Seeing the determination in Barbeque Sauce's eyes, Xu Yuan knew his words hadn't been in vain.
For Xu Yuan, the early-stage time is very precious. He must, within the shortest time, understand the many rules of the Trial Grounds, analyze the structure of the Trial Grounds, in order to plan out the following plan.
Although encountering Barbecue Sauce slightly disrupted Xu Yuan's process, it still does not count as wasting time.
Barbecue Sauce can also be considered as representing the animal faction in the Trial Grounds. With Barbecue Sauce's strength, as long as he doesn't do actions as reckless as just now in the future, he definitely will be able to lead the animal faction. Even if he cannot lead, he definitely will have discourse power.
Now his mindset has changed. Next, he will also go influence the animals he comes into contact with.
Moreover, Barbecue Sauce and Blue Demon are comrades who have lived and died together. They are both very kind, and before also tried to find another way out, tried to break the deadlock.
If they believe, then the probability of Barbecue Sauce persuading Blue Demon is also very high.
With Blue Demon's strength, he absolutely can become a representative of a portion of the monster factions.
That is to say, Barbecue Sauce who was persuaded by Xu Yuan will bring about a huge butterfly effect. So Xu Yuan spending a bit more time on him is still very worthwhile.
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[Outside the Trial Grounds]
The people watching the battle, whether players or animals, at this moment are all somewhat boiling.
These animals that have developed consciousness can basically all understand Barbecue Sauce's words.
After Xu Yuan and Barbecue Sauce communicated, most of the animals, just like Barbecue Sauce, can accept Xu Yuan's proposal to set new rules.
Xu Yuan's words did indeed inspire those animals that developed consciousness.
Especially that one sentence of his, "Don't put yourselves in the same position as those beings that haven't developed consciousness."
In the main world, almost all animals actually have always placed themselves in the same position as those beings without consciousness.
They previously also didn't feel anything was wrong. But after hearing Xu Yuan's words, they then realized, turns out they had always trapped themselves in a framework.
If even they themselves see themselves as food, then how can they ask others not to hunt or harm them?
Xu Yuan's words, while awakening Barbecue Sauce, actually also awakened many animals watching the battle.
Although almost all animals agree with Xu Yuan's concept of placing themselves on the same level as players, there are still some animals who don't quite agree with Xu Yuan's idea of creating new rules.
After all, quite a few animals have personally witnessed players slaughtering their companions and family members. It's definitely hard to let go of hatred toward players.
In contrast, among the players watching outside, the proportion that supports Xu Yuan's idea is much higher.
Although players can't understand Barbecue Sauce's words, through Xu Yuan's conversation with him, they can roughly guess what Barbecue Sauce meant.
"This plan sounds pretty good. Killing monsters and animals only gives fixed stuff anyway. Now we're not lacking food or basic resources anymore. If we switch to quest mode, maybe we'll get some unexpected things!"
"Exactly!!! I'm actually really interested in that poison egg!!"
"Running errands and doing quests is what I'm best at, as long as the price is fair! That brain tumor octopus earlier, we killed it for you too!!"
"Wow!! Do you guys believe this? I actually imagined such a plan before!! Making friends with conscious monsters and animals, learning their stories, going on adventures with them, it sounds super fun!! I fully support this plan!!"
"The plan itself is fine, but it might be hard to implement. After all, it's really hard for us to tell apart the conscious beings from the ones that are just game-generated…"
"By the way, isn't anyone curious about this player called Xu Yuan?! Just a few casual words and it feels like he's changing the world's structure?!"
"Yeah!! Strong, visionary, and super ambitious!! He changed that chicken's fixed mindset with just a few lines!!"
"Most importantly, I've never seen this ID before… Logically, someone like this should've had some level of fame!"
"I have a bold guess… Could he be HIM?..."
"Hiss… now that you say it, it's really possible!!"
"Huh?? No way, right? Even if the rumored HIM did join the trial, shouldn't he appear in monster form?…"
At first, the players' discussion topic was still about Xu Yuan's new rule proposal. But very quickly, the topic shifted to Xu Yuan himself.
From a person's words, you can see their knowledge and insight. Anyone with eyes can tell from Xu Yuan's speech that he is not an ordinary player.
His vision, mindset, and way of looking at things, none of them are something a regular person can match.
And someone like this, yet no player in the main world remembers his name.
Many players, after seeing this scene, even started searching forums for clues about Xu Yuan's ID. But they couldn't find any useful information.
Precisely because of that, many players started linking Xu Yuan to HIM.
However, players still have no concrete evidence proving Xu Yuan is HIM. Which is exactly why, players watching outside the trial became even more interested in Xu Yuan.
"Whether he's HIM or not, this handsome guy has totally caught my attention. I'm really curious what he'll do next!"
"True. He was able to persuade that chicken only because he saved him and temporarily gained his trust. That laid a solid foundation. But in the future, when facing other factions, just talking won't cut it."
"If this plan wants to be implemented, it needs a just and powerful third party to act as the judge of the new rules. Since he's the one who proposed it, he should understand that. The only question is, does he have the strength to become that judge…"
The rest covers the internal scene again with Xu Yuan and Barbecue Sauce separating.
It must be said, the players who are able to come to the Trial Grounds wanting to participate, all have some strength on their bodies.
Their analysis is also all thorough. If Xu Yuan wants to establish new rules, then he must let himself become that fair judge.
But becoming a judge is not easy.
First, one must possess enough strength and right to speak. After all, for a judge, what they face are the major powers. If he wants them to implement new rules, he definitely must gain the trust of the major powers.
And the word "trust," one is "belief," one is "submission."
These two characters, neither can be missing. Just between these two characters, there lie countless huge chasms that need to be crossed.
This is also the reason why the players outside the arena are focusing their gazes on Xu Yuan. They are all very curious, what kind of plot Xu Yuan is going to put on next.
Is it wits without bravery? Or bravery without wits?
Or perhaps, walking to the end with both bravery and wits...
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[Inside the Trial Grounds]
Seeing that Barbecue Sauce already had the next direction and goal, Xu Yuan glanced at the villager who was wandering not far away, then looked at Barbecue Sauce.
Although Xu Yuan didn't speak, Barbecue Sauce also understood Xu Yuan's meaning.
"Cluck cluck cluck... (So soon he's going to take the first step...)"
At this moment, Barbecue Sauce also understood very clearly, that to become a pioneer, the first step he must take is to let go of meaningless kindness.
But this kind of thing is always easy to say, hard to do. Especially right now, there's already a choice placed in front of him.
Thinking of this, Barbecue Sauce looked at the villager villager wandering not far away, and let out a long sigh.
Then he looked at Xu Yuan and spoke, "Cluck cluck cluck... (Not far from here there's a wooden house, it should be the place he used to live...)"
"Cluck cluck cluck... (I will take him back...)"
Barbecue Sauce is still very kind; he knows once night falls, this villager will most likely be infected by monsters.
But he also understands very well, what the villager's final fate will be.
He really can't bring himself to heartlessly leave the villager here.
What he can do now, is just send him to a temporarily safer place. As for what happens after, it can only be left to fate.
Hearing Barbecue Sauce's words, Xu Yuan also didn't stop him.
Xu Yuan knew very well, Barbecue Sauce couldn't possibly change his mindset immediately and become like the players, completely indifferent toward those beings who haven't developed consciousness.
What he's doing now is essentially a compromise. While taking the first step, he can also make himself feel a little better inside.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan nodded and said, "Then let's part ways here."
Xu Yuan didn't have any intention to travel together with Barbecue Sauce, so naturally, he wouldn't go with him to escort the villager.
Although this was more important for Barbecue Sauce, for Xu Yuan it was completely a waste of time.
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Barbecue Sauce was slightly stunned.
"Cluck cluck cluck?... (You're not going with me?...)"
Xu Yuan had saved Barbecue Sauce, and also helped him save the villager villager, even spoke so much with him.
Barbecue Sauce actually already trusted Xu Yuan a lot, so he subconsciously assumed Xu Yuan would become his companion and walk forward together.
Unexpectedly, Xu Yuan actually had no intention of accompanying him.
But just as Barbecue Sauce asked, he already realized the reason why Xu Yuan wouldn't go with him.
From meeting to trusting Xu Yuan, there were various factors involved. Although Barbecue Sauce didn't know Xu Yuan's true identity, Xu Yuan appeared as a player after all.
In the current situation, whether it's the monster camp, the animal camp, or even the villager camp, they are all hostile toward players.
They won't easily trust a player. If Barbecue Sauce travels together with Xu Yuan, two possibilities will occur.
The first possibility is that his companions, like Barbecue Sauce, trust Xu Yuan, and work together toward the new rules. But obviously, the chances of this happening are very low.
The likely situation during the journey would be the second possibility.
Barbecue Sauce would be seen by his companions as a traitor, turned into a player's lackey.
Once his companions start to think this way, then Barbecue Sauce's words will carry no power to convince.
Then, things like establishing new rules and becoming a pioneer would become nothing but a bubble.
Thinking of this, before Xu Yuan could explain, Barbecue Sauce spoke first, "Cluck cluck, cluck cluck cluck... (I understand, then let's part ways here...)"
Seeing that Barbecue Sauce seemed to understand, Xu Yuan didn't say anything more.
Xu Yuan's reason for not going with Barbecue Sauce was exactly this. Besides, the reason Xu Yuan told him so much was to let him go and influence other animals and monsters.
Xu Yuan's plan was to explore all regions first; the journey would be rather hurried.
If Barbecue Sauce were to travel with Xu Yuan, he wouldn't be able to interact with too many living beings.
So it's more beneficial for both of them to go forward separately.
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