Offense-Defense Battle

2024-07-22

Chapter 381 Offensive and Defensive Battle

Welcome to Stone Bridge Town

Main Quest: Kill ten Team Two Member.

Mission Time Limit: 10 hours

Mission Type: Cooperative vs. Competitive

Mission Level: Rank A

Mission Description: Due to an accident, Stone Bridge Town was caught between two worlds. Almost all the townspeople disappeared in that accident. Now, Stone Bridge Town exists as two identical projections in two different worlds.

You are now in First Stone Bridge Town, and you are Team One Member. At the same time, in Second Stone Bridge Town in a parallel universe, Team Two Member are also receiving missions corresponding to yours.

Once the mission begins, you will need to leave the station and enter Stone Bridge Town. You may also choose to leave one to three members inside the station to stand by.

Those who entered Stone Bridge Town were called defenders, while those who remained at the station were called Attacker.

During the mission, Attacker cannot leave the station and will not encounter any danger. However, each Attacker will have a cloned projection sent to a random location in Second Stone Bridge Town to kill the defending members of Group 2.

The defenders who entered Stone Bridge Town will not be able to return to the station before the end of this round of attack and defense, and they must also be wary of assassinations by the projections of the second group of Attacker.

Each round of attack and defense lasts for one hour. After the time limit is reached, all attack projections will disappear, and all defenders will be teleported back to the station to choose the Attacker for the next round. The mission ends when one side has ten members killed.

A member who has already served as the Attacker cannot serve as the attacker again until everyone else has served as the Attacker.

During the attack and defense battle, the Attacker can only stay inside the station and cannot influence the mission process in any way, including but not limited to controlling the projection, contacting members, etc. The timetable inside the station will display the casualties of both sides in real time.

The copied projection will perfectly replicate the Attacker's realm and Noble Phantasm, with basic talents uniformly set to three times the Innate Potential and fifty points of spirituality, and will also gain an additional thousand breaths of energy, along with two skills.

Skill 1 Assassination: Upon activation, enters Stealth Status, possessing perfect transparency, perfect silence, and the ability to shield against odors and heat radiation. Being attacked while stealthed will interrupt the Stealth Status, but the attack will not cause damage. Attacking while Stealth Status grants the "Breakthrough Strike" effect, increasing attack power fivefold!

Stealth Status lasts for a maximum of five minutes, with a fifteen-minute cooldown, and costs no resources.

Skill 2 Positioning: When activated, the Attacker's projection can see the positions of all defenders for five seconds, with a ten-minute cooldown and no cost.

Side Mission: Find the surviving townspeople and fulfill their wishes.

Mission Reward: After fulfilling the townspeople's wishes, the member who made the greatest contribution will receive the townspeople's protection. If they die in the attack and defense battle, they can be resurrected at the start of the next round.

Death during a mission is considered a true death.

Before each round of attack and defense, there are five minutes to choose the Attacker and five minutes to hide in the town.

If neither side achieves victory by the final time limit, all survivors will be subject to Annihilation Program.

Now, please select the Attacker for this round as soon as possible.

Note: Some towns may appear to be alive, but they are actually dead.

After reading the Mission Description, everyone fell silent.

The rules aren't hard to understand: each round, a maximum of three people are chosen to kill the opposing team, while the rest evade assassination attempts by the chosen Attacker. Each round lasts one hour, until one side reaches ten deaths. "But we can only project... doesn't that mean we'll never actually reach that Second Stone Bridge Town?" Zhang Lao San rubbed his bald head. "Are these projections reliable?"

"At least the data is more reliable than our own judgment." Wang Yifan pushed up his glasses. "Three times the Innate Potential, fifty points of spirituality, this talent is one in ten thousand. Even if you are only at the third level of the Body Refinement Realm, you still have five hundred breaths of energy. With the addition of an extra thousand Breath Vital Energy, you basically don't need to worry about running out of energy. You can use high-consumption skills with confidence... not to mention that you also have an absurdly powerful assassination skill."

"I don't think it's just a matter of magnanimity." Old Man Yang Wenyue shook his head. "Everyone here is a top-tier fighter. Who doesn't have some powerful consumables they're reluctant to use? If the rules are followed and the Noble Phantasms are perfectly copied, those projections won't hold back. They'll throw out all their hidden treasures without hesitation..."

The others realized this as well and nodded in agreement.

"By the way, who will our opponent be?" Zhu Xixi raised her hand and asked, "This is my first time encountering a combat mission like this. Are they also Cultivators?"

"It used to be," said the oldest speaker, Grandma Li Xiuzhen Grandma Li. "Chaos Mission discourage Cultivators from fighting to the death in the Main World. This kind of all-out confrontation mission confirms that the opponents are all Polluter!"

"The Polluter?" Several people showed surprised expressions. Clearly, combat missions were relatively rare even at the Class A level, and many people lacked experience with them.

"Time is running out, let's quickly decide on the team," Ma Lei said. "Who will stay behind to be the Attacker?"

The group exchanged glances, and they could see hesitation in each other's eyes.

According to the rules, the Attacker is absolutely safe, seemingly able to protect the relatively weaker members. However, this also weakens the projection ability, which is detrimental to the attack from the other side.

However, if the strongest player is chosen as the Attacker, and the remaining defenders are not strong enough, they may be wiped out by the powerful enemy Attacker.

"I think we should proceed cautiously and observe the situation first," said Zheng Yunshan, whose demeanor was composed. "Let's leave one Attacker behind, and send all twelve of us into the town to defend. That way, twelve against three should be enough to withstand any assassination attempts..."

"That makes sense... So, does that mean we should keep one of the weaker opponents in the first round?"

"Being weak doesn't necessarily mean being a bad Attacker. It's best to keep those who are capable but lack magnanimity. After strengthening them, they might have a surprising effect and even take down one or two enemies..."

The crowd began to chatter amongst themselves. At this moment, Zhu Xixi raised her hand and pointed at Luo Jun: "Why don't we keep Ye here? He's Peak Level Combat Power; he might wipe out the entire enemy force at the speed of light!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately turned to look at Luo Jun.

Yeah, this powerful weapon is too good to pass up...

"The key question is, is the night truly the Peak?" Some still felt it was uncertain.

"I can attest to that." Ma Lei acknowledged Luo Jun's strength. "Anyone at their Peak is no match for him."

With the official endorsement, everyone gained confidence and agreed to keep Luo Jun as the Attacker.

But to everyone's surprise, Luo Jun shook his head and pointed to the Mission Description.

"Three times the Root Bone, fifty points of spiritual energy... If I were the Attacker, I would be weakened!"

(End of this chapter)