Chapter 378: New Year
In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. And today was also an important festival.
New Year’s Eve.
The entire Huzhou was decorated with lanterns and colored streamers. Every household had hung large lanterns, hoping for a better year ahead.
“Wow, it smells so good! Sister Xi’s cooking skills are getting better and better.”
Xi Meng brought a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs and placed it on the dining table. “Linger is the main chef.”
In the kitchen, Li Linger, as the main chef, was like a commander on a battlefield. In her words, “In the kitchen, I am the boss. Even the group leaders have to obediently wash the vegetables.”
And so it was. The powerful Tang Ruyan was cutting side dishes. Qian’er was patting cucumbers. Sun Ting was washing vegetable leaves. Xu Qing and Xu Yan were making dumplings.
And at this moment, Tang Ze was wearing a loose bathrobe, his unkempt hair like a chicken’s nest, writing couplets.
That’s right. Brother Tang was holding a brush and writing couplets. As the big boss of Huzhou, he had to give something out for the New Year. After practicing calligraphy for a month, his conclusion was:
It was better to learn English with Teacher Chu.
But the current Teacher Chu was not the Teacher Chu of half a year ago. Her rating had reached 90. Tang Ze was so excited he hadn’t slept for three days and three nights.
Not just Teacher Chu. Now, everyone had reached 90 points. The highest was still Li Linger, with a rating of 91.
And this was Li Linger’s capital to show off wildly. But Tang Ze felt that the extra one point was still prominent in her temperament.
If he were to take Li Linger out now, it would definitely cause a battle between all parties.
Speaking of various forces, since the company had collapsed, the big cities that had been controlled by the company had not long after become targets for conquest. Everyone wanted to occupy the best resources and big cities.
Just as Tang Ze had thought, the ones who were unlucky were still the ordinary people, being plundered and enslaved by wave after wave of people.
Due to the inability to supply large quantities of vaccines, water filters, etc., it became more and more difficult for ordinary people to survive.
It was not as good as when the company was in charge. At least there was something to eat. But now, in those big cities, people were dying of starvation and disease every day.
However, after half a year of fighting, it had recently calmed down a little. The major cities had basically welcomed their own masters.
The families had plundered more than half of the company’s cities and had even formed a family alliance, with a faint trend of wanting to replace the company.
The other small half was occupied by several joint forces, such as the Xinghui boss Ou Silang, who had survived in the black market before, and the recently famous Axe Gang, and a more mysterious organization, just called “Mysterious.”
But what Tang Ze hadn’t expected was that Giant Arm had actually not made any move. With their strength, taking down the remaining cities of the company would have been easy. But they still guarded the second-tier cities. As long as they weren’t provoked, they were at peace.
Tang Ze felt that the Giants should have been scared. They were afraid of following in the footsteps of the company, so they chose to be low-key.
And the company had no intention of making a comeback. They were probably plotting something.
Besides these, there was also a piece of land, which was called a forbidden land by everyone. A place where whoever went would die.
That was Huzhou.
He didn’t know who had spread the news, saying that there was blue ore in Huzhou. At first, there were really some who were not afraid of death who came to look for the blue ore, but they were all intercepted and killed by the Aliens guarding the periphery. Over time, this place became a forbidden land, and at the same time, it was rumored to have treasures.
But the most gratifying thing was that he had broken through the 100-level mark, reaching Level 127.
After breaking through the 100-level mark, the Goddess of War system was immediately updated, with double cultivation experience and double rating improvement. Otherwise, how could they all have reached a 90 rating within half a year? My brother was about to spit blood from exhaustion.
But after reaching a 90 rating, it had obviously slowed down. It was probably still about leveling up. The highest was Level 999.
And with the double experience improvement, the kittens’ levels were also soaring. The three group leaders had already reached the terrifying Level 50.
The other group members were all deliberately stopped at Level 45 by Tang Ze.
After all, if the group leader wasn’t a little more formidable, it would be a bit unreasonable.
And the card drawing rate had increased. There was even a considerate synthesis card feature.
Ten thousand white cards could be synthesized into one blue card.
Ten thousand blue cards could be synthesized into one red card.
One thousand red cards could be synthesized into one gold card.
One thousand gold cards could be synthesized into one dark gold card.
One hundred dark gold cards could be synthesized into one ancient card.
For the considerate system, Tang Ze had to give a heart. It was just right that some useless cards had nowhere to be used. They could be used for synthesis.
So, there were more and more high-level cards. Besides some growth-type white and blue cards, there were now up to a thousand red cards, over forty gold cards, only four dark gold, and not a single ancient.
Overall, the team’s improvement in the past six months had been huge. Each of the four dark gold cards was a terrifying ability. Tang Ze didn’t use them either, waiting to collect a hundred dark gold cards and exchange them for an ancient one.
Of course, since there were many red skills, he would definitely change all of them to red card skills, replacing the previous blue skills.
The three group leaders were naturally paired with gold card skills. Their physical strength had been tripled or quadrupled compared to before.
It was no exaggeration to say that if any one of them were sent out, a single finger could overturn a city.
“It’s still easier to learn English.”
Tang Ze sighed. It was too difficult.
Chu Liu said delicately, “Then I’ll give the Master a remedial lesson tonight, okay?”
“Heh heh, are you giving me a remedial lesson? I’m too embarrassed to expose you.”
Tang Ze let out a “tsk, tsk.” You’re all human-shaped juicers.
Xi Meng came over and smiled. “Let me help the Master practice his calligraphy.”
Bai let out a “huh.” “Sister Xi, you want the Master to draw on your face with a brush, right?”
“Bai, you’re really asking for a beating.”
The other women were all amused.
“Time for the reunion dinner.”
Li Linger shouted. The large round table was filled with sumptuous food.
He remembered that last year, for the New Year, he was still alone in his rental room, eating leftovers. He never thought that in just one year, he would be surrounded by beautiful women, able to play freely. His strength had also become so great that even he himself was afraid, afraid that he would lose control of his strength for a moment.
“Happy New Year! Master, give me a red envelope.”
Nana extended her hands, looking at Tang Ze with anticipation.
Tang Ze let out an “uh.” Nana’s big eyes immediately became pitiful. Coupled with her 90 rating, a sense of pity welled up in Tang Ze’s heart. He felt like a sinner.
Tang Ze took out a red envelope.
The women beside him were immediately envious.
Nana happily opened the red envelope and saw a red card inside.
“Yay, Nana has another red card.”
This was a big deal. Tang Ze was immediately surrounded, on the verge of being squeezed to death if he didn’t give out red envelopes.
One red card for each person. This was the red envelope Tang Ze had prepared.
“What a pity. I can’t watch the gala tonight.”
Tang Ze sat in the main seat and sighed.
Sun Ting said with a delicate laugh, “Master, we’ve rehearsed a performance. It will make the Master happy.”
“Alright. Then I want to see a seductive one.”
“I guarantee it will be so seductive it will be greasy.”
Chen Kexin stuck out her small, fragrant tongue and swirled it around her red lips.
Tang Ze: “…”
You all. You’re so uncivilized in your speech now. So perverted. I really can’t stand them.
“Come on, have a dumpling first. How does that saying go? Nothing is more delicious than a dumpling, and nothing is more fun than…”
“Sister-in-law~”
Tang Ze: “…”
These are truly lewd demon kings.
Just as the dumpling was brought to his mouth, Tang Ze’s brow furrowed slightly. Something was wrong.
