Chapter 306: Chapter 282: The Sin of Today, The rits Through Ages!
“`
“What’s that about? Setting off tomorrow?”
“`
Tuberculosis Rabbit stiffened, and his hand holding a skewer paused unconsciously as he looked up at Yi lying on the chair. Seeing that Yi wasn’t speaking but was instead closing his eyes to feign sleep,
after a long while, he turned in bewildernt to Sword Without End sitting next to him, equally confused. Clearly, Sword Without End had no explanation either.
As for Tie Chui,
his eyes seed relatively clear at that mont, focusing on the skewers grilling over the stove, drooling without a thought to the aning behind Yi’s words.
In Tie Chui’s single-minded thinking,
Yi said they were setting off tomorrow.
He agreed.
Then what else was there to think about? Wasn’t everything settled?
But… they were in their Newbie Protection Period. The biggest problem right in front of them was how to leave Blue Star. The last ti they went to Solar Star, they had used tricks, and after paying a significant price, they eventually ended up in Solar Star’s twofold trial.
This ti it wasn’t about going to the third Star System, but Starfield itself.
That was an existence on a higher plane than a Star System.
Could they even get there?
Moreover, that was the Threefold Planet’s main base. Could they really get anything good out of going there?
He was aware that Yi never held grudges; any grudge would be avenged on the sa day. But he had not expected that Yi would choose to retaliate on the sa day against such a formidable enemy.
“…”
After a long while of stunned bewildernt, Tuberculosis Rabbit unconsciously picked up a skewer and put it in his mouth, chewing hard as he murmured,
“August is indeed a tourist season, so taking a long trip does make sense.”
…
anwhile, Starfield was already in total chaos.
To be precise, Starfield’s full na was Ding Qi Starfield.
Starfield is just a term, while Ding Qi is the actual na or code of this Starfield. In the ascension ga, no one knows how many Starfields there are; they just know that their own Starfield is designated Ding Qi.
The full na of the Starfield Project Team is also called the Ding Qi Starfield Project Team.
So team mbers hold permanent positions, with no planets to run with, spending their whole lives in the Ding Qi Project Team without the possibility of advancent, but also with no chance of demotion.
Other team mbers are those who have walked up from their own Star Systems, planet by planet with their planets. These people can gain more points and more opportunities for promotion as their planets ascend. Of course, if they fail to advance, they also face corresponding penalties.
At this mont, the Logitech Star Project Team was working overti discussing the losses from the recent expedition to the third Star System.
A mont later.
The head of the Logitech Star Project Team, with an expressionless face, looked towards the string of data at the center of the screen and said in a soft voice, “This expedition to the third Star System resulted in 11,209 Logitech Star players dead.”
“Two A-grade props and dozens of B-grade props were dropped.”
“The only consolation is that the drop rate of props was not too high.”
“No benefits from the Hundred Generations Bounty, didn’t manage to get on good terms with Solar Star Project Team mbers, and in the eyes of other races in Ding Qi Starfield, we’ve beco an easy target.”
“All harm and no benefit.”
“This campaign was a trendous defeat.”
The man’s face appeared expressionless, but his subordinates knew that their manager was on the verge of exploding.
The player population of Logitech Star was already scarce, with just over a hundred thousand players.
And they multiply slowly.
They had struggled along for so long, treating each player as a precious seed, and yet more than ten thousand died in one expedition.
How many of these players can claw their way back from Hell is anyone’s guess.
With each descent into Hell, the difficulty of returning to the map doubles.
Walking up from the Newbie Protection Period to the Threefold Planet, virtually all players had been to Hell at least once, and so even seven or eight tis. For these players, the difficulty of returning to the map has beco ridiculously hard.
With their power, without external intervention, they would never be able to crawl out of Hell in this lifeti.
They would have to spend their lives as Hell Players.
Hell Players lack many privileges and can’t develop their strength too well. They basically just scrape by in Hell, barely better off than the Scavengers, with just a bit more freedom and human rights.
“So…”
A hesitant subordinate spoke up, “Manager, what do we do now, should we negotiate with Sharlu·Enzy?”
Sharlu·Enzy is the chieftain of the Sharu Clan on Logitech Star.
He is also the leader of all players on Logitech Star.
Basically, each planet is like loose sand during the Newbie Protection Period, but as they ascend from Onefold Planet, Twofold Planet, to Threefold Planet, they begin to slowly coalesce into a power.
With only one leader.
Essentially, every Threefold Planet has just one power, one ultimate leader.
Or rather, only under such circumstances can one ascend to a Threefold Planet; with multiple forces intertwined and restraining each other, there is virtually no chance of successful ascension.
By rights, as the project team of Logitech Star, they should not be able to have direct negotiations with players.
And there are rules that clearly state this point.
But as the saying goes, where there are rules, there are loopholes—there’s always a way, it’s just more cumberso.
“No need.”
The man standing in front of the large screen was silent for a long while before he finally spoke, “The player Sharlu·Enzy is quite arrogant and conceited; he doesn’t even give us Logitech Star’s project team a second glance.”
“It’s impossible to communicate with him.”
“It’s just a pity that Sharlu·Enzy didn’t die in that battle, otherwise we could have used so thods to make him stay in hell a bit longer. By the ti he climbed out, the Sharu Clan would already have a new chieftain.”
“Despite the great losses this ti.”
“It might not necessarily be a bad thing.”
“On Ding Qi Starfield, the planets that ascend from each star system naturally cluster together and unite to confront external threats.”
“For instance, the people from the 8th star system are very united.”
“The seven Twofold Planets that advanced from the 8th star system are exceptionally united. If one planet dispatches troops, the remaining six planets spare no effort in providing military support.”
“Under these circumstances, in the entire Ding Qi Starfield Continent, no one dares to provoke the players from the 8th star system. They are too united. Any player from the 8th star system that gets killed triggers relentless retaliation, no matter the cost.”
“This rule was set by the alliance of the 8th star system when it was first established. To enforce this iron rule firmly, many players from the 8th star system died.”
“Often, in avenging one player, more than a hundred players would die.”
“To seek vengeance for these hundred players, another thousand would die.”
“Those were really lively tis. Every day you could hear news about the 8th star system getting into fights. The alliance of the 8th star system was almost constantly seeking revenge or chasing murderers when it was first established.”
“Back then, everyone thought the 8th star system had gone mad, and at that ti, the death rate of its players was indeed the highest.”
“But what about now?”
The man paused, folded his arms, and leaned on the table, speaking softly, “You’ve seen it too. The death rate of the 8th star system’s players is so low it’s infuriating.”
“In the wilderness, even if they encounter a lone player, as long as the other party identifies themselves as a player from the 8th star system, usually no one will attack, even if they have overwhelming numbers.”
“What does this an?”
“For the few founders of the alliance of the 8th star system, this is called ‘sowing cris in their ti, reaping rits for a thousand generations.’
“By contrast, the planets ascending from our 3rd star system have always been quite scattered, with little contact between them. Sotis they even resort to underhanded tactics against each other.”
“This has put us at a disadvantage in the Ding Qi Starfield Continent, where we can only fight enemies on all sides. However, under the leadership of Solar Star’s project team, although the plan failed and our losses were severe—”
“—it also created so close connections among the five planets ascending from the 3rd star system. If we can seize this opportunity and have the five planets form an alliance, advancing and retreating together—”
“—then the losses this ti might be acceptable, perhaps even a small gain.”
The subordinate standing beside the man lit up at these words, “Right, how did I not think of that? It has to be the manager, your work ability is far superior to us lackeys by many tis over.”
“Shall I get in touch with the other planets’ project teams first?”
“Mm.”
The man nodded emotionlessly, “After we get in touch, we’ll contact the leading players of our respective planets and try to broker a deal. The losses are already so severe; this alliance must succeed. Only then can we mitigate the losses.”
“The others probably have similar thoughts.”
“Otherwise, once this news gets out, so might think we’re easy targets and co to take a stab at us. Even though they can’t kill us, being pushed around is extrely uncomfortable.”
“Understood.”
…
Ding Qi Starfield.
In an expansive continent, there stood a city right in the middle of a swamp, constructed in a very peculiar way.
The city was not large. At a glance, it could accommodate no more than about one million residents.
It was not considered a very large city.
From high above, the whole city looked like half a shell floating on the swamp, surrounded by semicircular walls akin to a shell.
Inside the city there were towering skyscrapers.
From ti to ti, you could see maglev trains shuttling continuously between the buildings.
It appeared to be bustling with activity.
anwhile, on the streets, a dark-skinned man with dirty braids took a vicious bite of the fried chicken leg in his hand before tightening the loose waistband of his trousers and casually looked at the morning’s news.
“Ding Qi Starfield morning news.”
“The five Twofold Planets that ascended from the 3rd star system, in a joint effort, launched a relentless Race Duel Battle against Zerofold Planet Blue Star, which was still within its Newbie Protection Period, and were soundly defeated!”
“A single newbie player fought alone against all players from the five Twofold Planets and gained the upper hand!”
“As predecessors from the 3rd star system, why did they mobilize such force against a junior?”
“Breaking News: Hundred Generations Bounty, several hundred million Points—that’s the cause of war!”
And so on, a series of news updates kept popping up.
Reviews
All reviews (0)