Chapter 196: Lucky

At the entrance of the bunker, over fifty teachers, students, and school staff chose to leave on their own.

Forcing things never works, and everyone has their own aspirations. She didn’t force these people to join her Sanctuary, nor did she kindly provide water or food to those who left.

The road is wide enough for all to walk their own path. Everyone went their separate ways, leaving future matters for later.

Fortunately, there was a direct shuttle bus between the north and south campuses. The remaining 550-plus people boarded the buses in batches and arrived at the Sanctuary in a grand procession.

Upon returning to the Sanctuary, Kamiyu found that five walls had already been built, and everyone was so exhausted that they needed Mind-Steadying Potions to recover their Spirit.

The 500-plus people she brought back, if they became Players, would solve the urgent problem at hand. Now she could focus on setting up offensive Tower Defense Tools.

“Can you assign different Talents to different people?” Kamiyu asked Xiao Zhong in the Black Sphere Room.

Xiao Zhong shook his head and said, “No, the Black Sphere assigns them completely randomly. It all depends on luck.”

Kamiyu closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and said, “That’s true. How could I possibly have all the good things? Now that the Earth Element Talent Player named Dunzi has joined our Sanctuary, it’s already a huge gain.”

She couldn’t imagine even more powerful Talents and professions appearing. She didn’t believe she could be this lucky.

However, the following events proved Kamiyu wrong.

Xiao Zhong asked the Player who could shield electromagnetic waves to hold back a little. He broadcast the Black Sphere information to everyone, turning all 500-plus people into Players at once.

After listening to Xiao Zhong’s explanation, those waiting to become Players began making all sorts of strange praying gestures.

Some prayed to gods and Buddhas, some knelt on the ground, and some even tried to bribe Kamiyu, leaving her both amused and exasperated.

“It’s coming, it’s coming! This time I’m going to get an S-Class Talent.”

“I need to wash my face first.”

“Give it up, you’re an African chieftain.”

“Nonsense, I always pull gold in ten consecutive draws in mobile games.”

Xiao Zhong used the radio to speak to the people downstairs, “It’s coming! I’ll count down from three, two, one, and then press it. Everyone, get ready to receive the information.”

The Black Sphere information was incredibly overbearing. Any electronic device with a screen could be hacked and turned into a Player.

Everyone’s praying behaviors reached their peak. Kamiyu watched these bewildering human actions from the sidelines, feeling both amused and exasperated.

So this was how it felt to watch the clichéd awakening Grand Assembly from old novels from a bystander’s perspective.

“I did it! I did it! It’s an S-Class Sacrifice Talent,” a young man shouted loudly.

“Is S-Class that impressive? Mine is an SSS-Class Destruction Talent,” another boy said with an imposing aura.

Kamiyu felt these Talents looked strangely familiar, similar to the 12 Talents from the previous 72-hour Life-or-Death Duel. Some were exactly the same as those of Brother Dong and the others.

Could it be that every Black Sphere stores different Talents, and the Talent Pool in the Black Sphere of Dragon Roar City is particularly powerful? Now, with hundreds of people drawing at once, did Xiao Zhong manage to pull them out?

She’d have him compile the Talents later.

What surprised Kamiyu even more was that the Freckle-Faced Girl whom Dunzi had a crush on obtained an A-Class Planter Talent, allowing her to manipulate plants.

Kamiyu was overjoyed in her heart: “The Planter Talent is undoubtedly a Wood Release Talent. In other places, it would be considered A Tier, but here in Dragon Roar City, surrounded by the Fear Emperor Tree, it’s even more overpowered than SSS Tier.”

Kamiyu walked up to them to offer congratulations: “One of you plays with mud, the other plants flowers. You both need to work hard.”

Dunzi said self-deprecatingly, “This… isn’t this like a beautiful flower stuck in a pile of manure?”

Ji Yue angrily slapped his back and said, “Straighten your back, don’t slouch. Be more confident. You’re not some pile of manure—you’re now Miss Jia’s most capable construction expert.”

The dark-skinned Dunzi immediately grinned so widely his eyes nearly disappeared. “Right, right! I need to work hard and not let Miss Jia down.”

Kamiyu was also delighted in her heart. One earth, one wood—truly a blossoming of both culture and construction.

Xiao Zhong came over with the statistics: a total of 556 Players. There were 51 people with talents at A Tier or above, most of whom were B-Class, numbering 433. The remaining 72 had C-Class Talents.

“This is really lucky. Before, most of the ones I handled were D-Class and C-Class. It must be because Miss Kamiyu is here,” Xiao Zhong said earnestly, his flattery making Kamiyu find it quite amusing.

But now, with a shortage of manpower, she wasn’t the jealous type who couldn’t stand others being skilled. The more capable people, the better.

“Since everyone has become a Player, let’s get to work right away,” Kamiyu said, setting all 556 Players as Construction Workers on the Interface Panel and granting them Hammer Permission.

Everyone received a small iron hammer, and they all started hammering away at the Defensive Fortifications. Walls were built rapidly, with constant clanging and sparks flying everywhere.

Someone even started singing: “Unity is Strength, is Strength, is Strength.”

“Heave-ho, heave-ho.”

That old fellow Mephisto was right—the more Players there were, the faster the Sanctuary was built. The Core Zone had a layer of walls completed in less than half an hour.

Dunzi “melted” all the obstructive buildings into sand. His Skill was even more powerful than a bulldozer.

Everyone pushed the defense line to the “Third Defense Zone,” where they built an even higher wall.

Later, some Game Experts proved even more skilled than Kamiyu, discovering a Bug in building the Sanctuary. Through some tricks, they could infinitely Stack the height of the walls.

To avoid affecting the height, they stacked three walls on top of each other, reaching an actual height equivalent to a 12-story apartment building.

Seeing these “Game Experts,” Kamiyu couldn’t help but sigh in admiration: “Impressive, truly impressive. With many hands, work is light indeed. Many hands make light work.”

“Bugs I didn’t have time to experiment with were discovered and conquered by these Game Scientists.”

She watched as everyone spontaneously divided the work and cooperated. Some buried themselves in hard labor, some specialized in researching Bugs, and some focused on experimenting with placement positions.

Everyone found their own area of expertise, happier than if they had found the perfect job.

Now, Kamiyu was even more delighted. She brought out more construction materials and the Aberrant Beast corpses she had collected earlier from the Crimson Earth, letting everyone organize a Bonfire Gathering.

Aberrant Beasts could, of course, be eaten, and they could permanently increase one’s attributes.

While everyone was busy with their own tasks, Kamiyu went to the high-rise apartment building to set up a Magic Cannon, specifically aimed at the Fear Emperor Tree, preparing for the upcoming battle.

The Magic Cannon was similar to her Gunsmith Skill, belonging to a fixed Tower Defense Tool.

She opened the Sanctuary construction page: 【Magic Cannon, Level, directly set to Penitence, equivalent to Crimson Earth Level 31–40 Players, Aberrant Beasts, and Demons. Operator Permission: All】

“Stacking Construction Sage, adjust firing rate to 3x,” Kamiyu muttered to herself.

“Confirmed.”