Minecraft: I Am The Demon King

"Why is he controlling us?!"

"Could it be that he has taken a fancy to us and wants to recruit us?!"

"What do you mean 'wants to recruit us'? Haven't we already been recruited?..."

"..."

While the players were still puzzled, they noticed their bodies uncontrollably moving towards the players who were tied up with cobwebs.

At this moment, the players who were tied up with cobwebs suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

"What… What are you doing?!"

"Don't come near us!! Stay away!!!"

"Hey!! Snap out of it!! Don't do anything crazy!!"

"..."

The zombie players, hearing the words of the bound players, seemed to realize something.

"What the heck?!! Could he be controlling us to kill them?!"

"Jeez… Is this making us kill each other?!"

"Cough cough… Um, can he control me to kill that guy with the ID Li Yu..."

"HIM, no need to control me, let me handle it myself! I've been fed up with that idiot Yu Wu for ages!!"

"..."

Among the zombie players, while many were discontent with being made to attack their fellow guild members, some were eager to take advantage of becoming zombies to settle old scores with people they disliked.

Under HIM's control, the zombie players quickly reached the bound players and began their first massacre under his direction.

During the process, many zombie players were extremely reluctant—after all, the victims included close friends, teammates, and even brothers-in-arms.

However, after the massacre ended, an unexpected scene of delight unfolded.

"Hey… Did any of you suddenly see something weird pop up on your screen?..."

"Are you talking about the kill count?..."

"What the heck?! There's actually such a feature?!"

"No way, so that's why some people willingly become zombies—it turns out kill counts can increase attributes?!"

"This… is kind of overpowered! They can wear equipment, perform actions, and killing people boosts their stats!"

"Wow… I'm starting to not want to turn back now…"

"..."

Though the game offered diverse styles of play—some players loved adventure, others pursued strength, explored scenery, or engaged in building—those who joined guilds were undoubtedly the type who sought to grow stronger.

These players naturally craved power. And just now, they had firsthand experienced the perks of being a zombie.

It was known that no matter how many zombies a player killed, they could never gain attribute increases.

However, as zombies, killing 100 players could increase an attribute by 0.5 points!

Additionally, zombies could equip gear and perform various free actions.

Obviously, in the current environment, zombies had much better survival abilities and growth rates than players.

Once the zombie players understood these advantages, they immediately embraced their new reality.

"That's it. I'm not going back to being a regular player!"

"Although zombies only have one life, if we're cautious, it doesn't seem that easy to die, right?"

"Here's a tip for everyone: make a contingency plan. While being a zombie, keep hoarding resources and stash them somewhere. If you accidentally die and return to being a player, you won't lose out too much!"

"Damn! Guild leader, you're brilliant! That's a two-pronged strategy! Amazing!!"

"Thank you, HIM, for lowering my gaming difficulty!! Now I don't have to grind like a 9-to-5 job in the game every day!!!"

"..."

It had to be said that Xu Yuan's strategy significantly boosted the conversion rate.

Out of the roughly 3,000 infected members of the Canglan Guild, all of them defected once they learned that zombies could increase their stats by killing players.

Even the guild leader, Lan Yu, turned traitor.

The main reason was that being a player in this game world was simply too exhausting.

They had to defend against monsters, other players, and HIM while constantly improving their skills and gear, lest they fall behind and get eliminated.

Becoming a monster was much easier.

At least for players, the greatest threat—HIM—would no longer be their enemy. As monsters, they could coexist peacefully with HIM.

Their only adversaries would be other players.

Considering that as players, they had to fight against each other anyway, throwing themselves into HIM's embrace to become zombies didn't seem so bad.

At the same time, thousands of miles away, in the Yunshui Guild's base, the scene was identical to that of the Canglan Guild.

With Xu Yuan's dual operations, out of the 4,000 infected members in the Yunshui Guild, 3,700 opted to remain infected.

The conversion rate was remarkably high.

———

While Xu Yuan executed his plans, far away in the Eternal Guild's base, a sudden attack was underway.

"Damn it! What kind of monster is this?!"

"Could it be one of HIM's new underlings?! Isn't HIM recruiting an army?!"

"That's actually possible. This monster uses fire, and that undead knight from before seemed to control magma."

"..."

At this moment, outside the base gate, a figure wearing a white hoodie stood silently.

Due to the distance, the players couldn't make out his face.

A name hovered above his head, but the text was bright red. He raised both hands slightly, and flames began gathering in his palms.

The fireballs grew larger and larger, eventually reaching the size of a human head before stabilizing.

He lifted his hands, and the fireballs shot swiftly toward the base walls.

As soon as the fireballs touched the stone, they melted it instantly. The walls, five blocks thick, were penetrated with just two fireballs!

Moreover, the fireballs continued to burn for a long time after hitting the walls.

With just two fireballs, a massive hole was burned through the five-block-thick walls.

The sentry players of the Eternal Guild quickly reported the situation to their leader, Yonghui.

"Guild leader, there's a monster outside!!"

Hearing the report, Yonghui jumped to his feet, his heart racing.

"Is it HIM?!"

Despite the time that had passed, the fear HIM instilled in him hadn't faded.

The player reporting shook his head. "It's not HIM. It looks like a player, but the name above its head is red."

"It seems to be called…Entity_303."

Hearing the player's words, Yonghui finally sat back down with a sigh of relief.

"Damn it! Am I cursed to deal with monsters for life?! Why do these creatures keep messing with me?!" Yonghui muttered, frustrated.

"Entity_303… Why does that name sound so familiar?…"

Hearing his subordinate mention the name above the invading monster's head outside the base, Yonghui immediately felt it sounded somewhat familiar.

But after thinking for a while, he couldn't recall where he had seen it before.

Since he had no impression of it, he figured he might be mistaken, so Yonghui didn't dwell on it any further.

As long as the one outside wasn't HIM, it was fine.

With that thought, Yonghui asked the guild player, "What abilities does that monster have?"

Hearing Yonghui's question, the player immediately reported, "He can use fire. That fire doesn't seem like ordinary flames; those flames can melt stone!"

After the player finished speaking, Yonghui still stood frozen in place, staring at him.

Seeing that the player didn't continue for a long time, Yonghui asked in confusion, "Why are you looking at me? Keep going!"

Perhaps because Yonghui had previously encountered monsters like HIM, he assumed monsters similar to HIM would all have various abilities.

So, he kept waiting for the player to report additional abilities of this monster.

At this moment, the reporting player seemed baffled and said,

"Huh?"

"Say what?"

Hearing the player's response, Yonghui also felt somewhat dumbfounded.

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