Chapter 425 The Episode Where Time Flies the Fastest
"Awesome!"
For today's "Two Moons' Struggle" players, this is definitely the most enjoyable version they have ever played.
The first phase of the Barbarian Base project in the rear has been completed, and the technology and productivity reserves brought by the comprehensive infrastructure construction have finally begun to work.
As a result, in just a few days, the mainstream equipment on the players' hands has changed from the handsome but still a bit troublesome hand-made Winchester to the classic AK and M4 gun family.
The secondary weapon on the waist that makes them lift the hem of their clothes from time to time to appreciate the NPC's shocked look has also changed from a strange revolver with a squirrel pattern to the famous Colt M1911.
More importantly, considering that the officials of various countries have sent pioneering teams, and while communicating with each other and pretending to cooperate, they have actually started a high-intensity arms race behind the scenes.
These "new weapons" that have just appeared in the purchase channels and are gradually spread in the hands of civilian players may have been at least two versions behind in their eyes.
At least from the disclosures of relevant people from the Royal and Rossiya sides, it is estimated that several types of light weapons from the Cold War era have been put to use.
Unfortunately, this incident did not occupy the top spot on any hot search list.
Because on the same day, White Eagle announced that its new tank designed to adapt to the Yangyue environment has been successfully developed and is expected to be equipped with a small number of troops for testing within three months.
At the same time, in a daily interview on the military channel of China, a mechanical creation that was rumbling and making a constant sound, but because of the focus, there was only a blurry shadow.
Tsk tsk, everything is self-explanatory.
And if money is a person's courage, then a gun that can be used to rob money can simply make people full of courage.
So in this vibrant and hot land in the south of the kingdom, the players who have gradually become normalized at level 20 have rushed here to start a new round of cultivation after upgrading their muskets.
But when the southern map of the kingdom was just opened, this group of useless evil god believers and nobles could no longer do anything to the players, and could only shrink in the castle and try their best to maintain their power.
Now that the players have grown vigorously for two months, both the quality and quantity have skyrocketed several times, so naturally they can only...
What, the little nobles in the ditch want to take advantage of the common people again?
Nothing to say, hang them up and beat them!
What, the damn evil god believers want to trick other people's daughters into marrying the river god again?
Nothing to say, tie them up and flay them!
Perhaps the previous suppression by the pioneers was considered extremely disrespectful in the eyes of these people who were used to being domineering, and almost broke their bottom line.
But for players living in modern society, this little thing may not even be enough to pay the interest on their debts.
"Alpaca, I thought 996 was already very popular, how could there be a dog like you who would even take the food of the elderly?"
"Fuck! This thing is clearly... You actually sold this kind of thing to children, I don't even dare to do this, you are really a son of a bitch!"
"Damn it, it's all because of those Feixin articles, I thought the nobles were really a group of elegant and kind guys, but it turns out they are just a group of timid and black-hearted bastards? You have to be responsible for their lies!"
Insect: "Huh?"
So facing their counterattack that they thought they could succeed, at least temporarily win back a city, the angry players would only scrape one piece of noble territory after another according to their level of exploitation of the people.
Like violently training a dog to teach every bastard they saw, this group of snakes and rats completely lost hope of being alone, and could only continue to shrink deeper into the cave, hugging each other and licking their wounds.
But everyone is a high-ranking master and messenger of God, who has a noble life of eating and drinking every day, how can they bear such cowardice?
"My Lord Earl, these pioneers are crazy, you have to make a decision for us!"
But as the leader of this small group, Earl Yanshan, who was originally "demoted" here because of his incompetence, also felt that he had a headache.
——Damn it, if I had the ability to deal with these crazy people, why would I mix with you country bumpkins?
So he never thought in his life that he would one day pin his hopes on the Holy Light Church, hoping that the envoys they sent could control these damn outsiders.
So...
Hikemedia: "What, what, what are you writing and saying? Earl, I don't understand! I don't understand!"
What a joke, Captain Hai left the happy life on the Holy Mountain and hurried down the mountain. Do you really think it's just to search and suppress the increasingly arrogant evil god church?
If there were no small nobles who raised them as their black gloves, underground allies, and even took the initiative to help them corrupt the local Holy Light believers, how could the situation in the south be so chaotic?
But we must also understand that the relationship between royal power and religious power has been a very sensitive topic since the beginning of Glory. Countless bigwigs have fallen because of this matter in history.
So before Captain Hai came, he actually struggled with the Giant Pope for a long time about how to properly resolve this matter.
If this time, these little insects caught the handle and sent it to the capital to report him.
Captain Hai believed that there would definitely be many great nobles willing to take the lead for them and try their best to make this matter a big deal.
After all, he could do a good job on behalf of the noble circle and also add a good name to the protector of the small nobles.
Why not do this win-win or even multi-win thing?
As a result, when he came to the south to find out the current situation and the relationship between the various forces, he found that he had really thought too much.
What a bullshit power struggle, since someone has already died, why not just squat on the side and watch the pioneers kill these insects?
So Captain Hai didn't have time to thank these weird guys, so how could he help the small nobles suppress the pioneers.
"Hey, as long as you take a break and sleep, you can lead the soldiers to brush military merits. How can there be such a good thing in this world?"
He rode the Pegasus leisurely, and then threw a gun in the air, piercing the heart of the evil god bishop who had escaped by chance and thought he could survive.
However, in addition to the fun people who like to make fun of things, there are also quite a few high-difficulty enthusiasts who like to torture themselves.
This group of small insects that had been hung up by the players and killed like pigs obviously could not meet their needs, so they all strode to Qixia City, where they heard that there were big insects everywhere.
Therefore, it was definitely not the Death God alone that could commit multiple crimes in one day across the city. There were also quite a few benevolent people from this group of masters.
Anyway, it was the mosquito tactics, jumping around the bottom line of the nobles, or poking at their secrets, giving them the pleasure of accidentally wiping their hands when they went to the toilet.
And because they obviously did not come from the same organization, they had different preferences and styles, and the nobles could not understand who was hitting them.
So that some of the noble enemies who were confused and accidentally deepened the contradictions some time ago actually tore their faces and pinched each other.
In just seven days, four or five similar incidents happened, and they all said that the other party did it first, and it almost turned into a duel where one had to die.
Even Prince Philip, who only returned to the capital temporarily to handle affairs and help his younger sister lay the groundwork, almost fell into the trap.
Because when he was being harassed by an enthusiastic noblewoman, he was photographed by some mischievous ghost, waving the photo and spreading the news that His Royal Highness was messing around.
Although it is considered a refined hobby in the capital, Prince Philip did not do it. Why did his clean resume have a layer of dust inexplicably?
But looking at the citizens who already believed it, and the figure of the aunt who was excited to "hammer" everywhere, he could only swallow this loss.
"Brother Wang, although I believe you very much, but..."
"QWQ No, I really didn't!"
It can only be said that the players are really ruthless and black-hearted, and all kinds of thick black theories and journalism techniques are used to the fullest, making the whole capital seem peaceful, but in fact, it is a mess behind the scenes.
Ji Ming was so impressed that he was smart and retreated back to the mountain after playing in the capital for a day.
If he dared to continue to hang out in the capital, the players might have found some groundless evidence and recorded him in history books as a killer of the princess who had two boats with Fia and Eleanor.
[Think about it, you are an important NPC, Kimien, they can't attack you like this]
"...Yeah, it's true."
[Right! ]
"Considering my popularity and popularity, if it's just like this, it's not enough."
"You should make me into a killer of the old lady sisters who took down both the archbishop and the old lady, so that I can be worthy of the word "explosive news!"
[...]
[You are still too hard on yourself]
And there are more things that make Ji Ming feel uncomfortable. He thought that he only needed to wait for another seven days to open the [Big Headed Insect and Small Headed Pig Southward Expedition Dungeon], but it was actually stopped.
"That's amazing. Shouldn't it be today? Why is there no one at the meeting place after waiting for a whole day... Uh, Eleanor, why are you standing at my door?"
"Huh? Ah! I just want to ask, will you still give the class tomorrow? Look, I wrote a new handout."
"...Speak, what else can I do? Just continue the class."
"???"
So Ji Ming stayed in the mountains for another week before he finally got the news that they were ready to set off through the spies sent by the Hidden Archbishop to the capital.
But it was useless. The army set out secretly. For safety, it had to move secretly throughout the whole process, and multiple teams were moving simultaneously.
All this added up, and it took a lot of time.
In addition, due to various reasons, their official departure time was delayed again and again, and there were many loopholes in management, and accidents happened again and again on the road.
When the scattered southern coalition forces finally merged into one at the foreign exchange of Jueqiao Pass and barely looked like an army, it was mid-April.
At this time, Ji Ming had been teaching for a month and a half. There were students who had listened to his classes everywhere on the mountain. When they saw him, they no longer called him "God's Chosen Lord". They all changed their words to "God's Chosen Teacher".
Eleanor, who was also benefiting from this, also made a lot of money. Under Tenis's operation, she was almost known as a "pious person". Conversion was almost a foregone conclusion.
It was also because of this that when he was about to go down the mountain to relax under the banner of continuing his study tour, everyone in the church did not dare to object and quickly gave him enough money to cover his expenses. He must not treat himself badly on the road.
Weighing the purse full of gold coins, Ji Ming, who had learned to ride or hypnotize Pegasus, sighed.
Considering that the royal assessment of Eleanor and Fia will definitely start in May, although the specific time is not yet determined, he will definitely have to operate on the spot.
Theoretically, there was plenty of time, but it was delayed by these insects and was reduced to only half a month.
"Fuck, these guys who can only drag us down, can we not die?"
However, Ji Ming did not intend to perform "Horse Love TV" on this trip, forcing the innocent horse to carry him across most of the Glowing Kingdom.
After flying out of the range of the capital, he controlled the Pegasus to land, and then activated the teleportation array and returned directly to the dungeon.
Anyway, the dungeon is not far from the meeting place of the coalition forces, so this wave is considered to be a shortcut.
And when the small nobles in the south and the evil god bishop saw the Shadow God's Chosen again, he was already a strange shadow riding a dead Pegasus.
With the support of suggestion and the game system, Ji Ming felt that his appearance was still very much like that of a villain boss, and he could intimidate all the scoundrels without even saying a word.
But this group of scoundrels...are they too small?
Even if the coalition forces that Ji Ming imagined were not as well-trained and full of tough men as in the Lord of the Rings, they should at least be fully armed and strong.
However, the group of people in front of him was a complete waste of his blockbuster-level grand appearance, because the people standing below were all ugly and ugly.
The team of the small nobles looked like a group of bandits escorting farmers, and considering that they were covered in dust and wounds, they might have rolled over.
The team of the evil god church was even more bizarre. The humorous black-robed people were okay, but those who dared to show off their skin were simply eye-catching, either painted like ghosts or full of holes.
Among the crowd, only the team of Earl Yanshan barely looked like a human being, because although the Earl himself would definitely not wade into the muddy water, his knight leader was here.
With such a strong man leading the team, even if these men were not all knights, they were obviously professional soldiers and looked much more reliable.
But it was useless to have only a few people as the core. Ji Ming even suspected that the coalition would disintegrate by itself just by entering the Savage Plain, let alone fighting against the players.
Fortunately, at this moment, seeing the appearance of his own God's Chosen, the Shadow Church Army led by the Hidden Archbishop also emerged from the shadows at the foot of the mountain.
Ji Ming looked around and suddenly felt a sense of joy of a good harvest.