Strategy game? Then I'll have to control you properly.

Looking at the city scene before her, Lin Miao pondered to herself: This is a game with a high degree of freedom, should we follow the original setting?

Tina, along with the Palico controlled by Lin Miao and Lillie, arrived in this city, a must-visit place for all new players.

Although you can go directly to other areas, according to the general strategy, it is the safest choice to first build up your strength and acquire basic equipment here.

In Lin Miao's eyes, this city, which was built by people using the byproducts of giant monsters, was nothing more than a street commonly seen in ordinary fantasy games.

Just like when she first arrived in the world of Dark Souls, Claire was filled with curiosity about everything in front of her, constantly looking around with a bewildered and novel gaze, almost to the point of dizziness.

Tina pointed to the magnificent building not far away and said to Lillie and the Palico beside her, "Look over there, that's where you can pick up quests."

Lillie looked in the direction she was pointing and whispered, "Hunter's Guild."

Tina led them to this magnificent building located in the center of the city.

The core gameplay of this game is basically hunting monsters and then selling the spoils or using them to craft equipment.

The place that grants hunters hunting qualifications and distributes mission rewards is the Hunter's Guild, a place Lin Miao frequently visits while playing the game.

Guild employee Anxia stepped forward and, using a similar script to the strategy guide Lin Miao had researched beforehand, addressed Lillie and the Palico who aspired to become hunters: "Becoming a hunter doesn't require any qualifications, just proof of yourself. Once you complete the proof quest, we'll give you rewards and a rating. Go catch some monsters to prove your strength!"

Lillie might not be able to see the specific task panel yet, but Lin Miao could clearly see the task content issued by An Xia.

Lin Miao thought to herself, if she only goes out to do missions after reaching this level, it's probably no different from a regular game.

Anxia's gaze fell on Lillie, and she said with shining eyes, "Hmm~ The armor you're wearing, even though it's made of metal, I can feel a special power in it."

These words were clearly directed at Lillie. Anxia immediately recognized the powerful force contained within the armor, which came from another game world.

Anxia continued, "The corpses of mutated creatures brimming with magical energy are excellent crafting materials. Acquiring these materials is also part of our guild's work. By the way... do you plan to sell that armor you're wearing?"

Lillie didn't speak, but her brows furrowed slightly, and she looked somewhat flustered.

Although Lin Miao couldn't hear exactly what she was muttering, judging from her repeated waving of her hands, she was clearly rejecting An Xia's suggestion.

Immediately afterwards, Lillie pulled out another item from her bosom. Even Lin Miao was surprised that she would carry such an item with her. It was one of the sharp fangs left behind when she hunted the spider-type erosion creature in the malfunction nest.

Anxia's eyes lit up when she saw the venomous fang, and she couldn't help but exclaim softly, "Wow!"

Lillie took out her fangs, seemingly because she felt these malfunctioning objects were very similar to the monsters that appeared in this game.

Anxia also showed great interest in it. She came closer, carefully took the fang in her hand, and examined it repeatedly.

Lin Miao knew very well that her original purpose was to learn how to fight giant monsters and the production techniques, so as to deal with the by-products of the malfunctioning objects that were killed.

After Lillie showed the malfunctioning byproducts to guild employee Ansha, Ansha immediately expressed great interest and made a purchase request.

Immediately afterwards, an option box appeared in front of Lin Miao's eyes. After a brief hesitation, he finally decided to sell these faulty materials to An Xia.

Lin Miao muttered to himself, "According to An Xia, the materials produced by these faulty entities are things that are difficult to process using ordinary methods."

He thought about it again and realized that it was true. After all, these malfunctioning objects were crazy monsters that crawled out of the monitor, and they were definitely different from the drops of ordinary monsters in the game.

Although Anxia's acquisition proposal was somewhat unexpected, even if the villagers learned the relevant crafting techniques, they would need time to improve their proficiency. In the meantime, if they could sell the defective materials to the guild to earn profits, there was naturally no reason to refuse.

Lin Miao was thinking: let the residents use hunting common materials to improve their crafting skills, and at the same time sell all the defective materials. That would be perfect.

Everything seems to be going smoothly. Today, I'll practice with Lillie on the weakest monsters to get familiar with the controls. Once all the other players are available, we can form a team and create a positive cycle.

Just as Lin Miao was immersed in planning his game, a system notification suddenly popped up on his desktop, making him exclaim involuntarily, "How sneaky!"

[Level 2 Fault Occurrence]

[Level 5 Fault Occurrence]

To continue selling glitch materials, you ultimately have to keep hunting these glitch entities.

But to his utter surprise, the malfunction suddenly appeared at this moment. Seeing the enemy figures appearing on the screen, Lin Miao was instantly terrified.

At the same time, an emergency alarm suddenly sounded in the village where even the new members' homes had not yet been built.

In the center of the plain south of the village, a black rift suddenly opened, and countless bizarre monsters with twisted bodies swarmed out from the crack.

Since the malfunctioning creature's nest was destroyed, the tribe has been peaceful, and Lin Miao has been wondering when they will reappear.

Although he had expected it, the sudden appearance of these malfunctions without any warning still completely threw him into a panic.

Lin Miao hurriedly unfolded the spreadsheet that recorded the status of all residents, anxiously wondering: How many people are capable of fighting now?

The table clearly shows that the residents, led by Attila, are consciously preparing for battle, but the warriors he assigned to various games would probably not even know about the malfunction attack if Lin Miao didn't pull them out of the game.

Fortunately, most of the warriors were still in a fighting condition. Lin Miao immediately used the mouse to bring all the warriors out of the dungeon, including Bruno and Rose who were fighting inside. Even Lillie, the strongest warrior, was urgently sent back to the tribe as a precaution.

Although the soldiers were somewhat flustered, most of them had experience fighting malfunctioning systems. They immediately grabbed the weapons around them and rushed to their respective combat posts.

Lin Miao stared at the malfunctioning object on the screen, her mind filled with questions: What exactly is this? It looks like a bee…

The malfunctioning objects all had wings and were flying rapidly in the air.

They have slender bodies, sharp venomous needles, and ferocious jaws, and their entire bodies are covered with jet-black carapaces.

To the residents, these malfunctioning creatures looked like bees the size of minibuses; while the LV5 malfunctioning creatures had sharp beaks and looked like giant mosquitoes.

Perhaps because these malfunctioning vehicles could fly, the residents decided not to fight on horseback, but instead to rely on the houses and walls in the village for defense and counterattack.

The city walls hastily erected by the porters have now become the strongest defensive structure. The able-bodied residents climbed the walls, drew their bows, and aimed at the attacking enemies.

At this moment, Lin Miao's hands trembled uncontrollably, but he could do nothing. He could only trust the residents with firm eyes who were glaring at the enemy, and believe that they could protect the tribe.

The enemy launched a swift and fierce surprise attack.

The residents fired arrows in unison, slicing through the sky and striking the bodies of the attacking monsters. Most of the ordinary arrows were deflected by the hard shells, and only a few lucky arrows pierced through the gaps in the shells, knocking several enemies to the ground.

Some of the enemies who were defending the city walls were knocked down, some were overturned, and some were even pierced directly by the defending soldiers.

The soldiers on the city wall couldn't help but shout in surprise, "Too fast!"

Lin Miao confirmed that the status chart showed the marker for a fallen resident and couldn't help but sigh softly.

He was an ordinary resident who wasn't wearing armor, but he fought to protect his tribe and ultimately sacrificed his life.

But the residents did not easily retreat under the fierce attack launched by those guys using their flight acceleration.

The fireballs that flew in one after another burned the Zerg that was stabbing at the soldiers with its sharp beak to ashes. This was a spell cast by Bruno.

Mista, armed with a spear, immediately rushed forward and pierced the body of another Zergling next to him with his spear. The warriors on the other side also launched a charge, shooting down the enemies who tried to take flight again one by one.

Lin Miao watched this scene with great satisfaction: the decision to prioritize the development of the warriors' talents and assist them in changing their classes was finally shining brightly.

Even the troublesome giant insectoid was cut by Lillie's sword, its poisonous needles, thicker than a spear, severed. Its enormous body, covered in wounds, crashed heavily to the ground below the city wall.

Lin Miao watched as Lillie leaped up and severed the wing membrane of the malfunctioning creature as it tried to flap its wings, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, thinking to himself: We can win.

Although everyone was terrified when they first encountered the flying enemy, the residents ultimately held their line, albeit at a cost. Had they been fewer in number or weaker, the losses would likely have been far greater.

After dealing with the swarm of mosquitoes in the air, the warriors immediately swarmed forward to attack the giant insect that had fallen to the ground. The malfunctioning creature, whose wings had been cut off by Lillie, stretched out tentacles from its chest cavity and fought back fiercely, but it only managed to knock away a few warriors.

Lin Miao watched this scene and silently thought to herself: Gotcha.

While Lillie was restraining the monster's poison needles with her bare hands and suppressing its movements, Mista rushed over and pierced the monster's throat with her blue-glowing spear, ending its life.

The sudden outbreak of the battle caught everyone off guard. Perhaps because she had just been discussing the byproducts of the malfunction with Lillie, Lin Miao subconsciously went to check the remnants of the malfunction.

As expected, this time the malfunctioning entity left behind a large amount of poison needles and shell-like materials. And the low-level individuals that usually wouldn't drop anything, perhaps because a higher-level individual appeared this time, actually left some traces of materials.

Lin Miao looked at Lillie on the screen and thought to himself: She's very strong, but—

The colossal enemy, struggling to fulfill its killing mission, was utterly no match for Lillie, who, as always, swung her sword down without hesitation.

These are not the only mysterious black monsters that are constantly getting stronger, even though they are stronger enemies capable of soaring through the skies.

All the residents, including Lillie, are getting stronger day by day.

No longer suffering from hunger, the soldiers remained energetic even when facing arduous combat missions. Top warriors like Lillie repeatedly broke through their limits and achieved astonishing growth.

Mista, panting heavily after delivering the fatal blow to the monster, said to his companions, "It seems we've won. It really is dead."

Just as he said, the giant black bee left behind only remnants containing special power before its body turned into dust and vanished.

Attila immediately stepped forward and said in a deep voice to the warriors who had fought, "You've worked hard. Warriors, go and rest. Leave the cleanup to us. If anything unusual happens, that lord will notify us immediately."

Attila ordered the troops to rest and recuperate, while instructing the remaining personnel to handle the aftermath of the battle.

Even though they had made thorough preparations, they were helpless in the face of this sudden attack, which disrupted their original plans.

Lin Miao, the god who protected them, knew these circumstances better than anyone else. Just as Attila believed, Lin Miao did indeed carefully check the residents' condition records, treat the seriously injured, and did not disturb those who needed rest.

Lillie didn't go to rest immediately. Instead, she stayed by Attila's side as he was collecting byproducts of the malfunction and told him everything she had experienced in the Hunter world up to that point.

After hearing the description of the Hunter's Guild and monster materials, Attila immediately nodded in understanding and asked, "Hmm, so that means hunters in that world are willing to pay for fragments of these monsters?"

Lillie nodded and replied, "Yes, the bodies of these giant monsters contain magic that can be used to create equipment imbued with special powers. However, learning and mastering this crafting technique takes time, so even if you learn the technique now, it's impossible to immediately create equipment from these monster corpses."

Attila said thoughtfully, "Then we can just get the equipment from there in the meantime."

He knew very well that if he could obtain or manufacture weapons that could damage giant monsters, it would definitely help the tribe fight against the malfunctions.

Attila looked at Lillie and said in a deep voice, "That lord will probably continue to take you to that new land. You already have a lot to do."

Lillie immediately shook her head and replied firmly, "I'm fine, I can do it."

Attila, however, remained frowning and continued, "It's not good to put all the burden on you alone. If the entire system can't function without you, that would be a real shortage of manpower."

Attila was worried that Lillie, who had been a main character in Dark Souls, would now have to shoulder a heavy responsibility in another game, Monster Hunter.

Even though Lillie shook her head and said she was perfectly fine, Attila wasn't just worried that she would be too overworked; she was also worried that the entire tribe's fighting force would become overly reliant on Lillie alone.

As the cleanup work was largely completed, Attila addressed the gathered crowd and solemnly announced the commencement of a sacrificial ceremony: "Although we are busy with many tasks, have just been ambushed, and the atmosphere on the ground is quite chaotic, this is something we must do. We must express our gratitude to the being who helped us win."

This sacrificial ceremony should have been held after the victory over the Oren tribe and the absorption of new members, but it has been delayed until now due to a backlog of affairs.

No one objected, because everyone present knew the fact that the guardian spirit had fought alongside them.

Even the former enemies, now fellow countrymen and new residents, have witnessed the scene of the giant hammer falling from the sky and instantly crushing the rebels, and they still tremble with fear to this day.

Attila looked at the crowd before him and thought to himself: Perhaps this can become our unique tradition.

While tribes on the grasslands do have their own folk beliefs, it is rare to find one like them with such a clearly defined and real object of worship.

Attila intended to use this ritual to unite the entire tribe, and the sacrificial ceremony was the most crucial part of it. Regardless of birth or status, faith in the guardian deity alone could unite everyone.

Attila commanded in a deep voice, "Bring all the spoils over."

Seeing that most of the residents had already nervously taken their seats, Attila, who was ready, held the magnificent sword that had been bestowed upon him by his guardian deity but had zero practical value in combat, and began the ceremony that had been briefly rehearsed in the past.

This is a ceremony to thank the gods for all the blessings they have bestowed upon us so far, and to pray that they will continue to protect the tribe and its people.