“heart of immortality?”

The three of them were startled almost simultaneously, and Bai Cheng immediately looked at the red-haired girl behind Liu San.

She was clearly summoned by the purple card Bai Cheng had given him, but now, her rank was still Epic-rank.

This meant that after Liu San obtained the heart of immortality, he didn't immediately promote his employee; instead, he wanted to give such a valuable item to her?

Bai Cheng was surprised. Liu San had helped her a lot, so how could she let him continue to sacrifice his strength?

Almost instinctively, she immediately waved her hand and said, “No, this item is too valuable. You should keep it.”

Liu San, however, had a ready explanation for this and quickly clarified, “Miss Bai Cheng, everyone can see the building requirements for the city’s facilities. The heart of immortality, as a key material for constructing the city, must be very important. Please accept it.”

“As for my employee,” he said, looking back for a moment, then continued, “We are currently still in the Deathly Rainforest. Gathering all resources to support an Epic-rank employee means we don’t need to worry about our own safety at all.”

“Besides, this employee was originally given to me by you...”

Yu Nian, on the side, asked curiously, “By the way, regarding the identity choice for this event, what are your plans?”

Liu San smiled and said, “Becoming a Settler is certainly not our original intention; otherwise, none of us would have chosen to follow the original leader of Channel 749.”

Bai Cheng rubbed her chin, remained silent for a moment, then spoke, “Let’s go check the situation on the other floors first before making a decision.”

After all, by now, an unknown number of people must have already arrived at the stronghold, but so far, only their two groups, fewer than ten people, were on the Seventh Floor.

“Alright, at least we need to understand the attitudes of these people,” Liu San agreed.

After the event was launched, some people definitely only wanted to settle down, finding a foothold within the stronghold. They might not have cared about the construction of the city at all.

“There are too many people in the channel, but not many who can be trusted.”

“Bai Cheng, are you worried about the choice of administrators?” Leng Ningxue heard Bai Cheng muttering and immediately understood. “We can directly assign positions based on contributions. That way, it’s at least relatively fair.”

“That’s a good idea.”

The group walked and chatted, and soon found the passage to the next floor within the not-too-large Seventh Floor.

Of course, it was called a passage, but because no teleportation structure had been built, the only way to enter the next floor was through the lone chain in front of them.

The one-person-wide downward opening before them was bottomless, like a well, with the chain quietly fixed to its side.

“This is too crude, isn’t it?” Yu Nian couldn’t help but complain.

But Bai Cheng had already gripped the chain and jumped down without hesitation. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

“Hey, wait for me!”

Sliding down the chain, the land of the Seventh Floor was incredibly thick.

When everyone landed on the Sixth Floor, they discovered an even more astonishing sight.

“How can we... see the sky here?”

The sky above was dotted with stars, but the originally suspended Seventh Floor was nowhere to be seen. Only the chain in front of them stretched upwards, as if connecting to the heavens.

Their landing naturally attracted the attention of some Survivors nearby. One of them, hearing Yu Nian’s confusion, said matter-of-factly.

“Isn’t it normal to see the sky? This is the top floor!”

“Top floor?” At these words, Bai Cheng, Liu San, and the others almost simultaneously looked over, their surprise unconcealed.

The person felt a chill from their gaze and instinctively took a step back: “Is, is something wrong?”

“Of course...” Yu Nian wanted to explain, but Bai Cheng stopped her.

“Let’s go.”

The overall layout of the Sixth Floor was actually no different from the Seventh Floor. The only difference was that its area was several times larger, and it lacked the central castle representing the City Lord’s residence.

However, correspondingly, its central area was still a palace-like structure, completely different from the surrounding houses.

Compared to the Seventh Floor, the Sixth Floor had many more people. Even in the dark without lighting, it was quite lively.

The group arrived at the central location, where the function, as expected, was similar to a City Lord’s mansion.

A screen on the table seemed to be connected to a loudspeaker, allowing Bai Cheng to address everyone throughout the entire city, both above and below.

“Hello everyone, I am the City Lord Bai Cheng. By now, I presume you have all made your identity choices. I will leave before dawn, but before that, I will select a leader for each floor based on each person’s contributions...”

“The future development and construction of the stronghold city will rely on all of your strong support...”

Bai Cheng’s gentle voice echoed in every corner of the city, causing countless Survivors, who were immersed in joy, to suddenly pause.

They had been here for a while, and like Bai Cheng, they naturally had some understanding of the permissions they retained, and they were also aware of the massive amount of resources needed for city construction.

And a Settler becoming a leader of a floor also brought great benefits, such as being able to retain one’s employee, having the right to go outside, and appointing a guard team, and so on.

In this perilous world, although they had a foothold, many people naturally did not want to give up their strength.

At the same time, some wavering Survivors, after learning about these benefits, became even more determined to become Settlers.

Of course, all of this was predicated on them being able to become a leader of a floor.

As for wanting to perform well in front of Bai Cheng and stand out among ten million people, there was only one method: unconditionally supply a large amount of resources for the city’s construction.

For a time, after Bai Cheng’s speech, which lasted several minutes, some people with a bit of strength immediately began to act.

They frantically contributed resources, chasing each other on the leaderboard, determined to secure a top few ranking no matter the cost.

Inside the central palace on the Sixth Floor, Yu Nian looked at the leaderboard in front of her, her eyes sparkling: “Ningxue, look at these guys, my goodness!”

“Do they really have so many resources?”

“Someone has already started trading using infinite coins.”

As the group chatted, a prompt suddenly appeared on the screen in front of them.

“powered railcar Station materials collected. Build immediately?”

“Huh?” Bai Cheng was startled. She looked at Liu San beside her and confirmed that the heart of immortality was still in his hand, which surprised everyone even more.

“So, others also had Hearts of Immortality hidden away?!”

Due to the contribution of a heart of immortality, one person’s ranking skyrocketed, instantly reaching first place.

Seeing this, # Nоvеlight # the others stopped holding back, and several more people contributed theirs.

Anyway, they were already planning to become Settlers, and a heart of immortality held onto without becoming a leader was useless, so they simply contributed it.

“Power Station materials collected. Build immediately?”

“powered railcar Station...”

“Upper and Lower Floor Teleportation Passage...”

Bai Cheng immediately clicked to build, and the entire stronghold city underwent earth-shattering changes under the cover of night.

At the same time, everyone was shocked.

“I can’t believe these guys are so rich!”