. Furthermore, she had taken the Evolution Elixir that Mu You prepared for her. She was now an intermediate player. If she too was killed without the ability to resist, it meant the opponents came prepared.
Lin Xue nodded. Knowing what Mu You wanted to ask, she immediately added, "By a group of three teams, a total of 15 unknown IDs have come together to kill us. Moreover, after our resurrection, they were still pursuing us..."
Three teams, considering the team that ran into Little Ya, there would be at least 20 enemies present! And this didn’t even account for the potential presence of the King of the Tenth Generation’s five-person squad...
"So, did the enemy bring the entire guild’s forces?"
Thinking to himself, Mu You then instructed the two of them, "Both of you log out first, I’ll go and take a look..."
Since neither of them had a bound transmission mark, they would resurrect nearby after death. If they didn’t log out, they would just be continuously killed.
Both of them understood the situation and immediately logged out of the game.
Having explored the area for a few days, Mu You was now quite familiar with Elf Forest. Riding the Gryphon, he quickly located the site of their deaths.
[You see traces of battle in the forest below but can’t see any people. Would you like to land and investigate?]
It appeared that these people had set an ambush again. Mu You promptly put his Gryphon away and jumped to the ground.
As expected, an ambush was triggered as soon as he landed.
[You were ambushed and severely injured by King of the Tenth Generation (Level 13), Grey Pupil (Level 12), One Hit Kill (Level 11), Traceless Swordsman (Level 10), and Hokuto Shinken (Level 10). ]
[You counterattacked and fought the five-man enemy squad, but eventually, you were defeated due to being outnumbered...]
As expected, it was them!
Seeing these names, Mu You felt a sense of relief. He immediately rewound time, controlling his Gryphon to move through the air a certain distance away, and landed at a different location.
[...You were ambushed by three player teams...]
[...You were killed by Fifteen individuals including Squash Squash Squash (Level 7), Hedgehog (Level 7), and Cold Such As What (Level 5)...]
[...You were ambushed by four player teams...]
[...You were killed by twenty individuals including Poison Scorpion (Level 10), Shout Grandpa (Level 9), Invincible (Level 9)...]
[...You were ambushed by three player teams...]
Following this, Mu You continually rewound the time, continuously changing the landing location while recording the names of all the assailants.
It wasn’t till more than twenty rewinds later that no new IDs appeared.
At this point, the list had 55 names on it, making up exactly eleven teams of players!
"There are so many of them..." Little Ya stuck out her tongue. Thankfully, they had logged out beforehand. Even if they were stronger, they would easily be outnumbered if surrounded by this many people.
"But the average level isn’t high, most of these people have been brought along just to make up the numbers." Lin Xue, looking at the list, commented.
While noting down the names, Mu You had also recorded their levels.
Out of these 55 people, only the three in the team of King of the Tenth Generation were above level 10. There were another five or six stuck at level 10, and the rest were all ordinary players under level 10.
"It looks like they’re trying to ’camp corpses’ with a numerical advantage, forcing us to compromise," Lin Xue said.
’Corpse camping’ referred to camping at their log-out point. As soon as they logged in, they would be promptly killed. Since neither of them had set a respawn point, they wouldn’t even get the chance to teleport away. If these people persisted, they would never be able to log into the game again.
"Let’s stay logged out for now, we’ll see what happens after 5 pm ..."
As Mu You spoke, his face was a little odd. This group of people were truly committed to this fight, considering the significant forces they had mobilized.
However, these people were indeed unlucky. They could have attacked earlier, or later, but chose the time when he was just about to get to the gate...
Mu You then remained low profile and quietly left the scene on his Gryphon. After completing the patrol task, he logged out of the game character in Little Ya’s treehouse.
For the remaining time, Mu You didn’t proceed with the game but made haste to produce some cards. Before leaving in the afternoon, he made all the preparations needed to enter through the gate.
At four in the afternoon, Mu You arrived in City B. He casually hailed a taxi on the road and headed straight to the headquarters of the Commerce Alliance.