"Shouldn't we stock up on food for the winter? How come ants are besieging the city??"
"Damn, I specially prepared a lot of wood. I want to say that in the last season, don't freeze to death. Your sister, this is the overwhelming force, and you have to spell out a life-and-death situation..."
"I felt something was wrong before. If it is Ice Age, why is 'the number of players surviving ≥ 100' also listed as a clearance condition? Isn't this easy to complete? Good guy, I'm waiting here."
"Stop talking! Come and help! These mutant ants are slipping too fast, and they can't fight at all!!"
There was a commotion in the territory.
At the same time, mutant ants appeared one after another on the east, southwest, and northwest sides, and players had to split up to support.
"Damn it! The territory is too large, and the magic trap can't be placed!" A player complained.
The archer was about to cry, "The attack was basically avoided, and the opponent's skills were too flexible."
Mage: "...What are you all anxious about? Can't I output the output after I control the ants? Attacking all misses, isn't it a waste of mana?"
Before he finished speaking, an arrow hit the ant.
The next second, the enemy freezes into ice sculptures.
The player was overjoyed, "Nice job!"
"Quick output!!"
Arrows, lightning, water polo, wood thorns, wind blades, and fireballs shot rapidly, and the mutant ants were killed on the spot.
In the distance, another mutant ant flew over and kept approaching the territory.
While taking out the frozen arrow, Lu Chuan said solemnly, "Don't rush to attack, pay attention to cooperation."
That's right, Lingyun City has masters in charge, and they will definitely win.
Thinking of this, the residents gradually calmed down and stopped making rash shots.
**
Most of the surviving players have rich combat experience.
He was caught off guard at first, so he was a little flustered. After a long time, they will react.
"Who has control skills? Come and form a team and take turns to attack!"
"Twenty people form a small team. Those who do not fight will retreat first, and pay attention to rest."
"What about life players? Hurry up and make white porridge! The mana on the front line is seriously depleted and needs to be replenished urgently."
With the efforts of all the residents, the situation was temporarily controlled, and the number of mutant ants killed increased rapidly.
**
Realizing that the war was about to start, Yun Ling walked quickly to the system store.
Tailor shop.
Yunling: "We will do our best to make purple quivers, simple bandages and high-quality bandages, and temporarily stop production of other items."
restaurant.
Yunling: "All employees make Huilan food, the more the better."
Blacksmith shop.
Yunling: "Steel knives, machetes, bronze swords, broadswords, seven-star swords, chain mail, bronze helmets, bronze shields, iron shields, iron bows... Anything is fine. After the battle starts, the equipment will consume a lot and new weapons will be needed. Go into battle to kill the enemy!"
The order has just been issued, and the NPC staff acted quickly.
There is a lingering haze between Yun Ling's brows - most of the raw materials are stockpiled in the warehouse. It takes time to make props/equipment. Can it be delayed for that long
The reason why there was not a lot of stocking in the past was purely a matter of habit.
Stock up on raw materials, and you can make anything you want.
Make a pre-judgment in advance and hoard a lot of props. If you guess wrong, the props and materials may be completely useless.
Therefore, she prepared some strategic materials, and she deliberately stopped.
Who would have thought that in the winter of the third year, war broke out and supplies were in short supply!
"It would be great if Xintong Town and Lingyun City were in the same city." Yun Ling sighed, "With Xintong Town here, the difficulty will drop a lot."
Unfortunately, they are in different service areas, and killing mutant ants is also counted separately.
In melancholy, I suddenly received two messages.
[F City-Xintong Town-Zhao Xintong: The mutant ants are too much, so I announce that I give up. 】
[F City - Xintong Town - Zhao Xintong: All life and occupation NPCs have been ordered to urgently produce strategic materials and do their best to provide support to Lingyun City. 】
Yun Ling was slightly startled, "You..."
[F City - Xintong Town - Zhao Xintong: I'm not helping you, I'm helping myself. 】
[F City - Xintong Town - Zhao Xintong: The protective cover can last for a while. Before Xintong Town is breached, I will give you all the supplies, props and equipment in the territory. 】
[F City - Xintong Town - Zhao Xintong: If there are any urgently needed props and equipment in Lingyun City, I happen to be able to produce them here, although I am willing to help rush the work. 】
[F City - Xintong Town - Zhao Xintong: Don't say thank you. Boss, you must win! ! ! 】
Yun Ling's eyes were firm, "Yes, I promise."
**
Osmanthus Town.
After several seasons of purges, only the last two hundred most elite players remained in town.
Once, these people thought they were invincible. No matter what challenges you face in the future, you will be able to get through it safely.
But today, beliefs were broken.
Before that, they never imagined that they might not even be able to survive the first day of winter!
"What is the mage doing? Quickly release the control skills!" the warrior shouted.
"The skill is cooling down!" the mage shouted.
"No more blue!" Another person cried.
At this time, the archers aim and shoot.
The arrow galloped, and when it approached the mutant ant, it suddenly turned into a branch, tying the opponent.
Before the soldier could be happy, he heard the archer say sadly, "I'm not blue anymore."
Warrior, "… "
No matter how elite they are, there are only more than 200 of them. Some of them are high-level life players specially trained by the team, and they have no fighting ability at all.
Mutant ants move extremely fast. To kill as soon as possible, you must first fix the target.
At first, this is not difficult to do.
However, after annihilating twenty, forty, and sixty ants, it becomes more and more difficult to control first and then kill.
"If you can't control it, let the mutant ants attack the territorial shield..." Thinking of this, the soldier felt a chill in his heart.
For the first time, he was annoyed that elite tactics should not have been implemented.
If there are 2,000 players in the safe zone at this time, even if the other 1,800 players are not very good at fighting, even if they stand by and throw control skills!
"Do you think I don't know the importance of control skills?" the mage said quietly, "No blue."
Warrior, "… "
He heard thank you.
Don't repeat it.
The chest will hurt.
"There are more than 180 system NPCs in the territory, more than 200 players, and level 2 shields. How many days do you think we can last?" the mage asked again.
The soldier had a dark face and said gruffly, "I can't guess, I can't guess!"
**
The mutated ants come one after another, killing one after another.
The entire Lingyun City was filled with a tense atmosphere.
"Let's eat." The chef shouted and delivered the prepared porridge, rice soup, steamed buns with mixed grains, and sauced beef.
A squad is resting. Hearing this, they stepped forward, broke open the steamed buns, then filled in the sauced beef and took a bite, "It's really fragrant!"
The chef turned his head and saw the soldiers outside the territory and the mutant ants mingling together, and couldn't help but sigh, "Fortunately, we have a lot of people in Lingyun City."
"Yeah." The battle players were still terrified. "Fortunately, the number of people is dominant, and they can be replaced and rested. Otherwise, who can stand it?"
People are not machines, they get tired and lose their attention. The longer you fight, the more mistakes you make.
Besides... even if the players grit their teeth, will the system let them go? The negative state is coming, and the strength is weakened all of a sudden.
Opened the panel, glanced at the data, and saw the prompt display, [Keep the safe area, eliminate all the mutant ants in the city, the game ends early. (Currently kills 357/10000)]
The chef encouraged, "Come on! Kill all the ants and it's over."
Beside, the combat player showed a wry smile, "It's easy to say, how easy is it..."
**
When full of blood, step out of the territory and kill the mutant ants by counter-injury.
When the blood level is low, enter the back kitchen of the restaurant and make recovery props.
Yun Ling was so busy that he occasionally had to find time to exchange information with players in other territories.
[F City - Xintong Town - Zhao Xintong: According to my observation, the red dots represented by the mutant ants are constantly moving towards the safe area. Some are close and come quickly. Some are far away and arrive slowly. 】
[F City - Xintong Town - Zhao Xintong: In this way, the territory does not need to face 10,000 mutant ants at the same time. 】
[F City-Xintong Town-Zhao Xintong: As long as you control the rhythm, customs clearance is not impossible! 】
Yun Ling: "Understood."
Just after finishing the conversation with Zhao Xintong, new news came out.
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: A major discovery! 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: When there are different safe areas in the city, the mutant ants will go to the closest one. 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: I observed the movement of the red dots, and it took me a long time to find out. 】
Yun Ling: "I know."
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: ... Do you know if you didn't tell me earlier? 】
Yun Ling: "I'm not free, I'm busy."
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: Just rely on yourself in Lingyun City, and perfunctory me! 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: Seriously speaking. Lingyun City and Linden Tree Town are in different directions. If they persist long enough, the mutant ants will rush to Linden Tree Town first. After the safety zone is broken, go to Lingyun City. 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: In this way, Lingyun City will have a lot of preparation time, so that it will not be surrounded by powerful enemies all of a sudden. 】
Yun Ling: "No kidding, I really have something to do. I'm preparing for the battle against 10,000 mutant ants in Lingyun City."
【Linden Tree Town-He Rui:… 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: Crazy. 】
Yun Ling smiled indifferently. She closed the panel and resumed the work at hand.
**
The fighting lasted all day.
When the text in the upper right corner changed to "Winter, disaster day, 18:00:00", all the red dots on the map disappeared in an instant.
The mutant ant that arrived in Lingyun City and was fighting the player was still there. It walked upright, its forelimbs turned into sharp blades, and there was a cold light in its eyes, and it looked extraordinarily fierce.
"No more blue!" The mage shouted anxiously.
"Would you like to use crowd tactics? Playing hooligans by relying on too many people?" Someone suggested.
"The ants are so fast that the warrior's slow legs are blocked?" the archer next to him questioned.
Before discussing the result, Lu Chuan took out a penetrating arrow from his quiver and shot at will.
Arrows flew out quickly.
The mutant ant wanted to avoid it, but the arrow turned around. He did not dodge twice in a row, and before he had time to make a third turn, the arrow hit the target.
The ant's blood volume immediately dropped a lot.
Lu Chuan took out his penetrating arrow and fired again.
The mutant ant couldn't dodge no matter what, and was finally hit by the special effect arrow and fell to the ground powerless.
"Come on." Lu Chuan announced.
other players, "… "
As expected of the big demon king.
Being in the same camp with him is really very safe.
**
Evening is leisure time.
The pork belly is grilled on the stone plate, making a "zizizi" sound.
The outer layer of the sesame cake is sprinkled with sesame seeds, it tastes tough and delicious, crispy and delicious.
The meatloaf is fragrant, the outer layer is very chewy, and the inside is full of meat filling. Take a bite, very satisfied.
There are also scallion pancakes, which are golden brown and slightly charred on both sides, delicious and crispy.
Mo Qi's meat pie in his left hand and green onion pie in his right hand, he was extremely happy.
Leng Bai picked up the roasted pork belly, put it in the bowl, swallowed it inadvertently, "The red dots suddenly disappeared, I don't know what happened."
Mo Qi closed her eyes in pain.
I was very happy, why do you have to say this? Not only affects your own appetite, but also affects others.
The team members looked at Leng Bai at a loss, wondering if they should take the freshly baked sesame cake in their hands.
As the deputy head of the regiment, Mo Qi had to come forward, "I asked someone to inquire, and the first mutant ant attacked the territory at 08:05:23 in the morning."
"If you guessed correctly, ants should only move during the day."
"It disappears automatically at night, giving players time to breathe, which is completely reasonable."
Leng Bai was still very preoccupied, "Aside from the red dots, there are still many problems waiting to be solved."
"The protective shield loses 15,000 HP a day. How many days can it last for a total of 100,000 HP?"
"Food, eat food when you are hungry, eat food when you run out of mana, eat food when your blood volume drops, how many days do you have enough food to eat?"
"Killing the mutant ants, nothing fell. That is to say, the whole winter can only live on the previous accumulation."
Speaking of this, Lengbai's expression was solemn, and he said word by word, "Once any link goes wrong, the entire Lingyun City will fall immediately. The so-called defeat is like a mountain, and this is the truth."
Mo Qi: When eating, can you not talk! ! After listening to his analysis, how else do other people eat dinner!
The team members looked at the half-eaten patties and burst into tears, "The situation is serious, so everyone should be worried that they won't be able to eat?"
Leng Bai glanced at it, quite speechless.
He suddenly lost his interest, "Forget it, you eat, I have no appetite."
After saying that, he got up and walked away quickly.
Mo Qi's left hand meat pie, right hand chopped green onion pie, his mouth was full of oil, "Don't pay attention to him! Let's continue."
**
In the same environment, some people can be heartless and eat and drink heavily; some people toss and turn, unable to eat and sleep well.
Not only Leng Bai, but also He Rui are worried.
In the evening, he sent messages to Yun Ling many times to inquire about the current situation of Ling Yun City.
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: How is Lingyun City? 】
[Linden Tree Town - He Rui: Do you have enough food to eat? Is the equipment enough? 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: Is the equipment enough? 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: The most important thing is, how is the protective cover? 】
Yun Ling: "There is enough stock, and the HP of the protective cover is -15,000, which is good."
Yun Ling: "It was a little chaotic at first, but it stabilized later."
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: Don't be too optimistic, the situation is more difficult than expected. 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: Linden Tree Town, shield level 3, maximum HP 100,000, basic recovery speed: 5 HP/min. 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: At the end of the first day, the blood volume will be reduced by 24,000. According to this calculation, it will last up to 6 days! 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: Once the territory is breached, other safe areas will be under more pressure, and the shield’s HP will only decline faster. 】
Yun Ling: "It's okay, I'm ready."
Yun Ling: "Some teams have completed special tasks, and they can spend copper coins to add blood to the shield."
She didn't lie.
【Name: protective cover】
Health: 100000/100000
Use effect: Block incoming enemies.
Base Recovery Rate: 5 HP/min
Note: Spending copper coins can speed up the repair.
The territory panel has long been written.
[Linden Tree Town - He Rui: ! ! ! 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: How to accept the mission? 】
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: If the protective shields can be repaired in the 4 safety zones of S City, then why worry! 】
Yun Ling: "Special tasks, other territories can't do it, only Lingyun City can."
[Linden Tree Town-He Rui: ... Bai is happy. 】
Then, the two chatted for a while about the experience of fighting the enemy, trying to sum up a concise and efficient method of fighting the enemy.
Halfway through the chat, You Qingwen sent a message, "The player in Osmanthus Town just told me that the safe zone won't last until noon tomorrow."
Yun Ling frowned unconsciously, "What's wrong?"
You Qingwen: "Osmanthus Town has only level 2 protective shields. There are 400 players in the territory plus system guards. It's impossible to defend against such a small number of people! Even today, it's hard to survive."
"It is said that at the end of the battle, the shield was -19235, with only 765 HP remaining, and it was not far from being broken."
"Once the protective cover disappears, the player's life safety will not be guaranteed, and they will only run around, and cooperation will be impossible."
"The players in Osmanthus Town said that they plan to donate most of their property, and they can carry it for as long as possible tomorrow."
Yun Ling was silent.
On the first day of winter, as soon as 813 mutant ants were killed, there was a safe zone that could not last, it was really…
"Forget it." She thought to herself, "I didn't want to count on others anyway."
After a while, You Qingwen sent another message, "Have you thought of any good strategies to deal with the enemy?"
You Qingwen is an insider, so there is no need to hide it.
Yunling said frankly, "The lord can spend copper coins to repair the shield, 1 copper coin = 1 HP."
"There are hundreds of thousands of copper coins in hand. I originally wanted to unlock new buildings and then rise to the highest level in one breath."
"Now, it's good to use it to repair the protective cover."
You Qingwen, "!!!"
You Qingwen, "As expected of the lord, he has the ability to make money!"
You Qingwen, "If the funds are insufficient, let me know, I am willing to contribute all my net worth."
Yun Ling laughed: "Okay."
**
F City, Xintong Town.
Zhao Xintong stayed up all night and cooked hundreds of pieces of barbecue.
The sky gradually became brighter, and the text in the upper right corner displayed, "The 342nd day, winter, disaster day, 08:00:00."
In an instant, the red dot reappeared and kept approaching Xintong Town.
"Sister! There is only one safe area in Xintong Town in the entire F city, and all the ants are running towards me. Is it unreasonable?" Zhao Xintong thought.
Yesterday, more than a thousand mutant ants attacked Xintong Town.
The level 3 shield, full of 100,000 HP, suddenly plummeted by 90,000. Hundreds of NPCs died in battle, and more than 200 players died.
"At first glance, the end of the group is destroyed, and I don't even bother to struggle."
With that said, Zhao Xintong stepped into the warehouse and gave Yunling the equipment, props, copper coins, and materials for free.
【warn! warn! The protective cover was exhausted and completely shattered! Please take action and destroy the enemy units as soon as possible. 】
The prompt font is red and flashes three times in a row.
Zhao Xintong snorted dissatisfiedly, "Can the enemy unit be annihilated, and the protective cover will be broken? Talking nonsense."
She was sitting in the corner of the warehouse, quietly waiting for death to come.
Lingyun City.
Yunling received the supplies, and just after they were stored, they saw the market panel, and F City-Xintong Town disappeared out of thin air.
"Now the whole world channel is left to me." She cheered up and actively met the challenges of the new day.
**
Osmanthus Town.
At 9:40, the protective shield shattered.
"Brothers, kill!!" A player shouted in anger, "Kill one to pay back! Kill two to make a profit!"
Before he finished speaking, a mutant ant attacked, and the sharp blade slashed the player's neck.
The man fell to the ground, the number of players -1.
"Set fire! Can kill only one!" Another person shouted.
Everyone fought bloody and fought hard.
9:56.
Survivors in S City received a system prompt, [Osmanthus Town was breached. 】
**
On the 342nd day, kill 1715/10000 mutant ants.
On the 343rd day, kill 2680/10000 mutant ants.
On the 344th day, kill 3557/10000 mutant ants.
…
On the 348th day, 7119/10000 mutant ants were killed, and Huaishu Town was breached.
On the 349th day, 8014/10000 mutant ants were killed, and Linden Tree Town was breached.
Seeing victory in sight, Lingyun City was a gloomy cloud.
"As long as it lasts for another 2-3 days, the game will be over." Leng Bai gritted his teeth, the blue veins on his forehead jumped, "But all the food in the store is eaten up, and the durability of the weapon has dropped by 78%, and it is almost scrapped!"
Mo Qi couldn't tell the irritability in her heart, "The system store is still operating normally, the goods are still sold, but the players don't have enough copper coins to buy... What's this called?!"
The members were very desperate, "If I hunted more diligently and ate less for three meals, would it have a different ending?"
Some people asked anxiously, "If the clearance conditions are not met, the game is over, and the human race will perish. Maybe it's a joke? Maybe even if you can't pass the level, everyone will be fine..."
He didn't believe what he said, so he automatically silenced it.
Mo Qi gritted his teeth, and his heart sank, "Let's borrow food from a large team."
Leng Bai frowned.
Mo Qi said with a shy face, "This is a cooperative game! It's not just us who benefit from customs clearance! I guess the other party will agree."
"Do you think," Leng Bai raised his eyes and said slowly, "We alone can win?"
Mo Qi was stunned.
"The reason why Lingyun City has survived to this day is because there are level 3 protective shields outside the territory, and because more than 4,000 players have worked together." Leng Bai's voice was difficult.
"No matter how deep-pocketed the big team is, it doesn't change the fact that the shield is about to shatter."
"Also, they can't support 4,000 people, even if they only need to last for the last two days."
"What do you mean..." Mo Qi suddenly felt extremely panic, as if she had a premonition that the head of the regiment would say something next.
"We lost." Leng Bai was very unwilling, his eyes were red with blood, but he had to face the reality.
Hearing this, everyone present felt like falling into an ice cave.
lost
Can not go back
Everyone will die
Thinking of this, the calves of the two members trembled, and they could barely stand. They had to support the wall to stabilize their bodies.
"Is there really no way?" Mo Qi looked at Leng Bai, her eyes earnest, and she secretly looked forward to it.
"I can't think of it." Leng Bai smiled self-deprecatingly, "Return from adversity? Oh, how easy is it! Unless there is a miracle."
As soon as the voice fell, several system prompts sounded.
[Player "Yunling" chose to reveal the identity of the city owner of Lingyun City. 】
[Player "Yunling" uses 9.5w copper coins to speed up the repair of the shield, and the HP of the shield has now returned to full value. 】
[During the war, the lord issued a special decree. Official residents of Lingyun City can get free simple bandages at the tailor shop, three meals at the restaurant for free, and weapons at the blacksmith shop for free. 】
[I hope everyone will unite as one and fight the enemy together. 】
Cold white,"???"
What the hell
Mo Qi was stunned for a long time, and then murmured with a complicated expression, "A miracle really happened."