Chapter 519: Main Plot Advancement

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Normal trees do indeed spread pollen. Bai Xiaojun, with his background in medicine, was naturally proficient in herbalism and instantly saw through Yuan Qinghua's ploy to implicate him.

"Give me your flowers," he said.

He walked over to the treant tied to an iron pillar. With an expressionless face, he shook the treant's flowers, causing some pollen to fall out. He then calmly performed the pollen transfer on himself. The entire process was exceedingly mundane.

Everyone was instantly disappointed.

Although this was a form of tree communication, it was not at all what they had hoped for!

It wasn't passionate or proactive. Many fujoshi watching the livestream immediately grew anxious. They roared internally, "This isn't the BL scene we wanted! At least a kiss! It's clearly such a fun game, yet they didn't play by the expected script. It wasn't exciting at all!"

However, some male netizens didn't share this preference. After all, according to an online survey on preferences, most men found yuri beautiful but found two men together disgusting. For women, it was the opposite: they found two women together disgusting but were very excited by two handsome men flirting with each other. This was considered a very peculiar social psychological phenomenon.

When male netizens saw this scene, they simply found Bai Xiaojun terrifyingly astute, having actually seen through the opponent's conspiracy. They couldn't watch this exciting show. In such a tense and stalemate situation under normal circumstances, ordinary people truly couldn't break through their mental blind spots to achieve this.

"Oh, oh, oh, oh! This person is definitely not simple!"

"Our passionate songs were clearly meant to disturb his mind and make him infatuated," they lamented, "yet he didn't fall for it!"

Outside, the netizens in the livestream room were still wailing in anguish and despair. Their hands, poised to take screenshots for the latest online meme, felt as though they had missed out on a fortune. Bai Xiaojun couldn't be bothered with those idiots who wanted to mess with him. Why would he pay attention to such fools? They just wanted to see him make a fool of himself, but thankfully, he was resourceful.

"Is this okay?" Bai Xiaojun asked, a little nervous as he watched the pollen transfer.

Yuan Qinghua took a deep breath. Seeing that Bai Xiaojun didn't fall for his trick, he couldn't help but say, "Yes, that's fine. It just might not succeed in one go. After all, it wasn't shot by the 'Arrow of White Flowers,' so it won't guarantee 100% offspring."

"Then we can just try a few more times," Bai Xiaojun said after thinking for a moment. "Anyway, we're both imprisoned here, and we can even use this to survive and buy time. They won't kill me."

In reality, after much thought, Bai Xiaojun also felt that this imprisoned player had truly hit the jackpot! All he had to do was participate in the breeding. The entire Heavenly Human Path had spent all its accumulated resources, even sacrificing the aging life of the previous Heavenly Human Sovereign Emperor, to push him to the seventh-tier Heavenly Emperor realm. A seventh-tier Heavenly Emperor? That's no small feat! Furthermore, he became the progenitor of the Hungry Ghost Path.

Undeniably, while his current imprisonment looked comical, it was like boarding the train of a new era! Based on this worldview, it was speculated that this was likely connected to the Six Paths of Reincarnation. To be named one of the progenitors of the Hungry Ghost Path among the Six Paths—wasn't that utterly incredible? There were precedents. Look at Ancestor Witch Bell in the past, or how the Laurel Tree was "cut down" online every day, or Mother Earth Qing Teng being suppressed for hundreds of years—weren't they all similar cases? His future prospects were certainly vast, so he should seize the opportunity to build good relations. He also started making his own calculations.

"Yuan Qinghua, in the future, might be the next Ancestor Witch or Earth Mother Qing Teng!"

Both sides were now calculating against each other. As expert players, they needed to figure out how to manage their relationship within this dungeon to cooperate effectively.

*Cough, cough, cough!*

Bai Xiaojun spoke first: "Yuan Qinghua, you're a combat talent, the third-place winner of the V-Fighting Grand Finals, just currently imprisoned. As for me, I'm not good at fighting; I just help with alchemy on the server to improve my realm. Although I'm free, I'm very weak. If we want to escape this hell-level maximum difficulty dungeon, we'll need a long-term plan."

At this point, Yuan Qinghua truly looked at Bai Xiaojun in a new light, seeing that he hadn't fallen into his trap. He said, "You're an alchemist; perhaps you can use this time to research some potions and cause some trouble. After all, the pharmacology in this world's setting is quite novel! Just make sure they don't discover your Asura identity. They only need one 'stud,' and they won't go to such great lengths to create another Heavenly Emperor-level one. If you're discovered, you might die or be subjected to various lethal experiments."

Everyone in the livestream room, munching on sunflower seeds, became a bit more serious as they listened to the two seriously discuss how to conquer the dungeon. This is how normal players should be! They truly showed the demeanor of expert players tackling a hell-level dungeon.

"In a sense, what they're experiencing is indeed a hell-level dungeon; it's very difficult!" someone commented. "But if they escape, the rewards will be immense. It's like gaining a Heavenly Emperor-level player, the progenitor of the Hungry Ghost Path. The rewards are incredibly rich!"

"This perfectly fits MMORPG settings! The higher the difficulty, the richer the rewards!"

"Is this a multi-part major main quest? Then how can we help them escape?" a netizen asked in the livestream chat.

"In the short term, it's probably impossible," someone immediately said, becoming serious. "But after some time, when this batch of players grows stronger, perhaps they can coordinate an attack from both inside and outside the dungeon, ambushing the Great Mantis and catching it off guard."

Everyone couldn't help but discuss seriously, incredibly excited. They truly suspected it was intentionally designed by the game development team. This was practically a common setting for beginner quests. In the opening storylines of traditional MMORPGs, didn't it always start with an NPC trapped in a cage, whom players would happen upon, followed by a line like, "Oh, young hero, I am imprisoned here by an evil entity"? Then the game's worldview, background, and racial settings would be introduced. At this point, it was revealed that their players were called the Asura race, and the main quest was also set: to save this trapped progenitor of the Hungry Ghost Path, a member of their Asura Path.

But wait, were these main quest NPCs, these main quest targets to be saved, all played by the players themselves? Oh my god, this game is too brilliant! Ahhh! This game is too fun! Many people exclaimed in front of their computers, their eyes shining brightly. To encounter such an MMORPG in their lifetime made them feel incredibly happy and thrilled. Other flashy, trashy MMORPGs out there couldn't possibly achieve this, could they? The freedom was explosive.

Just as everyone was wildly praising the game, another surprising scene occurred. People in the livestream room yelled, "Brothers, look, the main storyline of this game has advanced again!"

The crude, dark red wooden door suddenly opened. The Great Mantis spoke words that the players couldn't understand at all. It was fat and ferocious, muttering incomprehensibly.

"Are you two done?"

Its gaze swept over the trees and animals on the ground, seemingly unaware of the two treants' disguises. "Okay, very good," it rumbled. "Next up is another round of preparation for breeding, with good food and drink. I hope the indicators set by the Heavenly Beings above can be met!"

In reality, the Great Mantis was secretly relieved that this time they were quite cooperative. After all, it didn't dare defy the Heavenly Beings' demands. Even without considering the survival rate, it had to produce at least 100 offspring each cycle, or it would be finished. And if they survived and became living Hungry Ghost Path warriors, it would also receive immense benefits!

Next, Bai Xiaojun and the other animals were rearranged into a room, provided with good food and drink daily and ample nutrition, entering what was referred to as their "pre-delivery period."

Days passed one by one. It's worth noting that while the Wizard Community could watch the livestream, they could not.