From now on, Steve would be handling everything.

Xiao Po could just sit back and relax, playing the hands-off boss.

Hearing Xiao Po’s plan, Steve immediately understood what he was up to.

At this moment, Steve was caught in a tight spot.

The main issue was that Steve wanted to stay.

If he didn’t agree to Xiao Po’s proposal, he likely wouldn’t be able to remain here.

After all, Xiao Po had already set up a guild. If Steve wasn’t a member, there was no way he could continue living in this area.

But if he agreed, it would mean accepting Xiao Po’s orders.

Their friends, seeing the situation, were ready to stand up for Steve.

However, Steve stopped them.

He turned to Xiao Po, smiled, and said, “Guild Master Po, as you wish.”

—

There’s a saying, ‘You don’t hit someone with a smiling face.’

Steve knew he couldn’t outright oppose Xiao Po.

More importantly, Steve wanted to stay.

Although Steve had previously considered starting his own guild, it wasn’t as easy as it seemed.

Running a guild is no small task.

And with all the white-eyed monsters lurking around this plain, ready to cause trouble at any moment, the players’ progress would inevitably be affected.

Steve wasn’t stupid—if he were to start a guild, he definitely wouldn’t want to do it with this group.

Too many uncertainties surrounded them.

All the hard work the players had put into building things could be wiped out in an instant.

That’s why Steve decided to accept the position.

As vice president, he had the responsibility to help the players develop, but he wasn’t the one making the big decisions. That would all be on Xiao Po.

If something went wrong, Steve could wash his hands of it and walk away scot-free.

Either way, it wouldn’t affect him personally.

At most, it would be a blow to his pride.

But for Steve, this was the best possible outcome.

If he started his own guild and it got destroyed by the monsters, the blow to his ego would be even worse.

Xiao Po was a little surprised to see how quickly Steve agreed.

After pulling Steve into the guild, they exchanged a few pleasantries before new players began arriving at the plain one by one.

The players already there welcomed the newcomers with open arms.

“Welcome, welcome to Triumph Guild!”

“Join the guild first, and you’ll get a special guide as a surprise!”

“Building materials are in the communal chest. If you’re building a house, feel free to take some!”

The entire day, players kept arriving at the plains.

By the end of the day, the player count on the plain had already exceeded 5,000!

And that wasn’t counting the players still on their way.

Since the game’s map was so large, after a player died, they could only respawn within a certain distance from where they died.

Some players who were further away had to go through a cycle of dying, respawning, and walking over, only to die again and repeat the process, which made their journey take longer.

The plain had undergone a massive transformation since before.

The size of the base had expanded to more than ten times its original area.

It now felt like a full-fledged starting village in a game, minus the NPCs.

Although night was falling, the players on the plain were still full of energy, showing no signs of going indoors to hide from the night.

Instead, everyone was excited, preparing to head out on a hunt.

“Let’s go, let’s go! I can’t wait to try out that foot trap technique!”

“Me too! Finally, no more hiding in matchbox-sized rooms at night!”

“I’m so glad I came here! Just learning this new strategy alone was worth it!”

“Remember, the guild leader said no streaming, alright?”

“Of course! We’ve got to keep this strategy secret for now and grow quietly!”

It had to be said—the terrain of this plain was truly excellent.

Since it was so open, monsters were everywhere at night.

Players only needed to knock down the torches around the base, and they could set up foot traps nearby to farm monsters easily.

Before nightfall, Xiao Po had led a group to set up many foot traps around the perimeter of the base.

As soon as night fell, players started moving into these traps, ready to experience the thrill of hunting monsters without taking any damage.

None of the players realized that, in the distance, a pair of glowing white eyes was silently watching their every move…

———

After a day of searching, Xu Yuan finally found the witch and the slime.

These two creatures were like rubber bands—impossible to find when you’re looking for them, but everywhere when you’re not.

After securing the first kills on both, Xu Yuan gained several skills.

[Potion Toss Lv1: Throw potions of poison, weakness, slowness, and instant damage. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]

[Cost to upgrade: 10,000 kill points.]

[Potion Mastery Lv1: Use potions of healing, fire resistance, swiftness, and water breathing. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]

[Cost to upgrade: 10,000 kill points.]

These skills were from the witch.

Both were incredibly useful.

It was like Xu Yuan now had a built-in supply system.

Since his explosion skills drained his health, Potion Mastery was a lifesaver—he could blow stuff up and immediately heal himself.

Potion Toss was just as handy.

Poison, weakness, slowness, instant damage—these potions were all offensive tools.

Against other players, he now had more ways to deal with them.

Plus, the instant damage potion was exactly what Xu Yuan needed.

After all, using that potion on monsters actually healed them!

This was perfect for his taming system.

To tame a monster, it had to kill 10 players without dying.

For regular monsters, that was tough, since players had learned to fight back.

In most cases, monsters would get hurt.

But with this skill, Xu Yuan could simply heal the monster when it was low on health, boosting his taming success rate.

Aside from the witch’s skills, the slime’s first-kill skill was also incredibly useful.

In fact, it complemented Xu Yuan’s Demon King persona.

[Clone Lv1: Sacrifice 50% of health to summon a clone. The clone can move and provide vision.]

[Cost to upgrade: 20,000 kill points.]

What kind of Demon King doesn’t have a clone? Plus, Herobrine also had one.

So, the slime’s skill perfectly filled that gap.

For now, the clone was just a mobile eye, but it could be upgraded.

If the clone could eventually inherit some or even all of the main body’s strength, Xu Yuan’s capabilities would skyrocket.

The new skills were a huge boost to Xu Yuan’s power.

After obtaining them, he wasted no time putting them to use.

At this moment, Xu Yuan’s clone was the one spying on the players from a distance.

Meanwhile, his real body was in another part of the plain, gathering a group of monsters he called “lucky survivors.”

These survivors were about to participate in a massive feast.

“Spider 101? You’ve survived this long without dying? Not bad, you’re in.”

“Zombie 007? With a number like that, I’d be crazy not to pick you!”

“Blackie 88? Nice and lucky. Hope you last long enough not to be a bad omen.”

—

When it came to choosing monsters to tame, there were rules to follow.

Xu Yuan hadn’t understood the meaning behind the monsters’ numbers at first.

After asking the system, he learned that the number represented when the monster was spawned.

For example, Zombie 001 was the very first zombie to spawn in this world.

Although monsters sometimes spawned simultaneously, the system tracked them down to the thousandth decimal place.

So while players might think two monsters appeared at the same time, there was always a slight difference.

Once Xu Yuan learned this, he knew how to pick which monsters to tame.

Obviously, the lower the number, the better.

Even though these monsters had no awareness, surviving this long without dying was still a sign of good luck.

And sometimes, luck is just another form of strength.

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