Liu Huo was unaware that the overlord everyone was searching for was right in front of him. Instead, he began to recount the detailed process of eliminating the Shenluo forces.
When they heard that they had killed a level 4 monster, which upgraded the Alliance Leader's base to level 4 and also upgraded the clone soldiers, thus enabling them to take down Shenluo in one fell swoop.
Zhang Tianyuan became interested and tentatively asked, "Those monsters? I saw one from afar. Are they really something humans can kill?"
Liu Huo wasn't wary, or rather, it wasn't confidential information.
"After our alliance leader reaches level four, the cloned soldiers will also be upgraded to advanced soldiers, and advanced generals will also appear."
Add to that some soldiers with special talents and strong physiques, plus the troops from other members of our alliance, and we can overwhelm the monsters with sheer numbers."
He did the math. "On average, it would take more than four thousand people to kill a level four monster."
"More than four thousand people?!" Zhang Tianyuan seemed somewhat shocked. "Such a high number of casualties?"
As he spoke, Zhang Tianyuan glanced at the clones following behind Liu Huo. The clones remained calm and composed, clearly unconcerned about being used as cannon fodder.
He doesn't look like a normal person.
Liu Huo guessed what he was thinking and laughed, saying, "Brother, you haven't developed your business yet, and you haven't built up many people, so you probably don't know."
"Once you've created enough clones, you'll realize that these clones are actually based on just a few templates; they're all made from dummies."
"A dummy? What do you mean by that?"
"Their intelligence is actually very low. They won't obey orders, and they can't even pass the Turing test. And after they die, there's no need to collect their bodies. Their corpses will decompose quickly on their own. If you go back in two hours, you won't even see the bones."
Zhang Tianyuan understood.
This really is a game; just like the corpses of those Mist Giant Serpent before, they'll disappear over time.
Clearly, the civilization that developed the Lord Game hadn't reached the point of creating humans indiscriminately.
Zhang Tianyuan quickly steered the conversation towards that super civilization, wanting to see if Liu Huo knew anything about them.
"The super-civilization that brought us here?"
"Actually, every newcomer asks this question. Actually, I..."
w.
We don't know much about it either.
Liu Huo stroked his chin and sat down at the table and chairs outside Zhang Tianyuan's main base.
Unaware that he was being secretly targeted by a sniper rifle inside the room, he calmly said, "That super-civilization has never shown itself from beginning to end; at least, no one on our server or the other server has ever seen them."
"Another server?"
"Yes, our server was merged with another server that had just launched."
It's said that a bug occurred on their end, causing monsters to spawn abnormally and resulting in a large number of player deaths, so the system merged the players from our two servers.
bug?
Zhang Tianyuan was very sensitive to this word.
He quickly pressed for more information.
Liu Huo didn't hide anything, and with the intention of supporting a newcomer, he quickly shared this information with him:
"This game actually has a lot of bugs, and they're all quite fatal."
"For example, the main base and cloning lab can leak; some people's main bases will spawn underground or underwater; and some people will be thrown into a random corner of the game when they enter the game, a million miles away from their main base..."
Listening to Liu Huo's words, Zhang Tianyuan was increasingly "wow".
The first bug he encountered was the one he was looking for.
He initially thought it was a problem with the technology, but now it seems it's a problem with the program?
And there are so many other bugs...
What happened to those who encountered the bug?
"Once they're discovered, they almost never have a good ending. Most of them get killed and their wish points taken, since these people definitely won't use them all."
"Tsk tsk, with so many bugs, isn't anyone going to fix them?"
"Fix it my foot! We all reckon that super-civilization ran away a long time ago. It's probably just an automated program running now, only reacting according to pre-programmed rules and completely disregarding the individual player's gaming experience."
Zhang Tianyuan looked at the sea outside and squinted his eyes.
Just as he had guessed, the influence of that super civilization on the game had indeed diminished considerably.
It seems that they will only take action to merge the two servers when the number of players drops to a certain level; otherwise, they remain completely hidden.
This action was most likely completed automatically by the system according to the program.
This is good news for him.
"Brother, how's your business going? If it's doing well, I'll invite you to join the alliance," Liu Huo suddenly asked.
Zhang Tianyuan chuckled, as if in a wry smile, "What kind of development can I have on this island? All I can do is go beachcombing, catch fish and crabs, and then grin at the sea."
Liu Huo rubbed his forehead, looking helpless. "Okay, I guessed it too."
"You definitely don't meet the standards to join our alliance, but we won't bully you. This area is now under our control, so you can just stay here and enjoy fishing and watching the sea."
As he spoke, he patted Zhang Tianyuan on the shoulder.
"Thank you!" Zhang Tianyuan patted him back, making his bones ache from the pats.
Wow! You're really strong!
"That's all for now, I have something to do. I'll come see you another day..."
After waving goodbye to Zhang Tianyuan, Liu Huo led his clones back onto the small boat and headed towards the large ship they could no longer rely on at sea.
On the way, he still felt something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
Looking back at the houses on the island, they were all made of wood, which seemed quite normal.
"Never mind, let's go check out the land in Shenluo first."
The large ship set sail again, gradually moving away from the island.
Liu Huo sat on the deck, enjoying the cool sea breeze, pondering how to divide up the inheritance of the players from Shenluo.
Suddenly, a clone soldier came forward to report, pointing in another direction on the sea that they had spotted a strange fleet.
Liu Huo immediately grabbed the homemade binoculars from the alliance and looked in the direction the soldier had indicated.
Then, the next second he saw a fleet of white, armored vehicles.
A streamlined, elongated hull, gleaming radar, and the island superstructure in the middle of the ship...
They look like the warships we often see in the past, and some of them even seem somewhat familiar.
A familiar feeling?!
Liu Huo rubbed his eyes to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
On the sea not far away, there really was an armored fleet sailing!
No, it shouldn't be called an ironclad fleet.
That's a modern fleet!
Liu Huo looked at the wooden deck beneath his feet—
Why?
Why is there a modern fleet in this game?!