Upon closer inspection, Fang Heng couldn't help but look troubled.
It turned out to be bad luck.
When Wei Tao was attacking the Lickers, a barbarian team happened to be attacking the Plague Land. The game prompts indicating that the Lickers were being attacked were lost in the vast sea of game prompts and could not be seen at all.
It seems that this method of contact is not stable.
Fang Heng was helpless and shrugged, "Sorry, I ran into a little trouble earlier. There were too many game prompts and I missed it."
"Okay, let's not talk about it for now." Wei Tao said seriously: "We just got a mission prompt, which is very troublesome."
With that said, Wei Tao announced the optional mission that had just been triggered.
Tasks are optionally triggered.
If the player chooses to accept and complete the first phase of the task, the subsequent team task will be triggered by default. Otherwise, if the task is not completed within a period of time, the task will be abandoned by default.
"This is probably what happened. When we were clearing the barbarian camp..."
Erhauch recounted the discovery of the captives, and then said: "We have found out clearly that the barbarians have an extremely secret camp in the underground world, and the camp is set up near Altamai."
Wei Tao continued, "Now a large part of the empire's military strength has been mobilized to the front line for combat support. We are worried that if the barbarians suddenly launch an attack on Altama..."
"Um?"
Fang Heng looked at the mission description carefully and looked suspicious.
Are the barbarians preparing to attack the imperial capital?
So brave?
"There is nothing wrong with what you said. However, the empire's support team has been mobilized. Now is the best time for the barbarian invasion and raid. Why haven't they taken action yet?"
Muhlhauch shrugged, "Who knows, maybe they are planning to take action tonight."
"I think the barbarians have been dormant underground, as if they are looking for opportunities and waiting for opportunities."
Wei Tao nodded and analyzed: "Compared with the empire, the strength of the barbarians is still somewhat insufficient. Even if it is a surprise attack, the success rate of forcibly conquering the imperial capital is still very low, so their goal may not be to capture the imperial capital..."
Listening to Wei Tao's analysis, Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue looked at each other, their expressions changing slightly.
A guess arose in both of their minds at the same time.
No way?
Not such a coincidence, right?
Could it be that the barbarians are eyeing the royal treasury just like them!?
Um?
Wait a moment!
Fang Heng suddenly had another flash of inspiration.
Barbarians!
No matter what the barbarian's goal is.
Anyway, now they know that the barbarians have an underground camp in the underground world close to the empire.
Can this be used?
If the royal treasury is stolen, someone has to take the blame, right?
Barbarians!
Didn’t they just come here to deliver it?
After stealing something from the empire's treasury, he directly led the pursuers in the direction of the barbarians!
The scene will definitely be even more chaotic by then.
Muddy water is best for fishing.
Wei Tao saw Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue communicating with their eyes and frowned: "What did you think of?"
"Oh, it's nothing. I thought of something else, and it has nothing to do with the barbarians."
Tang Mingyue waved her hands and denied again and again.
Hey, it’s hard to lead a team...
Wei Tao sighed inwardly. He could see that these two people had some little secret behind their backs.
"Okay, I urgently summoned everyone to meet, just to discuss whether to accept this mission? The downside is that the subsequent missions are extremely difficult, at least SS level, or even SSS level."
Wei Tao is struggling with this.
The previous difficulty level of S has almost caused the team to overturn. Now the difficulty has to be increased. What if the trial is messed up?
The risk is too great.
Just refuse the mission directly, I feel really unwilling to do so.
Everyone fell into silence at the same time.
Fang Heng thought for a while, looked at Wei Tao, and said, "Actually, I have an idea here."
"oh?"
Wei Tao looked at Fang Heng, "Huh? What's your idea?"
"What if." Fang Heng coughed lightly and glanced at Tang Mingyue standing aside with his peripheral vision, "Ahem, I mean what if, what would happen if we remained neutral?"
…
After listening to Fang Heng's story, Wei Tao and Mierhauch looked at each other.
You call this staying neutral?
Mirhauch confirmed to Fang Heng: "What you mean is that we put the mission aside for the time being, and instead of warning the empire, we will find ways to lure the barbarians and people from the empire out together, so that the empire can discover the underground world on its own.
The barbarians are waiting for a fight between the barbarians and the empire, and then we hide in the dark and see how we can gain benefits?"
"Well, you said it a bit harshly, but that's what you really mean."
Tang Mingyue nodded frequently as she listened, and said: "This is a good idea. The difficulty of the follow-up mission is SS level, and it will definitely not be that simple. Instead of taking the risk of joining the mission, it is better to fight and watch the tigers fight, and steadily reap the benefits from the side."
"If humans have the upper hand then, we will help humans fight the barbarians. If the barbarians have the upper hand, then we will run away quickly and save the two empire bosses."
"The worst-case scenario is that nothing is caught, and we have nothing to lose, right?"
Wei Tao thought about it in his mind.
It seems to make some sense.
But he always felt something was strange.
"Fang Heng, Mingyue, you shouldn't be hiding anything from us."
"Look what you said, how could it be possible? We are teammates."
Tang Mingyue waved her hands repeatedly.
Wei Tao looked at this time bomb in his team and felt helpless.
"The risk is still too great. How can we let the empire proactively discover the barbarian camp? Moreover, the time is too short now. If we don't do it right, we will accidentally become enemies with the empire."
"It's okay, leave this matter to us, we have a solution."
Fang Heng and Tang Mingyue looked at each other and nodded to each other.
"real?"
Wei Tao looked at the two of them and saw their determined expressions at the same time. He sighed inwardly and nodded, "Okay then, let's give it a try as you said."
"Brother Tao is awesome!"
Tang Mingyue couldn't hide her excitement, raised her fist and bumped it with Fang Heng.
"If I encounter danger during the process, I will terminate the operation immediately."
"Okay." Fang Heng nodded and said: "Without further delay, the barbarians may take action at any time. Mingyue, please arrange a battle plan. I will first control the zombies to dig tunnels and help transport materials."
"Well, when will you be ready?"
Fang Heng took a look at the efficiency of the zombie clones digging underground passages, estimated the time, and nodded: "Five hours later, at 4:30 in the morning, we will start on time."
…
Early morning.
The capital city is Altama.
The imperial military supplies warehouse is brightly lit.
Outside the gate, more than a dozen warehouse guards were performing their duties loyally.
There were twice as many people on duty today, and the two of them had just been asked to get up, so they were still a little dazed.