The virtual empire starts from the game

Chapter 666 NPCs? I only see humanoid monsters all over the city! (Seeking monthly votes at the end of the month!)
Strictly speaking, the players are not in the right in this matter.

With so many giants waiting outside, opening the door rashly would be far too risky.

Unfortunately:
Players who directly pull out bombs to blow up doors are not reasonable people.

The super soldier from the city wreaked havoc among the crowd and protected the city gates, instantly enraging a large number of players who drew their guns and fired!

But there were just too many players here, and the bullets didn't hit that person; instead, it was all our own people who got shot.

"Stop it, stop it!"

"I'm fucking dying, stop!"

"Change the knife! Change the knife!"

……

The men who were shot shouted for others not to fire.

So they switched to swords and knives and charged at the "city dweller".

When they rushed closer, everyone still underestimated them—

These city folks are so short, they shouldn't be hard to deal with.

But everyone soon realized that this little guy was no ordinary person!

Their combat awareness, reaction speed, and attack efficiency are all extremely impressive!

Dodging and attacking are carried out simultaneously; every second someone is seriously injured, and every second someone falls!

One of the older guys, clinging to a bomb, was about to die with him, but he slashed him across the face with a knife, the blade still managing to cut the bomb's fuse.

He even kicked away grenades thrown at him, accurately blowing up three unlucky players.

This killing efficiency shocked casual players with little combat experience, causing them to instinctively take a few steps back, some even hesitant to advance.

But experienced fighters don't care about any of that. Once they realize they can't outmaneuver their opponents with skill, they just charge forward mindlessly, squeezing out their space to maneuver.

This trick is very effective!
With bombs piled up here, the short soldier couldn't leave and could only withstand the attacks, causing his living space to shrink.

With no room to maneuver, he inevitably began to get injured.

Seeing this, his buddies who were besieging him perked up and started talking all at once:
"If you don't want to die, tell the people inside to open the door!"

"If you just open the door and let us in, we can shake hands and make peace. We can even apologize and compensate you for the damage to your door!"

"We'll replace your doors with steel ones!"

"I can even help you kill all the giants!"

……

While they verbally urged him to surrender, their physical attacks continued unabated.

This "city dweller" was struggling to cope and was finding it increasingly difficult to keep up.

Until the thin blade in his hand was severed in one stroke, the single blade wreathed in flames sliced ​​across his chest.

Even though he immediately blocked it with another knife, blood still gushed from his side.

He took two steps back, leaning against the heavy stone door, his face pale, his strength rapidly fading.

"Now, knock on the door."

The mountain spirit pointed its Frostfire Greatsword directly at the warrior's face, issuing a final ultimatum.

Then, the heavy stone door really began to shake!
The weight of this city gate was beyond imagination. As it slowly rose, the magnificent walls and the ground beneath it trembled along with it!
"So you're quite an important person?"

The mountain spirit planted the greatsword into the ground and relaxed as he watched the stone gate rise little by little.

The seriously injured NPC looked surprised, but that surprise quickly turned into anger.

But everyone was too lazy to care about his expression. They were all focused on the rising stone door, and as the crack in the door got bigger and bigger, they couldn't wait to squeeze through it.

The first player to enter the city will be rewarded with a realistic robot, which is worth 60!
But just as they were about to step forward, they suddenly stopped.

It wasn't just because the seriously injured NPC stuck the hilt of his knife into the box, replaced it with a brand new blade, and looked at them with a death-defying expression.

They also heard strange noises.

Seems to be……

The sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground?
As the stone gate rose higher, the sound became clearer and clearer.

It wasn't just one horse, but countless horses trotting the ground simultaneously. The dull sound echoed and amplified in the narrow doorway, reaching this side like thunder!
"Horse?" The mountain spirit didn't understand.

But as the city gate was raised again, he soon saw—

This heavy city gate is not a single boulder, but rather a series of boulders pieced together. When opening the gate, all the boulders must be raised one by one to reveal the six-meter-wide road.

At that very moment, on the other side of the road, a cavalry force was poised to attack!

The horses' hooves pounded the ground restlessly, and the soldiers, dressed in the same uniforms and cloaks, gripped the reins tightly, their eyes burning with palpable rage.

The anger wasn't directed at the giant, but at the players at the door!
"Ah..." The mountain spirit sensed something was wrong. "There might be some misunderstanding here. Let me explain..."

Unfortunately, the other party had no interest in listening to his explanation.

The man at the forefront of the cavalry raised his longsword and roared, "Survey Corps! Charge!!"

So the entire cavalry roared and charged toward them!

The players' counter-attacks rang out almost simultaneously.

The bullet whizzed past the mountain spirit and struck the charging knight, causing blood to gush from both the horse and the rider!
However, the two sides were too close, and they were already engaged in battle in just a few breaths.

A flash of white light appeared before the mountain spirit's eyes, and he instinctively jumped back to dodge, but he still took a blow to the forehead.

Before he could feel relieved or angry, the second stab had already come!

At this point, he was surrounded by horses on both sides and had no way to dodge. He didn't even have time to raise his greatsword before his neck was slashed.

After his fallen corpse, the player is about to meet a gruesome death.

—The doorway was too narrow, leaving neither side with any room to hide, so they could only fight head-on!

The losses suffered by infantry against cavalry are predictable.

The players' losses are rapidly escalating!
But as the cavalry charged out of the city gate, the players gained more mobility, and their more advanced weapons quickly achieved results. The NPC cavalrymen were constantly shot, fell from their horses, and died tragically under the hooves of their horses.

Some players did not participate in this battle.

They waited along the city wall at the gate, and after the cavalry charged out, they quickly slipped through the gate opening, intending to steal chickens into the city.

It wasn't until they were halfway there that they realized there were three rows of soldiers guarding the main gate of the city.

The soldiers' guns were already pointed at them.

The next second, a chorus of gunfire echoed through the doorway.

Players rushing into the city fell one after another...

……

After a fierce charge at the city gate, the Survey Corps took away all the bombs piled up there, leaving some men behind to cover their retreat. Then, the city gate slowly descended with a rumbling sound.

The players were caught in a pincer attack by both giants and NPCs, suffering heavy losses.

When have you ever been treated like this?

They immediately repeated the act of blowing up the door, trying to get revenge.

The NPCs in the city also suffered considerable losses and were clearly somewhat disoriented.

During the second counterattack, not only did cavalry charge, but cannons were also brought out and fired a volley at the players below the city!
After the thunderous cannon fire subsided, the area outside the city walls was riddled with craters, and players lay dead and wounded.

The second round of shooting followed immediately after the first.

Starting in the third round, the bombardment was no longer limited to the area below the city; players rushing towards the city gate were also included in the bombardment range.

The death toll and casualty figures are skyrocketing!

At this point, everyone finally realized—

We can't enter this city today.

Fewer and fewer players continued to charge forward, and they gradually left the battlefield.

The players who arrived from behind also stopped when they saw this situation, and stopped trying to enter the fray to their deaths.

After the battle subsided, the giant symbolically pounded the unmoving city wall a few times before disappearing once again into the rising steam.

The world fell silent again.

The players looked at each other, somewhat bewildered.

Prior to this, every city built by Dream Builder was completely undefended for players.

Not only are they undefended, but they also warmly welcome players. This is true in Sprawling City, Silver City, and Cliff Town.

Everyone is already used to it.

Now, suddenly a heavily fortified city appears, not only unwelcoming to players but also ruthlessly killing them, leaving everyone bewildered.

Especially those who were slower and didn't even reach the city gate.

They had no idea what was happening; they were on the verge of death under the giant's attack when they were suddenly blown up by cannon fire!
The frustration I felt was indescribable.

Outside the Big Mushroom Restaurant in Mei Er, large groups of players gathered again—they had nowhere else to go but to camp outside Fortress City.

Whether at the campsites outside the city or outside Mei'er's restaurant, everyone was talking about this.

Initially, everyone's attitudes were very divided:

"What's going on? Why aren't the NPCs in Norringan attacking the giants, but instead attacking us?"

"Do we have to kill all the giants before we can enter the city? What kind of mission is this? An entry quest?"

"Did we choose the wrong entrance? Is it possible that there's another door on the other side of the city wall, and that's the correct entrance?"

"Is it possible that the correct way to enter the city is not through the gate, but by climbing over the wall? Or by crawling through the sewers?"

"The people in this city are too violent. They rush out and kill people at the slightest disagreement. I think they should be taught a lesson and shown who the real masters of this world are!"

"Damn! I was actually killed by cavalry?! I won't be able to sleep this week until I get revenge! Anyone else want revenge? Let's do it together!"

……

As they chatted, the hot-tempered players were the first to reach a consensus and start forming a group:
"Damn it! I don't care what you say, if you dare hit me, you have to hit me back!"

"I didn't do anything, and I got blown up by a single blast! What did I do to deserve this?!"

"Giants are indeed difficult to kill, but cavalry and infantry are too easy. If you're prepared, they're just chickens and dogs!"

"What mission, what clues... I'm too lazy to think about it, let's just attack!"

"You guys think this wall is so awesome, wouldn't it be really cool if it were blown up?"

"Why think so much? All the monsters that attack first are just monsters, let's just go for it!"

……

Radical ideas spread like wildfire among the players.

By the next day, it was completely out of control!

Countless players gathered outside the fortress city, and more and more camps were set up.

As night fell, a continuous line of torches stretched for miles in the darkness, intensifying the atmosphere of an impending storm.

The player with the sniper rifle stared intently at the city wall.

He would shoot anyone he saw, hoping to get a head or two.

Even more impressively, a capable individual appeared on the front lines with crucial materials, organizing others to build rudimentary catapults on-site.

After the first one was built, everyone immediately wanted to experience what it was like to "ride" it.

To become the first passenger, they even held a bare-knuckle fistfight.

Finally, the champion, his face covered in blood, sat in the bullet bag and laughed as he was launched into the sky by the catapult.

He crashed headfirst into the tall city wall of Norringen, his skull shattered, and he died instantly.

Then everyone understood—

Catapults couldn't throw people over the city walls.

But it's not a big problem. If you can't throw people, you can throw stones at the wall!

After that, more and more catapults were built, and they became bigger and bigger!
As darkness fell, players continued to try to scale the walls and crawl through tunnels into the city.

—Everyone soon discovered that approaching alone at night would not attract colossal giants over 50 meters tall, and if they remained completely silent, there was even a chance that no giants would appear at all.

If you are confident in your skills, you can definitely try a solo assault.

These actions not only kept the guards on the city walls busy and exhausted, but also brought a lot of amusement to everyone.

The most outrageous one is Happy Superman.

He suddenly had a brilliant idea: he took two specially made toilet plungers and stuck them to the city wall, climbing up with a "ber~ber~ber~" sound.

It looks extremely abstract, but it's surprisingly effective!

He climbed to a height of over 80 meters before being spotted by the guards on the city wall.

The guards lit bonfires and waved torches, making a huge commotion.

But Happy Superman wasn't knocked down by an NPC in the end—it was because the toilet plunger wasn't tightened properly, and he fell from the sky in a panic.

Although his actions failed, they successfully inspired a large number of players.

Before the next day even arrived, a large number of players bought the same toilet plunger in the middle of the night and sneaked to the city wall to copy it.

The mesmerizing "ber~ber~ber" sound kept ringing out.

The sound even traveled far and wide on the wind, reaching the camp.

Ciri partnered with Happy Superman to sell toilet plungers and made a fortune.

The supplies brought by Gudening and his teammates were easily sold out, and they have already turned back to the city to restock.

Merchants from all walks of life also reaped considerable profits.

……

Their preparations for war were in full swing, and the NPCs in Norringen had all taken notice.

At first, no one cared.

Several days later, the cannons on the city wall suddenly unleashed a barrage of fire on the camp, blasting everyone's tents, sleeping bags, stoves, and catapults to smithereens!
The players who were having a picnic were also blown up, suffering heavy casualties.

When they came to their senses, many people had already returned to the resurrection point in Mansheng City.

This is fine.

There are even more players who are furious!

Moreover, this time when they went there again, they didn't even bring any food; their storage compartments were completely full of explosives!
In the Mushroom Kingdom, desperate players began frantically collecting highly poisonous mushrooms, intending to throw them into the city.

Even more ruthless were the guys who organized a large group to sneak into the forest to capture monsters parasitized by the parasitic vines, tie them up, and send them to the new camp, planning to throw them into the city as a surprise.

The new campsite was moved back a few kilometers into the forest.

While building taller catapults, they also constructed simple hot air balloons and watchtowers.

Now, everyone's goal has changed from "entering the city" to "breaking through the city"!
As long as we can break through the city, we'll spare no effort to make the giant walls collapse, let the poisonous creatures pollute the city, and let the parasitic vines kill all the "humanoid monsters" inside!

This will be the first large-scale siege battle initiated by players since the birth of the virtual world!
……

While players were enthusiastically preparing for the siege, someone who had been forgotten for a while suddenly reappeared—

Corey King, the producer of Bastion, popped up and posted an update.

The content is very simple, consisting of only three characters:

[？？？]——
The current plot has deviated significantly from Corey King's plan!

He placed a large number of special NPCs in the city and carefully designed many quest lines.

Once players enter the city normally, they will soon discover that there are sharp class contradictions and wealth disparities. Commoners live in poverty and are constantly on the verge of collapse, while nobles indulge in extravagance and waste.

The inner and outer city are rife with conflict, and the Survey Corps and the Military Police Corps are locked in a fierce battle.

Revolution, assassination, rebellion, reform... various plot lines are like hidden threads within the growth of each character.

Taken together, they will become a grand, magnificent, epic story!
Corey King and his team are full of confidence in this work!

But now...

All of this hasn't even been revealed to the players yet, and they're about to face a devastating blow!

—Once the siege begins in full swing, their carefully designed characters, foreshadowing, and details could very well vanish overnight!
Even before the siege begins, key figures may be poisoned or parasitized...

……

Corey King watched as things spiraled out of control, feeling like the sky was falling.

Unfortunately, players cannot empathize with him.

On the eve of Xu Meng's rocket launch, the siege began!

(End of this chapter)