Heavy Troops Surround the Mountain, Massive Points! (Bonus Chapter for Hu Zhong Ri Yue 214/1300)
After listening to Pencil's description, Ye Weiming finally gained a rough understanding of the task's specific arrangements.
Simply put, Wudang Mountain had already been occupied by Mongol soldiers disguised as Ming Cult disciples. Mongol squads of varying levels and classes now filled every corner of the mountain.
If players wanted to go up the mountain, they had to break through their blockade and fight their way upward.
Of course, since the Six Great Sects' offensive and defensive battle was a large-scale system quest, and the system had previously stated that players could freely choose their faction, there were still functional NPCs on the Mongol side at the foot of the mountain.
These were the sort of disposable tools whose only purpose was to issue quests to players. Killing them would yield no experience, cultivation, or item drops, and a new one would immediately respawn in the same spot.
Any player who was not from the Wudang Sect could apply through them to join the Mongol army faction and head straight for the mountain peak without obstruction.
However, if they wanted to take part in the storyline, they still had to battle the Wudang Sect disciples trapped atop the mountain.
In short, no matter which side they chose, players had to survive a chaotic battle first if they wanted to enter True Martial Hall and trigger the core portion of this story quest.
Moreover, once players chose a faction, they could no longer change it. They could only follow that path to the bitter end.
After briefly explaining the situation here, Pencil Girl humbly asked, "Brother Ye Weiming, when I tried going up the mountain earlier, the system prompted me to form a team of at least five players before attempting the challenge. That's why I found Brother Niu Zhichun and