Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 318 - 223: Ultimate Trial Selection Completed! (8000 words, requesting monthly tickets!)

Chapter 318: Chapter 223: Ultimate Trial Selection Completed! (8000 words, requesting monthly tickets!)

That night, Meng Yuan was constantly keeping track of the players’ progress.

It must be said that these players were getting fiercer by the day.

Meng Yuan had long ago viewed the content of this historical slice and thought that just the fifty cavalry raiding the camp, as led by Yu Jiaxuan, would stall the players for a day or two. However, to his surprise, many players had already cleared it on the first day, and systematic guides were available by the second day.

Even the historically challenging reform of Wang Wenchuan didn’t limit the players for long, with the top tier managing to clear it within three days.

Li Hongyun was the earliest to clear it, followed closely by Fan Cun, Zhao Haiping, and Chuge, who all cleared it by that night.

Even some previously less impressive players performed quite well this time.

There were more than a dozen players in the first wave who cleared it.

And at this rate, Meng Yuan feared that the number of players who cleared it after a week would be counted in the thousands.

There were some very exceptional cases, for instance, Chuge creatively played Wang Wenchuan as a powerful official, stabilizing his position by actively transferring power back to the emperor while engaging in fierce political struggles and ruthlessly suppressing dissent. Within five years, he further solidified the new laws, and only when pushed to the brink did he directly boost the army, accumulating a large amount of military resources for the Qi Army in this historical slice.

In the Trial Illusion Chuge was placed in, once he arrived at Niu Zhu Pier, he didn’t need to perform an act like Li Hongyun’s decisive arrow; he could make the Jin retreat just by spending money.

Because the Qi Dynasty was already funding its military and Niu Zhu Pier had its fleet ready. As long as the players persisted with the reforms, even if they didn’t earn a single penny, they could still attempt to use the local fleet and sea cucumber boats to battle the Jin soldiers.

However, the more successful the reforms, the more money they could allocate, which meant more armaments and ships.

Logically, seeing player after player emerge as a genius, Meng Yuan should be happy.

But this time, he once again looked worried.

Shenshang, very understanding as always, asked, "What’s the matter? Are you worried about making the leaderboard again?"

Meng Yuan was reluctant to admit it but finally nodded, "Yes... I feel like I’ve given my all. Can I make it into the top hundred?"

Shenshang thought for a moment, "So what do you plan to do? Do you want to try harder and refresh your performance, or just throw the top hundred people into the ultimate trial?"

Meng Yuan paused, "I’ll think about it."

His gaze crossed the layers of historical fog, refocusing on this slice of history.

At this moment, he was immensely relieved that he was a legitimate Return Order, able to change the game’s rules anytime and, as long as he was clever about it, the players would not notice.

Want to stuff a hundred people into this historical slice?

Actually, it’s not impossible.

As his control over historical slices, especially those of the entire Great Sheng Dynasty, recovered, his Return Order power surged.

To stuff a hundred people into a historical slice merely meant that each person had slightly less power, but at this point, his Return Order power was sufficient to be divided.

However, the problem was, if he stuffed a hundred people in, who would they all impersonate?

All impersonating Wang Wenchuan? That was definitely impossible.

Having a hundred Wang Wenchuans suddenly appear in the Qi court would be too strange.

Moreover, the more people that were stuffed in, the greater the possibility of being exposed, leading to the likelihood of demons discovering it halfway through and prematurely venturing into Return Order Expedition mode.

Therefore, careful consideration was necessary.

After much thought, Meng Yuan suddenly had an idea.

What if he put in a hundred players and systematically replaced all key officials of the Qi Dynasty from top to bottom?

Let each player act their part well, yet at the same time, let them all work within the framework of Wang Wenchuan’s reforms.

Would these most disciplined players validate the feasibility of Wang Wenchuan’s new laws?

With this thought, Meng Yuan made a decision on the spot—that’s what he would do!

When the players saw the new list for the ultimate trial selection, they would surely be shocked.

Perhaps in this new model, they might play out some especially clever maneuvers?

...

Early in the morning, the players woke up and left the game world of Dark Sand.

Soon after, the official forum became lively.

The latest group to clear the "Trial Illusion" instance began sharing their experiences and insights on conquering this instance, and many also started discussions about its content.

"To be honest, although I cleared this instance... it wasn’t very satisfying."

"Indeed, although I eventually won, there’s an indescribable feeling of suffocation, like something was off."

"Actually, the instance with General Deng also had this issue to some extent, after all, both Governor Lin and General Deng ended up with tragic fates. But this time... it felt even more stifling."

"That’s quite normal, just look at the name of the instance and the last few sentences of the poem, the entire instance is engulfed in the mood of ’hesitation to speak, then rest’."

"Just discussing the content of the instance, Wang Wenchuan and Yu Jiaxuan are indeed tragic figures from different eras.

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