Chapter 182 182 Chapter - Random Troops
182 Chapter - Random Troops
A strong sense of weightlessness struck, followed by her legs stomping firmly on the ground.
Bai Cheng instantly opened her eyes, scanning everything around her.
Upon closer inspection, she found that the group and all the staff were now in a dense Rainforest, and Liu San and the others who had accompanied them were nowhere to be seen.
As the system had stated, their current location was the Deathly Rainforest, so they had spawned in the Rainforest area of Liuhe Island.
Moreover, the surrounding terrain was exactly the same as the Deathly Rainforest.
"Xiao Cheng, look behind you!" Yu Nian suddenly cried out.
The group turned around, only to see a gray castle, fully five stories high, situated not far away.
It was a Gothic style with varying heights, and each window exuded a deep blackness. The castle was also surrounded by a half-human-height wall, enclosing a small, clean courtyard.
Other than that, the surroundings were incredibly quiet. Aside from the sounds made by the group, there was no other noise, making it seem somewhat eerie.
"Is this our castle?" Yu Nian looked confused. "Didn't they say there was also a barracks?"
"Let's go inside and take a look. We need to quickly understand the rules of this Lord's Game first," Bai Cheng said, then looked at Qing Niao and instructed, "Go up into the sky and see how big this island is."
Qing Niao soared into the sky, and the group stepped towards the castle in front of them.
After opening the double-arched main gate, a spacious hall came into view, with a red carpet stretching from the entrance to the far end.
The strong scent of dust and mildew made Bai Cheng and the two others frown. Chi Yan proactively lit the sconces on both sides of the wall, and the faint firelight instantly dispelled the darkness inside the room.
The interior layout of the castle was very ancient, showing no signs of modern times. From the dust-covered floor and the cobwebs hanging in the corners, it wasn't hard to guess that quite a few soul rings were buried within this building.
"Oh, there really is a system screen."
Bai Cheng followed the red carpet to the end of the hall, where a table and chairs were placed. Embedded in the tabletop was precisely the screen the system used to display information.
Besides that, the doorway to the adjacent room wasn't always dark; instead, it slowly flickered with a strange light every now and then.
"This must be where the so-called barracks are located," Bai Cheng speculated.
But the group still went to the screen first to check the main ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) rules of this trial.
"【Congratulations, you will be playing the role of a 'Lord' for the next five days. The specific rules of the game are as follows; please be aware.】"
"【1. The first day is a protection period. All Lords cannot engage in mutual conquest. Please strive to develop.】"
"【2. You will start with eight hundred soldiers, and subsequent summons can only be made by obtaining medals through occupation, killing, etc.; annexing other Lords can comprehensively enhance the strength of your army (Leader Lords double it).】"
"【3. The public area has multiple neutral monster strongholds of varying strengths. Occupying them will yield abundant rewards! (Cannot be occupied during the protection period)】"
"【4. Unifying any one of the six major regions can activate exclusive buffs for your Lord.】"
"【5. The strength of all Lords has been balanced.】"
"【Participating Channels: #2, #3, #4, #5 ... #21.】"
"【Trial Reward: Cumulative Prize Pool (stacks based on the number of deaths)】"
The group was slightly stunned looking at the rules before them.
Bai Cheng, however, breathed a sigh of relief: "Only twenty channels? It seems the competition won't be too fierce."
She had always thought that all channels would participate in this trial.
But thinking about it, it made sense; so many people, one Liuhe Island probably couldn't accommodate them all.
Yu Nian, on the side, was the first to ask in confusion, "The rules don't seem to mention the relationship between the Leader and the other Pioneers in her channel?"
Leng Ningxue frowned even more: "And the system also said it balanced the strength between Lords. Does that mean there isn't much difference between a Leader's Lord and a regular person's Lord?"
This was not good news.
"Doesn't that mean these guys on Liuhe Island are very likely to take orders but not obey commands?"
After all, outside, the Leader had absolute power suppression compared to others, so these people dared not resist.
But once on this island, everyone's differences were flattened to some extent. If a Leader could sit, why couldn't others?
"In that case, what will be compared is likely the prestige of the Leaders within their respective channels," Bai Cheng nodded and said.
"However, all Leaders are in the Deathly Rainforest area. As long as the conflict here ends first, this trial will be completely over."
"Mhm," Leng Ningxue also nodded.
"I hope other Leaders can also realize this point and start fighting as soon as possible, not giving other Survivors outside the Rainforest area a chance to develop, otherwise, it will only increase variables."
All the rules had been announced. After the message automatically closed, what appeared before the three of them were the temporary battlefield functions granted by the system.
Simple and clear, with only a few modules.
They were: 【Map】, 【Conquer】, 【Alliance】, and 【Battlefield Effect】. Of course, there was also the indispensable private chat function.
The three of them clicked on each one to view it. The map used a fog-of-war mechanism, only showing areas they had visited. As for the latter three, they were all still inactive because they were within the protection period.
"There's no channel function?" Yu Nian pouted.
Bai Cheng glared at her: "Everyone is here to kill each other. Even if there was a chat function, it would probably be full of trash talk."
"Alright, let's go confirm our random troop type first!"
Bai Cheng nodded.
She had already confirmed that the constantly flickering room next to the screen was indeed the location of the barracks.
The group then entered the room.
The barracks was actually a structure with a circular base and a constantly rotating crystal suspended above it.
It wasn't large overall, and there was nothing else in the room besides it.
"How do you summon here?"
Bai Cheng approached the barracks with some confusion, attempting to interact with it.
The moment she got close to the barracks, the strange energy filling the room instantly became active, then began to converge towards the constantly floating crystal.
These elements were so dense they felt substantial. Although no information was displayed, the group instantly understood in their minds.
Various summonable troop types appeared in their minds, including Elves, Dwarves, Goblins, Gnomes, Humans, Undead, and countless other monster races.
Then these options began to flash rapidly.
Bai Cheng knew that the troop type had started randomizing. It was time to show off her lucky charm!
"I'll exchange the punishment of turning into the fourth letter of the alphabet for summoning a powerful troop type!"
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