The "Yanbang No. 2" war zone that Chen Lun is in charge of.
Two of the three main city areas have been conquered, and the last one, Huobian City and the 19 cities it belongs to, are being conquered by Fuluoyin.
Of these 19 cities, eight had fallen into the Red Disaster Zone. As the defending party, the Red Apple Church could not concentrate its forces at one point. They needed to rely on the occupied fallen cities to fight a war of attrition with the attackers.
Use the local converted "fallen believers" to delay the pace of Fuluo Yin and others as much as possible. Otherwise, it would be difficult to compete with them relying solely on the extraordinary priests and a few high-level combat forces.
However, the only "Fortress of Hate" in the war zone had been destroyed. In the situation where the troops were clearly fighting, Floin's side had a clear advantage in combat power.
Even if Chen Lun was not present, Fuluoyin had raised her strength to the top five levels of the sequence with the help of two A-level weird objects, the Deep Oath and the Beiyang Potted Plant, so it was not a problem for her to take charge of the overall situation.
As more and more players join, the total number of "Undead Strangers" has exceeded 100,000.
This group of fearless "soldiers", almost every one of them is armed with a Connie No. 2 flintlock rifle. They charge into battle in the Red Disaster Area and are invincible. Those fallen believers, low-level priests and hostile players are no match for them at all.
Floin's team was unstoppable.
She followed the strategy used by Master Jack before, dividing her forces into three groups and simultaneously clearing the Huobian City area. The advance was very fast, and it took only a week to completely break through the last main city area...
During this week, Chen Lun did not return to take over the battle, but handed over full power to Fuluoyin.
He used this time to recuperate, then went to several other war zones and personally visited the governors of his own camp, such as Mulenga, Page and Ginsberg, and briefly revealed to them how he and the Speaker ambushed and killed Rafa.
The reason for explaining the situation was very simple. First, to explain why he had trespassed into the war zone in charge of Mulenga and Houston without saying hello. Second, to let "his own people" know in advance that the next opportunity was to attack the "Base Fortress" in the Gem State area!
The key to the Red Apple Church's most important "Scarlet Ceremony" ceremony is these three "Base Fortresses". If you can destroy them first, it will definitely be a great achievement!
Of course, Chen Lun would rather let "his own people" take the credit.
After confirming the news, the five consuls also accepted his favor, and the relationship between the two sides became closer.
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After completing the clearing mission in his own war zone.
Chen Lun led the exhausted circus troupe back to the Peacock City Winery to rest. As for his councilors such as Frey and Akbin, they returned to the Kangkai Parliament headquarters to report.
After this period of fierce fighting, Chen Lun was delighted to find that Fuluo Yin had successfully completed the promotion ceremony on the battlefield and became Sequence 6-Night Watcher!
Also promoted were Golov and three other people.
Their accumulation of mysteries was already sufficient. After obtaining extraordinary knowledge from Chen Lun on New Year's Eve, they had read it over and over again. Finally, in this bloody battle, they were promoted to Sequence 7-Assassins one after another!
At this point, with the exception of Connie, Alex and Antonio, all circus cadres have reached the middle-sequence level, and their overall strength has been further improved.
The atmosphere within the team was cheerful and lively, except for Noah and Maggie who seemed a little unhappy.
"Don't worry, your mystical accumulation is almost enough... The bloody battle will continue for a while. You can take this opportunity to complete the promotion ceremony on the battlefield like Floydine and Golov did."
Chen Lun comforted.
"Yes, Mr. Jack, I will try my best."
Noah adjusted his glasses and smiled as if he had regained his confidence.
Maggie, who was sitting on the sofa eating beef jerky, sighed.
"But according to Mr. Akbin, the inoculation ritual not only requires implanting supernatural diseases in 27 targets at the same time, but also requires the inoculation of the person's own body with disease factors... I have accumulated enough mysteries, but my research has reached a bottleneck, and the supernatural diseases I have created have never met the requirements of the ritual."
"When you are free, you can go talk to Akbin. As someone who has been through this, he should be able to give you some advice and inspiration."
Chen Lun took the tea brought by Fuluoyin, thanked her, and began to speak.
With a smile on her face, Flo Yin placed the tray with teacups on the coffee table and sat quietly beside him. Her purple eyes swept over everyone, motioning for them to help themselves.
"Thank you, Miss Floin."
The other cadres immediately looked at her with respect and friendliness and nodded slightly.
This battle made them love Miss Flourin even more. They enjoyed the food she cooked on weekdays, and witnessed her strength far exceeding everyone else on the battlefield. Now that Miss Flourin has regained her sight, everyone is happy for her.
"Teacher Akbin said that he can't help me with this matter... Unless I want to follow his old path, only the extraordinary diseases I researched myself can make the system unique."
Maggie rubbed her fluffy hair in distress.
Chen Lun glanced at her and shook his head secretly.
He couldn't help with this, and could only rely on Maggie herself, but as a team leader, he decided to encourage her:
"I believe you can do it, Maggie. Although the Naturalists label you as a 'heretic', I think you are a unique genius in this area... Even Akbin often praises your talent to me."
"Ah? So the captain and the teacher both think I'm a genius? Hehe!"
Maggie was stunned at first, then burst into laughter and danced in an unruly manner.
She seemed to have regained her energy. After eating several pieces of dried meat, she suddenly stood up and ran upstairs, leaving everyone confused.
"I have a great idea! You guys can have dinner, no need to call me!"
Maggie's voice came from the stairs, her tone excited.
Everyone looked at each other, then smiled knowingly.
After dinner.
Chen Lun and Fuluoyin were walking in the back garden.
"Thank you for your hard work during this period, Flo Yin."
He said softly.
Flo Yin shook her head slowly.
"As long as I can relieve your worries, it's nothing."
She said, stopping and pulling out a blue lens bullet.
"This is ammunition made from the 'Brilliant Stone' you gave me last time. I took the time to finish it two days ago... But because there were too few samples of the material, after it was eventually consumed, only this finished product was left."
"Thanks."
Chen Lun took the blue crystal bullet, took her hand and kissed her fingertips.
Flo Yin's cheeks were slightly red, and she looked very beautiful under the moonlight.
Through the description on the panel, Chen Lun learned that this bullet contained magical power and belonged to the same category of supernatural objects as the black crystal bullet... But unlike the black crystal bullet that annihilated the vitality of flesh and blood, the blue crystal bullet would explode violently with the collision object after being fired.
Chen Lun summoned out the restored "Incarnation of Fraud" and then snapped his fingers and shot at it.
Peng!
There was a gunshot from his fingers, and a stream of blue light shot straight at the avatar.
The avatar lowered the brim of his hat and manipulated the storm of cards as a barrier in front of him.
boom!
The violent explosion pushed the high-speed spinning cards away for a moment, and then the overflowing light blue energy waves were wrapped and closed by countless cards, saving the flowers and plants around them from disaster.
'It's quite powerful, equivalent to a weakened version of a grenade... But for a mid-sequence transcendent, it's not fatal unless you pin it down and shoot at it with dense blue crystal bullets.'
Chen Lun received the feeling from the incarnation and analyzed it silently in his mind.
'Although this kind of azurite is also taken from the fairyland, it does not have a stable output like the dragon stone... If it is used to forge ammunition, the cost performance is too low. Maybe there are better uses. Let's study it slowly.'
"Are you dissatisfied with the results?"
Flo Yin asked in a low voice.
Chen Lun nodded slightly and sighed:
"There are fewer ways to obtain azurite, so it is much more precious than dragonite. If it is only this powerful..."
He shook his head and said no more.
“Is it because I didn’t do it well enough that I failed to achieve its true effect?”
Fuluoyin's purple eyes stared at Chen Lun, with a hint of tension in her eyes.
Chen Lun chuckled and said soothingly:
"It's not your fault, Floin. You've done a good job. It's just that my thinking may be too narrow... Azunite may not be suitable for being made into bullets like Dragonite. It should have a better use."
"Well, whatever you need, you can always ask me to try."
Flo Yin nodded obediently.
She immediately took Chen Lun's hand and walked to the swing under the tree and sat down.
"I want to look at the moon with you, can I?"
Flo Yin asked softly.
Chen Lun had no reason to refuse. He smiled and sat quietly on the swing with her, looking up at the night sky together.
I thought, maybe after Flo Yin regained her sight, she would stare at the moon every night like she does now.
That moon was different from the real moon in the previous life. The purple moon in this world was much larger, even bigger than the sun in the daytime... The faint purple light was full of mystery and magnificent beauty.
Just like that, Floyin's breath became long and she fell asleep in his arms.
Logically speaking, she was most energetic at night, and only during the day would she rest to avoid the sun... And Floin herself didn't know why, but every time she snuggled in Master Jack's arms, she would feel incomparable peace of mind, warmth and comfort.
It seems that no matter what time it is, I can fall asleep easily as long as I lean on him.
"You must be tired during this period..."
Chen Lun looked down at the girl and gently pulled the collar of his windbreaker over her shoulders.
Then, he quietly opened the game forum.
He wanted to get a general idea of the players' current situation through the forum.
The first thing he noticed when he clicked on it was a video at the top of the popularity list.
The title is "A review of the top ten famous scenes in the Bloody Campaign! No. 1: Jack's Nun!", and the cover is a screenshot of Flo Yin taken by an unknown player in Huobian City. She was facing away from the screen and turned her head slightly. Her delicate profile had a calm expression.
She held a large black sickle upside down in her hand. At the moment when her long blond hair was blown by the wind, the huge wolf squatting beside her raised its head and howled.
The timing is perfect, giving it an ultimate sense of beauty and a mysterious and powerful atmosphere.
"Um?"
Chen Lun raised his eyebrows, a smile on his lips.
He glanced at the producer's ID again, and surprisingly it was not Su Keying, but the ordinary operator of the "Letter Appraisal Master".
"Oh, that's interesting."
Chen Lun then clicked on the video, wanting to see what fun stuff this guy had come up with that was so popular.
The video begins with the producer's first-person perspective. As one of the 100,000 players recruited by Jack, he is preparing for war... that is, the process of signing up for military service, taking assessments, and purchasing equipment.
The narration is the voice of a young man:
"The Bloody Campaign is an important plot of the current 1.0 version of 'Scarlet Festival' and is crucial to the advancement of the main storyline... As far as I know, Jackspeight's team, that is, the 'Red Scourge Crusade' I am in, completed the mission first in the entire Trisur Empire! First pass! I don't need to say more about how cool it is, right? Brothers, put your cards on the public screen!"
From the first-person perspective, an ordinary operator is purchasing the Connie No. 2 flintlock rifle from the "temporary quartermaster" of the Silver Dragon Chamber of Commerce, and seems to be bargaining for two boxes of black crystal bullets.
At this moment, a row of comments such as "Card face!" and "Jack is awesome!" flashed across the screen.
“In such an important battle, there are of course many famous scenes that shocked and amazed us. I am not a professional video maker, but I couldn’t help but make this review video. I hope that the brothers who participated in the battle can recall it... and also let friends who didn’t participate in the battle feel a little involved.”
A series of player IDs then appeared on the video, with the words “Special thanks! Material provider…”
"Of course, other brothers from other war zones also submitted their works to me. After some selection, I listed the top ten famous scenes based on my personal preferences and analysis... If there is any controversy, I sincerely apologize to you and say that I am the main one. What can you do to me?"
The ordinary operator sneered and said:
"Well, our video content starts now!"
boom!
The screen went black, then lit up again.
"NO.10, Jack's 'action' made my blood boil!"
This time he jumped directly onto the battlefield. Chen Lun recognized that this was the time when he first mobilized in Linbi City. However, the perspective was on the player's side, which made him feel novel.
Under the heavy snow, the first-person perspective was surrounded by a sea of players.
The sound of the ordinary operators' breathing and the white mist they exhale can make people watching the video feel how cold it was at that time.
Not far ahead, a tall figure stood in the air.
He was wearing retro knight armor and a gray robe with gold patterns, the corners of his clothes rustling in the snow.
In the sunlight, that handsome face looks extremely holy.
“When you encounter any member of the Red Apple Church, there is no need to say anything, just kill them directly… If you encounter a Red Apple Church member with a combat power above the middle sequence, don’t panic, the Silver Cup Councillors of each group will respond in time. Even if they are temporarily held back, I and the three Gold Cup Councillors will take action to resolve it!”
Chen Lun "looked up" at himself through the video screen and smacked his lips secretly.
"He's really handsome..."
Then, Lord Jack in the video raised his right arm and swung it violently.
"action!"
The players shouted one after another, in a mighty and powerful manner.
"Yes! Master Jack!"
Accompanying the passionate BGM playing in the video, the barrage of comments kept flashing the words "Yes! Lord Jack!", as if every audience member was infected.
Boom!
Countless players followed the direction Jack was flying and rushed forward.
It seems that everyone is a fearless warrior charging on the battlefield!