After integrating the information available at hand, Liu Yifei already had a certain understanding of the strategic aspects of the entire battle.
The Tower Clan received intelligence that the enemy's reinforcement channel was blocked and would be difficult to open in a short period of time, so they decided to take the risk and implement the Gate of Time and Space to airdrop troops into the Tower Clan's territory.
However, there is no detailed information on how many time and space gates the enemy will build and where they will be built. The only thing that is known is that the enemy should build no less than twenty large portals so that they can transport their troops as quickly as possible.
come over.
Preventing the enemy from building five gates within four hours means destroying at least fifteen space-time gates. This may not sound difficult, but you must consider that you also need to investigate the enemy's construction locations and find out the construction time.
The problem is, in fact, strategic goals are not so easily achieved.
In this plot battle, due to the large number of players participating in it, a total of thirty attack positions were set up throughout the Kingdom of Mercury! Each position has players ranging from 500,000 to 1 million.
According to system statistics, the number of players participating in this plot battle exceeds 20 million!
When he saw this number, Liu Yifei was uncontrollably shocked!
20 million players
Even without any mercenary support, this is still an extremely terrifying torrent of steel!
If the current players were not still helpless against some enemy strategic units, I am afraid that the player's strength alone might completely destroy the enemy forces of the Tower Clan!
But for now
Since the dungeon spares no effort to protect strategic mercenary units such as Manticores and Black Dragons in the later stages of the dungeon, the enemy's overall combat effectiveness can be said to be quite strong. If players want to simply defeat them, they will probably die.
In principle, each of the thirty attack positions is responsible for a war zone. However, since the enemy may also concentrate its forces to attack on its own initiative, the system will support the mission in a timely manner according to the situation.
But in addition, players cannot fight across regions. Otherwise, they will lose military merit on the battlefield, and they will be charged with "neglect of duty". The punishment is quite severe.
According to the rules of the system, which attack position a player is assigned is completely calculated based on geographical location, so Liu Yifei soon contacted the little assassin again and successfully formed a team.
As for the person who hammered the sparks, Liu Yifei also saw some of them when he was looking for the young assassins on the battlefield, but due to his sensitive identity, Liu Yifei did not plan to have any interaction with him at the moment.
Later, Liu Yifei was most concerned about his squadron of underworld killers.
After asking the battlefield quartermaster, Liu Yifei got the answer that generally any "non-player required armed forces" that cannot be put into the backpack will be isolated by the system during transmission and then stored in another space.
go.
When the player exits the mission or the mission ends, these items will be returned to the player and cannot be used temporarily.
And the other issue Liu Yifei is concerned about is his bone dragon servants!
Fortunately, Liu Yifei found the "Undead Dragon Crystal" in his backpack, and the system did not prompt that it could not be used. As long as he collected enough bones, he could still summon the bone dragon in the mission.
But just like the system city rules, flying is strictly prohibited in the sortie formation! Once discovered, fire immediately
Seeing the huge crossbow bodies of the city defense crossbows around him, Liu Yifei had no intention of trying it himself, so he decided to summon the bone dragon again from a distance.
Now that the entire plot campaign has begun, many players can't wait to rush to the battlefield quartermaster to receive various battlefield tasks as soon as they enter the attack position.
However, since the battle has just begun, Liu Yifei is not in a hurry to compete with everyone for the small early tasks. Instead, he decided to take a walk around the attack position with the little assassin.
To say that it wants to accommodate hundreds of thousands of players, this temporarily refreshed attack position is really not that small! Visually, its size is almost the same as that of a large system city. Except that there are no city buildings that are taller than the other, here
It's basically like a battle fortress that needs to be improved!
Compared with a real city, the attack position is much simpler, more like a vast camp or even a military camp.
There are also a large number of various services, such as blacksmiths, pharmacists, tailors, etc., which can repair equipment and provide supplies for players, or players can also directly purchase new weapons and armor here. The problem is that all consumption here is based on
Military merit is the main priority, gold coins are not accepted.
After walking around for a long time, Liu Yifei discovered something interesting. In addition to the battlefield quartermaster, there was also a "battlefield commander's camp" here!
Although it is surrounded by strict guard protection and is difficult for players to approach, the camp is not completely airtight!
Turning at various angles, Liu Yifei and the little assassin actually saw something inside the handsome camp!
To their surprise, this handsome camp was not a simple decoration, but there were real people inside!
If only there were some ordinary words, forget it, but the strange thing is that both Liu Yifei and the little assassin saw an "old acquaintance"!
Two days ago, when they first came to the Tower Clan, the snake heroine named "Emmas Lan" just slowly swung through the crack in the door!
Although it was just a glimpse, Liu Yifei was sure that he was definitely not wrong! The gorgeous golden outline on the opponent's snake tail and the exaggerated configuration of sword, staff and bow in his hand are very recognizable signs wherever he goes.
, people who have seen it once will never forget it!
From this point of view, does this guy really have a senior person present?
If that's all, forget it. What's even more surprising is that the triple mercenary guards standing guard outside the door all have exactly the same golden exclamation mark on their heads!
The strange thing is that the golden exclamation marks above their heads are now gray. In other words, there is a mission hidden on them, but due to certain conditions, Liu Yifei and the little assassin are not allowed to take the mission at the moment.
"What's going on?"
The little assassin was stunned and asked subconsciously.
Faced with this situation, Liu Yifei chuckled.
You know, if you are a player who has participated in the internal beta of the game, you will definitely be familiar with this situation! You know, during the internal beta, it is not difficult at all for players to become lords. The only difficulty is how to increase the strength of their territory.
In addition to upgrading and fighting monsters, what players did most during the closed beta period was to participate in various regional small-scale battles! This was not the first time Liu Yifei had seen this phenomenon.
Seeing that no one around had noticed anything unusual here, Liu Yifei quickly led the little assassin and ran towards the "barracks" in the corner of the position.
"Hey, brother Yun, where are we going? The quartermaster who sent the mission seems to be over there."
The little assassin was dragged along by Liu Yifei and asked in confusion.
"Looking for a shitty quartermaster, you can only get a 'soldier' level mission if you die there. It's too slow to gain military merit like that. Haha, I'll take you to 'general'! Wait until you gain the status of 'general' , we can go directly to the commander’s camp to take on high-level tasks.”
"I'll go! Is it real or fake? Can you still play like this? Brother Yun, how do you know?"
After being asked this by the little assassin, Liu Yifei recounted some of his experiences during the internal beta test.
It turns out that the main content of the closed beta period is actually to test the overall combat difficulty of the game and the saturation of territory development on the world map.
During the closed beta period, there were no settings such as strategic maps, guilds, and mercenary groups. Even players of all races were born together in the Eagle Heart City.
But the advantage of the closed beta period is that it is particularly convenient for players who want to become lords! As long as they pass the mentor test of each race in the city, players can become heroes, and then if they obtain a small territory, they can successfully become lords.
With territory, money, and soldiers, and considering the needs of players, the system has taken advantage of the situation and launched small-scale system battles almost twice a week.
In the battle, there were also attack positions, except that the scale was much smaller, and the situation was almost exactly the same as here.
And while many closed beta players were playing the game seriously, there were always some people running around unruly, so they discovered the secret of "Shuai Camp".
There are several layers of guards standing guard outside the military camp, which means that by finding the military camp of a specific military unit and triggering a certain plot, the player can receive a "general mission" from the quartermaster that no one else has. As long as the player completes it, then Can pass the identity check of the guards on the first floor of the commander's camp.
After all passes, the player will be eligible to enter the commander's camp and wait on the outside of the commander's camp to become a "squadron leader" level junior general. Then the senior generals in the core area of the commander's camp will come out for missions soon. As long as the player is in Within the opponent's choice, you can freely choose whether to accept tasks with higher difficulty and rewards!
And this was called "brushing generals" by the internal beta players at the time.
As for the missions received from the quartermaster outside, they are only "soldier" level missions. The players themselves participate in the campaign missions, but there are no mercenaries, the scale is small, and the rewards are few.
Of course, "brushing generals" also has its price.
According to the rules of the battlefield, almost every hour is a "mission cycle". If you complete a battlefield mission, even if you are at the "soldier" level, you will always gain experience, military honors and even reputation.
However, if the player chooses to perform the task of "brushing generals", he will definitely miss the task cycle of this round. In other words, even if the player accepts the task of "brushing generals" but later fails or gives up, the player will not be allowed to do so within the current hour. Taking on the Quartermaster's mission will waste a precious hour of battlefield time.
The early battlefield missions are relatively simple, with few rewards, but relatively low risks.
A total of one plot battle is three opportunities for resurrection. Many people die three times but are still unable to complete a difficult mission. Therefore, more people would rather do more small missions in the early stage to maintain a basic military merit value.
And like this time, there are four types of soldiers standing guard outside the commander's camp: iron men, assassins, gods and monsters, and snake girls!
If the player wants to enter the general camp and obtain the identity of a general through "general brushing", then he will have to waste at least four hours to brush the identity. If another failure occurs, then the player will basically have to complete the simple tasks in the early stage.
Say goodbye
In five hours, the small battle was almost about to begin!
But similarly, the more soldiers standing guard, the longer the battle will last. For example, this time, Liu Yifei and the others already knew that it would last for forty-eight hours.
Of course.
Even if you enter the commander's camp, it doesn't mean that there will definitely be high-level tasks you can take.
After entering the commander's camp, the time for high-level missions to be released is the same as the refresh cycle of tasks at the Quartermaster's Office, and five minutes before the mission, players in the commander's camp will receive a prompt.
If you leave, the player is free and can go to the quartermaster to complete the "soldier" level mission. If you stay, you must stay until the end of this round of missions!
And if there are too many generals in the commander's camp, some of them will actually not be able to receive missions in this round.
The senior generals who choose to perform missions are also determined based on their own military merits.
For example, two player generals are competing for the same mission. One already has 10,000 military merits, and the other only has 1,000 military merits. Then there is no way that the superior would choose the subordinate with "better performance" to complete the important mission.
The other players who were eliminated not only did not receive good missions, but now they cannot even leave the commander's camp to pick up small missions from the quartermaster.
Therefore, it is very particular about which path to choose and how to choose it.
However, this secret seems to have been covered up with the tacit understanding of players who knew about it in the closed beta, and no one else knows about it to this day.
Of course, it may also be related to Liu Yifei not having time to pay attention to this news, but at least, since we have not encountered a similar situation so far after the public beta, at least this information has not been known to everyone!
But since Liu Yifei met him, how could he not take advantage of it?
Rushing to the "Barracks" area, Liu Yifei and the little assassin quickly spread out in the Iron Man Army area and began talking one by one to the Sanren patrolling there.
Basically, there will be dozens to hundreds of them in a small camp, and one of them will definitely give clues to the general mission. To put it bluntly, these missions do not have any rewards, only soldiers can be obtained.
It's just "acknowledgment".
After wandering around like a headless chicken, the little assassin finally caught the iron man who gave the mission.
"We Iron Men are the strongest and bravest warriors in the Talou clan camp! We use our bodies to defend the security of the motherland. The enemy must surrender under our bronze bodies and iron arms!
Huh? Did you actually hear me talking to myself? I'm really sorry, did I disturb you?"
The system gave a choice, and the two of them looked at each other and chose "no" together.
"Ah! Really? This is great! In fact, many people are reluctant to talk to us iron men because they always think that we speak too slowly and our voices are not pleasant.
By the way, strange warrior, are you also here to participate in this great battle? I am very happy to fight alongside you! Do you think we Iron Man are qualified warriors and companions?"
Still select "Yes".
"Thank you, thank you so much! I feel like my body is full of strength at this moment!
By the way, strange warrior, it seems that the quartermaster on the battlefield has some special action plans for our iron men. I think you can try it if you are interested. Goodbye, warrior!"
After finishing the conversation, the two of them hurried back! You know, half an hour was wasted wandering around before. If the task was done slower and postponed to the next task cycle, it would be simply...
Big loss.
After returning to the battlefield quartermaster and clicking on the mission list that players can access, I saw a special mission with a star in front of the name - "Iron Man's Rapid Rescue".
In this mission, the player is required to lead two full squads of iron men to rush out of the stronghold to rescue a group of gargoyle troops trapped by the enemy. If the player fails to rescue any of the gargoyles before they are completely eliminated.
, the task will directly declare failure.
"Damn it, did you make a mistake? You actually have to rush out to save someone as slow as a snail? How funny!"
As soon as he read the introduction to the mission content, the little assassin was speechless and looked at Liu Yifei in disbelief.
"It's okay. Missions like this actually mainly test the player's battlefield judgment and tactical execution ability. After all, as generals of an army, what we have to do is to command actions rather than go into battle personally. Therefore, the design of the mission itself
It's very interesting.
You've never done it before, so you feel strange. Once you get into it, you'll be able to find out where you can make some tricks.
Similar to this first ring, the battle is actually not very difficult. It is possible that the enemy itself is a group of weak soldiers surrounding the gargoyles. If possible, they do not want the players to rescue them at all, and there will be one or two injured gargoyles in the end.
Guifei will return to the stronghold and help you complete the task automatically."
Seeing the incomprehensible surprise on the little assassin's face, Liu Yifei chuckled and explained. In fact, tasks with similar requirements shocked the players during the internal beta test.
"Is there such a good thing? That's too simple, right? Doesn't it mean that the task can be completed just by waiting?"
"I say yes only in a few cases. If you keep waiting, you will never pass the test. But what I want to tell you is that during the task, there will be some side tasks from time to time.
For example, a small group of besieged soldiers was discovered.
For example, if we want to rescue gargoyles this time, the system may prompt you that a group of big goblins are trapped in another direction and need to be rescued.
If you encounter a similar situation, think about it carefully and remember to keep as many of your basic soldiers as possible and add as many additional soldiers as possible!
Because after you finally pass all the tests, the soldiers collected in these missions will become your basic troops. Later, you can fill in more troops with the military merit points obtained. This is something that players who do not have the status of generals do not have.
Privileges, but basic soldiers are also very important! Because the stronger you are, the senior ones will send you more difficult tasks."
Liu Yifei patiently explained to the young assassin who was doing this type of task for the first time.
After thinking for a moment that nothing was left behind, Liu Yifei wished him good luck, and the two of them accepted the mission together and entered a specific battlefield position in the light of teleportation.
The transmitted light gradually dissipated, and Liu Yifei opened his eyes to check the surrounding environment.
Liu Yifei was currently in a small checkpoint located in a mountain valley. Apart from Liu Yifei's twenty iron men "personal guards", there were only a few wounded soldiers inside the checkpoint.
As soon as he saw these wounded soldiers, Liu Yifei immediately rushed forward to talk to them. Generally speaking, these are the "pointers" that provide the specific content of the mission.
As expected, Liu Yifei got the information he wanted after the conversation. However, what Liu Yifei didn't expect was that he didn't know whether it was good luck or bad luck, but he was actually completing the general mission.
In the first round, he encountered "multiple side tasks", which made Liu Yifei somewhat depressed.
In this link, Liu Yifei wanted to rescue the main target: a group of ten gargoyles. They were originally the reinforcements for this small level. However, on the way there, they were attacked by a group of enemy harpies and evil eyes.
A mixed force was trapped, including ten harpies and five evil eyes.
If they fought hard, the losses to the troops would obviously be considerable, so as a precaution, ten gargoyles hid in a very narrow and deep cave to await reinforcements.
The battlefield is not far from here, only two kilometers in total.
The Iron Man's marching speed is three meters per second, and the player's marching speed is five meters per second.
If players rush there at full speed, they can arrive in about seven minutes, but if they have to wait for Iron Man, it will take nearly twelve minutes!
In ten minutes, the enemy's attack will begin, so the rescue team must be fast!
In addition to the main rescue point, three other rescue points are also given in the mission!
In a small cedar forest, a group of ten big goblins were surrounded by a group of thirty wild goblins. There was a wild boar cavalry leader in the opposing team.
In another battlefield, the Iron Man was restrained by the opponent's twenty third-level evil eyes and was hiding on a hilltop unable to move.
The last one surprised Liu Yifei the most. It was actually a gem mine that was besieged by fifty harpies.
The battle situation was on fire everywhere, but there was a shortage of major generals in the level. For a time, the tower side was in a serious passive state.
