Chapter 16: Gen Zhenzi's Invitation
Rumble! The huge stones thrown by the trebuchet fell on the city gate, stirring up a cloud of smoke, although the wood-clad iron gate looked thick, but under such an impact, it still couldn't help but shake for a while, just now the stone fell point showed cracks one after another, it was obvious that the city gate would not last long if it went on like this.
This ancient city has not been attacked for a long time, so all the NPC soldiers are difficult to adapt to such a sharp siege speed for a while, while the city gate is heavily damaged, tens of thousands of soldiers outside the city began to walk towards the city wall with neat steps, shouting slogans as they walk, and thousands of people chanting at the same time, the sound is really shocking.
The NPC soldier centurion defending the city immediately shouted to the archers to come forward and prepare, just waiting for the besiegers to come within range.
Behind the city gate and on the city wall, rows of NPC soldiers have been waiting for them, although their expressions are serious, they don't seem to have much morale, and it's no wonder, because they are fighting against the Qingyang Empire, which has risen rapidly on the mainland in the past few months.
Speaking of this Qingyang Empire, he is no stranger to people in the death game at present, because he is a dark horse that everyone talks about in recent games.
Originally, it was only known that a team of people miraculously slaughtered a fire-type dragon, the same level as the Qilin Hall and the Roaring Empire that had existed in this game for many years, and soon released recruitment information, this new force immediately attracted some players who were ostracized by these two empires or had a holiday before, because after all, this is another group of forces that can compete with it.
Then. It is said that the king of their empire has a black dragon pet, it is said that they have a first-class intelligence agency, not only know the location of the copy, but even know the skill attributes of the boss and other information, and will prepare before each event, and the direct result is to brush the book of immortals, which is simply the G point of this game, who is not here to hope to get the top equipment and be afraid of dying.
Then a group of players wearing Niu B God equipment began to appear, and they advertised Qingyang everywhere. It is said that the equipment they wear is generally a set of dark gold level. A set of dark gold levels! It is said that in this game, whoever can have one or two pieces of dark gold-level equipment must check the yellow calendar first when they go out, lest they be killed and exploded.
But this group of nouveau riche is actually dressed in dark gold and preaches it everywhere. lest others do not know. In the face of such a great temptation. It made many players who didn't plan to join also moved. Qingyang's strength immediately increased significantly.
After the initial establishment of the force, the first thing was to conquer the city, and soon encroached on the two small countries with average strength around the station. But did not rush to kill, but the troops of these two countries were directly recruited, after joining Qingyang, the two countries that were originally dangling on the food and clothing line found themselves immediately running to the well-off, not only no one resisted, but they couldn't close their mouths every day, it was simply the most harmonious invasion and invasion in history.
But this also illustrates the strength of the Qingyang Empire from the side, after recruiting troops, it seems to have formed a force, and this Qingyang Empire is different from ordinary countries, and is not satisfied with the status quo, and immediately began to expand its power, you must know that this situation is not uncommon in real life, and emperors of any era want to expand their territory to the whole world.
But this is a game, and it's a game that is playing with your life, so normal people, after having their own one-third of an acre, generally choose to stay at home honestly, and everyone has been safe and sound, but Qingyang immediately broke the situation as soon as it appeared, so everyone guessed that the leader of Qingyang should be a main battle faction.
A main battle faction that dares to take dragons as pets.
The battle on the field was still white-hot, and at this time, some players in the city who had stood on the side of the road and watched the battle for a long time looked at each other, and walked up the steps to the city in twos and threes.
It obviously takes a lot of courage to walk up to the city at this tense time, as the NPCs defending the city are likely to treat anyone they don't know as an enemy attacking the city.
However, these people are different, because they have been doing tasks near this city for half a month, and they have repeatedly brushed up their reputation, so their appearance has not aroused the vigilance of the defenders at the head of the city, and some people even regard them as volunteers to assist in the defense of the city, and greet them warmly.
These people came to the height of the city wall, and one of them looked down through the lookout hole of the city wall, only to see the army of the Qingyang Empire under the city wall as far as the eye could see, even if it was seen through the computer screen, it still made people feel shocked, and because the graphics of this game were particularly good, it really felt like they had arrived at the ancient battlefield.
On the city wall, the archers kept shooting downward, and the attacking army below was holding a unified shield, pushing forward under the rain of swords, looking into the distance, the siege ballistae and catapults were lined up, shooting shells to this side without stopping, although there was no explosion effect, but because the position of the defenders on the city wall was relatively dense, so when each stone bullet whistled, most of them could hit a few NPC soldiers, and they kept hearing bursts of screams next to them.
The main target of a considerable number of these engineering weapons was the city gates, and the siege ballistae and catapults were fired in turns, so that the interval between shots was about ten seconds, and it seemed that they hoped to be able to open the city gates smoothly when the army advanced under the city walls.
Although they had seen such a scene more than once, when they were in it, they couldn't help but feel excited, and the two couldn't help but take a deep breath.
"Our boss is really awesome." He whispered.
The tall and strong warrior player next to him showed a knowing smile, it was not the first time to carry out a spy mission, so they were still more careful, they had seen enough of the siege scene, and the two began to wander around the city wall, seemingly unintentionally, in fact, everyone had gradually dispersed evenly.
The boss of those players was riding a war horse, sitting firmly in the open space behind the siege array, and dozens of black war horses lined up next to him. Take a closer look at the form on the field.
Tactics have been deployed before the war, and it is difficult to really command in the midst of thousands of troops in ancient times, because after the battle is rolled out, the most difficult thing is the exchange of intelligence, but fortunately, they are playing a game now, and a UT software can solve the dilemma that the ancients could not solve.
It was at this time that the engineering team made a breakthrough, and thanks to their unremitting efforts, the city gate was finally blasted open, although it did not look very large from a distance. But experience has taught them that this is enough.
"Attention the spy unit. The gates have been opened, and the action is at once. Han Wenhuan's voice in the UT channel shouted excitedly.
Whoa~~ A burst of cheers came, and those players who had been standing at the head of the city for a long time immediately drew their weapons and slashed at the archers guarding the city beside them.
The archers didn't react at first, and concentrated on shooting ahead. Suddenly, the people around them lay in front of them covered in blood. Immediately shouted loudly. Look at the city walls that have become a slaughterhouse, and there is chaos everywhere, because these archers are not very strong in melee attacks. So desperately fleeing for a while, the soldiers under the city saw the chaos on the wall, and immediately rushed up to help, but the top could not go down, and the bottom could not come up, completely blocked on the spot, and the entire city defense force was immediately in chaos.
The NPC soldiers below are free from the interference of the rain of arrows, put down their heavy shields, and accelerate their advance speed.
Han Wenhuan, who was commanding in front of the battle, did not hesitate at all, and with a wave of the flag, one of the vanguard troops of the NPC soldiers, advanced lightly, trotted to the city gate, swarmed, and instantly rushed into the city gate, colliding with the defenders in the city.
Han Wenhuan looked at the battle situation ahead, his heart was happy, and he always had a smile on his face, he liked the feeling now, commanding thousands of troops to conquer the city, in the past, he could only think about it, although there are also city battle systems in other games, but how can this game be so realistic.
While thinking about it, with a wave of the flag, dozens of ladder carts pushed towards the city wall, and the ladders on these ladder cars were very wide, forming a slope-like passage, as long as they were close to the city wall, the soldiers could follow the ladder directly to the top of the city.
The defenders of the city have long been in chaos, where is the energy to deal with the ladder.
Xiao Buli rode on the horse, looking at the battlefield in front of him, he couldn't help but feel excited, it is estimated that he is the only one on the battlefield who has such a real feeling, after all, he is the only one who does not see all this through the computer screen, all this is as if he has traveled to ancient times, and the cold weapon battle is really exciting.
But all this is thanks to the GM Scepter, with the game information it gives and his years of experience and understanding of the game, not only allows him to establish the Qingyang Empire into a huge empire in just two or three months, players recruit hundreds, and the NPC soldiers are as high as tens of thousands, plus he keeps brushing experience and prestige, and now the Qingyang Empire has established rule in the southwest of the entire continent, and about one-tenth of the territory is under his rule, of course, this is only limited to the human world, The copies hidden deep in those territories, the devil knows what monsters are hidden inside.
Although the combat effectiveness of these NPC soldiers in front of them is not as good as that of the player, there are many of them, and they are not afraid of death, so every battle plays the role of attracting firepower, and also bears most of the combat functions, and the Qingyang Empire can rise in a short period of time, and these NPC soldiers are indispensable.
Under the command of Han Wenhuan, the combat effectiveness of these NPC soldiers was exerted to the greatest extent.
"The city has fallen!" Han Wenhuan watched more and more soldiers rush to the city, and said confidently.
Of course, the rapid development of the Qingyang Empire has a lot to do with the addition of a large number of scattered players, and the reason why it can attract so many scattered players to join is due to the strong ability to open up the wasteland.
Otherwise, how would he explain the game information he got from the GM Scepter?
Of course, up to now, Xiao Buli has rarely personally led the team, and everyone who originally entered the Qingyang Guild and participated in the Dragon Slaying Battle has now become a big or small leader, Xiao Buli will choose their suitable copies and make battle plans every day according to the strength of each team. As the saying goes, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent wins all battles, this way of playing games according to the strategy is not comparable to the previous two-eyed and one-sided gameplay.
So sometimes some teams with neat actions and good collaboration have more than enough to brush two copies a day. It has to be said that the time wasted on the road is too long.
And Xiao Buli never spares equipment, as long as he fights to kill the enemy and saves enough DKP, everyone has the opportunity to get good equipment, and the players' equipment skills are constantly updated, and now these guild leaders are full of gold and silver quality equipment, even those new players can also mix in blue clothing, and if they are lucky, they can also get one or two pieces of gold or silver equipment, this kind of treatment is not much worse than the main members in the general guild, and it is better than the average ordinary member.
That's it. The reputation of the Qingyang Empire among players has spread. I don't dare to say anything else to the Qingyang Empire, first: everyone can brush copies. Second: As long as you are obedient, you won't die if you brush up on the copy. It is estimated that no such slogan will dare to be shouted by that organization, but Qingyang will dare to shout. As a result, some players who were unhappy in other guilds or countries also began to quietly switch to war.
An hour later......
Xiao Buli walked into the city lord's hall surrounded by the high-ranking people of the Qingyang Empire. Although it can't be compared with a big city like Kowloon City. But as the so-called sparrow is small, the functions in this city lord's hall are still very complete, and after obtaining the permission of the city lord, Xiao Buli raised the banner of the Qingyang Empire. The city was successfully incorporated into the territory of the Qingyang Empire.
Although the Qingyang Empire has only been open for more than two months, it already has seven or eight cities, but Xiao Buli is still not very satisfied with this speed, it will take about a year or two to seize the entire continent at the current speed, and this is still without the ancestral dragon causing chaos for himself.
Now Zulong's power is also constantly expanding, according to Xiao Buli's recent investigation, Zulong has controlled at least half of the territory of the entire continent, although this is not surprising in terms of their strength, and the reputation does not seem to be as legendary as Qingyang's dark horse among players, it is more of a mystery and domineering, but Xiao Buli knows that he is going to fight against Zulong in the end, so what he needs most is strength.
If you don't take measures, according to the current speed of expansion, soon the Qingyang Empire will come into contact with the territory controlled by the ancestral dragon, if you don't take some shortcuts quickly, then you will be tantamount to ants shaking the tree.
However, Xiao Buli came to the front of the map of the continent and looked at the mountains above undulating.
For the drama of dominating the world in the game, he and the people of the Qingyang Guild are very familiar with it, although the current situation is not optimistic, Xiao Buli's heart is still full of confidence. Because things are always full of uncertainties, his finger slid lightly over the map, and he had always had a perfect and detailed plan in his mind, but this plan still lacked a fuse, and this fuse was the biggest variable in the current situation.
While Xiao Buli was pondering, Du Yibo walked in from the outside, although his steps were eager, but when he walked to Xiao Buli's approach, he suddenly stopped, his face was strange, and he thought for a while before he spoke: "Boss, someone is looking for you outside." ”
"Oh, who?" Now as the head of tens of thousands of people, it is not strange for someone to look for him Xiao Buli, what is strange about him is Du Yibo's strange expression
"You can't guess who." Hearing Xiao Buli ask, Du Yibo's face was determined, it seemed that his strangeness just now was because of the identity of this person just now.
If he hadn't said that, Xiao Buli might not have thought of it, but seeing the determined expression on Du Yibo's face, Xiao Buli suddenly smiled, and said in his heart that the fuse had finally come.
Seeing that Xiao Buli smiled and didn't say anything, and walked out, Du Yibo was also puzzled in his heart, and hurriedly followed.
"Long time no see." Walking out of the hall and looking at the graceful back in front of him, Xiao Buli said loudly.
The woman turned her head, a smile barely appearing on her cold face.
"yes, I thought you were trapped in the base."
Hearing her mention the base, Xiao Buli's smile instantly froze, "Yes, speaking of this, I'm surprised that you still dare to come to see me." ”
The woman in front of her is not the Qin Shiyue who tricked him into the base in the first place. She hadn't played this game before, and she swore to Xiao Buli that she wouldn't touch this, but today it seems that she has also entered the game, and the projection in the game is so similar to her in reality, and it hasn't changed at all from what she remembered a few months ago.
Hearing Xiao Buli's serious reply, a smiling expression appeared on the top of Qin Shiyue's head, "Come on, you should know that I was forced to do so at the beginning, and besides, you cheated me once, and we can be considered even." ”
"You're a lot more cheerful than you used to be, at least with a laughing face." Xiao Buli said sarcastically, in fact, he had long been completely unmindful of the fact that he was trapped in the base when Xuan Zhenzi told him the truth, and with his current strength, it was already easy to leave that base, and people usually didn't care about things they didn't care about anymore.
"Tell me, what's the matter with me?" In fact, Xiao Buli probably knew in his heart that Xuan Zhenzi's intention of laying Qin Shiyue's chess piece was actually the same as that of laying his own chess piece, and what he had to deal with was probably not just as simple as a demon. It is estimated that he is very interested in the truth about General Huo and Zulong.
Although he doesn't know the truth of the game, and he doesn't know how to do it, but with Gen Zhenzi's experience in the game for so many years, he can't be clueless, so if anyone can really help him in this game, it must be Gen Mako.
Although he is just a stinky old man with good strength in the game, outside of the game, the old guy who entered the game with him back then has now grown into a powerful character.
Sure enough, when Qin Shiyue heard Xiao Buli's question, she immediately replied openly and honestly: "Xuan Zhenzi has gathered several of his former friends, and it just so happens that they all have a certain strength in the game, and I believe that our common enemies now are none other than Ancestral Dragons." Although you seem to be a dominant party now, we have to join forces to have a chance of winning against a behemoth like Zulong, so he asked me to come to a meeting with you. ”
Xiao Buli nodded: "Let me guess, these old friends must have Luo Sen, the president of the Qilin Palace, I guessed correctly." ”
Qin Shiyue was taken aback when she heard Xiao Buli directly say the name of the Qilin Hall Leader, and nodded: "That's right, you are very smart." ”
Xiao Buli rolled his eyes: "I've been tricked so many times, if I can't guess something, my boss is a fool, then the second person should be the president of the Howling Empire, if my guess is correct, this person should be that Lei Zhengang." ”
Qin Shiyue's expression had changed from surprise to incredulity, if Rosen's name just now just made him feel that Xiao Buli was a little clever, now he was very strange that Xiao Buli would be deceived by himself in the first place: "You also know this?" ”
Xiao Buli said with a smile: "Guess, don't you think that Lei Zhengang and the style of the name of the Screaming Empire are very compatible?" ”
Xiao Buli naturally can't rely on guessing, after listening to Xuan Zhenzi's story thirty years ago, Xiao Buli once made a guess, since the Qilin Palace, which is the company he served before, has a client that can enter the game, then the Howling Empire, as one of the organizations with powerful power in the game, must also have a very good chance of having a client, that is to say, their head must also be one of those people. And there were only a few people who played the game with Liu Xuanzhen at the beginning, except for the people who entered the game with him, Luo Sen was the head behind the Qilin Palace, Liu Xuanzhen He had already seen it, and the only ones left were Wang Wenbin and Lei Zhengang, and since Wang Wenbin was an intellectual, it was obviously unlikely that he would give such a 'domineering side leak' name, so only Lei Zhengang, who was born as a bandit, met the standard.
Seeing that Xiao Buli pretended to be stupid and didn't speak, Qin Shiyue naturally wouldn't be bored and delved in, and her surprised expression quickly returned to normal after that: "Okay, you guessed it right, so do you want to go or not?" A number of other countries will participate in the meeting. ”
"Of course, how could I miss such an event." And I'm going to turn it into my own event, Xiao Bufu thought to himself.
Qin Shiyue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Xiao Buli agree, "Then I will wait for you at that time." (To be continued......)