Chapter 1018 - 957: There Might Be a Mine Here
The Birdman’s green bombardment certainly couldn’t stop the large guild’s plans, and a mere stamina-reducing negative effect obviously couldn’t stop the construction of the guild’s fortifications. So after the Birdmen scattered, the players present continued to accelerate the construction of the arrow towers and city walls.
However, the arrow towers and walls clearly couldn’t stop the Birdman’s high-altitude harassment, so the large guild immediately began to discuss countermeasures.
The main points of the discussion were nothing more than whether or not to attack these Birdmen? Where is the Birdman’s nest? If not, can we avoid the Birdmen? Will the Birdmen come again next time?
In the middle of this discussion, the Birdmen immediately answered everyone’s last question by returning in a dark mass of clouds covering the sky, followed by another round of green bombardment and then flying away carefreely.
Now, the "Filthy" effect on all players and troops present had stacked to level 2! It couldn’t be dispelled, the duration was unknown, and the rate of stamina reduction was significantly accelerating!
At this moment, the expert players of the major guilds realized the seriousness of the problem! Having a second layer means there could be a third, a fourth, and if there’s no countermeasure, wouldn’t they be wiped out completely?
Then, the scouts who had previously been exploring in all directions returned with messages that there was no way forward, the surrounding area was a mass of mountains, from which the Birdmen emerged.
The Bloodrose Guild was dumbfounded on the spot! The terrain of this exit was too much of a pitfall! Do they have to fight their way out through the mountains?
Meanwhile, in the desert testing ground of the Seven Cities Alliance, the two teams from Star and Ninth Heaven were annihilated by the Sand Soldiers in an instant. Yes, Sand Soldiers! As the strong wind blew, when the sand came rushing at them, the sand instantly formed into the shape of a monster, catching the professional players completely off guard, leading to their total annihilation. This was clearly a hybrid creature of Wind and Earth elements, its strength already beyond the understanding of professional players!
Then the members scouting other exits also died returning because of irresistible external forces. Now, the guild alliance chatroom was filled with a heavy atmosphere.
Eternal Star sighed, "It seems that the exploration in the Divine Domain Space hasn’t been going well this time."
Bloodrose Rosa also sighed, "I thought that taking a shortcut from the Divine Domain Space into the Great Wilderness would be a shortcut, but from the current situation, it’s completely a dead end! Is it really not that easy to take advantage of the Divine Domain Space?"
The Divine Emperor laughed and sighed, "In comparison, the Great Wilderness has tens of thousands of troops to attract monster attention, which actually enabled the scouting members to successfully complete the scouting mission. If other exits are to be scouted clearly, large troops may need to be used as targets."
Eternal Star solemnly said, "I think we shouldn’t be entangled, the system is not easy to deal with, since it arranged this shortcut in the Divine Domain Space, it must be set to an extremely high difficulty dangerous path. This is probably why Da Fei would be so generous with sharing profits, right? Even Da Fei’s advanced formation can’t handle it, our current overall team level likely can’t handle it either, so we should concentrate our forces in one direction for a breakthrough, instead of unnecessarily consuming forces at other exits."
Everyone agreed, "It makes sense, so let’s focus our energy on cracking the Great Wilderness for the beauty."
Bloodrose Rosa smiled, "With so many brothers supporting me, I have confidence to overcome any big difficulty. Thankfully, Brother Fei has already made progress in the Eastern World, so everyone’s interests come first. Let’s stabilize his route quickly."
The Divine Emperor laughed, "The difficulties on Da Fei’s side are only supplies and workers, it’s not up to us to send troops. Our nearly 300,000 Command Value troops are all prepared to be wiped out, so let’s focus our forces to deal with these Birdmen. I think we should continue to deploy large forces to attract the Birdmen’s attention, then have small units attack from various routes, scouting where possible, and if we can take down the Birdman’s nest, all the better."
Eternal Star nodded, "That makes sense, according to the system’s rules, once we successfully take down a Birdman’s nest, we’d probably obtain an outdoor barracks to recruit Birdmen, and the gains would be quite substantial."
Everyone echoed, "That makes sense, these Birdmen are clearly a special guerrilla unit, if we can get the barracks, no matter how much conventional forces we lose, it’s worth it."
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Meanwhile, during the guild leaders’ meeting, the internal channel of the Bloodrose Guild was also bustling with small meetings.
Bloodrose Xiaoyu sternly said, "I don’t think magic is feasible to break this Bird Droppings state, we should find a water source to take a bath, otherwise there’s no way."
Bloodrose Qiqi immediately rejected, "Do you think it’s as simple as bathing in real life? Plus, there’s no water source found on the map so far, you’re thinking too much."
Bloodrose Xiaoyu scoffed, "Then what do you suggest we do?"
Bloodrose Qiqi seriously said, "I think we should also expedite the development of Beelzebub, only Beelzebub can counter this Bird Droppings!"
The beauties praised, "Right! Beelzebub! Let’s ask the nanny when she is going to open Beelzebub for us!"
Bloodrose Xiaoyu said incredulously, "No way, even if Beelzebub is opened, it will take two days to transport it to the Divine Domain Space, is there enough time?"
Bloodrose Qiqi laughed, "It’s only two days, there’s still 8 days left in the National War, we’re idle anyway, aren’t we?"
At this moment, Da Fei was observing this already explored Birdman mountains map. How similar this Gobi plain among the mountains was to the terrain around the Divine Punishment City? More importantly, they were both the same shape, so round it was like a ring-shaped mountain cratered by a giant meteorite on the moon!
If the terrain of Divine Punishment City was created by the city descending from the heavens, what created the Birdman mountains terrain? Was it this exit?
While immersed in thought, the beauties in the guild channel began discussing Beelzebub. Da Fei could only laugh helplessly, wasn’t it like that? Did they really take Beelzebub seriously?
Just then, the Bloodrose Holy Spear in front suddenly turned to ask, "Is Brother Junxiang here?"
Junxiang quickly snapped back to reality: "I’m here! What does Sister Ann need?"
Bloodrose Holy Spear chuckled: "It’s pretty boring just being here doing nothing, it must be tough for you."
Junxiang quickly laughed: "What are you saying, Sister Ann, with the guild paying us so much every week, I wouldn’t mind even if I were told to dig up turds!"
Bloodrose Holy Spear laughed: "Oh really, then what do you think about the current situation, Brother Junxiang?"
Oh my gosh! My take is to fight! If my Air Battle Angel Corps were here, those birdmen who defecate anywhere would be cut down in no time, wouldn’t they? But given that everyone only has these low-level troops, what else could I think?
But since a pretty lady is asking, I must say something, otherwise I’d appear too incapable. Besides, it might lower her impression of me, right? It’s best to steer clear of misleading topics like Beelzebub, so what should I talk about? Got it, let’s talk about the terrain.
Junxiang cleared his throat: "Don’t you think, Sister Ann, that this mountainous terrain looks like it was hit by a meteor?"
Bloodrose Holy Spear was momentarily stunned and then exclaimed: "Now that you mention it, it does look like it! But are there craters that big?"
Next to them, Bloodrose Duoduo was wiping off dirt while laughing: "Why wouldn’t there be? They say the Gulf of Mexico was created by a meteor, which led to the extinction of dinosaurs."
Bloodrose Holy Spear responded with an "Oh": "And then?"
Junxiang’s imagination ran wild as he babbled on: "Meteorites, resources from outer space, maybe there are mines? And even if there aren’t any mines initially, the intense heat from an explosion could’ve formed crystal ores, right?"
Bloodrose Duoduo laughed in surprise: "Is that how Brother Xiang thinks?"
Junxiang chuckled awkwardly: "The mind of a madman thinks broadly, don’t take it seriously!" Humph, it’s called being bold with words!
Bloodrose Holy Spear wiggles an eyebrow: "Maybe it really is possible!?"
Bloodrose Duoduo also immediately chimed in: "In that case, since building arrow towers here is pointless and we’re just idling, let’s see if there are any mines here. Let’s find some members with high prospecting skills to search around?"
Bloodrose Holy Spear immediately agreed: "Makes sense!"
——Regional Channel [Bloodrose Holy Spear]: May I ask, are there any Master-Level members with prospecting skills present? If so, please sign up immediately!
Soon, someone responded in the regional channel: "I am!"
Da Fei was stunned on the spot, oh my goodness, they’re really efficient, aren’t they? They get things done as soon as they’re mentioned! Damn, they better find something, even if it’s just stone, or my reputation will be ruined!
The idea of prospecting quickly reached the Joint Headquarters, causing an uproar among the big shots: "There are mines here? The problem is, all our members are focused on combat exploration; very few actually know prospecting!"
Skyshattering Thunder immediately jumped in to showcase himself: "I know quite a few dwarf brothers, all have Master Level prospecting skills, though their combat skills are a bit weak!"
Bloodrose Rosa promptly said: "Get them here quickly, and make sure the operation is confidential!"
Skyshattering Thunder excitedly said: "Don’t worry, if anyone blabs, I’ll have my brothers kill them down to level 0 so they can’t keep playing!"
With Junxiang’s wide-open mind, the entire Bloodrose Guild began an excited discussion. Again, the topic centered on Beelzebub.
Soon a pretty lady asked Junxiang: "Brother Junxiang, what do you think, how can we recruit Beelzebub?"
Da Fei was crushed, what Beelzebub! Can’t you guys not be so troublesome? Still, in the eyes of the ladies, this "Junxiang" is a newbie with an expansive imagination, so I can just make stuff up; it’s considered child’s play.
Junxiang sighed: "Well, since this territory belongs to the Dwarf Prince, the Dwarf Prince must have a way, right?"
What I said isn’t completely unfounded, after all, the two Dwarf Princes summoned the Demon God for help, so it’s very likely that the dwarves obtained that legendary book capable of summoning various demons, ’Solomon’s Key.’ It’s just due to lack of power that the prince can’t summon Beelzebub, one of the seven Demon Lords who reign supreme over the 72 Pillars of Demon Gods."
Yet saying this didn’t satisfy the ladies, and they laughed: "We all know the prince has a way, but we can’t meet the prince."
Not meeting is good, to avoid asking troublesome questions.
Amidst the discussion, the prospector suddenly exclaimed in the regional channel: "Found it, low-quality diamonds!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets; your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)