“Did you see it clearly?” the beastman retracted his claw and said firmly, “If it’s cured, it’s cured. But you human, since you’re infected, why did you come here? We don’t accept patients!”
Xiao Li’s heart hammered, almost bursting through his chest!
Seen with his own eyes! Heard with his own ears!
It’s true! Black Feather really has the miracle medicine! And the effect is as astonishing as the rumors suggested!
Ecstasy instantly washed over him, but it was immediately followed by a deeper anxiety.
Medicine! He needed medicine! He was infected!
“I… I just wanted to know…” Xiao Li’s voice trembled with excitement, “That medicine… can humans use it? Does the Black Feather safe zone sell it? How can I buy it?”
The beastman seemed stumped. He scratched his helmet before muffledly saying, “I don’t know.”
Another beastman couldn’t watch any longer. He shoved Xiao Li aside and shouted, “Go on, get out of here! If you want to ask, go ask a human. This is our beastman town, why are you asking us about human affairs!”
Although the words were rude, they woke Xiao Li up.
That’s right!
This news came from Black Feather!
Since they released this news, didn’t it mean they intended to sell the medicine?
Inviting them to the beastman town was simply to let them see the truth of the medicine with their own eyes!
Xiao Li’s mind suddenly cleared. His expression turned instantly excited. He stood right at the entrance of the beastman town, snapped a few photos, and opened the regional channel to edit a post:
“(Photo)(Photo) Live from the entrance of the beastman town! It’s true! The plague is really gone! I just saw it with my own eyes, the beastmen are moving around normally! It’s Black Feather’s medicine! Absolutely effective! I’m begging the Black Feather bosses for medicine!”
The moment the message was sent, it was like a pebble thrown into a vat of boiling oil.
The regional channel, which was already boiling with various inside information and speculation, completely exploded!
“Holy crap! First! Someone actually went to verify it?!”
“OP, give us the details! How are the beastmen doing? Could it be a ruse?”
“@XiaoLiFeidao, brother, are you sure it’s Black Feather’s medicine? Did the beastmen admit it themselves?”
“Don’t ask so much! The OP already said they saw it with their own eyes! Black Feather is awesome! (Voice crack)”
“Crow-boss is the GOAT! I knew it! Where are those trolls from last night? Come out and walk a few steps!”
Xiao Li took a deep breath, calming his racing heart, and his fingers moved quickly to add:
“It’s absolutely true! I’m right at the entrance of the beastman town. There are beastman guards on duty, and the beastmen in the town are working normally. Their spirits are high, and they even waved at me! But they don’t handle human medicine sales! The news was released by Black Feather, so the medicine must be with them! Friends, what are you waiting for? Hurry to the Black Feather safe zone or contact their people!”
This supplementary message was like a thunderbolt, completely shattering the last shred of doubt.
The direction of the regional channel instantly shifted from speculation and anticipation to a fanatical scramble to buy and act!
“Received! Leaving for the Black Feather safe zone immediately!”
“@XinxueChuji! Sister Xinxue! How is the medicine sold? Give us the details!”
“@CrowTakesFlight! Crow-boss! Help! My whole family is infected! We’re waiting for you to save us!”
“The trading channel! Look at the trading channel! Has Black Feather listed anything yet?!”
“Holy crap! Brothers above going to check the trading channel, wait for me!”
“Don’t push! Don’t push! The Black Feather safe zone is already packed with people! We have to think of a way!”
“What other way is there? Save money! Sell things! Even if I have to go bankrupt, I have to scrape together the money for the medicine!”
“Damn, if only I knew, I wouldn’t have been in such a hurry to trade that batch of materials for food a few days ago…”
“What’s the point of saying that now? Quickly check what valuables you have left in your warehouse!”
Panic was completely replaced by a fanatical desire to survive.
Countless survivors began frantically counting their belongings and listing them on the trading channel, attempting to exchange them for any game coins that could be used to purchase the medicine.
The refresh rate of items on the trading channel skyrocketed several times over, and the price system began to descend into chaos, but everyone knew one thing:
The hardest currency right now was the medicine Black Feather was about to sell!
At the entrance of the beastman town, more and more people like Xiao Li arrived to verify the news. Although they were blocked outside the town by the guards, the scene they witnessed with their own eyes was enough to make them the most fanatical messengers, frantically spreading the facts they had seen across the regional channel and to their respective friends.
Inside the Black Feather safe zone, a dense crowd gathered rapidly.
People waited expectantly, calling out the names of Black Feather members, begging and praying. Order began to become fragile in the face of such immense desire for survival.
The pressure, like a tsunami, officially crashed down upon Black Feather.
And Cheng Shuili, at this moment, was standing on a high-rise building within the Black Feather safe zone that was not open to the public. She calmly looked down at the growing, increasingly agitated crowd below.
If things continued this way, a riot was almost inevitable.
Riots in a safe zone, no matter how you looked at it, were a dishonorable affair.
Moreover…
Cheng Shuili’s gaze fell upon a few players from other grand regions in the crowd who had abnormal expressions. Although they were also putting on an appearance of anxious pleading, their eyes scanned each other from time to time, clearly engaging in subtle eye contact.
The rats had already mixed in, and there was more than one or two of them.
The timing was perfect. If she didn’t list the items now, the situation might backfire.
The medicine was already prepared, and these people’s choice to enter the safe zone was not wrong at all.
Because Cheng Shuili’s plan was to sell the medicine within the safe zone.
She wasn’t just going to earn the cost of the medicine; she was going to collect an entrance fee for the safe zone as well. Of course, the entrance fee was just a side benefit; the most important thing was…
Selling medicine in the safe zone meant she could sell to players from the entire server!
If you want to make money, make big money.
All the procedures were arranged long ago. With a command from Cheng Shuili, everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
More than a dozen pre-prepared temporary shops opened simultaneously. Black Feather members and wolf-race beastmen served as clerks, while more people wearing protective gear maintained order within the safe zone.
Cheng Shuili issued the announcement at the opportune moment.
It wasn’t a grand region announcement for the Dragon Country, but a Black Feather safe zone announcement. Anyone who entered the safe zone, whether to buy supplies or to visit, would see it!
Cheng Shuili’s finger tapped lightly on the [Confirm] button on the panel.
Hum—
Everyone within the safe zone automatically saw a striking system prompt pop up before their eyes:
【Black Feather Safe Zone Regional Announcement: A “Plague Medicine Trading Point” has been temporarily established. This area is a temporary sales point for 【Black Feather】 exclusive medicine, and all transactions are protected by safe zone rules. Those who disrupt order will be forcibly expelled and placed on the Black Feather blacklist.】
The announcement was like cold water dripping into hot oil, instantly triggering a more violent reaction.
“They’ve started selling! They’ve really started selling!”
“Where is it? How come I don’t see where this location is?”
“Just follow the crowd. Who comes to Black Feather at this time if they aren’t here to buy medicine?”
“What about the price? How many game coins for a dose of medicine? At least mark the price clearly, I’m so worried I won’t be able to afford it.”
“What time is it to be worrying about a little money! As long as I can buy the medicine! I don’t want to die!”
Following this, a second, more detailed announcement flashed in the vision of all players within the range of the 【Plague Medicine Trading Point】:
【Black Feather - Plague Special Medicine Listing Announcement】
【Specifications: Single-person, single-use dosage.
Price: 500 game coins per dose for Dragon Country grand region players, 800 game coins per dose for players from other grand regions!
Purchase Limit: 1 dose per person.
Special Reminder: To ensure transaction order and efficiency, please prepare your funds in advance. Line up to enter. Crowding, shouting, or cutting in line is prohibited. Violators will bear the consequences.】
500 game coins.
For players in the Dragon Country grand region, it only cost 500 game coins.
Cheng Shuili knew this price was lower than many people’s psychological expectations.
But this number happened to hit a precise, exquisite point.
It was enough for Black Feather to make a huge profit, yet it wouldn’t completely crush the hope of most people. It might even… stimulate their desire to cash out even more frantically.
After a brief silence, a roar of ecstasy erupted that almost blew the roof off the safe zone.
“500! Only 500!”
“Long live Black Feather! Long live Crow-boss!”
“I knew it! Black Feather isn’t the type to profit from a disaster!”
“Hurry! I have enough money! I can buy two doses! Oh wait, limited to one dose… one dose is fine! One dose is enough!”
“Don’t push me! Line up! Didn’t you see the announcement saying to line up?!”
Order formed spontaneously and rapidly under the immense hope and clear rules.
There was no need for the beastman guards to use excessive violent deterrence. People desperate to buy the medicine automatically formed long lines. Although they were still anxious, their eyes were full of light.
But in this orderly queue, several players from other grand regions mixed into different lines saw the “800 game coins” price and the clear distinction of “Dragon Country grand region players,” and their faces instantly turned ugly.
They exchanged glances, seeing the anger and frustration in each other’s eyes.
But when they looked up at the sharp-eyed Black Feather members and wolf-race beastmen maintaining order, and then at the Dragon Country players ahead who were grateful to Black Feather for saving their lives, any thought of causing a disturbance was forcibly suppressed.
The situation was stronger than the people.
The medicine was in their hands, and the safe zone was their territory as well.
They could only grit their teeth, swallow their pride, and accept this differential treatment, obediently waiting in line while cursing Cheng Shuili and Black Feather a thousand times over in their hearts.
A dark-skinned, sturdily built player from another grand region, standing in the middle of the line, lowered his voice to complain to a companion from the same region: “Eight… eight hundred! That’s a whole three hundred game coins more expensive than the Dragon Country people! This Crow is basically robbing us!”
His companion, a player who looked slightly leaner, looked left and right nervously before whispering:
“Shh! Keep your voice down! Do you want to be kicked out? Where else are you going to buy medicine besides here? Look at those beastmen, and then look at our grand region… who else can produce this kind of medicine?”
The sturdy player was instantly speechless. His face turned even darker, and his fists clenched until they rattled, but he could only let out a heavy snort and stop speaking.
Similar whispered curses and dissatisfaction passed between the few scattered players from other grand regions, but they couldn’t stir up any waves.
Even if they managed to mutter a complaint, they would be countered by the Dragon Country players nearby: “If you think it’s expensive, don’t buy it! Nobody begged you to come! This medicine was painstakingly developed by our Black Feather bosses; they can sell it for whatever price they want! If your grand region is so capable, go develop it yourselves!”
“Exactly! We Dragon Country people haven’t even finished buying our own yet! It’s already generous of them to let you buy any, and you’re still being picky!”
The players from other grand regions were choked until their faces turned red, and they could only shut their mouths and look down, harboring secret hatred but feeling helpless.
The torrent of the queue rolled forward, and they could only go with the flow, gritting their teeth and accepting this unfair price, while inwardly marveling at the brilliant move Crow had made.
By just making a small concession, she had made so many players feel deeply grateful to her; her methods were truly brilliant.
The transactions proceeded rapidly.
Black Feather was clearly well-prepared. The clerks were nimble; they took the money, gave the medicine, and then gave a simple reminder. The whole process took no more than ten seconds.
Xiao Li finally reached the front of the tent. When he tremblingly handed over the 500 game coins and received the cold medicine, his eyes grew hot, and he almost cried.
He didn’t hesitate at all; he tilted his head back and drank the medicine.
Almost instantly, the lingering fatigue and the dull, burning heat in his body melted away like ice under the sunlight.
He survived… he really survived!
Xiao Li slumped to the ground, gasping for air, tears finally streaming down his face uncontrollably. It was the ecstasy of surviving a disaster.
He looked up, gazing at the busy and orderly temporary shops, at the people around him who, like him, were crying or laughing after receiving the medicine, and then he looked up at the towering Black Feather core building. The feeling that welled up in his heart was not just gratitude, but an indescribable sense of awe.
At this moment, countless people, like Xiao Li, raised the position of Crow and Black Feather in their hearts to a level that required looking up to.
Meanwhile, inside the internal channels of top-tier factions like Great Wall Watching and Yanhuang, which were among the top factions in the Dragon Country, there was dead silence.
The information scrolling on the regional channel panel, the fanatical praise from players for Black Feather and Crow, the price system on the trading channel that had been distorted again due to the scramble for medicine, and the information from frontline members about the orderly state and medicine supply within the Black Feather safe zone…
Each piece of information was like a silent heavy hammer, striking the hearts of the core members of top factions like Great Wall Watching and Yanhuang.
Great Wall Watching internal group chat:
“Black Feather… this time, they are really… too powerful.”
“From releasing the rumors, using the beastman town to verify and eliminate doubts, to choosing the safe zone as this special location for sales… every step was perfectly timed. Turning panic into hope, and then turning hope into absolute trust and awe for Black Feather, it’s really…”
“And the economic harvesting. Five hundred game coins, a number that most players can scrape together by gritting their teeth. Limiting it to one dose prevents hoarding and reselling, ensuring the medicine covers the widest possible range and ensuring they earn the most game coins.”
“The scariest thing is the differential pricing, right? Five hundred for Dragon Country players, eight hundred for other grand regions. This move… is too powerful. It not only makes Dragon Country players grateful to Black Feather, with unprecedented cohesion, but it also indirectly warns and suppresses the factions in other grand regions.”
“They are on our turf, so they have to follow our rules. Even if they know they’re being ripped off, they have to obediently pay up. This isn’t just about making money; this is about establishing authority!”
The group chat fell into silence again.
After a long while, Undying War Wolf Soul finally spoke: “Do you guys think it’s too late for me to join Black Feather now?”
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