The Headmaster's Might, Gao Linzhi's Match

At the same time.

The event channel immediately erupted in discussion.

"Very good!"

"We finally have something that allows us to fight those imperial experts to the death!"

However, there are still many intelligent people.

Someone pointed out decisively, "This thing is so powerful, doesn't it come at a cost?"

"There's a price to pay. Didn't they say that if you enter the bizarre space of fair play, you'll die if you lose the game?" someone retorted.

"Nonsense, what kind of price is that? You were originally guaranteed to die, but now that you've gone to that place, the mortality rate is lower. That's not a price, that's a benefit!"

"The real cost certainly exists."

"We just didn't know it."

"When you have this die, remember not to use it lightly."

Gao Linzhi naturally saw these contents as well.

He could actually guess that.

Anything related to the strange or unusual has negative effects and potential dangers.

Otherwise, everyone would have been promoting it by now.

This day.

Gao Linzhi received another notification from the headmaster.

"We're going to a new place to set a trap."

"That's a Whirlpool Sea Area."

"The sea was filled with giant whirlpools, and in the middle of these whirlpools, there was only one narrow passage."

"This Whirlpool Sea Area leads directly to the imperial court's eastern territory."

"If the imperial court wants to collect taxes to the east, it must pass through this Whirlpool Sea Area."

"They have to use the sea passage in the middle of the whirlpool; there's no other way."

"Because the eddies in other places are unstable, they're like quicksand."

"If you're not careful, you'll be caught in the vortex."

"The whirlpool is actually the Colossal Sea Anomaly; in other words, if you get caught in it, you die."

"Even the area above the vortex is extremely dangerous; even airships have difficulty navigating it."

"The imperial court certainly attaches great importance to this place."

Therefore, we must be careful.

Gao Linzhi nodded.

He now possesses the "Dice of Fairness," which can be said to be tailor-made for Gao Linzhi.

Because he has unlimited resurrections, and at a low cost.

In this situation, even if the opponent is level 80, as long as they can be pulled into that strangely created fair game space by the dice, Gao Linzhi will have an unlimited number of chances.

The other party only had one chance.

Only after life and death have occurred in this space can one exit.

After Gao Linzhi was resurrected, it was as if he was still alive.

Meanwhile, the opponent must continue to fight Gao Linzhi.

The group then set off again, boarding the same clipper ship as before, and sailed all the way to the Whirlpool Sea Area.

This time, the group did not fly into the sky.

Gao Linzhi looked up.

In the distance, large whirlpools rose and fell erratically.

Deep within the vortex, one could vaguely see deep, gigantic throats.

It seems that's a passage leading to something strange.

And at this time...

Before the headmaster could even begin making arrangements, sure enough, officials from the imperial court came to assassinate him once again.

Then, several dark figures emerged from the water; there were dozens of them.

Gao Linzhi couldn't help but sigh that the imperial court still had a deep foundation; even a small amount of resources from it were far superior to those of the barbarian forces.

Just like when the Great Ming hunted wild boar hides, they actually had a significant advantage in terms of resources.

Wild Boar Skin has already suffered a severe famine and has nowhere to buy food, so it has been forced to drastically reduce its slave population, thus weakening its own strength.

However, the Great Ming was too vast, with too many factions and powerful groups.

Some traitorous merchant groups, lured by money, sold food and clothing to the pigskins, helping them survive the harsh winter and famine.

"You traitors!"

"Don't you feel ashamed to be stirring up trouble everywhere?"

This time, the leader of the assassins did not start by killing people.

Instead, they first attacked his morale and spirit.

"Let me tell you, the imperial court has already deployed heavy troops at every key location. You won't succeed!"

"With such a large force lying in ambush, let's see how you lure the monster!"

"Hmph, enough nonsense. It's either you or me. So what if you have a large army? You'll have to get past us first!"

This time, it was the headmaster and his men who launched the first attack.

Gao Linzhi also went forward to fight.

This time, he deployed the Game Character "Can Xue Waves Across the Map".

Not Substitute Puppet.

He then stepped forward and engaged in combat with numerous assassins.

The opponent is indeed powerful.

Gao Linzhi was killed in less than ten rounds when his opponent pierced his heart with a single sword strike.

It's important to know that he has already activated the game's AI combat mode.

Unfortunately, if your attributes aren't up to par, even with the best countermeasures, the speed and agility are too far off—how can you possibly win?

No matter how good the tactics are, they often cannot make up for the gap in weaponry caused by technological disparities.

This time, however, thanks to the Dice of Fairness, Gao Linzhi had the opportunity to compete fairly with his opponent.

A flash of white light appeared before his eyes.

Then, the guy who killed Gao Linzhi arrived in a void with Gao Linzhi.

There's nothing here.

There is no up or down, no front or back, no past or present, no coming or going.

And at this time...

A golden die appeared.

"Let's begin the dice game."

"Both sides take turns rolling the dice."

"After the roll, the dice will transform into different offensive and defensive tools depending on the number rolled, launching attacks against both sides."

"If you have a higher score, you can break through the opponent's defenses and deal damage."

"If your score is low, you won't get hurt."

The rules are that simple.

However, what seems simple is actually not easy to win.

Soon, both sides began to roll the dice.

Gao Linzhi threw first.

As he rolled the dice, he recalled reading in many novels that mentioned this alternating attack pattern.

This model is simple and clear.

To prevent cheating, both sides were in a separate, enclosed space, and instead of rolling the dice themselves, they gave an instruction for the monster to roll them.

You must not disturb others.

This approach is clearly fairer.

Because skilled players are better, they can even roll the specified dice.

It can even achieve the goal of surpassing others after starting later.

That is to say, his dice can keep spinning until he sees your dice roll, and then he rolls his own.

He can get whichever amount he wants.

That would be cheating.

For Gao Linzhi, this was good news.

After all, his strength was far inferior to that of the assassin.

The assassin is already level 80.

After all, this is the foundation of a dynasty.

The player has only been in this world for a few years.

The other party has cultivated for decades, or even hundreds of years.

The two sides then tossed the numbers at each other.

Round 1.

Gao Linzhi: 5, Assassin: 4.

A sharp sword pierced towards the assassin.

The assassin snorted, but managed to resist.

Gao Linzhi frowned immediately.

This is actually unfair to Ordinary Player.

Because the opponent is stronger, they can withstand more damage, meaning the margin for error is higher.

However, Gao Linzhi didn't care about this.

Sure enough, he revived a total of 20 times this time, finally bringing his opponent to the brink of death.

The dying assassin shouted, "No, you cheated!"

"This is completely unfair!"

"Where in the world is there true fairness? You came to assassinate me, is that fair?"

"You're level 80, I'm only level 1."

Gao Linzhi shook his head.

The assassin had nothing to say and approached death in frustration.

Gao Linzhi shook his head helplessly.

In fact, given their abilities, they could live well anywhere.

Why should I risk my life for the imperial court?

It's probably because he was raised from a young age and controlled by various contracts, curses, and ties that he had no choice but to do this.

Gao Linzhi believed that the other party also did not want to die.

Unfortunately, it had already become a weapon of the imperial court.

And so, he was repeatedly slapped more than a dozen times by Gao Linzhi.

He himself played more than a dozen small bets.

And so, the damage gradually began to accumulate.

He died with great resentment.

He should have won long ago.

Unfortunately, that person was a player, and he definitely had a lot of Revival Stone, so he could revive every time.

"This is not fair!"

With a scream, the assassin died.

When he died, he was beaten to pieces, his body scattered all over the ground.

He died just like Shang Yang.

That's ridiculous.

This is the consequence of serving the emperor.

To be honest, everyone hates Shang Yang.

But was the book of books designed to keep the people ignorant, which Shang Yang created, really what he wanted to produce?

No, in fact, Shang Yang also proposed the principles of benevolence, kingship, and hegemony to the emperors at the beginning.

However, the king did not take a liking to any of them.

Because it's too slow.

Finally, he proposed the "Legalist" approach of thoroughly exploiting people.

That's not modern law.

Rather, it was the law of ancient times, a thorough, harsh, and uncompromising way of keeping the people ignorant.

But the king immediately set his sights on the last path.

Because it is the fastest, most stringent, and most effective means of extracting the people's strength.

This is exactly what the rulers want.

The rulers never imagined that this system would be so harsh that their descendants would be unable to control it and would excessively cruelly oppress the people.

As a result, the rebels didn't need to offer the people any benefits; as long as they promised not to use such cruel laws again, the people would rise up and actively support them.

Just like Liu Bang, who only made a "Three-Chapter Law" and did not distribute land to them, the people of the Qin Dynasty began to support him.

And now, this Sky Wolf Dynasty is undoubtedly following the old path of the Qin Dynasty.

And this assassin died in such a confused and inexplicable way.

He died as a knife.

After the other party died, Gao Linzhi left this void.

At that moment, the headmaster also appeared.

The other assassins have all disappeared.

Needless to say, they have already met their great-grandmother.

The headmaster's strength is truly unfathomable.

The imperial court underestimated the people in the Daoist Academy.

This is a transcendent world, different from the physical world offline.

In the material world, there are no reclusive masters; true masters only exist among professional athletes.

The idea of some kind of master suddenly appearing in the mountains is just wishful thinking.

It doesn't exist at all.

But this extraordinary world is entirely possible.

Because there are mutations, there are Presence of Anomalies.

The headmaster nodded at Gao Linzhi and said, "You did very well."

"Then let's continue luring the monsters."

Just then, another wave of assassinations came.

It's truly continuous.

"Hmph, let's see how many experts the imperial court can send?" the headmaster said nonchalantly.

Gao Linzhi understood as well.

The battle between the imperial court and the rebels appears to be primarily fought through assassinations.

After all, both sides possess high-intensity combat capabilities.

Those ordinary soldiers were killed in vain on the battlefield.

This means that the training costs are wasted.

These experts are still the most efficient at assassination.

The logistical supplies needed by these experts, while relatively expensive, are not numerous in total and are easy to carry.

There is no need to transport hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain at a time.

This leads to a fatal problem.

That's a dynasty, and they become easy to overthrow.

With just 3 to 5 exceptionally strong fighters, it's possible to seize control of the imperial court.

Therefore, although the imperial court in this world is corrupt, it is different from the imperial court in the real world. It still has to do everything possible to study formations and innovate military formations.

We cannot be complacent and stagnant.

The consequence of doing so is that within two generations, they are secretly cursed to death by ambitious outlaws.

Under such harsh selection, the imperial court had to suppress the people's wisdom on the one hand, and on the other hand, it had to unlock the wisdom of its own imperial family.

That's like fighting with both hands simultaneously.

The imperial court was indeed making great efforts to study various battle formations.

Defense and attack-oriented products are the most sought-after.

They are trying to find ways to restrain these experts.

They wanted to use a large number of low-level soldiers to deal with high-level players.

Therefore, the imperial court did not abandon the training of a large number of soldiers just because they were useless.

Instead, they have intensified their efforts.

Military formations arose from this.

The imperial court now needs to take the initiative to attack the mobile and flexible rebel army, so it naturally cannot use the elite troops.

The military formation can only be used when the rebels attack their capital.

Military formations are better suited for defense than offense.

Because soldiers are easier to control compared to skilled players.

Is it easier to control one person or two?

In fact, the larger the number of people, the stronger the overall stability.

One person might go crazy, but the probability of ten thousand people going crazy as a whole is infinitely close to zero.

Unless it's a case of mass poisoning.

The smaller the number of people, the greater the instability.

Soon, under the guidance of the headmaster, Gao Linzhi killed five waves of assassins from the imperial court before things calmed down.

The imperial court wasn't stupid; the assassins they initially used were of very high rank.

Later, he became a low-level assassin, around level 30 or 40.

The goal, of course, is to deplete Gao Linzhi's resurrection attempts.

What they didn't know was that Gao Linzhi could resurrect infinitely.

Meanwhile, the headmaster had already begun setting up the formation using the materials.

As the headmaster was setting up the formation, another wave of assassins arrived.

They attempted to assassinate the headmaster.

However, the headmaster didn't care at all.

Because they can't even touch themselves.

Not only that, the headmaster also sighed there:

"An old steed in its stall may still aspire to gallop a thousand miles."

"Even in his twilight years, a hero's spirit remains undiminished."

Their assassination attempt on the headmaster was indeed futile.

A flash of white light occasionally appeared on the headmaster's body, and then the assassins were teleported to another location.

In Gao Linzhi's opinion, the headmaster wouldn't be so kind as to send them home.

They must have been sent back to their strange old home.

For example, it could be fed into the mouth of some strange creature.

Be completely open and honest with each other.

Sure enough, another assassin was teleported to the deepest abyss at the bottom of the sea when he tried to kill the headmaster.

The man was grabbed by a Deep Sea Giant had just awakened and was devoured in an instant.

It's truly terrifying.

A gigantic maw, deep in the sea, swallowed people whole.