Blue Demon, after settling his mood, came before Xu Yuan.

"This battle just now has benefited me greatly. Regarding your rules, and your strength, I will no longer have any doubts."

"Any order you give in the future, I will fully cooperate with."

Blue Demon is not someone who cannot accept defeat, he now truly realized that in all aspects, Xu Yuan was a crushing existence.

Following such a person would also greatly improve himself, progressing at all times.

Blue Demon's words were equivalent to showing loyalty.

However, although he highly respected Xu Yuan, he still had not truly submitted to Xu Yuan in the same way as Entity 303 and the others.

After all, at this moment, Blue Demon still had his own wish in his heart.

If Xu Yuan could truly implement and popularize the new rules perfectly, only then would Blue Demon truly offer his loyalty.

The battle finally ended, and Xu Yuan also let out a sigh of relief.

This fight was much easier than he had imagined.

He originally thought he would have a fierce battle with Blue Demon, but did not expect that Blue Demon's real combat experience was quite different from what he had imagined.

However, Xu Yuan also had a somewhat preconceived notion.

In Xu Yuan's eyes, Blue Demon before him was always linked with Blue Demon of Annoying Village.

Blue Demon of Annoying Village's strategies in battle naturally went without saying.

And precisely because of this mistaken impression, Xu Yuan thought he might lose this battle.

Until Xu Yuan used a wooden plank to block Blue Demon's thrown trident, and Blue Demon, without sensing anything abnormal, directly pulled the rope and flew over, only then did Xu Yuan suddenly realize,

this Blue Demon was not that Blue Demon.

After all, Blue Demon of this world had not been born for long, and had not gone through much social tempering and washing, truly did not have many schemes.

So Xu Yuan used just a little trick and won.

But it must be said, Blue Demon's strength truly wasn't small.

Later when the two were in the air, the force of Blue Demon's other trident attack was indeed fierce.

Fortunately, Xu Yuan was mentally prepared, and gripped the iron sword in his hand tightly, or else the sword would've already been knocked away.

Seeing that Blue Demon had already completely let down his guard toward him, Xu Yuan nodded and said, "I've already instructed Black Blade regarding matters here; he will handle them."

"Next is the matter of the 'middleman.'"

Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Blue Demon nodded, then asked, "What do you need me to do?"

Xu Yuan casually found a place and sat down, then gestured for Blue Demon to sit as well.

Seeing Blue Demon sit down, only then did he begin to explain, "As you've seen, if we want to implement the new rules and also avoid casualties, then we must have sufficient resources and military strength as a guarantee."

"In terms of military strength, we are entirely sufficient, on the side of animals and monsters, with your status, you can naturally persuade them. On my side, the people under Black Blade account for one-third of the player faction."

"Now what I want to talk about is resources."

"In the Trial Grounds, the only fast way to obtain resources is villagers."

"And the only channel to quickly obtain villagers' resources is the Pillagers."

"You should be clear about the grudge between these two factions, even if they know it's a win-win situation, they still can't trade."

"And the task of the 'middleman' is to become the intermediary for trade between villagers and Pillagers."

Hearing this, Blue Demon instantly understood Xu Yuan's meaning.

"If it succeeds, then it's a triple-win situation!"

"Villagers, us, and Pillagers, can all have a continuous flow of resources!"

"As time goes on, villagers and Pillagers will unknowingly become bound to us, because they profit through the 'middleman,' so they cannot be hostile toward us."

"At that time, our scale will also grow even larger!"

Seeing Blue Demon getting more and more excited, Xu Yuan smiled helplessly and said, "Mm, that's indeed the plan."

"I already know the base of the Pillagers. But for now, I haven't made a connection with the villagers yet."

"The 'middleman' on the villagers' side still needs to be found."

Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Blue Demon suddenly seemed to think of something, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"I think I know a suitable person."

"And, judging by the message he passed to me a while ago, he seems to have already made a connection with the villagers!"

As he spoke, Blue Demon whistled toward the depths of the forest.

Not long after, a parrot flew over.

"The words Barbecue Sauce asked you to pass last time, repeat them again."

Hearing the name Barbecue Sauce, Xu Yuan instantly understood.

Before the parrot could speak, Xu Yuan interrupted, "So it was Barbecue Sauce."

Seeing Xu Yuan's tone, Blue Demon couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"You know him?"

Xu Yuan nodded and said, "Mm, I saw him before coming here."

As he spoke, Xu Yuan told Blue Demon about his experience meeting Barbecue Sauce.

Hearing this, Blue Demon finally understood.

"No wonder..."

"Before entering the Trial Grounds, we had already agreed to meet in the rainforest."

"After arriving in the rainforest and still not seeing him, I thought something had happened to him."

"Later, one day, a parrot came in to pass a message from him. Said a lot of nonsense, something about wanting to become a pioneer…"

Speaking of this, Blue Demon looked a bit guilty and glanced at Xu Yuan, then continued, "Of course, at the time I didn't know you had any connection with him, and he also didn't tell me about the new rules you mentioned."

"I scolded him a lot, then ordered the parrot to capture him and bring him back."

Saying that, Blue Demon let out a long sigh.

"Sigh, who would've known, though they're birds, these parrots fly even slower than ground chickens…"

"…"

"He didn't come back, and I couldn't do anything about it, so I didn't force it anymore."

At this point, Blue Demon looked completely relieved.

"Now it seems, he and I were actually doing the same thing."

"Fortunately, I didn't forcibly drag him back!"

After saying this, Blue Demon looked at the parrot to the side, signaling it to continue speaking.

Only to see the parrot clear its throat and, mimicking Barbecue Sauce's tone, said, "Cluck cluck cluck cluck… cluck cluck cluck cluck… cluck cluck cluck…"

"(Good news! I met a villager, his name is Mustard. He's amazing, can change professions! Even though I don't know how Mustard can change the situation, I'm sure he's important! I'll try to slowly change his opinion of monsters! You need to do your best too, stop always thinking about revenge!)"

At this moment, the scene in the center of the rainforest was rather ridiculous to describe.

A parrot was making chicken sounds, "cluck cluck cluck", communicating with a drowned corpse and a player.

This scene was already strange enough, and even stranger was that the drowned and the player could understand the chicken language coming from the parrot's mouth.

It could only be said that the inclusiveness of this world was truly strong…

Xu Yuan also absolutely did not expect, his original act of saving Barbecue Sauce would produce a butterfly effect.

Nor did he expect that the Barbecue Sauce he first met would become the final piece of his trading network puzzle.

After the parrot finished reporting the message Barbecue Sauce had passed earlier, seeing Xu Yuan had not responded for a long time, Blue Demon thought he hadn't understood and was about to translate for him, but Xu Yuan finally opened his mouth and asked, "He should have already gained Mustard's trust by now, right?"

"Mm." Blue Demon nodded in affirmation.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan nodded as well, then patted Blue Demon's shoulder and said, "Then all that's left is to open up relations with the Pillagers."

"Leave that to me."

Blue Demon naturally understood the importance of his mission this time, though he previously had no contact with the Pillagers, the Pillagers were monsters by nature.

There was no hatred between him and them, and Blue Demon's reputation was well-known, so earning their trust would not be difficult.

So for Blue Demon, this task wasn't hard.

Which meant, Xu Yuan's trading chain plan, to a large extent, was already set in stone.

The progress on Xu Yuan's side could be described as smooth sailing.

Aside from some luck, the main reason was Xu Yuan's ability and judgment.

In this Trial Grounds, those with strong abilities and sharp judgment could gain control of the situation.

And clearly, Xu Yuan wasn't the only one in the Trial Grounds with strong power and keen insight.

Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM also had such strength.

Obviously, they too had seized their own moment,

and their plans were also proceeding perfectly.

Tyrant HIM and Annoying Village HIM's ideologies were actually very similar in many aspects.

So what they cared most about right now, naturally was the issue of military strength.

And this problem had already been perfectly solved by their own wisdom.

Coincidentally, the way they solved the problem was the same as Xu Yuan.

All through cooperation.

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