In the real world, it's morning.
While slacking off at work, [ Do Some Farm Work ] suddenly received a private message from a friend.
[ The Good Times Don't Last ]: "Any new news on your end? Let's keep in touch."
[ Do Some Farm Work ]: "Not yet. Basic information has been gathered, but the exact location of the foreign Holy Crusaders ' base has not yet been found. Even if the base is found, the location of their uniforms needs further confirmation."
"Should we ask Pothos if she can do this?"
"Absolutely not. Even if he were to enter those Holy Crusaders camps now, he would only be throwing his life away."
"Is it that difficult? I remember [ Mysterious Goblin ] and [ Dark and Heavy Secret ], and who else did something similar?"
"That time was different. That knightly order had just moved there and wasn't very familiar with the terrain. They seized the opportunity, but in the last few days, the knightly order's relocation to their new location has been completed, and we no longer have that advantage."
"All right..."
On the other side of the screen, [ Good Times Don't Last ] fell into thought.
After two or three days of development, his plan had begun to take shape, but the problem was that it seemed to have reached a very obvious bottleneck—
To move freely within the city at night, one needs the battle robes of the visiting Holy Crusaders.
But how do I get my hands on this thing?
Unlike church-like buildings where only priests defend, each military camp can be considered the stronghold of the Holy Crusaders.
Even though it looks dilapidated, just one kick and a truckload of bread-men will immediately appear and chop the player into mincemeat.
This has been confirmed by [ Do Some Farm Work ], who has hired several players to investigate the military camp over the past two days.
According to his plan, it would be best if the mercenaries could come and go freely; even if they never returned, they would at least bring back some information.
But in the end, none of the hired players left any of the military camps alive; in fact, each of them was only able to enter the outermost circle before being discovered by both visible and hidden sentry posts.
The Holy Crusaders are indeed quite skilled at designing these permanent military camps. They place a large number of elite troops on the outer perimeter, making it extremely difficult to infiltrate the core.
These buildings, which already housed a large number of soldiers, seem to have been heavily guarded recently, as if the developers had urgently increased the difficulty level. However, upon closer inspection, it makes perfect sense. After an infiltration, raising the alert level in a short period of time is something any commander with a sound mind would do.
We can't just leave these camps full of soldiers like easy prey waiting to be devoured.
This is also an aspect that players must consider when playing in the World of Disorder.
In this game that closely resembles reality, while exploring new areas can be very rewarding, it also means facing unknown risks.
Subsequent players will need to follow some of the established patterns while facing enemies that have undergone corresponding changes.
After changes accumulate to a certain extent, all previous patterns become invalid, and a new era of exploration begins.
The two elements continuously cycle forward, keeping the entire game within a relatively balanced dynamic difficulty range.
So far, only the [ Mysterious Goblin ] team has successfully infiltrated the military camp and left. What seemed like an ordinary thing at the time has now become a legend.
[ Good Times Don't Last ]: "So what do we do now? If we force ourselves to travel in the dark, we can actually ask [ Clear Soup Master ] to protect us."
"Although he is bound by the rules, he can exploit a bug by simply gouging out his own eyes to deprive himself of his sight, thus bypassing the rule of killing those who violate the curfew at night."
"Furthermore, Treant Hunter generally do not gather in large numbers, and other tree beings should leave on their own after sensing his information."
"Even though he's blind, we can treat him as a talisman; we can just tie a rope around him and carry him with us."
[ Do Some Farm Work ]: "Is there such a bug? I remember that after Tree Transformation, the eyes and mouth are just symbolic, right? Does poking a hole in a tree really deprive you of your vision?"
"I spoke too hastily. Actually, you can achieve something similar by using opaque fabric or something similar to wrap the main stem completely."
"I see. However, I think this can be considered a backup plan. [ Clear Soup Master ] is our deepest mole so far. He will be very useful when a major offensive is needed. Using him for this matter seems like it would be easy to expose him."
"What you said makes sense. So what are you planning to do about the subjugation? The vast majority of those Treant Hunter are Aberration teenagers. Even if it's just game data, I don't really want to kill them."
"Let me think about it."
On the other side of the screen, [ Do Some Farm Work ]'s brain began to work at lightning speed.
To move freely at night, a specific uniform is required. This uniform cannot be replicated (due to a lack of materials), and its location is also unknown. Therefore, only enemies can currently exploit this rule, while the Soul Returner have no way to use it.
Unusable... unusable...
[ On the Do Some Farm Work ] I glanced at my colleagues who were busy working or slacking off, and pretended to be exhausted before getting up and taking a leisurely stroll.
As he walked, a sudden inspiration struck him, and he had a new idea—
Isn't it just that Antiya Lisi opened a back door for the Holy Crusaders?
If players can't use this back door, then nobody should use it!
The more [ Do Some Farm Work ] thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed. He strode back to his workstation and immediately sent a message to [ Good Times Don't Last ]:
"I've thought of a solution."
"Speak quickly."
"Since we can't get the robes, then nobody should wear them! Let's destroy all those clothes! Whatever rules Antiya Lisi makes later, even something as simple as not allowing our own people to have ring fingers, as long as [ Clear Soup Master ] tells us, we'll either follow them or destroy them."
"I get it, this is called 'difficult? Then don't do it!' right? Destruction is much easier than robbery or theft."
[ The Good Times Don't Last ] After thinking for a moment, he asked:
"But... we still can't pinpoint the location of the priest's robe."
"We can confirm that the robes belonging to the foreign Holy Crusaders are definitely in a military camp."
Isn't that obvious?
"That's not nonsense, just knowing that is enough."
What do you want to do?
Have you ever heard of an old meme?
"Uh-huh?"
My name is Magnetic Rod.
"A suicide truck?!"
"The hardest part of the mission wasn't getting into the military camp, but leaving it."
"If we don't think about leaving, aren't we invincible?"
"I understand. How much money do you need?"
"A large sum of money."
"..."