novelraw Chapter 153: Wasteland Day 31, Newbie Protection Period Ends
Chapter 153: Wasteland Day 31, Newbie Protection Period Ends
When Yu Yuan returned to the shelter, it was already 5:30 in the morning.
This trip to the Grain Trading Station had gone exceptionally smoothly.
He had not only brought back several hundred pounds of wheat bran but also over a hundred pounds of various crops like wheat, rice, and corn.
Although he had gathered these grains from the ground and corners, it was more than enough to cover the feeding needs of his mealworms.
With the mealworms' food supply secured, Yu Yuan could finally set his mind at ease.
There were only half an hour left before the Newbie Protection Period would end.
Yu Yuan had no intention of resting. After quickly washing up and having breakfast, he waited with a hint of nervousness for 6 o'clock to arrive.
The moment the hands of the clock slowly reached 6.
A mechanical prompt immediately sounded in his ears, and the Virtual Light Screen lit up simultaneously.
[Ding... Player Yu Yuan (ID: Yu Yuan Shelter), the Newbie Protection Period has officially ended. Obtained Newbie Treasure Chest × 1][Unlocked Auction House function]
[Unlocked War function]
[Unlocked Civilization Channel]
[Unlocked Alliance function]
[Unlocked Wasteland Battle Royale function]
[Unlocked Civilization Ladder function]
[Players must complete the 'Wasteland Trial' to unlock the Friends, Private Chat, and Group Chat creation functions.]
As the prompts appeared one after another, Yu Yuan saw new functions pop up one by one on the Virtual Light Screen.
And each entered its respective page.
War and Wasteland Battle Royale belonged to the [Combat] page.
Civilization Channel and Alliance belonged to the [Social] page.
All the others were in the [Special] page.
Looking at the many new functions that had appeared, a sharp gleam flashed in Yu Yuan's eyes, and he immediately began checking them out one by one.
The Auction House was exactly what it sounded like. However, the goods that appeared on it could only be items, equipment, skill books, and so on obtained from Civilization Treasure Chests.
Items crafted by oneself or collected through exploration could not be put up for auction.
This distinguished it from the Post-Apocalyptic Trading Hole.
Another difference was that the Taotao Hole only allowed trading with players of the same rank, while items listed on the Auction House could be seen and purchased by all players.
The so-called rank referred to the "Civilization Ladder," which was also the player's tier level. For example, the rank Yu Yuan was currently in was the "Rock Rank," the most initial stage. Above it were Bronze, Silver, and Gold respectively.
Previously, when Yu Yuan saw in the chat channel that veteran players were unwilling to advance to the next stage, they were referring to the Civilization Ladder.
Because to advance from Rock to Bronze Rank, besides meeting ranking requirements, one also needed to obtain sufficient Civilization Points.
There was only one way to obtain Civilization Points: kill other players.
And there were only two ways to kill other players: one was to initiate Player War, and the other was to participate in the Wasteland Battle Royale.
Player War had two modes. The first was to consume one [War Token] to launch an invasion war against a player of the same rank.
By spending Survival Points, one could bring different equipment and items into the opponent's world to carry out the invasion and hunt.
The invasion lasted for 7 days.
If either side died within those seven days, the war would end.
If neither side died after seven days, the attacking side could choose whether to continue staying. If they chose to continue, they would need to spend 10,000 Survival Points per day, and the battle would only end when one side died.
If, after seven days, the attacker chose to end the invasion, the outcome would be judged based on comprehensive factors from both sides during the seven days, such as combat losses, casualties, and tactics.
The winning side would generate a Combat Rating and Civilization Points based on the battle situation and plunder 50% of the loser's remaining Survival Points balance.
Depending on the level of the Combat Rating, the winning player would be rewarded with a Civilization Treasure Chest of corresponding quality.
The items that could be obtained from Civilization Treasure Chests varied, with the most precious naturally being Civilization Shards.
Each time a player experienced a Player War, they would gain one chance to use a [Ceasefire Token], which would protect them from being invaded by other players for the next 7 days.
If one actively initiated a war while the [Ceasefire Token] was in effect, the token would become invalid.
The second mode of Player War was the Civilization War mode, which required consuming one [Civilization War Token].
Once a Civilization War was initiated, the world regions of the two players would be fully connected, starting a fight to the death, a war of civilizations.
Civilization War had no time limit. There were only two ways to end it.
Either one of the players died, or both sides signed an armistice agreement.
The [Civilization War Token] could ignore the effect of the [Ceasefire Token].
Curious, Yu Yuan checked the prices of [War Token], [Ceasefire Token], and [Civilization War Token] in the Auction House and was instantly stunned.
[War Token] cost 20,000 Survival Points each!
[Civilization War Token] cost 1,000,000 Survival Points each!
[Ceasefire Token] cost 30,000 Survival Points each!
Holy cow!
He originally thought the number of Survival Points he currently possessed was quite substantial, but now it seemed it wasn't that much at all!
Yu Yuan guessed the reason the [Civilization War Token] was so expensive might be related to the token's extreme rarity.
Because, in this entire Auction House, there was only one trading option for the [Civilization War Token].
Just as he was about to close the page, that single [Civilization War Token] suddenly disappeared from the Auction House. Yu Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then refreshed the page. Sure enough, that [Civilization War Token] was no longer visible.
It had clearly been bought by someone.
Yu Yuan clicked his tongue in astonishment.
As for the Wasteland Battle Royale, it was a limited-time event that would open at irregular intervals.
As for the specific content, one would only know after the event started.
The next Wasteland Battle Royale event would start at 8 AM three days later. A detailed event preview would be issued one day in advance, and players could then choose whether to sign up.
It was worth mentioning.
The "Wasteland Trial" mentioned in the previous prompt information was precisely the newbie version of the Wasteland Battle Royale.
Those participating in the trial were all newcomers who had just left the Newbie Protection Period and had never participated in a Wasteland Battle Royale.
Only players who participated in the "Wasteland Trial" and successfully returned alive could unlock the Friends, Private Chat, and Group Chat creation functions.
And gain the qualification to participate in the real Wasteland Battle Royale.
Opening the [Civilization Channel], chat messages flashed by in succession.
Different from the [Chat Channel], here, besides the "Shelter" name, the players' ID names were followed by things like XXX Doomsday Train, XXX Sea Sanctuary, XXX Underground Castle, XXX Highway Vehicle...
As a doomsday survivalist enthusiast, Yu Yuan had naturally read many apocalyptic novels. Now, seeing these IDs with different designations.
He immediately understood something!
These seemed to be players surviving in different apocalyptic rule worlds.
Yu Yuan had a bold guess.
In the future, wouldn't the players launching wars and invasions against him also include players from other apocalyptic worlds?
Like Doomsday Train worlds, Sea Sanctuary worlds, and so on...
"This... is what it's like after the Newbie Protection Period ends!"
"It's basically a free-for-all brawl!"
Yu Yuan murmured softly to himself.
He also opened the rewarded Newbie Treasure Chest. Inside were exactly [War Token] × 1, [Ceasefire Token] × 1, and 10,000 Survival Points.
It was a decent, though not massive, reward.