The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 803

In the extraordinary world, there have always been countless individuals who have been stuck at the threshold of legend, seemingly just one step away from achieving it.

In reality, however, there are many different interpretations.

Among the simplest and most direct methods, there is the distinction between live and stillborn fetuses.

As the name suggests, a live fetus means that the pregnancy is basically complete and it just needs a suitable opportunity.

Stillbirth means the end is near. It seems like it's just one last push away, but that push will never come, nor should it come. And if it does come, there's nothing you can do to stop it.

Among the advance team, there was one live fetus and one stillborn fetus.

The strategy of high-level Living Embryo participants in this operation is to seek fortune in danger. If they experience an epic operation, not to mention achieving a glorious victory, even if they survive as witnesses, they will likely have enough resources to break through to the next level.

The reason why the stillborn high-ranking officers participated in the operation was simpler: they were still vigorous and wanted to contribute their remaining energy. To put it more emotionally: a soldier's destiny is the battlefield, not the sickbed.

Now, both of them are in the process of giving birth.

Undoubtedly, this situation was extremely rare, and everyone seemed a bit bewildered.

Seeing that the two high-level transcendents were forced to enter the process of breaking through to the legendary level, Sokoch of the Ibelin Shamanic Society spoke up: "I suggest suppressing it through faith."

He seized the opportunity to promote his idea: "I can introduce a totem-like primitive belief, not a particular god, but a primordial power. Just like the primordial light of the Sky Raven Clan."

He then added, "Of course, it depends on the personal wishes of both of you."

The two high-ranking officials were surprised. They hadn't lived in a vacuum before, and they had some understanding of belief systems, but they had never heard of anything that could be so powerful.

Black Rob was also slightly surprised, as was the time-limited nature of the power of faith.

Of course, his views on this issue were more profound and broad. He realized almost immediately that the Ibelin Shamans not only had the habit of using the opportunity to proselytize and promote the Night God Society, but also likely had a wide variety of specific auxiliary methods.

Sure enough, in order to dispel the doubts of the two high-level transcendents, Sokochi took out a totem object of the holy artifact level.

Upon seeing this, Black Robb suddenly realized something and thought to himself, "Turning faith into a pyramid scheme, the Night God Society is really going all out!"

Black Robb noticed that one of the core elements of the Night God Society's tactics lies in the decentralization of services, or in other words, the delegation of authority and the distribution of goods.

"Goods" refers to divine power, while "power" refers to the mechanism of exchanging the power of faith for divine power, which is more freely available.

The stereotype of deities in belief systems is: only their forms and names can be used, not their deeds.

The specific result is that believers and deities have to grit their teeth and use the communication even though it costs as much as satellite phones. They will not change the mode, but will only try to optimize the technology and reduce costs.

The Night Gods packaged their divine power as merchandise and even found resellers.

In Black Robb's eyes, the legendary shaman Sokoch is much like a freelance driver who has contracted a vending machine.

Although the specific sales mechanism is determined by the merchants, the drivers decide where to take them to sell.

Even with a matrix of professional, extraordinary AI, Black Robb would find it difficult to assess whether the Night God Society's actions were more beneficial or harmful.

After all, there is still a lot of information missing. They do not know the true situation of the Night God Society, nor do they have a full picture of the religious market served by the Night God Society, and they also lack sufficient authoritative statistical data.

But he has to admit that NoxPlayer's methods are quite ingenious, showing the proactive spirit of a startup team trying out various approaches.

The two high-level superhumans eventually accepted Sokoch's proposal.

Not only did it provide emergency relief, but it also offered significant discounts, which won the favor of the two individuals. Others also noticed, and it certainly earned them valuable positive word-of-mouth.

In the context of Sheda, strength and status are directly linked, therefore everyone present is a potential powerful live-streaming sales host...

The process of resolving the issue of high-level superhumans having too much experience was also a period of rest for the advance team, which took more than five hours.

The dark environment gradually dissipated after the strange phenomenon stopped refreshing, and returned to normal in less than an hour. The whole process felt to Black Robo like a sudden rain shower.

Since it's a shower, there's usually more than one shower.

And indeed, the advance team that continued on its way encountered a second and third wave of strange attacks in the next twenty hours.

With the experience gained from the first wave, the subsequent two waves naturally became unremarkable. After all, the strange side did not increase the intensity, did not even bother to change the tricks, and even the number was roughly the same, mainly relying on a single mechanism for dispatching, which was rigid and inflexible.

However, for the advance team, being overwhelmed by experience was also a kind of pain. Moreover, with three rounds of fierce battles, each lasting about three hours, the high-level members also felt overwhelmed by the consumption of energy and physical strength.

Therefore, even though Sokoc once again said that the target was very close, Captain Lusis still refused to listen and decided to establish a forward base on the spot.

For others, not objecting means tacit agreement.

To be honest, although Sokoch's totem worship helped suppress the negative effects of having too much experience, it doesn't mean that people can endlessly insult each other's intelligence.

Many people had long suspected that Sokoc's supposedly reliable positioning system was flawed.

Previously, I didn't dare to criticize Sokoc because of his status, influence, and personal relationships.

In addition, since the 'experience suppression method' is quite reliable, everyone wants to gain more experience.

Returning to the prime material plane, even though the laws of nature there are more intricate and the degree of distortion is not as great as in the current dimensional environment, still provides enough resources to break through to the legendary rank.

Now that they've confirmed they've made enough money, everyone's thinking about going back to the rear to digest their gains, and their desire to be dedicated to the team and the interests of their faction has faded.

As the saying goes, everyone has their own judgment, and they all feel that retiring now is quite dignified, so they naturally support Lusis's decision.

And so, the advance team began to build a forward base on the spot.

Before it was fully completed, it fought a fierce battle with the fourth wave of monsters for three hours.

This is more challenging because we need to prevent any contamination of the unfinished site.

Considering they would be leaving after this battle, the seven high-level superhumans even used their ultimate skills with long cooldowns.

Of course, Black Rob, controlling Estes, did not go all out.

Moreover, he was the only high-level transcendent who had not experienced the suppression of the Sokochi totem faith. The reason was simple: the moon elves had their own faith, and the ever-changing staff he held was a sacred artifact linked to the moon elf faith.

It was for this reason that when Lusis decided to send the advance team away in batches, Estes was assigned to the rear team.

The team also included two other legends, Sokoc and Digav.

As per the pre-agreed plan, after Lucis and the six high-level transcendents return, the advance team will be assembled and teleported there within three hours, after which the rear team will teleport back.

Everyone is optimistic about completing this plan.

On the one hand, by analyzing the professional indicators of the teleportation array, everyone concluded that the teleportation channel was in good condition, with good stability and low risk.

On the other hand, this joint operation, coordinated by the Ibelin Shamans, is full of talented people and has a large reserve of personnel. Although Lucis and his group returned empty-handed, they brought rare positive feedback intelligence that could help them gain experience to the fullest, which would surely attract profit-seekers, so there was no fear of a lack of participants.

Therefore, if we don't consider the burden that teleportation places on the teleportation array, it's probably an exaggeration to say that the advance team could be assembled and arrive in three hours.

Conversely, it would be best if the advance team could arrive within three hours. The four waves of strange attacks, in addition to revealing the rigid nature of the mechanics, also demonstrated their consistent effectiveness.

In the words of the legendary superhuman Digaff, "This is very similar to the legendary divine kingdom's defense mechanism." Whether it's a divine kingdom, a divine tomb, a supplicant, or a monster, the gods are asleep, the mechanism is in operation, and it is very likely to show this kind of attempt to eliminate intruders.

This means that when the time comes, the fifth wave of strange attacks will most likely occur.

Considering that the advance team spent some time improving the forward base after eliminating the fourth wave of monsters, three hours is a reasonable threshold for completing personnel rotation. Otherwise, there is a possibility that the rear guard of the advance team will have to deal with the fifth wave of monster attacks alone.

To everyone's dismay, this bad situation ultimately still occurred.

Just over half an hour after Lucis led the vanguard away, the teleportation array's professional indicators showed that the teleportation environment had drastically changed, and forcing the teleportation would be extremely dangerous.

The analysis suggests that the main reason for this situation is the change in the law of dimensionality.

To paraphrase Diggaf's earlier theory of divine kingdoms, it can be said that the operating mechanism behind this special dimension has been patched with a highly targeted spatial law.

Seeing this, the three in the back team naturally had to discuss what to do next.

"Judging from the current situation, we will have to withstand at least the fifth wave of strange attacks on our own."

Black Rob glanced at Digaff, who had spoken, and said bluntly, "Even if we give headquarters enough trust and are sure that they can find another expert who can use quicksand stealth in the molten earth environment in time, we still have to consider the impact of changes in dimensional laws on dimensional crossing."

Both Digaff and Sokoch knew that Black Rob's worries were not an overreaction; there was a clear barrier between the lava chamber and this icy world where the laws of dimensionality could take effect.

Black Rob added, "Furthermore, we must also consider that the adjustment of the response mechanism of the god-like kingdoms may not only be reflected in the changes in the rules of the dimensions, but also in the changes in the environment here, as well as in the new round of strange attacks."

Similarly, there's nothing wrong with that statement.

Since we're talking about the divine kingdom mechanism, anyone with a little common sense in this area will understand that, as rigid as it may be, once adjustments are made, they won't be isolated, but rather systemic.

With a series of orders issued, it's unlikely that the four waves of strange intruders would be missed in the process.

"So what are your ideas?" Sokoch asked expressionlessly.

Black Rob continued to use the Moon Elf's habitual aloofness to conceal his true attitude towards dispelling the mystique of legendary powerhouses, so this role-playing was not stifling. He said in a tone of equal status, "I suggest preparing for the worst, rather than betting all your chips on the timely arrival of support forces."

Sokoc gave a noncommittal "hmm" and said, "Be more specific."

Black Rob suspects that Sokoch is using him to reveal his own plans, so that he can achieve his goal while preserving his public image.

This persona was, of course, designed for Dijkov's benefit.

But Black Rob, still acting like a cluelessly confident idiot, spoke up: "Disassemble and pack up the key items at the forward base, then disperse and hide them."

Dikaf frowned slightly: "I think you should know who would be most at a disadvantage if we did this."

Black Robb replied, "I have great confidence in the hiding place. The fact that our Moon Elf base survived the fall of the volcanic island is also proof of our strategy and technology."

Dikaf didn't have much compassion or pity to begin with, and what he said just now was largely for his own reputation, hoping to appear as a respectable strongman as possible.

Now that Estes has said so, he won't try to persuade her any further.

As for how to prove to more people that it was Esther Qing'ao who took the initiative to make this suggestion, which had a certain degree of 'self-sacrifice' for him, in addition to the fact that the conference room of the forward base already had relevant magical artifacts for recording audio and video, there were also methods similar to Legilimency and Pensieve from "Harry Potter".

As the saying goes, it's easy to deceive others but difficult to deceive oneself. The associative nature of memory information makes it extremely difficult to falsify. Therefore, for a well-established supernatural community, the cost of self-proof is not high.

Sokozy didn't offer any empty platitudes; instead, he made a pie-in-the-sky promise: "The interim coalition will remember your contributions and provide compensation." And that was the end of it.

The rest was relatively simple. Because of the highest affinity between the power of law and the current environment, Digaff was responsible for carrying the key components of the teleportation magic circle.

Sokoch said that while he could understand the various reasons why the advance team was reluctant to find the survivors ahead and rebuild the forward base, he still couldn't help but feel resentful. So, taking this opportunity, he decided to search on his own.

Since he has a locator on him, the advance team can find him by following the location of the locator, which is equivalent to continuing the initial rescue mission for the first survivors.

Sokoj also assured that even if he were to die as a result, he would do his utmost to ensure the locator's functionality.

As for Estes, his primary objective was survival; holding out until he was found by the rescue team would be considered a victory. In other words, if avoiding combat and surviving were the core objective, Estes would most likely become a burden. Therefore, his suggestion to split up and hide demonstrates a willingness to sacrifice his own interests.

Of course, this is definitely an underestimation due to a lack of sufficient intelligence support.

After the meeting, the three quickly took action, and went their separate ways a little over half an hour later.

Once he was sure he was far enough away from Digaff and Sokoch, Black Rob summoned a small magical boat, similar to a ground effect vehicle, and accelerated away.

After a certain distance, the Dark Elf assassin, carrying the advance team's locator, was hidden several meters underground in the form of an ice coffin.

There's a reason why he chose this location to 'build a fake tomb'.

Based on the mobility of a high-level superhuman, and assuming that superhuman power is not made visible as much as possible, it would take about two hours to get here from the forward base.

Therefore, by setting up a fake tomb here, he was using the high speed of the flying artifact to buy himself more than an hour of free time, while maintaining the plausibility of his character.

This time is naturally calculated based on the 'estimated time interval between each of the strange waves'.

That is, the advance team mentioned earlier should arrive within three hours to replace the three members of the main team.

Previously, the three members of the rear team spent about an hour having a meeting and disassembling and packing up key equipment, and then flew for more than half an hour using a flying artifact.

Therefore, theoretically, there is still more than an hour before we enter the 'strange refresh' window prediction period.

As someone who always plans for the worst, Black Robb doesn't really believe that ordinary hiding can succeed.

In any case, taking his warship, the Ancient God Kingdom, as an example, even if he were to go into slumber and reduce the performance of the God Kingdom by 90%, any foreign creatures entering would be as conspicuous as lice on a bald man's head, with virtually no possibility of successfully concealing themselves.

Therefore, his previous suggestions in the meeting, or his substitution of the Dark Elf for the Peach, were mainly for the purpose of conforming to the character's logic.

The real key question remains: what was his primary purpose in using a secondary account to participate in this operation?
The goal is not to overthrow the potential dark side of the nature god, but to obtain timely intelligence so as to respond promptly in the event of a major incident.

However, once the objective is specified, it will be adjusted according to the current situation.

Right now, his main concern is whether it's appropriate to increase the intensity of the dark side of the possible God of Nature at this time.
What does "up to strength" mean? If the theory of dimensional god kingdoms holds true, then he could use Estes to open a special teleportation array and send over the elite forces from the warship god kingdom. That would be considered "up to strength".

After all, assuming the theory of dimensional divine kingdoms is established, and that they can monitor all extraterrestrial beings at a high level, and that even abnormal phenomena of supernatural power exist, then after the dimensional laws have been adjusted, the fact that outsiders can still open special channels to transport combat power in will inevitably cause the divine kingdom's operating mechanism to be further stressed.

After the stress response, it became necessary to allocate even more resources to eliminate the threat.

Doesn't this indirectly help the Night God Society?

After all, the power of the dimensional god kingdom was thus dispersed, and even the plan had to be adjusted, becoming more hasty and radical, sacrificing the opportunity to accumulate power.

Because of this possibility, Black Robb did not intend to give Estes any extra screen time.

Conversely, he also wanted to obtain intelligence more effectively.

After all, compared to the Night God's understanding of this dimensional world, his information was clearly lagging behind.

Is it possible to have both?

Black Rob thought it was feasible, which is why he bought Estes more than an hour of free time in order to create an intelligence gathering system other than this alt account.

(End of this chapter)