Chapter 7 Headache - "Recruiting Players at the Beginning" Novel Online Reading - Qidian Chinese Network
From time to time, other players scattered throughout the divine realm arrived, witnessing the bizarre sight of dozens of souls chatting and eating sunflower seeds in the sky, while a group of people were crawling into the bellies of lizards below.
After figuring out the old woman's miraculous method of crawling into the lizard's belly, these reinforcements immediately began to obediently line up.
This life experience of being swallowed by a lizard is not something just anyone can experience.
Just thinking about it makes one's blood boil.
It was worth it!
Finally, when only a dozen or so players were left alive, the five giant lizards were completely exhausted and died.
Five vibrant and powerful souls also emerged from the corpses of the giant lizards, were sucked into the divine statue totem pole, and merged into Ren Zha's divine personality, causing him to let out a comfortable groan.
At least one of the giant lizards had eaten so many people that it had literally stuffed itself to death.
The dozen or so surviving players were all lying exhausted in a pool of green blood, unable to even stand up.
But their faces were all filled with satisfied smiles, looking incredibly pleased.
It was incredibly fulfilling.
"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
It's unclear who started it first, but the dozens of player souls floating in mid-air and the dozen or so living players all applauded, their faces filled with joy and excitement.
Having jointly defeated a powerful monster in this high-intensity virtual reality game, and having done so by sacrificing their lives, the resulting sense of accomplishment and collective honor made everyone feel incredibly emotional. "Awesome, awesome! Long live the old lady who crawled into the bed!" 3
"Wow, that was so difficult! We finally killed all these lizards!" 2
"Haha, I guess these lizards were the bosses of some side quest. I bet Old Hei will be very surprised to see that we killed these big lizards so early."
"Maybe there will be some new rewards! Quickly drag these big lizard corpses over."
"Hahaha, you guys are so awesome! I love you guys! ...Hey, don't hide from me, I didn't mean it that way! I was just shouting!" 1
While a group of human players were chattering excitedly and the remaining dozen or so people began to clean up the battlefield, in the temple above the dome of the divine realm, Ren Zha looked through the dome at the somewhat brutal battlefield and rubbed his forehead.
They're so damn weak.
What a headache.
Almost a hundred grown men!
Fighting five lizards!
They almost got wiped out by five lizards. 1
And they're still applauding themselves!
Ren Zha clicked his tongue. With the strength of these human player followers, it might really take thousands or tens of thousands of years for him to condense starlight and become a one-star deity.
By then, the Earth might have already entered the era of interstellar navigation, and it's hard to say whether anyone will still be playing games. 10
However, you have to eat one bite at a time, and walk one step at a time. It's only been two or three days, and this is actually pretty good.
The biggest advantage of these human player followers is that they are full of vitality. After a few more divine battles, they will probably grow rapidly. Meanwhile, in the forest in the northwest corner of the divine realm, a group of souls were constantly clapping and shouting slogans in the air, cheering on the players below who were cleaning up the corpses of the giant lizards.
The dozen or so surviving players were also working happily together.
Among them was the only remaining player from the first batch of players, "Zaiwan Duoduo."
As a veteran gamer, he couldn't remember the last time he felt this kind of camaraderie and excitement in a game.
Perhaps it was time to form a guild?
Dragging the corpse of a giant lizard to a tree, Zaiwan Duoduo took a deep breath and shouted:
"Brothers, thank you all..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the players who were only souls in mid-air suddenly stirred, followed by dozens of people shouting chaotically:
"Holy crap, Daddy Black!"
"Daddy Black, save me!"
"I want to go back, Daddy Black!"
"Daddy Black, revive!"
"Run, brothers, a huge group is coming! Daddy Black!"
"..."
The soul players who were cheering in mid-air successively disappeared from their original positions, teleported back to the resurrection point, and their bodies also disappeared from the spot.
Zaiwan Duoduo was completely bewildered. A huge group of Daddy Blacks?
Just as he was trying to figure out what was going on, he heard a rustling sound behind him, as if a strong wind was blowing through the leaves.
More than a dozen giant lizards, even bigger than the previous ones, emerged from the forest, wagging their tails and opening their bloodthirsty mouths!
The strong smell of blood from the pools of blood everywhere had driven them mad! "Damn it!" PlayingChoppingD finally understood why all those spirit-form players chose to teleport away.
If they didn't leave now, they would have to watch their own bodies be torn to shreds!
This was like stirring up a nest of lizards!
"Oh my god, D-bro, we can't get away..." LivingDead was so tired he couldn't even stand, and he said to PlayingChoppingD.
These dozen or so lizards were incredibly fast, their four thick limbs swinging, their hook-like claws digging into the ground. They were like small tanks, charging towards the remaining dozen or so people.
The human players had no chance of escaping.
"Come on, kill one if you can, let's go!" MostLovedQianQian shouted.
The remaining dozen or so people looked at each other, feeling a sense of tragic heroism. They raised their cleavers and watermelon knives, and charged side-by-side towards the oncoming giant lizards, shouting valiantly:
"Taste my grandma's bed-drilling technique!"
...
"Old Black! Daddy Old Black! Come quickly!"
"Daddy, come quickly! We have something big, black, and thick here!"
"Old Black, come out quickly! We're turning in the quest!"
"Old Black, we want to have a physical transaction with you!"
Ren Zha, who was sitting in the Temple of Heaven consolidating his divine power, was awakened by a burst of prayers and clamor from his followers. He immediately disappeared from the temple, and descended to the earth in a dazzling golden divine light, wanting to see what was going on.
The reason he didn't instantly teleport there, but instead chose to descend from the Temple of Heaven in a display of divine power, was mainly to cultivate a sense of awe in his followers. After all, the things they were shouting about him earlier were fine to hear at home, but it would be too embarrassing if other deities found out.
"Oh, oh, Old Hei is so handsome!"
"Is this dazzling special effect only available to deity NPCs, or can players also have it? I want to buy one, it's too cool."
"I'll suggest it to the development team later. I think selling them for a hundred yuan each would be fine."
A group of blood-soaked players were gathered around the statue totem pole. Seeing Ren Zha appear, they immediately let out another series of exclamations.
Beside them lay three complete lizard carcasses, as well as several broken lizard claws and tails.
All of these were obtained after a whole day of hard work and countless deaths.
Since the giant lizard swarm appeared directly in the forest, these human players were almost unable to step into that area.
As soon as they showed themselves, a dozen or so giant lizards would rush over.
The old trick of hiding under a blanket, which was somewhat useful before, was now useless. They couldn't even get into a giant lizard's mouth before being torn apart by several giant lizards biting at their limbs.
These things were simply too difficult to fight.
With so many of them, there was no way to deal with them.
Even after killing six giant lizards, facing the remaining dozen or so, the players were completely helpless for a while.
That forest had practically become a meat grinder; anyone who went in would face the situation of being torn apart by a dozen or so giant lizards.
After working for most of the day, most of them were exhausted, and in the end, they had to rely on sacrificing lives to steal a few giant lizard carcasses and some body parts.
They wanted to sell them to Ren Zha, this NPC, to see if they could trigger any plot events. Looking at the corpses and severed body parts of the giant lizards before him, Ren Zha was speechless.
These human player-followers were truly pathetic. If other gods knew that humans, a legendary race, were so weak, they would probably be shocked.
However, this was only the beginning, and Ren Zha had mentally prepared himself, understanding that he couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of these human player-followers.
A man's pride is very fragile; it needs to be nurtured, not ignored.
Besides, they had sacrificed several fierce and lively souls to him, which tasted quite good and gave him a unique pleasure, even increasing his divine power by a few points.
Clearing his throat, he spoke in a majestic, broadcasting voice:
"Warriors who believe in darkness and the earth, let me see what you have brought! Oh, it's the ferocious black-scaled giant lizards! These are fierce creatures that live in the dark forests, feeding on fresh flesh and carrion. It seems that their sharp claws and teeth and hard black scales couldn't withstand the righteous blades of the warriors! Oh, this one seems to have been overstuffed to death. Truly worthy of being my glorious followers and fearless warriors!"
Hearing this, one of the players muttered, "I feel like Old Black is insulting us. Who wrote these lines for him?"
"Shh, don't talk, let's see what Old Black says. Maybe we can exchange them for some good stuff. These are the spoils of war that we risked our lives to get."
Ren Zha glanced around at the players who were looking at him expectantly, and continued to play the role of the NPC:
"The flesh of these black-scaled giant lizards can be made into food, and their scales, skin, claws, and bones can be made into armor and weapons. Warriors who believe in darkness and the earth, do you choose to have them crafted?"