Chapter 8

Because of some special reasons, the players could not determine their whereabouts on Sunday, and due to too many variables, even though they knew that killing them would bring significant gains, they could only abandon them. Thus, after making the necessary mental preparations, Zhou Tian immediately set his sights on those NPCs at that moment.

In the game, although the number of NPCs was not large, each of their strengths was incredibly formidable. The guards at the gates were almost invincible, and even if some monsters approached the city, they would mostly be easily dealt with by the guards. Facing such nearly invincible opponents, theoretically, Zhou Tian had no chance of winning at all.

However, the world at present was not entirely the same as the game. Since the situation on the monster side was so different from the game, the NPCs naturally could not be as powerful as they were in the game.

Although Zhou Tian did not receive much information related to NPCs in his mind, from the scattered information, he roughly understood the situation of the NPCs.

Completely different from the game where NPCs were entirely in opposition to the monster groups, in this world, although the NPCs were not entirely suppressed by the monsters, their situation was not good at all.

The world where Zhou Tian was now located was quite vast, with an area estimated to be no less than the land area of Earth. And in such a vast continent, ninety-nine percent of the territory had already been occupied by various monsters. Although the NPCs had been constantly fighting against them, the territories truly under their control were only the cities and villages scattered across the continent.

Thus, although there were many top-tier NPCs with the strength to fight against those cult leaders and monster lords, in terms of lower-level strength, the NPC side could not compare to the monster side.

Since Zhou Tian was now part of the monster army, after clearly understanding the strengths and weaknesses of both sides, he naturally knew what to do to achieve his desired results with the least cost.

It seemed that relying solely on his current strength to fight against those NPCs was courting death, but Zhou Tian was very clear that if he really wanted to take action, he could definitely achieve something.

Attacking those NPC cities was naturally impossible for the current Zhou Tian, but from the fact that NPC armies had previously attacked the beast slaves outside the city, it was clear that the NPC side had never given up on counterattacks. By taking advantage of those NPC actions, Zhou Tian could have the opportunity to attack the NPCs.

As a result, after making his decision, Zhou Tian made arrangements quite decisively.

Although the half-beast warriors had very low intelligence, under Zhou Tian's training, a group of them barely understood his intentions. By dispersing the half-beast warriors around his territory, within less than a month, Zhou Tian received news.

Perhaps because Zhou Tian had never shown his face, the fact that he had become a half-beast warrior was unknown to the NPC side. So, assuming that Zhou Tian's territory had no lord, a small NPC army of just over a dozen soldiers actually planned to exterminate the half-beast warriors in Zhou Tian's territory.

It seemed incredible that a dozen NPC soldiers wanted to exterminate hundreds of half-beast warriors. But in reality, if Zhou Tian had not become a half-beast warrior, the NPC army would have had no problem exterminating all the half-beast warriors in that territory.

The NPC soldiers were inherently stronger than the average half-beast warriors, and although the half-beast warriors were numerous, they were scattered across a vast territory. Without a leader, the NPCs could easily defeat them one by one.

The NPCs had certainly done such things many times before. However, because of Zhou Tian's presence, what they had done smoothly in the past was now destined to fail.

Zhou Tian could not allow the NPCs to run rampant in his territory. So, after receiving the news from one of his half-beast warriors, Zhou Tian immediately ordered the majority of his half-beast warriors to gather.

With their simple intelligence, the half-beast warriors did not know how to resist. Thus, at Zhou Tian's command, all the half-beast warriors in his territory, regardless of what they were doing, quickly abandoned their tasks and rushed to Zhou Tian's side in groups.

Looking at the chaotic group of half-beast warriors in front of him, although Zhou Tian was not entirely satisfied with their performance, he could tolerate their poor behavior. After all, these half-beast warriors were his initial team as a boss. Thinking about the upcoming battle, Zhou Tian felt more affection for them.

"Let's go!" Since he had already gathered his half-beast warriors and knew the location of the NPC army, Zhou Tian could not afford to stay in one place for too long. So, as soon as the half-beast warriors gathered, Zhou Tian immediately led them to the NPC army.

It was not that the NPCs were careless; it was that Zhou Tian, as a half-beast warrior, was too special. The NPCs were unaware of Zhou Tian's existence, and he had already led his troops to counterattack.

Thus, it was clear that the NPCs would not be overly cautious in such a situation.

As a result, when Zhou Tian dispatched his half-beast warriors in several directions, he easily surrounded the NPCs.

When Zhou Tian ordered his half-beast warriors to attack, the NPCs were still attacking the beast slaves. It was clear what would happen to the NPCs in such a situation.

In just one charge, the NPCs were quickly defeated by the half-beast warriors under Zhou Tian's command.

However, the only downside was that although Zhou Tian successfully eliminated the NPCs, due to the significant difference in strength, his half-beast warriors easily defeated the NPCs, leaving Zhou Tian unable to personally kill any of them.

Not being able to kill NPCs meant no experience gain. However, Zhou Tian could accept the situation. After all, killing a few NPCs would not allow him to evolve, and by acting this way, his half-beast warriors would definitely gain the necessary training. Zhou Tian, who relied heavily on his forces, would not mind the minor loss.

Thus, after eliminating the NPCs, Zhou Tian quickly gathered his thoughts and led his half-beast warriors in the direction the NPCs had come from.

Each time Zhou Tian changed his identity, his mind would receive some additional information, but most of it was related to his new identity. Ninety-nine percent of the content was information about the monster side, and there was very little specific information about the NPC side.

Thus, although Zhou Tian was very familiar with his territory, he only knew the situation of the half-beast warriors within it. He was not very clear about whether there were any NPC forces nearby.

However, although he did not have that information in his mind, Zhou Tian could deduce the situation.

It was not difficult to deduce that if the NPCs were too far away, they would not have the strength to come to his location. Zhou Tian knew that wherever there were monsters, there were NPC settlements. Thus, after seeing the NPCs, Zhou Tian was quite clear that there must be an NPC settlement not far from his territory.

With that thought in mind, Zhou Tian could not pretend to know nothing.

Regardless of the threat the NPCs posed to Zhou Tian, if he wanted to earn merit, it would have to be at the NPC settlement. Thus, knowing that there might be an NPC village near his territory, Zhou Tian naturally had to investigate.

Following the traces left by the NPCs, Zhou Tian led hundreds of half-beast warriors and found the NPCs' residence after nearly a day's journey.