Chapter 233: with translation of chapter title

If these few people are really impostors of another race, then just how many fakes are left in this district now?

Lin Yifan has never been the type to sit and wait for death; better to be the hunter than the prey.

And at this moment, the long-overdue system announcement finally arrived:

【Warning! Abnormal energy fluctuations detected!】

【The original district survival area and the district survival area are forcibly merged.】

【Considering the survivor count in the survival district is lower than that of the district, this merger will take the district as the main district, retain the district number, cancel the district number, and set it as an attachment district of the district.】

【Current survivor count: 68,412】

【Warning! Warning! The first round of resource competition will start in three hours; anyone can freely sign up. Participants in the resource competition, besides receiving the grand prize, will also receive additional rewards according to ranking.】

【Special notice: Survivors who do not participate in this resource competition (excluding minors) will, after this resource competition, have one of their items randomly deducted as punishment, and their coordinates will be announced globally; please make your decision carefully, survivors.】

Lin Yifan's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing the final announcement!

We just merged the district, and already a resource competition appears?

What on earth is the Survival Realm trying to do?

Lin Yifan involuntarily opened the chat channel to see what everyone thought.

As expected, the chat channel has exploded!

【Original District-Old man feels great!】: "I go! What the hell is going on? This isn't just merged the district? Why are we doing a resource competition now?"

【Original District-Hey, covered rice】: "Still talking about free sign-up, and the next second they say not signing up will deduct resources—what kind of freedom is that?"

【Original District-Mu Xue'er】: "Looking like this, the resource competition is probably not low in danger; otherwise they wouldn't be forcing us to join."

【Original District-Watermelon, shaved ice】: "Everyone stop talking nonsense here; in three hours, this labor model resource competition will start; everyone better get ready quickly, or you'll die as soon as you enter."

【Original District-Salted fish meat bun】: "What Watermelon big brother said is correct; everyone should still prepare quickly. But I'm not planning to participate; at worst, just deduct one item—having one less is still better than going on an adventure."

【Original District-Neighbor Lao Wang】: "Correct, I'm not participating either; anyway I don't have many supplies, so deducting is fine."

……

Lin Yifan looked at the chat channel's messages and suddenly realized that the few people who had been constantly asking everyone for coordinates earlier had now suddenly gone silent.

However, Lin Yifan now has no time to bother with them; the most urgent thing right now is the resource competition.

Now he knows nothing about the resource competition site, nor does he know the exact competition process or how dangerous it is.

Unfortunately, Aierliliya has already left; otherwise we could ask her later.

But at this moment, Su Xiao xi beside him suddenly spoke.

"Yifan brother, do you think Princess Aierliliya knows about this resource competition? She just ran off so fast, and then he just left, and the resource competition announcement came out—isn't that too much of a coincidence?"

Su Xiao xi's reminder also made Lin Yifan frown slightly.

But since things have come to this, dwelling on it is useless, so he waved his hand and said:

"For now, don't dwell on these things; you're still a minor, so you don't have to participate in this resource competition, which can instead guarantee your safety."

"However, before the district merger, one of our groups was thrown out by me, but now that the districts have merged, if there are otherworldly beings in the district, they might also come into our district with the merger."

"Stay inside the shelter; as long as you keep the door closed in there, no one can harm you, so don't go out today—just stay put inside the shelter."

Su Xiao xi obviously disagreed and immediately said:

"Yifan brother, Princess Aierliliya also just said that in six days we will enter the Eternal Night, so we must prepare enough supplies beforehand."

"Today the fog is unusually thin, and I also have minor protection; as long as I don't court death, no one can hurt me, so I want to go look for supplies."

"Not safe..." Lin Yifan furrowed his brows.

"But I can't stay a minor forever!" Su Xiao xi directly interrupted Lin Yifan's words, saying with a serious face:

"I'm 16 in East Asian age reckoning; even if we count by actual age, at most I'll become an adult in two years, and then without minor protection, does that mean I won't survive?"

"Of course I know, Yifan brother, you'll protect me and take care of my livelihood, but although I've chosen the intellectual development path, I also don't want to be protected by someone for my whole life."

"I must learn to face any crisis; right now I at least have self-defense ability, and if I don't take a chance now, I'll have even less opportunity later."

Lin Yifan moved his mouth, but ultimately took back the idea of persuading her.

Because what Su Xiao xi said was correct, he couldn't protect her forever, so he must always face all dangers of this world.

Now that there's still a chance to gain experience, it's indeed more appropriate to go train properly.

So he stopped insisting, and simply took out a dagger from his pack—the very Dark Night Dagger he had previously obtained from the blue treasure chest.

He handed it to Su Xiao xi: "I've been convinced by you! If you want to gain experience, go ahead! This Dark Night Dagger is compact and its lethality is not bad; it's most suitable for you to carry for self-defense."

Su Xiao xi also wasn't polite; after taking the dagger, she patted her chest with head held high and said heroically:

"Yifan brother, you just stay at home and prepare well, striving for a good ranking in the resource competition; I'll go figure out how to get food to support you!"

"You little girl..." Lin Yifan gave Su Xiao xi a speechless look; his originally somewhat repressed mood improved considerably.

However, Lin Yifan really doesn't have much to prepare; his handy weapons are all on him, and his ring space has plenty of food, although he doesn't know how long the resource competition will last.

But that food is enough to last him many days!

Spending those three hours on preparations would be pure waste.

Now that daytime is so precious, Lin Yifan didn't want to waste it, so he followed Su Xiao xi out of the shelter: "Let's go together! There are still three hours—enough for us to gather a batch of supplies."

"You don't need to prepare?" Su Xiao xi asked doubtfully.

Lin Yifan waved his hand, saying with a carefree attitude: "Nothing to prepare! Anyway, what should be there is there, and what isn't isn't easily obtained."

However, just after the two had walked a short distance from the door, they saw a huge tiger standing at the nearby intersection.

If it were just a tiger, that would be fine, but perhaps there is also a person riding on the tiger!