Chapter 161: Two Countries Cooperation

It really did become a worldwide hit.

Whether large-scale monster invasions or spatial passages—novelties long kept secret—these are all hotspots worth watching.

Many foreign IDs also joined domestic forums to discuss, for Huaxia is a great nation—its numbers of elite and ordinary players both rank among the world's highest.

These players' tactics are savage—regular online games can turn foreigners into sycophants yelling only 'Demolish Namba Man,' and with this game's unlimited freedom, its combat power could be immense.

Their ability to resolve this crisis doesn't mean other nations can; if a similar event occurs, they could truly be finished.

This worries many level-headed people.

Besides this post, there's another blazing hot one below.

"Is the Silent Council an undercover force of the game's native cultivators?"

The poster is an obscure ID, but the posting time nearly matches the previous post, clearly indicating it could also be a government sockpuppet.

The post opens by stating the incident was instigated by the Silent Council; the Iron Blood Great Wall's top experts clashed head‑on in the Earth Immortal Realm, and it was also discovered that these people belong to certain in‑game sects.

This post is just a text description, with no substantive evidence.

Surprisingly, few domestically or abroad objected; only island‑nation folks kept protesting, calling it slander because the self‑sacrificer was an island‑nation player, but their protests were ignored.

Moreover, the Silent Council is obscure yet possesses world‑top strength, has never done anything serious, constantly stirs trouble, so everyone takes this as fact.

Moreover, the Silent Council lives up to its name, staying silent; with no statements issued, the matter was easily concluded.

Besides these two global‑discussion posts, another post draws attention only from domestic and Russian players.

In the Earth Immortal Realm, support troops captured a player alive; after bewitching interrogation they clarified everything, but it was merely a lackey who knew nothing about the behind‑the‑scenes Silent Council.

Yet this identity alone ignited Asia.

Given the two countries' currently glue‑like friendly relations, domestic outrage flared and even Russians jumped up, denouncing traitors.

Strictly speaking, this act is nearly the same as stirring discord between the two nations and betraying one's own ethnicity.

Thus the Russians quickly offered remedial measures, promising to send elites to help in the breach‑formation mission and to bear all large‑scale long‑distance teleportation supplies.

The nation already vexed by this formation naturally wouldn't refuse; the two countries hit it off instantly, as if there were no grudge, returning to glue‑like closeness, and player opinion shifted to loudly praise their friendly relations.

Chen Shicheng clicked his tongue a few times, kept browsing the forum, and soon found a post about himself.

"Shocking: the hero hidden behind the big event reveals that a certain top expert helped, making the mission's success possible!"

This sensational post also comes from an obscure ID, but its content is extremely hot, sparking a small wave. The poster claims to be a nobody in the mission, having taken part throughout the Earth Immortal Realm trip; in the mission, whether the top expert's team or the support squad, their initial combat went poorly and they stayed disadvantaged.

Just as the support forces were about to be annihilated and the top expert faced returning empty‑handed, a passing top expert intervened, rescued everyone, and led the support troops to break the deadlock between the top expert and the Silent Council, delivering a hammer‑blow that turned the tide.

At the post's end it notes that this top expert is said to be on good terms with a member of the Cultural Tourism Bureau Logistics Department, said to be named Chen Long, said to be single, said to be very handsome—surely Chen Long's own post!

Fortunately, this guy still has some secrecy sense; he gave no specific details, merely highlighting the nameless top expert's crucial role in battle.

Thus the post's heat isn't low, but it didn't spark large‑scale discussion, since the above are mere simple descriptions lacking substantive evidence, plus the several 'allegedly's at the end whose truth remains to be verified.

Chen Shicheng merely glanced, smiled, and moved on without further attention.

And just as he was about to continue, Song Bingyuan messaged that the morning mission points had arrived, urging him to check Jiuzhou Software promptly.

Chen Shicheng switched to Jiuzhou Software and saw that the mission points had indeed been credited to his account.

Moreover, his Taiyin Cold Ice Curse control was strong, so his mission contribution accounted for a large share; he also joined the support mission, though he turned back midway, but his basic labor was still credited, earning him over eight thousand points this time.

Besides that, there are 155 loot‑exchange counts; the so‑called loot consists of materials gathered from monster corpses after killing them, plus some officially supplemented items.

Of course, this quota can be waived and exchanged for points at a 1:10 ratio.

Chen Shicheng doesn't know how the selection count is calculated, nor how the point exchange ratio is determined, but presumably the office has its own algorithm ensuring fairness.

Regarding this, Chen Shicheng wasn't polite; he decisively picked from the many released materials some items usable for incense making.

He hadn't forgotten that he wanted to craft Yinxiang Incense for domestic free teleportation, and he needed to rush to the capital soon; moreover, other players intending to support also needed a teleportation means.

By then, his Yinxiang Incense could command a high price!

In the following time, Chen Shicheng, aside from shade‑drying the received materials, would occasionally go online to check where his ship had arrived, and meanwhile tease the increasingly potent La Tiao due to its growing bloodline concentration.

Under constant Ao Blood feeding, La Tiao's Jing attribute has completely surpassed him.

When it playfully pounces into his embrace, it always bumps him, making him stagger; such strength already counts as combat power, and from this point La Tiao has left the pet category, becoming a role Chen Shicheng cannot underestimate.

Of course, besides La Tiao, Hui Siye has also revived.

After grumbling for two days, he finally calmed down and resumed chasing cats and mice.

(End of chapter)