At 1 AM, on the low slope on the west side of the rainforest, Black Blade arrived at the appointed time.

Seeing Black Blade come alone, Steve was a bit surprised. He looked at Black Blade and smiled, "You trust me that much?"

"I just trust myself." Black Blade shrugged and said.

Black Blade was indeed confident enough in himself, and confident enough in his own judgment.

Steve's character Black Blade understood well, he acted cautiously, and he treated his subordinates well too.

This was also the reason why the Nirvana Guild had always been united.

Under the threat given by the rainforest, it was impossible for Steve to make such a low-level mistake.

Besides, it was also impossible for him to gamble with the lives of his subordinates.

So, for him to act like this, he must have an intention.

And his intention was written all on that piece of paper, he wanted to meet Black Blade.

Of course, he could also be putting on an act for Black Blade to see, in order to ambush Black Blade and his people.

But according to Black Blade's understanding of Steve, Steve would not do such a thing.

Such a thing was more like what Grayfist would do.

That's why Black Blade let his guard down and came alone.

"You want to cooperate with us?" Black Blade also went straight to the point, no more small talk, directly asked.

Steve nodded. "I know all of this is HIM's arrangement. He really is the most suitable person to win the trial."

"So this time, I choose to stand on his side."

Saying this, Steve looked at Black Blade and continued.

"It's just that I'm a bit curious, why do it in this way?"

Although Steve was insightful, he wasn't that insightful. He truly didn't quite understand the reason why Xu Yuan did this.

Hearing Steve's words, Black Blade also felt a bit speechless.

He had thought that Steve had seen through Xu Yuan's intention, which was why he chose to stand on their side.

Turns out this guy had no idea about their plan at all, he purely chose to stand with them because he trusted Xu Yuan.

Thinking of this, Black Blade looked at Steve, and suddenly felt that the man before him was a little unfamiliar.

"When did he become such a loyal believer?…"

In Black Blade's eyes, Steve had always represented the players.

So Black Blade never had much good feeling toward Steve, after all, Black Blade used to be a zombie player, and at the beginning, zombie players got all their resources from robbing players.

The two camps were in a water-and-fire situation from the start.

So subconsciously, Black Blade always felt that Steve was his enemy.

It wasn't until this moment that Black Blade realized, it was his own thinking that had always been too one-sided.

Only now did Black Blade finally change his view of Steve's thoughts and attitude.

He no longer held back with Steve, and told him Xu Yuan's plan.

After hearing all that Black Blade said, Steve's eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He suddenly became like a fanboy of Xu Yuan, full of praise.

"So this is how it's solved?! This method is great!!"

"This world really needs rules like this!"

Steve and Xu Yuan actually shared the same wish, they both hoped this game world would become better and better.

Naturally, Steve highly agreed with Xu Yuan's strategy.

After Black Blade finished speaking, Steve also gave some inside information.

"Actually, what happened in the daytime, passing a message to you was secondary."

"The main point was to put on a show for Grayfist…"

Black Blade was also a smart guy. Hearing this, he immediately understood Steve's meaning.

"So he took the bait?"

Steve nodded and said. "During the day he already arranged to meet me. To come see you, I temporarily put it off."

"I'll talk with him tomorrow."

Hearing this, Black Blade nodded and after thinking for a moment, said, "Grayfist doesn't understand human speech. Just stabilize him for now."

"I'll report this matter to our King. If anything comes up in the future, I'll have the parrot pass a message to you."

After saying this, Black Blade hesitated for a moment and finally spoke, "I used to have prejudice against you. Now it seems I was being too one-sided."

Saying this, Black Blade stretched out his hand toward Steve.

"Pleasure working together."

Seeing this, Steve smiled and joked. "Isn't it just because I beat you in the Divine Domain Competition? Holding a grudge this long?"

As he spoke, he also reached out to shake Black Blade's hand.

"Pleasure working together."

Black Blade and Steve, after this conversation, could be said to have completely broken the ice.

Both of them were strong, and both admired the strong. With a common goal, they naturally hit it off.

Not long after meeting Black Blade, Steve went to meet Grayfist and agreed to cooperate with him.

Grayfist didn't notice anything unusual at all.

After reaching an agreement with Steve, Grayfist immediately started to act all high and mighty.

"Since your people now can't go to the rainforest to exchange for food..."

"Then just be in charge of gathering the food-trade materials."

"My brothers and I will be in charge of gathering the equipment resources."

"President Steve, no objections, right?"

Grayfist looked at Steve and the others with a smug expression like a petty man getting his way.

Grayfist's meaning was already very clear, he was treating Steve and his people like logistical workers.

It wasn't easy getting the upper hand over Steve, so of course he had to enjoy the feeling properly.

How could Steve not understand Grayfist's intentions? Seeing his expression, Steve deliberately showed a barely noticeable smile that was, in fact, just for Grayfist to see.

Then without hesitation, he readily agreed and saidz "No objections, it's only right."

Seeing Steve agree so easily, Grayfist was a bit stunned.

'Hiss… he agreed this quickly?…'

'No… with his personality, there's no way he'd accept this proposal so casually…'

'Then again… if they're going out to gather stuff, they could sneak away with quite a bit…'

Steve said just one sentence, and several little mental dramas already played out in Grayfist's mind.

It had to be said, Grayfist was totally being toyed with by Steve.

He didn't trust Steve much to begin with.

Just to get the satisfaction of stepping on Steve once, he insisted on cooperating with him.

The result was, every word and action of Steve's, in Grayfist's mind, had suspicious motives.

And such a result would undoubtedly make Grayfist act with fear and hesitation.

Take this food-gathering task for example, Grayfist's suggestion actually wasn't a problem.

Steve and his people had already lost the qualification to trade with the rainforest. Grayfist's group was essentially taking them in. For Steve's team to be in charge of food for the whole group was reasonable.

But just because Steve agreed too quickly, Grayfist began to overthink it.

To guard against Steve's group, Grayfist would inevitably order his men to keep watch over them.

This would undoubtedly slow down his own development.

For Steve, of course, this was the optimal outcome.

Black Blade had already promised to fully provide Steve's team with equipment and resources.

What Steve needed to do was disrupt Grayfist's progress.

And for this task, Steve was clearly doing it with ease.

———

Steve's joining was purely by chance, but it did bring Xu Yuan's entire plan a step closer.

After Steve joined Xu Yuan's camp, barring any unexpected events, the player camp could no longer pose any threat to Xu Yuan.

Next came the phase of establishing a trade network, raising troops and building strength.

While Steve, Black Blade, and Grayfist were negotiating with each other, a negotiation was also taking place in the main world.

Somewhere atop a cliff in the main world.

"Don't come over! Don't come over!"

"Put down what's in your hands!!"

Entity 303 was suspended in mid-air, looking warily at the noob holding a salted fish in both hands.

"Aiya, you're cheating!! If I had known, I would've logged into an admin account!"

The noob spoke as he dug at the stone under his feet, preparing to place blocks to get closer to Entity 303.

Seeing this, Entity 303 sighed helplessly and couldn't help but pat his own face with regret.

'What was I thinking back then, wanting to meet him!!'

As Entity 303 was pondering, the noob kept stubbornly stacking blocks, getting closer and closer.

"Come on, tell me, how did you travel into the game world?"

"I want to be like you!"

"Right, do you still want your stuff from before you died?"

"Master gave all your things to me. Though there's nothing very valuable, I didn't expect we actually wear the same size!"

"That white hoodie of yours is pretty cool. I secretly tried it on once, hehe, it fits well…"

"But Master said it's bad to mess with other people's stuff…"

"Want me to burn it for you?"

The noob was still the same noob. Facing someone he felt close to, he always rambled on illogically.

This whole ramble from the noob made Entity 303 almost roll his eyes to the back of his head.

"What do you mean 'before I died'?!! I'm still alive and kicking, alright?!!"

"What do you mean 'nothing valuable'… That gaming pod of mine was worth a fortune, okay?!!!!"

"And! Don't wear other people's clothes without permission, alright!!!!"

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