Rubbing his eyes, Jett confirmed it again.
"That's right, it's a hundred zombies. How is that possible?"
They had worked so hard for so long and had only killed less than forty zombies. They only retook first place from the Samurai Nation by relying on the extra points from special monsters.
What did Jiuzhou have?
If he remembered correctly, by the time it was Jiuzhou's turn to choose, all the resource-rich starts had been taken. He had chosen the skyblock start!
With just one tree, on what grounds could he compete with them?
"Besides the hundred zombies, there are over ten skeletons and five special monsters."
"It's hard to believe!"
Sucking in a breath of cold air, Mark was highly skeptical.
Even with abundant resources, the two of them had to be extremely careful when dealing with special monsters.
How could one person kill five on the first day?
He couldn't figure it out!
On the other side, Okamura ate his last piece of food and retreated into his room.
He had done everything he could. All that was left was to wait for daybreak.
He quietly watched the rankings. Without his attacks, Liberty Nation quickly surpassed him. Okamura had already anticipated this result and was not surprised.
"If I had chosen Pumpkin Island, first place this time would definitely have been ours!"
With food to complement his Iai-sword, he was confident he could kill over a hundred zombies in one night!
Now, he could only take second place.
"Third-place Tianzhu Nation is also short on food. The rankings shouldn't change much for the rest of the night."
"Second place is secure!"
The words had barely left his mouth when Okamura discovered he had been knocked off the second-place throne.
The two words "Jiuzhou Nation" were exceptionally conspicuous, rising at an extremely fast speed.
[Jiuzhou Nation killed Zombie * 1!]
[Jiuzhou Nation killed Zombie * 1!]
[Jiuzhou Nation killed Skeleton * 1!]
[Jiuzhou Nation killed Special Monster...]
[First Place: Jiuzhou Nation, Zombies Killed * 113, Skeletons Killed * 16, Special Monsters Killed * 6]
*Bang!*
Watching with his own eyes as Lexon went from being unranked to instantly gaining over a hundred kills, Okamura was even more shocked than Mark.
He stared fixedly at the rankings. In the blink of an eye, several more zombies had died.
Even with his Iai-sword activated, he couldn't kill them that fast!
How could Lexon, a rookie, possess a weapon stronger than the Iai-sword!
'It's as absurd as if the zombies are just standing there, offering themselves up to be killed!'
Unable to see the skyblock's situation, Okamura couldn't figure it out.
But through the screen, the global audience knew clearly:
The monsters really *were* just standing there, letting Lexon kill them!
The entire screen of viewers exploded!
"What on earth did Lexon do?"
"Why do our contestants have to go out and fight so hard, while he just needs to stand in one place and wait for the monsters to die!"
"It's rigged! It must be rigged! I want to report him!"
"The two of us from Liberty Nation combined can't beat him alone?"
"Baka! He can't possibly be stronger than Okamura-kun!"
"Yamamoto-kun and Okamura-kun are on two different blocks! Theoretically, their effect should be faster than Mark's!"
"This is malicious exploitation of a bug! He must be punished!"
Monsters have a spawn rate. Two blocks have a larger area than one, so their monster-spawning efficiency is higher. If not for the food issue, Okamura might really have been able to suppress Mark's duo.
The key point was...
Even at the speed Okamura killed monsters with an infinite Iai-sword, it still couldn't compare to Lexon right now. No matter how fast the sword, you still have to charge at the monster. How could that be like Lexon?
Standing in front of the stone house, he only needed to do one thing.
I chop!
I chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop, chop...
The Jiuzhou audience felt their hearts healed by this rhythmic sound and began to smile.
"Awesome, Great God Lexon!"
"The monsters killed by four people combined can't even match our one person!"
"You kept calling him trash. Who's the trash now?"
"What Iai-sword, what Warrior's Bloodline... they're all so lame, okay!"
"Bullshit bug! This is clearly a mechanic!"
"Go ahead and report him if you've got the guts! Hahaha!"
Ever since the arena descended, it had only ever automatically selected players. Something like "reporting" had never happened. Even if the Samurai Nation and Liberty Nation protested collectively, they wouldn't get the slightest response.
They could only watch through the screen, powerless and furious, as Lexon easily killed monsters.
"Director kay, do you think it's possible..."
"That the item I used back then... didn't fail?"
Fries was endlessly amazed.
If the cobble generator was a matter of cleverness and wisdom, then the appearance of this mob-spawning platform... was truly using the world's mechanics.
In any case, Fries asked himself, and he couldn't understand why this was happening.
"This... it's hard to say."
Frowning in deep thought, Director kay had been pondering the monster spawning issue.
Until he saw the ground beneath Lexon's feet, his eyes lit up.
"Look! He replaced all the floor blocks with half-slabs! The only full blocks are in the spawning area!"
"Does this mean... monsters can't spawn on half-slabs?"
This... this would explain why there were no zombies on the entire skyblock, only in the stone house.
Only the stone house had unoccupied full blocks!
The more he thought, the more he felt his speculation made sense. Director kay hurriedly said:
"Quick! Classify this speculation as a top-secret file! It absolutely cannot be leaked!"
Monsters were the most direct and lethal threat to players. If this was verified... their contestants would gain a direct advantage in future civilizations!
After doing this, Director kay continued, "As for whether the item failed or not... it's still too early to draw a conclusion."
The view switched to Sam chang.
Seeing Lexon kill monsters with such ease, Sam chang felt incomparably awful.
He had worse resources, but even a rookie could make a cobble generator, surpass Liberty Nation, and slaughter zombies to become number one.
And him? He could only hide in a narrow room, keeping company with two Mooshrooms!
"Moo~ Moo~"
Sensing the space shrinking as Sam chang stood up, the Mooshrooms squeezed against him with even greater force. The immense pressure plastered his entire face to the dirt wall. He choked on several mouthfuls of dirt before he recovered.
Feeling even more aggrieved, Sam chang didn't dare to make a move, forcibly swallowing his resentment.
"Everyone, don't think that Lexon is really that strong!"
"Because our blocks are close, I personally saw how he developed. Therefore, I can responsibly tell you..."
"He relied entirely on luck to get this far! There isn't a shred of skill involved!"
Knowing his words would be broadcast through the screen, Sam chang adjusted his position to one more suitable for speaking and continued his analysis.
"I know some of you don't believe it, but you just have to look closely to see."
"First, he made a cobble generator, discovered how to make slabs, and knew that slabs could save blocks."
"Then he replaced the blocks on his island with slabs. Because the blocks changed, the trial lost its monster-spawning-check area!"
"Then he built a stone house, which just happened to be built in the new monster-spawning-check area!"
A veteran player would never make these mistakes, but Lexon was a rookie. Thus, he didn't return to his house to hide when night fell, and so he happened to miss the spawning area!
This is what led to the current situation!
This line of reasoning was well-founded, very logical, and convinced many viewers.
As if he could see the bullet comments, Sam chang smiled.
"But don't look at how impressive he is now. In reality, I predict..."
"The skyblock has a huge problem. He, Lexon, will absolutely not survive tonight!"
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