Chapter 177 - 122: September: Invasion Month
As night fell and the chimes of midnight rang out, a new system announcement echoed in the minds of every lord.
[This month is the Month of Invasion.]
[By random draw, you have been designated as the attackers for this month.]
[The system will randomly match you against a Phase Three participation zone, who will act as the defenders.]
[Every day at 10:00 AM, a Teleportation Gate will be deployed near the center of each lord’s territory. Passing through the gate will transport you to the outskirts of a random defending lord’s territory.]
[Every day at 4:00 PM, the Teleportation Gate will close. All allied forces on the other side of the gate will be teleported back to their territories.]
[Killing the defending side’s troops and heroes, as well as destroying their buildings, will grant bonus experience points.]
[Destroying a defending lord’s territory will grant a large amount of distributable experience and allow you to seize the Elemental Core from their Territory Core.]
[There will be no leaderboards or ranking rewards this month. Lords are to acquire resources and items from the defenders’ territories on their own.]
[Note 1: The operational area for attackers is limited to a zone 10 kilometers outside the matched opponent’s territory.]
[Note 2: After an attack, points can be used to resurrect lost territorial soldiers and heroes.]
With the appearance of the system announcement, the world channel erupted with activity once again.
For the past two months, with no major events happening, the world chat channel had devolved into a place for the lords of Cuiwei Star to just shoot the breeze.
The content of the chat was so utterly mindless that Lin Yu had muted it, focusing instead on managing his territory’s affairs.
Now that a new competitive event had been announced, he naturally had to pop into the chat channel to see what everyone was planning.
[World Chat Channel (788211)]
"Whoa~~ We’re on the attacking side first!!!"
"This is great! Attacking first gives us an advantage. We can farm a bunch of experience, which will make it easier to defend next month."
"Don’t celebrate too early. Let’s wait for the Teleportation Gate to open tomorrow and see who we’re up against. If we run into a powerful race, we’ll be in for a tough time. We could end up not only failing the attack but getting the shit kicked out of us."
"What’s there to be afraid of? Worst case, we just team up and attack together!"
"Yeah! I made it to tier-two matchmaking during the legion battles and didn’t even make the leaderboards. The top players on there must be insanely strong. We should get the lords from the legion battle competition to carry us. Even just leeching some experience would be great."
"@Yun Qihao, @Lin Yu, @Qian Duoduo, @... All you masters, come on out and say something! Your bros need your help!!"
"@..."
Somehow, the discussion about invasion plans got sidetracked. Everyone was focused on latching onto the powerful, hoping the top-ranked lords from the legion battle would lead the charge.
For Yun Qihao, this was a perfect opportunity to showcase his strength and recruit people to the banner of the Goddess of Wisdom and War. Qian Duoduo could also use this chance to pull in a batch of Extraordinary-level labor for his family...
For Lin Yu, however, this kind of thing was more trouble than it was worth.
’With my territory’s massive, high-quality army, successfully invading and achieving victory would be a trivial matter.’
’But if I were to carry others, not only would I risk attracting resentment by exposing the true strength of my army, but if I revealed the state of my territory, it would absolutely lead to a heap of trouble when I return to Cuiwei Star after Phase Two ends.’
’Then again, not carrying anyone at all might be a bit hard to justify...’
[World Chat Channel (788211)]
[Cuiwei Star Experts Group]
Lin Yu: "Lord Yun, Lord Qian, and all the other masters, are you all planning on carrying people?"
Zhang Jing: "Lord Lin, you’re not planning on carrying anyone??"
Zhang Jing: "You got second place in the legion battle! Everyone’s counting on you to take us along for a few runs!"
Yun Qihao: "Most likely. But I’ll have to wait until the Teleportation Gate opens at ten to see the specific situation. As long as the opposition isn’t too strong, I’ll probably carry my followers and any lords interested in joining the Goddess’s banner."
Qian Duoduo: "Same here, more or less. But I probably won’t carry too many. After I’ve carried my own guys, if the situation is right, I’ll put together a paid carry group and charge for runs."
Ever since Lin Yu took second place in the legion battle competition, his messages in the group were no longer ignored. Everyone’s replies were much more enthusiastic.
Lin Yu: "I see... Looks like I’ll have to carry at least a few people, then?"
Qian Duoduo: "I almost forgot, Younger Brother Lin, you’re a true solo player. You don’t really have a need to carry anyone. But with all the talk in the public channel, you’ll probably offend a lot of people if you don’t take anyone at all."
Qian Duoduo: "How about you team up with me? We can run a paid carry group together."
Lin Yu: "Forget it. We’re too far apart. It’d be inconvenient."
Qian Duoduo: "Tsk tsk~~ Younger Brother Lin, looks like you got some pretty good rewards from the legion battle, huh? I haven’t seen you selling any resources these past two months. Did you get your hands on something good? Afraid I’ll see it?"
Lin Yu: "Of course not! Stop making wild guesses. The second-place rewards are just what you’d expect. How good could they be?"
Ding Dong: "Younger Brother Lin, if you say that, you’ll make a lot of people unhappy, haha! You think the second-place rewards are bad? Why don’t we trade?"
Lin Yu: "No trades, no trades!"
Ding Dong: "Hahaha~~"
Ding Dong: "We have so many experts in this group. If any of us run into an opponent we can’t beat, just give a shout, and we can all look out for each other. Right, everyone? @Yun Qihao @..."
Yun Qihao: "Of course, of course."
Lin Yu: "If anyone’s near me and needs help, I’ll definitely help!"
Qian Duoduo: "Help is available, for a price!"
Qian Duoduo: "Hahaha~ Just kidding. For everyone in the group, it’s free!"