The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

Previously, the tribal chieftain sneaked into the tribe and wiped out nearly 90% of the players.

Players have learned this lesson the hard way, so cutting down vegetation within a few hundred meters of the village is a perfectly logical course of action.

Peng Zhi and Si Dongquan's appeals played a significant role, mobilizing many players to contribute.

However, in a game where power belongs to oneself, it's difficult for strong players to infiltrate and for weak players to cause any trouble.

Peng Zhi led the college student players to clear all the vegetation within a few hundred meters of the tribe before realizing that they shouldn't have played the game with a farming mindset.

Fortunately, although this approach is not very meaningful from a practical point of view, it does provide players with some psychological comfort.

On the other hand, just because it's not very useful doesn't mean it's completely useless.

Now, it comes in handy.

Ke Yun would never have given a warning before leveling the nearby trees.

"Goodness, what's that? It looks kind of creepy."

Upon hearing Keyun's surprised exclamation, Dog Brother and the others immediately gathered at the tribe's gate.

All that could be seen was a dark, murky object being carried in the arms of a young boy, who was running wildly toward the tribe. Less than two kilometers behind him, a dark mass surged like a tidal wave.

Because of their sheer number, they are hard to ignore even from this distance.

"Damn it! How did I attract all the ants?"

"Didn't this guy from Campus run away with us?!"

Other players might not have recognized the black tide as countless black ants due to the distance, but Dog Brother and his old buddies had seen it twice before, so they immediately realized what it was.

The commotion at the main gate immediately attracted the players who were still in the tribe, who all gathered around out of curiosity.

Some of the more impatient ones even climbed directly onto the high platform where Keyun was.

The unsuspecting players immediately blocked the gate of the clan and started shouting.

"What's going on? Monsters attacking the city?"

"That's exciting! If you're a true brother, go ahead and chop me up!"

"This game is progressing so fast, isn't it still in closed beta?"

After all, most of the players present were new players who had just logged in.

Even though I've read a lot about this game on forums and know it's very difficult, I've never actually played it.

So when they saw the "monster siege" scene, they didn't show any signs of tension.

In just a short while, Campus Spring Scenery had already carried the queen ant across the open area and rushed to the gate of the tribe.

He was panting heavily, swinging his arms and saying breathlessly, "Run...run!"

Dog Brother stared at the plump black ant in his hand, hesitating to speak.

Peng Zhi, on the other hand, looked completely bewildered and asked, "What's this in your hand?"

Ke Yun glanced at the queen ant in the arms of the campus spring scenery, and then at the dense black tide in the distance. Without needing the campus spring scenery to answer, she realized what was going on.

He was so angry that he blurted out in his local dialect: "Black-striped lions, huh? They think we're living too comfortably, so they're creating monsters to attack our city!"

Old Kuai's lips twitched.

Although he felt that what Dog Brother and his group did was unethical, given his personality, his first reaction wasn't to criticize them. Instead, he asked very quickly, "Has any of you ever dealt with these ants?"

"Let me speak."

Dog Brother spoke as if he had a toothache: "The speed these black ants are showing now is probably their limit. Their individual defense isn't high; any upgraded player can kill them. In short, try not to get caught in an ant swarm. Their weakness is probably water."

Fortunately, when the ant swarm retreated, they caught a few lone ants; otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to provide this intelligence.

After hearing Dog Brother's description, some novice players, in their eagerness, immediately picked up their homemade weapons and charged towards the swarm of black ants.

This is a case of not changing one's perception and still treating the "original" as if it were the same old games.

Seeing seven or eight novice players about to charge into the ant swarm, Old Kuai asked the crucial question: "What about their aggressiveness?"

"Considering attack power is meaningless; being overwhelmed by an ant swarm means certain death."

While giving him a reminder, Roupeng looked around, already figuring out which direction to run.

Having experienced being devoured to death by a swarm of black ants, he has absolutely no confidence in players' ability to fight against them.

There is a difference in size between the two sides. With so many players, it would probably be difficult for one person to kill even a thousand black ants. They could overwhelm these players by simply throwing their lives at them.

Just as he said, those warriors didn't even make a ripple before being covered by the swarm of black ants on the spot, and it didn't even slow down the black ant tide much.

The difficulty of this monster siege seems off.

Having witnessed the fate of those warriors, the players present were truly alarmed.

The spring colors on campus finally returned to normal. Holding the queen ant, he tentatively suggested, "Um, I suggest we just run away?"

"Understood."

Old Kuai nodded knowingly, then looked up at Keyun on the high platform: "Then let's say goodbye properly."

Ke Yun then gracefully linked arms with someone: "The river of time flows into the sea~"

"That's enough, you two!"

Seeing the two suddenly start singing and dancing, Peng Zhi's forehead veins bulged uncontrollably: "How can we just throw away the base we've worked so hard to build?"

"Ah Zhi, we have no obligation to face an enemy we can't possibly defeat."

Ke Yun nimbly climbed down from the platform: "Run quickly, or it will be too late."

Peng Zhi clenched his fist and slammed it into the palm of his other hand: "I'll go find the chief; he shouldn't stand idly by."

Since Jiang Chen has never told the players his name, they have given him several nicknames in private to make it easier to refer to him, but they have not yet reached a consensus.

"snort!"

A slightly affected and exaggerated voice rang out from the group of players.

Peng Zhi looked in the direction of the voice: "Little Shang Jun?"

The young man strode out with a stern face: "Weakness is the original sin."

Perhaps it's because he's too young, but all the players could clearly see from the boy's face that he was trying his best to put on a calm expression.

However, his stiff lips and flushed face completely betrayed his inner emotions.

Ke Yun scratched her head: "What does that mean?"

"Stop making noise. I don't need to explain to you, and you don't deserve to know."

The boy had clearly never been the center of attention before, and he was so nervous that he didn't know where to put his hands. In the end, he simply put them behind his back and slowly walked along the tribal wall toward the stream not far away.

When I got to a spot where I was sure no one could see my expression, my mouth almost stretched to the back of my head in a wide grin.

He went to the stream, put his hands in the water, and shouted loudly, mainly to make sure the players on the other side of the gate could hear him.

"Chaotic Stream Force!"