With this major task out of the way, Xu Yuan finally felt a sense of relief.
He opened up the system, intending to check on the output of the monster tower. But as he did, he noticed a flood of new notifications on the information panel.
[Zombie #1120 has killed Player 1!]
[Taming system activated!]
[Zombie #1120 taming progress: 1/10]
[Complete taming progress to evolve basic consciousness!]
[Zombie #1120 has died. Taming progress reset to zero!]
[Zombie #3003 has killed Player 1!]
[Zombie #3003 taming progress: 1/10!]
[Zombie #3003 has died. Taming progress reset to zero!]
[...]
Previously, every system notification would pop up on a virtual screen. With the monster tower constantly at work, Xu Yuan was bombarded with messages.
Finding it annoying, he had turned off the notifications.
Thankfully, the system saved important information, so Xu Yuan hadn't missed this critical update.
Upon seeing the new notifications, Xu Yuan couldn't help but feel a thrill of excitement.
"The taming system?!"
"You mean, monsters can be tamed?!"
Although Xu Yuan could already control monsters through his Intimidation, taming was something entirely different.
Controlling a monster only allowed him to direct its movements. The monsters themselves had no thoughts or consciousness; they simply acted on his will.
But taming? That was another story.
According to the system, taming could grant monsters their own consciousness!
In other words, they would have their own thought processes!
That would mean Xu Yuan wouldn't have to micromanage them anymore. He could simply give them orders, and they'd carry them out on their own.
Excited by the possibilities, Xu Yuan immediately opened the taming system.
The moment it loaded, he was dazzled by the complexity.
The taming panel was divided into four major sections:
[Nearby monster information]
[Controllable monster information]
[Taming progress]
[Consciousness evolution]
The first two sections—Nearby monster information and Controllable monster information—were straightforward. They displayed various monster details, with each monster assigned a unique ID number by the system.
For instance, the notifications earlier had mentioned Zombie #1120 and Zombie #3003.
The taming progress section was currently empty, given that both Zombie #1120 and Zombie #3003 had met their untimely ends.
When Xu Yuan opened the fourth section, a detailed explanation popped up:
[Consciousness Evolution]
[Complete taming progress to initiate consciousness evolution.]
[Kill 10 players to grant basic consciousness.]
[Kill 1,000 players to grant intermediate consciousness.]
[Kill 10,000 players to grant advanced consciousness.]
[Kill 1,000,000 players to grant autonomous consciousness.]
[Basic Consciousness: The monster will gain basic awareness and shed parts of its original game mechanics.]
[Note: Upon gaining basic consciousness, the monster will accumulate taming progress through each kill—1 point per kill.]
[Intermediate Consciousness: The monster will gain independent thought and the ability to control other unconscious monsters within range.]
[Advanced Consciousness: The monster's strength will increase, gaining commanding abilities and a larger control radius. It can command both basic-consciousness monsters and unconscious monsters within its range.]
[Autonomous Consciousness: The monster will develop its own thought patterns...]
[Once a species completes its primary evolution, kills made by the monster will credit the host with kill points.]
Xu Yuan was momentarily stunned as he read through the long stream of information.
By the time he finished, his heart was racing.
"This taming system is that powerful?!"
There was no denying it. The taming system was truly amazing.
To put it simply, the taming system was like a training camp.
The monsters were the foot soldiers, and only by killing players could they gradually rise through the ranks.
Foot soldier, squad leader, platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, general…
Each level corresponded to a different stage of consciousness evolution.
The more players a monster killed, the more power it would gain, and the more advanced its consciousness would become.
What's more, once a monster activated its intermediate consciousness, it could control other unconscious monsters.
And every kill made by the monster or the creatures it controlled would count toward its taming points, and those points would also contribute to Xu Yuan's kill value.
In other words, Xu Yuan only needed to train his monsters. Once they grew strong enough, they would kill players on their own.
Even if Xu Yuan was thousands of miles away, he would still reap the benefits of their kills.
It was like turning on a perpetual farming mode!
He could tame a few monsters, spread them out across the land, and once his army grew large enough, he wouldn't have to worry about where his next kill points would come from!
Previously, Xu Yuan had been concerned that after fattening up the players on the plains and wiping them out in one swoop, there wouldn't be enough players left to farm for kill points.
But now, with the taming system in place, that concern was moot.
Still, the taming system was essentially a cultivation process.
Building an entire army of tamed monsters would require a lot of effort.
To awaken a monster's autonomous consciousness, it would need to kill a million players.
That meant a monster would have to survive long enough to kill one million players in one go.
The difficulty was immense.
Even Xu Yuan, with his current strength, couldn't achieve that level.
Reaching such heights would require not just power, but luck.
It would be a slow and gradual process.
However, if Xu Yuan could eventually cultivate a few monsters with autonomous consciousness, they would essentially become his doppelgängers, capable of matching his own strength.
"I need to awaken as many monsters with basic consciousness as possible."
The larger his army, the better his chances of success.
Not every monster would be able to evolve successfully, so the more monsters he had, the greater the odds of some advancing.
Of course, he had to be strategic about which monsters to choose.
Creatures like Creepers, which self-destruct, were out of the question—they couldn't be trained at all.
But Xu Yuan was open to experimenting with other types of monsters.
Once he saw their survival rates, he could then decide which monsters were best suited for cultivation.
"Looks like I have my work cut out for me…"
Taming monsters meant ensuring they killed players.
Each monster needed to kill ten players to awaken its basic consciousness.
Xu Yuan suddenly regretted teaching the players the foot massage trick.
Now that they knew it, the monsters would have a harder time attacking them.
If only he had unlocked the system earlier, things would've been much simpler.
But although the situation had become more complicated, it wasn't without solutions.
Even after learning the footwork technique, players would still venture out at night.
That would be Xu Yuan's opportunity to strike.
With the taming system now activated, Xu Yuan had a clear plan.
During the day, he would continue searching for monsters that hadn't yet scored their first kill.
At night, he would send the monsters to hunt down players and awaken their basic consciousness.
"Who knew being a Demon Lord would be even harder than working a 996 job…"
Xu Yuan sighed, feeling a bit overwhelmed. There simply weren't enough hours in the day; his schedule was packed.
After closing the taming system, he took another look at his Intimidation and kill points.
With his recent upgrades to control range and monster unlocks, Xu Yuan had nearly drained his Intimidation points to nothing.
Thanks to the monster tower's operation, he had now accumulated over 150,000 Intimidation points and 15,000 kill points.
Xu Yuan spent all his Intimidation points in one go, unlocking control over spiders, Endermen, and baby zombies.
These were common monsters, so it made sense to unlock them first.
He then used all of his kill points to upgrade his Explosion and Stealth skills.
Explosion Lv3: Consumes 79% of your health to deal area damage in a 7x8 radius. Cooldown: 30 seconds.
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