Chapter 491: Server Merge

A sense of exhilaration filled the group chat.

Regarding the outside region channel's curses, the members of Black Feather were now observing with a tone of mockery and composure.

After all… those people are genuinely raging in helpless fury right now.

As long as they enter the safe zone, how they are treated is decided by Black Feather's members; then scores will be settled, anger vented, and no one will suffer any grievance!

Cheng Shuili shared this mindset, but the fact that there is no water in the safe zone is a double‑edged sword for her: she can opportunistically earn far more Game Coin than usual, yet Zhou Zhuxing and Huo Po have painstakingly tended the plants for so long, and indeed suffered heavy losses due to the mistaken decision.

Cheng Shuili sighed, lifted her gaze, and saw a hint of apology in Zhou Zhuxing's eyes.

When Zhou Zhuxing met her gaze, she was only puzzled; she is a person of supreme rationality, and in her logic, regardless of the outcome, seizing the crops is the right thing to do.

Now this situation is naturally a blessing in misfortune, but before it occurred, everyone thought the safe zone would be flooded just like the highway. If the crops were left unattended, all the hard work would truly be wasted.

So many seeds, such long meticulous care…

Zhou Zhuxing dared not gamble with these.

She would rather have a smaller harvest to gain this peace of mind.

Therefore, even if this order wasn't issued by Cheng Shuili, she would voluntarily lead the orc who has been helping her tend the fields to collect all the food.

Zhou Zhuxing couldn't figure out Cheng Shuili's meaning, so she asked, and after understanding, she smiled gently.

"Sister Cheng, you don't need to feel sorry about this," Zhou Zhuxing's expression was unusually gentle yet still clear, "Given the circumstances then, seizing the harvest was absolutely correct."

"We are facing an unknown but highly likely disastrous extreme weather event; the primary task is to protect the sunk costs already invested—seeds, labor, time, and future food. Letting the crops be flooded is a 100% loss."

She paused, looked toward the somewhat open fields in the distance: "We only encountered a low‑probability event, losing part of the harvest's quality and quantity, but preserving the vast majority of the principal. That's far better than another possibility—if we hadn't seized the harvest and the safe zone truly flooded now?"

She, of course, understood Cheng Shuili's point, but…

She saw in her eyes how much Zhou Zhuxing and Huo Po cared about these lands.

Cheng Shuili's sense of apology stemmed more from heartache—pity for Zhou Zhuxing and Huo Po's efforts, and sorrow that after waiting so long for the crops to mature and be perfectly harvested, it ended so hastily.

If the person standing before her were Wan Yi or Xinxue, they would surely understand Cheng Shuili's unspoken words.

Unfortunately, the person is Zhou Zhuxing, as wooden as a log.

Cheng Shuili looked at her puzzled face, smiled and shook her head, telling her to fetch Huo Po; she wanted to take the two of them for a good meal as consolation.

Zhou Zhuxing hadn't responded yet when Xiong Ji, listening nearby, instantly lit up: "Wang! May I go too?"

Anyone who hears there's food—human or beast—becomes increasingly eager.

Cheng Shuili had nothing to add, "Go, all of you go."

In an instant, the lingering regret by the fields caused by the early harvest was swept away by the orcs' unabashed jubilation.

Cheng Shuili watched Zhou Zhuxing blend seamlessly into this simple joy, and suddenly felt that her own delicate heartache might indeed seem a bit… superfluous before someone as rational and purely passionate as Zhou Zhuxing.

A log has its own way of living, and that's fine.

This impromptu meal still eluded Cheng Shuili; at nine o'clock, Zhi Nu's voice finally rang out.

All servers finally… officially merged.

In that instant, a deep, resonant hum rose without warning, followed by golden panels unfolding before every player's eyes.

【Server merge process... completed.】

【Previous region divisions have been lifted.】

【Current total online players:】

【New World Channel opened! New Region Channel opened!】

【Wishing all survivors... happy survival.】

The cold synthetic voice faded, and the panels before all players vanished as well.

But the world had changed.

A hint of solemnity crossed Cheng Shuili's face as she opened the newly appeared World Channel, aptly a place where all players could speak.

Messages here scrolled at lightning speed, leaving afterimages before Cheng Shuili's eyes, making it impossible to discern what the text said.

She closed the World Channel and found the so‑called New Region Channel nearby.

Upon closer inspection, she finally realized how this differed from the previous Long Guo Region Channel.

Now this so‑called Region Channel has only four, divided into East, West, South, and North zones—the same text that followed the names of forces that declared war on Black Feather during the merge test.

And the Long Guo Region clearly belongs to the East Big Area.

Messages here are considerably slower than those on the World Channel; many complain that the World Channel's messages are indecipherable.

The rest of the content... is just arguing.

Unlike the merger of sub‑regions under the Long Guo Region, back then everyone, though not in the same sub‑region, belonged to the same country; after all, they were compatriots, so there wasn't such strong xenophobia.

Now, however, the hasty division into four zones—East, West, South, North—requires each zone to share a single Region Channel...

"Damn! What the heck is this channel! The World Channel scrolls like fireworks, you can't see a damn thing!"

"Brothers from the East Big Area, check in! From Long Guo! From Sakura Nation! Kimchi… oh, and a few small places, are you all here?"

"Who's your brother? The ones upstairs from Long Guo, right? Stop getting all familiar! Before the merge, your Long Guo factions were so arrogant!"

"What's wrong with being arrogant? If you've got the guts, be arrogant too! Now everyone's on a rickety boat—no, in a stinky pool! What a fuss!"

"Exactly! Look at the water outside! It's still rising! We should unite now!"

"Unity? Unity with whom? Unity with your Long Guo faction called Black Feather? Isn't the safe zone dry? You're just looting triple tickets and confiscating weapons—how can such a tumor talk about unity?!"

"If you have the ability, make your own waterless safe zone! What's with the sourness!"

"Exactly! Our internal affairs in Long Guo aren't for you to meddle with!"

"Heh, you think we wanted to come?"

"Seeking ship blueprints! Anything that can float on water works! Price negotiable!"