The sky was dark in the early hours of the morning, and the village chief and other NPCs, who had usually gone to rest, were forced to start work.
When Bai Li and his group arrived at the village chief's house, there were not many players around. It's not that this month's event is not attractive to players, but most of the players have already formed a team and entered the game map, and have not yet come out.
Bai Li and his group made confident guesses as to whether they were riding genuine bicycles or counterfeit ones.
Nearly 20 people included all the anchors in this village. At the beginning, several of them discussed whether to leave only one person to do the live broadcast and the remaining four to concentrate on playing games. However, this proposal was frantically rejected by the audience in the live broadcast room.
“No! It’s more fair if everyone broadcasts live (I won’t admit that I plan to watch your live broadcast rooms together, hoping to see your hideous expressions while eating)!”
"I agree not to turn off the camera. Once you enter the map, don't worry about us. Just do what you need to do. Don't let the barrage affect your final results."
"The anchor is brave and the audience will always follow him~Come on, aim for the top 50 in the village!"
"Really, believe me, don't just leave one shot! After a game, let the audience pay attention to the details that you don't notice. When the time comes, we can review it, and maybe we can gain more game experience~"
“…”
After much persuasion from the audience, Mo Song and the others finally agreed not to turn off the live broadcast camera. However, they also reminded them in advance that they might not be able to take care of them after entering the game. In this regard, the audience said that they understood it very well and did not mind.
"By the way, which difficulty level should we choose?" As the oldest woman present, Huaibi's mother had developed great patience and meticulous observation skills while taking care of her daughter Jiang Huaibi. While several people were still struggling with the number of live broadcast shots, she had already stepped forward to talk to the village chief and understood the differences between the three difficulty maps.
When everyone finally figured out the problem with the lens, she explained what she had learned and asked for others' opinions.
"We have a lot of people, so why don't we choose the hell mode? Let's challenge the high difficulty first, and then adjust according to the situation?" Touch Belly touched his belly and suggested excitedly.
Young people just like exciting ways of playing. As soon as he made the suggestion, several people's eyes started to light up with excitement.
"I think so."
"It looks like a lot of fun. When everyone gets together, the battle will definitely be intense!"
"Let's just go with Hell Mode, hahahaha!"
As early as when others said that what he said would definitely not happen, Bai Li simply shut up. Even when it came to the map selection that required everyone's consent, he said it didn't matter which one was chosen. Now, he was just an emotionless playmate.
Wen Xingyao naturally said whatever Bai Li said, just like his husband.
Tang Ying watched the interaction between the two with a "cold eye", secretly envying the others present who didn't know that the two were together. If time could go back, he would rather not have eaten that breakfast that morning, and Wen Xingyao would not have to take the initiative to tell him the news.
The days of being forced to eat dog food are so bitter, so bitter indeed QAQ.
The hell mode was agreed by everyone and was selected by Huaibi Mama, who was closest to the village chief. Soon, all of them were teleported into the game map.
It was just a matter of seconds. They had been lurking near the village chief's house before the event started. At the beginning of the event, 25 people directly chose the hell mode to enter the game, and the first team of players was teleported out.
At this moment, they looked extremely miserable. Not only were their clothes torn, their hair was messy as if blown by a tornado, and several of them had suspicious hand prints and scratches by fingernails on their faces.
Not to mention that their bodies were covered with mud and the broken "corpses" of crops. If you didn't know, you would think they had just come back from scavenging.
Although these statuses will be automatically refreshed by the system in just ten minutes, their disappearance does not mean they have never existed.
Before entering the game map, these 25 people were very good friends. Although they had never met before playing "You Ran Tian Ju", they were so like-minded in the game that they wanted to become brothers of the opposite sex. But today, their friendship has become precarious.
"It's you! It's you! I worked so hard to grow the watermelon, and you snatched it away in the blink of an eye! I remember that after I successfully grew the watermelon, I brought it to you to eat with me right away. Are you being worthy of me now?"
"Humph! I haven't blamed you yet, why are you the first to complain? Who was the one who took advantage of me not noticing and plucked all the newly grown spring onions in my field in one go? There were five of them, and their total points were two more than the watermelons. It's obviously me who's at a disadvantage, okay?"
"My goodness! I thought I was the safest in the corner, but you guys actually started rolling around on the ground while fighting. Not only did you crush the newly grown seedlings in my field, you also knocked over my vegetable basket, causing half of the vegetables to fall out. This put me at the bottom of the list in this round. I'm so pissed!"
"What's the point of having the highest points? Many of the vegetables I managed to grab were judged as unqualified by the system because they were missing limbs, and no points were given to me at all. I told you guys to be gentler when grabbing them. Each of these is a point, and if rounded up, it's an egg!"
As the quarrel went on, the 25 people started fighting again. Their faces were red and their necks were thick, and they were filled with strong anger, as if they had a genetic collapse disorder and were about to wreak havoc in the game.
After another five minutes of fighting, the resentment in my heart subsided a little, and I was able to calm down and discuss the next arrangements.
“Aaaaah! I don’t want to play Hell Mode anymore, it’s just too difficult. If we keep playing like this, I’m afraid we’ll become enemies, right?”
"No! I'm unwilling to lose to XX just now. It was obviously me who grabbed more food. Besides, the Hell Mode gives more points as rewards. Didn't the village chief also say that the higher the difficulty, the greater the reward coefficient? We already have experience once. Maybe if we do it again, everyone can get more points as rewards. Aren't you tempted?"
"Humph, isn't it just to prevent the things I grow from being stolen? I don't believe that I can be robbed so thoroughly next time. Let's go, let's continue to choose Hell Mode!"
Just like a person who won't turn back until he hits the wall, the 25 players from the first team, after arguing and fighting, actually chose the hell mode again and entered the game map with the beautiful dream of getting more points as rewards.
As they were arguing, other players finished their games and were teleported out. They all had anger and resentment on their faces, and only a few had satisfied smiles on their faces. Watching the 25 people fighting, no one thought it was unreasonable, but rather thought it was normal. No matter who had just finished grabbing food, they would not be in a good mood.
But for some reason, although everyone felt that this activity was poisonous, no one backed down. Instead, they quickly regained their spirits and pulled their teammates into the game map again.
There were also people who had originally chosen the easy and difficult modes, but after listening to the quarrels of people around them, they developed an inexplicable yearning for the hell mode. They wanted to know what kind of map could make people turn against each other like this, so after entering the map for the second time, they were eager to increase the difficulty of the game.
"Brave players, don't be afraid of difficulties!!" Someone shouted to other players before entering the Hell Mode map, but it accidentally became the limited slogan for this month's event.
In the nearly three days that followed, although the players were tortured by the hell mode and were "abandoned by their friends and relatives", they still stubbornly steadfastly adhered to their choices, shouted slogans, and bravely moved forward towards higher scores.
In the Hell mode map.
Bai Li and his group had no idea what had happened outside after they came in. In the two minutes before the game officially started, they took a quick look at everything around them.
There were 18 of them in total, and they were standing on the 100 pieces of land allocated to them. Five people were in a row, and the last three were in a row alone.
The land is all together, with only inconspicuous white lines to separate them. When the game starts and the scene becomes chaotic, perhaps not many people will pay attention to the meaning of these white lines. As long as they see crops ripe, they will grab them.
Everyone has an extra small bag filled with various seeds. For easy viewing, the upper left corner of these seeds is marked with their maturity time in this map, and the lower right corner is an "∞" symbol, indicating that there is no limit to the number of these seeds.
In addition to the small bag, each player is also assigned a vegetable basket. The capacity of the vegetable basket is like an abyss. No matter what is put in it, it will never be full. However, if the basket is accidentally tilted or knocked over by someone, half of the total amount of vegetables inside will fall out in one go.
It would be fine if you were quick and put all the vegetables back before others came over, but if they were snatched away and this happened a few times, and you were unlucky, then this round would be considered a waste.
"Wow! There are so many seeds I have never seen before. Li Li, are these unlocked only after the character level is higher?" Jiang Huaibi has the most sensitive antennae to things he has never seen before, and he immediately raised questions as soon as he discovered them.
"Yes, that's right." Bai Li said, "The seeds closer to the front will mature faster, but the points you get after harvesting will be lower, and vice versa. When you choose seeds, be careful to control their timing and quantity."
Although he was the designer of this event, it was his first time entering this map. He only had theories in his mind but had not had time to put them into practice. Therefore, he could only make simple reminders. As for what direction the game would develop after it started, he had no idea.
After saying that, Bai Li looked around him. After entering the map, the land they got was randomly allocated. He was in the third row, second place. Unfortunately, there were people all around him. Just thinking about it, one could guess how difficult it would be for him to protect the vegetables he planted when the game started.
After listening to Bai Li's words, everyone quickly started to prepare. At the very least, they could hold the seeds in their hands and throw them into the ground when the prompt sounded.
Song Xinran was lucky and was assigned to the corner. He took a look at the seed list and decided to win by quantity. He grabbed a handful of wheat seeds in his hand, and when the prompt sounded, he started planting them quickly.
The minimum time for wheat seeds to mature is 30 seconds. By the time he has planted all 100 plots of land, the earliest wheat should have matured. After that, he can harvest and continue to replant, forming a virtuous cycle, and he will never worry about not being able to accumulate a lot of activity points.
There were many people who had the same idea as him. Yunyi, Yuexun, and Huaibi's mother also planted only wheat on their land. They developed themselves honestly and only made corresponding changes after accumulating points to a certain level.
These four people should be considered as the ones who take a steady and cautious approach.
Apart from these four, the choices of seeds for others became more diverse.
Mo Song chose Brussels sprouts, which take the longest to grow. They take a full three minutes to grow. So while Song Xinran and others were quickly planting and harvesting, he relaxed after sowing the seeds and even found time to chat with the viewers in the barrage.
"Haha, you asked me why I didn't choose the one with a shorter planting time? Of course, it's because they have too few points. A wheat plant is only worth 1 point, while a Brussels sprout is worth 8 points. And the time required to plant is only 6 times that of wheat. Come to think of it, the latter is more cost-effective!"
"As for the possibility that it might be snatched away or stolen by others, hehe, I have been prepared for it! Old fans should all know that I had just been discharged from the army not long before I became a broadcaster, and the abilities I trained in the military for a long time are still there! Just wait and see, I will let you see my real ability later, don't be fascinated by my flexible posture~"
Mo Song boasted without lowering his voice, almost causing several people around him to burst out laughing.
Xiong Pili and the other two knew Mo Song, and Mo Zhu was Mo Song's younger brother. They knew about Mo Song's abilities and didn't think he was just bragging. But... he was from the military, so were they not? It was hard to say who would win or lose!
Xiong Pili quietly pinched his bulging muscles, thinking that his daily exercise was not in vain.
The two current high-ranking military officials, especially Tang Ying, looked up in the direction of Wen Xingyao, and then couldn't help but sympathize with Mo Song. This poor guy, why did he insist on saying that he had received military training? Later, the military general Wen might have to test the results of his training.
Wen Xingyao seemed not to notice the undercurrents surging around him, and was concentrating on observing Bai Li's actions. He planted whatever Bai Li planted, and planted on the same piece of land as Bai Li, arranging his clinging behavior clearly.
At first, Bai Li did not notice Wen Xingyao's observation of him, and was concentrating on arranging his own plots. He divided the 100 plots into three layers: inner, middle, and outer. The deeper the layer, the longer it takes for the seeds to mature. The outer circles were planted with crops such as wheat and corn.
In Bai Li's opinion, even if he didn't have time to pick these crops and they were stolen by others, he wouldn't care too much. The most important things were the plants surrounding the innermost part. As long as they were fine, his points would not be too low.
After finishing the arrangement of his own field, Bai Li looked up and found that Wen Xingyao was also planting in the same way as him. He gave him an approving look, thinking that they were thinking the same thing.
Little did he know that after receiving his gaze, Wen Xingyao paused and felt a little guilty. He was actually following the other party's thinking to make the arrangements.
The rest of the people are just about to grow a flower on their land. Some choose to plant regularly when the time is right for maturity, while others just grab a handful of seeds and scatter them, picking whatever grows.
Before the first batch of crops has officially grown, everyone can still maintain superficial peace.
Until a gust of wind blew, bringing a faint aroma of wheat. The wheat planted by Song Xinran, Yunyi, Yuexun, and Huaibi's mother was ripe.
Just like dominoes, with every passing second, one or two wheat plants matured in the order in which they were planted. The joy of a good harvest flashed across the faces of several people, and they hurried forward with their baskets to pick the wheat, and while picking, they did not forget to sow new seeds for the next round of planting.
When the audience in the live broadcast room saw this, they were also excited and started to post comments at the same time.
"Brother Taozi, hurry up and pick the wheat. The big guy next to you keeps looking at you. If you don't hurry up, the wheat near him might be snatched away!" This was the comment posted in Song Xinran's live broadcast room.
Song Xinran's neighbor is Xiong Pili. Just like the audience said, he was eager to harvest the wheat. The golden wheat seemed to have countless hands, waving at him, inviting him to harvest and collect.
At this time, Xiong Pili was still rather thin-skinned. He always felt that if he picked Song Xinran's wheat, it would be like bullying a child, so he was still hesitant.
Then he saw that in a flash, a hand reached out from another field adjacent to Song Xinran's, grabbed one of the wheat plants growing in Song Xinran's field, pulled it hard, and quickly stuffed it into his vegetable basket.
Xiong Pili: ???
Facing his surprised gaze, I touched my belly and showed a kind smile.
Points can’t wait, so if you want a reward, get it now.
Xiong Pili understood something from this smile, and his face seemed to be covered with a thickening buff. He put on a simple smile and followed suit.
"Anchor, what are you guys still doing here? Don't you see that the things that some people have planted are ripe? Hurry up and grab them!" This was the barrage sent out from other people's live broadcast rooms.
Mo Song received the most urging. His audiences always loved to watch the fun and wished the scene would be noisier and more chaotic. At this time, they could not sit still and started to instigate.
"Okay, I'll do it right away!" Mo Song said softly to the camera, and then attacked Yun Yi who was closest to him.
The same was true for several other anchors. Not only them, but also those whose crops were not yet ripe in their own fields took action, plucking one whenever they got the chance, and then looking at the sky and the ground instead of the victim, trying to act innocent and pure.
As a result, the wheat fields that were originally growing fairly neatly soon became bald in patches. During this period, Song Xinran hardly raised his head, nor did he notice that his live broadcast room was flooded with "Ahhhhhh". He was harvesting and reaching for the next wheat stalk, but his hands were empty, with nothing caught.
When he looked up again, he found that there were only a few intact wheat plants left in his field. Xiong Pili, Modubi, and even Zhuzi and Wobu, who were farther away from him, had already reached him. Xiong Pili was even putting a wheat plant into his vegetable basket.
Song Xinran:!!!
What happened? Why did his land become like this in less than a minute? When did these people come here? How many wheat plants did they steal?
The "evil" of human nature was completely exposed in front of Song Xinran, making him unable to think of how to react for a while, and he stood there stupidly.
Suddenly, Song Xinran noticed from the corner of his eye that the corn in Xiong Pili's field was ripe. Without thinking, he rushed towards the nearest corn and shouted loudly: "Ahhhh! I want revenge for my wheat. You stole my wheat, so I will also steal your corn and other vegetables!!"
His hands moved quickly, and he quickly broke off three ears of corn and put them into his vegetable basket, not even caring about the land that had not yet been planted, or the next round of wheat that was about to grow. His mind was full of thoughts: Revenge! Revenge!
Song Xinran's roar was like a charge horn, which not only let Xiong Pili know that the corn he planted was ripe, but also reminded Mo Dubi, Zhuzi and Wo Bu Yaokan that the seeds they planted would take longer to mature. They immediately ran towards the direction of Xiong Pili's field.
"Hey, hey, old bear, we've been brothers for so many years, you shouldn't mind if I break off a few ears of corn for you, right?"
"Brother! If you let me pick your corn now, you can also pick my cucumbers when they are ripe later!"
"Brother Xiong! If you let me pick the corn today, you will be my half-brother!"
Amid the clamor, only Xiong Pili's feeble voice could be heard: "Hey! Hey! Slow down, at least leave me half of the seeds I worked so hard to sow! Damn it, Bamboo, you're going too far, you picked up the whole row!"
What they naturally didn't notice while scrambling for the food was that a small figure quietly approached the vegetable basket that was accidentally left there after being touched on the belly.
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