Chapter 206

After the assassin's corpse exploded, Frank looked up toward the front.

As far as the eye could see, there was no more fighting. Zombies wandered in the narrow area as usual, and players who were seriously injured were looking for a place to prepare to go offline.

Frank switched to the exclusive voice channel, "Thor, Peter, how is the situation on your end?"

"All resolved. These ambushing troops have no souls and act sluggishly. If you grasp the rhythm, they aren't hard to solve," Thor didn't take this small number of ambushing troops to heart.

"I've got it handled here too, but the losses are a bit heavy. Of the five hundred or so players, there might not even be half left now," Peter said, looking at the remnants around him.

"Wait! Look at the horizon. It looks like this war is far from over," Thor's voice finally had some fluctuation.

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Frank turned to look in the direction where Thor was. Dark clouds were rolling on the horizon, covering the sky and blocking the sun, making the already poor light even dimmer. A murderous atmosphere permeated the air.

"What's the situation? Monster siege?!" The warrior muttered, looking at the black clouds filling the sky.

"Don't know! Retreat! Retreat to the resurrection point first!" Frank gradually accelerated and ran toward the resurrection point.

At the same time, on the Dark Souls game forum, countless posts scrolled rapidly. All players in the game noticed the abnormality in the sky.

Players put on their helmets and entered the resurrection camp. Suddenly, the originally empty camp began to become a bit crowded.

Kingpin took Bullseye and an elite team to a high place to look into the distance. Watching the zombies being directly crushed like dust under the rolling black smoke, he felt more and more that things were ominous.

This matter seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, and it was no longer something they could withstand.

"Boss, should we go offline to avoid it or prepare to hold our ground?" Bullseye couldn't help but ask.

As a killer, Bullseye hadn't faced this kind of situation much. The power of heaven and earth combined with the foreseeable large-scale battle made his psychological defense line a bit shaky.

"When the nest is overturned, are there any intact eggs?" Kingpin stood with his hands behind his back, his expression unchanged.

The Golden Tooth Group had already invested too much in this game world and understood too much. Kingpin, who knew this was more than just a game world, had to think: if he retreated, would it even be possible to log on again? All unredeemed investments would go down the drain.

In the resurrection camp, more and more players were logging on one after another. For most players who didn't know the situation, this was a special game event, and they definitely had to log on to participate.

It was precisely because he guessed the thoughts of this part of the people that Kingpin had the idea of giving it a try. Otherwise, with just the few hundred people under him, there was simply no choice.

The world consciousness watched the approach of the abyss power, calculating rapidly in its heart.

The Dark Dimension was channeling power into this world. This was the first time since the decay. Although these powers stood on the opposite side of the world consciousness, they also activated the energy cycle that had been as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

Therefore, there was still a fight to be had this time.

Immediately afterward, a pinned post appeared on the forum.

【Game limited-time event description: The power of the abyss has sensed the revival of civilization. They crawled out from the dark underground, determined to extinguish the last glimmer of civilization's flame.】

【Mission objective: Repel the abyss, protect the flame of civilization.】

【Mission description: During this limited-time event, all death penalties are reduced by 90%, including character level after death. All in-game exchange channel prices are reduced by 50%, and the soul base obtained is calculated by multiplying by 1.2.】

【Mission reward: Civilization further revives, opening more professions, equipment, and skills, and the game process further advances.】

【Failure penalty: Determined by the degree of residual civilization flame, the maximum penalty is game closure.】

This move, the world consciousness still learned from Ding Hao. The post Ding Hao made in the Emotional Deep Web was still there.

Besides, it wasn't that the world consciousness was still trying to squeeze money at this time. She had actually given up all profit margins; it was just that the humanity naturally dissipated when game characters died could not be avoided.

The discount on equipment and other things was also the bottom line calculated by the world consciousness. This bottom line could ensure that the world consciousness's logistics would not collapse in an instant. After all, everything had a cost.

That the current defenders could be like the abyss, not needing the most basic survival supplies, was already the greatest advantage.

How many famous legions in the past were dragged to death alive while fighting the abyss? That was what was truly called having no time to eat.

When the world consciousness issued the mobilization order, the black clouds had already pressed to within a few kilometers of the resurrection camp.

The flame in the bonfire expanded violently, and a beam of light, as if substantial, covered the nearby area like an eggshell under the gaze of all players.

The outermost layer of firelight collided fiercely with the black clouds.

Boom, boom, boom! Boom, boom, boom!

Before the players could sigh at how magnificent the scene was this time, the uniform footsteps attracted their attention.

In the black clouds, row after row of soldiers walked out, military regulations, fierce momentum, full of cold murderous intent.

"Undead Legion!" The Dark Souls world consciousness recognized the origin of that army of thousands.

The Undead Legion was originally an army specifically for crusading against the abyss, supported by the world consciousness and various national forces.

However, under the constant erosion and attack of the abyss and the dragging of various pig-teammates in the later stages, this army completely died in Farron Keep.

Now, they were awakened by the abyss, with their blades pointed at the civilization they once protected.

"Damn! How to fight this?!"

"The gap is too big!"

"The opponent is a regular army!"

"Is the game planner sick in the head?! This is simply not an enemy at this point in time!"

Pessimistic voices kept coming from the crowd. Indeed, don't look at the small gap in troop strength now, but the gap in combat power was not just a little bit.

Frank saw that the situation was a bit wrong. The opponent hadn't even attacked yet, and his side was about to collapse!

"I am the Punisher! It's fightable! Believe me!" Frank stood out, and the blazing holy light projected from his body. The name of the Punisher still had some effect.

Kingpin also hurriedly followed suit and put an 【Echo】 on himself, "The 551 people of the Golden Tooth Gang will absolutely not retreat, and the Golden Tooth Gang is willing to take out 20 million US dollars for every player participating in the battle!"

Under the eyes of everyone, Peter landed on the top of a building, and Venom simulated a Spider-Man suit on him, "This is Spider-Man. As long as we work together, this battle will be won!"

Other factions that knew the inside story also reacted. Is this the time to retreat? Don't want the early investment anymore?!

"This is the Fire Cult of the Emotional Deep Web. All members prepare for battle! The Fire Cult is willing to take out 100 Emotion Coins as a reward, distributed after the battle according to the rule of five 2s!"

The Fire Cult was a medium-sized group composed of users in the Emotional Deep Web who advocated that bigger is better and firepower is greater than everything. As for the rule of five 2s, it was a common distribution method based on contribution in the Emotional Deep Web.

That is, the top 1% of contributors share 20%, and the top 10% share another 20%, and so on.

"This is the International United Peacekeeping Force, 312 members, all participating in the battle, and taking out 100 million US dollars for post-battle distribution."

After each faction expressed their stance, a person who was clearly from a proper military background raised his hand, stood on a pillar, and shouted loudly. They finally passed the application for a state of emergency.

These people were actually the official forces of Marvel Earth. Kingpin had discovered this place; how could the official side not intervene? It was just that for the official side, acting was not as simple as Kingpin; there were more things to consider.

Frank breathed a sigh of relief after seeing professionals. He had at most been a temporary captain of special forces before, commanding no more than 20 people. Now the number of logged-in players had exceeded six thousand, far exceeding his command ability.

"Isn't this just a game? The total reward amount has exceeded 400 million..."

"Don't know... feel like I've encountered something incredible."

"Definitely incredible, superheroes and underground emperors have cooperated... and peacekeeping forces?!"

"I don't think that much. Over 400 million, even if divided equally, it's not a small amount. This time, I won't go offline even if I die!"

The voices among ordinary game players finally turned from pessimistic. However, this time, it also made many people realize that this game was even more extraordinary than imagined!

On the other side, official personnel also found the leaders of various factions and obtained temporary command authority.

Although the sentiment of defeat had been suppressed, going out for field battles was definitely not appropriate. Although the area around the resurrection point was ruins, ruins were still better than flat ground.

In addition, because the time was too short, the battle arrangements could only be as simple as possible.

First, all melee combat is handled by people who know some things or relatively professional people. Regardless of profession, everyone takes knight or warrior equipment, just hard defense!

Second, organize most players into long-range firepower support troops. Regardless of profession, everyone uses soul arrows and magic shields, commanded by specialists, to carry out firepower suppression and defense at any time.

Third, specifically select elites to guard against potential boss-level figures.

Frank and Peter were undoubtedly assigned to the third category. Thor voluntarily joined the first category. Skills were very effective on the battlefield, and his basic physical fitness was not too excellent in the sealed state.

"I'll also join the elite assault team," Kingpin took the initiative to speak, then revealed his level 30 warrior level. This was a level piled up with resources.

The peacekeeping force discussed it, and a person walked out, a level 33 knight, Rhodes, also a high-level player piled up with resources.

Other factions also picked out some players above level 28 one after another. In fact, if the standards were slightly relaxed, more could be picked out, but the first category of melee legions also needed people to lead them and couldn't just be left alone.

"Everyone, prepare for battle!"

After quickly discussing a standard, the chaotic resurrection camp finally had a little order.

While they were discussing, the Undead Legion had compressed the fire barrier to a distance of two kilometers.

Frank and Rhodes went directly to the front line and began to prepare for battle.

"Tony mentioned you to me," Rhodes said.

"Hmm?" Frank looked at Rhodes.

"Don't underestimate me. Tony also prepared a suit of armor for me, but unfortunately, I couldn't bring it in," Rhodes smiled slightly.

"So... what exactly are you trying to indicate by saying this?" Frank asked directly.

"Indicating that you can trust me enough. I'm responsible for pinning down the boss, and you're responsible for output. Before I fall, you can rest assured and output!" Rhodes patted his armor and said.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Frank extended his fist and bumped it with Rhodes.

Upon entering about 1,500 meters, the Undead Legion began to accelerate, the queue divided into three echelons, and vanguard, main force, and flank formations were deployed.

One thousand meters, the Undead Legion soldiers at the very front raised the throwing spears in their hands, accumulated strength, and threw them at a high angle!

"Soul arrows! Enemy vanguard! Fire!"

"Deflection magic shield! Our city wall! Sequence correspondence! Fire!"

Behind Frank, the command sounds of professionals also rang out. Every wave of hundreds of soul arrows shot toward the Undead Legion at a certain frequency. At the same time, deflection magic shields were thrown toward the dilapidated city wall.

These buildings were more important than people, and people could hide under the magic shields under the city wall, so the defense was all aimed at the area, not at the people.

But even though they were numbered, there were still many magic shield release areas that overlapped.

No way, they hadn't been trained, just temporarily arranged, and being able to do this was already very good.

Boom, boom, boom!

The throwing spears containing huge force fell rapidly under the blessing of gravitational potential energy, hitting the magic shields one by one, making them sway.

Players hiding below appeared dead. This was the battlefield. Sometimes you had to accept death without even having a chance to attack. Fortunately, after the death penalty was reduced, you could log on again after taking a breath.

In addition, the Undead Legion also set up defenses. They were standard one-on-one defenses, almost without waste.

The soul arrows fell into the military formation, basically not splashing any water.

But this didn't matter. The "blue bar" consumed by a soul arrow was very small. A level 5 mage could cast more than 20 shots, but the CD affected the instantaneous burst.

From the moment the Undead Legion entered the range of the soul arrows, the soul arrows didn't stop for a second, and they ultimately played a part in firepower suppression.

Soldiers moving in a staggered forward motion had to raise the shields in their hands to block the falling soul arrows for their teammates and themselves when exchanging positions, and the forward speed was forced to slow down.

But no matter how slow, they were still moving forward.

Five hundred meters! Three hundred meters! The Undead Legion vanguard launched a charge!

At the same time, the elite soldiers in the main force were ready with 【Powerful Throw】, and the throwing spears were projected toward the command on the city wall.

Every commander didn't move, and the firepower troops behind were all watching their gestures and listening to their voices to cast spells. Moving might cause a firepower gap.

Fortunately, the elites on the city wall were not stupid, and they stood in front of the commander one by one.

【Hold Ground】 【Shield Bash】 【Rapid Strike】

Skills were cast one by one, blocking every reinforced throwing spear. Before they fell, the commander would never fall!