Evil God? My servants are players!

Chapter 152 The Performance Ends

As the residents and merchants dispersed, the legends of the players began to spread throughout the land.

All sorts of strange and wonderful bands sprang up like mushrooms after rain near Hamlet, and the Imperials called this new form of music and bands Hamletian music.

But that's a story for another time.

After the performance, the two mice snuggled together again and returned to the evil god's stronghold together.

Both mice could clearly sense that the other had changed, but neither of them thought about it in detail.

Because they can also sense that this is a positive change.

After this battle, the shadow that had been looming over Hamlet Town was completely dispelled, and the players were fully accepted by the townspeople.

At the same time, Shen Yuan also received enough experimental data.

First, let's talk about emotional energy.

As Shen Yuan predicted, the emotional energy generated by a musical carnival involving many people was no less than that of a war with the same number of participants.

War kills people, but musical revelry doesn't, which means Shen Yuan can continue to reap the rewards through this method.

However, compared to war, musical carnivals also have their shortcomings. Carnivals must fully engage the audience's emotions; a bland performance cannot capture those emotions.

This also means that holding similar events too frequently is not advisable.

Furthermore, as the number of events increases, the emotional energy gained will decrease because the audience's sense of novelty will diminish.

Then, Shen Yuan turned his gaze to the map of this world and murmured softly, "This world isn't just about Hamlet Town."

Now that the entertainment route has proven viable, Shen Yuan plans to focus on new players, recruiting entertainment professionals and gradually expanding these industries.

However, that will have to wait until the Frost Adventure Team sets up the teleportation array.

Speaking of the Frost Adventure Team, Shen Yuan turned his attention to Luna.

At this moment, Luna is chatting with Sasha about the performance they just had.

"Sister! That's terrifying! Didn't you feel it?! What's behind that music!!!"

Unlike Sasha, Luna is musically inept; she excels at calculations and magic, which is why the two sisters are an archer and a mage, respectively.

So, faced with Sasha's alarmist remarks, Luna could only smile awkwardly.

Shen Yuan already has a way to counter Luna.

Not long after unlocking the Familiar Summoning skill, Shen Yuan came up with a way to use it: create a Familiar and implant it into Luna's body to counter Luna from a distance.

To prevent Luna from revealing Shen Yuan's secret.

However, although Shen Yuan once wanted to release Luna, he has now changed his mind.

After all, as players break through the surface, the value of the Frost Adventure Team increases, and it becomes more and more convenient to use.

If we let Luna go now, what if they don't come back?

Although Shen Yuan could directly threaten them with the implant, the idea of ​​implanting foreign objects to manipulate the human body is something only a major villain would do, completely different from the style of the Evil God.

Therefore, it's best to maintain the status quo for now.

After confirming that the performance was over, Veronica returned to the temporary city hall and stretched, something she hadn't done in a long time.

"How was it? The performance was pretty good, wasn't it?"

"Indeed astonishing," the old butler replied. However, after complimenting Veronica, he couldn't help but ask, "But Lady Veronica, who exactly are they? You won't follow in the Earl's footsteps, will you?"

Seeing that the old butler had brought up serious matters, Veronica thought for a moment and replied, "You can go and see for yourself, and then report back to me. Since you've already started to doubt me, nothing I say will make a difference."

"I'm sorry, Lady Veronica, there won't be a next time," the old butler said hastily, bowing deeply.

Veronica's answer clearly startled the old butler.

"I'm not trying to put you down, I'm serious. Their situation is complicated, although they seem friendly to me and don't seem like a hostile threat."

"But I also know very little about them. I asked you to observe them so that you could understand them from a different perspective."

Veronica explained earnestly.

It's clear from their conversation that although Veronica and the old butler have a good relationship, they are still in the process of getting to know each other better in their daily interactions.

But that makes sense, considering that the only time Veronica and the old butler truly worked together was during the few years Veronica was in charge of Hamlet Town on behalf of the old Earl.

Meanwhile, the old butler, who had received Veronica's orders, also began investigating the players as a special envoy for player observation.

As for the players, many were drawn back to Hamlet Town by the newly launched event.

However, many players still choose to continue exploring the new map. These players, like tentacles, start from Hamlet Town and gradually radiate outwards.

However, these players gained very little, because Shen Yuan had no intention of expanding his territory for the time being, and he did not reward these exploration-oriented players.

Apart from a very small number of players who simply wanted to see what was there, most players chose to return to the dungeon to grind monsters.

Similarly, many players also cheat and swindle in Hamlet Town in order to obtain permanent equipment.

To prevent the player's image from being damaged in the eyes of the townspeople, Shen Yuan directly issued a task to the traveling frog to capture the criminal player.

Players attempting crimes are always accurately struck by goblin guards when they try to carry out their plans.

Although the players had the ability to fight back against the goblins, Shen Yuan placed a large bounty on each player who chose to fight back.

They were quickly defeated in the Northwest by the siege of other players, and these players would be fined a large sum of money afterwards.

With various measures in place, the players who wanted to commit crimes quickly gave up.

However, some players still managed to swindle a lot of money from the indigenous people by using mimicry skills and illegal fundraising.

However, the richest player is still the Travel Frog, who has acquired a lot of real coins from Veronica through various demands and requests.

Although some players reported the Travel Frog to Veronica for embezzlement and bribery, in this world, embezzlement and bribery are not a big deal; it's called maintaining a reasonable friendly relationship.

Veronica even privately remarked that the Travel Frog had a "small appetite".

Travel Frog also trades directly with other players using these physical coins, that is, exchanging evil god coins for physical coins.

Although many players are furious, they have no choice but to reluctantly trade with the Travel Frog for permanent equipment.

Moreover, compared to directly crafting gold coins using the equipment forging system in the evil god's stronghold, it's relatively cheap in Travel Frog.

It's worth mentioning that although Hamlet Town itself has permanent equipment, that equipment is designed for local adventurers.

Most items are around level 20, with occasional appearances of equipment around level 30.

However, in the eyes of players, these equipment are pure trash. After all, there are many weapons left behind by adventurers in the Sien Dungeon, and these weapons are basically in the range of level 20 to 30.

The equipment from the rat caravan is not only diverse but also relatively high-level, which perfectly meets the needs of players and is why it attracts them to buy.