Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed.
During that time, the Imperial forces had behaved themselves well enough. They had not launched any more attacks, provocations, reconnaissance, or infiltration attempts. Instead, the players had wiped out several of their strongholds, camps, and supply stations.
Afterward, they simply retreated and hunkered down around that enormous fortress city, refusing to come out.
Chaos, meanwhile, behaved even more honestly!
Their largest gathering place—that fortress city—had nearly been captured by the Imperial forces. Their main forces were now trapped inside the fortress and unable to move. How could they possibly jump out and cause trouble?
Naturally, after the players could no longer find any targets, they had no choice but to shift their efforts toward clearing out Chaos strongholds of all sizes around the base and across the rest of the planet. Especially after Commander Gao Lanlan issued the long-term mission to reclaim and cleanse the entire planet, the players became even more active and enthusiastic.
The five thousand Ork players who had originally been locked in a bloody melee with the Imperial forces inside that fortress city were also recalled by Gao Lanlan. Rewards were distributed to the various war guilds and individual players. Basically, every player earned at least thirty to fifty thousand contribution points, while some received over a hundred thousand!
As for why the players had been recalled, it was naturally because the Imperial forces had been beaten to the point where they were nearly unable to maintain their defensive line and encirclement of the Chaos forces within the city-fortress.
If they continued attacking the Imperial forces and inflicted too much damage, forcing them to lift the siege or even withdraw, then the Chaos forces might pour out. They might