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Chapter 97, Trading Treasure Map Fragments

"You two aren't much better! At least Lin Yue is still on the list, but I haven't even seen your names."

Upon hearing this, Huang Wenmin became agitated and retorted angrily, "Pah! What do you know? Lin Yue is only ranked 10th, while our Brother Zhao is 7th, almost 200 points higher than her!"

Just as Huang Wenmin said, Lin Yue is currently barely at the bottom of the list with a score of 441. Since she doesn't know the score of the 11th place, she seems to be in a precarious position and could be pushed down at any time.

The other five members of Lin Yue's team all scored above 650 points, firmly occupying the second to sixth place positions.

Following closely behind is Zhao Yuxuan, who also scored a respectable 602 points, followed by Wang Wanru with 551 points and Ni Yi with 496 points.

Lin Yue was also somewhat surprised. Even though she had slept for a whole day, she was still barely managing to stay at the bottom of the rankings. After thinking about it, she figured it was mostly thanks to the two "man-eating flowers" she had placed in the mosquito forest.

Just as Lin Yue had predicted, after Zhou Zeyang and the others had roasted and shared the "Nut Wall," they immediately returned to the Mosquito Forest to continue racking up points.

Han Weiyi knew she attracted a lot of mosquitoes, so when farming points, she deliberately stayed near the two "man-eating flowers." This way, she not only controlled the mosquito density but also ensured the "man-eating flowers" had a good harvest.

But as time went on, the mosquitoes in the vicinity were gradually wiped out by them. Helpless, the group had no choice but to keep moving away to find new targets. As they moved further and further away, the help she could provide to the two "man-eating flowers" became negligible.

At first, Zhou Zeyang even considered having the two flowers move with them, since Sister Lin Yue's plants were all planted on empty wooden boxes, so moving them wouldn't be too much trouble.

Unfortunately, they were not Lin Yue herself. Although they had spent a day and a night with Lin Yue and had absorbed some of her scent, the two "man-eating flowers" would immediately become restless and eager to pounce if they dared to approach within a meter of them.

They had all heard Lin Yue tell the story of how she was swallowed by the "man-eating flower," so none of them dared to actually risk it, and in the end they could only helplessly leave them where they were.

After the system rankings came out, Lin Yue and her friends' small group chat became lively again. Everyone chattered and discussed it, with most of the focus on a person named Lin Chenguang.

Zhou Zeyang: "Where did this guy come from? I've never heard of him before. Let me see, wow, he's 38 years old. No wonder he's so composed."

Han Weiyi was also thinking about this: "That's right, I usually browse the regional group chat when I have nothing to do, but I really don't think this name has ever appeared before. I quite like the idiom 'to blend in with the world,' so I would definitely remember it if it had appeared before."

Xu Tiantian: "You have the same surname as Sister Lin Yue. Do you know Sister Lin Yue?"

Lin Yue shook her head: "I don't know him, and I've never heard of him."

Just as Zhao Lei was saying to the group, "The problem now isn't where he appeared from, but how did he get so many points? Is there some better place to farm points than Mosquito Forest?"

Han Weiyi: "No way, what could be easier to kill than a mosquito?"

While the group was engaged in lively discussion, Lin Chenguang suddenly spoke up in the area chat: "I'm buying treasure map fragments with the following numbers at a high price. Please include the map in your message."

Treasure map fragments?

Lin Yue's heart skipped a beat. She had received quite a few duplicate fragments from the little mouse's box and had been thinking about how to resell them properly. Now, the opportunity had come!

Thinking of this, Lin Yue followed closely behind Lin Chenguang and asked, "How do we change it?"

Lin Chenguang was the newly crowned top-ranked player, while Lin Yue had long been a prominent figure in the seventh server. Their conversation immediately attracted the attention of many players.

No one was too surprised that Lin Chenguang wanted to collect the fragments, but everyone was curious that Lin Yue was selling them.

"Doesn't Boss Lin Yue go find the treasure himself?"

"That's right, he's not even trying to earn points or find treasures. Is Lin Yue just giving up?"

"Tch, what do you know? Even if those big shots are just lazing around, they still live a much more comfortable life than us!"

"..."

The crowd buzzed with discussion, but Lin Yue paid little attention. At that moment, Lin Chenguang contacted her via private chat and cut to the chase: "Which fragments do you have? How do you plan to exchange them?"

Judging from the other party's nonchalant tone, he must have quite a few items. Lin Yue thought for a moment, then instead of immediately offering a price, she asked, "Do you have any duplicate fragments? How about exchanging fragments for fragments?"

After all, she only needs four more fragments to complete a map. If she can collect them all through trading, it will save her a lot of unnecessary trouble and detours.

However, Lin Chenguang seemed to have completely disregarded this possibility and quickly replied: "I don't have any duplicate fragments. I can trade you something else."

It wasn't impossible. Lin Yue looked at the numbers Lin Chenguang had sent out. He was mostly missing fragments located on the left side of the map, and Lin Yue happened to have extras of several of them. So, after some bargaining, Lin Yue successfully traded two of the fragments for a large amount of ingredients.

However, right after the transaction was completed, a doubt suddenly arose in Lin Yue's mind.

She opened the pieced-together map again and examined it. Although the floating island was vast, the map's layout was quite clear. The fragments on the left side were essentially useless. Unless Lin Chenguang didn't have the crucial fragment numbered 27 at all, making it impossible for him to pinpoint the entire treasure map's destination, it was truly strange that he would waste so many resources on fragments that Lin Yue considered almost insignificant.

However, if Lin Chenguang really didn't have it, then the number of the fragments he listed to collect did not include the 27th fragment.

Lin Yue pondered for a while. If Lin Chenguang had already reached the direction of the destination, but was still sparing no effort to collect those scraps, it meant that these scraps might have effects that she was unaware of.

Thinking of this, Lin Yue kept a watchful eye and secretly took two pieces from the fragments she was preparing to trade. These were the most abundant fragments of the No. 13 treasure map in her possession.

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