I am a demonic cultivator, not a capitalist with a conscience.

Chapter 402 The Players' Counterattack (16)

In Miao Qingyu's live stream, she repeatedly watched the footage of the five men bravely facing their deaths, each time reinforcing her sense of humiliation.

A streamer with 300 million worth of equipment was actually protected by five non-player characters.

Even though she knew it was all a performance in a dream, and that everything was pre-programmed, the sense of humiliation still lingered in her heart, making it impossible for her to let go.

Curled up in her chair, she watched the video repeatedly, her terrifying mental state worrying her roommates for a long time.

Her viewers watched the video together, and the entire live stream was quiet.

Finally, as evening fell, Miao Qingyu said, "This matter cannot be left like this."

【Qingyu, have you finally come to your senses?】

That's right! This can't be left like this!

"It's just the King of Bones, let's kill him!"

[If 300 million isn't enough, we'll get 500 million; if 500 million isn't enough, we'll get 1 billion. We'll definitely crush that bastard!]

[Don't enter the event dungeon yet, come to Moonlit Factory!]

Re-entering the dream, Miao Qingyu queues up to enter the factory and finds that every room is full.

The number of online players has reached a new high, with nearly 800,000 players currently online out of the million-player count, and every player is giving it their all in the dream world.

Upon entering a room, you are greeted by a naked player.

The other person raised their hands to indicate that they were not aggressive, and in front of them was a large pile of garbage with several lines of text spelled out on it.

Aside from event dungeons, communication is not possible in non-team modes in official dungeons, so other methods of communication are required.

This is a resource dungeon; combat is prohibited. You may enter if you are willing to help acquire resources, and you may take the resources here if you have assets exceeding 100 million.

Please note that you should only take what you need; leave the rest behind.

We absolutely must beat that bastard, the Skeleton King, to a pulp!

According to the setting of "Journey to the Abyss", the more restricted areas there are, the higher the quality and value of the resources, and the more efficient the looting will be.

However, the previous dungeons were all in the Dark Forest mode, and no one knew what the opposing players were thinking.

Others have tried to create such resource books, but each time they failed due to conflict caused by greed or fear.

But now, the situation here is different.

Small-scale skirmishes are quickly quelled as soon as they begin, with troublemakers being targeted and eliminated by the other players.

Different players began to divide the work and cooperate. The factory owner picked up trash here, Sun Huowang began to clean up monsters and refine them into pills, and the monster masters took turns using Bai Ze to scavenge resources, and then found the high-value resources and put them in the box at the door.

Initially, it was necessary to verify the assets in the warehouse, but this process was later canceled after it was found to be too inefficient.

Players who are interested in challenging the Bone King can enter with an empty backpack, selectively take the supplies from the treasure chests at the entrance, and then go back to upgrade their accounts.

Eight hundred thousand players frantically gathered resources in the dream world, their will for revenge incredibly strong. Complex emotions flowed through their hearts, ultimately converging into one voice:
No matter what, the Bone King must be punished!
You have a super-powerful one, right? Well, we have a super-grinding one!
We'll work ourselves to death with our livers!
Seeing the players who had transformed overnight, Miao Qingyu felt like she was getting to know these guys for the first time. They might be despicable, vile, and shameless, resorting to any means to achieve their goals, but they could also be enraged by trivial matters, which would then unleash boundless power.

After a silent salute, Miao Qingyu opened the chest, took out the useful equipment inside, and then left the dungeon to enter the next one.

With the help of many players, she saw her inventory grow steadily, and more important equipment was upgraded and then equipped on her.

Thanks to Agent Chen's previous guidance, Miao Qingyu now knows the correct way to play her character, is more restrained in her choice of equipment, and is more likely to select the equipment she needs.

On the second-to-last day of the event, players spontaneously formed a massive Hive organization.

This organization has worker bees that constantly explore for resources, soldier bees that constantly improve themselves, communication bees that constantly roam around recording resources and updating them in real time in the back garden, and guard bees that are responsible for cleaning up troublesome players.

With the internal strife over and a massive amount of resources emerging, "Journey to the Abyss" now presents a different gameplay style: cooperation leads to victory.

Miao Qingyu's warehouse assets quickly exceeded one billion.

After reaching one billion, it becomes difficult to improve one's personal strength. At this stage, Miao Qingyu also gave up on acquiring more resources and instead entered event dungeons to hone her skills and defeat enemies.

Here, the number of one billion players is already quite large.

Players at this level are called "graduated players," and a large number of them gather in the [Mirror] dungeon to launch fierce attacks on the Bone King.

At first, there were only a few scattered incidents, and the resulting disturbances were quickly quelled, not attracting the attention of the Black faction.

But when the last day of the event arrived, Hei realized that something was wrong.

The atmosphere in the [Mirror] instance became grim, as a large number of fully-farmed players gathered here, coldly watching the Bone King in the distance.

They had different professions and different equipment, but their thoughts were surprisingly the same.

Give the Bone King his just deserts!
Hundreds of blood-red shadows descended in dense swarms, instantly wiping out the outer monsters. The elites in the center tried to resist, but countless sword lights then appeared, riddling the ordinary elites in the center with bullets.

More players began to attack. Their movements were haphazard and their attacks were disorganized. Although their individual skills were good, their teamwork was rather poor.

The problem is, they are not afraid of death.

Players surged toward the center like locusts, roaring and charging forward. Some were even killed by their own teammates, but they didn't care.

More players are gathering; the sheer number is alarming.

Moreover, the worker bees arrived after discovering that it was the last day of the event.

They are very clear about their role: they come here to serve as consumables. These worker bees use the refresh mechanism to squeeze out the monsters' spawn space, pushing the monsters they spawn into a suitable position. In this way, they increase their density, making it easier for Sun Huowang and his crew to use Blood Shadow.

Although their tactics were somewhat lackluster, their understanding of the dungeon allowed them to achieve great strategic success. The ten-kilometer battlefield was constantly fragmented and divided by the players, creating a path to the Bone King.

Seeing the players in front of him, Hei was bewildered.

What the hell is going on with these guys?

(End of this chapter)