Other lords are also staying up late waiting for 0 o'clock to arrive.
The benefits they gained from the exchange between the two mysterious businessmen Alpha and Beta were actually not too great.
After all, everyone's points are limited.
In addition, most lords will choose to redeem some items and permissions that are helpful for the challenge during the stage when the mysterious merchant Alpha appears.
As a result, the points used to redeem general items and props are extremely limited.
There were even some lords who failed to detect the mysterious merchants disguised as attackers for various reasons, such as those who firmly adhered to the party and those who missed due to limited detection capabilities.
There are not many of these lords, and not all of them can perfectly find the two mysterious merchants and exchange them.
Unlike the mysterious merchant, the settlement of challenge rewards is a harvest that all surviving lords can have.
So at this moment, the lords scattered all over the Endless Continent are all looking forward to it.
On the contrary, Zong Shen was relatively calm. He just wanted to see the challenge ranking.
Previously at the mysterious merchant, he used [Encore Privilege Coupon (Special)] to earn double challenge points and redeemed many useful items, equipment and privileges.
Now his regular strength is no less than that of the legendary mid-level Black Muscle Clan Chief Mogroga Black Muscle. After turning on various buff status skills, he can completely crush the legendary strongman. It can be said that this strength is enough.
He attacked the giant city!
And he still has a lot of [Good Luck Tickets] and [Lottery Balls (Gold Body)] left, which are considered his reserves.
In addition, after the challenge is over, the [Encore Privilege Coupons (Special)] previously consumed will also be fully restored.
When it is noon tomorrow, when it is his turn to settle the challenge rewards, if the rewards are beyond imagination, then he will not be stingy with the privilege coupons, he will directly activate the privileges and get a corresponding reward, which is also a wonderful thing.
He lay beside the bed and thought for a while, then opened the [World Channel] and looked at it. He found that the daily limit of each person's comments on the [World Channel] has changed from one to twelve, but each post needs to be separated by 60 seconds.
Seconds, it can barely be used for chatting.
Zong Shen took a casual look and found that in the [World Channel], lords often mentioned his name, and they seemed to be betting on who could get the top ranking in challenge points.
Most of the lords are optimistic about him. After all, the comprehensive score when the challenge started has proved that Zong Shen has super-level development level and potential.
The higher the score, the greater the basic difficulty of the corresponding challenge.
Correspondingly, as long as you successfully pass the challenge, you will get the most points.
There are also some lords who share news about the indigenous people of local giant cities and states in the world.
Someone directly advertised on the [World Channel], saying that they knew the location of a ruins in a certain area of a certain kingdom, and they only needed to trade certain resources or dinars through the [Market] to be willing to tell the location of the ruins.
Some lords also used the sharing function of the channel to show off their newly acquired equipment and show off proudly.
Although the first batch of lords has been launched for more than a month and has gone through several challenges and two rule adjustments, there are still some lords who regard this world as a game, such as those who show off their equipment.
If there is a strong man near these lords, there is no guarantee that he will be robbed by them at any time!
Of course, there are also many people who use [World Channel] to do business.
Some of them advertise products for sale in the [Market], and some pay to collect information.
Zong Shen even discovered that many lords were already targeting aboriginal villages and state cities, trying to find strong men in adjacent areas, recruiting people from their respective legions to form teams, forming a mixed army, and capturing the villages by force.
Or a state city, and then divide the materials and population equally, break everything into pieces, and go back to each family, each looking for his own mother.
As long as there are enough lords forming a team, even a small city can try to fight.
This shows that the lords whose strength has expanded will definitely attack the indigenous people.
Because the indigenous population, resources, equipment and territory are all ready.
Many lords regarded the indigenous people as fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered.
I just don’t know if they will understand the war power of the indigenous people now that the protection of the lord system has been greatly reduced.
Of course, Zong Shen himself regarded the indigenous people as a special "resource."
It's just that he is very powerful and has small strategic assistants who can gain information advantages.
You can harvest wool from the indigenous people without forming a team, and you can still be sure that you will not be attacked by the giant city's crusade army and local knights.
If other lords want to reach his current state, it will take at least another five, six, seven or eight years. Some of them develop slowly, and it may take more than ten or twenty years.
This is the true embodiment of the "Matthew Effect".
The advantages of the strong will snowball into more and more benefits over time, making the strong stronger.
Zong Shen’s own experience perfectly illustrates this point!
It's just that every action he takes cannot escape the law that high returns come with high risks, and there is also the possibility of death.
Correspondingly, he also has many life-saving means at his disposal, but they are not on the same level as ordinary lords anyway.
Time always flies on the water channel.
He didn't scroll through [World Channel] for long, and the time came to midnight.
The white light representing the paused state filled the field of vision again, and then quickly dissipated.
A form appeared in front of me.
This table is similar to the previous territory comprehensive rating interface.
The blank data above is being pushed in real time.
[Comprehensive points evaluation for defensive challenges begins]
[Individual settlement is being carried out for you, and the list results will be displayed in real time]
[Each point evaluation is independent of each other, and the upper limit is determined according to each individual's situation]
[Estimated evaluation time is 1 to 2 minutes]
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[Basic defense score of territory: (113278x199%)x(115% 37%)=342643.29…]
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[Congratulations on defeating 99.999% of the lords in the world]
[Congratulations on winning the top three comprehensive points record of the Lords’ Defense Challenge in the entire domain]
[(Click to expand the ranking list and view the points ranking of the top ten lords in the ranking range)]
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Zong Shen was not surprised at all that he could achieve first place in the entire field.
On the contrary, he was a little surprised by the reminder of "getting into the top three in the comprehensive points record of the past lords' defensive challenges in the entire domain".
He already knows that this generation of lords in the Endless Continent is just one generation in many "testing ground" worlds over a long period of time.
In fact, countless generations or other intelligent beings have accepted the challenge of lords. If you count it up, the number of lords is comparable to the sand of the Ganges River.
Even so, his current performance can still rank among the top three!
As for the first one, he didn't even dare to think about it. With such a huge base, low-probability events were no longer low-probability.
Among them, there will be an endless stream of proud men and real overlords.
You can get a glimpse of this by looking at Alpha and Beta.
The two of them are the best proof. Now they should have reached a higher level, and they can even choose to "work" for the lord system and obtain some permissions.
With such a lord base and event probability, being able to get into the top three is enough for him to be proud of.
This result should be even better than the original Alpha and Beta.
However, the defensive challenge is only a monthly test. Even if you achieve superhuman results, it does not mean that you will not fall and die in the future.
Zong Shen cannot be too proud and complacent, he must continue to work hard in a down-to-earth manner!
After self-assessment for a while, he chose to check the rankings.
As the first person, he is lonely, because there is no one in front of him, and he can only look at the ten people behind him. This can be regarded as the strong man looking at the mountains and the small loneliness.
The list slowly expands, and the rows of data are clear.
Zong Shen took a cursory glance and found that Chen Rui had ranked second, and Aze had also advanced to the top ten.
You must know that Chen Rui's territory is only ninth in the overall ranking, and Aze was originally outside the top ten, but now he has joined them.
On the contrary, [Caesar Piero], [Zhang Bowen], and [Yamaguchi Jiefu], whose territories were ranked in the top ten overall, failed to enter the top ten in terms of challenge points.
This also shows that territory ratings cannot fully represent actual combat capabilities.
Factors such as talent, resourcefulness, reasonable combination of props, and luck are all important indicators that determine the outcome of the final challenge.
At this time, the time-stop effect ends.
A brand new reminder appeared in front of him.
[Due to the special nature of your challenge settlement, the points ranking reward will also be issued simultaneously with the challenge settlement reward for 12 hours]
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【bite】
【Global Announcement】
[Territory ranking rewards have been distributed]
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[Dear Lord: Zong Shen 1999514]
[You have won the first place in the first territorial level]
[The reward has been distributed to your storage space]
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There are also rewards for points ranking in defensive challenges.
However, Zong Shen’s reward will be delayed for 12 hours.
In addition, the [Territory Level Ranking], which lasted for thirty days, has finally settled its first phase of ranking rewards.
From his current perspective, the golden treasure chest is not very attractive, but it can still produce golden epic items, so it still has great value.
As for the [Orange Legendary Hero Recruitment Scroll], it must be unique.
With a thought in his mind, he dismissed the subtitles in front of him.
Open the system's built-in [Leaderboard] option to view it.
Originally greeting everyone, two new rankings appeared.
The rankings that have been unlocked now include: [Territorial Level Ranking], [Lord Level Ranking], [Legion Comprehensive Index Ranking].
There was no announcement about the opening of the new ranking list, just like when it first started.
Zong Shen first clicked on the [Territorial Level Ranking List], and it goes without saying much about the ranking.
However, the above information has been updated.
[Second Stage Reward Calculation]
[149 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes]
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This line of information means that the second ranking settlement will be carried out after the countdown ends.
During this period, it depends on whether anyone can work hard and catch up.
Also changing are the ranking rewards. Zong Shen mainly focuses on the rewards for the top three.
[Third Place: Golden Epic Random Hero Recruitment Scroll x1, Gold Treasure Chest x6, Platinum Treasure Chest x2]
As the stages progress, ranking rewards also increase a lot.
I'm not in a hurry about improving my ranking right now. Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities for territory expansion in the future.
He has absolute confidence to firmly hold on to this first place.
Chen Rui estimates that he should sit firmly in the second position for ten thousand years.
Now Zong Shen only hopes that his brother Zong Ze can catch up.
The two brothers eat and drink together and become the supreme overlord among the lords!
That’s a great story!
Speaking of which, Zongze's development potential is not much worse than his own.
Zong Shen only occasionally gave him a few words of encouragement, and also provided some dinars and supplies in the early stages.
The rest was all dependent on his own development. Unexpectedly, he now became a leader among the first batch of lords, which really impressed Zong Shen.
But it’s normal if you think about it.
Aze's incredible good luck is the most authentic initial golden finger.
As long as the foundation is consolidated, subsequent development will depend on hard work.
The further back you go, the smaller the impact of opportunities and relics will be.
It is difficult to get rich by luck in the early days.
Unless you are lucky enough to directly take over a huge city.
Zong Shen does not rule out that there are lords who can do this by blindly catching a dead mouse.
The indigenous forces in Endless Continent are essentially wealth that can be mined by the lords!