Chapter 497: [Behind-the-Scenes Operations] Silver-Rank Players with Civilization Fragments

Rapid footsteps sounded behind Yu Yuan.

It was Mona and the others rushing over.

“Leader, how is it?”

As Mona spoke, her gaze had already fallen on the [Scepter of Life] in Yu Yuan’s hand.

She couldn’t help it—the whole thing was golden, its design flashy yet mysterious, topped with a brilliant blue crystal at the center of the staff head.

At a glance, it was hard not to be drawn to it.

“All taken care of!”

But Hammond suddenly stopped in his tracks, refusing to move forward, a look of terror spreading across his face.

Noticing his change in expression, Yu Yuan cast him a glance.

“What’s wrong?”

“Master… I don’t know why, but up ahead, there’s an aura that fills me with dread…”

Hammond’s words startled everyone.

Mona and Jiu Feng’s faces darkened as they prepared to call for Security.

Yu Yuan stopped them.

He knew that the aura Hammond was sensing was likely the [Dawnbreak] that Mie Mie had just released.

Sunlight is a lethal bane for vampires.

Especially the “dawn light” within [Dawnbreak], a radiance imbued with sacred effects.

For dark creatures like vampires, it’s no less than poison.

Thinking of this, Yu Yuan also recalled something he hadn’t paid much attention to before.

If the “Blood Werewolf” unit was to be developed on a large scale in the future,

they’d need to be extra careful when unleashing [Dawnbreak]. Although [Dawnbreak] had a healing effect on allied units,

it probably wouldn’t work on dark-attributed troops, right?

That said, Mie Mie’s [Hoofprint Spring] earlier hadn’t affected his dark-aligned units.

Maybe [Dawnbreak] also had a self-identification feature.

But to be on the safe side,

it would be best to test [Dawnbreak]’s impact on Blood Werewolves in advance.

When Jiu Feng and Miller heard Yu Yuan’s concerns,

they both fell into thought.

Then they looked at Hammond.

“Hammond, it looks like we’ll need to do some research on this…”

—

After Yu Yuan dealt with the Wendigo, the invasion war could no longer continue.

The top one hundred players on the leaderboard had all entered an invasion war state simultaneously.

Some had just activated their [Ceasefire Token], putting themselves into a seven-day ceasefire.

In the Chat Channel, elimination messages were rising more densely than ever before.

Now, the lower-ranked players couldn’t laugh anymore.

Even their messages in the Chat Channel were cautious,

afraid of catching the attention of the high-ranked players.

Yu Yuan watched the endless stream of elimination messages scrolling up the Chat Channel.

“Oh well! Might as well advance to Bronze Rank early!”

Yu Yuan opened the [Civilization Event — Civilization Overlord I] page and checked the mission requirements.

There were five requirements listed.

Taking first place on the leaderboard, earning 1,000 Civilization Points, and developing a title path to 100% completion—

These three requirements were already fulfilled.

Only two conditions remained: kill at least three players who owned civilization shards, and advance to Bronze Rank.

“Moss Cottage and Black Domain both had civilization shards. Now only the last one is left… The probability of a player on the Rock Rank leaderboard having a civilization shard is too low. I might need to set my sights on Bronze Rank instead.”

Yu Yuan looked at the [Shelter Leaderboard] page on the Virtual Light Screen.

After his ranking entered the top one hundred, a new option had appeared at the bottom of the leaderboard.

—Bronze Rank Advancement Mission

Activating the mission would cause a random player from the bottom 1,000 on the Bronze Rank Civilization Ladder leaderboard to launch an invasion war against the user. As long as they held out for seven days, they would successfully advance to Bronze Rank and receive an advancement reward.

Another item appeared in Yu Yuan’s hand.

It was a golden ornament.

Its shape was a lottery box, with a slightly smaller hand reaching out from inside.

—[Rigged Draw]

Quality: Silver

Function: When participating in a randomly assigned invasion war or battle, the user can predetermine a player, ensuring that the other party enters the same battlefield.

——————

This was a trophy Yu Yuan had taken from another player.

He had originally planned to use it in the Wasteland Battle Royale, but now it seemed equally fitting for the advancement mission to Bronze Rank.

All he needed now was to confirm which of the bottom 1,000 players on the Bronze Rank leaderboard owned a civilization shard.

Although the pool was much smaller, there ought to be a civilization shard player among them!

And when it came to gathering this kind of intelligence, Yu Yuan immediately thought of one person.

—

[Yu Yuan Shelter: You there? Can you check who among the bottom 1,000 Bronze Rank players has a civilization shard?]

Greenfield received Yu Yuan’s message and was slightly taken aback.

Then she seemed to catch on.

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: You’re planning to advance to Bronze Rank?]

[Yu Yuan Shelter: I’m preparing for it, so I want to buy this intel from you. Name your price!]

“That fast?” Greenfield was a bit surprised.

But then she recalled the intelligence that Beehive Shelter had sent her about Yu Yuan Shelter not long ago,

and couldn’t help but smile.

“Makes sense. Because of his invasion, the entire leaderboard is launching invasion wars. No one dares to leave ceasefire mode. He really has no reason to stay at Rock Rank anymore.”

“But… isn’t advancing to Bronze Rank a random invasion?” Greenfield let out a scoff and dismissed the thought.

She immediately replied:

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: If it’s just finding out who has a civilization shard, I can give you a discount—8 million Survival Points. After all, this is Bronze Rank intel.]

[Yu Yuan Shelter: Deal!]

Yu Yuan agreed without hesitation this time. This was money he had to spend.

And given the price, it was clear that Greenfield had indeed given him a discount.

Back when Xiao Xi bought intel on him, she had shelled out 5 million Survival Points.

The two signed a contract through the Auction House.

Soon, the list of players among the bottom 1,000 of the Bronze Rank leaderboard who owned civilization shards

was sent over by Greenfield.

There were three in total.

—Azure Cruise Ship: Waterspout World

—Alz Highway Vehicle: Power Beast Civilization

—Z007 Shelter: Mechanical Scrapyard Planet

Yu Yuan stared at the information Greenfield had sent, momentarily speechless.

Sure enough, professional matters should be left to professionals.

He had been agonizing over this for ages, yet Greenfield had finished everything in less than half an hour.

That 8 million was money she deserved to earn.

Yu Yuan decisively confirmed, and 8 million Survival Points vanished in an instant.

He opened the Civilization Ladder, checked the Bronze Rank leaderboard, and searched for the three names.

Just like the Rock Rank leaderboard, the Bronze Rank leaderboard also only had 10,000 slots.

But that didn’t mean there were only 10,000 Bronze Rank players—it just meant only the top 10,000 could make it onto the leaderboard.

To be honest, no one could truly say how many Bronze Rank players there were.

However, aside from the leaderboard, there was also a bottom 1,000 ranking.

This existed not only for Bronze Rank but also for Silver Rank.

This bottom ranking was only visible to players who had unlocked the Civilization Ladder advancement mission.

What Yu Yuan was looking at now was this [Bronze Rank Bottom 1,000 Leaderboard].

With the detailed list, he quickly found the rankings of these three players.