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Tonight, everyone encountered mutated creatures to some extent.

It was just that he’d encountered a few more than usual—probably because the mutated plants’ attraction had kicked in.

However, none of these mutated creatures were very high-level; even if he didn’t intervene, the current defensive facilities were more than enough to keep the territory safe. 

The only minor issue was that the screaming lily of the valley was really quite annoying. 

However, now that it had been picked down to a single flower and replanted outdoors, he had grown accustomed to it and didn’t mind it so much. Qiyu began his meditation practice.

Late at night, the screaming lily of the valley sounded the alarm once more. Qiyu awoke from his meditation to find it was 3:30 a.m. 

He didn’t move, but projected his mental energy outward and saw a green spider with a head resembling a human’s attempting to break into his territory. It was attacked by two alchemy puppets working in tandem and turned into a beam of light.

【Human-faced Spider: Level 2 Mutant Creature, Skill: Spider Web.】

For the first time, Qiyu did not manually loot the creature; instead, he attempted to use his mental energy to pull the beam of light next to the farmland. Success.

【Obtained spider web x1.】

The silvery spider web glistened, looking bright and beautiful. Qiyu took a look at it, then put it away.

After that, the night passed peacefully.

【Current Location: Star Forest.】

【Today’s Weather: Rain. 15–20°C, Wind Force 6.】

The sound of rain—tick-tock, tick-tock—hadn’t stopped all night. After dawn, it seemed to have grown even heavier.

A fine curtain of rain blocked his path.

Qiyu opened the door to the wooden cabin; a cool breeze swept over him, sending a chill through his exposed skin. He opened his personal panel.

Civil Engineering Brother had sent him a gift. He clicked on it—it was a raincoat.

【I Love Survival Game: Thank you.】

He opened his backpack—today’s resource drop was already there. Returning the favor, he gave the Civil Engineering Brother an emerald crystal peach. The other guy replied quickly:

【Civil Engineering Brother: Big Shot, I didn’t give you the raincoat for this.】

【Civil Engineering Brother: This is a bit too valuable.】

Although supplies in the Star Forest aren’t as abundant as in Zone 88, not many players dare to explore deep into the forest. Most food still comes from opening treasure chests and killing mutated creatures.

Fruit is still considered a rare food item.

Especially something like the emerald crystal peach—a delicacy that’s clearly not easy to come by and has been certified by the system as delicious.

【I Love Survival Game: This is really tasty;  I was going to give you one anyway.】

Of the remaining emerald crystal peaches, he kept one for himself and sent the rest to God Has No Form.

The gift limit is 99 items, and the 235 emerald crystal peaches used up all of his friend’s gift slots for the day. 

【God Has No Form: Received.】

Dan Xingyu hadn’t expected the other party to send them over like this without making any demands or offering any guarantees. Since they weren’t even on the same server, even if he took the items, deleted the friend request, and ran off, there was nothing the other person could do. This gaming big brother was truly too sincere.

He usually called people “godfather” or “big brother” in chat, but when it actually came down to it, he couldn’t think of anything nice to say.

【God Has No Form: Don’t worry, I’ve already found a buyer. I’ll be able to send the exchanged supplies very soon.】

【I Love Survival Game: There was one specifically set aside for my friend God Has No Form, but I ended up selling it even though I didn’t need to.】 

Dan Xingyu covered his face with one hand and muttered, “Got it.” 

Opening the trading section, Qiyu discovered that the screaming lily of the valley he’d listed yesterday had completely sold out.

Clicking into the regional chat, Qiyu noticed the player count had dropped to 82,999. He recalled that when he checked yesterday, it had been 83,788. Over 700 people had left overnight?

The regional channel was flooded with messages tagged @ILoveSurvivalGame—some thanking him, others asking if he still had any screaming lily of the valley for sale.

【Guava Green Apple: Thanks, gaming legend! Since I didn’t encounter any mutated creatures the night before last, I took a chance and didn’t buy any screaming lily of the valley. Last night, a swarm of mutated ants showed up, and I woke up to find half of my shelter’s durability chewed away. I was exhausted dealing with them, but I managed to take them down and immediately bought one. Just before dawn, the screaming lily of the valley woke me up, and I managed to ambush and take down a wild giant wolf.】

【Northern Dark Squid: @I Love Survival Game, do you have any screaming lily of the valley left, gaming expert? I ran into a mutated creature last night, too, and my kid’s been too scared to sleep ever since.】

【Roadside Stray: I told you not to complain about the lily of the valley being noisy—when it makes noise, it’s actually protecting itself.】 2

【Little Old Me: That gaming big shot must’ve made a killing selling those screaming lily of the valley—he’s already jumped to third on the wealth rankings. Since he’s raking in so much, why not give our fellow players in the region some perks?】

【Irritable Brother: @Little Old Me, you little bastard’s yapping again. When you were selling that high-priced wood, why didn’t you give our fellow players some perks then?】

【Little Old Me: That was a long time ago. Aren’t I fighting for our fellow players right now?】

【Irritable Brother: Just with your big mouth? So you were born without a brain or a heart, huh? All you do is yap】

【Irritable Brother: @Little Old Me, I see you’re near the top of the wealth rankings. Why don’t you pull some good stuff out of your backpack to help out the poor brothers and sisters?】

【Little Old Me: F*** you】

【Irritable Brother: Hah, you’re useless.】

【I Love Survival Game: I’m out of the flowers for now, but I’ll have some in a few days.】He actually has some!

Some players who were closely watching his moves were getting a little restless.

Especially “My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens.” There’s no other reason—he’s currently number one on the wealth leaderboard.

【My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens: He can’t really mass-produce screaming lily of the valley, can he?】

With just one sale of the screaming lily of the valley, *I Love Survival Game* jumped to third place on the wealth rankings. And that was even with the Temple collectively funneling resources to a few players.

So what if the I Love Survival Game were to sell just once more? Or several times?

He’s currently keeping most people in line with his No. 1 status and his grand promises, but some are already growing dissatisfied.

Many players believe: We’re all members of the Temple of the Gods, and we’re no slouches ourselves. It’s one thing to give priority to “My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens,” but what gives those underlings—like “I Am Domineering” and “Little Old Me”—the right to ride his coattails onto the leaderboard? 

“My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens” is starting to feel a bit stuck now.

“I Am Domineering” and “I’m Handsome” seem to have known each other for a long time; they were among the first to join his ranks.

“Little Old Me” was someone he actively recruited after his rebirth; he remembers this one well—by the time he died, “Little Old Me” was already a ranked player. 

Looking at it now, regardless of their abilities, these guys are really good at drawing hate.

But doesn’t he want to recruit others? 

They’re completely ignoring him!

Originally, when he saw “I Love Survival Game” selling screaming lily of the valley, he thought it might be a one-time deal, just like “Bright Sunflower.” But “I Love Survival Game” actually said there would be more in a few days.

“My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens,” glared at him with a dark look.

“Eternal Charm” was also discussing Qiyu:

【Reaching for the Moon in the Heavens: I guess My Fate is determined by me, not the heavens is so anxious he can’t sleep.】

【Traveler in the Misty Rain of Jiangnan: He’s been number one on the leaderboard for so long—it can’t be that bad, can it?】

【Reaching for the Moon in the Heavens: Number one? Hmph.】

She’s added “My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens’” as a friend; he tried to recruit her back when she was a newbie.

After chatting with him a few times, her take was: “That bunch at the Temple of Gods—they’re always mocking the I Love Survival Game for just getting lucky on the leaderboard. I wonder who’s really the one with the real stroke of luck?” 

【Traveler in the Misty Rain of Jiangnan: Sis, what about I Love Survival Game?】

【Reaching for the Moon in the Heavens: The Temple of the Gods will deal with him. If he manages to take down the Temple of the Gods, it’ll only work in my favor.】

Qiyu first collected the proceeds from the sale of screaming lily of the valley.

Unlike previous sales, the buyers for these remaining 10,000-plus screaming lily of the valley were trading for wood. He received 257,760 units of wood.

Qiyu looked at the resources that nearly filled his backpack and began to worry. 

Meanwhile.

The wealth rankings for Server 01.

The account named 【I Love Survival Game】 jumped one spot on the list. 

Server 01, second place on the wealth rankings: I Love Survival Game.

At this point, all that’s left is “My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens.”

Some sharp-eyed folks have noticed this and are already discussing it, speculating on when the gaming big shot will reach the top. Ever since his abilities were exposed, players haven’t seemed surprised by any of this at all. 

“My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens” watched the regional chat for a while, then shut it off in a rage. 

When he checked again a little later, he found that group of players was still gushing over the I Love Survival Game, and most of them were predicting that the next time the screaming lily of the valley is up for sale would be the moment the gaming big shot tops the wealth rankings.

My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens: … He joined a small group chat:

【My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens: It’s about time to start preparing to sell the raincoats.】

【Little Old Me: Now? Didn’t the boss say to wait a few days, until the rain keeps falling nonstop, and those people will naturally start to panic?】

【My Fate is Determined By Me, Not The Heavens: In a few days, “I Love Survival Game” is going to surpass me!】 

【I Am Domineering: But Boss, if the I Love Survival Game keeps selling plants, I won’t have enough materials to keep selling raincoats.】

【I’m Handsome: That’s right, Boss. His ability is practically cheating—it’s not a fair fight when I try to compete with him in selling goods.】

【Little Old Me: Instead of passively competing with him, let’s just settle this once and for all.】

【Little Old Me: A casual gamer who wants to top two leaderboards—does he deserve it?】 

Qiyu sent private messages to his two best friends:

【I Love Survival Game: Have you built any structures that can store supplies? Or a storage backpack?】

He knew a storage backpack was unlikely—it’s something everyone needs, so almost no one would trade one away. 

【Civil Engineering Brother: I know someone has rolled a warehouse blueprint before, but it’s really hard to get. I’ll ask around for you.】

【God Has No Form: A warehouse?】

【God Has No Form: I have two, but unfortunately, I’ve already used them both.】

【God Has No Form: Hold on a sec. 】

【God Has No Form has sent you a gift.】

【Received Basic Warehouse.】 

【Basic Building: Warehouse—Dimensions 5x5x3. Do you want to place it?】

The warehouse can be placed either above ground or underground.

Considering that it’s always raining in the Star Forest, Qiyu chooses to place it on the ground, behind the wooden cabin.

A building that looked much like the wooden cabin appeared.

Strangely, despite its size, the building didn’t take up any space on his territory.

It was that kind of space that just appeared out of thin air. More than half of the wood in Qiyu’s backpack was cleared out. He breathed a sigh of relief. He replied to GOD has no form.

【I Love Survival Game: What did you trade with someone else? I’ll trade it to you.】

Dan Xingyu mimicked his tone:

【God Has No Form: This is a gift for my friend, I Love Survival Game.】