"It seems this transaction chain was built by you."
"Thinking about it, yes, no one else seems to have this kind of ability and means."
Though the Pillager King's words carried no tone, what he said was without doubt an expression of praise toward Xu Yuan.
At first, when he saw Mustard, he thought this transaction chain was Mustard's idea.
But after hearing Mustard's questioning of Barbecue Sauce, he also understood clearly that the one who made this transaction chain happen must be someone else.
This was also the reason why, after knowing Xu Yuan's identity, the Pillager King was not surprised.
To be able to make this transaction chain happen, and even convince someone like the Blue Demon to act as the middleman, that person definitely was not simple.
Thinking carefully, the only candidate was Xu Yuan.
Hearing the Pillager King's praise, Xu Yuan smiled and said. "No."
"The transaction chain was built by you all. I am insignificant, just someone who instead complicates simple things."
Saying that, Xu Yuan looked at the Pillager King and at Mustard.
Xu Yuan's meaning was already completely clear.
Actually, this transaction chain, Xu Yuan was just a middleman.
Before, it had always been Xu Yuan as the middleman making profit from the price difference.
So the two sides at the source of the transaction did not gain especially much benefit.
This was also why Xu Yuan said he had complicated simple things.
What Xu Yuan meant beneath his words was actually reminding Mustard and the Pillager King.
The reason Xu Yuan was able to take advantage of an opportunity at all, was completely because of the estrangement between the two sides.
At this moment, Mustard was sizing Xu Yuan up and down. When their eyes met, Mustard instinctively avoided Xu Yuan's gaze.
Without doubt, Mustard was somewhat nervous.
He had once encountered Tyrant HIM. If not for being clever, he probably would have already become a zombie villager.
Though he knew the Xu Yuan before him was not Tyrant HIM, regarding the identity of HIM, Mustard still had some dread.
Xu Yuan's words just now, Mustard had not even had time to think through.
At this moment, in his mind was only that coordinate that Barbecue Sauce had told him, the coordinate of the Villager Kingdom.
Thinking of this, Mustard also became somewhat impatient. Everything else could wait, but about the matter of the Villager Kingdom, he had to ask clearly.
"That coordinate…"
Before Mustard could even ask the words, Xu Yuan cut him off.
Naturally Xu Yuan knew what he wanted to ask, he had already been waiting for him to speak.
"The Villager Kingdom still exists."
"The Villager King is also still alive."
"Entity 303 saved them."
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Mustard couldn't help but be stunned.
"They…"
"They were saved?"
From the time he left the Villager Kingdom until now, what Mustard thought about constantly was rescuing the Villager Kingdom.
All along the way, though he had no strength to even tie up a chicken, and the path was very difficult, he still kept working hard.
At this moment, suddenly hearing the news that the Villager Kingdom had already been rescued, naturally he couldn't quite react.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Mustard's emotions suddenly became excited. He quickly approached Xu Yuan, face full of disbelief, and asked.
"Really?…"
"They really were saved?!"
"Entity 303… is your subordinate…"
"But…"
"Why would you save them?…"
At this moment, Mustard simply could not believe Xu Yuan. Though he did not have an especially big prejudice toward Xu Yuan, he knew very clearly that Xu Yuan had once lived in the main world under the identity of HIM.
The villagers and HIM had no contact. The Villager Kingdom even regarded HIM as an enemy.
Mustard really could not think of any reason why Xu Yuan would save the Villager Kingdom.
Mustard's words instead made Xu Yuan pause.
When Entity 303 made the move to save the Villager Kingdom, Xu Yuan was inside the Trial Grounds, so it was not Xu Yuan's order.
But if Xu Yuan had not been in the Trial Grounds, he would have given the same order.
And giving such an order was not to win over the villager faction, nor to make use of the villager faction.
At this stage, speaking of military power, it was definitely the player faction that had the advantage, since their numbers were greater.
Speaking of fighting strength, those conscious monsters of the monster faction were also surely stronger than the villagers.
As for resources, there was no need to say anything more, resources were no longer lacking at this stage.
So what Xu Yuan did was already completely not out of any motive.
But out of responsibility.
As a strong one, he had the responsibility to save all living beings in this world he loved.
This was also why Xu Yuan felt Mustard's question strange.
"Since when does saving lives need a reason?"
In this game world, those conscious existences, each one was a living life.
For Xu Yuan, saving them was something that was right and proper.
Xu Yuan would never care about what faction they were in, whether hostile or not.
Though it was Mustard who asked, what he was thinking was actually the same as everyone else present.
Mustard, the Pillager King, even Barbecue Sauce and the Blue Demon who had already spoken with Xu Yuan.
Inside their hearts, they always had a strong sense of faction.
Which faction they themselves belonged to, and which faction was hostile.
Naturally they would also wonder, why Xu Yuan would save people from a faction unrelated to him.
So naturally they would try to find a reason for why Xu Yuan did such a thing.
What they did not know was, for Xu Yuan, saving a life was right and proper, and never needed any reason.
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Mustard froze for a long time.
Only after a while did he finally speak.
"The reason you can say such words, is because you never had a true enemy."
"You have always stood at the peak of this world, never having lost anything."
"I am not as strong as you, nor as great as you. I once personally saw the people I loved die under the enemy's blade."
"So I will not, and cannot, go save the life of an enemy."
Hearing Mustard's words, Xu Yuan smiled and said.
"I was not born strong, nor was I born great."
"Everything I do is because I have seen through the essence of this world."
Saying this, Xu Yuan glanced at Mustard, then looked at the others present, and asked.
"I know, your hatred and resentment all come from your own experiences."
"But have you ever thought about this question?"
"The root of your hatred against the faction you oppose, where does it actually come from?"
What Mustard said was not wrong. From his perspective, it was indeed so.
But he had ignored one point. The so-called enemy he spoke of, were they really his enemies?
This was actually the question Xu Yuan had always wanted to speak about with the monsters, animals, and villagers around him.
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, everyone looked at each other.
Mustard was the first to break the silence.
"Villagers have always been hostile with zombies and Pillager villagers."
"Because zombies infect villagers, and Pillager villagers plunder villages."
Hearing Mustard speak, the Pillager King also could not hold back.
"I have never given an order to plunder villages."
"Our manors and facilities are far better than your broken huts and broken equipment, why would we need to plunder you?"
After the Pillager King finished, the Blue Demon also voiced his opinion.
"From the moment I awakened my consciousness, I have never had any awareness of attacking villagers."
"I have also never harmed villagers."
"Instead, when rescuing companions together with Barbecue Sauce and them, I occasionally encountered villagers, but their attitude was not friendly."
Hearing the Blue Demon's words, Barbecue Sauce also nodded and said.
"Cluck Cluck Cluck… Cluck Cluck Cluck! (Exactly, exactly, I also find it strange… The Blue Demon only looks a bit terrifying, but he has never done anything to harm villagers! Yet villagers are always afraid of him!)"
Hearing everyone's words, Xu Yuan smiled, but did not expose anything, and continued to ask.
"Do you all know that the world you are in is actually a game?"
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, no surprise showed on their faces. They all nodded.
"Yes."
"Mm…"
"Cluck!"
"…"
Their answers did not surprise Xu Yuan either. From the first being awakening consciousness until now, it had been long enough.
Strong existences like Mustard, the Blue Demon, the Pillager King, and Barbecue Sauce would naturally have more or less come to realize this.
Xu Yuan looked at Mustard and asked.
"Have you ever personally seen conscious Pillager villagers plundering your villages?"
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