Absolute Death Game-Chapter 311 - 80: The Mantis Stalks the Cicada, Unaware of the Oriole Behind

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The cavalry kept forming new lines, ranks of about a dozen or twenty charging toward the Demon Clan, and under repeated assaults, the formation of the Demon Clan finally collapsed.

Without a formation, the Demon Clan couldn’t organize an effective resistance against the relentless charges of the cavalry. The charging effects, which knocked back and sent the demons flying, allowed the Demon Clan to be "harvested" by the following cavalry troops, defeated piecemeal. Despite their numerical advantage and individuals stronger than the human cavalry, each demon often faced a simultaneous attack from over a dozen weapons. The result spoke for itself, and in short order, an army of four to five hundred demons had been slain and captured.

On the player side, only three players had fallen, along with about forty to fifty NPC cavalry. The disparity in casualties between the two sides was tremendously vast.

Finally, the last demon fell, and a cheer erupted in the computer room.

"Hahaha, fantastic, we finally won. The garrison won’t be threatened again for a while," said the squad leader commanding the battle as he stood up and spoke to the rest, "I’m going to report the good news to the general. Vice squad leader, continue to lead the defense here, and compile the casualty figures. I’ll ask headquarters for reinforcements later."

The person who appeared to be the vice squad leader acknowledged, and the squad leader left.

(A general? Could it be that a military general is in charge of this base?) Xiao Buli was stunned by this realization. Could they be military personnel? But Lu Xinying said they weren’t military, didn’t she?

After the squad leader had left, the cavalry dispersed to collect the loot that had dropped, then quickly reassembled and marched toward Nine Dragons City in the night. Xiao Buli watched the game’s display of their orderly ranks and fell into deep thought.

He had never seen such a uniform professional composition before. Affected by his experiences in past games, when forming a team, the more diverse the professions, the better, to have as complete a range of abilities as possible.

However, it was clear that these amateurs didn’t think so. Maybe they hadn’t played many online games before, or perhaps they had planned a different approach, but the whole team was composed of nothing but military commanders, without a single different job class. However, there were benefits to a single job class team. At least a team solely of military commanders, complemented by NPC cavalry, could outmaneuver the Demon Clan army easily. It was precisely by using this mobility that they were able to defeat a larger, stronger enemy with a smaller force.

The strength of a team made up entirely of military commanders was surprisingly powerful, which was beyond Xiao Buli’s expectations. He imagined how other job classes would fare in this situation, and conjectured that a mixed team of players of various job classes, even with NPC support, would likely struggle to achieve victory.

Xiao Buli’s thoughts went further. If he and his men encountered such an enemy army on plains, they would probably suffer heavy losses, or even be completely annihilated, except for those like him with escape capabilities. Now, with the forces at his command, there was no way to stand against a strong Demon Clan army.

With this thought, he was deeply shocked by what he had seen (It looks like I shouldn’t be too limited by my past gaming experience after all. I need to open my mind and think boldly).

As Xiao Buli thought this, he stepped back out. The patrolling soldiers had moved away, and Lu Xinying also emerged from the room across the way. Your next read is at novelbuddy

The two shook their heads as they met.

"It’s all players inside, all military commanders. Looks like they’re all soldiers," Xiao Buli shared his observations.

Lu Xinying said, "The same in that room, but it’s all Exorcists, teaming up to farm ghosts. My goodness, it was terrifying. A golden Undead BOSS, and just a few attempts from seven or eight Exorcists lit it up with golden light, and it was dead in moments. I didn’t realize Exorcists were so powerful in numbers. These guys managing such militaristic discipline is truly abnormal."

Xiao Buli nodded. In past games, to maintain balance, each job class had its place and use within a team. This was mainly to prevent any job class from becoming unpopular and unplayed.

But in this game, there was clearly no need to consider these things. Each job class could exert tremendous power under specific circumstances, and the enemies that players faced were not as uniformly similar as in other games. The abilities of different monsters often had huge disparities. In such cases, teams composed of a single job class sometimes had the advantage; for example, against the Undead. If other job classes were present, they probably wouldn’t be of much help and might even get possessed by the Undead, causing trouble for the Exorcists. However, a team of Exorcists was a different story, slaying Undead was as easy as chopping vegetables.

"I wonder how they managed to switch to so many Exorcists."

Lu Xinying said, "It must be Wu’s doing. Wu has access to a vast amount of job information and understands very clearly how to specialize in many professions."

But the ability to train so many players indicated the organization’s strength was not to be underestimated. Unlike Qilin Group, they didn’t have to hide the true nature of the game or worry about casualties. The sacrificial spirit of these soldiers was apparently incomparable to regular players. Moreover, their organization was better. The players who just died would have been howling in distress had they been in a studio, but those three who died earlier were very calm, reacting not at all to their deaths. It could only be said that the people at this base were full of conviction.

Xiao Buli turned to glance one more time at that door, when he suddenly noticed that it bore a knight-like emblem. On other doors, there were similar humanoid emblems of various forms, likely indicating the job classes of different teams.

Xiao Buli counted. There were as many as eight rooms with such emblems. Assuming each room had about a dozen players, this organization had at least over a hundred high-end players, a force not to be taken lightly.

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Moreover, there were about two to three hundred players outside, which made Xiao Buli calculate and feel a wave of shock and doubt.

Xiao Buli deduced that those players outside were likely still in the newbie phase, and once their strength increased to a certain level, they would be transferred here to form teams of the same profession.

But where did they get so many accounts from? Xiao Buli thought to himself. The metal disc in his hand, by his estimation, could at most be used by around thirty players. To provide accounts for these three to four hundred players, how many discs would that take, and how powerful must this organization be?

Xiao Buli expressed his concerns to Lu Xinying, but Lu Xinying shook her head, "Don’t worry about these things now. Let’s keep moving inside and find Sister Wu as soon as possible—that’s what’s important."

Xiao Buli nodded; at this point, that was all they could do. Moreover, if they could find Wu Min’er, perhaps they could learn the truth about this base from her.

While Xiao Buli and Lu Xinying were searching for Wu Min’er, a black Land Rover slowly drove into the parking lot of the gas station and stopped right in the middle of it.

The car door opened, and four people from the Qilin Group got out one after another.

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As soon as Lin Beifeng’s feet hit the ground, he couldn’t wait to start sniffing around, his eyes shining with green light in the darkness, resembling a canid animal.

Suddenly, his ears perked up and a threatening growl came from his throat, his gaze fixed intently on a Hummer SUV nearby.

"Is that their car?" Wang Lei asked from the side. Lin Beifeng didn’t answer but bared his teeth, showing a set of snow-white fangs.

"Is that their car?!" Wang Lei emphasized and asked again, and this time Lin Beifeng finally snapped back to reality, "Woof—no, I mean yes, this car is full of that person’s scent."

"Can you smell where they went?"

"No need to smell anymore."

Yan Zhong’s voice came from behind the two, causing Wang Lei to whirl around quickly. Behind him, Yan Zhong was seriously gazing at the pitch-black building nestled amongst the trees in the night, "They’re there, I can feel it."

"Let’s go!" Yan Zhong waved his hand, and Lin Beifeng couldn’t wait to burst out running, Dian Lan hurried to follow, while Yan Zhong and Wang Lei walked at the rear. Wang Lei said with some concern, "Boss, Feng seems a bit off, could it be that his condition is acting up again?"

"This isn’t the time to worry about that. As long as we can pull off this operation, he’ll be saved once we return to the organization."

"Saved? You know how to help him?"

Yan Zhong nodded then shook his head: "I don’t know, but the boss must know, or else he wouldn’t have been able to play the game for so long without any harm befalling him."

"How did it get related to the game again? Are you saying—there’s something wrong with the game?" After asking, Wang Lei immediately felt that his guess made a lot of sense. In the game, Lin Beifeng was a Monster Shaman who could transform into a Wolf Demon, and the changes that appeared in him in reality seemed to closely resemble some traits of a Wolf Demon.

Yan Zhong nodded: "If my guess is correct, while we gain abilities, we are also influenced by the powers in the game. For example, Lin Beifeng is now under the influence of Chiyou, the Ancient God revered by Monster Shamans."

"What about me? I’m a Thunder Summoner; my profession doesn’t worship any deities. What kind of influence will I be under?"

Yan Zhong shook his head, "I don’t know that, but the influence might not necessarily come from deities. Maybe the boss knows."

With that said, Wang Lei also became anxious. As the two conversed, the four of them approached the outskirts of the industrial park in the blink of an eye.

Looking at the vast scale and the majestic buildings of the industrial park, Wang Lei said curiously, "Something’s not right. How could these people manage to develop such a massive base in such a short time? That’s just not possible, right?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)