Evil God? My servants are players!

"A game event with ulterior motives... let's call it the Fright Festival," Shen Yuan thought.

Shen Yuan planned to use the environment and the characteristics of the players to "discourage" the adventurers, that is, scare them away.

This method is a win-win situation.

It not only solves the adventurers' problems, but also allows them to collect some emotional energy along the way.

However, Shen Yuan needs to carefully consider the details of the plan.

The first issue is the unpredictability of the players.

How can we get players to work for us obediently for the time being, instead of running around aimlessly?

Even if players are willing to work honestly for you, how can you guarantee they won't mess things up when scaring adventurers?

If any player attempts to attack an adventurer, their weakness will be immediately exposed.

At that point, the adventurers will simply chop up vegetables and kill all the players.

Then they march straight in, deep into the heart of the evil god's territory, blocking the door and killing players. What should we do?

Secondly, there's the issue of scaring them. How do you scare adventurers?

Adventurers are a group of people who risk their lives to explore the world. They are generally quite daring, and scaring them away is extremely difficult.

And even if it could scare adventurers, to what extent?

If it weren't so scary, adventurers might turn back.

If it's too scary, it might attract higher-level adventurers or people from other factions.

Finally, and most importantly, what happens next?

As a dignified evil god, Shen Yuan couldn't possibly be like some amusement park owner who runs a haunted house with a sledgehammer, spending his days scaring people.

Shen Yuan needs room to grow; having adventurers constantly blocking his door isn't a good thing.

Being frightened can only serve as a temporary measure to deter adventurers.

Ultimately, the biggest challenge is to address the issue at its root – the problem of adventurers.

Ultimately, the adventurers came here for some unknown treasure.

If Shen Yuan could produce a treasure and throw it out, he could most likely solve this problem.

But the truth is, let alone treasures, Shen Yuan couldn't even produce anything decent.

Although Shen Yuan was able to create all sorts of messy things within the evil god's stronghold.

But those things are for personal use only; you can't take them out at all.

Helpless, Shen Yuan could only choose to plan for the long term and hoped that the number of adventurers who came to visit him would not be too large.

Then Shen Yuan began to work on solving the problem.

First, write an event notification for the players, then create a few new event tasks.

To enhance the appeal of the quests to players, Shen Yuan specially designed a quest chain and made favorability points the final reward.

Finally, players who complete all the quest chains will receive the ultimate grand prize.

But simply offering rewards is far from enough; a powerful punch is needed to deal with players.

The goal is to restrict the players' activity range in a roundabout way to prevent them from wandering off.

Shen Yuan plans to design this event as a limited-time event.

If players choose to participate in this event, they will be subject to an activity area restriction and will not be able to leave this area.

To ensure player participation, Shen Yuan designed a limited-edition, exclusive reward as the grand prize.

A lackey who can only appear in the stronghold of the evil god.

Pets, skins, and mounts have always been a source of appeal for players.

With the added "limited edition" prefix, Shen Yuan believed that no player could refuse this reward.

Although Shen Yuan could also choose to take direct and forceful action, defining the activity area for the players.

If a player goes outside the activity area, they will immediately explode and die.

However, this should only be used as a last resort, and Shen Yuan will only consider using this method when the players are about to cause serious trouble.

After all, the players came here to play the game, not to be defeated by Shen Yuan.

Moreover, Shen Yuan's Evil God Game isn't considered high-end on Earth. If all the players leave, there won't be anyone to work for Shen Yuan anymore.

After a flurry of activity, our evil god has finally completed the planning for the "Fright Festival" event.

Players also received the event announcement from Shen Yuan.

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Dear family members:

Your loyal protection has long been a source of great comfort to the evil god.

To express our gratitude, the Evil God has prepared a surprise – the "Fright Festival" is now officially underway!

Those greedy and troublesome adventurers continue to covet our Lord's power and treasures.

We must unite and protect our great Lord!

Although our strength is still small at this moment, let's not forget...

Wisdom and strategy are our greatest strengths.

Use cunning to scare them away, and use fear to intimidate your opponents!

Starting today, you may voluntarily participate in this limited-time event.

Complete the reward route to receive generous rewards:

▸My Lord's Favorability x5

▸5 chances to draw a random skill

▸Large amount of experience points

And once you successfully complete all the routes, you will unlock an exclusive, limited-edition pet—

"The Evil God's Terrifying Pumpkin"

Let's show off our cunning and loyalty!

Let's defend our glory in this fun-filled and strategic festival of frights!

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Then, under Shen Yuan's control, the scenery of the evil god's stronghold also changed.

Numerous jack-o'-lanterns appeared in the corners, and white ghosts occasionally drifted across the sky.

Strange figures began to appear on the colorful mirror.

Even the moon in the sky has been replaced with a smiley face that is both comical and terrifying.

"Holy crap, this game actually has events now."

The muscular man was looking through the event announcements.

The person standing next to him, Quanxianbangua, chimed in, "The rewards for this event are quite generous, including favorability points, skills, and limited-edition event pets."

Should I get it done or not?

"all!"

Driven by the 'massive' rewards, all players participated in the event.

Next, the players began setting up the venue in a flurry of activity, following the mission prompts.

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Meanwhile, an adventure team is heading deeper into the dungeon.

"Luna, can you slow down a bit? You're supposed to be a mage, but you're walking so fast."

"Sasha, can't you walk faster? You're supposed to be an archer, but you're walking so slowly!"

"My dear sister, please spare me! Look, the soldiers are about to give up."

Luna turned to look at the warrior upon hearing this, only to see him raising his hand and saying:

"Why don't we take a break? Everyone's a bit tired."

Faced with the warrior's suggestion, Luna could only sigh and say:

"Alright, let's rest for a while when we get to the eighth floor and prepare for the final strategy."

"Huh? Sister, this is only the sixth floor..."

Sasha tried to complain about Luna's plan, but kept quiet under Luna's oppressive gaze.

Seeing the disappointed expressions on her teammates' faces, Luna still explained:

"The first few levels of this dungeon aren't too difficult, don't waste your time here."

We don't have any concrete information about the ninth underground level yet, and we don't know how long we'll have to spend there, so let's conserve our supplies.

"We'll listen to the captain."

Although the team members were somewhat tired, Luna's long-established authority led them to choose to obey.

"Okay, you're a higher-ranking official."

Sasha had no choice but to submit to the majority.