Minecraft: I Am The Demon King

The book detailed methods of storing food, the shelf life of food, and even cooking techniques.

The last page of the book even thoughtfully recommended several foods that were suitable for long-term storage. This was basically a full food preservation and cooking guide…

After flipping through the book, Xu Yuan more or less figured out some of the real HIM's little intentions.

"Knew it… there's no such thing as peaceful days in the future…"

This food guide may look like just a simple explanation of food in this world. But anyone with eyes could immediately see the logic behind it.

Food is the foundation of survival.

Dried food and refrigerated food can be preserved for longer periods. Dried food can only be made by naturally air-drying at room temperature.

That is to say, only desert areas are able to dry food.

Refrigerating food requires ice blocks, and currently only the snowy plains are able to obtain ice blocks.

Grasslands, plains, forests, these places have abundant food, but it's not easy to preserve.

Deserts and snowy plains, these places lack food, but they are the best places to store food.

This book, on the surface, is introducing food, but in reality, it is promoting trade between regions.

Through the most basic and universally needed food, several regions are linked together. Making it so that players from different regions have to interact in order to exchange resources.

When players interact, there will be friction, and naturally, wars will break out.

In the situation where food spoils, if a player wants to seal themselves off and survive till the end, it's absolutely impossible.

And, since the real HIM has already set food limitations, then surely he has also made changes in other aspects.

At the very least, the fact that mineral resources have decreased, which Xu Yuan currently discovered, is surely also designed by the real HIM.

A reduction in minerals means that the equipment resources in one region decrease. After all, mineral resources do not regenerate, and all the minerals on the map are limited.

Whoever mines more, their equipment will be better. If players in a region want to become powerful, want to arm themselves, then they must step into other regions to mine ore.

And this action, without a doubt, will also bring about war.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan couldn't help but click his tongue. "It's practically a full-scale provocation of war…"

Te real HIM really has a grip on human nature. From the most basic food to the equipment that raises one's limits, he has already buried various clues.

And, these are just the two things Xu Yuan has found so far, and they have already connected several regions.

There are still things that Xu Yuan has not discovered yet. And currently, what Xu Yuan has discovered only affects the player faction.

So far, it has not yet connected the monster faction.

The Trial Grounds surely will have other rule changes that will also drag the monster faction's interests into the battles.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan couldn't help but let out a long sigh. "Looks like I need to re-plan my upcoming journey…"

Xu Yuan's original plan was to stay in one place and develop thoroughly before doing anything. But now it seems that the situation is more complicated than Xu Yuan thought.

The current state of the Trial Grounds is not one where just developing well yourself will give you enough say.

Rather, it requires controlling enough resources. After the real HIM made changes to the Trial Grounds, the entire world's resources were scattered, and they counterbalance each other.

If you want to have influence, you must have bargaining chips to negotiate with others. And those chips are not just powerful equipment anymore. They also include food reserves, which relate to the most basic survival of players.

Currently, to completely solve the food storage issue, it's basically by drying the food and carrying ice blocks in your backpack.

This way, food can be preserved for three days. As long as the reserves are enough, then you don't need to worry about hunger during those three days.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan also began slowly planning the upcoming route.

"First go investigate the forest…"

"Head north through the plains… then mountains… after the mountains is desert… then grasslands… rainforest… seems like snowy plains come after that…"

"Hmm… let's go in a clockwise direction then…"

If the Trial Grounds were exactly the same as the main world, then running through every area would no doubt be a waste of time.

But the Trial Grounds are not the same as the main world. The real HIM surely made many changes everywhere, connecting all regions.

That means there is a high chance that the basic survival materials for players are scattered across regions.

In this kind of situation, if you want to stay ahead, you must first understand the changes in this world. Then make appropriate responses.

Take the most basic example of ice blocks preserving food. Ice blocks may look like the most important resource, but actually that's not the case.

In reality, the most important thing is the item that allows you to harvest ice blocks, that is, Silk Touch Enchantment Books.

If someone can monopolize the Silk Touch Enchantment Books, then it's equivalent to monopolizing the ice block supply chain in the Trial Grounds.

Also, judging from the way HIM changed the food system, it's likely that the way to get the enchantment books has also been changed.

Xu Yuan doesn't know exactly how the acquisition method has changed. But at the very least, he's sure that they probably won't drop in the snowy plains.

Even if they do, probably only very few. The drops are surely in another region. Most likely, the drop location is connected to the areas that monster faction players will choose.

This way, the monster faction will naturally be drawn into it.

That is also the reason Xu Yuan wants to travel around the Trial Grounds. He must understand the various changes, the hidden rules of the Trial Grounds, in order to be able to strategize and plan.

The earlier he knows these things, the faster he can stockpile all kinds of resources.

And the more advantage he'll have to get to the top.

Actually, the place Xu Yuan is currently at is not far from the snowy plains.

The reason Xu Yuan chose to go to the snowy plains last is because the snowy plains are basically an open-book exam.

There's no need to explore anymore. And even if he goes there first, without Silk Touch, it's meaningless.

———

Just as Xu Yuan was meticulously planning everything, at this moment, above the clouds of the Trial Grounds, the real HIM looked down, face full of thought.

'Hmm? So the item description of Rotten Chicken Meat was unnecessary?' Thinking of this, the real HIM couldn't help but rest his chin on his hand.

"They're already treating Rotten Flesh as rations… they'll probably consider eating this too, right?…"

The Trial Grounds were created by the real HIM, it's also his first time creating such a place.

Just as Xu Yuan guessed, he did put a lot of effort into it.

So when Xu Yuan triggered the food spoilage setting, the real HIM immediately turned his attention to him, wanting to see if Xu Yuan had any feedback on these new settings.

The real HIM is detail-oriented, but it's impossible to be perfect.

The whole Trial Grounds is essentially the realm of the real HIM, and he can control everything within it. Naturally, he can also hear everyone's inner thoughts.

Observing the reactions of players is the fastest way to discover flaws in the Trial Grounds. This way, the real HIM can make adjustments at any time.

Of course, observing each faction and each player's reactions also lets the real HIM better understand their desires and intentions.

Seeing that Xu Yuan already understood what he was trying to convey, the real HIM turned his attention to another faction that had also noticed changes in the Trial Grounds.

———

[In the Forest Region]

The leader of the Illagers was the first to arrive here. He had previously arranged with his subordinates to gather in this forest.

He was sitting on a stone stump, playing with a green emerald in his hand, staring at two pink pigs not far away, seemingly deep in thought.

The two pink pigs came close together and immediately let out "oink oink oink" sounds.

The two pink pigs circled each other a few times, and then suddenly, a baby pig appeared under one of them out of nowhere.

The Illager leader was shocked and stood up instantly.

"Sakalas?! (How is this possible?!)"

Though the Illager leader wasn't in the habit of raising pigs, he was familiar with the rules of the main world.

Animals must be fed before they can reproduce. The leader had arrived here early and had already checked the area, there were no signs of other people.

Obviously, these two pink pigs had not been fed by anyone else. Yet at this moment, they had naturally given birth to a new generation.

Just as the Illager leader was shocked, he saw two or three Illagers walking toward him from not far away.

"Lisaku! (Over here!)"

Seeing this, the Illager leader stopped thinking about the two pigs and called the others over.

Once the three gathered, the leader looked them up and down. Seeing that none of them were injured, he finally relaxed.

Then he asked them, "Sari Gukasa? (Did you encounter anything strange on the way?)"

Hearing the question, the three Illagers all shook their heads and replied, "Sarikosarilu… Kurisaru… (Ran into players on the way… but no conflict happened…)"

"Kurigus… (The journey went smoothly…)"

While the three were reporting, one of them noticed the green emerald in the leader's hand.

He immediately seemed to remember something and quickly said, "Skuri… Sarurisiku?! (The emerald… did that green emerald in your hand also suddenly appear in your backpack?!)"

Hearing his subordinate's words, the Illager leader was momentarily stunned.

"Salisuka?! (You all encountered the same thing?!)"

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