Chapter 1043 - Ill put up a strong front and make you cry (2/2)
Under the Soaring Clouds laughed out loud, feeling extremely comfortable.
A perfectly normal casual player was actually rubbing his knuckles, as though he could not wait to form a team and cut down people.
From today onward, Black Star will be my big brother. Whoever tries to mess with the army, I’ll show them who they’re messing with!
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Once the three announcements were issued, a storm was set off among the players.
The players were no strangers to this sort of mission. Was this not a faction war?
The army players felt like they had been brought to a carnival, where many of them did not even bother with the normal missions any longer, calling for their friends and rushing for the clearing list, exiting the base like locusts leaving empty fields.
The Black Star Army was the first organization to organize a faction war mission. In the memory of the army players, some people in the previous version had switched over to Bloodshed Land, causing the army to issue a similar killing list, but it paled in comparison to the current operation.
This was a large group consisting of more than a million people!
The players were more prone to chaos than NPCs. Missions could be skipped, but how could such an interesting event be passed up?
Whether it was an old player or a new player, their enthusiasm was stimulated!
In particular, the new players from the various countries who had joined recently were even more enthusiastic than the Chinese players. Because many of them had jumped from such factions, they were familiar with the formations of these organizations, and they had naturally rushed faster than anyone to fight with their own people. The veterans naturally took on a few of such ‘pathfinders’ in their parties.
The hostile factions listed by Han Xiao were those organizations that the clubs worked for. They came from different Star Fields and did not have a particularly strong background, let alone being in the Flickering World where Black Star reigned supreme.
Thus, facing the warning of the Black Star Army, most of them were bewildered.
What are you warning us about? We didn’t provoke you guys at all!
But after a short check, they discovered the truth and almost had a stroke.
They obviously had no intention of targeting the Black Star Army, but some of the immortals under them had acted spontaneously and caused trouble, resulting in them being wronged.
It was literally the scenario of sitting at home, but a pot descended from the sky to strike at their head!
Most of the organizations immediately responded to Black Star Army’s warning and hurriedly stated to Han Xiao that those were not their intentions. It was only some crazy subordinates who had acted without permission. They had no intention of becoming an enemy of the army, and their weak hearts could not withstand such a ‘surprise’.
Internally, these organizations started to strictly restrict the movement of their immortals, ensuring that without their orders, they were not allowed to provoke anyone, lest they suffered from dire consequences. They also punished those troublemakers and instigators… Reflected in the player interface, those players experienced a decrease in Contribution Points and Favorability.
However, there were a small portion of organizations with a rather unique way of thinking. Considering the special reputation Black Star Army had among the immortals, they came to a startling conclusion.
Spies!
This group of troublemaking subordinates must have been spies sent over by the Black Star Army!
The Black Star Army must have plans to swallow us, so they purposely got the spies to create trouble. That way, they will have a just cause to attack us!
These smart alecks began to brew their own conspiracy theories and decided not to fall for the evil plot.
There were even a handful of organizations whose thought process was more refined, thinking that these Immortals that caused trouble were neither their people nor the people of Black Star, but rather a third party.
Their goal was to cause a conflict between them and the Black Star Army, thus acting as the fisherman that benefited in the fight between the sandpiper and clam!
Anyway, regardless of whether this was a truth or not, the organizations already believed it to be so.
And for the Limitless Financial Group, which was the keenest on recruiting the players, it had turned into an excellent target.
Hearing this, Sorokin was in a mess.
There was no problem. I really had such a plan…
But I haven’t even started implementing it!
Could this be retribution?
Han Xiao’s announcements stirred up the situation and directly caused the entire player population in the World Server to turn into chaos.
And the foreign clubs were immediately forced into a corner by Han Xiao’s triple attack.
This is not right. Us players originally liked to PK, so why is it you as the NPC that reacted most strongly‽
We only attacked your Immortals troops, and you already made such a big hoo-ha. Do you even feel embarrassed‽
Their plan was hit hard right after it started, and they almost got destroyed because of it. In this situation, even if the plan could continue, it would be far from achieving their desired results.
The executives of the clubs were also unable to do anything.
If they fought a faction war, they would not be the ones suffering. Including all the affected factions, even if they could not beat the Black Star Army players, they would not lose too badly. They could even rally the ordinary players in their respective factions through this faction war.
However, the factions they belonged to directly complied. Not only did they not allow a counterattack, they even restrained the players under their command.
Since their superiors did not allow them to retaliate, the faction war could not take place. All they could do was withstand the enemy’s attacks.
The Black Star Army had encouraged their players and even released faction rewards. Not only did their organizations not have rewards, but they even held them back. The contrast was just too jarring.
They all knew that if they were bullied like this, the casual players in their faction would be disappointed, maybe even jumping over to the Black Star Army since they could not beat them.
The benefits of staying in a strong faction were just too much!
However, it was not these clubs that had the worst. It was the casuals.
Faced with such a situation, many of them were caught totally unawares.
I just got out of bed, without even brushing my teeth, and you’re telling me that I’ve been marked by hundreds of thousands of players‽
What are you trying to do‽
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Just as these players were tearing up in confusion and desperation, Hila, who was situated in the Emerald Star Cluster, suddenly received a special communication request.
It came from the Arcane Church, from the Pope himself!
[1] Squatted is gaming slang where the PKers spawn camp the corpse.
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