The players who suddenly attacked him might be mbers of the Revolutionary Army mixed among the Regular Army. By killing them, Hui Shuhang had ensured the Contribution Value was credited to him.
If he could make good use of his high status within the Regular Army to harvest the heads of the Revolutionary Army, he could firmly secure the top position on the faction leaderboard.
He noticed that, at this stage, the players who chose the Revolutionary Army had relatively high Contribution Values. Considering the current situation of the Revolutionary Army, he almost understood why.
The Revolutionary Army must be akin to an army that rose in rebellion, while the Regular Army was his current faction. Engaging in acts of killing and plundering, the Revolutionary Army could quickly acquire Contribution Values. As for the Regular Army... for now, he could only see this peaceful and tranquil square, unaware of any other ans to acquire Contribution Values.
If he could devise a thod to mobilize the Regular Army to attack the Revolutionary Army...
"Ding-dong!"
He heard a new system notification again:
...
[In-ga instance chat has been enabled. Players can chat in the public column (anonymity not allowed).]
...
Before Su Ming’an even had ti to check the public chat, Hui Shuhang had already approached him.
"It looks like it’s ti to clear out so trash from the guard squad."
Her gaze was indifferent as she looked at the bodies being dragged away, her wine-red eyes intensely focused on him, "Are you alright? I’m very sorry, it was our oversight... Didn’t expect soone to infiltrate at this juncture..."
"Are these people who attacked from the Revolutionary Army?" Su Ming’an tested.
"Yes, just a bunch of disorderly thieves," Hui Shuhang replied. "After escorting you to the laboratory, I will go and report to His Majesty, clean up these well-hidden rats. You don’t have to worry about your safety, we will protect you thoroughly."
Su Ming’an did not respond.
...Protect , and then kill again on the tenth day?
From his experience in the last loop, he knew what these people were thinking.
But on this journey, he had seen many people greeting him with faces full of respect; he knew he was perhaps a respected figure, and if he were to be killed, it wouldn’t be done overtly. He wanted to know exactly who harbored ill intentions towards him.
In theory, his status as the Ruler ant that characters of the sa faction should at the very least start off being "friendly" and not just want to kill him for their personal desires.
Therefore, if not for personal desire, it must be for the sake of...
[Righteousness.]
He observed Hui Shuhang’s expression, which she masked well, appearing calm and unemotional. But he had seen the regret and apology in the depths of her eyes before—she had also wanted to save him once.
[No one is born a martyr... and you are the future.]
...Those were her words from the previous loop.
He always suspected that the "His Majesty" she spoke of wanted him dead.
If he could et this Majesty and forcibly increase his favor, he might obtain more information.
He followed Hui Shuhang, noting the instance chat that had just been activated was swarming with ssages:
[Barton: I didn’t expect we could chat in the ga instance as well, I thought that was a privilege for the observing players.]
[Xi’er: Can only the ten thousand people in the sa instance chat with each other... what a pity, I forgot to team up with my lover, she is in another parallel instance...]
[Lent: This chat is useful, we can pass ssages!]
[Bit: No... if you pass ssages, both factions can see them, are you openly plotting sothing?]
[Pulitzer: I was quite scared at first with no one in the streaming room, but now that chat is enabled... I suddenly feel not scared at all.]
[Liu Yiwen: My goodness, how does the system show that I’ve automatically joined the ’Regular Army’? I hadn’t even made my choice yet!]
[Kefu: too. I was just staying in my room, hadn’t even gone out to look around, when it showed that I had joined the "Regular Army."]
[Toynbee: I reincarnated into a mber of a troop in the forest, and right after arriving, it displayed that I was in the "Revolutionary Army."]
[Jin Yaowen: You can change factions, can’t you? Just desert your own faction and defect to the opposing side.]
[Emmy: There are too few people in the Revolutionary Army... I’m going to defect to the Regular Army. Where is their base?]
[Harris: What roles do you all have? I’m in the Regular Army, stationed in a square, and I’m a table mover.]
[Fergus: I’m moving chairs, where are you? Can we et up?]
[Harris: I can’t, there’s a squad leader NPC constantly watching . Let’s find a chance after I finish my work...]
[...]
Su Ming’an watched these people chat.
He learned that many players’ initial roles were things like "Regular Army Guard," "Revolutionary Army mber," "Regular Army Square Attendant" and the like, and they were all currently blindly following their own troops.
He saw roles like squad leaders too, but not many.
He looked at his [Team] interface, which showed that Lv Shu and the Healing Series player had joined the sa instance as him, but the private chat was blocked, so he couldn’t ssage them to find out their whereabouts.
The instance chat continued, but now the conversation seed to have changed:
[Murphy: Wait a minute.]
[Murphy: Did I see that wrong?]
[Murphy: How co I see... the na of the Number One Player on the leaderboard?]
[Conan: ...]
[Baker: It’s probably soone with the sa na. What are the chances?]
[Sawyer: ... It can’t be a coincidence to have the sa na as Lv Shu? There’s also a Lv Shu on the leaderboard.]
[Yang Yang: Damn.]
[Wang Xing: Damn!]
[Xie Yuancheng: Damn!! Players from Dragon Country are ecstatic.]
[Kinks: The Number One Player doesn’t care about your nationality... Raise your skills first, otherwise sharing the stage with him is just a tragedy...]
[Duncan: This leaderboard clearly indicates a faction-based instance where players must compete against each other, I feel like I have no hope...]
[Clark: The Number One Player is in the Regular Army!! Bye to my Revolutionary Army buddies, I’m going to find soone strong to follow.]
[Anderson: That’s not the point. You know he’s in this instance, but you don’t know who he’s playing as...]
[Gallagher: Guys, choose wisely! If you rush in without strength, you’re just cannon fodder.]
[Song Yuhao: I don’t care! I’m rushing in! Su Ming’an, where are you! I’m your loyal follower—look at —]
[...]
Su Ming’an no longer looked at the instance chat.
He had chosen not to speak for now and hadn’t t up with Lv Shu and the others. Lv Shu and his team had limited abilities, and even if they t up, it wouldn’t change anything and would only make the situation more chaotic.
He now knew—in the square, among the many originally loyal guards, many players with different intentions had mingled. They had a variety of roles and missions and might engage in behaviors that the NPCs couldn’t predict.
Along the way, he had already seen a guard suddenly shout, "Number One Player, where are you! I want to be your follower—" and then soone dragged that guard away.
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