Yun Ling gave the order, and immediately flames flew, hitting the branches and burning the branches.

He Rong fell from the air and was about to fall to death.

A figure rushed out like lightning, caught the person and landed safely.

The tree demon boss was furious and wanted to catch his again.

Yun Ling led the soldiers to block the attack, and the assassin took the opportunity to take He Rong away from the front line.

"Are you okay?" Pang Yu stepped forward and asked with concern.

He Rong then realized that more than one person was not wearing a face towel. Behind the team, more than twenty people were sitting or standing, quietly waiting for the battle to end. However, his figure was blocked by trees before, so he could not see it.

"It doesn't matter me." He glanced around and asked hesitantly, "Are you guys?"

"My name is Pang Yu, and I am a member of the collection team." Pang Yu raised his chest and said proudly, "They are fighting teams, and everyone has different divisions of labor! When we meet the boss and the others, we will come to the materials."

He Rong was envious of his words, "It's great to be protected by a large team."

Unexpectedly, Pang Yu immediately said, "If you want, you can do it too."

He Rong was extremely surprised, "Me?"

"Yes!" Pang Yu spoke quickly, "Give your own travel items, hand over 30% of the collected income, and keep 70% for himself. In case of danger, the members of the combat team will rescue unconditionally."

He Rong asked, "What if the fighting members are slow and there is no time to rescue them?"

Pang Yu: "Then it will be cold."

He Rong, “…”

Pang Yu made a big fuss and sold Amway, "It's hard to play games like this. Do you still expect to be 100% safe when going out? It's better to come out with the team than to act alone."

This is true.

He Rong thought about it and asked, "What if the team members secretly hide materials?"

"The leader said that if he notices that someone is not honest, he will kick him out of the collection team the next day and terminate the cooperation." Pang Yu said bluntly.

He Rong, “…”

So straightforward? No need to collect evidence?

"Think about it carefully, is it a good deal to join the group or a person who is trembling and collects it while always preparing to run away." Pang Yu said seriously, "If you really don't want to, it's okay if you don't join. When the team returns to the city, we will take you back."

If you don’t agree to such a good thing quickly, it’s a fool!

Thinking of this, He Rong said decisively, "I am willing to join."

While speaking, the tree demon boss was shot dead. In addition to an orange skill card and two orange equipment, he also obtained purple equipment, blue equipment, blue skill card, white equipment, copper coins, and several materials.

Yun Ling picked up the dropped items and distributed them one by one.

After processing, she walked to the near the resource point and signaled the player to start collecting.

At the same time, some NPCs sat on the ground, while some NPCs were on duty, obviously planning to take turns to rest.

**

After staying for a while, He Rong realized that he had joined a very good team.

Whenever you hear someone calling for help around you, the regiment commander Yun Ling will definitely lead NPC to rescue.

Among these people, some of them were as lucky as him, successfully rescued, and joined the collection team on the spot.

Some luck is a bit bad.

Seeing reinforcements coming soon, the boss was about to be charged, but he couldn't hold on for the last few seconds.

When they arrived, the player's health was exhausted, his neck tilted, and his eyes were completely closed.

Pang Yu was fine, but at most he felt that this person was too unlucky.

He Rong felt cold in his heart when he saw it - when he saved him, if the team arrived one step later, he might have ended up like this.

Thinking of this, I became more and more frightened and did not want to leave the team.

"The members of the collection team stayed there and waited. The members of the combat team followed me and killed the boss together!" After saying that, Yun Ling rushed out first.

While acting, I was thinking in my heart that I didn’t know how many surviving players would have after the end of spring.

**

For most Lingyun City players, night is a break time and a celebration time.

People who have worked hard for a day sit and chat, shop and relieve stress, and play cards and entertainment, so that the next day, they have the courage to continue to struggle in the end of the world where they cannot see the prospects clearly.

However, today, the territory is filled with a dull atmosphere, and there is no laughter or joy of the past.

A half-grown boy was sad, "When I went out, the wooden spear was destroyed, the belt was broken, and the straw sandals were lost. How can I live in the future!"

"What's this?" A young man next to him sneered, "Fifteen people went out in groups, but after three people came back, the mortality rate was as high as 80%!"

"Can we be miserable?" Another person was panicked and his fingers trembled slightly. "Go to mine in the mine, but the only exit was blocked by three bosses. More than 20 people, except me, have not lived!"

"I caught fishing in the mountain stream, and accidentally met two bosses drinking water. Five teammates disappeared in the blink of an eye!" Another cried.

"It's all bosses, I haven't encountered an ordinary monster, I've seen a ghost!"

Residents complained, and the celebration suddenly turned into a miserable conference.

What made everyone even more desperate was that this was just the first day of the New Year.

"Survival of the fittest." Leng Bai originally thought of going to the night market to find out the news, and heard the residents tell the story, and a hint of enlightenment arose in his heart, "Evolution in the wrong direction, or those who evolve slowly will all be eliminated."

"If you don't have a skill, if you don't practice your combat skills in the first one or two years of the game and try your best to improve your level, in the third year, the player will only become and be hunted by the boss."

"Only if one evolves faster than a monster can one find a glimmer of life."

Upon hearing this, the residents were shocked and could not speak for a long time.

A player was determined to refute, but after thinking about his situation, he immediately swallowed his stomach. This person was right. He was not strong enough, and he might not even be able to go out of the gate of the safe zone in the third year. If he had not saved enough property in the past two years, he would either die of thirst and starvation in the territory, or he would walk out of the territory and be killed by the boss.

It's too difficult to survive the spring.

"For the strong, boss is not a big obstacle. On the contrary, killing the boss can obtain purple equipment, orange equipment, a large number of copper coins, and countless materials, which just fill the team's warehouse." After the cold pale, another person stood up and said the truth.

In other words, the only one who is worried about it is the weak.

Even high-level life players will not be too worried. There are so many powerful combat players in Lingyun City, and there will always be people who need to make high-level equipment/props.

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was silent.

Most residents looked ugly, while a small number of them were calm and unhurried.

Yun Ling stood in the crowd without making any noise.

No one present understands how serious the current situation is better than her.

In just one day, the population of Lingyun City's residents was reduced by 400! This is the first time that the territory has been greatly reduced.

If this rate is maintained, it won’t take long to reduce the number of residents in the territory by half and then half…

Thinking of this, Yun Ling's voice was neither high nor low, and he muttered, "Isn't it enough for the weak to unite and dozens of people to go out together? Just like last year when dealing with monster siege, he relies on more people to crush the monsters."

"It's easy to say!" Someone immediately mocked, "The players were willing to unite last spring because there were system guards watching. If they were not done well, they would be blocked and kicked out of the territory!"

"Without group, without the supervision of the system guards, who knows whether teammates will stab in the back? If a team dies so that only two people are left, it is said that the other party will destroy the team, then who do you believe and who do not believe?"

"You said this idea is not good, so what can you do?" Yun Ling was cold, "Low-level players are almost dead when they act alone. What's wrong with trying to join forces? You can't find some trustworthy players to be teammates before forming a team?"

"Hey, you guy..."

The opponents wanted to say something, but there were already people around him showing thoughtful expressions, "It's okay to try it, it's a solution anyway."

Seeing that they were moved, Yun Ling retired and quietly left.

**

Starting from the 252nd, players will spontaneously form a team.

Small teams expand into large teams, and lone wolf players abandon the game concept and choose the best to join in order to save their lives.

Among them, some teams never come back after going out. But some people are very happy when they go out during the day and at night. Not only that, they look uneasy before going out, grinning when they come back, their faces are full of smiles, and they are obviously rewarding a lot.

On the other side, Yun Ling looked at the territory panel and breathed a sigh of relief, "The speed of reduction has slowed down."

On the 251st, the number of residents suddenly dropped by 400.

On the 252nd, the number of residents decreased by 267.

On the 253rd, the number of residents decreased by 180.

After that, the situation was finally under control.

**

Day 256.

After standing on the border of the territory for five days, Gao Shuo finally made a decision.

Alternative No. 1, the team is quite large, with enough forty-five people. However, according to his observation, the mortality rate is too high. Member replacement is extremely fast, and more than a dozen new faces appear almost every day.

Alternative No. 2, a total of 33 people, and there are almost no casualties when going out every day, but more than half of them are relatives and friends. I heard that the safety of the group is guaranteed, but the distribution is suspected to be unfair.
To be continued...