There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

Chapter 287: Chapter 266: “Star System 3 is becoming more and more rubbish.

Chen Yi was lying on a beach chair, flipping through the announcements for the limited-time Qixi Valentine’s Day event. As for that healing game, he had only tried it a few times before he lost interest.

A rather boring game.

Though it didn’t frustrate him, from an entertainment perspective, the game was a spectacular failure.

If it weren’t for the penalty of deducting 300 Points for not passing within 3 days, many players probably wouldn’t spare this game a glance.

For him, however, what really caught his attention was a new Prop mentioned in the announcement.

“Peace Charm”

A C-grade Prop.

It belonged to the category of lifestyle Props. Once used, it ensured that a newborn could safely come into the world and wouldn’t be forcibly pulled into the map until they were 14 years of age, and it made them immune to the monthly rule updates.

From a combat perspective, this Prop was incredibly insignificant.

But, in terms of the continuation of the human race, this Prop was comparable to an S-grade Prop.

For a race to perpetuate itself, the most critical factor was the survival rate of newborns; the current birth rate on Blue Star could be said to be the lowest in history, with almost no one daring to conceive.

It wasn’t because they were worried about the children dying after birth.

But because they were worried about dying during pregnancy themselves.

Who would walk into a dangerously unpredictable map with a big belly?

How was that any different from waiting for death?

Or have the husband go into the map to earn Points while staying at home as a housewife? This approach was viable in most situations, but in some cases, it failed, especially during certain global events that pulled all players into the map.

Take the world boss, for instance.

In such global events, a pregnant woman’s fate was almost always death.

However, with this Prop, that detail could be ignored. As long as the peace charm was activated, you could be sure the child would be born safely and without issue.

At least, that’s what the description on the Prop panel claimed.

Whether or not an unborn child would still be protected if the mother sustained a fatal injury was unclear. Did the Prop’s protection extend to assuming that the child would still be born successfully even if the mother died?

He didn’t know.

But one thing he was certain of.

If this Prop was truly sold only once during the Novice Period, then its worth was far more than the 298 Points it cost—a fortune indeed!

Yes.

After passing the Novice Period and completing the twofold trial, becoming a regular player boosts the overall strength of one’s race significantly.

But there’s an inevitable fact: during the entire process, a large number of one’s fellow players died.

Just like on Solar Star.

He almost completely wiped out the population of Solar Star, and yet he only killed over 50 million players. A planet surely had more players than that. So where did the other players go?

Some might have fallen into hell.

But it’s more likely that many had already perished for good.

Even if Solar Star successfully passed the twofold and threefold trials, they would still face one problem: the number of players was continuously decreasing, and those players were a non-renewable resource. Gradually, as the numbers dwindled, a race could become extinct due to the scarcity of its population even without any external enemies.

Despite this Prop’s rarity, he expected that not many players would buy it, as he had anticipated.

And the reality was as he thought.

Hardly any players spent 300 Points to get this Prop.

In the current environment of Blue Star, no one had the inclination to think about childbirth or raising children when survival itself was uncertain; taking a child along only made death come quicker.

No one took the perspective of the race into consideration, considering how the race would continue or be passed down if no one gave birth.

At such a critical juncture, everyone was solely focused on self-preservation, unable to think on such a grand scale.

This was normal.

Chen Yi spent 298 Points to purchase a peace charm. Lying on the rocking chair, he toyed with the peace charm in his hand, his eyes slightly narrowed in silence, not speaking for a long while. It was only after some time that he contacted the president of Skywake, “Zhou Ziqiang”.

He was ready to buy a batch of peace charms.

A single player could only buy it once.

He asked Zhou Ziqiang to contact those players who were unwilling to purchase the “peace charms” and use their quota to buy the Prop.

A budget of 10 million Points then.

Enough to buy 30,000.

He currently had no shortage of Points. In most situations, Points couldn’t directly enhance his strength, so it was better to stockpile such limited-time Props. With 30,000 peace charms at least,

It would ensure the birth of 30,000 healthy human babies.

This too would be a deed of merit.

…

What Chen Yi didn’t realize was this.

In the No. 3 Star System, this Prop wasn’t worth much—it could be obtained for just over a thousand Points.

After all, no one in the No. 3 Star System was concerned about childbirth; people were more invested in boosting their own strength or, for those with a bit more vision, focused on their planet’s trial to ascend.

But beyond the No. 3 Star System, the buying price for this Prop had risen to more than 10 Points!

And even then, it was scarcely available!

Difficult to procure.

When people eventually settled down and started wanting children, or rather, when players outside the No. 3 Star System realized that without a peace charm, it was nearly impossible for a baby to grow up to adulthood—

But… this Prop, only sold once during the Novice Period, became exponentially more difficult to acquire once one left the No. 3 Star System.

There were hardly any players who still had this Prop, and even if they did, they weren’t willing to sell it. It was no longer a matter of price.

There are always many opportunities in life that when we look back, we only then understand.

Like this 298-point peace charm.

Or the bitcoins that were worthless for thousands of years on Blue Star.

…

Lying on the beach chair, Chen Yi dozed off without speaking, quietly enjoying the pleasant moment. He had to admit that this prop was very much to his liking.

Lying on this chair, there was absolutely no need to worry about any external attacks.

His eyes were closed and he was extremely safe.

He had originally planned to give this prop to Jiaye, so that after Jiaye went to hell, all he would need to do was to lie on the beach chair and wait for Chen Yi to pick him up. Regrettably, the moment the prop came into his possession, it bound to him automatically.

It couldn’t be traded or removed.

And just then—

A notification sound suddenly rang in his ear.

“Ding, as a targeted individual with a bounty placed by the human race on Solar Star before their eradication, player Chen Yi is kindly reminded to be extra cautious since a player has accepted the assassination mission.”

No player’s name was given.

Just that abrupt notification.

Chen Yi didn’t even bother to open his eyelids, showing no reaction whatsoever.

It had to be said.

With a growing population, there would always be a few who were incredibly audacious.

He had already eradicated two races, and still, there were people not afraid to die.

Did these people truly have no fear of death?

Or did the player have some kind of unwavering confidence to absolutely deal with him?

Whatever tricks they had, he would just have to wait and see.

Of course, as a consequence, the planet behind this player could also vanish from the world. With so many players of one race, killing one would lead to ten seeking revenge, killing ten would lead to a hundred, and killing a hundred would lead to a thousand.

It was never-ending.

So his style had always been to eradicate future troubles completely.

Once an entire race was exterminated, naturally, no one would come seeking revenge.

But it must be said, the bounty left by Solar Star was truly enticing. Even he was somewhat tempted to make a move against himself, what with one S-ranked prop, more than a dozen A-ranked props, and hundreds of millions of points. The reward for the bounty was undeniably tempting.

…

“Mr. Qiang.”

The person in charge of the Sun Family Guild looked inside as if he had eaten shit but maintained a respectful demeanor as he invited the player before him to the main seat, “We didn’t have much contact with Chen Yi, only did some investigation, and we too withdrew from this operation at the last moment.”

“But since you have spoken, Mr. Qiang, I will certainly tell you everything I know.”

“I have already ordered my subordinates to gather all the information regarding Chen Yi. In a moment, I’ll compile it into digital data and send it to you.”

“Hmm.”

Sitting across from the person in charge of the Sun Family Guild, a man in a crimson suit lowered his head in silence, fiddling with a red jade ring on his thumb. After a while, he carelessly lifted his head and glanced at President Sun.

“A player with some kind of no-cooldown buff, and yet you all are so scared that you dare not even mention his name.”

“Star System 3, truly becoming more and more of a disappointment.”

The man’s appearance was extremely charming. He lacked the masculine beauty of men but was extremely gentle in appearance.

His skin was pale.

He looked somewhat feminine, and if you just considered his face, he could enchant many young girls.

“…”

President Sun’s mouth twitched slightly without a word, only bowing his head and respectfully speaking, “Mr. Qiang is right. It is an honor for Star System 3 to have the presence of Mr. Qiang.”

But then,

he hesitated for a moment before tentatively speaking, “I was just wondering if Mr. Qiang might be willing to disclose what the situation is like outside?”

The so-called Mr. Qiang represented Logitech Star.

He was from the outside.

That is, a player from outside of Star System 3.

To be precise,@@novelbin@@

when they on Neutron Star had just finished their Novice Period and broken through the twofold trial to become official players, they had interactions with Logitech Star. At that time, Logitech Star had already broken through the twofold trial and was preparing for the threefold trial.

Not three months later,

Logitech Star had cleared the threefold trial, and the entire planet, along with all its players, left Star System 3 for the outside world.

Since then, they had received no further news.

Unexpectedly, after about six or seven months, players from this planet had sent someone back again.

“The outside world?”

The man sitting in the chair, dressed in a crimson suit, proceeded to extinguish a nearly burnt-out cigarette in the mouth of a kneeling girl beside him, nonchalantly watching her expression of pain but not daring to make a sound.

He laughed wickedly.

Squeezing the girl’s neck forcefully, he pressed the cigarette butt down hard, stuffing it into the girl’s throat.

Then he kicked the girl away and glanced disdainfully at President Sun, mockingly saying, “Do you even have the right to know?”

“You want to know, huh? It’s simple. As soon as Neutron Star breaks through the threefold trial, you’ll be in the know.”

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