Chapter 1 The Dragon Soars

The major guild alliances had established numerous strongholds on Milton Star, but they all had a nominal main base, generally considered to be the first stronghold built. In terms of rules, it was the same as other bases, with no special significance, but in the eyes of the players, it was a symbol, similar to a main city.

Dragon Soaring Hills. This was the hilly area surrounding the main base of the Yan Huang Alliance, vast in area, originally without a name. The Yan Huang Alliance named it after occupying this place.

On this day of war, hundreds and thousands of battlefields of all sizes appeared on Milton Star, mostly conflict zones between strongholds, and the most watched of these was Dragon Soaring Hills. The reason was that the anti-Black Star battle line of guild alliances had deployed its main force here, intending to take advantage of the encirclement to pull out the Yan Huang Alliance's main base on the first day of the war, to get off to a good start. The Yan Huang Alliance was not to be outdone, and also placed its main force here, making full preparations to meet the attack, determined to fight a hard battle.

At this moment, nearly ten million players from both camps gathered in Dragon Soaring Hills, rubbing their fists and eager to try. A large area of military formations turned this hilly area into a colorful ocean, and player units continuously adjusted their positions. The overlooking picture was like waves rolling, making people awe-struck.

The chaotic colors came from the troops of the anti-Black Star battle line, with different equipment on their bodies. The Yan Huang Alliance's men and horses wore legion standard mechs, black and silver, very neat, and the appearance was like the difference between a miscellaneous army and a regular army.

The men and horses of the Pan-Federation and other guilds were deployed in the east, south, northwest directions, preparing for a three-sided attack, while the Yan Huang Alliance's troops presented a ring formation, guarding the main base. Between the two sides' military formations was a wide buffer zone, like the Chu River Han border, clearly demarcated.

In the main base's combat monitoring room, a three-dimensional satellite map of the battlefield hovered in the center of the room.

Chao Xuemu Shuang, who served as the main combat commander, stared intently at the map, constantly issuing orders, with a dozen or so military advisors occasionally offering suggestions, and a bunch of assistants responsible for passing the orders to the lower-level commanders.

The scale of the battlefield was grand, and large-scale corps operations were bound to be the main combat means. Charging up in a swarm was definitely feeding the enemy, so the command system was especially important.

In order to prevent electromagnetic, virtual interference and other factors from preventing the front troops from receiving orders, both sides unanimously chose the panel's own chat channel as a channel for issuing orders, and always maintained communication.

The main commander coordinated the overall situation, responsible for analyzing the situation together with the military advisors, and the orders were sent by the messengers in the command room point-to-point to the high-level commanders responsible for each person. The high-level commanders then flexibly adjusted specific tactics according to the instructions and the front-line situation, and sent them to the intermediate commanders under their jurisdiction. The intermediate commanders then conveyed the orders to the basic squad leaders under their command through the team channel, and finally the basic squad leaders at the forefront directly shouted in the team, leading the team members to execute tactical orders.

The command system was divided down level by level, and the two sides had more than 100,000 commanders of all levels, with the basic squad leaders accounting for the majority.

This set of processes seemed cumbersome, but because the chat channel was not limited by distance, and each performed its own duties, the whole set was very fast.

If all the troops were regarded as a body, then the main commander and the high-level commander were the brain, responsible for issuing orders, and the middle and basic commanders were the neural network, responsible for making the body move according to the instructions of the brain. And such a neural network was quite sensitive, bringing considerable "reaction force" to this "body".

"... The deployment is basically done. How much time is left before the start of the war?"

Chao Xuemu Shuang issued a series of orders, watched the positions of his own troops begin to adjust on the real-time map, breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to look at Bikong Youyou of the military advisor group.

"There are six minutes and eleven seconds left."

"Almost. Notify all units to warm up their weapons. Let the base and the front line raise shields. At three minutes, let the mage units that have learned the Enchantment School buff up. Those with hormones and strengthening potions should take them."

The order was quickly issued, and a thick light blue energy shield rose up around, enveloping the main base.

The mage teams specializing in defense on the front line quickly began to cast shields and amplification spells on the surrounding troops, and the martial artist units responsible for charging also began to inject hormones and take drugs. These buffs had time limits, and pressing the start time of the war would maximize the benefits.

The anti-Black Star battle line was also doing the same thing. For a time, the two sides were radiant and colorful, like a fireworks competition.

The last three minutes were like years. The players present were excited and nervous, holding their breath and concentrating. A solemn atmosphere permeated the silent battlefield.

The number of seconds increased little by little, and at the peak of time, it suddenly returned to zero.

"Go!"

At this moment, the earth suddenly shook!

The battlefield, which had been quiet not long ago, instantly became a deafening roar, and the battle broke out!

The two still oceans suddenly transformed into roaring tsunamis, sweeping out with a rumbling sound, all over the mountains and plains, boundless, magnificent, and forward!

In an instant, dense energy rays formed an interlaced light net in the buffer zone. Batches of players fell on the way of the charge. Bearing the opponent's long-range attacks, the black and variegated torrents quickly approached and crashed into each other!

Boom boom boom boom!!

A series of explosions left cracks and deep pits on the ground, and Dragon Soaring Hills instantly became fragmented.

The vanguard troops of both sides fell like harvesting wheat. In the blink of an eye, countless mechanical war soldiers and martial arts, melee ability players died on the spot, tragically!

This was not a personal stage. No matter how powerful a player was, as long as they left the main force, they would basically be instantly killed. There was no room for operation. Each performing its own duties and sticking together was the only option.

"C5 and d2 areas quickly cut off the esper units! Their AoE is too fierce, and the shield value is close to the warning line!"

"The defense school mage team repeatedly casts arcane armor and mental resistance on the martial artists. Fire mages, poison mages, and electric mages, throw fireworks at the crowd for me, smash them! Earth mages, lay traps, don't blindly follow the output. Summoners, hurry up and pull your pets... Where is the spirit mage team in the B2 area? Someone leaked, quickly control them!"

"The mechanics in the A1, A4, B2, B6, C1, d1 areas, hurry up and dismantle the traps. The turrets in d9 are broken, go and repair them. Legion stream and mech martial artists continue to charge, gunners don't stop outputting, focus on the opposite espers and mages, virtual branch players, take care of the opponent's gunships, armed and energy branch players, use heavy weapons, continue to cover the firepower, just hit the opposite martial artists!"

"Espers, concentrate on killing the opposite mechanics, save your mana... Damn, nice, a spirit crit! A piece of the opposite side fell!"

"Ability users who are not melee class, don't charge, just smash from behind. When the mana bar is burned out, withdraw and replenish mana... I told you not to charge, being cannon fodder is the job of the martial artists! What are you grabbing?!"

"Martial artists in the C2 area, die slower! If you are resurrected, continue to go back and hold the line, what are you dawdling about?!"

The battle situation instantly entered a fever pitch, and the chat channel was full of passion, with commanders of all levels shouting until their faces were red and their necks were thick.

Players of the five professional systems each performed their own duties. Espers were responsible for AoE and applying mental negative status, ability users were responsible for different intelligences according to their abilities, and mages shouldered the responsibilities of amplification, melee, ranged, and field laying according to the school they majored in.

The most tragic was the martial artists, who could only charge forward and be cannon fodder, using their flesh to hold the line - as the saying goes, the wheel of fortune turns, next year it will be your turn to be miserable. How glorious and strong the martial artists were in the early stage, how weak and helpless they are at this time.

After all, the martial arts system was a civilian profession. The advantage was that it was easy to get started, it was handsome to fight, and it was not bad in single combat.

But in this kind of large battlefield, everyone was catching martial artists to kill. They all wanted to clear the resurrection times of the opposite martial artists and make the opposite side lose the troops to hold the line. In this case, the mortality rate of martial artists was much higher than that of the other four professions, and even the "handsome" fig leaf was gone. It was simply a competition of whose death was more fancy.

Moreover, martial artists did not even have a side business. Even if they went to do logistics and move bricks, no one wanted them. The efficiency was not as good as various construction mechanical devices.

At this moment, the thoughts that appeared in the minds of many martial artists were strikingly similar.

-- Damn it, can this profession still be played?!

The mechanics, who were weak in the early stage, shined brightly in the battle, and can be called the busiest profession on the battlefield. Combat and logistics were all taken care of, able to withstand the line and output, able to point kill and group kill, able to repair and produce, and the role was irreplaceable, becoming a treasure.

Because of the important strategic role of mechanics, the Yan Huang Alliance had an advantage, because of the faction benefits, the most elite mechanics in the player group were in the Black Star Legion, and they were basically members of the Yan Huang Alliance.

The troops of both sides fought in three directions, and the black and variegated military formations were intertwined and fought endlessly. As the battle progressed minute by minute, the battle situation gradually changed, and the Yan Huang Alliance had a slight advantage and was gradually expanding its advantage.

High-end professional players all had the concentrated treatment of club resources, and the gap was not too obvious, but in terms of the overall strength of the players, the Yan Huang Alliance and the anti-Black Star battle line opened up a distance.

The Black Star Legion had integrated the Huaxia players early on, saving the resource waste of players constantly changing camps, and also issued faction benefits from time to time, with more planned development, completely defeating those "wild" players who mixed in different camps in the first three versions.

After three or four versions, compared with the past, the overall skills and equipment of the Yan Huang Alliance players were obviously slightly better.

Moreover, Han Xiao's early settlement of the imitation main quest allowed the legion players to have an extra sum of funds and experience. One or two people could not see anything, but in this kind of battlefield with tens of millions of people, it would accumulate and the advantage would be further expanded.

"The number of deaths has been calculated!"

In the main base command room, Chao Xuemu Shuang, who was issuing orders, received a piece of intelligent statistical data, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"The average number of deaths of the enemy is 0.742, and ours is 0.631, beautiful!"

The military advisors present all showed joy.

The meaning of this data was the average number of deaths of individual players on both sides. Don't look at the difference of only 0.111, in this kind of battlefield with tens of millions of people, it was equal to 500,000 fewer deaths than the other side!

"There are only ten resurrections in six days. If you use them up in advance, it is equal to being out. Today is the first day of the war. The other side's bottom line is estimated to be between 1.8 and 2.2, and the number of deaths of their vanguard troops is higher than the overall average, reaching 1.2. They will soon be unable to hold on!"

Chao Xuemu Shuang narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice:

"Invest fifty assault battalions, and rush for a wave under my command!"

Because they were not fighting NPCs, neither side carried out large-scale suicide attacks. Everyone could be resurrected multiple times, and using them poorly might actually lose money.

The Yan Huang Alliance had hoarded a large number of Evolution Badges during the preparations for the war. The fifty assault battalions totaled 40,000 people, which was equivalent to an average death rate of about 0.01. Now that the advantage was huge, they had the capital to rush a wave. They were not rushing to kill the enemy, but to use the high toughness and high melee bonus of the Abnormals to cut the opponent's vanguard troops, so that the output hands behind could focus their fire to kill people and disrupt the opponent's formation.

The order was passed down, and a special unit was seen killing into the front line under the protection of the left and right. With a flash of light, their bodies swelled up one after another, transforming into Abnormals, fiercely killing into the enemy formation, like a hot knife cutting butter, unstoppable!

Forty thousand monsters blessed with defense and amplification spells charged in the enemy's pile, instantly dividing a piece of area, and a team of enemy martial artists were isolated, beaten to death and maimed by the output thrown over by the Yan Huang Alliance, and died on the spot.

The violence of the Evolution Badge had already been recognized by all players. Forty thousand Abnormals rushed together, and the command and dispatch of the anti-Black Star battle line was disrupted for a while.

They spent a lot of time to focus their fire and kill these Abnormals, and the chaos caused directly caused the average number of deaths of the anti-Black Star battle line to increase by 0.018, killing about 100,000 lives, and the gap was further widened, especially the martial artist troops suffered heavy losses.

"We can win like this!"

The morale of the Yan Huang Alliance players in the front line was greatly boosted, and the momentum of the Pan-Federation's men and horses was obviously shorter.

Large corps operations were not so easy to make a comeback. As long as they had an advantage, the next step was to snowball constantly.

The morale rose and fell, and the situation was constantly developing in a direction favorable to the Yan Huang Alliance, and the victory was gradually established.

...

Just as the battle of Dragon Soaring Hills was in full swing, Han Xiao, who was far away in the Black Star Palace, was holding popcorn, holding a fatty happy water, and watching the rebroadcast video of Roubao on the forum with great interest.

But his focus was not on the battle situation...

"Wonderful, wonderful, a wave used 40,000 Evolution Badges, and subsequent charging will give me a sum of money again, use it a few more times."

"Haha, more than a hundred mechanical troops have been scrapped again, and the repair fee has been received."

Han Xiao was beaming, and he didn't feel sorry for the battle losses of the Yan Huang Alliance at all, and even wanted to laugh out loud.

In his eyes, every wave of resources lost by the Yan Huang Alliance represented a new performance. If it wasn't for the fact that faction benefits could not be issued indiscriminately, he even wanted to sell weapons to the guild alliance of the anti-Black Star battle line.

"War money is the most profitable!"

Han Xiao grinned.

At this moment, he felt like a dog planner, trying to recover resources from the players.

Only by emptying the hard-earned savings of the players can they be motivated to continue to create value.