It has been five days since everyone transmigrated to the Primordial Continent.
With four days left until the end of the novice period, a major threat loomed.
Once the novice period ended, the territory's protective shield would be lifted, and the danger of beast tides would follow.
The stronger the troops in a territory, the higher the probability of safely surviving the beast tide crisis.
Therefore, those buying equipment now understood the situation clearly, their calculations precise.
And the lords who spent vast resources to snatch these items…
Not only did they not accuse Xiao Mo of being greedy, but their gratitude towards him soared.
A total of seven lords managed to acquire the equipment. It was these very items that filled them with ambition.
In just a few hours, the combat power of their human-shaped troops equipped with these low-tier items had exploded, and their efficiency in hunting magical beasts had doubled.
This was precisely why Xiao Mo had unknowingly gained a large following in the [World Chat Channel].
These seven lords uploaded their combat records to the chat channel, extensively promoting the benefits of the equipment and directly expressing their thanks to "Qian Mo Dà Lǎo" (Big Brother Qian Mo).
This decisively shut up his previous detractors.
As a result, many people in the chat channel began to reply in succession, singing the praises of "Qian Mo Dà Lǎo."
As for the lords who failed to secure the equipment, upon seeing these figures, they beat their chests and stamped their feet, lamenting their misfortune.
But there was nothing they could do. Who told them they lacked the courage back then to invest two-thirds of their entire fortune?
In short, this move by Xiao Mo not only earned him a large amount of resources.
It also allowed him to "harvest" another wave of "leeks" from the lord community, greatly increasing his cohesion and popularity.
Xiao Mo was unaware that although he did not act like Jin Xuan and did not particularly care about community cohesion or popularity.
He had, however, unintentionally become the sole "Big Brother" in the hearts of many!
The Immortal Demon Squad continued to ruthlessly harvest the lives of various magical beasts.
With their comings and goings, the square was slowly filled with the corpses of magical beasts once more.
Seeing this, Xiao Mo couldn't help but sigh.
Having strong troops wasn't necessarily good; their efficiency was too high, making it too tiring!
(A certain weak troop lord: Wuwuwu… Big Brother, if you find it tiring, give them to me! I definitely won't find it tiring!)
Shaking his head helplessly, he began to get to work.
Ten minutes later, after all the corpses were collected, all the harvested resources were sorted and stored in the warehouse.
Upon seeing the numerous piles of food in the warehouse, Xiao Mo remembered someone.
That fellow with the distinct air of a cunning merchant – Dou Xiao Dou.
With that thought, Xiao Mo directly opened [Friend Information] and pulled up his friend list.
As for the friend request messages, Xiao Mo didn't even bother to look.
As usual, he rejected and deleted them all.
However, this time, deleting them took quite some time.
This was because the number of lords who had sent friend requests had reached over sixty-five million.
A large portion of these were due to admiration for Xiao Mo's reputation, or because they had some request.
Only a small fraction, a few million messages, were from the very first lords who had added Xiao Mo.
These people added him almost every day, sometimes adding, sometimes rejecting, sometimes rejecting, sometimes adding, as if they had a grudge against Xiao Mo, remaining persistent.
However, most of them had requests, after all, "Qian Mo Dà Lǎo's" reputation preceded him.
Everyone had witnessed the development speed over these five days. Besides Xiao Mo, who else could it be?
As the saying goes, it's good to bask in the shade of a big tree!
And Xiao Mo's place was a towering tree, naturally attracting many to cling to him, hoping to leverage the strength of Xiao Mo's territory to enhance their own.
These were almost all open secrets, so there was no need to overthink it; anyone with a brain could understand.
Of course, there was also a small portion of top-tier lords, those who were extremely confident in themselves.
Very arrogant, they wanted to directly recruit Xiao Mo into their ranks.
Under the guise of forming an alliance with Xiao Mo, they would advance and retreat together once the era of conquest began.
Given Xiao Mo's personality, he naturally rolled his eyes at such behavior.
What were these people thinking? Without even a hint of an accomplishment, they were already plotting world domination and advancing and retreating together?
What right or capability did they have to say such things?
It wasn't even certain if they could safely survive the beast tide after four days, yet they were already speaking so boastfully.
Therefore.
Xiao Mo naturally showed no mercy to these individuals, rejecting and deleting them all.
Who cares…
After deleting these people, Xiao Mo found the only friend on his list, [Dou Xiao Dou], and saw multiple messages.
[Qian Mo Dà Dà, what are you doing?]
[Qian Mo Dà Dà, can you chat with me? This cave is too dark, and I'm scared here alone!]
These were sent before Xiao Mo listed his equipment for auction.
[Qian Mo Dà Dà, you're simply too amazing! You actually killed so many Minotaurs at once, I admire you so much! Xiao Dou Zi still doesn't know what the Torren tribe Minotaurs are…]
[Qian Mo Dà Dà, my goblins can't use your equipment, their bodies are too short…]
These were sent when the equipment was just listed.
[Hahaha…]
[Qian Mo Dà Ge, Xiao Dou Zi is rich now!]
[My goblins dug up another construction blueprint while mining!]
[It's a blueprint for a Forge. From now on, Xiao Dou Zi can forge all sorts of equipment for Big Brother!]
…
These messages were sent about an hour ago.
Seeing the last message, Xiao Mo couldn't help but laugh and cry.
His Immortal Demon Squad had hunted at least two thousand magical beasts over these past few days.
Adding the Minotaurs, the total definitely exceeded three thousand.
Yet he had never seen what a so-called blueprint looked like.
This hit Xiao Mo with ten million points of damage, bringing a faint sense of melancholy.
He had originally thought his luck was good enough, having obtained the unique top-tier starting troops – the Immortal Demon troops.
But this little brat, Dou Xiao Dou…
His luck was simply continuous!
Although he hadn't obtained any outstanding troops, the rewards for his diligent labor were truly enviable.
This little brat was as if possessed by the goddess of luck!
"Truly a brat who makes me both happy and jealous!"
Xiao Mo sighed, shook his head, and cast aside the sliver of melancholy.
Then, Xiao Mo raised his hand and sent two messages.
[I was busy with some things just now and didn't see your messages.]
[Has your Forge been built yet? What resources and materials are needed to forge equipment? What do you need me to provide?]
Xiao Mo's first thought, of course, was about the equipment.
With the experience from auctioning equipment this time, he naturally understood its value.
As long as equipment could be forged, there was no doubt it would be another opportunity to make a massive profit!