Chapter 895 - 847: The Fire at the Shipyard That Shocked the World
Star Command Center, silent as a grave.
The epic quest of Tianlan Star to overthrow the mayor has already triggered a red alert, nearing the edge of final failure. Time left is short. However, even for a professional player, even with the whole Star Command Strategy Group as a backup, they couldn’t think of any way to salvage the defeat.
At this very moment, the Blood Sea Royal Family’s "Arson" operation has commenced, pinning all of Star’s hopes on this absurd action. Why not attack the mayor and disgust Da Fei at the same time?
Indeed, the implementation of this operation is for players to carry fuel into the city to start fires, then form human walls to block roads and prevent NPCs from putting out the fires. Although players’ transport vehicles, like troops, can’t usually enter the city, and can only be deposited in barracks or trading posts, preventing them from transporting large quantities of firewood to burn the city, still, when everyone contributes their bit of firewood, a towering inferno can arise.
Of course, starting the fire is just the first step. When the NPC police are drawn to the flames, the Blood Sea Royal Family can launch an attack on Da Fei’s fishing grounds from the sea. Compared to destroying structures on land, fishing grounds composed of various fishnet cages are much easier to damage.
Currently, large numbers of small accounts are appearing in groups on Elorin Street, numbering no less than ten thousand. These small accounts were the sacrificial lambs of a lottery when the server first opened. Each lottery cost 1,000 yuan, and these small accounts signify their owners have contributed millions to the gaming company for free.
Now, these small accounts are controlled by an invisible hand, swarming around the shipyard in droves, forming a sea of people, with more joining in later. These are just for setting fires and blocking roads—those specialized for becoming red names to kill NPCs have yet to surface.
The Blood Sea Royal Family’s initial targets were several other industries in Elorin City, but upon seeing Da Fei’s gigantic ship launch, they changed their plans and decided to go all out burning the city down. This fits exactly with Star’s intentions.
Now, with such a major upheaval happening in Elorin City, even a deaf person could see what’s going on. Anyone could figure out who’s attacking whom, yet the forums are still ablaze with betting threads. On-site in Elorin, golden name reporters gather in large numbers.
Elorin, which had just attracted worldwide attention due to the anomaly of Da Fei’s giant ship’s sail, once again became the focal point of world zones.
At this moment, as a party involved, Da Fei’s friend notifications kept flashing, with Bloodrose being the first to report the news with her well-connected sources.
Bloodrose Rosa: "Brother Fei, they’re making a move, seems like they want to wreck the shipyard!"
Da Fei furrowed his brow—it seems they were targeting his lifeline! However, if he feared their moves, he wouldn’t have gone to sea. The fact is, an entire regiment of NPC troops has already been stationed in Elorin in advance, and he had already informed the shipyard owner; if they could still take advantage, he’d be impressed!
Da Fei chuckled lightly: "What does it matter to me, as long as my quest ship is safe."
Bloodrose Rosa surprised: "What if they attack Brother Fei’s fishing grounds?"
Da Fei chuckled nonchalantly: "How deep is this grudge? It’s all mainly NPC assets; even if the sky falls, it’s the NPCs who’ll bear it. Why should I worry? Let them do whatever they want."
Bloodrose Rosa laughed: "No wonder you’re Brother Fei, so calm."
Then Shenlan and Ma Yinglong also messaged to console him, and Da Fei still responded with a calm smile. In short, Da Fei intended to act as if he didn’t care. Otherwise, the more he showed concern, the more the idiots would gain momentum; would it ever end?
After dealing with all the friend messages, it was already 6 p.m., and having successfully trained 50 Divine Archers, Da Fei suddenly felt a strong wave of fatigue sweep over him.
Thinking about it, he had slept less than two or three hours off and on since pulling an all-nighter yesterday, and having just finished dinner and dealt with several matters, he felt extremely tired and relaxed—it was hard to hold back the urge to sleep.
Based on the previous experience at Fire Dragon Island, the fleet only encountered the Sea Monster Skira in Frostwind Strait three days after setting sail, indicating that the area near the kingdom is still safe. So he should seize the current safe time to make up for sleep, who knows, tonight might be another all-nighter.
However, as a monk, the greatest advantage is sitting in meditation and never logging off, so while sleeping, he might as well use the monk’s skills.
Da Fei took out the practice scriptures given by the Archbishop and turned to the monk’s professional skill "Meditation":
——Meditation: Monks enter a state of sitting meditation, praying. The longer the meditation time and the harsher the meditation environment, the more practice points monks gain. In meditation state, monks slowly consume stamina points; depletion of stamina points or entering combat automatically terminates meditation. Note: Practice points are a necessary condition for monks to use professional skills.
This is the monk’s big move while AFK—the Meditation! Big monks AFK, while small accounts fight to earn money, is the most coveted game style for countless players.
Meditation and stamina are connected, and his Navigator Divine Skill ’Survival Will’ directly increases life stamina cap by 50%, while Sea Monster Hunter adds another 20% to stamina cap—it’s a perfect match for him!
Nothing more to say, Da Fei muted his friend messages, kept the battle alarm on maximum, and slept soundly with his helmet on.
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Mitsubishi Team Command Center, three large screens on the wall were broadcasting live video from Ono Shinichiro in China Region from Elorin on-site.
Gazing at the surging crowd on Elorin Street, Igarashi couldn’t help but be startled: "These are players from the China Region? Is this the organizational power of a Royal Guild?"
Ono Shinichiro nodded: "Although the organization is very crude, and a single player attempting to control multiple small accounts is often overwhelmed, their sheer overwhelming numbers already make them an extremely terrifying presence."
Igarashi said in a deep voice, "Da Fei’s giant ship just set sail. Ono-kun, do you think this could be Da Fei having preemptively built a giant ship?"
Ono Shinichiro frowned and said, "Based on information from the forums and what large guilds have revealed, this giant ship should be a task ship, and Da Fei himself has claimed it’s a task ship. However, last time Da Fei also claimed a task, mobilizing two task ships for a voyage, and then successfully killed a demigod. Now those two ships have become permanent guild assets, showing no signs that task ships leave players after the task is complete. So, we can make the worst assumption— even if Da Fei doesn’t have the ability to build a giant ship or the qualification to own one, he still essentially owns one."
Igarashi nodded, "So, you’re saying this shipyard has the capability to build giant ships?"
Ono Shinichiro nodded, "It’s possible. So the best scenario is that players from the Royal Guild sabotage the shipyard first, then I arrange to eliminate the red-named players. However, whether or not we can destroy the shipyard is not our concern."
Igarashi laughed heartily, "Right, that’s something the European Union Zone and the American Zone should be worried about. If they don’t destroy the shipyard, they’ll be the ones most anxious. Thus, they can only continue shifting their focus to the sea, making our path to dominating the New World’s land unstoppable!"
Ono Shinichiro smiled, "Let Da Fei’s invincible giant ship fight them to the death!"
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In the European Union Zone, the once bustling Divine Punishment City has now returned to an eerie calm, to be precise, it’s too calm, as there is not a single monster under the mountain.
This made the major teams, who were all in and ready to grind angels in the Divine Punishment City, spew blood in frustration. Investment is important; once the direction and timing of investment are wrong, the consequences are predictable.
Now the four major teams that have invested the most in the European Union Zone’s Divine Punishment City have only two paths: one, wait. Two, delve into hell. But both options are filled with immense frustration and uncertainty. The teams’ resentment towards Da Fei is understandable.
So at this moment, in the chat room of the Four Countries Team from UK, France, Germany, and Switzerland, team members from each country are watching the drama in China Region’s Elorin unfold with schadenfreude.
Napoleon smiled bitterly, "It seems our prediction was right. As long as Da Fei is in the China Region, there will inevitably be internal conflict. The stronger Da Fei becomes, the more intense the internal conflict."
Prince George sneered, "Let the Chinese continue their internal strife. Whoever eliminates whom is good news for us."
Swedish Thor’s Hand laughed, "Your Highness, I’d like to inform you and all members present that our Nordic Crown Team’s major V has been provoked by Da Fei’s giant ship. Therefore, he has decided to form a ghost fleet, and I hope Your Highness does not consider this a threat to Noah’s Ark."
The chat room was momentarily astonished: "Ghost fleet? Like from the Pirates of the Caribbean movie?"
Thor’s Hand laughed, "In the game it should be more powerful than that."
Prince George also laughed dryly, "Mr. Thor can disclose such an important matter to us, which shows major V’s sincerity. Our European Union Zone must unite, and not make the laughable mistakes of the China Region."
Everyone laughed in agreement, "Exactly! So let’s continue discussing how to develop the Divine Punishment City. Our investment and troops should not remain idle; should we immediately delve into hell?"
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Beijing Time 6:30 p.m., Elorin, where the streets are packed with people. The Royal Blood Sea Guild’s preparations are all in place. At this moment, the world’s eyes are on Elorin, all watching the mastermind behind the scenes!
At this moment, the Royal Blade was beside himself with pride and couldn’t help but ask the leader, Royal Dominator, "Big brother, the whole world is watching us! Players on forums from various countries say they’ve been scared to tears by the lineup our guild mobilized! Since the whole world knows it’s us, why don’t we just stop hiding and directly declare our royal call for revenge, and seize this opportunity to make a name for ourselves globally?"
Royal Dominator immediately snapped back, "Make a name for what! Some things can be done but not said. Even if the whole world thinks it was us, as long as we don’t admit it ourselves, no one can hold anything against us. Once ready, proceed immediately."
Royal Blade sighed, "Got it, go!"
At this moment, the players densely surrounding the shipyard began to riot. Tens of thousands of people ignored the NPC guards’ warnings and forcefully charged the shipyard gate— that’s right, if you want to burn the yard, of course, thousands of people would rush in with firewood!
At this moment, over ten thousand players instantly turned from white name to yellow name and then to red name. They formed a bloody wave that charged into the shipyard, and the entire city rang with alarms! Meanwhile, nearly a thousand small boats stationed outside the sea fishing ground began to charge at the fishing ground! At this moment, the city channel started to flood with screaming messages!
At this time, alarms rang throughout the city, and the NPC guards moved! At this moment, viewers worldwide were eager to see how these NPC city guards would break through the blockade of tens of thousands of small account barricades!
The NPC guards indeed didn’t disappoint the viewers, as a mass of red clouds swept across the sky, stunning all the players in the city— Dragonhawk Knights! The high-end sky cavalry of the Elf Clan, famous alongside the Griffin Knights of the Dwarf Kingdom!
And what’s even more shocking, there were actually no less than a hundred Dragonhawk Knights!
At this moment, the entire Royal Command Center was dumbfounded: "Weren’t there only a few Dragonhawk Knights in the city for patrolling the sea? How are there so many?"
Royal Blade quickly regained composure and gritted his teeth, "Charge! All of you rush into the plant buildings; once we’re inside, they can’t do anything to us. Get as many in as possible!"
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