Li Wei continued to command Ergou to sit.

At that moment, however, Steve’s face lit up with a glimmer of hope!

“Finally found you!!!”

Li Wei didn’t understand what was happening and thought Ergou was barking randomly.

But Steve, with his sharp gaming instincts, knew better—Ergou wasn’t barking for no reason.

Seeing this, Steve quickly signaled to the other players who also had wolves.

“Get your wolves to where Ergou is!”

Hearing this, the players immediately complied.

Sure enough, just as Steve expected, when the other wolves gathered, they all began barking at the pile of rocks, just like Ergou.

At this point, one of the players finally realized what was happening.

“That monster… could it be hiding inside the rocks?!”

“I remember that tamed wolves can detect monsters within five blocks! It has to be in there!!”

“Wait… so it’s been hiding inside the rocks the whole time?!”

“Damn! Is this a monster or some kind of monkey?!”

“…”

The continuous howling of the wolves now sounded like the melody of hope to the players.

Even though they knew the power gap between them and the white-eyed monster was immense, at least they had found it. That was a breakthrough—it was better than waiting around for death.

Although they had pretty much figured out that the white-eyed monster was hiding in the rocks, no one dared to act recklessly.

None of the players wanted to get too close to the pile of rocks. Instead, they all kept their distance and began to discuss strategies.

“Now that we know where it is, what do we do next? How do we take it down?”

“Can we even take it down? It has an explosion skill. We can’t get close.”

“And arrows don’t seem to hurt it either! This is tough!”

“How about a zerg rush? We could all just surround the spot and wait. As soon as it comes out, we charge before it can hide again!”

“What’s the point? By the time we get there, it’ll already be hiding again!”

“…”

After a long discussion, the players were still at a loss for how to deal with the white-eyed monster.

They had no strategy because they knew too little about the monster’s abilities—no one knew what else it had in store.

———

Inside the pile of rocks, surrounded by the howling wolves, Xu Yuan could hear everything clearly from his hiding spot.

He was a bit surprised. He hadn’t expected that in this game, tamed wolves had this ability to locate him.

However, this unexpected turn of events was actually a blessing in disguise for him.

Xu Yuan had been trying to figure out a believable way to continue his act. Now, these wolf pups were adding to his performance for him.

Seizing the opportunity, Xu Yuan decided to go along with it.

With that thought, he revealed himself, standing atop the pile of rocks.

The wolves around the pile, seeing Xu Yuan appear, howled even more furiously, intensifying their performance.

The players, who had been arguing about strategies, immediately turned their attention to the pile of rocks when they heard the increasing howls.

Finally, they saw the white-eyed monster for the first time.

It had the same face as Steve, but its demeanor was worlds apart.

The creature radiated a vicious aura. Just standing there, it exuded an overwhelming sense of pressure.

And with those eyes glowing white, it made their skin crawl.

The players, upon seeing the monster, froze. No one dared to move.

“He… he’s out…”

“What do we do now…?”

“Damn it! It’s just a monster! Let’s get him!”

“You go first then! And why are your legs shaking?!”

“…”

The players stared at each other, none of them daring to take the first step forward.

Before seeing the monster, they had all been talking big. But now, faced with it, they were paralyzed with fear.

They didn’t even know why they were so scared. After all, it was just a game. But there was something about the monster that instilled genuine terror.

It wasn’t the fear of death—everyone knew they would die eventually. It was something else, an oppressive feeling that made them lose their rationality, as if they couldn’t breathe.

Inside the city walls, no one moved. The silence was deafening, broken only by the howling wolves.

Xu Yuan, seeing this, felt a little puzzled.

Hadn’t they just been discussing how to deal with him? Now that he’d appeared, they didn’t react at all.

He sighed to himself.

“Looks like I’ll have to play along with the wolves…”

At this moment, with all the players’ attention on him, Xu Yuan switched to full-on performance mode.

He cast a glance at the wolves around him, furrowing his brows and showing an expression of extreme disgust.

His acting was so convincing that the players, who had been watching him intently, quickly picked up on it.

“Wait… did I see that right? Is he… scared?”

“You think so too?!”

“Could it be? Is he afraid of wolves?!”

“Holy crap!!! He’s really afraid of wolves!!!”

“…”

The players, upon noticing the white-eyed monster’s reaction, grew excited.

The owners of the wolves immediately gave commands to their pets.

“Ergou! Attack him! Bite him!”

“Fifteen bones! Show him what you’ve got!”

“Xiao Bai! Go get him!!!”

“…”

At their masters’ commands, the wolves charged toward Xu Yuan.

Seeing that the players had fallen for his act, Xu Yuan ramped up his performance.

As the wolves rushed him, Xu Yuan used his teleportation ability to distance himself.

Not far away was the hole in the city wall from the previous explosion.

He teleported to the edge and, without looking back, made his exit.

The wolves chased him for a short distance before teleporting back to their masters.

Even after Xu Yuan had been gone for a while, the players were still standing there, stunned.

Finally, one player cautiously approached the spot where Xu Yuan had left and peeked outside.

Seeing nothing, he was completely bewildered.

“Did he… did he run away?”

The moment those words left his mouth, the entire city wall erupted in chaos.

“Holy crap!!! Did we just win?!”

“No way?! That terrifying white-eyed monster, after all that, was scared of wolves?!”

“A few wolves scared him off? We did all that planning for nothing?!”

“What kind of plot twist is this? I’m totally confused! That victory came out of nowhere!”

“If he’s really afraid of wolves, we should just bring more next time! Then we’ll definitely take him down!!!”

The players’ reactions were proof that Xu Yuan’s performance was quite convincing.

At the very least, the audience was pleased, and there were plenty of good reviews going around.

As the players inside the city cheered and celebrated, only Steve and his close friends wore troubled expressions.

“This doesn’t make sense.”

“Something’s off… this is too strange!”

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