Seeing Blue Demon already understood the key points, Xu Yuan also didn't need to say anything more, nor had other things to worry about.
What followed could be left to Black Blade and them to solve. Xu Yuan thought, and was preparing to ask Blue Demon about the duel matter.
But he was interrupted by Blue Demon.
"The time of the duel will be set after the first wave of transactions is completed."
Blue Demon was still quite cunning.
Previously he hadn't understood the key points, so he was eager to duel Xu Yuan.
But after being enlightened by Xu Yuan's single sentence, Blue Demon was no longer so eager.
Xu Yuan was the one who set the rules, so in the details everywhere, and in all kinds of event handling, he certainly had all kinds of prearranged plans.
After the situation happened, Xu Yuan definitely could come up with the most perfect solution at the first moment.
This is something Blue Demon currently cannot do.
Because Blue Demon is not the rule maker, he also has no way to provide solutions to various situations in a short time.
So Blue Demon wants to watch again. After the first round of trading ends, Blue Demon should also be able to learn a lot.
In this way, if he wins against Xu Yuan at that time, he could also very quickly take over this matter.
Simply put, it's just copying the answers first.
Blue Demon is quite twisted.
Clearly in his heart he already admitted Xu Yuan is much stronger than him, but his body is unwilling to accept this result.
Seems only after being "beaten into submission" can he fully convince himself.
Xu Yuan naturally heard Blue Demon's little thoughts.
However, Xu Yuan didn't mind. Blue Demon being willing to learn shows that he wants to properly carry out this policy.
Xu Yuan naturally was happy to guide him.
"Alright, then go start making arrangements."
As he spoke, he glanced at Black Blade and said, "You all go too. Help where help is needed."
"If unsure, just come ask me directly."
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Black Blade nodded, then brought his subordinates over to Blue Demon's side.
Seeing this, Blue Demon was just about to discuss troop deployment arrangements with Black Blade.
On the opposite side, Xu Yuan suddenly seemed to think of something and spoke, "Oh… right!"
"(6541,11,5412), (6481,13,4124), (5874,10,5474)"
"These are the positions of a parrot, a chicken, and a spider…"
Xu Yuan's sudden and completely unrelated sentence made Blue Demon a bit stunned.
While Blue Demon was dazed, a zombie behind him took a few steps forward and reminded him beside his ear, "Seems like three elite scouts are currently missing…"
Hearing the zombie subordinate's words, Blue Demon then reacted.
Looks like it's not that no one found Xu Yuan's trace, but Xu Yuan manually silenced them.
Blue Demon really couldn't figure out how Xu Yuan discovered them.
Mainly because these three were all elite-level scouts.
The parrot goes without saying, can fly, small size, easy to hide.
The chicken can't fly, but after all, it's a common animal. Normally, people wouldn't be suspicious.
The spider is a monster, but it has the ability to climb walls and roofs, also not easy to detect.
Thinking of this, Blue Demon nervously looked toward Xu Yuan, just about to ask something.
Only to see Xu Yuan say, "Relax, they're fine."
"I just trapped them, that's all."
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Blue Demon finally let out a sigh of relief, then turned to the zombie behind him and said, "Hurry and go let them out…"
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At this moment, outside the Trial Grounds, the spectator stands were lively and noisy.
From Xu Yuan's appearance until now, in just this half hour, the spectators' emotions had felt like riding a rollercoaster.
One sudden big reveal after another had left them a bit overwhelmed.
"I knew that player with the ID Xu Yuan was suspicious!! Turns out he's HIM, now that makes sense!"
"So much information in just half an hour?! HIM became a player, winning the trial gives world-dominating power, and Blue Demon declared war on HIM…"
"Didn't a player say before that they were trapped in some divine domain Easter egg with two HIMs?! The one negotiating with Blue Demon looks like the HIM we're familiar with, what about the other one? Who is he?"
"There's not just two HIMs in this world, right? During the second divine domain competition, wasn't there another HIM over there? Heard he got seduced away by Entity 303…"
"So there are three HIMs in this Trial Ground?! Are we doing a HIM battle royale or what?!"
The players chatted back and forth, piecing together the various rumors they'd heard before, and surprisingly, their guesses were almost spot-on.
Even though they guessed pretty close, they still couldn't figure out what the victory conditions of the Trial Ground were.
"Curious what the requirement is to win the Trial Ground? Shouldn't be like the divine domain competition, just kill till the end, right?"
"Didn't the victory requirement already get shown? Xu Yuan already said it, he agreed to it, checks and balances."
"Putting aside winning or losing, I really agree with Xu Yuan's proposal. If we want the game to last, we definitely need to fix the problem between players and sentient beings."
"Exactly. I, for one, really don't want to fight sentient creatures. I'd rather die myself. After all, we can respawn, they can't…"
"Sounds like anyone actually wants to fight. But those animal monsters see us and just go crazy… Some people value their gear more than a life…"
"I hope his proposal gets implemented in the main world too. I really want to interact more with those sentient animals and monsters, to hear their stories."
From most players' words, it could be seen that players had a high acceptance of Xu Yuan's proposed rule.
After all, most people are kind. They really don't want to harm living beings.
It's just that the resentment between the animals/monsters and the players runs too deep. As soon as they meet, it's swords drawn and tense, no chance to talk peacefully.
If, after the Trial Ground ends, Xu Yuan's policy could also be carried out in the main world, the vast majority of players would happily accept and follow the rule.
At this moment, while players in the spectator stands were chatting enthusiastically, only one player looked dumbfounded.
That player's ID was Rookie, specifically, the once-famous GM Rookie.
This account was Rookie's own account. He entered the game mainly because he had free time recently, and while goofing off, wanted to check in on Notch's progress.
And the reason he was just standing here in a daze was, he forgot why he came into the game…
While Rookie was spacing out, suddenly his brain had a jolt of electricity.
This was obviously the feeling of the game pod being forcefully shut down.
———
"Who pulled my plug?!"
Snapping out of it, he saw that the person who pulled the plug was Old Wu.
Seeing this, Rookie said in dissatisfaction, "Old Wu, what are you doing?! That hurts the brain!"
Old Wu rolled his eyes at Rookie. "For you, it makes no difference."
Saying that, he dragged Rookie out of the game pod, then looked at Brother Jiang beside him and said, "Brother Jiang, this is my apprentice, Rookie."
"Notch has been interacting with him the most recently…"
At this point, Old Wu showed a bit of unease on his face. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Uh… this kid's not too bright. Probably doesn't know anything either."
"I heard Notch takes a break every 12 hours now. If you have anything, you can go directly to Notch…"
Brother Jiang naturally understood that Old Wu was trying to protect his apprentice, but he didn't seem to come with blame either. He patted Old Wu's shoulder and comforted, "It's alright. I just want to have a casual chat with him."
Since the last time he called Notch, Brother Jiang had been very worried about him.
But he really had a lot on his plate and couldn't pay much attention to Notch.
Still, even though Brother Jiang was incredibly busy, he messaged Notch every day to stay in contact.
But in recent days, Notch started acting strange.
He gradually stopped replying to messages, and when Brother Jiang called, it was often unanswered.
This couldn't help but remind Brother Jiang of the situation ten years ago.
He was too uneasy, so he came to the company.
Unexpectedly, when he asked the senior executives of Zero Point Company, they all kept silent. They only knew that Notch had been staying in the game pod in his office.
As for what exactly he was doing, they didn't know, and it wasn't their place to ask.
Notch's abnormal behavior immediately raised Brother Jiang's alert.
He rushed straight to Notch's office.
Although Brother Jiang did indeed see Notch lying in the pod, he didn't want to disturb him.
First, forcibly cutting power could cause damage to the brain. Notch had already been through a lot, Brother Jiang naturally didn't want to hurt him again.
Second, Brother Jiang had always been hiding a secret from Notch.
He only knew the result of that secret, not the process.
That had always been a source of concern for Brother Jiang.
So, he wanted to figure it out before Notch did.
Naturally, it was for Notch's own good, because if Notch found out by himself, he likely wouldn't be able to handle it.
At that point, he might make a wrong choice or do something irreversible.
Brother Jiang also knew well, there are no walls without cracks.
You can hide it for a while, but not forever.
The influence of that incident ten years ago on Notch had always haunted Brother Jiang.
Seeing Notch once again caught in this game, Brother Jiang feared the past would repeat.
After all, this game had already shown too many unexplainable things.
Brother Jiang also heard from the higher-ups that Notch had been spending a lot of time with Rookie lately, which is why he found Rookie, to understand how Notch had been recently.
Hearing Brother Jiang's words, Old Wu couldn't say anything more, so he smiled and nodded,
"Alright, then you two talk, I'll go make some tea."
Seeing Brother Jiang nod without rejecting, Old Wu quickly left.
After Old Wu left, only a confused Rookie and Brother Jiang were left in the room.
Brother Jiang looked Rookie up and down, slightly surprised in his eyes.
'Didn't expect Notch to get so close with such… a kid…'
Brother Jiang had decent manners, even in his heart, he wouldn't easily judge others by appearance.
Rookie's face had a look of not-so-bright intelligence. Almost anyone seeing him for the first time would silently think, 'Is this guy… a bit slow?'
Though Brother Jiang was surprised, he didn't underestimate Rookie.
Brother Jiang was a veteran, after all. He knew you can't judge a person by appearance.
Also, he knew Notch's personality well.
After what happened ten years ago, Notch had almost completely shut off any development of personal relationships.
That was true even outside, let alone inside a place like this company full of fame and fortune.
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