Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 338 - 227: History Slice Stitched Up! (Requesting guaranteed monthly votes!)

Chapter 338: Chapter 227: History Slice Stitched Up! (Requesting guaranteed monthly votes!)

At this point, the players who had watched this grand spectacle all wore expressions of complete satisfaction.

For the first time ever, the ultimate test incorporated 100 people, and these 100 players indeed did not disappoint.

They fulfilled the wishes of two historical figures.

First, they completed Yu Jiaxuan’s wish to train the Flying Tiger Army, sweep away the Jin soldiers, and reclaim the Northern Land.

Next, by massively possessing mid-level officials with players, they experimented with what would happen if every mid-level official in the country were Wang Wenchuan and how reform development would unfold.

There was also one more thing, through the game mechanics of this historical fragment, players achieved the development of flintlock guns and successfully trained an army adept in the firing squad tactic.

These three points made all players who participated in this historical fragment feel proud.

Especially concerning the development of flintlock firearms and new artillery, which influenced not just this historical fragment but also all future Return Order Expeditions.

Previously, players had not been able to make such technological leaps because the time in the historical fragment was too rigid, and there were not enough players entering.

The three or five players carefully selected were either proficient in martial arts or in civil governance, with very few having a special understanding of the technology tree. Moreover, with each player having their duties, they lacked the spare energy to climb the tech tree.

But this time was different.

With the span of the entire historical fragment reaching ten years, after Cui Huowang traveled back to become the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he could directly provide design drawings and use the entire strength of the Qi Dynasty to climb the technology tree.

Wang Wenchuan’s reforms provided a wealth of resources.

The complete possession from the Emperor to the ministers and then to each grassroots official also ensured the smooth completion of this technological revolution.

This was much more convenient than Cui Huowang laboriously hand-crafting gun barrels in his own fief.

Moreover, in the game mechanics of the Return Order Expedition, players could directly obtain all the weapons from previous historical fragments.

This also meant that once the Qi Dynasty developed flintlock guns, players could naturally be equipped with flintlock firearms for battle.

In this instance, only the natives of the Qi Dynasty within this historical fragment used flintlock guns in combat against the Flying Tiger Army.

However, after ten years of training under Li Hongyun, they also mastered this tactic very well.

In fact, the reason why flintlock guns could supersede the knight class was not only due to their power but also another crucial aspect: their cost.

Once the technology for flintlock guns matured, the cost of manufacturing a gun was lower than that of a bow and arrow; the cost and carrying capacity of bullets also completely surpassed arrows; and when it came to training costs, it was a total rout, vastly cheaper.

To train an excellent archer required at least two to three years, and archers needed to be physically exceptional—ordinary soldiers lacked the strength to draw a strong bow and could not be an effective fighting force.

But an ordinary soldier merely had to be proficient in carrying out all the tactical movements with a flintlock rifle, staying calm and in formation without running around, to be considered qualified.

A peasant with a flintlock rifle could easily disable a heavily armored cavalry soldier, whose cost was dozens or even hundreds of times that of the peasant with the rifle.

So, the players were all somewhat looking forward to encountering demons in the next Return Order Expedition.

By then, the players’ fearless traits would be further leveraged, and they would outperform the flintlock-armed Flying Tiger Army; and when possessed by demons, although the armored priests and Kidnapper Cavalry might become fearless, when facing flintlock guns, their fearlessness could turn into a significant disadvantage.

Finally, as General Yu Jiaxuan led the heavy cavalry of the Flying Tiger Army, pursuing the Jin soldiers until they fled in utter disarray, the entire historical fragment gradually solidified.

The players remained in an active state, but seeing statesmen like Wen Jun rigidly frozen in place, they gradually realized something.

"Has the ultimate test been passed?"

"It was that simple?"

"I feel like it’s not enough..."

Among these, only a few players like Chu Ge and Zhao Haiping had participated in the ultimate test, so most players were witnessing the scene of passing an ultimate test instance for the first time.

These players gradually left the roles they were playing, and like souls, freely moved through this historical fragment.

At the same time, all their negative statuses were also eliminated by the special powers of the Return Order, returning them to the original state upon entering the historical fragment.

Of course, the vast majority of players did not have any negative status to begin with, as their roles were civil officials. Upon reaching Niu Zhu Pier, they sat in the elevated tents eating fruit and singing, and just like that, the ultimate test was over.

Only a few officers playing military generals like Zhao Haiping and Fan Cun sustained some minor injuries during the later battles, and these too were completely healed.

Immediately afterward, everything around them began to reverse!

A single complete, immense historical fragment began to show faint signs of tearing from the center.

The locations of Yu Jiaxuan and Wang Wenchuan seemed to become the central points of two massive historical fragments, beginning to repel each other.

Apart from that, there were other contents from historical fragments not belonging to either Yu Jiaxuan or Wang Wenchuan that remained in place.