The developers still haven't forgiven the players.

Seeing the players' restrained demeanor, Jiang Chen proactively reminded them, "Are we just going to let this blood energy dissipate?"

Clearly, players now prefer to get closer to the black ant rather than refine and absorb its blood essence.

However, Jiang Chen did not give the players that chance. He maintained his suppression of the black ants and adopted a posture of closing his eyes to rest.

Fearing that shamelessly approaching this only NPC in the starting village would disgust them, most players could only watch this humanoid treasure with envy and quietly find a place to sit down and absorb its life force.

The reason I didn't mention all the players is because there was one sycophant among them.

Campus Spring Scenery carried the queen ant and rushed to Jiang Chen. She knelt down with a thud and held the queen ant high above her head with both hands.

"Great and mighty one, this is a gift from your humble servant."

Kneeling before NPCs is completely psychologically acceptable to players.

They can do things like kneeling down and then, to verify their conjecture, turning around and slashing at an NPC with a knife.

Jiang Chen stared at the Queen Ant, who was on her deathbed, and remained silent for a moment.

It could be said that there were wrong moves, even if they were wrong.

These black ants are actually not that easy to deal with under normal circumstances.

If it weren't for the fact that the campus spring scenery had injured the queen ant in advance and kidnapped her, he probably wouldn't have dared to confront the entire black ant colony head-on.

After all, if a queen ant in the nest perfects the organization in a unique way, the black tide formed by countless black ants can even rise up into a cloud of race-like energy.

As a result, before these black ants could even display their full power, their brains were destroyed by the campus spring scenery.

He was defeated by the player before he could even unleash 30% of his strength, which is indeed a bit unfair.

"No need." Jiang Chen composed himself and reached out to push the queen ant's remains away.

Seeing Jiang Chen close his eyes again, the campus beauties realized that Jiang Chen was not just being polite, and respectfully lowered their hands.

That said, after a fierce internal struggle, the campus spring scenery finally decided to offer up the queen ant in exchange for some potential benefits.

He felt a little regretful that Jiang Chen wasn't accepting the experience, but he was also happy to enjoy it all to himself.

Meanwhile, most players had already sat down cross-legged and begun to refine and absorb the blood essence of the black ants.

An invisible pressure still lingered on the field, causing a large number of black ants to be unable to move. Players did not need to worry about danger, and their efficiency in absorbing blood energy was not slow.

However, even if hundreds of players refine the blood energy together, it would be impossible to completely absorb the blood energy dissipated from the black ant remains in a short period of time.

After all, there were just too many black ants.

Even if the combined blood energy of thousands of black ants is needed to level up a player, the sheer number of black ants would likely allow the players present to level up an average of ten levels.

If there were a "ding" sound to indicate leveling up in this game, the sound would be constant right now.

As all players began to focus on leveling up, the battlefield became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The boy staggered ashore, and the next second he collapsed to the ground.

That is, before falling, he managed to turn around, thus avoiding the horrific sight of landing face-first.

His whole body was stiff as if he were dead, with only the slight rise and fall of his chest proving that he was still alive.

Dog Brother was busy refining and absorbing the blood energy nearby when he heard the sound of Kid Brother falling down. He turned his head and looked over, unconsciously pursing his lips.

He hesitated for a moment, then stopped upgrading and went over to help the boy up. He then scooped up a ladle of stream water and poured it into the boy's mouth.

After confirming that the child had swallowed the water, they gently laid him flat on the ground.

After doing all this, Dog Brother began to continue refining the blood energy.

"Don't say I'm repaying kindness with enmity."

……

About half an hour passed.

With the combined efforts of over a hundred players, there was virtually no blood energy left on the field.

As for the players' progress?

One can get a glimpse of this from the changes in the ranking list.

Before the swarm of black ants arrived, the player at the bottom of the leaderboard was level 3.

Now, the player at the bottom of the leaderboard has reached level 17.

Players who managed to get a share of the Black Ant Blood Qi generally leveled up by more than ten levels.

Of course, players who were originally at a higher level will receive the same boost.

Everyone's speed in refining and absorbing blood energy is about the same, so there is no polarization.

The players found they couldn't absorb much blood energy anymore, so they began to slaughter the immobilized black ants.

Once the remaining black ants are all eliminated, the harvested blood essence will likely allow the player's overall level to advance to the next tier.

The only thing that can be called special is the exclusive enjoyment of the campus spring scenery by the Queen Ant.

This guy is level 51, and he's already the top player on the level leaderboard.

The blood essence provided by the queen ant's remains is far more than just enough to level up a player by ten or twenty levels.

After diligently refining and absorbing the spring scenery of the campus for half an hour, his level directly reached 74.

Even though he had absorbed so much, he could still sense that a considerable amount of blood energy remained in the remains of the queen ant.

Roughly estimated, he absorbed less than half of it.

That already put him at the level of a centurion.

This level of strength would already earn someone the title of a powerful figure in some ordinary tribes.

However, although he seemed to reach level 74 very easily, in reality, very few humans in this world have the opportunity to do what he did: digesting the blood essence of the beastman's centurion and then getting his hands on the ant queen.

"You little brat, eating all by yourself?!"

Dog Brother and a few of his old buddies surrounded them.

He had long noticed that Campus Spring was secretly leveling up while holding the Queen Ant. The leaderboard also showed that Campus Spring's level was as high as 74. Even without thinking, he knew that this Queen Ant must be a formidable opponent.

Upon hearing Dog Brother's voice, Campus Spring immediately showed a wary expression.

"That's not fair. Can't we old brothers share the good times together?"

"cannot."

"Then I'll just have to shout it out and let everyone know that this is what you did."

"Hey, Dog Bro, look at what you're saying. We're best friends and family, brothers."

Springtime scenery on campus: The remains of the queen ant are placed on the ground: "Please!"

……

After confirming that the last small batch of black ants is something the players can handle themselves.

Jiang Chen then withdrew that invisible pressure, and without saying goodbye to the players, went straight back to his second-floor villa.

If this is truly a game, then it's fair to say that the first monster siege event has come to a successful close.

Although nearly twenty unlucky players were killed by the Black Ants, the remaining players made a fortune in this battle.

Players will become stronger as they play.

If things continue to develop smoothly like this, it shouldn't be long before they can claim to be a force to be reckoned with.

If no other unforeseen circumstances arise...