The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

In the woods, a grayish-brown meat paste was spread all over the ground.

In less than an hour, Dog Brother and his group of players killed over a hundred slug monsters.

On average, each person killed seven or eight.

After a period of battling slugs, players will gradually become familiar with the game's combat system.

If the opponent is a slug monster, the battle is not very tense, at most it makes people feel nauseous.

Ultimately, they have the advantage in strength, speed, and size. Not to mention, players can cooperate with each other. With the players' improved physical abilities after leveling up, as long as they overcome psychological factors, these slug monsters are indeed difficult to threaten.

As the battle progressed, the players even discussed splitting into two groups: one group was responsible for killing monsters, while the other group took the time to refine the monsters' dissipated blood energy.

The two groups of players took turns, maintaining a well-ordered system.

This is done primarily to avoid waste.

No matter how slowly the blood and qi dissipate, they will eventually disappear completely over time.

The reason for this is that players noticed a "mechanism" not long after the battle began.

That means monsters will not recover from injuries after losing aggro on the target player, and their corpses will not disappear after death.

Although slug monsters are still emerging from the bushes, many players suspect that the monsters in this game probably cannot be infinitely farmed due to the game mechanics.

"Ah~"

After absorbing the blood essence of the slug before it, the campus spring scenery couldn't help but hum softly, "The experience bar has increased by another 5%, now that's what leveling up looks like."

The guy next to him overheard this and looked horrified: "What's wrong with you because of this game?!"

The campus spring scenery gave a disdainful smile, then said in a deep tone, "Happiness is always relative."

Compared to the traditional monster-slaying and leveling-up process, adding an extra refining and absorption step does seem like unnecessary trouble.

Compared to the high-intensity training at the beginning, it was so much easier.

"Found it! Come quick!"

A player with the game name "[Food First]" stood in the violently damaged bushes and shouted, "That must be the lair of these monsters!"

Beside his feet was a hole about half a meter in diameter, like the exit of some kind of tunnel, and a slug was crawling out of the hole.

Upon discovering this new finding, Dog Bro quickly led his men over to investigate.

After all that fuss, the slugs on the ground have been mostly cleared away. It's much easier to find lone slugs in the vegetation than to kill them by blocking the door.

After pulling out and killing the slug that was still wriggling at the entrance of the hole, Dog Brother peered inside and, after confirming that it was an underground cave, happily called to his friends.

"Brothers, hurry up and look around the area; there should still be exits like this."

Most players were excited and started searching on their own without needing any encouragement from Dog Brother.

However, faced with such a lively scene, Tenka Fubu stopped and leaned against the tree trunk.

He glanced at Brother Niu, who was silently refining his blood energy, and knew that he could hear outside sounds during the absorption process, so he said directly, "I'm going to go and take a look elsewhere."

"Huh? Why?" Brother Niu asked subconsciously, temporarily stopping the refining of blood energy.

After thinking for a moment, Tenka Fubu gave a simple answer: "Killing these kinds of monsters is a bit boring."

On the one hand, killing these monsters lacked challenge in his view and had become repetitive labor.

On the other hand, these slugs don't provide much experience; you need to kill at least twenty to level up.

Instead of competing with so many players for points, it's better to go find more powerful monsters.

Brother Niu didn't want to leave the main group. He was still wary of the death penalty in the game. Seeing that his brother-in-law was determined to take the risk, he didn't stop him, but only reminded him, "You must return to the tribe before you log off."

……

It is located on the roadside less than 20 meters from the main gate of the tribe.

"ha!"

A tree, as thick as two people could hug, fell down with a crash.

Peng Zhi wiped the sweat from his forehead, looking satisfied: "If we cut down a few more trees like this, it'll be enough for us to build a big dormitory."

Ke Yun stood to the side with a stone axe in his hand. He had just logged on when Peng Zhi dragged him over to chop down trees.

"Actually, I feel like it's a bit stupid for the two of us to be cutting down trees here."

He shared his thoughts while occasionally glancing in the direction where Dog Brother and his group were.

Not long ago, a player came back to report that he had found a monster spawn point. Faced with such good news, almost all the players who had leveled up rushed there, and no one was willing to follow Peng Zhi to cut down trees.

Now, only three players remain in the open space of the tribe, including Old Kuai.

Peng Zhi patted his chest and assured him, "Don't worry, I reckon my roommates will be online soon, and our construction team's reinforcements will be here shortly."

"No, buddy."

Ke Yun's lips twitched: "How did I become a construction team?"

"Let's go, let's move these back first."

The two carried the tree trunk back to the open space of the tribe, where they happened to run into Duan Jianhui and two others who were walking out of a dilapidated stone house.

"Seriously, this is an absolutely mind-blowing plant!"

Duan Jianhui noticed Peng Zhi and immediately rushed forward, his face beaming: "Godfather! I knew I hadn't misjudged you! You wouldn't forget your brother when something like this happens."

Although the three roommates were surprised by Peng Zhi's exaggerated "hands-on skills," they didn't find it too outrageous when they thought it was in a game.

Clearly, the three of them were together after entering the game and had already expressed their shock and excitement in that stone house, so Peng Zhi didn't need to spend any more time waiting for his three adopted sons to calm down.

Peng Zhi put down the giant log he was carrying on his shoulder and pointed: "See that animal hide in the middle of the open space? Go there first to get your upgrade qualification, and then I'll explain what to do next."

Zheng Wen kept glancing around, seemingly wanting to apologize for his previous arrogance, but he was too embarrassed to admit it.

To avoid reminding his roommates of this incident, he awkwardly changed the subject: "Zhi, did you cut down this tree?"

"Yes, once you've finished upgrading, come with me to chop down trees and build a house first."

"A wooden house? But all the buildings in this starting village look like they're made of stone."

Originally intended to ease the awkwardness, Zheng Wen became genuinely curious as the conversation progressed: "Can't we just use stones to build it? Or cement? By the way, can limestone be smelted in this game?"

Hearing this, Peng Zhi's eyes lit up: "That makes sense."

Having played a lot of sandbox survival games, he subconsciously felt that he should start by chopping down trees.

However, this kind of groundbreaking immersive game obviously does not need to develop in the same step-by-step manner as traditional survival games.

If this game really supports cement production, then the gameplay will be much richer than he imagined.