The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

Jiang Chen slowly turned around, casually brushed off non-existent dust from his animal-hide vest, his expression calm.

Only the haphazardly lying corpses of the tiger-wolf continued to silently recount what had happened.

Upon seeing this, Tenka Fubu involuntarily opened his mouth wide, as if he could fit two duck eggs inside.

He had personally experienced the strength of these tiger-wolves, but these monsters that could easily kill him couldn't even last a single round against Jiang Chen.

Most remarkably, he was able to determine that Jiang Chen's fighting process did not involve any martial arts techniques or supernatural abilities that he found difficult to understand.

Simply by relying on basic physical attributes such as greater strength and faster speed, they can easily overpower others.

Just how strong is this NPC in the beginner village?

Level 50? Or level 100?

Jiang Chen knew that Tianxia Buyu was still in shock and had no intention of delving into the matter, so he waved to him.

"Don't waste your energy."

Upon hearing this, Tenka Fubu was immediately stunned and subconsciously asked, "What do you mean?"

Perhaps the feeling Jiang Chen gave him was too exaggerated, because he didn't even realize that he had actually used honorifics when talking to an NPC in the game.

Jiang Chen pointed to the corpse on the ground: "The literal meaning."

Although he hadn't played many games, he felt that something was off about this.

The NPC killed the monster, but the player gets all the experience points?

Fortunately, Jiang Chen added, as if in a cutscene, "You have good talent, so don't easily lose your life in a place like this."

Actually, if you really want to talk about it, Jiang Chen can also refine and absorb the blood energy of these tiger-wolf people.

However, for him now, this bit of vitality is just icing on the cake, and he might as well give it to the players.

In any case, the power that the player gains will eventually return to him.

Having said all that, Tianxia Buyu no longer hesitated. He walked to the center of the tiger-wolf man's corpse, sat cross-legged, and began to concentrate on circulating his blood and qi according to the route of the "Tiger Fiend Technique".

The scattered blood energy suddenly found its direction, like birds returning to their nests, flowing into Tianxia Buyu's body from every corner.

The three thin streams of blood energy rapidly grew larger and split...

【Ding! 】

Player "天下布武" has reached level 4, and their experience bar is currently at 1%.

Player "天下布武" has reached level 5, and their experience bar is currently at 1%.

……

Player "天下布武" has reached level 27, and their experience bar is currently at 73%.

A series of level-up notifications almost bombarded his mind, but Tianxia Buwu was too busy absorbing blood energy to pay attention.

The refining process continued until there was no more blood energy escaping from the surrounding area.

He opened his eyes, and in an instant, his blood and energy surged.

The twenty-seven blood and qi channels within the body were connected, causing them to tremble naturally, as if providing a continuous source of power.

Even while seated, it resembles a blazing furnace, making one wonder if getting too close would result in being burned to ashes.

Tianxia Buyu looked around, but Jiang Chen was no longer there. "How long have I been absorbing this?"

He braced himself with one hand on the ground, preparing to stand up.

Before he could exert much force, his palm sank in, leaving a deep handprint on the ground.

Upon seeing this, he froze on the spot.

It took me a moment to gradually understand everything.

He picked up a pebble from beside him and squeezed it hard.

The pebbles quickly turned into powder in his hands, feeling even easier than kneading dough.

Such exaggerated power...

Tianxia Buwu couldn't help but be amazed.

The sudden improvement was too great, and he had no control over his body. He even had to walk carefully, afraid that if he wasn't careful, his whole leg would sink into the ground.

He tiptoed to his feet, and exclaimed, as if squeezing the words from his throat, "How much stronger have I become?"

……

The ruins of the Xishi tribe.

Several stone furnaces, each about one meter tall, have appeared on the original open space.

The firelight shining through the vent of the stone furnace made Peng Zhi's face appear bright red.

"Our great leader, there seems to be something wrong with the manufacturing process you chose?"

Ke Yun played with the mud mixture in her hand and casually joked.

It's supposed to be cement, but it crumbles as easily as you squeeze it; it's probably not even as durable as plaster.

Peng Zhi coughed twice, somewhat embarrassed, and explained, "It must be that something went wrong in one of the steps."

Duan Jianhui seized the opportunity to say, "You didn't just Google it, did you? I remember there are special post-apocalyptic survival forums, right? They can make things like cement, weapons, and generators, not to mention anything else."

"Actually... I... I don't understand you guys. Have you ever considered that, within this upgrade framework, once the players level up, is there any significant difference in destructive power between wood and stone?"

Old Kuai, panting, reminded him as he did push-ups.

"Old Kuai, what's this to you? Your priority right now is to figure out how to upgrade."

Ke Yun glanced at him sideways: "If you don't want to, just start over."

Upon hearing this, Old Kuai's face visibly showed signs of irritation.

Incidentally, all the college student players who joined later had also completed the upgrade before this.

Of course, they are mostly in the second or third level range.

So far, out of the total of fifty players, only Lao Kuai has not yet completed the level-up, and he is almost ready to give up.

Old Kuai rolled over and collapsed to the ground, steeling his resolve: "Damn it! Restart it if you want! Come on! Keyun, lend a hand, use this axe to kill me."

It's just that stories don't happen by chance.

But perhaps it's also because of a change in mindset.

The moment Lao Kuai made this difficult decision, he suddenly became excited: "I've got it! I've got it!"

He quickly got up and sat cross-legged.

The players present were all experienced and knew what was going on, so naturally they didn't bother them.

"It's going to be upgraded? Where am I going to make up for the lack of fun?" Ke Yun said with some disappointment.

"But what Lao Kuai said actually makes sense. If we keep upgrading like this, everyone will become a superman, and the cement wall will be nothing special."

Peng Zhi forcefully steered the conversation back on track: "How about we just smelt the iron directly?"

Do you know where there are iron ore mines?

"We can assemble an exploration team."

"That's awesome! Our first group activity is mining. Who wouldn't love playing a slave simulator?"

Ke Yun's sarcasm was very precise, and it immediately cooled down the atmosphere.

Peng Zhi's lips twitched. After thinking for a long time, he also felt that it would be difficult to motivate the players.

Moreover, they themselves have no professional knowledge in this area.

Although everyone in the organization was a college student, none of them were from the civil engineering department.

The senior students in the civil engineering department are probably busy working on construction sites and don't have time to play games.

Seeing that the room had quieted down, Wang Zihan suddenly raised her hand and asked, "Um, after talking for so long, aren't you guys hungry?"