How Level Zero Devil Destroys Player Experience

"Okay, okay, you are the president and you have the final say. I will contact Chang'an to prepare the medicine for tomorrow's expedition."

After hanging up the phone, I turned my attention back to the forum.

With more than two million players, even if the Lord of the Abyss were to come, it would probably take some time to clean them up.

The prerequisite is that those surging monster minions are not summoned, and the prerequisite is that this ancient demon king who can compete with the archangel in appearance can climb up again from the ancient battlefield in the center of the Black Abyss Mountains.

If this is really the case, then there is no need for him to continue to serve as the Demon King. He only needs to serve this ancestor well, and all the empires in the dark camp will rush to him with gifts and announce the reunification of the world under the witness of the Demon King.

With Alice's personality, there is no way she would let such a thing happen.

Therefore, this size made it natural for Yuwen Hao's guild alliance to take over the overall command of the southern route operations, whether on the side of the Orwin Empire or the Constantina Empire.

On the list of names posted on the forum, I saw several familiar "old buddies", which reminded me of those old-school warlords who couldn't wait to raise their flags and show off their strength even though the diplomatic incident had only just subsided.

But this time they seemed much more cautious.

A recruitment was posted on the forum in the form of a hiring contract, with 20 gold coins per person, and the full payment of 50 gold coins after completing the event. In addition, the spoils could be distributed by oneself, which immediately attracted many players from nearly the two empires.

Although the reward is not much, the only requirement of the Guild Alliance is that they obey basic commands. Even if there are big guilds such as Storm and Holy Angels taking the lead, they will abide by it. The only difference is whether there are contract restrictions or no restrictions.

As a result, nearly 300,000 people immediately joined the Guild Alliance's action.

Chapter 71: Expedition Begins

Three hundred thousand people, the advance payment alone would cost six million gold coins.

Although gold coins are now far less valuable than before as the game content is opened up.

Tens of millions of new players have flocked into the Era. The high-level monsters that already provide lucrative returns, whether in terms of materials or equipment drops, are stimulating the market. The fortresses and shops that have sprung up across the major empires have rapidly increased the amount of currency in circulation within the Era.

But even so, these six million gold coins are still a considerable expense for the Guild Alliance. Even if converted into the exchange rate, it is equivalent to nearly 600 million in reality.

"It looks great, but it's a trap."

I shrugged and walked towards the teleportation array of Kanallan. "Although it was a little beyond my expectations, it was still within the scope of the plan. Or should I say a surprise? Well, since you old friends have worked so hard, I should also make some preliminary preparations to entertain you."

Two days later.

The Kingdom of Levis, the northern plains outside the border town of Dorothy.

People, lots of people, crowds of people everywhere at a glance.

On this plain, millions of players who chose the southern route to participate have gathered together. They are densely packed, with great momentum and noise, as noisy and lively as a super large market. The vast plain opens its arms to embrace all the enthusiastic players, so that this gathering will not turn into a farce due to overcrowding.

Even if it is a farce, it will probably only happen on the periphery.

The presidents of the four major guilds, including Wenren Shanshui, came forward and integrated the teams of their guild members early on.

Although all the players who participated in the battle were above level 100, there were naturally differences in the strength of different members. According to the echelons of level and equipment strength, they were divided into elite legions and ordinary legions. Yuwen Hao's guild alliance on the side of the Orwin Empire had at least people participating in the battle. Even if each legion was calculated according to the maximum capacity of people, there were nearly legions.

Apart from the portion that was divided among other secondary guilds and fell to the four major guilds of Stormwind, Holy Angels, Oath and Valhalla, each guild also had the command of approximately 1,500 legions.

This is an extremely large number for the entire command system.

Fortunately, Yu Wenhao has many capable people under him, and they had already made plans for the subdivision of internal channels yesterday.

Every order from Wenren Shanshui and his men can be uniformly unified to the legion commander of the hundred men under him, and then passed down by these people. The three-level transmission chain does not require too much time and can coordinate the orders.

The hired players were also commanded by people from the guild alliance. Although it was much simpler than the unified system within the alliance, it had no problem completing basic regulation.

Of course, in addition to the people from the guild alliance and the hired players, there are naturally many other players who chose the southern route. Among them, there are more than 400,000 players on Orwen's side alone.

There are many people who intend to fish in troubled waters, there are also teams who are just joining in the fun, and there are individual players and small guilds mixed in. After all, even the guild alliance cannot prevent others from getting involved in the incident.

Unless they want to cause public outrage.

Although these small groups of players have no unified command, which will be a problem when they encounter large-scale battles, nothing will go smoothly from beginning to end.

Wenren Shanshui was already very satisfied with this, after all, Yuwen Hao was still willing to respect him.

"The young boss has high hopes for this operation. If it succeeds, the dilemma caused by the diplomatic incident can be solved in one fell swoop. I hope everyone can pay attention to it."

Because this expedition has attracted a lot of attention, the official video platform has specially assigned people to follow up and record the entire process. The same is true for the northern route, but compared to the southern route, the difference is too great in scale and attention. This is why Wenren Shanshui is so cautious at the moment.

"What I am more worried about now is whether other guilds will sneak into the expedition team and do something wrong?"

Zunwangrangyi was silent for a moment and then expressed his concerns.

"Don't worry." Shen Luo, the president of the Holy Angels, smiled slightly. "I have asked people to pay attention. They are all very well behaved. The main forces of Alice and Rose Heart have already gone to the north. Star Mythology is very close to them. The people of Empire Epic, Eternal Spire and Ares are widening the route of the neighboring Karena Empire."

The events in the Kingdom of Levis not only attracted the attention of players, but also provided a reference for several other major kingdoms, which launched similar events, but were a step behind those in Levis. In addition, they had special kingdom armies to follow and recover lost fortresses. In the end, only a few fortresses fell into the hands of those guilds.

"It's clear they are scared."

Xuehong sneered.

After all, there are more than two million level 100 players, and even if they are divided into Orwin's side, there will be millions of them. Any guild will be devastated when facing this force. They obviously dare not stand in the way of the guild alliance's momentum at this time.

"In any case, it's better to be careful. Although they won't send people here openly, they will always have eyes and ears. Just don't let these people disrupt the order of the team at a critical moment." Wenren Shanshui said. He looked at the many orderly teams around him and ordered in the channel, "Notify them to set off on time at 9 o'clock."

Wenren Shanshui's guess was correct. Although the major guilds were doing other things, there would always be some spies mixed into the team. It could be a dozen thieves, or it could be a group of players disguised as ordinary players.

Alice naturally sent someone over as well.

There is only one person, and it would be more appropriate to say that he is here to supervise and inspect his own results rather than to investigate, although it will take some time for these results to be "shown".

“It’s a really spectacular scene.”

I felt quite emotional. Although the scale of the Antia Beast Tide incident was even larger, at that time tens of millions of players were scattered in various cities in the Karen area, and the dim sky made it difficult to see the specific situation.

It's nothing compared to the scene of millions of people gathered here at this moment.

Just as I was sighing with emotion, a pleasant voice suddenly came from the side.

"Little sister, you are alone, why don't you come with us? The brothers and sisters will protect you."

I turned around and saw a group of players passing by. All of them were between level 112 and 114. The full sets of dark gold equipment they were wearing were already considered expert level for ordinary players.

The one who spoke was a wizard girl named Feng Ling'er in the team, who was smiling at him.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I am now using the arcane identity that I created a long time ago but never used in magic disguise, and my name has been changed to An An Tongtong.

Although it may seem like bragging, the modified appearance is still as cute as ever, which has led to many teams offering olive branches to me who seems to be alone. It may also be related to my high level of 114. The equipment on my head is also extraordinary when I occupy the first echelon, which will attract everyone's attention.

Chapter 72 Joining the Team

Including this team, this seems to be the fourth time I have been approached.

If this continues, trouble will only continue. It would be better to pick a team that I like and join in. It just so happens that this team seems to be pretty good.

With this thought in mind, I nodded.

"Then I'll trouble you, brothers and sisters."

After accepting the invitation to join the team, several girls in the team, including Feng Ling'er, came over happily and asked me all kinds of questions. Of course, I also had to add the daily combos to deal with loli, such as pinching the face, touching the head, feeding, etc.

The boys in the team were all ashamed of themselves.

When the surrounding teams saw that the "prey" they were targeting was gone, they could not help but leave in disappointment.

I saw this scene out of the corner of my eye and was glad for my choice.

With her loli identity and cute looks, she easily became familiar with the team and got to know the basic situation of the team.

There are a total of sixteen people in this team, including four warriors, two paladins, three mages, one warlock, and two each of shooters, priests, and thieves. The professions are well matched because they are good friends from the same university in real life and had already planned their respective careers before entering the game.

Although they are students, most of them come from wealthy families.

As the captain, Xing Luo Wanxiang is also in a relationship with Feng Ling'er. His family is a listed company. From his shield warfare equipment that can rival the elites of large guilds, it can be seen that he is not stingy with the spending on equipment.

The equipment of the others was equally good. There was an ice mage named Yuhua in the team, who had more than a dozen advanced spells learned from the Tower of Mysteries in the City of Mysteries.

"Xiaotong, is this your first time participating in such an event?"

Xingluo Wanxiang saw me looking around and asked with a smile.

Of course, I couldn't tell them my true thoughts, so I casually responded, "Well, I only watched the live broadcast posts on the forum during the beast tide before, but now it feels so different to experience it in person."

"I see. You'd better be careful. Be obedient and don't stray too far from the team. I feel like this incident is a little weird." Wanli Qingkong frowned as he looked at the noisy crowd around him. "Logically, the Kingdom of Levis would at least send some people over. It doesn't seem like they take it seriously to just ignore it."

I was stunned and looked at him in surprise, but I didn't expect that he saw something. After all, in such a fanatical atmosphere among the players, it is not easy to maintain such a calm mind.

"Really? You're talking nonsense again. Tongtong doesn't understand what you're thinking."

Feng Ling'er popped up from the side and blamed.

I stuck out my tongue and was about to retort that I wasn't that stupid, but the thief in the team, Ice Point, sent back a message, "It's time, we should set off."

Under the instructions of Wenren Shanshui and others, at the agreed time, the guild alliance team and the hired group began to advance towards the far end of the grassland, while also leading the scattered player teams around them.

"It's time to go, let's go!"

"Kill all the orcs and open up the east-west passage!"

"Come on!"

As the shouts of countless people resounded across the plain, a huge torrent of millions of players began to slowly move forward.

Most people summoned their own mounts. The most common ones were horses purchased from major cities. There were also rare war horses. Of course, there were also many other types of mounts, including tigers, leopards, wolves and other ferocious beasts. There were even people riding alternative monsters such as ground beasts and chocobos, which really opened my eyes.

"Tongtong, you don't have a mount? How about sitting here with your sister?"

Yuhua asked me. Her mount was a saber-toothed tiger that could accommodate two people.

The other girls in the team also invited me. Feng Ling'er wanted to join them, but she and Xing Luo Wanxiang had already been riding the same warhorse, so she could only watch helplessly, which made Xing Luo Wanxiang next to her couldn't help but squint.

"No need, I have Xiaobai."

However, as someone who has already experienced the feeling of being a lolita, how could I dare to get on the "pirate ship" of these girls? I stuck out my tongue and used the Holy Lion Symbol on the Seal of the Sage.

As the light fell, Xiaobai's figure appeared, but unlike his previous spirited appearance, his body size had shrunk by more than half, and the hair on his body did not have such a dazzling color, making him look much more ordinary.

This is because I used a rare item, the Transformation Scroll. It can be restored to its original state as long as it is canceled. I don't want to attract too much attention when I summon Xiaobai and cause myself unnecessary trouble.

However, despite this, the transformed Xiaobai also seems special compared to the surrounding mounts.

I could tell from the looks around me that the girls in the team also had a "furry and want to be rubbed" look on their faces. What I didn't expect was that the original invitation to rideshare turned into a question asking me if I could rideshare.

It seems that this group of people knows very well that they can have both big cats and lolita.

Fortunately, I was able to deal with it by lying that Xiaobai could only be ridden alone. Since I had summoned Xiaobai, Ahri naturally could not be left behind. Of course, I also used the effect of the transformation scroll on this little guy, turning his appearance into that of an ordinary snow fox. Otherwise, it would be easy for someone to see something based on my performance in those videos.

Although it did attract some attention from the girls, as the team moved forward, everyone quickly shifted their focus to the events of the expedition and started discussing the topic of orcs.

As I listened, I quietly released the Eye of Ugal and observed the overall movement from the sky.

In the beginning, this huge expeditionary force moved very slowly. In the process, it was inevitable that many slow-reacting players were jostled and trampled, with panicked shouts rang out one after another.

However, once everyone found the rhythm of advancing, coupled with the proper command of the guild alliance, the speed gradually increased, and the originally very dense team of players became sparse.

Xingluo Wanxiang deliberately slowed us down, and since our original position was off-center, the team fell behind the overall side.

"A Luo, we are almost at the edge of the main force, right?"

A paladin named Sheng Jiang Shao Rou in the team frowned.

More than one million players, even if they were scattered across the prairie, could form a long dragon with no end in sight. However, according to the news from two thieves, including Ice Point, who had already explored the front.

Some players have already encountered scattered Orc tribes and won a great victory.

Even though the orcs in these tribes combined might not even account for a fraction of the player group, it boosted the morale of the players behind them, who were eager to show off their skills and thus sped up the pace of advancement.

What's more, this is just an appetizer. Behind this vast grassland, there are countless Orc tribes waiting for players to conquer. But if they follow their current position, they won't even be able to have a few sips of soup.

Chapter 73: Barbarian Horn Plain

"Yeah, shouldn't we go a little further forward?"

Feng Ling'er also expressed doubts.

Xing Luo Wan Xiang shook his head. "I'm afraid that a large number of orcs will attack us. If they squeeze us to the front, we won't be able to escape and will be attacked. Although there will be no bargaining chips to be picked up later, we can retreat in time. There will always be a chance. The orcs will not ignore the players' expedition and will definitely harass the team. Even if we don't get to watch the fun, we can still get a guaranteed reward for completing the event."

It can be seen that Xingluo Wanxiang is a qualified captain who puts the safety of the team first. Since the scroll of returning to the city cannot be used in the war zone, there is no safety guarantee in the event of an accident. This is why he thinks so.

"Are you so unconfident about this expedition?"

Yuhua was a little curious and joined in the conversation.

"It's not that I don't have confidence. After all, the elites of the Guild Alliance are all here. But the lack of movement from the orcs makes me feel uneasy. Besides, the war zone has only been open for a short time, and we know very little about them. It would be fine if we chose a more conservative route for the southern expedition this time, but now..."

Xing Luo Wan Xiang didn't continue speaking, but almost everyone in the team understood what he meant.