Chapter 2661: Strong But Not Too Strong
Obedience test, the masked man spoke openly, all it takes is to present a condition that players from Yu Country would easily accept, increase the compromise cost for Yu Country’s side, and it can also remove some clearing obstacles. After all, players detained here would definitely try to hinder ticket players from clearing the game to avoid entering high-risk random dungeons.
However, given that it is a dungeon that has not been cleared for twenty years, besides those players who left this zone through special means, the remaining ones probably do not have much fighting spirit, as the human mind finds it difficult to maintain high concentration and sensitivity over decades. Therefore, players who stayed earlier tend to interfere less with subsequent ticket players, while those detained for just over three months seem to be in a state of anxious tension.
The masked man asked Yu Country players to kill detained players, but did not specify which dungeon’s detained players, even though Zone 039 has few people and several advanced dungeons. Who knows who Yu Country will use as an example?
The masked man didn’t seem to care whether Zone 039 handed over detained players or not; after all, verification is tedious, laborious, and unnecessary. He merely wanted the Yu Country government and player organization to bow down.
It’s hard to tell what consequences this turmoil will brew, but at least for Xu Huo, it’s not good news because government players told him that Lian Qingkong left to handle urgent matters.
Very good.
"Really, every five minutes the corpse of an Outer Zone player shows up, and not just one." Xiao Mei refreshed the message on the collection of information terminal with a serious look, "Even the corpses of players from this zone are being thrown out."
"It’s total chaos."
"Is he trying to clear the game or stir up a player war?"
Outer Zone players may not necessarily unite, but facing such a situation, they will definitely have a reaction. If someone kills them as a bargaining chip for exchange, they will not sit idle and wait, which retaliation would trigger a new chain reaction, and the killing ripples would inevitably expand.
It’s uncertain whether it’s for clearing the game, but the masked person definitely came to muddy the waters.
The ultimate bargaining chip he demands is still the National Treasure, so Yu Country’s player organization has started a public search for the National Treasure again.
Soon new "suspected national treasure" news emerged, not only players from this zone but also players from Outer Zone related to dungeons actively flocked to the place where the rumor came out.
The two-hour agreement by the masked man quickly passed, regardless of Outer Zone players or players from this zone, as time went by, the death toll increased far beyond the original requirement of one person every five minutes, and during this time, no new demands or appearances were made by those on the masked man’s side. Until another two hours passed, a player war video occurring at the border between Yongta and Yu Country became the top play on the collection of information terminal.
How the war started is unknown, but many members of the Execution Team came from Yongta, they should be confronting someone, maintaining a certain formation defensively, while Yu Country had people as well, but only a third in number compared to them, and both sides’ focus was not on the people across.
A sphere of darkness enveloped the border between the two countries.
This obviously isn’t normal nightfall, because it’s spherical, mostly in Yongta, with some in Yu Country, looking just like a small planet parked on the ground, occupying a large area, with faint sounds of shouting and fighting inside, but from the outside, the situation inside can’t be seen, so only occasional escaping players can be used to spy on the intensity of the fight within.
The player who uploaded the video described the situation at that time, "This prop is interesting, besides weakening sound and blocking sight, it should also make players inside turn blind, almost every player who ran out showed a reaction to light stimulation."
"If everyone turned blind and their ears aren’t working well, I can’t imagine how they’re fighting inside. Also, I think the function of this black sphere probably goes far beyond limiting human senses, only ten players came from Yu Country, eight stayed outside, the two who went in are probably elite players from Yu Country..."
The words weren’t finished when another person broke free, running away with heavy injuries and constantly looking back. No one chased after, but as he escaped, the black gas brought out from him auto-condensed into a blade piercing his heart!
The video ended abruptly when his body hit the ground.
Half an hour later, the Yu Country government announced the crisis was resolved, all kidnappers from the Outer Zone were executed, hostages rescued entirely, and requested player organizations to return to their positions without seeking National Treasure. If group fights or duel battles among current zone players are found, they will be severely punished by law without leniency.
Whether all the people were truly rescued is unknown to outsiders, but the war dark surge that appeared to escalate rapidly dissipated.
The Yu Country government intervened to resolve this kidnapping incident while suppressing the player organizations that were about to explode.
"No wonder Lian Qingkong was able to suppress so many player organizations back then, his strength must be formidable." Xiao Mei sighed after reading the discussion on the collection of information terminal, "They say Lian Qingkong hasn’t personally acted for many years, it’s uncertain if it was him this time, but it’s a pity that many videos were searched, and no one was seen."
"It might not be Lian Qingkong." Beibao said.
Xiao Mei didn’t understand her meaning, but Xu Huo knew she referred to the descendants of the two surnames. However, the probability was small; let alone those people had little connection with descendants of the two surnames, even if they were true two-surname descendants, players of two surnames might not necessarily reveal themselves to solve the issue.
Unless the descendants of the two surnames had long been in cooperation with Lian Qingkong.
Of course, it’s not impossible, after all, hundreds of years passed, people dispersed, it’s not odd for like-minded individuals to walk together.
The chaos in Yu Country lies mainly in the government being strong, but not too strong.
I guess the situation with descendants of the two surnames is similar, so neither side can rely on themselves nor each other.
The assassin’s advantage lies in patience and concealment.
It does quite fit the style of the battle in that video.
However, Yongta isn’t easy to handle either, just after resolving the kidnapping, war erupted at the border of two countries.
Seeing him frown, Xiao Mei asked, "Do you have a way to clear the game?"
"Do you have a way?" Xu Huo countered.
Xiao Mei spread her hands, "Players of this country are fighting each other, to make them united is tougher than reaching the heavens, right?"
"It’s not too difficult." Xu Huo responded, but didn’t finish the sentence.
"What do you mean? Do you have a way?" Xiao Mei got excited, "No matter if it works, tell us first, what if it’s feasible?"
Xu Huo glanced at her, "To make two evenly matched individuals reconcile is simple, you just need to give them a common strong enemy."
To unite the whole of Yu Country against an external threat, probably only a war of extinction can achieve that.
Xiao Mei dryly gulped, "You really dare to think."