In order to defeat the boss as quickly as possible, Ye Miao first carefully selected 15 players with relatively good control skills. Including the 7 that Chu Cheng had found before, there were a total of 22 people. Including herself, there were 23 people in total, which should be enough to control several tentacles in turn.

As for the gathering players, they were not in a hurry. Ye Miao just approved a few of them and left the rest there. Anyway, the application was valid for 7 days.

Meanwhile, Chu Cheng was already prepared. He stopped the control players who had just joined the "Get Rich Overnight Village" as soon as they entered the territory. "There's a team battle coming up soon, and we need players with control skills. Interested?"

He asked politely, but the new members were no fools. As soon as the lord recruited control players, they were asked if they were interested in participating in team battles. Everyone knew that this recruitment was mostly for team battles, so everyone joined enthusiastically to prove their strength.

A few minutes later, Ye Miao opened the team chat window and saw that new members had joined the group chat. He then posted a notification: "Tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, come to my house for a meeting."

Following the message, the coordinates of her villa were sent.

After the coordinates, the team members replied with a long string of “received”.

Satisfied, Ye Miao closed the dialog box and continued on his vacation. Seeing no further news, the new members also closed their dialog boxes and went wild in the small market.

"Oh my god, oh my god, this is what the Pure Land market is like!"

"No wonder the Pure Land Merchants' prices are so ridiculously low! Turns out local prices are even more outrageous!"

"I thought I'd never see so many kinds of food in front of me at the same time in my life. Woohoo... This is heaven!!!"

Old members: Ding Dong! It’s time to watch the newcomers again!

At dusk, the farming team sat on the ridges of the fields to eat dinner. An Yan, lunchbox in hand, looked out at the new members gathered in the small market, excitedly, occasionally squealing in surprise. Suddenly, he let out a silly laugh: "Haha..."

The team members next to him all turned their heads to look at him. Sun Chen looked amused: "What's wrong? What are you laughing at?"

"Brother Chen." An Yan touched his mouth and pointed towards the small market. "When I first came here and became rich overnight, I wasn't this stupid, was I?"

"..." Sun Chen said indifferently, "What were you like back then? Don't you have any idea?"

Everyone burst into laughter.

Now this group of newcomers have arrived in the village of overnight wealth, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, but An Yan is an enhanced version of Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden - although he has never seen the world, he is very competitive.

Now, more than ten days had passed, and An Yan not only had a stable income, but his living conditions were also gradually improving. He finally relaxed and was no longer so hesitant.

Sun Chen was very relieved about this: Oh my god, I’m finally not so stubborn anymore!

In simple terms, "involution" is like watching a movie in a theater. If the first row stands up, the people behind them have to stand up as well to see clearly. But this kind of involution is actually uncomfortable for everyone. The best solution is of course to let the first row sit down!

In the yard of a red brick house in a residential area, Zhang Xu felt that something was wrong the moment he discovered that a large number of new people had joined the territory today.

He waited anxiously, but since he had always opened a shop at home and seldom went to the small market to join in the fun, new players often ignored him when they gathered around the small market.

But by the time everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and packed their bags in the market, what was supposed to happen finally arrived.

"Hey - come quickly, come quickly! There is a weapon shop here!!!" A young female player's surprised voice came from outside the courtyard gate. Her tone was as if she had discovered a new world. Zhang Xu suddenly felt dizzy.

Then he sighed, turned and went into the house, carefully picking out a pile of stock and putting them out.

By the time he had finished setting up his weapons, the slower players behind him had almost all gathered at the door. Everyone poured into the courtyard. Zhang Xu glanced listlessly at the weapons spread out in front of him and said, "Here, we have them ready. Let's see what you want."

"Wow, Purple Shield!" A soldier excitedly squeezed through the crowd, "How much?"

Zhang Xu said calmly, "1200."

"So cheap!" the warrior exclaimed, refusing to put down his shield anymore, fearing that it would be snatched away, and paid immediately.

After paying, he asked again, "Do you have a purple heavy sword?"

Zhang Xu still had that indifferent look on his face: "It's all here. If you have it, you have it. If you don't, you don't."

Warrior: "Can it be customized?"

"..." Zhang Xu reached for the notebook on the table next to him and flipped through two pages. "It takes seven days to order a custom order now."

"So long?!" The soldier was stunned. Zhang Xu said, "Yeah, we can't do many things in a day. There are so many people in the territory!"

The soldier was puzzled: "Why can't I do more than a few things a day? Don't we have stamina potions? If you calculate it, it should be..."

"Stop, shut up!" Zhang Xu raised an eyebrow. "I know what you're going to say. Hey, are you new here with a problem? Are you addicted to working overtime? There's everything in the territory, and it's not expensive. Can't we just live slowly and save money step by step? What the hell are you doing?!"

“…” The new members looked at each other.

Some thought Zhang Xu's words were harsh and wanted to retort, but then, remembering he was a forging expert, they held back. Some, still caught up in their "Grandma Liu Entering the Grand View Garden" mood, pondered for a moment before politely but curiously probing, "Excuse me, is Bujuan a territorial culture of villages that became rich overnight?"

"...So be it!" Zhang Xu was speechless, not wanting to continue this topic any further. He frowned and called out to everyone, "Hurry up, hurry up! Anyone who wants custom orders, come register with me. Please specify whether you want OEM or finished goods, the fees are different! Hurry up, don't waste time, I'm off work after you register!"

"Well, well, well, I'll order five purple greatswords!" said the warrior who had bought the purple shield earlier. Zhang Xu frowned and thought for a moment, "I do have the blueprints for the purple greatswords, and I can produce them, but I don't accept large orders! Each person can only order one at a time!"

The soldier was unwilling to give in: "Then can I queue five times?"

"Are you fucking sick!!!" Zhang Xu cursed, unable to bear it any longer.

A small pharmacist lived in the red brick courtyard opposite Zhang Xu. He had just returned from closing his stall at the small market and was idling around, sitting on a small bench at the gate of the courtyard. A familiar smelter from next door also came over to join in the fun, and the two of them sat together at the gate, eating melon seeds and watching the excitement in Zhang Xu's courtyard.

As Zhang Xu started cursing, the pharmacist shook his head. "So irritable! Too irritable! If you don't want to work overtime, then don't work overtime. Why are you cursing?"

The smelter next to him was in charge of processing the raw ore. He held a large amount of raw materials for making equipment and was considered Zhang Xu's supplier. Upon hearing the pharmacist's teasing, he subconsciously argued for Zhang Xu: "Every time a new person comes in, this happens. Explaining the same thing over and over again, you'd be tired of it too."

The pharmacist was still shaking his head: "If you don't want to repeat yourself, then just write a sign and hang it outside!"

"He actually has it on his wall." The smelter smiled bitterly, "But these newbies are so busy that they don't even bother to look at it."

"That's annoying enough." The pharmacist also laughed and tutted. "They're the same. Why order five of the same heavy sword? It's purple quality, 300 durability, and it's already in use."

Hearing this, the smelter couldn't help but defend the new player, "You just joined early enough to get rich quick, and you've never suffered a loss outside! In other territories, this kind of good equipment is almost always in the hands of core members. Smaller players can't even touch it. Even if they find it themselves, they have to hand it in. They can't even buy it from the merchants' stalls. Now that you can order it here, who wouldn't be envious? If you starved for three days, you'd still want to stock up on those big, white steamed buns."

"Oh..." The pharmacist couldn't refute and responded muffledly.

In Hongfeng Village, Zheng Minhui and Zhang Jianjun didn't react much when they first heard that the "Overnight Rich Village" was recruiting members, because "Pure Land" was famous and there must be a threshold.

Until they heard that one of the recruitment conditions this time was "collection skills ≥ level 30", both of them went crazy.

Zhang Jianjun, who was originally sitting in the tent, suddenly jumped up from the bench and almost broke the tent roof. "Level 30 of the Gathering Technique?!"

"Yeah!" Zheng Minhui, who had come back to report the news, was afraid of causing others to scramble for space, so he quickly entered the tent himself, zipped up the door curtain, and said meaningfully, "Are you leaving or not? I think it's time to take a gamble."

"Let's go!" Zhang Jianjun said without hesitation. As soon as he finished speaking, he could only hear his own heart beating rapidly.

He had originally wanted to stay hidden, fearing he'd be left stranded. But now, the "Pure Land" was right before their eyes. Although they weren't sure if they could join, the wonderful life so coveted by so many players in T City was worth the gamble.

Recruitment was limited, so it was better to recruit sooner rather than later. The two men immediately left Red Maple Village, carrying backpacks with few belongings on their backs, and set off on the road to the northern suburbs of T City.

The next morning, Ye Miao got up and tidied up the living room on the first floor of the villa. He also took the opportunity to buy a set of decent furniture from the system mall.

At 7:40, there were faint noises outside the yard, but it was still early, so Ye Miao did not rush out to greet them. Instead, he leisurely ate breakfast.

It’s so cool! Recently, a stall owner at the small market got some coffee cards. Although there are only iced American coffees for now, she can finally experience the joy of drinking coffee in the morning again!

At 8:00 sharp, there was a knock on the door. Ye Miao shouted, "I'm coming!" and then trotted over to open the door. Outside was Fang Yuming.

"...Good morning." Perhaps because they hadn't met often recently, Ye Miao was stunned when she saw Fang Yuming.

"Good morning." Fang Yuming nodded. Ye Miaorang opened the door and invited him in. Following him into the room were dozens of members of the team.

Chu Cheng followed the crowd in slowly, passed by Ye Miao, and raised his hand: "Try the new dishes."

"Hmm?" Ye Miao smiled and subconsciously raised his hand. The lunch box fell into his hand and a message popped up:

【Item: Spanish Paella】

【Quality: Gold】

Description: Consuming this can effectively relieve hunger and restore stamina. When using healing skills, the effect is increased by 10%; when receiving healing, the effect is increased by 5%. The effect lasts for 3 hours.

"The Spanish paella is ready!" Ye Miao was amazed. She opened the box and saw that the rice, which was coated with light orange-red sauce, was filled with prawns, mussels, squid... and other seafood that she couldn't recognize.

"Thank you very much!" Ye Miao pretended to bow, "Lunch is ready, hehe."

Then she adjusted her mood and walked into the living room: "First, divide the groups. Control players go to the left, melee players in the middle, and ranged players go to the right!"

The players understood and found places according to their respective attributes.

The living room wasn't big. Even though Ye Miao had moved a whole set of sofas and a lot of chairs down, it still wasn't big enough for everyone to sit in. Some people were standing, some were sitting, and it looked quite lively.

Ye Miao didn't waste any time, briefly explaining the mechanics of the Mutated Worm King. Just as he'd gotten started, a new player who'd joined yesterday asked, "Wait... Boss, are you sure that thing is viable? I've been through T City a few times, and I thought it was a survival dungeon."

The so-called "survival dungeon" is like the Night Demon in the early days of T City. At that time, there were not many high-level players, and the system set up the Night Demon not to let everyone fight, but to run around and survive.

Ye Miao was about to deny it when the player continued, "The health bar of that perverted tentacle is displayed as 'infinite'. It's impossible to kill it, right?"

Chu Cheng shook his head: "If it's a survival mission, its attack range is not large, and it can't move. Isn't survival too easy? Just to make you run a few hundred meters?"

“…That’s right.” The player who had just spoken fell silent.

Ye Miao nodded: "That's the truth. That's why we think this monster can still be defeated. It just requires the collective cooperation of a large team."

"If its mechanics haven't changed, control players are the most important. As soon as the Mutated Worm King enters a weakened state, you can unleash control skills to control its six tentacles. This will both prolong its weakening time and prevent it from unleashing its next skill. Melee and ranged players should seize every opportunity to deal damage and kill it as quickly as possible."

The players digested the information she provided and nodded thoughtfully. Fang Yuming pondered, "Shouldn't control players be divided into groups ahead of time and take turns casting skills to avoid wasted energy?"

"Yes." Ye Miao smiled and glanced at the crowd. "Deng Wei will be in charge of the control team. Divide everyone into groups. If necessary, you can find a place to practice in advance. Since control skills are crucial in this monster fight, and the control team has the most people, after successfully killing the monster, you will be rewarded with 40%."

Ye Miao spoke frankly, paused, and then continued, "30% for the melee and ranged groups, and 30% for each. Rewards will be distributed within each group based on their damage output. Is that okay? If you have any complaints, please speak up now. Don't leave conflicts until the end."

She tilted her head slightly when she said this. Her small frame and twin ponytails made her look quite cute.

But the players sitting around her were dazed and felt that she was about two meters eighty.

A melee mage in the melee group counted on his fingers: "Forty percent, plus thirty percent, plus another thirty percent..." Then he looked up and said, "Boss, did you make a mistake?"

Ye Miao, who didn't have much confidence in his math skills, did a quick calculation in his mind and said blankly, "Is that correct?"

No matter how bad she is at math, she shouldn't be able to get elementary math like 40+30+30 wrong, right?

The melee mage whispered a reminder: "It adds up to 100%..."

"Ah... isn't that right?" Ye Miao was puzzled.

Melee Mage: “?”

Several veteran players around had already realized the problem and were trying to hold back laughter.

Finally, Chu Cheng explained with a stern face, "The Overnight Rich Village has no tradition of confiscating supplies, including during group battles. Just pay your taxes on time, and you can keep all the other drops."

The melee mage stared at Ye Miao in amazement, thinking that she was now three meters eighty.

However, Ye Miao said: "Not really."

The melee mage was stunned. Ye Miao smiled and said, "I hope everyone can eat when they need to, drink when they need to, and buy a house when they need to, so that money can flow and maintain the normal operation of the territory together."

The melee mage who had just become nervous again relaxed: You are four meters eighty!

In Ye Miao's heart, a miniature version of himself was rubbing his hands together: "Eat well, drink well, and live well! If you spend more money, others will make more money; if others make more money, I will have taxes! And then the house payment will come to my account!"

Then she said calmly, "I will lead the close combat team, and Chu Cheng will be in charge of the long-range combat team."

"If all goes well, we'll leave at 8:00 tomorrow morning. Please prepare your own equipment, medicine, and food. Oh, and by the way... if you make a mistake and lose control of the tentacles, don't fight to the death. Retreat immediately and wait for the acid rain to end before starting again. Otherwise, the durability of your equipment will be rapidly degraded."

"OK."

"good."

The members nodded one after another, and when they saw that Ye Miao had nothing else to do, they got up and left one after another.

The living room was a little noisy again, with the sound of footsteps and conversation. In the midst of the hustle and bustle, Ye Miao felt someone's gaze reaching out to her. She subconsciously glanced over, but no one was looking at her. However, she saw Fang Yuming's back.

She hesitated for a moment, as if she wanted to say something, then changed her mind and shook her head.

As the members walked out the door, the newcomers, who had barely known each other before, spontaneously gathered together, exclaiming in admiration: "Look, this is what a team is! The drops are based on contribution, there's no exploitation of members, and everything is explained openly and honestly!"

"Yeah, my previous settlement, oh no...it was small but full of evil spirits. Whether it was a group battle or just killing monsters or gathering on your own, 50% of the supplies had to be handed over directly!"

"50%? We're 100%! Of course... That territory provides food, shelter, and equipment. We can survive, but we're not living like human beings."

"The Pure Land is still the best. I think everyone in the Pure Land is very happy!"

"Come on, come on, it's fate that we all joined Pure Land at the same time!" A generous female player called out, "Those who joined yesterday, follow me, I'll treat you to dinner!"

The crowd cheered, and Deng Wei quickly said, "Control team, come with me out for practice this afternoon! Can we meet at the gate at 1:30?"

"No problem!" The female player who arranged the dinner and was herself in the control group guaranteed, "I promise to bring everyone over on time!"

"Okay! It's still early, take your time eating!" Deng Wei waved her hand, and the crowd dispersed in a cheerful atmosphere.

Small market.

Liu Yin joined the territory with the help of the gathering technique, but now due to soil erosion, she still couldn't collect anything even if she joined the Pure Land. Her savings were limited, so she wanted to be frugal and buy some food to keep so that she wouldn't starve to death.

However, she soon discovered that she could buy a lot of blue-quality food here at a price that couldn't even buy an ordinary steamed bun outside.

Liu Yin then went to buy some bread and a jar of jam. Jam was one of the rare foods in the apocalyptic game system that had a long shelf life. Paired with bread, it could both fill her stomach and provide a buff.

The jam vendor was a middle-aged woman. She looked her over and started talking to her: "I haven't seen you before. Are you new here?"

Liu Yin said honestly, "Yes, I saw they were recruiting players for the Gathering Technique, so I came here."

"Oh, it's not easy to be a Gatherer these days," the stall owner pondered. "Previous Gatherers have all been assigned new tasks by the boss. I think you could go ask her for some work."

"The boss is in charge of assigning tasks?" Liu Yin was a little surprised. She put the jam into her backpack and went to the residential area according to the stall owner's instructions.

In the villa building, Ye Miao took advantage of her free time to continue looking through the new member applications, picking and choosing who to let in. When she heard someone knocking on the door, she turned off the panel, opened the door and saw Liu Yin.

Liu Yin was previously in the Dark Night Settlement. The owner of the territory was a Buddhist player. Although he was not good at management, he was approachable. So Liu Yin was not too nervous when she saw Ye Miao. After a simple greeting, she explained her purpose in a few words.

Ye Miao nodded: "If you don't come to find me, I will go to find you. Please come in."

She invited him in and seated him, then took out a cup of coffee she had just bought that morning as a treat. Then she said, "Crop yields are low right now. For new foragers joining the territory, I hope you can join me in monster hunting first."

"Puff—" Liu Yin spit out her coffee and looked at her in astonishment. "Gathering players and killing monsters?"

This is illogical.

She couldn't help but wonder if the boss was intending to let them die?

"Don't be nervous, just listen to me." Ye Miao said calmly, "We didn't lack foragers before, but I assigned them other jobs. Now many people might not go back to forage, so I'm recruiting again. But now the crop yields haven't recovered, and there are no other jobs arranged in the territory, so I want to take you to kill monsters for a few days, and I'll pay you. I want everyone to make some money but not take it for free. Do you understand what I mean?"

Ye Miao blinked, and Liu Yin was speechless: Boss, have you ever done poverty alleviation work before?

Then Liu Yin nodded heavily: "Of course! I also feel that my combat skills level is too low. I can't protect myself when encountering danger. I want to go out to kill monsters and level up, but I'm afraid of death. If I have the boss to protect me, I will feel more at ease..." At this point, she suddenly thought of something, looked at Ye Miao, and said embarrassedly, "No, but... I don't know what type of player the boss is? Can the combat skills help a newbie like me?"

"Don't worry." Ye Miao was not vague. He directly opened the attribute panel and checked two items to show them publicly to her.

[Name: Ye Miao]

[Combat Skills: Level 100; Healing Skills: Level 100.]

Fortunately, Liu Yin didn't drink any more coffee, otherwise she would have obviously spit out another mouthful.

She gasped in shock: "Is it so powerful..."

The outside world has been spreading rumors about how good the atmosphere and prices in the "Pure Land" are. When Fang Siyu and Song Feifei told her about it, they only described this territory as paradise.

How come no one ever told her that the lord here is a god-level boss? !

Less than two months into the apocalypse, both skills have maxed out. Isn't this more astonishing than managing a territory well?!

The barrage of comments in Liu Yin's heart was jumping wildly. Finally, it stopped. She moved her neck stiffly and turned to Ye Miao: "Boss, how about, forget it..."

"?" Ye Miao was puzzled. "What's wrong?"

Liu Yin: "I don't think a newbie like me is worthy of you taking me with you..."

The author has something to say:

I originally planned to continue paying off my debts today, but now I have to slow down.

The reason is...

I'm in Beijing and my family member who lives with me has tested positive.

I am still feeling the flu and am doing my best to isolate and disinfect, but I probably can't avoid it. In fact, I've been feeling sore throat and fatigued for the past two days... I think I should take a good rest and recharge my energy.

Alas, I really did all the necessary protection before, and rarely went out, but I still couldn't escape

I hope everyone is staying well...

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