The next day, the academy announced a holiday. This holiday would last for a full week, seven days in total.
Tomorrow was the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival event, and everyone was preparing for it.
Zhou Yan didn't have much to prepare; he couldn't significantly increase his power in such a short time.
However, when he returned to his territory that evening, he discovered that Zhao Yun, Zhang Wuji, Zhang Sanfeng, and others had all successfully undergone their job advancements, and their chosen professions were all top-tier.
This greatly increased his confidence for tomorrow's Mid-Autumn Festival event.
Time quickly passed, and the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival arrived. All the lords of the Cang Lan Continent were teleported to their respective forbidden lands, awaiting the commencement of the Mid-Autumn holiday.
He had already informed all his residents about the festival. Apart from the soldiers on external missions, everyone in the territory was anticipating the holiday's start.
Zhou Yan sat below the Commander's Platform, and below him were all the soldiers of the territory, standing at attention, ready for battle at any moment.
There were also many generals and strong individuals below the platform, including Chen Qingzhi, Gao Shun, Li Guang, Xie Xuan, Liu Laozhi, Bai Qi, Zhao Yun, Li Xin, Meng Ao, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, Xiahou Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong, Cao Ren, Dragon Clan's Long Shan, Hu Li, Hu Ling, Beastman Ge Li Lu, Zhang Wuji, Zhang Sanfeng, Yan Chixia, Wu Song, and various generals of the army.
Also present were Xiao He, Fang Xuanling, Zhang Liang, Xun Yu, and Zhang Zhao.
Unbeknownst to him, he had already gathered a wealth of talent. Every soldier was of S quality, and his mid-level generals were all of SS quality or above.
Beside Zhou Yan were his many women: Diao Chan, Zhen Mi, Sun Shangxiang, Cai Yan, Nie Xiaoqian, Yin Lihua, Si Teng, Hua Yuerong, and Sasha. As for Zhao Min, Zhou Zhiruo, and Xiao Zhao, they had not yet successfully completed their advancements and were not present.
Zhou Yan had unknowingly expanded his harem to twelve women.
Compared to the thousands of beauties in ancient emperors' harems, he felt he was more powerful than those emperors, and his current number of women was too few; he needed to work harder.
Even those emperors had thousands of beauties, he didn't need too many, just thirty thousand would suffice.
He was referring to the total number of women in the entire [Heavenly Emperor's Imperial Palace] harem; he didn't need thirty thousand wives.
"I wonder what this year's Mid-Autumn Festival event will be," Diao Chan said, sitting beside Zhou Yan, curious about the upcoming event.
"The Lord has shown us many past Mid-Autumn Festival events. Most of them are conquest events between lords, where the last one standing receives the greater rewards," Yin Lihua said, having studied the information carefully and understanding it well.
"No one knows what this event will entail, but we have made some preparations. We can only hope it will be beneficial to us," Zhang Liang said.
"This subordinate has made all logistical arrangements. Regardless of the type of event, I will not let the Lord down," Xun Yu replied.
Zhou Yan nodded and said, "Time is almost here. We'll see what type of event it is."
At eight o'clock in the morning, with a thunderous boom in the sky, the Mid-Autumn Festival event made its dazzling debut.
[Lord Continent World Announcement: The Mid-Autumn Festival event has begun. Lords can silently choose to participate or refuse. Upon participation, the entire territory, including everyone within it, will be teleported to a special event space. Consideration time is ten minutes. Ten minutes later, the Mid-Autumn Festival event will officially commence and last for five days.]
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Three consecutive announcements appeared in the sky above all the lords. Then, each lord heard a prompt asking whether to teleport to the event space.
Zhou Yan silently thought, "Yes."
In the blink of an eye, the entire territory appeared in an unfamiliar space. The whole territory was suspended in a strange world, with no other territories around.
Even those mining outside the territory were teleported back. They were immediately summoned and awaited orders.
The soldiers also conscientiously assembled, joining the main army.
Meanwhile, in the territory's sky, a countdown to the event's start appeared.
Furthermore, two options appeared before Zhou Yan, visible only to the lords.
Above, the event options for combat lords and farming lords were displayed.
Zhou Yan naturally chose the combat lord option.
After making his selection, relevant event information appeared again, and Zhou Yan read it carefully.
[Upon commencement of this event, all lords, regardless of nationality or territory strength, will be randomly assigned to any location within the event map. Within the event map, there are numerous monsters.]
[Upon defeating these monsters, no treasure chests will drop. Instead, Soul Coins and various items will be directly obtained. The stronger the defeated monster, the greater the rewards. The dropped Soul Coins will directly enter the territory's account.]
[Additional items dropped by monsters can be picked up by anyone, and dropped items will not respawn until the end of the event.]
[Once the event begins, communication or trading with anyone via the friend function will be impossible.]
[Within the event map, a special type of monster called a Mid-Autumn Rabbit will appear. Hunting Mid-Autumn Rabbits of different qualities will yield Mid-Autumn Points. Mid-Autumn Points can be used for world rankings, and lords within the top one million will receive additional rewards.]
[After the event concludes, Mid-Autumn Points can be exchanged for various items.]
[All lords and soldiers who die during this event will not truly perish. They will be resurrected upon leaving the event territory.]
[Lords participating in this event will receive double Soul Coin rewards for defeating soldiers under other lords.]
[Lords whose Lord's Crystal is destroyed will suffer no losses, only being eliminated from the event. They will also have 50% of their Mid-Autumn Points deducted and given to the lord who destroyed their territory. If the Lord's Crystal is destroyed by a monster within the event, 30% of Mid-Autumn Points will be deducted.]
After reading the event rules, Zhou Yan projected this information into the sky so that everyone in the territory could see the rules.
After everyone had finished reading, Xiao He said to Zhou Yan, "Lord, it seems this event is quite good. Our territory can move, and we can fully utilize the advantage of our territory's defense towers to gain considerable rewards."
"Even so, we still need to dispatch soldiers to hunt more monsters, especially the Mid-Autumn Rabbits mentioned in the event, to earn more Mid-Autumn Points. I believe these points will be very important."
"At the same time, the soldiers who go out must also be careful of soldiers from other territories. If they discover us, there's more than a 70% chance they will attack for Soul Coins. I suggest that we must remain vigilant in such situations and frequently dispatch scouts with abilities to avoid ambushes."
Zhang Liang also shared his views. This Mid-Autumn Festival event was an opportunity to gain a large amount of Soul Coins, but also a dangerous place.
Lords lived very long lives; lords hundreds of years old were not uncommon. Although lords died on Lord Continent every day, there were at least tens of billions of lords on Lord Continent.
Facing such a massive number, failing to strive would absolutely lead to elimination if one wanted to enter the top one million.
Moreover, the event rules would cause many lords to attack others.
One could even imagine that in the latter days of the event, it would be a period of constant battles between territories attacking each other.