No monster wave appeared until dusk.
This was normal; usually, after newbie protection ends, waves appear on the second or third day.
Previously, only scattered monsters appeared, which still eliminated many players.
About one-fifth of Lin Feng's classmates had been eliminated. They could still enter the class group but only with basic communicators.
"Damn, so unlucky. Eight of us didn't defend."
"Eight people... no monster wave yet, how did you get eliminated?"
"We met a brute monster, our fortress was smashed, luckily we retreated fast, or we'd be stuck inside."
"Brute monster? That's unlucky. But your fortress quality must be poor?"
"What can we do? So little time, had to plant and mine stone, barely enough cement. Just building was already good."
"..."
The eliminated chatted unhappily in the class group.
Brute monsters were large, tough to kill, and had enormous strength but were rare encounters.
"Quick, go to the grade group. Su Hongxuan is bragging there."
A classmate shouted.
With no monster wave yet, Lin Feng joined the grade group.
"Heh, if you think money decides the newbie king, you're wrong. Sure, I only invested tens of millions, but my father bought me tons of C-tier seeds through connections. Almost all my plants are C-tier, seeds you guys can't buy."
"This time, I'm confident I'll get the newbie king. If not, top 20 for sure."
Lin Feng saw Su Hongxuan, a rich second-generation, boasting about the newbie king.
"Brother Su, V5~ crush them all~"
"If I get eliminated, I'll work at Brother Su's island ~"
"Me too ~ Working with Brother Su feels safe ~"
"..."
After Su Hongxuan's speech, many flatterers appeared in the grade group.
"If I get the newbie king, I'll expand the Floating Island and need hands. Where is Lin Feng from class 5?"
Su Hongxuan suddenly mentioned Lin Feng.
In this world, students aged 16 to 18 studied mostly Floating Island World knowledge; before 16, they studied culture.
Lin Feng was top of his grade. Su Hongxuan was good but always behind Lin Feng. He knew Lin Feng and was probably a bit jealous.
"No news of Lin Feng lately?"
"Didn't he start selling fruit on day 12?"
"Lin Feng is excellent, probably won't be eliminated."
"Lin Feng definitely won't be eliminated!"
"..."
Many mentioned Lin Feng.
He was popular and handsome at school; many girls liked him.
"Selling fruit on day 12? Ha! Even B-tier seeds can't mature that fast. Maybe possible with higher-tiers, but I can't get B-tier seeds, let alone higher."
Su Hongxuan spoke again, silencing the group.
"Exactly, he just posted a sales ad. He's probably muted."
"Don't you think Lin Feng is arrogant? Rejecting big investment, no family background like Brother Su, even if not eliminated, he'll be left behind."
"..."
Su Hongxuan's followers argued.
"Why insult Lin Feng? I don't believe he'd post nonsense."
"Yeah, Lin Feng wouldn't crave attention like you guys."
"Who are you calling attention seekers?"
"..."
Girls who liked Lin Feng argued fiercely.
The grade group grew lively with disputes.
Su Hongxuan's followers couldn't handle the girls' arguments, especially after being insulted as sycophants. They quietly withdrew.
Even Su Hongxuan stopped talking.
Lin Feng didn't care about the drama because Chen Xi found something new.
"Master, look."
Chen Xi pointed outside the thorn forest.
With sunset and moonrise, the dead spider monsters began to dissipate.
This was normal; monster corpses vanished at night.
After spider corpses dissipated, the black mist gradually disappeared but was likely to return, especially during the day. The mist was persistent and moved to different island edges each time.
"Chen Xi, go check for anything."
Lin Feng instructed.
After killing monsters, some loot might remain as rewards.
For newbie monsters, loot might be rare and of low value.
Chen Xi turned into mist and flew out.
"I'm going too ~"
Several female demons followed.
Soon they returned carrying something.
"Master, only found some venom, it's quite toxic."
Chen Xi handed Lin Feng venom wrapped in a leaf.
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