So the best approach was to kill lots of low-level monsters while still at Level 1, build up 1,000 experience, and then level up all at once.
Of course, they could also save up tens of thousands of experience, but once they reached Level 10, they would have to change classes. Changing classes also consumed a hefty amount of experience, and the game wouldn't let anyone jump straight to Level 100 or higher.
Then Gao Linzhi spoke. "Starting today, the village will continue to operate as before for the time being. We'll introduce new rules in half a month."
No one objected.
That was the benefit of Great Power Returns to Self: whatever I said went, and whoever I favored got their way!
At that moment, Gao Linzhi suddenly understood the Great Elder.
The Great Elder had done things that way for so long that he'd grown complacent—and ended up stepping right on a nail.
After he finished speaking, he glanced at the Second Elder.
The Second Elder immediately stepped forward and threw his weight around. "All right, you can all leave. We need to report to the new Great Elder."
The players had no choice but to slowly disperse.
Once they were some distance away, someone began muttering under their breath:
"I thought a big shot had arrived and we could get on his good side. Turns out he doesn't think much of us."
"Obviously. This isn't a game where you shout '666' a few times and the big shot sends you a red packet. This is reality—a cutthroat struggle over real interests!"
"Yeah. I just hope he doesn't change the village's previous decisions. If he ends up colluding with the Corporate Players and turns on all of us, we'll be in trouble," someone else said worriedly.
"Right. We'd