Under night, eighteen airships of Perfect Shipping were crossing the hungry plains of the Dark Mountains in formation, which meant that they were almost halfway through the journey to support the war.

On the NPC's ship, the commanders of each team are conducting a pre-battle communication meeting through the communication network between the airships, and considering the current situation in the port of Chardo, there is a high probability that there will not be time for them to make tactical strategies after landing, so it is necessary to come up with a rough plan for these things before they arrive.

KPA fighters packed their bags in their cabins.

They are all veterans who have participated in at least one major battle, and going to the battlefield to start a movie with the gnolls of the Biting Clan will not make everyone nervous, but there are few players who are scurrying around on airships like the players, especially those who are assigned to several large airships.

They found a casual cabin for the crew there, and after paying the money to get the right to use it, they even seized the last entertainment time to have a party or something, which was a stark contrast to the solemnity of the NPCs.

Of course, there are also some players who are resting.

In another world, the lockdown caused by the pandemic is currently being gradually lifted, and after months of lockdown, society is back in operation, and many people have started to go to work and school normally, such as the student party, which has been adjusting their schedules these days.

Although the crazy gaming of the past few months has made everyone say that the experience is good, people always have to live in reality.

However, this has had a significant impact on the movement patterns of the player base, as players are unable to maintain 18+ hours of online activity every day due to the need for work and school.

This matter sounded like it didn't have much impact, but it made Lao Qin's headache almost explode.

The direct consequence of everyone's different schedules is that no matter what time point in time, any battle is almost not guaranteed to be full, which weakens the overall combat effectiveness of players a lot.

Fortunately, the old players have strong self-management skills, and those guild members who are affected by this have reported to their respective presidents in advance, and then they submit the schedule of their collective activities to Qin Ye and the staff department.

"In the future, it seems that we will have to choose the night in the real world as much as possible for large-scale events."

In the command cabin of the "Murphy's Hammer", Qin Ye said to the five pairs of wheels and the Qing Dynasty veterans:

"Because of the time difference between the two worlds, it is the early hours of the morning when most players fall asleep, and the sleep connection program can basically cover two-thirds of the day, and the more troublesome are vampire players.

They had to be here at night to ensure full combat effectiveness, and the two sides had to stagger their operations.

This makes it imperative for us to do a good job of coordination. ”

"Actually, there's a solution, Qin Ye."

The Qing Dynasty veteran, who was sitting on a chair and disassembling the imitation Colt officer with a gun for weapon maintenance, raised his head and said:

"As long as the total number of players goes up, these small problems can be ignored.

Our current number of players is about 6200, if the official promised that the 500+ helmet decentralization per month can be realized, at most three months later, even if the peak action is staggered due to work and rest, it can ensure that there is enough manpower in large-scale events. ”

"But there is still a gap between the combat effectiveness of civilians and professionals, mainly in terms of discipline, which is a common problem."

The five pairs of wheels next to him operated the observation equipment, and while looking down at the light spots on the hungry plains in the night, he said:

"So in order to ensure a quick response, we have to continue to mix sand, and I think the ratio of one-tenth is appropriate, what about you?"

"It's a bit much, isn't it?"

The Qing Dynasty veteran rubbed his chin and said:

This means that when the number of players reaches 10,000, the number of professionals will be 1,000, and not to mention the official attitude of the game towards this ratio, it is a big problem where to get 1,000 professionals. It's impossible for Brother Loyalty's working group to expand to a thousand people, right?

That's an exaggeration, and the direct use of official force seems to be somewhat inconsistent with the norms of covert operations. ”

"Actually, you can."

Lao Qin hesitated for a moment, and decided to give his two adjutants a thorough understanding, he whispered:

"The cement side has sent me two sets of deconstruction drawings of different power armor before, and although I have not received an official reply after submitting it, it is certain that a group of industry leaders have been organized by the military industry to discuss the technical route.

The gold content of this kind of thing can be understood without us talking too much, so if you apply for it even if you have already produced the results of your work, it is likely to be approved.

But what I'm thinking now is that instead of bringing someone from home, it might be better for us to use local materials here.

After all, even professionals have to take into account the problem of work and rest, no matter how powerful a soldier is, he will collapse after being online 24 hours a day for a long time.

So it's better to choose some commanders, and use the People's Army as the foundation to speed up the training, the physical fitness of the locals is much more exaggerated than the new tabula rasa data, and the character is fierce and resolute, and if you train well, you are definitely elite soldiers.

Besides, the battle mode here is not the same as at home, and it's useless if there are too many people. ”

"Yes."

The five pairs of wheels nodded, feeling that what Lao Qin said made sense, and the Qing Dynasty veteran was more realistic, he clicked and reassembled the weapon parts at hand, inserted the magazine and made an aiming action, and then leaned over to Lao Qin's side and whispered:

"Let's all submit good things, that merit or something"

"You're all retired, why are you thinking about these things?"

Lao Qin glared at him with slanted eyes and said:

"Go and go, there won't be less of you, work hard."

"Hehe, I knew that there was always meat to eat with you."

The Qing Dynasty veteran laughed and said:

"The guys are here to watch, I'll go take a look around the cabin."

After he left, Qin Ye took out a notebook and flipped through the records on it, while the five pairs of wheels still maintained their observation of the ground, and soon, this keen chief of staff noticed the abnormal movement on the black earth below.

As he adjusted the airship's downward observation window, he said:

"Why are the lights on the ruins of the Brass Fortress so dense? I seem to see two forces at war? Is this place so lively? ”

"Just because it's called a ruin doesn't mean it's deserted."

Lao Qin said casually:

"According to the information shared by the Shadow Intelligence Agency, the ruins of the Brass Fortress currently contain at least the cultists of the God of Wealth, Brass Dwarf defenders, nezumi, gnolls, kobolds, etc., who have their own territory in the intricate underground structures and are constantly attacking each other.

Each faction has its own purpose.

Believers in the god of wealth believe that the ruins are a sacred place where the gods were born, that the brass dwarves only want to reclaim their homeland, that the nezumi have nowhere to go, and that they are also free there, so they believe that the ruins are inherently deserved.

The gnolls and kobolds have a purer goal, hoping to get their hands on the vast amounts of gold and treasure hidden in the ruins.

In short, don't underestimate the ruins, it is almost the most chaotic area on the continent at the moment, and according to the current situation, it is estimated that this place will continue to be chaotic until one force completely defeats the others. ”

"Well, it sounds like a lawless land."

The five pairs of wheels put down the observer, thought for a while, and then turned back to Lao Qin and said:

"When the events on the Genoa Peninsula are over, shall we also come and participate?

The fortress of the Brass Dwarves was the richest city on the continent before it collapsed, and that wealth now lies in ruins, and even if you get some of it, it will be very beneficial for the economy and development of Translancia at the moment.

And treasure hunting has always been a favorite of the player community.

At the moment, many players have a 'Vault Hunter' subclass, and once we take the lead, many will follow. ”

"It's a bit of a waste to leave elite players here, now that the mainland map has been opened, everyone has their own goals and things to do, I think it's better to let the newcomers come."

Qin Ye closed the notebook and said:

"The war in Transasia has subsided, and even with the new frontier, there is only that group of Bafengte cultists left in the barren mountain area, which is barely an elite enemy, and the newcomers who want to level up quickly can only brush up copies or go to the dark mountains, but not everyone is willing to help the virtuous wolf develop civilization.

For those warlike little perverts, the ruins of a brass fortress are just right.

A main underground city full of tunnels, enemies, and gold sounds like the perfect upgrade area, and I've heard that the ruins of the Wanderer's headquarters are about to be officially opened, and it's close enough to the brass ruins to serve as a new frontline respawn point. ”

"It makes sense, I'll go to the forum to make suggestions to the development team, and there will be physical rewards if they are adopted."

The five pairs of wheels smiled, sat on the chair next to him and logged into the forum, Qin Ye shook his head, and took over his duties to observe the lower and surrounding areas.

Ten minutes later, the air formation of more than a dozen airships crossed the Gorgon Pass, which had become a straight road due to the change of terrain, and officially entered the new map of the Genoa Peninsula.

Unlike the mountainous and barren terrain of the Dark Mountains, the southern part of the peninsula is relatively flat.

From above, it's easy to tell that this is a plain terrain and the main gathering place of the halfling civilization, with their largest city and symbol of civilization, Port Chardo, located in the southwest of this plain, right on the edge of the peninsula.

The terrain is also excellent, not only with the mainland's first-class deep-water harbor but also across the strait from the Land of Origin and the Castile Peninsula, from the port of Chardo, it takes three days to reach the border islands of the Elven Kingdom, and four days to reach the place of origin, from here you can follow the sea route all the way north to the narrow and winding coast of the Cato region.

From here, after about half a month of sailing, you can cross the Dark Mountain region to reach the Shark Atlanta Deep Sea Kingdom, and from the Deep Sea Kingdom continue eastward, you can enter the waters of the ancient kingdom of Callum.

Traveling overland to the Far East, either through the Great Wilderness of Nordtov or through the Grey Desert of the Dark Mountains, is very dangerous, and it is obviously safer and more commercially logical to travel by sea, so for many years the Port of Chardo has been a transit point for trade and civilization exchanges with the Far East.

This is equivalent to the port city of the halfling people directly connected to the territory of the Songhai people, elves and humans, and has connections with almost all the civilizations in the Old World, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the most important transportation hub in the world.

Once the gnolls occupy this place and capture the huge commercial fleet of the halflings, the impact of the Black Plague will instantly spread to more than half the world.

This is the main reason why the halflings received a response from other forces immediately after the rescue was issued, the location of this place was too deadly for anyone to accept that this neutral city was overrun by the gnolls.

However, this will be a long way from the port of Chardon, so Qin Ye focused his observation on the towns scattered on this plain below, the civilization of the halfling people is not keen on building cities, so they only have a large city in Port Chardo, and the other gathering points are scattered town patterns.

Moreover, the halflings are a very planned race, and their towns are not built randomly.

Each town has its own function, and the establishment of these towns is basically a node to assist the production and development of the port of Chardo, and there are some quite special factory towns, a whole town is a giant factory.

Together with the port of Chardo, these towns with a clear purpose form the overall structure of the halfling civilization, like the heart of a civilization and its various organs, imbued with a sense of precision working in harmony with each other like cogs.

This is probably a special sight that can only be seen here by halflings.

Unfortunately, most of the towns on this plain have now been overrun by the gnolls.

Don't expect those barbarians to show mercy to their subordinates in the occupied area, so in Qin Ye's observation, there are basically no complete towns, only patches of desolate ruins, and some places are used as rear camps by jackals, like pieces of rotten sores on the earth.

"These dog things"

Although he hadn't seen such a tragic situation on the land of Translasia, Lao Qin still couldn't help but curse, as a veteran soldier, he was naturally blindsided by the various sabotage behaviors of these chaotic camps.

What a good place, how come you were troubled by this group of dogs?

But soon, Qin Ye discovered something strange.

As the airship gradually descended in altitude as it approached its destination, Lao Qin noticed that some of the factories in the occupied area had not stopped operating, and there was black smoke rising from the night, and the gnolls and their kobolds would definitely not enter the factories to make screws, which meant that the people working in those factories were halflings and local humans.

In other words, instead of killing everyone in the occupied area, the gnolls turned those who had skills into slaves.

"These factories that produce all sorts of things for the gnolls must be knocked out! Or take it back into our hands. ”

Lao Qin immediately set a strategic plan.

However, before he could continue to observe carefully, in the field of vision of the periscope, he saw a dazzling firelight shooting from the ground in the distance shooting straight towards the sky, and the light came without warning, which made Lao Qin stunned for a moment and then reacted immediately.

He immediately grabbed the communicator and shouted to the command module of the other airships:

"The gnolls have seized the ground anti-aircraft fire of the halflings, and they are shooting at us! Emergency! Don't drop the height, pull up! Fast! Pull up the heights! ”

Qin Ye's reminder came just right, and the airship formation immediately re-ascended and prepared to enter the clouds, but a small airship at the end didn't know whether it was overloaded or falling too fast, and when the other airships climbed again, it was a beat slower, which directly caused it to be out of touch with the main team, and was extremely unlucky to be hit by the fragments of two anti-aircraft shells in the stunned gaze of Lao Qin.

Qin Ye could even hear the frightened screams of the people on the airship in a trance, and the loss of an airbag made its flight trajectory immediately chaotic, as if it was doing Brownian motion, and it quickly slid from a high altitude to the ground.

"Call the 'Flashing Gold'! Received an answer! Can you hear the Shining Gold? ”

In the airship Captain's communication channel, Captain Paula's shrill voice rang out, and she shouted:

"Try to control the direction of the fall! Drop down to the southwest, and there's Lake Delier for you to make a crash landing! Once on the ground, evacuate to the southeast of the Porut Pass! Find the territory of the shield dwarves and take refuge for the time being!

I won't give up on yours, keep it up! My employees, I'm going to come to your rescue! ”

"When is it, let's talk about it!"

Governor Murphy's voice then rang out in the channel, and he took command and shouted to the falling airship:

"The heroic spirits of the Pride Guild that does not fall, as well as the soldiers of the Seventh Chasseur Company of the Expeditionary Force, if you can parachute, immediately take the maintenance personnel to parachute, don't passively wait for death, there are jackal activities on the ground in your fall area, pay attention to vigilance after landing.

Captain Mia, you'll be the commander for the time being!

Go as planned, if you can't break through the blockade and move to the territory of the shield dwarves, and soon an airship will pick you up and enter the battlefield.

Hold on!

Transcia will not give up on yours. ”

(End of chapter)