My Players Are So Fierce

When it came to tunnel warfare, players picked it up significantly faster than expected.

Of course, their ability to move quickly through the complex tunnel structures wasn’t because their sense of spatial awareness was particularly good, but purely because they could cheat.

There’s a post on the forum dedicated to documenting the map of the first-phase tunnels near Shadow Valley.

The Chosen Ashman of the Stonemason Association even added scale and comparison coordinates to it.

With these, players just needed to rely on the coordinate hints from their Calculating Pearl and compare it with the forum map.

After some calculations that even a junior high school student could manage, they could pinpoint their location accurately.

This even came with a 3D model version.

By opening it with graphics software on a computer, one could even grasp the forward and backward directions in the 3D tunnel structure in real-time.

This “map hack” behavior gave players a huge advantage when navigating underground, but this “Tuxingsun” mode hadn’t been enjoyed for 24 hours when a player posted an update on the forum.

“Damn, monsters are spawning in the tunnels!”

The “Internet celebrity number one in Transylvania,” Medical Insurance Wars God Da Saien’s team won the “jackpot,” and he complained in his own post:

Medical Insurance Wars God Da Saien: [We just took a mission from the command center to ambush the Jackal People’s water-fetching team, and barely ten minutes into the tunnel, we ran straight into a squad of Armed Gnolls.

Good thing we were strong and hadn’t been slacking off.

Meeting on this narrow road meant we drew blades and hacked away indiscriminately.

The ten NPCs allocated to us were fierce enough, so we managed to take care of those Gnolls.

But these tunnels are not safe anymore, brothers, make sure to be cautious when moving inside them!]

Meow King: [What?

Didn’t your squad put a sentry up front while moving?

Were you just charging headlong around?

Who else would the gnolls target if not you!

I remember your squad’s ‘Fist Mama’ is not only a Priest of Avalon but also doubles as a Forest Ranger?

Didn’t the NPCs allocated to you include hunters?

Come on now, be professional!

In these fast-paced infiltration actions, sentries and rear guards are a must.]

Medical Insurance Wars God Da Saien: [Huh?

Is there really such a thing?

Learned something new, don’t run away Meow Brother, teach me more!]

Meow King: [Got no time, brother.

We just caught sight of a supply convoy, and we’re planning a surprise attack with those madmen from the Wam Brotherhood.

We’ll talk after we take down this Wolf People unit.]

Medical Insurance Wars God Da Saien: [Remember to stream it live, bro!

A lot of brothers at the Transia Tavern are waiting to see the first-hand information from the tunnel battles.]

Such were the discussions and conversations about tunnel operations on the forum.

The knowledgeable ones had already started improving their combat methods based on the battle examples Old Qin posted in the data section.

The idiots were still waiting for a “foolproof guide” from the experts, but the players were still enthusiastic.

Although the task activation mode had changed from triggering tasks via NPCs to being distributed by the command center in wartime mode, as long as there was something to do, they wouldn’t idle around.

If left to be idle, they’d instead stir up some troubles.

For example, those Zodiac Brothers currently hiding in Tunnel 9, planning some “dangerous business.”

As leaders of the guild “Pride of the Unfallen,” during the “Spring Festival Event” preparation period, the Zodiac Brothers all entered the game taking advantage of the benefit of 33 helmets a day.

And because Chen Long, the guild president, and the other early brothers had done a great job supporting them, these newbies who just entered the game received richer gear support.

Never mind the established guilds already formed by old players; their influence of this “Pride of the Unfallen” among the newbies was enormous.

After all, they also specialized in guild activities in other games.

These PVP maniacs had quite extensive experience in this area.

“Boss, according to your request, all the newbies from the guild are here.”

“Ugly Bull,” sporting a clan-style helmet and armed with a gun and knife, quickly walked up to Chen Long, who was discussing matters with several others, and reported:

“Counting the 30 NPCs allocated to us, we now have 165 people.

They are moving here in three squads along the tunnel, many asking about the action details.”

“Just tell the brothers not to ask more, just follow and act, guarantee that they won’t lose out.”

Wearing a full set of Dwarf Artisan Plate Armor, Chen Long waved his hand broadly and said:

“The command center tasked us to patrol the tunnels in this area and eliminate any Gnolls that might appear.

There’s not much to gain from this task!

With the stalemate current at Wasteland Mountain, we need to take the initiative to relieve some pressure off Sir Murphy and the command center.

Remember the task we were assigned last night?”

“Wasn’t it canceled?”

Ugly Bull paused for a moment, saying with some regret:

“The command center said the risk was too great, fearing we’d be wiped out entirely, so they canceled the operation to raid the Jackal People’s primary supply depot.

Why bring it up?

Shit!

You can’t be planning to…”

“That’s right!

I’m going to complete this task on our own!

Show those who wear their brains on their faces what we’re made of.”

In the dark of the tunnel, Chen Long narrowed his eyes and said:

“I actually understand the command center’s viewpoint; we’re currently a crucial force in Shadow Valley.

Indeed, if we suffered a total loss, it might impact morale.

But I would say, the command center’s plan was brilliant, and the command perfect, yet they are measuring this war by the way we fight back there.