Entrapment

"We've only fought one battle, and already this many people want to surrender?"

Watching the surrender count climb, Wang Zhifan, hidden in another dimension, was surprised. For a moment, he didn't know what to make of it.

He could understand why the Otherworld Players' surprise attack had scared the United States players half to death and left them shaken. But surrendering after a single fight hardly seemed wise. The two sides hadn't even fought a full-scale battle yet.

Just then, Captain Li sent him a telepathic message.

"Brother Wang! Can you hear me? Why are so many people suddenly surrendering? What happened?"

Wang Zhifan didn't answer at once. He used his spatial ability to return to the Xia Kingdom team, appeared beside Captain Li, and told the others:

"The Otherworld Players surrounded the United States players using mass teleportation. They lost more than a dozen people before breaking out. They probably think the Otherworld Players are too strong, so they're choosing to surrender as a group."

The others reacted in different ways. Li Zhenguo frowned and spoke first.

"That's strange. United States players usually don't surrender this quickly. Hercules and Wizard have plenty of fight in them. Could the India players be stirring up trouble?"

Wang Zhifan shook his head.

"No. the Lizard Tamer's group from India isn't with Hercules and the others right now."

"Then the Otherworld Players must be too strong. Hercules and Wizard probably think we have little chance of winning. I expect they'll contact us soon and ask us to agree to surrender."

The mage Gu Xingchen offered his assessment. Judging by his expression, the allies' early setback troubled him.

The summoner Lu Guanwen, whose body was covered in black tattoos, chimed in.

"Captain, our Earthstar side only has eighty-six people left alive, while the Otherworld