While people in the real world are overwhelmed with work, Ed has had a rare period of free time these past few days.
Even in World of Disorder, the seasons still change, but people deal with them in different ways.
According to Ed's understanding, normal members of the Tree Worship Church are similar to perennial plants in winter, entering a state of complete laziness where they are too lazy to eat or move.
Although they are still able to perform basic life activities, their overall spirit is not very strong. This is evident not only in normal members of the Tree Worship Church, but also in Middle Tier powerhouses like Motley and Nuolun.
Motley's recent parts production rate has inevitably decreased, and this is even more pronounced for Nuolun.
Nuolun and her Holy Crusaders came from the south and had rarely experienced the cold in and around the Holy City. In recent days, she and almost all of her men had been in a disheveled and sleepy state, completely changing Ed's perception of this Grand Knight Commander and the Holy Crusaders.
However, according to Nuolun himself, they can gradually adapt to this situation, so there is no need to worry that this state will continue indefinitely.
Ed naturally had no objection to this, and he had no plans to go to war with Antiya Lisi in the near future.
Before completely breaking ties, he needs to understand what winter in this World of Disorder is really like, and whether his players can adapt to such an environment.
If Ed were to launch a rash attack on Fir City, Ed feared he would repeat the mistakes of two figures from another world, causing his army to be bogged down in endless winter and swamps.
However, nothing is absolute. While the members of the Tree Worship Church were all listless, the Dragonborn were completely unconcerned about the changing weather.
These Aberration humans, whose body temperatures are already higher than normal, seem completely oblivious to changes in external temperature, exhibiting a confident sense of "nobody's body temperature is higher than mine anyway."
Those half-dragons looked exactly the same as before, and even their habit of going shirtless remained unchanged. On cool nights, wisps of white vapor could even be seen emanating from their bodies.
So Ed opened his "Player Observation Diary" again, preparing to decide on the next phase of content based on their reactions during this period.
On the forum for the game " World of Disorder," a video that is less than ten seconds long is getting a rapidly increasing number of views.
The camera swayed, revealing a magnificent, towering city wall in the distance. Then, a half-dragon face appeared in the frame, speaking in a clearly dim-witted tone:
"Arrived at the capital of the Graycast Corridor — the Great Labyrinth City. The Great Labyrinth City is so beautiful! Oh, isn't this Gray?"
In the scene, the merchant and mechanic, who is familiar with the players, looks speechlessly at the half-dragon beside him:
"You've mistaken me for someone else. It's not me, it's not me."
"Come on, Chief Engineer, say hello to everyone."
[ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] The camera then focuses on Bennett, but unfortunately, the vampire count is bound by vines and can't even make a peace sign. He can only stare into the eyes of the person in front of him with his murky, dead fish eyes.
This video, which is considered excessively sweet, has been trending on forums. The first comment is a screenshot from three days ago, saying that [ Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] mistook the Great Labyrinth City for something else, accidentally posted it, and then secretly deleted it...
The comments below are even more perplexing.
"Wow, there are side dishes too?"
"This picture makes the video even sweeter."
You should pay me to watch this video.
"Don't get me wrong, the video might be quietly deleted later."
"I'll save this first, then I'll make a GIF and post it under his new video."
"Thank you, Cyber Pine."
Just as the discussion among players and casual observers was driving the post's popularity up, Gray and the Second Holy See's "mission" encountered a problem similar to Motley's —they got stuck at security.
The Antasia is currently inside the walls of the Great Labyrinth City, meaning it has entered the walls but has not yet left.
The towering city walls resembled an endless mountain range, and even the city gates bore a resemblance to real-life mountain tunnels.
At this moment, Gray is negotiating with the two people in front of him:
"I'm Gray Griss, don't you all remember me?"
The two stern-faced security guards exchanged a glance, and one of them pointed at the other and asked:
What's his name?
Gray was completely dumbfounded:
How would I know?
The man then pointed to himself:
What's my name?
Gray answered again:
"I have no idea."
The security guard shrugged.
"That's it. You said your trips last two to three months each time, and you see the two of us every time you come and go, but you don't even know our names. Now you think we should remember you. Do you know how many mobile fortresses we have to check every day?"
This argument left Gray somewhat speechless, but after a moment's thought, he countered:
"No, it's always you guys investigating me, not me investigating you. How would I know your names?"
The man pondered for a few seconds and then nodded.
"That makes a lot of sense. I'll go talk to our boss. Don't blame us for the recent crackdown; with the resurgence of Blood Corpse and the potential actions of the Eternal Domain, we must be extremely vigilant."
"Understand."
Gray replied and watched the security guard head towards a building next to the city gate, while behind him, three players from the Second Holy See covered their faces.
"Dude, you never said the air quality here was this bad..."
Gray replied in surprise:
"Does that even need to be said? The Graycast Corridor is centered around machinery, and the Great Labyrinth City was said to be the world's largest mine a hundred years ago. Even today, countless blast furnaces are still burning fiercely. Isn't it normal for the air quality to be a bit poor?"
"Okay, I didn't think it through."
[ Traditional Eccentric Wheel ] also realized this, and just as he was about to say something more, he suddenly heard the sound of a winch loosening and the chain sliding.
Before them, at the city gate exit, a massive metal gate was slamming down onto the ground from a great height.
Although the landing point was still quite a distance from the Antasia, this sudden turn of events still shocked everyone.
[ With Lion Hidden in the Eyes ] He suddenly turned around and saw that the heavy gate at the entrance of the city wall behind him had also fallen down.
The heavy gates on both sides did not completely seal off the city gate, but formed a net-like structure. The "mesh" on it was even large enough for a normal person to walk through, and it seemed to be a structure designed only to guard against mobile fortresses.
Suddenly, a series of orderly footsteps approached.
Several players looked around and were shocked to find that nearly a hundred fully armed soldiers were passing through the gaps in the heavy gate and entering the city gate, surrounding the Antasia from all sides.