As the last resurrection point was destroyed, the once prosperous player city finally fell. The organized resistance no longer existed. Raging fires burned everything. The troops of the indigenous church swept through the city, searching for survivors from the ruins.
Press down in front of the ruins, light a fire, and throw these people into it.
This is a simple punishment at the stake, also known as the last 'mercy' of the heathen.
Only flame can purify the sin and filth on their bodies.
Most of the people still left in the city waiting to be slaughtered are indigenous NPCs. Players and tourists have either been resurrected in other places or are on the way to flee in a hurry.
Aunt Xue was in such a fleeing team. Behind her were the pursuers of local dogs, and in front was an unknown destination. They were hiding like mice, and everyone looked pale, like frightened birds.
The remaining backbones of the Red Star Shining Gang gathered around and climbed to the highest point of the mountain forest, looking at their homes in the distance that were engulfed in raging fire. Everyone looked depressed and silent.
Luohua Liushui breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no pursuers. He checked his communication channel and found that he had not yet entered the communication range of the friendly city-state.
After estimating the distance, he frowned. There were still more than 20 kilometers to go. Normally it would not be a problem, but now it became a dangerous road that could plunge him into an abyss at any time.
After breaking it into pieces, try to separate out as many suspicious soldiers as possible, hoping that they will attract the attention of the local dogs, and this one protects the vital treasure-the heart of the city, commonly known as the base vehicle.
After the system releases the expansion pack of Total War: Darkest Hour, the Heart of the City will no longer provide redemption, which means that if you lose it, it will be gone. His gang, his city, and all his hard work and accumulation will be wiped out.
For nothing.
Aunt Xue hurriedly treated the wound, and Jacob had already passed out. By this time, the battle was over. The goblins left two corpses behind and the rest fled.
"Ah, it's Lao Hu!"
If the system were a tree, the player would be the fruit on the tree. The tree has so much control over the fruit that the player actually has no other choice but to hold his nose and admit it.
Aunt Xue's forehead, which looked exactly like an NPC boy, was burning hot, and she was so panicked that she didn't know what to do.
Lao Hu said while coughing.
"I, I really, hope, hope that I am a space traveler."
The uncle tourist just ran back and heard this: "That old Hu?"
As soon as he walked out of a mountain forest, the tourist uncle noticed something moving in the bushes in front of him on the left. He bravely shouted out but there was no response, so he gingerly took out a dagger with no attributes and leaned over.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether they should continue walking.
Oh my god.
Half of the plantation gate was burned, and the other half collapsed to reveal a hidden entrance. Six people got in awkwardly and found the entrance to a basement among the corpses scattered on the ground.
After the expansion pack was released, the system made a series of major adjustments in response to the current complex security situation.
The system is becoming more and more "harsh", and the "Darkest Hour" expansion pack was released without any warning. A large number of player cities were destroyed by the sudden increase in the intensity of the war, and there was smoke everywhere, and people were fleeing everywhere.
"Who!? Who's there? Come out!"
Finally, it is said that various dangers and accidents will occur in the ghost form, such as being discovered by local dogs, captured by evil creatures, and...
"Oh, oh!"
"Why, why is this happening? Why can't we live in peace?"
There was a goblin's lair in the bushes. There was a pot boiling in the lair, and Old Hu was lying dying in the corner.
"Ahem..."
The panicked people got in and sealed the door behind them. Everyone collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily.
Let’s all spread out and escape. If you escape into the resurrection range, just commit suicide...
More than one person had this idea, but...what should Jacob and the others do?
From noon, the sun turned west, and the distance was narrowed to only 8 kilometers without any danger. The surrounding area was already the territory of another player's city. Aunt Xue was sincerely happy to see that there were fields of bitter wheat waiting to be harvested on both sides of the road.
Seeing young Jacob being suffocated to the ground by the goblin with a stick, Aunt Xue rushed up with a cry of grief.
Not long after walking, the escape team, which was mostly composed of tourists, dispersed. Aunt Xue, along with two familiar tourists and three intelligent NPCs, were forced to flee after discovering that there were dog chasers behind them.
He deviated from his escape route and entered a burned-out plantation.
Aunt Xue looked at the map. She was so anxious to give way before, but now she didn't know which direction to go.
"not good!"
unexpectedly……
ah!
This must not be allowed to happen.
At this moment, a scream sounded from behind. Looking back, it was the intelligent NPC Aunt Malik who had fainted.
The local dogs beat everywhere with spears and swords. Once they found something wrong, they poured grease on it and set it on fire. After a while, the fire ravaged the damaged plantation again, and soon there were sounds of crying, begging, and screaming.
.
"They all took refuge in the mines."
I can only watch five companions fight against five goblins. Fortunately, they are just goblins, so there should be no problems.
The six people left the road. Ten minutes later, the meeting point also appeared on Aunt Xue's map, proving that the direction was correct.
Aunt Xue shivered and took out the bandage...
"The resurrection point...is gone!"
Only then did Aunt Xue realize that she had taken the wrong one. Intelligent NPCs and tourists could not use Class B game props. She quickly dug out a set of 'real' bandages that tourists could use and treated Jacob's wounds.
Finally the uncle tourist said.
A tourist behind me asked softly.
One goblin jumped out, then the second, then the third...
The three tourists were no better. Their teeth were chattering and they could do nothing but resign themselves to their fate.
Two hours later.
I only heard that there are troubles with operators, public servers, and private servers, and the system is difficult to deal with. What is it if you are not full?
In this way, players have become much more 'serious' about death and resurrection. As the intensity increases, the playability also increases. Some players are forced to wake up from the comfort of life and death, and realize that they cannot ignore the mainstream at any time.
Game progress.
Once this maximum distance is exceeded, players and tourists can only go to the nearest resurrection point in a ghost state...
The flashing cursor on the map disappeared, indicating that the city at the meeting point had fallen, and the nearest resurrection point was gone. Even if you wanted to commit suicide, you couldn't commit suicide now.
Old Hu was embarrassed to lie down when he saw it, so he gritted his teeth and got up. Everyone threw away the stretcher and their speed increased greatly.
"Go quickly, it's too dangerous here."
Thinking of this, his heart was as hard as iron, and he whispered a few words to his confidants. Ten minutes later, Aunt Xue was forced to leave the brigade and walked out of the jungle. She stopped hiding in Tibet and fled straight to another player's city.
Players rushed to the front, those with mounts, and they rushed over like a gust of wind. The sound behind them was loud, and it was a mirror image of the end of the world.
"Those bastards used us as bait...we were soon separated...a group of goblins...everyone else died...poor those aborigines..."
After Lao Hu spoke intermittently about his experiences after the separation, everyone remained silent, no one had the energy to get angry, and they were all worried about what to do with two more burdens.
The two players and the smart NPC gasped for breath. This kind of monster, which was not worth mentioning in the players' mouth, almost brought them a annihilation battle.
The three intelligent NPCs took out their daggers and rushed forward. Aunt Xue was a little at a loss. She had never fought against anyone online, let alone a monster.
It's really unbearable to ask them to abandon the intelligent NPC and commit suicide. They have been friends for a long time. Regardless of their identity differences, what's the difference?
The uncle and the scholar cut down branches to make a simple stretcher, put Lao Hu and Jacob on it, and the five people carried them and embarked on the escape journey again.
"Be a stretcher. If you can go anywhere, that's fine."
"Jacob, Jacob..."
The group of people staggered back on the road. Along the way, they saw charred corpses left on the roadside, with empty mouths and eyes looking at them.
"It's not Category B, it's Category A"
"Find a place to hide first!"
Everyone's eyes lit up. The mine is a good place. The inside of the slightly larger mine is like a maze. If you go deep into the ground, you can find a corner to hide in, and your hope of escaping will greatly increase.
Six people hugged each other tightly, especially the three intelligent NPCs, who were so scared that they almost fainted.
Aunt Xue has never been so frightened as she is now.
The uncle pointed to the location of the mine and said.
"Don't think too much, there will always be a turning point. Look at Jacob..."
Aunt Xue carefully crawled out of the basement where she was hiding, and saw a dozen burning stakes erected in the open space not far away, with the burned corpses of intelligent NPCs and several empty slings hanging from them... She couldn't help but feel sad.
Come and shed tears.
The third tourist was a scholar offline, and he was completely lost.
If he died, there would be no place to resurrect, he would become a ghost, and he would be captured by something... His daughter Xie Xiaomeng was not around, and she happened to be on a mission the day something happened in the city.
A village was visible in the northeast. What Lao Hu was referring to was not this village, but a building that looked like a brick kiln next to the village.
"You know him?"
Young Jacob said through gritted teeth.
The scholar opened his mouth and let out a long sigh.
"You...Aunt Xue!?"
Jacob, my little Jacob.
"Zhizhizhi~~"
An intelligent NPC boy pointed at one of the charred corpses on the stake and cried.
Aunt Xue forced herself not to look at what was cooking in the pot and rescued Lao Hu.
In Aunt Xue's arms, the young man kept coughing up blood, and his forehead was bleeding profusely. "I really hope..."
"Jacob!"
After not struggling for long, a heavy wave of refugees appeared on the horizon.
"Jacob, don't talk."
The reason why I am so scared is related to the current resurrection mechanism.
Others watched his movements nervously.
The uncle used the stubborn young man Jacob to cheer up his companions. The group almost ran out of breath. When they ran to the village, they found that it was already empty.
This kind of monsters bully the weak and fear the strong. They couldn't escape just now, otherwise they would be the ones lying on the ground now.
In the end, they were overtaken by the fleeing army.
Aunt Xue swallowed and nodded.
While he was talking, four or five goblins had already rushed over.
"It's the blacksmith who just separated from us."
"Let's hurry up too."
but……
If she were here, Aunt Xue would never be reduced to being used as bait.
"Mine!"
We are abandoned!
The uncle was so excited when he saw this, "Let's go, go quickly!"
"Let's go!" urged the third tourist uncle.
When the marked resurrection point is destroyed, we still adhere to the principle of nearest resurrection and arrange players and tourists to a resurrection point within 50 kilometers. The premise is that there are enough resurrection times and the resurrection fee can be paid. Is it more than 50 kilometers away?
Distance limit.
In the sky, a griffon knight, a native dog, appeared. Everyone saw the dead souls and immediately ran to the mine desperately.
Not to mention, free resurrection times cannot be used in the ghost form. The reason is that the cost of resurrection in this form is high. The longer it floats outside, the higher the cost of resurrection. In order to maintain this kind of excitement among players and tourists, the system
Form, resources are consumed every moment.
After a while, I heard rapid footsteps outside.
"It's Uncle Malik!"
"How could it be possible? He followed the city lord and the others..."
Old Hu shouted loudly while lying on the stretcher.
At this time, the fleeing army was already chasing behind them, and their target was obviously that mine.
We are the bait!
Damn the Red Star Club!
"It's on my map!" the uncle said, "to the northwest, go quickly.
"Where to go!?" Aunt Xue was about to cry.
I heard that the ghost form can be blown away by a gust of wind. Let alone rushing, you can't walk under the sun at all, and you have to endure torture comparable to torture.
Aunt Xue's eyes were filled with tears and she didn't know what to do. Uncle Tourist kicked the goblin down, rushed forward and stabbed the goblin in the stomach, then turned around and shouted: "Bandage, bandage!"
the scholar-tourist yelled.
While the fleeing army was still some distance away, everyone ran desperately towards the mine. Young Jacob had already woken up. He didn't want to be held back at such a critical moment, so he stubbornly got off the stretcher and ran ahead while stumbling.
.
The third tourist quickly covered his mouth and looked around with frightened eyes, fearing that the local dog would hear him.
There are still 20 kilometers left, but if I can’t do it anymore, I might as well commit suicide.
Naturally, this kind of consumption system will not pay for it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked onto the main road, I saw thick smoke rising in the distance. The location was exactly the meeting point marked on the map, another player city.
Nowadays, even resurrection has become so stingy and restrictive. Players and tourists are not without complaints, but the system is aloof and increasingly cold.
Everyone rolled and crawled away from the main road, looking around quickly, "over there"
"All the bitches deserve to die!"
Aunt Xue just breathed a sigh of relief when she heard a weak cry for help from inside: "Help, help!"
A player riding a wild wolf ran over and came back, "Is it really you?"
Aunt Xue vaguely knew him, and seemed to be some friend of Xie Xiaomeng's.
"It's too late to say..." The player rushed over and lifted Aunt Xue onto his mount, and then rushed towards the mine without saying a word.
"Wait, wait a minute!" Aunt Xue shouted from above, "My friend..."
"You, you, take them in!", the man casually ordered around and rushed into the mine without looking back.
