Pengpeng nodded when he saw the situation.
"Mm, for the players, that trial land and the Divine Realm Competition are no different, it's just a dungeon. Everyone naturally wants to gain some benefits from inside."
"I can use some methods to urge those players to temporarily enter the trial land. But this method definitely doesn't apply to the players infected by the third HIM, after all, they are only shells... Just not sure whether it's possible to use your abilities to forcibly send those shells in?"
After hearing Pengpeng's words, Entity 303 shook his head and said, "Useless. That trial isn't something everyone qualifies to enter."
"At the entrance to the trial land, there's a notice board that detects trial qualifications. Touching the notice board can test whether one has obtained trial qualification."
"Even if we can forcibly control those empty shells to touch the notice board, they most likely still won't get the qualification."
As the two were discussing energetically, the Ender Queen next to them touched her chin and looked at the two like she was looking at idiots.
"Since they're just shells, why not just directly control and detain them?…"
Hearing the Ender Queen's words, Entity 303 and Pengpeng instantly froze.
"Uh…"
"Indeed…"
The two had their CPUs nearly burning out from all the thinking about these issues, going around in circles until they confused themselves.
Fortunately, there was now more or less a solution to the matter. Even though it treats the symptoms, not the root cause, at least it could slightly slow the speed of infection.
As long as they could hold out until Xu Yuan won the trial, then all problems would be easily solved.
Seeing that the matter had a solution, Pengpeng was about to go find someone to post information related to the trial land on the forum. He noticed, however, that one of his players was rowing a small boat over toward the shallows.
Pengpeng had previously told his men that when he was at the shallows, not to disturb him unless it was something important.
Seeing the player rowing over, Pengpeng also knew it was most likely because something had happened.
As the player's boat reached shore, Pengpeng directly asked, "What happened?"
The player rowing over wasn't a zombie player, but a player who hadn't been infected.
Zombie players can't see the world channel or the game forum. So basically, all Pengpeng's information comes from the players around him.
After the player landed, he immediately explained why he came over this time.
"Boss. There's someone on the game forum with the ID Hreobrine who posted a thread, saying that a new dungeon called the Trial Land opened at the entrance to the first Divine Realm…"
"That post is already blowing up now, and many players have already gone to investigate in person. It's real. The content of the trial land is…"
Pengpeng immediately interrupted, "Got it, no need to say the content."
Pengpeng had already heard about the trial land's content from Entity 303, so there was no need to waste time hearing it again.
Although Pengpeng didn't tell his men about all the things Xu Yuan had been through recently, he still told his men to always keep an eye on the situation at the entrance to the first Divine Realm Competition.
So when this player received the news and found out that the trial land had appeared at the first competition's entrance, he immediately came to report it to Pengpeng.
Upon receiving the news, Pengpeng was a bit surprised. 'This news got out so fast?'
Logically, Entity 303 should've been the first to know. The shallows weren't far from the trial land.
Pengpeng didn't expect that the news actually got out ahead of them. But this was fine too, it saved Pengpeng the trouble and reduced his workload.
Since the thread was already going viral, all Pengpeng had to do was recruit people to stir up the infected zombie players.
Just as Pengpeng was marveling at how fast the news about the trial land was spreading, the news was also spreading throughout the game world in different forms and channels.
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Somewhere in the game world's dense forest, a parrot flapped its wings, communicating with a chick.
"Trial land… trial land… all living beings… open… reward… reward…"
"Cluck cluck cluck! Cluck cluck cluck!…"
———
Inside a pillager outpost somewhere in the game world, a stranger pillager unintentionally wandered into the outpost.
"Kurasa ku! Sakuma…"
"Sakura ka…"
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In a village somewhere in the game world, a dumb villager mumbled to another villager who was about to be taken by an iron golem to the Villager Kingdom.
"Hmm hmm… hmm hmm…"
"Hmm…"
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All over the game world, awakened monsters were gathering and growling in their own ways.
"Roar… roar roar…"
"Hiss hiss… hiss hiss hiss…"
"Gah gah gah… gah gah!!"
Throughout the entire game world, the news about the trial land was spreading rapidly. The speed wasn't any slower than the news spread through the game forum to the players.
Under normal circumstances, with how in-game information usually spreads, the two-hour countdown before the trial land opens wouldn't be enough time for all living beings in the game world to hear about it.
But now, it seemed the real HIM put quite a lot of effort into this trial.
The opening time of the trial land, and the way information spread through various channels, all appeared to be part of his careful planning.
The trial land had only been open for a little over half an hour.
But already, almost every sentient creature, animal, and player in the game world knew about it.
At this moment, in a dense forest somewhere in the game world.
"Cluck cluck cluck!! Cluck cluck cluck!! (Why go to that trial land? Weren't we going to search for HIM, to find another hope?!)" Barbecue Sauce flapped its wings, sounding a little angry.
It and Blue Devil had just heard about the trial land from a parrot messenger of the Animal Association. Because of this, the two had a disagreement.
Blue Devil wanted to go check out the trial land, but Barbecue Sauce felt that their mission was more important. After all, every second they wasted, many innocent animals would be suffering torture and pain in this world.
After hearing Barbecue Sauce's words, Blue Devil thought for a moment and then gave his view.
"I know your concern, but I don't know why, my subconscious tells me I must go there to take a look… Also, this trial is open to all living beings. Maybe HIM will participate, who knows."
"Rather than wandering around aimlessly, we might as well try our luck. Even if we don't meet him, there'll probably be lots of people taking part in the trial. If we can win, we might not need HIM's help anymore."
Blue Devil never believed in intuition. But this time, upon hearing the name "Trial Land," he somehow felt a strong urge to take part.
After hearing what Blue Devil said, Barbecue Sauce tilted its head and thought for a moment, finally compromising.
Though it didn't want to go to some trial land, it didn't want to act alone either. Besides, Blue Devil's words did make some sense.
Thinking this, Barbecue Sauce sighed deeply and then said, "Cluck cluck cluck… cluck cluck… (Fine, fine… I hope you're right…)"
Seeing that Barbecue Sauce agreed, Blue Devil finally let out a breath of relief. He really didn't want to be separated from his companion.
They had already split with Jio due to differences in opinion before. Because of that, Blue Devil had felt really bad all this time. He naturally didn't want Barbecue Sauce to leave, too.
"Mm, then let's hurry that way. Looks like there's only about an hour left before it opens, hope we can make it…"
Hearing Blue Devil's words, Barbecue Sauce sighed again and then flapped its wings and flew above Blue Devil's head.
"Cluck cluck cluck! (Grab my feet!)"
Hearing that, Blue Devil was momentarily stunned.
Barbecue Sauce clearly meant for Blue Devil to grab its chicken feet so it could fly him over. Flying was obviously way faster than walking.
But Blue Devil looked at Barbecue Sauce's small frame and immediately stammered, "Uh… it's fine, we can just walk faster, we should make it in time…"
The moment Blue Devil said that, Barbecue Sauce exploded.
"Cluck cluck cluck!!! Cluck cluck cluck!!!!! Cluck cluck cluck!! (Cut the crap!! These are strong chicken wings trained for carrying weight for two and a half months! Just grab me already!!)"
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