Farming? Planting potatoes?
The players exchanged confused glances, unsure of what to make of the situation.
In this day and age, who still plants potatoes?
Even back in school during social practice activities, such tasks were merely symbolic.
"Does no one know how to plant potatoes?"
Su Nian sounded disappointed, his voice sinking lower.
His draconic eyes narrowed, and a flash of murderous red light flickered within.
"I... I know, Black Dragon Lord."
The speaker was a middle-aged man.
ID: Jingtian Kami.
He had a typical receding hairline, a face full of wrinkles, sallow and dark skin, and hands covered in calluses.
He indeed looked like a farmer-turned-player.
At this moment, Jingtian Kami was lying prostrate on the ground, nodding and bowing with a flattering smile.
It was obvious—he didn't want to eat shit.
"Very well."
Su Nian gestured for Grey Wolf to seize Jingtian Kami for strict supervision. Then, he roared at the remaining players:
"Your sole purpose for survival is to farm for me!"
"You now have one minute to throw out all your belongings from your spatial tools and transfer all your magical currency used to exchange keys to Jingtian Kami."
The players from Sakura Island were stunned.
For a moment, they almost thought this Black Dragon boss knew their true identity as players.
But then, recalling the dragon's peculiar wording—terms like "spatial tools" and "magical currency"—they concluded he only had a vague understanding.
Handing over their equipment? Of course, they were unwilling. Giving up their invasion points? Even less so.
The Sakura Island players exchanged silent glances, each harboring their own schemes.
Su Nian observed their expressions but remained unfazed.
He had plenty of ways to make these players cough up everything they had.
"Dragons possess the ability to discern lies. Look at your vomiting and diarrhea-stricken comrades. I hope you won't try to deceive me."
"Kehehe..."
As Su Nian spoke, he crawled to the far left of the player lineup.
His sharp claws scraped against the ground, producing an ear-piercing noise that added to the players' mounting pressure.
His menacing dragon face loomed over a female player.
He raised his dragon head high.
Though not a giant dragon, his nearly three-meter-tall stature was already enough to impose a heavy sense of oppression on the less-than-1.6-meter-tall female player.
"Let's start with you."
Su Nian brought his dragon face close to Hotano Kyuko.
The sulfuric breath mixed with a hint of scalding steam from his dragon mouth sprayed onto her face, causing a layer of blisters to form.
"I... I, I'll give you everything!"
Hotano Kyuko wasn't like the male players.
For a woman who valued cleanliness, being forced to eat shit was nothing short of torture.
Terrified out of her wits, she dumped everything from her backpack in one go.
Su Nian scrutinized the pile on the ground, using Basic Insight to quickly identify the items.
[Ordinary Wheat Bread] [A Jar of Mineral Water] [Face Moisturizer (Bamboo Tube)] [Lip Balm (Bamboo Tube)] [Pure Cotton Old-Style Sanitary Pads (Unused)]
[Ordinary Mage Robe] [Ordinary Staff]
What useless junk. Sanitary pads? His system store had plenty of those. If Anna needed any, he could exchange them anytime. These players' everyday items were of no interest to him.
Su Nian shook his head.
"Where's your currency?"
"I... I don't have any left..."
Hotano Kyuko lowered her head, trembling.
She really didn't have any currency left.
The food in the system store was too delicious, and she had spent all her system points on various delicacies.
Now, almost all the wooden chests in the safe zone had been looted, and even the wild beasts were scarce.
Resources were becoming increasingly scarce.
Had she not feared starving, she wouldn't have ventured out of the safe zone to explore Silvermoon Forest.
"You're lying!"
The cave echoed with the deafening roar of the Black Dragon.
All the Sakura Island players shuddered in fear.
Without needing Su Nian's command, Grey Wolf pounced, pried open Hotano Kyuko's mouth, and repeated the earlier procedure with practiced ease.
Half a minute later, another vomiting and diarrhea-stricken player lay on the ground.
Could this Black Dragon really discern lies?
The players were no longer calm, abandoning their spectator attitudes as they hurriedly began emptying their backpacks.
Of course, a few players still clung to a sliver of hope, secretly hiding what they deemed precious materials and refraining from transferring all their invasion points to Jingtian Kami.
"Have you handed over all your currency?"
Su Nian crawled to a yellow-haired player with a sharp face and monkey-like features, his pale golden draconic eyes coldly locking onto him.
"Yes... yes, I've given everything to Jingtian Kami."
The yellow-haired player tried his best to control his emotions and expression, staring directly at the Black Dragon without blinking, feigning confidence.
But his suddenly accelerated heartbeat betrayed him.
After all, heartbeats weren't something one could control.
"Kehehe... Feed him. Feed him a pound!"
"No! Please, Black Dragon Lord, I... Mmph... Urgh..."
After another round of "feeding," Grey Wolf nonchalantly released the human, leaving him writhing on the ground in pain.
Seeing the situation grow increasingly dire, more players reluctantly threw out an item or two from their backpacks. Those who hadn't fully transferred their invasion points to Jingtian Kami did so now.
Looking at the tens of thousands of invasion points in his backpack, Jingtian Kami wanted to die.
But his limbs were bound by gnolls, rendering him immobile.
Biting his tongue to commit suicide was futile.
Someone had already tried that upon waking up.
All it resulted in was a bleeding debuff lasting half a minute.
It seemed that death had become a luxury. At least while under the control of these monsters, dying was nearly impossible.
By now, the players' belongings had piled into a small mountain. Su Nian's eyes gleamed as he hugged the pile and crawled to a cleaner, more ventilated spot away from the players to inspect his spoils.
"Let's see what goodies we have here..."
"Basic Magic Introduction Handbook? Nice, nice. With this, Anna can learn magic. Coupled with the Luminescent Elixir from before, not bad!"
"Naste Silver Flask—restores magic power three times daily, with a three-hour interval between uses. Excellent, excellent!"
"A set of white stockings and a set of black stockings? Tsk tsk, complete styles, brand new. These are ridiculously expensive in the system store. Great stuff. Perfect for Anna... Hehehe..."
Su Nian's muttering reached Anna's ears. She pinched her delicate little nose, curiously poking out half her head and softly asked, "What's for me to wear, brother?"
"Uh..."
Su Nian froze for a moment.
Then, with a straight face, he bluffed:
"A special kind of warm socks. Yes... Not only are they warm, but they also look great, making Anna even more charming~"
"Moreover, even if these socks get damaged, while their warmth decreases, they automatically gain an enchantment that boosts charm!!"
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