King from scratch

Main city, altar.

The bustling main city in the past seemed too deserted at this moment, and the busy npcs disappeared, so that the city was too empty.

He Xingwen stood in front of the monument, only he could see the golden light extending over the territory of the kingdom, and the information in it emerged in He Xingwen's perception.

Seeing the number of npcs dropping at a steady rate, He Xingwen's heart began to ache.

This is completely unnecessary casualties. If you change the player, you can definitely win without injury-although it may take a long time and the process may be tortuous, but the fact that there are no casualties is also certain.

He Xingwen knows how unnecessary such unnecessary kindness is, and he also knows the truth—all wars are based on blood and death.

But this does not affect He Xingwen staring at the falling numbers in a daze.

He didn't even know those npcs. The npcs had been greatly expanded after the last update of the kingdom, because the expansion was so fast that He Xingwen hadn't had time to have any contact with them.

These npcs are just a series of numbers in He Xingwen's place.

But even if it is a string of numbers, He Xingwen also likes bigger numbers rather than shrinking numbers.

Before this, He Xingwen never thought that those wars that he never cared about in the game would be so weighty in reality.

"At any time, human beings should not take other people's death for granted." He Xingwen looked away from the numbers: "Sure enough, players are the best to use."

At least they don't have the chance to die in this world.

Guangying stood beside him quietly, and said with a serious look: "But only players, it's not enough." He said to He Xingwen: "They are too weak, even if there is a 'game master console' to open them up, even if there is The potential to grow, but they're still too weak for the world."

He Xingwen: "But they won't die."

He systematically understands He Xingwen's views on death. As a normal human being on earth, the culture he accepts makes him fear death and cherish life.

"I respect all your choices." The system has no intention of persuading He Xingwen, or asking He Xingwen to change his mind. This is not a big deal, even if He Xingwen insists on using players as part of the war in all subsequent conflicts, it will not affect the final result.

The system's voice at this moment is only to fulfill his duty - he is obliged to inform He Xingwen of the optimal solution.

"I really like a saying in Huaguo culture, a child is not a fish, and you know the joy of a fish." The system said: "Your people's attitude towards death is different from yours."

"So, if they are willing to die, I should respect their choice?"

"This is not going to die calmly," the system corrected He Xingwen's mistake: "This is fighting for honor."

The voice of light and shadow is very gentle: "You have lofty moral character, there is no doubt about it. But in this world, some people live for strength; some people live for dignity; and some people live for honor... this The intelligent creatures in the world, the part that lives for the sake of life, died long ago in the Dark Ages."

He Xingwen pursed his lips, and his eyes fell back to the overwhelming golden light. The steadily falling numbers stopped suddenly at a certain moment, and never changed again.

"Look, they got what they wanted," Guangying approached He Xingwen, and said to him: "They defeated a powerful enemy, and they brought back victory and honor."

He Xingwen's frowning brows loosened a little, and he looked sideways at the system: "You..."

He stopped talking, stared at the system close at hand, and unconsciously frowned again.

The illusory light and shadow was beside him, so close that he could breathe together with a slight tilt of his head—of course, the system, as an illusory light and shadow, does not have the function of breathing, and naturally it is impossible for He Xingwen to perceive his breath.

But... still too close.

The system waited for a while, but before hearing He Xingwen's next words, he couldn't help showing a puzzled tone: "Me?"

He doesn't seem to think there's anything wrong with it at all...

In fact, before this moment, He Xingwen didn't think there was any problem with it.

But at this moment, as if suddenly aware of the strong presence of the other party, the distance between the other party and him suddenly became extremely conspicuous, making his attention instantly fall on it.

The system didn't pay attention to He Xingwen's gaze, his database was still calculating the conversation just now, explaining He Xingwen's concern about the death of the npc: "If they don't have the chance to fight, then they won't have the chance to get all this, are you sure this is Did they want it?"

The system looked at He Xingwen, obviously unable to see the expression clearly, but He Xingwen sensed the seriousness of the other party from this action of the other party.

The system has always been like this, he cares about everything He Xingwen cares about.

Is this what they want?To have the chance of a natural death, to have an ordinary life, to grow old in a time when no one cares?

Or win back the war?Prove yourself in blood and death?

He Xingwen, who lives in an era of comfort, chooses the former, while the people of another world who have never had real comfort choose the latter.

These thoughts floated through his mind, and He Xingwen's attention was not focused on the topic just now. Human beings are prone to feelings, but human beings are also more likely to divert their attention.

The system didn't get any feedback from He Xingwen. The system took it for granted. Between him and He Xingwen, He Xingwen always took the lead.

The other party has the right to accept his suggestion, and also has the right to end the dialogue at any time.

This may give intelligent creatures something to think about, but it will not shake them.

Rules are the basis for the birth of intelligent creatures, and they are used to obeying rules.

The system defaulted that He Xingwen had ended the conversation. He took a step back and stood in his usual position—behind He Xingwen, watching He Xingwen.

When he had a form that could be seen by He Xingwen, he was used to standing behind He Xingwen, watching He Xingwen silently.

When He Xingwen talked to other people countless times, the system stood here, waiting for He Xingwen to take that step forward when he needed him.

He Xingwen felt a little awkward at this moment after repeating the action countless times, as if he suddenly realized that the system was too close just now, and now he felt that everything was wrong.

But what is wrong?

There must be something I overlooked.

He Xingwen thought about it, but still couldn't find the tiny thread. Finally, he scratched his head angrily, and threw the question to the system: "Did you... just get too close?"

The system was a little dazed: "Is there?"

He reviewed his database and confirmed that the distance at that time should be a safe distance for He Xingwen - He Xingwen had never expressed any opinion on this distance.

"I've been standing so close." The system didn't understand why He Xingwen said that suddenly, but the solution to the problem appeared immediately: "If you think it's too close, do you need me to stand farther away?"

Light and Shadow turned his head and began to look for a suitable distance.

standing so close...

That weird feeling just got weirder.

But the system said as if He Xingwen was very concerned about this, He Xingwen waved his hand and interrupted the system's search for a suitable distance: "No, I just think it's a little strange."

Not a little, but a lot of weirdness.

The strange things in the past conversations came to my mind at the same time, and He Xingwen's attention was completely shifted from the death of the npc to the system.

He felt that the system was strange everywhere, but he couldn't find the reason for the strangeness, so that even the familiar world seemed to be strange.

In the distance, the smoke of war continues.

The two armies faced each other head-on, and no one retreated. The blade collided with the plants, some fell down, and some plants re-grew. Death and vitality intertwined, outlining a frontal battlefield that was escalating step by step.

The number of druids is at a disadvantage, but the terrain of the Everfree Forest is enough to make up for this shortcoming, allowing them to fight against an army of [-] with a very small number...for a while.

Yes, only for a moment.

In the first hand-to-hand combat, the extremist druids had the upper hand. The terrain was too favorable for them. No race dared to say that they could defeat the druids in the endless forest.

Nature endowed the druids with great strength, allowing them to still have the upper hand when they were in close contact with 10 soldiers.

And all the preparations of the npc seem to be useless in front of the druid's power.

Of course, they formed a defense as much as possible and reduced the pressure brought by the opponent as much as possible, but they still underestimated the reason for the great reputation of the endless forest.

The trees with tens of thousands of years of history shook the earth, crushing all the tiny existences that stood in front of them, and the vines that attacked madly seemed to be invincible, everywhere, grabbing all the loopholes in the defense to harvest life, and the flying The leaves, the rolling green grass, are almost enough to exhaust the NPC, and if there is a slight omission, it will be beyond redemption.

What the army faced was not thousands of druids, but the entire Everfree Forest.

As for the neutral druids who were supposed to control half of the Everfree Forest and relieve their pressure...

They lost much faster than expected. Almost when the extremist druids just started to get serious, Lincoln and the others lost control of most of the plants, and they were completely suppressed by Norman Jin and the others.

Being able to maintain the ability to protect themselves at this moment, it is not a hindrance to not let the npc spare manpower to protect them.

As for the icing on the cake... forget it.

NPCs fell one after another, and the death toll soared in the first moment of hand-to-hand combat.

But they didn't take a single step back. Not only that, they were even approaching the Druid's direction step by step, and the extremely high death rate made them move forward as if they were victorious.

Swing, fall, swing again...and die.

The position of the dead npc is automatically filled by the next npc, avoiding defensive loopholes in the unified queue - although in the current situation of all-round attacks, defense loopholes are almost bound to exist, but one less is one... can One less death is one.

The silent death fight lasted for a moment, and the Druids made waves first.

Nature gave the druids great strength, but did not give them a strong heart enough to face this scene.

The kingdom's army is engaged in a dead-or-win war with the momentum that all 10 people will never retreat.

When the druids are confused by their aura, the end of the war is not far away.

Extremist druids are not afraid of death, and their attitude towards death has been fully demonstrated before.

But this doesn't mean that when facing such an army without noise, the druid can still be so light-hearted when he witnesses the opponent's soldiers fall in groups while the remaining soldiers remain unmoved.

Is this human?

In the communication between Norman Jin and the plants, a thought that had nothing to do with the battle suddenly appeared, which was like a sign, and more and more other thoughts emerged one after another.

What is the concept of 10 people?

Standing here, Druid could not see the end of the black crowd.

When does this have to be called?

A second thought popped up in Norman King's mind.

Does the kingdom have only one army?Even if this army is wiped out, won't the Kingdom send out the next army?

A third thought popped into Norman King's mind.

Yan, who was rushing to the front of the team, noticed Norman Jin's distraction, he seized the opportunity, jumped up without hesitation, and slashed across.

The very unpretentious attack left a scratch on Norman Jin's neck dangerously and dangerously.

Hand-to-hand combat means that the battle between them is close to life and death.

The green liquid poured out, and there was a tingling sensation, and Norman Jin took a step back almost subconsciously.

An extreme druid may be described as extreme, but it must not be described as a warrior.

After Norman Jin took a step back, he immediately took three steps back to distance himself from Yan and the others at the front of the army.

And Yan and the others did not hesitate to advance again, just like the war style of this army-either die or win.

Since I'm not dead, I'm going to win.

There is no backward in their dictionary, only forward, forward and forward.

Yan stepped forward, followed by the dark crowd - it was hard for others who hadn't faced this scene to imagine the oppressive feeling.

Of course, it is difficult for people who have not been on the battlefield to imagine the psychological pressure brought about by the cruelty of the battlefield.

And Norman Gold is one of them—since the Fifth Era, the mainland has been recuperating. This is the first war that the Everfree Forest faced in the Fifth Era, and it was also the first war that the extreme druids faced. a war.

As for the previous infighting?That's not considered a war. Thousands of druids on both sides manipulated the plants to come and go, and even face-to-face fights could only be counted as brawls.

The charge launched by an army of 10 people, the soldiers who fell one after another, and the ground stained red with countless blood are called wars.

The pressure was overwhelming, and it was Norman Jin who had the upper hand and retreated again. This time, he retreated again and again, almost without stopping.

Yan and Huang immediately followed up, continued to march, and then watched those druids stepping on the vines and disappearing...disappeared...

The ubiquitous plant attacks lasted for a while, but because the distance between the opponent and the place continued to increase, Lincoln and the others finally took control of the plants, so the scene suddenly fell silent.

The bloody fight just now was like a dream, suddenly ushered in calm.

Yan and Huang looked at each other, and a huge question mark floated above the densely packed army visible to the naked eye.

What are you doing?It's a war, what's the matter if you run away halfway?

It's understandable to run away when they are about to lose. The Druids are pressing them to fight, and they can obviously win, so why do they still run away?

Although they couldn't see anything, the players didn't give up, relying on the violent movements of the trees in the endless forest to distinguish the battle situation.

"It's moving, it seems that our side is in good shape and is advancing smoothly."

"The movement is so intense! This is definitely an enemy!"

"Why can't this movement stop? It seems that the fight is very lively."

"Huh? Why didn't you move all of a sudden?"

The players squatting on the tree of the kingdom raised their heads one by one to distinguish the movement of the endless forest in the distance. There was really no movement, and the tree that shook most violently suddenly became quiet, and then returned to calm.

"What's going on? Finished? So fast? How long has it been since you went in?"

"The group of players who followed the druid didn't post on the forum?"

"Don't count on them. They are more ignorant than us. Once they entered the Everfree Forest, they all died and came back to life. They didn't keep up with the npc at all."

"This...what use are they for?"

"The npc didn't say to let them get involved, they have to follow."

"So, this plot is over? Then it's time to send out the mission? Players should have a sense of participation, right?"

This sentence hit all the players, and the players squatting on the scene cheered, jumped off the tree quickly, and rushed towards the border between the Everfree Forest and the kingdom, and accurately greeted the hero of the kingdom... Of course, if you can do it by the way It would be even better to take on a large-scale event task.

South China Sea.

A light ship sailed on the calm sea, and the flag of the kingdom was flying above the ship.

This South China Sea expedition team composed of the people of the kingdom has been sailing in the South China Sea for several months (game time). After exploring the sea line in the offshore area of ​​the South China Sea, the ship turned and headed for a wider area of ​​the South China Sea.

After several months of sailing, the ship has penetrated into areas that most intelligent creatures in the world have never penetrated, which belong to the core area of ​​the underwater kingdom.

This sea area, which is extremely dangerous to the aborigines, is not too dangerous to the expedition team—after all, they carry one of the most dangerous existences in the entire continent in their cabin, which makes their expedition trip meaningful. No danger.

Although they were frequently attacked by unidentified sea creatures, most of these became their appetizers, adding some trace elements to the kingdom's people who embarked on a long journey.

Judging from Du Duolan's performance along the way, it was indeed normal for Du Duolan to be able to suppress the development of the submarine civilization by himself.

If there are no accidents, the expedition team's journey will continue for a while until they have traveled the entire South China Sea and drawn a map of the South China Sea.

Provided there are no surprises.

The weather in the South China Sea is very changeable. Heavy rain, hail, and hurricanes come at any time, which never conforms to meteorological laws.

When the weather suddenly turns cloudy, the clouds are thick, and the wind is blowing, the ships that are used to it respond immediately, fix the sails, and sail to the place where the wind is the weakest to avoid capsizing.

The quality of the tools produced by the dwarves is very reliable. Despite the howling wind, the ship is still strong, and it firmly supports a space in the shaking.

If there is no accident, this weather disaster will be the same as the previous dozens of encounters. After the torrential rain, it will quickly return to calm.

But apparently someone didn't intend for it to end like this.

In the wind and rain, the ship shook suddenly, and there was a crashing sound from the bottom of the ship.

The people of the Kingdom had a clear division of labor, and someone picked up the unremarkable box on the ship's side and walked down the cabin.

In the next second, the sound of the impact suddenly stopped, the huge force tilted, and the ship was directly overturned.

When the boat capsized, a huge round creature leaped out of the water, and the light outlined his gigantic figure dozens of buildings high.

It looks like a human figure, more precisely, the other party is covered with strange small bumps, his facial features are not human-like, a mouthful of broken teeth protrudes sharply, his swollen hands are covered with scales, and his feet ... No, to be precise, it should be a fish's tail, with scales standing up one by one, shining with astonishing sharpness.

With a loud "boom", the overturned ship was knocked down by the huge waves, and the expedition team was almost knocked unconscious by the huge force on the spot, and fell into the sea along with the sundries on the ship.

Some strange sounds sounded from the bottom of the sea, passing through the water.

The huge creature that capsized the ship paused for a second in the air, and after showing its appearance to the world, it obeyed gravity and fell into the sea in an instant, causing a huge wave.

The seabed is his home field.

He made two rounds on the bottom of the sea, and then he caught all the fallen kingdom's people on himself, then accelerated, disappeared from here, and sailed towards their destination.

The blue water swayed, and the ship that fell into the sea slowly sank and was submerged by the sea.

As usual, the South China Sea swallowed up all traces.

The giant humanoid spit out a huge bubble, and the bubble shone with colorful light on the bottom of the sea, sucking the drowning kingdom's citizens into it—including the inconspicuous box that was tightly held by a certain kingdom's people.

The other party obviously didn't have the good habit of checking the loot in the first place, so that dangerous goods were mixed in the fragile humans.

A touch of golden yellow slowly emerged from the mouth of the box, casting its gaze towards the excited strange creature.