Evil God? My servants are players!

Shen Yuan, on the other hand, has also been busy these past few days, refining his plan for the next step in collecting emotional energy.

This includes the creation of the new system, the arrangement of plans, and the allocation of players.

Hyacinth's unusual behavior was also intentional on Shen Yuan's part, even though Hyacinth had asked Shen Yuan if she should be more natural when reading the manuscript.

But Shen Yuan rejected Hyacinth's idea, because it was precisely because it wasn't right that it was right.

The evil god faction itself is full of irregularities, so Shen Yuan simply cannot present his own faction as a legitimate one.

Therefore, Shen Yuan simply kept throwing out smoke bombs to disrupt the vision of both allies and enemies.

In terms of results, Shen Yuan's actions were quite successful.

Veronica and the others will question Hyacinth's identity, the players' situation, and the nature of the curse.

As long as they have enough suspicions and doubts, they won't suspect Shen Yuan.

The completion of new tasks and activities will take some time, and Shen Yuan is powerless to help players during the recent boring downtime.

However, with the dispelling of the protective magic of Hamlet Town, a new option was placed before Shen Yuan: whether or not to let the players out.

The answer is definitely no. Players' ID cards are still being processed, and going out rashly could result in them being treated as undocumented immigrants and beaten to death.

It's best to stay in Hamlet for now.

Shen Yuan wasn't worried that players would quit the game because of this, since the Hamlet dungeon had only just ended and players could tolerate a short period of downtime.

However, after the new event is launched, Shen Yuan will need to find a way to retain players who want to enjoy the thrill of combat, since combat power is the fundamental guarantee.

Moreover, as the empire's turmoil intensifies, the entertainment industry is destined to decline, and new activities are merely a way to make a quick buck.

On the other hand, although the disaster in Hamlet Town has long ended, its lingering effects are still quite strong.

After the disaster ended, the townspeople who had emerged from it began to face reality.

The death of loved ones, the breaking up of families, and the destruction of homes.

To be honest, Shen Yuan hasn't been watching players' live streams lately, because he knows that watching them would make him lose his humanity.

Although it might fall even if you don't see it, it's far less likely to fall than if you do see it.

However, by disregarding human nature, Shen Yuan gained a considerable amount of emotional energy, which was no less than when the Eclipse erupted.

[Existence Points: 2.36 million] (Two million existence points are needed to break the fourth layer of the seal)

After so long, Shen Yuan finally accumulated enough existence points to unlock the fourth layer of the seal.

Taking advantage of the fact that there weren't many people at the evil god's stronghold, Shen Yuan directly chose to lift the seal.

Having learned from previous experiences, the people in the evil god's stronghold didn't even notice the changes around them before Shen Yuan had already finished unsealing.

But the ability unlocked this time is pretty useless; it's just life.

Shen Yuan can create followers and send them out of the evil god's stronghold to carry out missions.

Hmm, that sounds familiar. Isn't that what gamers are all about?

Moreover, these dependents will continuously consume Shen Yuan's existence points while they are out on the move, just like the players' weapons, which can be considered an extension of the previous function.

Moreover, these familiars will occupy players' spaces; that's right, summoning one more familiar means summoning one less player.

These dependents also share a level cap with the player.

That is, level 40 after unlocking the fourth layer of the seal.

Although this ability seems useless, it's not entirely without purpose.

Before unlocking the fourth layer of the seal, Shen Yuan could summon a maximum of 200 players.

In reality, the number of players has remained at around 180, since it's impossible for all players to be online 24 hours a day, even with life support pods.

This ability allows a player to summon a familiar to temporarily take the place of the offline player when the player logs off.

Although this is one possible use, it is quite impractical because the effort and reward are disproportionate.

Why does Shen Yuan need players? Because Shen Yuan needs players to collect existence points and emotional energy for Him.

But this new family member is a money-loser; unless there are special circumstances, they are not very useful.

Shen Yuan didn't care much about this useless ability, since it's impossible to get exactly the ability you want every time.

However, Shen Yuan was pleasantly surprised by the new player limit.

Although the existence points consumed each time are increasing, the maximum number of players that can be summoned each time is also increasing.

The number of people required to unlock the first layer of the seal increased from two to ten, then eight more were added, the second layer added fifty, and the third layer added one hundred and forty.

The fourth level added three hundred more people.

That's right, three hundred, the maximum number of players has been raised to five hundred.

Although the significant increase in the quantity limit was a good thing, Shen Yuan hesitated.

Should I summon these players or not?

The Sien dungeon has basically been completely destroyed by players.

After all, adventurers go there for the treasures, and monster materials aren't very valuable, since the valuable materials have all been used for animal husbandry.

Therefore, monsters are avoided if possible, so there is basically no situation where all the monsters in the dungeon are defeated. Moreover, the monsters in the dungeon can reproduce.

But players are going there purely for the sake of species extinction, and the area below the sixth level is already empty, with only occasional sightings of some levelless creatures running around.

The ecosystem of the fifth layer is nearing collapse, and it's only a matter of time before it's completely wiped out.

If a large number of players are summoned rashly, it could easily leave them with nothing to do, and if that happens, players will leave.

However, the issue of new monster-farming areas is already pressing. Even without summoning new players, the Sien Dungeon won't last long enough for players to wreak havoc.

Moreover, the upcoming new gameplay will have a long time span, requiring a certain amount of time investment to reap rewards, making it difficult to attract the attention of most players.

"Monster-hunting area, monster-hunting area, monster-hunting area..." Shen Yuan muttered to himself as he pondered.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Shen Yuan, and he turned his gaze toward the underground city.

Dungeons, what perfect monster-slaying grounds! I wish there were more.

But who says there's only one dungeon? There are countless dungeons scattered throughout the world.

By gathering information about dungeons and selecting suitable dungeons to place teleportation arrays, a new instance can be created.

Then, the cost of setting up teleportation arrays and teleporting players is used as "dungeon tickets," and players are charged gold coins for these tickets, making it a business with no initial investment.

But there's still one problem: who will set up the teleportation array?

The moment this question popped into Shen Yuan's mind, he already had the answer: the Frost Adventure Team.

They are both professional and have the right skills, and they recently joined Shen Yuan's camp.

But simply letting the horse run without feeding it is clearly not the style of the evil god.

Even when facing players, Shen Yuan would at most take 95 out of 100.

However, Shen Yuan struggled with what reward to give the Frost Adventure Team.

After all, Shen Yuan has already allowed the two sisters to meet, so what else could possibly motivate the Frost Adventure Team to work for Shen Yuan again?

Even our evil god couldn't escape the trap of misconceptions. After all, Shen Yuan, who hadn't been in contact with normal society for a long time, had forgotten the greatness of money.

As long as Shen Yuan gives the Frost Adventurers enough money, he can whip them around like spinning tops.