After preparing, a player behind him acted as his eyes and began guiding Fat Whale slowly toward the rainforest.
"Walk forward five steps…"
"Okay!… Stop!…"
"One more step forward should count as the rainforest area, right?…"
The majority of the rainforest area's terrain was also composed of grass blocks, not much different from the grasslands.
So it was also very difficult to distinguish where the boundary was.
The only difference was probably that the grass blocks in the rainforest area were a bit more moist, so they appeared slightly darker in color than those on the grasslands.
After hearing his teammate's words, Fat Whale took a deep breath and finally stepped forward, standing atop a moist grass block inside the rainforest.
At this moment, the teammates behind him and Ping Pong's group all didn't even dare to breathe, their gazes firmly locked on Fat Whale.
Just then, several "swish swish swish" sounds were heard.
From all directions, several arrows broke through the air and came flying in!
"Not good!!"
"Run!!"
"Behind!! Behind!! Block behind!!"
Arrows came from all directions, some from straight ahead, some from behind, and even some falling from above.
Originally everyone felt that Fat Whale's two doors of defense were a bit exaggerated, but now it seemed he was still a bit too conservative.
Although Fat Whale couldn't see the arrows from the front, the ones coming from behind and above were all within his full view.
"It's over!"
Seeing those arrows swiftly flying toward him, Fat Whale no longer had time to react.
Seeing there was no path to survival, Fat Whale simply shut his eyes and then shouted.
"Players of the Nirvana Guild, I count as having fulfilled my promise! I hope you'll keep yours! Don't mistreat my brothers!"
Fat Whale was a man of emotion, even to the end, he was still fighting for his brothers' benefit.
But clearly, he was overthinking it a bit.
After his voice fell, quite some time passed, yet he didn't feel any pain.
Fat Whale couldn't help but be confused, slowly opened his eyes.
The moment he saw the scene in front of him, his legs instantly went weak and collapsed.
At this moment, Fat Whale was standing amid a pile of arrows.
The closest arrow to him was stabbed into the ground right next to his shoe.
"Hiss…"
This scene was far more terrifying than if Fat Whale had been directly shot dead.
Seeing this, the players behind all instinctively stepped back several steps.
"This… this is a warning to us?!"
"So the so-called 'consequence' is being shot into a sieve…"
"So many arrows… the rainforest already has such powerful armed forces?!"
"They clearly could have easily killed us, yet they didn't… so they really want to trade?!"
While everyone was discussing, Fat Whale quickly retreated from the rainforest area.
Seeing the densely packed arrows surrounding the spot he had just stood on, he was still a bit shaken.
Seeing this, Ping Pong was also very tactful and hurried over, patted Fat Whale and said, "Fat Whale, you've worked hard!"
"From now on, blessings and hardships shall be shared!"
From Fat Whale's instinctive act of seeking benefits for his barely-acquainted brothers while in crisis, it could be seen that he was a man of loyalty.
Ping Pong naturally was willing to accept such a person, and Fat Whale had just offered a perfect token of allegiance.
Hearing Ping Pong's words, Fat Whale finally let out a sigh of relief. The effort he staked his life on wasn't in vain.
Fat Whale smiled, nodded, and after looking deeply at the spot where he just stood, said, "Seems like storming into the rainforest won't work."
"Judging by the scale of those arrows, there must be many divine archers hidden in the rainforest…"
The earlier scene was seen clearly by Ping Pong, even if he hadn't experienced it personally, such an offensive was enough to leave one in fear.
"Mm…"
'The rainforest's terrain isn't suitable for players to linger… But these signboards were definitely made by players.'
'Possessing enough military strength to crush us, yet practicing barter… Who is the ruler of this rainforest… what exactly is he trying to do?...'
Although there were too many doubts about the rainforest, Ping Pong didn't forget the purpose of their visit.
The top priority was still to search for food resources.
Thinking of this, Ping Pong made a decision.
"Everyone, gather your stones and wool together. Put them into the corresponding chests."
Ping Pong specifically chose resources that were insignificant to players to test things out.
Even if they were deceived, it wouldn't be a loss.
After seeing everything placed into the chests, Ping Pong called the group to leave.
But they didn't go far, they kept a distance of about 100 yards, observing the situation near the chests.
After waiting for about 20 minutes, there was finally movement near the chests.
A sheep and an Enderman came to the two chests.
The sheep held two loaves of bread in its mouth, and its fluffy wool was filled with bread, it looked like a hedgehog.
The Enderman was holding a stack of five pumpkin pies in both hands.
Seeing this scene, everyone in Ping Pong's group was dumbfounded.
"??????? Did I see that right?? The ones trading with us are a sheep and an Enderman?!"
"What's going on?! Aren't these conscious animals and monsters supposed to hate us the most?!"
"I don't know if I should say this or not… but the way those two came over delivering goods was honestly a little cute…"
The appearance of Bread Sheep and Little Black holding pumpkin pies truly gave Ping Pong and his group a major shock.
No matter how they thought about it, they never expected the ones stepping out to trade with them would be animals and monsters.
"Weird… this is just too weird!"
"Weren't they supposed to hate us the most, how could they be trading with us?..."
"Though some animals and monsters can already talk, they probably can't read, right? The signboards probably weren't written by them. Could they have been controlled?"
"Who can use signboards? Players, villagers, and… HIM?..."
"The situation in this rainforest is just too strange…"
As his subordinates chattered one after another, Ping Pong kept his eyes on the signboards. When he saw Bread Sheep and Pumpkin Pie Little Black leave, he immediately called out to the others,
"Let's go, check it out!"
The group rushed forward and quickly arrived in front of the signboards.
After opening the chests, sure enough, 10 loaves of bread and 5 pumpkin pies were lying inside, and the stones and wool they submitted had already been taken.
Ping Pong directed the players to take out the supplies. As soon as they retrieved them, Ping Pong sternly ordered everyone to retreat several steps.
He was still very cautious, mainly because the trade went too smoothly, and he couldn't shake the feeling that this was too good to be true.
But it turned out Ping Pong was overthinking it. After retrieving the supplies, no arrows flew in from all directions to shoot them into porcupines.
They really did safely get the goods.
"We actually really traded for supplies…"
"Just like that… we got food…"
"Is this really not a trap?! How could something this good happen?!!..."
Although the truth was that there was no trap and they truly received the supplies, Ping Pong's group still couldn't believe it.
Mainly because they didn't understand what the one behind the trade was aiming for.
From the looks of it, this trade only had benefits and no downsides for the Nirvana Guild.
As long as the trades continued, Nirvana Guild could quickly acquire food resources. This way, they could save time gathering gear and prepare for battle faster.
But Ping Pong still remained cautious, he always felt there was more to this deal.
After organizing the materials, Ping Pong thought for a moment, then looked at the group and said, "Ice, Snow, you two stay behind. Stay right at the spot where we waited earlier and watch the movements over there. Don't act rashly."
"The rest, come with me to rendezvous with the boss."
Ping Pong couldn't make a decision about this unbelievable windfall, everything still had to be reported to Steve.
After Ping Pong gave the order, the group left.
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[Inside the rainforest]
"Didn't expect things to go this smoothly…"
Blue Demon seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He naturally hadn't missed the earlier trade scene.
Seeing Blue Demon start to relax, Xu Yuan smiled and said, "This first step wasn't hard to take, after all, huge profits are laid out in front of them. To the players, this is a windfall from the sky."
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Blue Demon nodded, then asked, "That person who stepped into the rainforest, why didn't you order his death?"
"He was the first one to break the rules."
Hearing Blue Demon's question, Xu Yuan shook his head and denied it.
"He wasn't someone who broke the rules. He was just trying to understand the rules."
"Someone like that only needs to be intimidated, that's enough."
After saying that, Xu Yuan looked at Blue Demon and continued, "Curiosity and rebelliousness are completely different concepts."
Blue Demon actually didn't object to Xu Yuan's methods. After all, this trade could be considered a complete success.
The reason he asked was still because his hatred toward players hadn't been completely erased.
In his view, the signboards had already warned players not to enter, but the player still came in, so he saw that as breaking the rules.
And precisely because of his hatred toward players, he couldn't tell whether the player was driven by curiosity or defiance.
In his eyes, players were inherently unforgivable beings.
But since he had already decided to implement Xu Yuan's new policy, he was also prepared to slowly change.
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