Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 402 - 242: The Fierce Battle of the First Stage_2

Chapter 402: Chapter 242: The Fierce Battle of the First Stage_2

The goal of the assassin and scholar players was to create as much "positive impact" on the entire Trial Illusion as possible.

For instance, if a scholar player truly managed to help Li Boxi have a significant effect on city defense or reduce the interference of peace faction officials in the royal court through impeachment, that counted as a positive impact.

It wasn’t necessary for an assassin player to assassinate Wanyan Sheng specifically. Killing some low-ranking or mid-ranking Jin officers also created a positive impact.

Of course, assassinating low-ranking Jin soldiers had a small impact but made escaping easier. Assassinating mid-ranking Jin military leaders had a great impact, but most likely they had only one chance.

The choice was based on the players’ own thinking.

Four players were randomly assigned to enter this Illusion Realm, and if any player failed midway and caused very serious consequences, other players would also be affected.

For instance, if Chuge failed to stop the emperor from fleeing at midnight and triggered the Jingkang Incident in advance, other players wouldn’t have the time to contribute before they were overwhelmed by countless Jin soldiers.

If the consequences were not so severe, like if an assassin player failed to assassinate Wanyan Sheng, it wouldn’t lead to the collapse of the entire Trial Illusion, but rather that he must be re-matched with three other new players.

The original three players in the Illusion Realm could then continue to achieve their goals.

Among the various Illusion Realms, players’ choices were many and varied.

Some assassin players never planned to stay at Cen Bridge Inn, thinking it a dead-end to ambush Jin soldiers there, and instead, ran to the capital to help defend the city because killing Jin soldiers during the siege was fundamentally the same and the chaotic battlefield made it easier to take advantage of assassination.

Some Ranger players, upon realizing they couldn’t win, immediately switched their plan, leading the mountain villagers and bandits to escape to the mountains, trying to see if that counted as succeeding.

Scholar players had the most variety since they were in the capital; some even tried to hire assassins to kill major peace faction ministers, but their scheme backfired and ended up dead on the spot...

Players also began using various codes, employing future-understandable secret phrases to verify each other’s identities, hoping to find absolutely trustworthy allies early in the impending Jingkang Incident.

However, to date, although the most excellent batch of players also gradually completed many "positive impacts" and were slowly clearing the first phase of the plot, no player had yet managed to pull off any cunning stunts that fundamentally precluded the Jingkang Incident from happening.

Particip Victor commented, "Weren’t you initially planning to let players freely change this historical segment? It doesn’t seem like it’s reached that objective yet."

Meng Yuan slightly shook his head, "Of course the plan is to let them change this historical segment, but the time isn’t right.

"Because they don’t yet have enough anger and drive to transform this slice of history, and the power they hold is still insufficient.

"So I require them to past the first phase before unlocking the subsequent content.

"Judging by the current situation, it should be soon. By the first night, a substantial number of players should be able to clear the first phase trial..."

...

Uncountable Trial Illusions constantly operated within the Return Order Space.

Some Illusion Realms ended very quickly as the four players therein failed for this reason or that; others might endure a long time, their players perhaps one step away from clearing the first phase.

When players decided to enter a new Trial Illusion after failing, a brand-new Illusion Realm was generated again in the Return Order Space, and paired him with three other players who also had to start over.

Due to Dark Sand’s numerous players and the Return Order Space’s power to actually twist time, this pairing was made seamless to the players.

And with the players’ relentless efforts, the first phase of the game content finally began to near its end.

...

Inside Cen Bridge Inn.

Jin soldiers’ siege continued just like always, not lasting too long.

Several Jin soldiers excitedly rushed deeper into Cen Bridge Inn, brandishing their butcher knives.

They, of course, knew there might still be resistance here, but with the passage of Jin troops, all resistance was futile.

Moreover, the Qi soldiers they had encountered along the way had crumbled instantly, which made these Jin soldiers disregard any resistance.

After all, even a few Jin soldiers could send hundreds of Qi soldiers scattering in panic.

In such a case, what was there to be afraid of?

Thus, these Jin soldiers unknowingly let down their guard, only eager to push forward. After all, the faster they advanced, the more likely they were to freely loot gold and silver, and abuse women and children. If they were too slow, all that would be left was ruins and nothing to gain.

With a "bang," the locked door was kicked open, Jin soldiers holding sharp knives burst in, immediately followed by screams of panic, angry curses from inside, perhaps even pleas for mercy, but as blades slashed and blood splattered on the walls, all sounds came to an eerie silence.

And these Jin soldiers clearly enjoyed this moment.

One tall and sturdy Jin soldier casually glanced at the wound on his left arm, which he obtained while scaling the low walls of Cen Bridge Inn when a Qi Dynasty guard stabbed him.

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