Entity 303 saw this and thought for a moment.
Letting the Death Knight, the Wither King, and the not-yet-recovered Execution Dragon work together to deal with a single Wither Storm was indeed a bit unrealistic.
Although the Death Knight and the Wither King had strength above the purple tier, they were still quite far from the blue tier.
After thinking of this, Entity 303 looked at the three and said, "You three go deal with those Withers. I will try to finish the fight quickly..."
Entity 303 naturally did not want the Death Knight, the Wither King, and the Execution Dragon to take risks. So he could only arrange things this way.
Seeing this, the Death Knight, the Wither King, and the Execution Dragon also had no objections.
Although the Death Knight and the Wither King felt somewhat uncomfortable in their hearts, they also understood Entity 303's well-intentioned plan.
After Entity 303 more or less finished arranging everything, he glanced at Pengpeng and Black Blade, thought for a moment, and then said, "You two are responsible for notifying the players and having them take shelter as much as possible..."
Seeing this, Pengpeng and Black Blade exchanged a look. Pengpeng was about to say something to Entity 303 but was stopped by Black Blade, who then looked at Entity 303 and said, "Mm, okay."
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Not long after Entity 303 finished making arrangements, Black Blade saw that the World Channel exploded.
[Holy crap? Did the game update a Cthulhu module?!]
[Coordinates (XXX, XX, XXX), there's a giant monster in the sky with three eyes and several tentacles!! (Picture attached)]
[Huh? Did HIM's pet accidentally get released?]
[Hiss... Damn!! What the hell is this thing!!]
[Bro who posted the pic, are you still alive?...]
[Whoa, the monster is surrounded entirely by blocks???]
Seeing this, Black Blade immediately started gathering information about where the Wither Storms had appeared.
It didn't take long before he got the locations of four Wither Storms.
Black Blade quickly reported the specific locations of the four Wither Storms to Entity 303.
After getting the coordinates of the Wither Storms, everyone at the shallows felt their heartbeats speed up quite a bit.
After all, this was the first big battle they would face after following Xu Yuan.
Entity 303, still uneasy about the others, once again explained the method for killing the Wither Storms in detail.
Then, he took a deep breath, looked at everyone, and said, "Remember the words of our king! The top priority when killing a Wither Storm is to protect your own life first."
"This is my first time commanding, so don't you guys purposely set me up!"
The tense atmosphere at the shallows was instantly broken by Entity 303. Everyone was amused by Entity 303.
Seeing that everyone gradually relaxed, Entity 303 also let out a long breath.
"Alright, let's go!"
As soon as Entity 303 finished speaking, the squads responsible for killing the Wither Storms all set out separately.
To avoid Death Knight, Wither King, and Execution Dragon having trouble finding the Withers, Black Blade assigned a player to accompany each of them, making sure they could get updates about their regions immediately.
As soon as Death Knight, Wither King, and Execution Dragon left, Pengpeng couldn't help but ask Black Blade, "Why did you stop me just now?"
Actually, Pengpeng had wanted to suggest to Entity 303 that the zombie players he led, along with the players under Black Blade, should also participate.
But Black Blade had stopped him, and Pengpeng didn't quite understand why.
Seeing Pengpeng's confused face, Black Blade explained, "Even if you had suggested it, Entity 303 wouldn't have agreed."
"Death Knight, Wither King, and Execution Dragon should have enough strength to deal with the Wither Storms, yet he still chose the safest way instead of risking it."
"So even if you suggested it, he wouldn't have let us join the fight."
"Also, our king said it too, the first priority is to protect ourselves."
"I'm just a player, it's no big deal if I die, just drop some gear. But if you zombie players participate, the loss would be much bigger..."
Hearing Black Blade's words, Pengpeng finally understood. But he still felt a bit unwilling.
"Even so, we should do something, right?"
"You heard it too, there are too many enemies now, and we clearly don't have enough people..."
Seeing Pengpeng so anxious, Black Blade patted his shoulder and said, "Don't rush. There's still a lot we can do."
Hearing Black Blade say that, Pengpeng looked puzzled, but before he could ask, Black Blade explained, "You have to understand, the Void's move this time is a declaration of war against the entire world."
"So he's not just our enemy, he's the enemy of every player. What we need to do is make the players realize this and get them to join us in fighting back."
"If they know we're on the same side, will we still be short on manpower? Even if the players are weak individually, they're like cockroaches you can't kill."
"Maybe they can't beat a Wither Storm, but they can still deal with normal Withers, right? Won't that solve the manpower shortage?"
It had to be said, Black Blade's big-picture thinking was really good. He had already realized how important it was to form alliances.
Just like Black Blade said, this battle was a perfect opportunity. It could let players clearly see who their true enemy was.
Once they cooperated once, there would naturally be a second time.
In the future, the huge group of players would become an unshakable force against the Void. Also, through repeated cooperation, the players would rely more on Xu Yuan and trust him more. That would allow Xu Yuan to gather more Faith Points to prepare for future battles.
After hearing Black Blade's words, Pengpeng instantly felt ashamed of himself.
Pengpeng had never thought about pulling in the players. He had always felt that he and the players were not on the same side. Because of his deep faith in Xu Yuan, it was hard for him to think differently.
Before, all he thought about was turning more players into zombie players. He hadn't considered that even without turning into zombies, players could still believe in Xu Yuan.
Thinking of this, Pengpeng finally understood what to do next.
"I get it."
After speaking, Pengpeng opened the video recording feature in his game. Then he clicked on a video he had marked with a star.
The video was the recording of Xu Yuan's earlier meeting with all his subordinates.
Pengpeng had recorded it simply because it was his first time attending such a high-level meeting. He just wanted to keep it as a souvenir.
As for why he had starred the video, it was because of the three things Xu Yuan said, "First, protect yourselves."
"Second, protect this world."
"Remember, the priority of the first rule is always greater than the second."
Pengpeng had never expected that the video he secretly recorded would become so useful for this battle.
After watching the video once, Pengpeng sent it to Black Blade and said, "I believe after watching this video, players will know what to do, right?"
After watching it, Black Blade also felt a wave of emotion and then nodded with a smile.
"Mm! Once Entity 303 and the others are in position, we'll release the video. And have the players who are following the Death Knight, Wither King, and Execution Dragon start livestreaming."
"Send some people over to livestream the Wither Storm battles too, but from a distance. I'll also gather a team to personally go and take on the Withers."
"You'll handle the forum and livestream stuff!"
Hearing Black Blade's plan, Pengpeng had no objections. After thinking for a moment, he said, "When you take people to fight the Withers, make sure you livestream too."
"After I arrange everything, I'll also take some people to go meet the Withers... No matter how good our public relations are, if the players see us zombie players acting cowardly, they won't want to join us."
Pengpeng wasn't being impulsive, his reasoning was solid.
Although Pengpeng had recorded the meeting where HIM talked to his subordinates, and although soon the livestreams of people fighting the Wither Storms and Withers would go up, that alone would only make players realize HIM was protecting the world.
It wouldn't be enough to make players want to join the fight.
To the players, these monsters were too powerful. Their first instinct would be, "That's not something I can handle." And they wouldn't feel that the battle had anything to do with them.
So in this battle, Pengpeng and Black Blade had to step forward and let players see, HIM wasn't fighting for himself. He was fighting for this world, for their world.
Players had always been selfish. Only by making them realize that, would they join in.
Hearing Pengpeng's words, Black Blade didn't stop him anymore.
"Mm, just don't die."
Pengpeng, as the first zombie player infected by HIM, had a symbolic meaning.
After all, Pengpeng was the first one HIM had given power to. If Pengpeng died, players would definitely think that zombie players were nothing special.
It would inevitably affect HIM's reputation later.
So Pengpeng absolutely couldn't die, or if he had to die, it had to be like Black Blade, by his own choice, not killed by a Wither.
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