Chapter 187: A Major Event While Bathing

'This is useful! Incredibly useful!'

Overjoyed, Lan Qingyou placed the book alongside Magic Array Drawing Study. With these two volumes, she wouldn't have to worry about finding ways to pass the time for at least half a month.

Braving the biting wind, Lan Qingyou went down to the third floor to take a bath. She planned to spend the rest of the day lounging in bed.

After all, with the Shelter already in this state, she might as well give herself a break.

Besides, she had been busy for the past few days. What was wrong with taking some time to rest and read?

With Gu Xiaobei's regular food deliveries and Riesling's fruit juices, she certainly didn't have to worry about going hungry.

However, while she was bathing, a major event occurred.

The Magician David, The Star Ruan Qingyi, and The Pope Nemo had successively researched and developed new evolutionary races.

Unlike the others, however, Ruan Qingyi and Nemo had achieved this through collaboration.

Meanwhile, Ruan Qingyi and Nemo had joined forces to create the Ocean Algae (World-Class), which enabled evolution into the Shallow Sea Merfolk.

Of course, this alone wasn't the major event.

After all, the populace had already been primed by the previous announcements regarding Lan Qingyou, Gu Xiaobei, and Vivian.

Even the discussions on the World Channel were neither as numerous nor as intense as they had been before.

The true major event referred to something else entirely.

Right after broadcasting the creation of the Ocean Algae by Ruan Qingyi and Nemo, the world's will announced another development.

[Five new races have now appeared on the Kalim Continent, satisfying the unlocking requirements.]

[Effective immediately, the Monthly Grading will be suspended, and level restrictions will be relaxed.]

[Additionally, due to the emergence of these new races, the Era of Races will begin ahead of schedule. Individuals who reach level 10 may search ruins, relics, and remnants within their respective maps to find ancient racial bloodlines for evolution.]

[Note: These locations are often protected by powerful guardians or entrenched monsters. It is highly recommended to form an army before exploring.]

'Good heavens, no wonder killing those four ancient trees didn't get me to level 10. My level was capped all along!'

Lan Qingyou couldn't help but grumble to herself from the bathtub.

As for the latter part of the announcement, she didn't pay it much mind. After all, it was only natural and completely expected.

If she could find the bloodline of an ancient race, others naturally could too.

To put it another way, if the blood of the Starlight Dragon King could exist in The Abandoned Land, similar treasures could surely be found elsewhere.

While she remained perfectly calm, everyone else was losing their minds.

Bombarded by continuous world announcements from those few individuals over the past two days, the masses had become extremely sensitive to the words "new race" and "evolution".

Now that this bombshell had been dropped, who wouldn't be thrilled?

"Hahaha! My Shelter is located right inside a ruin! I'm going to find an ancient bloodline! I'm going to evolve too!"

"There's a massive skeleton of some unknown beast not far from my Shelter. I'll go check it out later."

"Calm down, everyone. Didn't you hear that you need to be level 10 and form an army before trying anything?"

"Yeah. While I'm jealous of you guys having the geographical advantage, those monsters guarding the ancient bloodlines are no joke."

"If that Witch could get one, naturally I can too."

"There it is. The classic 'if they can do it, so can I' speech has finally appeared."

"What makes you think you can? Do you know alchemy? Do you even know how the Witch defeated those guardian monsters? You don't know a damn thing, yet here you are spouting nonsense. I have never seen such a brazenly shameless person."

"Say, is no one going to care about the Monthly Grading being suspended? I was preparing to finally make the rankings this time."

"Make the rankings my ass! If you haven't made it after all this time, you should be looking for the problem within yourself. Have you even worked hard these past few months?"

"Forming an army... Does that mean we have to establish a nation?"

"Do you think the Supreme Council is just for show? They've already sent recruitment messages to our region."

"Same here. Looks like the Supreme Council wants to make themselves great again."

"What else did you expect? We need a core pillar of leadership, don't we?"

"Well, our War Wilderness has no intention of joining any Supreme Council. We have our own War Guard Force."

"Our West Wind Plateau has its own army as well. The commander will naturally organize an expedition. We don't need the Supreme Council dictating what we should do."

"Hey, aren't you Mubarak and Khajikapa? You two murderers aren't dead yet?"

"I'll still be alive long after you're dead."

"Fuck, is that how you greet people? Zero emotional intelligence."

"Go to hell, you two dogs."

"Fine, fine, fine. I've memorized your name and your face. You'd better pray I never run into you."

"I'm with the Supreme Council! Come at me if you dare!"

As the flaming war between the three of them ignited, more and more people joined the fray. However, rather than a genuine argument, it was more like a massive carnival.

The insults thrown were as filthy and vulgar as humanly possible.

The bystanders relished the drama with immense interest, while those hurling curses were thoroughly enjoying themselves.

Yet, just as everyone was speaking their minds freely, the Supreme Council made its move.

"Following friendly negotiations between the Kalim Supreme Council and Lan Qingyou, the Witch of the High Tower, we have successfully purchased all the 'Starlight Dragon King Blood' in her possession. Moving forward, the Supreme Council will collaborate with the Progenitors of the five major races from Tarot Manor to produce the relevant evolution items. The tentative quota is five thousand individuals per race. We welcome everyone to actively sign up."

"Following friendly negotiations between the Kalim Supreme Council and Lan Qingyou, the Witch of the High Tower, we have successfully purchased all the 'Starlight Dragon King Blood'..."

"Following..."

A barrage of identical messages from the Supreme Council instantly flooded the screen, pushing the discussion to an entirely new climax.

"Five thousand people for each race!?"

"Then... wouldn't that be exactly twenty-five thousand people?"

"Look at you, you didn't read it carefully. It says 'tentative quota', which means there will be more in the future."

"Me, me, me! I want to sign up! I want to be a Blood Elf! Give me a Blood Elf!"

"Make me a Witch. If you don't make me a Witch, I'm going to die."

"Merfolk... is that like the mermaids from our legends? If so, I'd definitely want to become a Merfolk."

"What's wrong with vampires? They're super cool!"

"Sorry, while you have a point, I'm allergic to blood."

The World Channel was absolutely teeming with people desperate to evolve. After all, every single one of these options was a long-lived species, encompassing everything that flew in the sky, ran on the ground, or swam in the water.

It was safe to say there was a diverse buffet of races for people to choose from.

"Did you guys not notice that Tarot Manor thing? The founders of the five major races are all in it. It sounds incredibly powerful."

"Now that you mention it, you're right. What kind of organization is that?"

"No idea. This is my first time hearing about it."

"Tarot Manor is an academic organization. Many big shots from various regions are members. In their free time, they exchange knowledge and study magic-related topics together. Basically, it's something like an academic seminar."

"You sure know a lot."