Sacred Souls: Genesis
Chapter 322 - Chapter 322 Chapter 322 Choosing the Battlefield (3rd Update)

Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Choosing the Battlefield (3rd Update) Chapter 322: Chapter 322: Choosing the Battlefield (3rd Update) After the battlefield missions on Dark Tide Island came to an end, players began to freely explore the island.

Whether they were part of the Gods’ Alliance, the Plane Pirates, or the Breeders, all players slowed down for a while and started looking for side missions in their respective main cities to complete.

However, the members of Leap Nuclear did not go looking for side missions. This time, everyone from top to bottom in Leap Nuclear was holding their breath, sensing a strange atmosphere in the guild, whether it was Mo Shigui or the boss.

Leap Nuclear had been established for many years. The boss remembered that in the guild inside the game, it was quite common to be wiped out twenty or thirty times when pioneering an instance.

Most of the members in the elite strategy group were veteran players from Conflicts. They wouldn’t get angry about being wiped out by a boss; they were angry because… it was their first time being toyed with by a boss in so long playing games!

That’s right… toyed with. The AI of the bosses from Conflicts and Holy Spirits, no matter how sophisticated, only had that five, six, seven, or eight standard attack patterns.

But what about the Magic Thieves on Dark Tide Island? Not only did they have a variety of attack patterns, but they would also instantly kill a player and run away, summoning lord-level dragons for help when surrounded by players!

This kind of shameless, almost cheating, battle tactic was the biggest reason that everyone in Leap Nuclear was holding their breath.

“Um…I guess you guys want to shout at the Magic Thieves things like, ‘Come out and face me,’ right?”

Jiang Qiao also participated in the discussion at the Leap Nuclear’s base, as Zhao Mingwei was pulled in by Mo Shigui to join the meeting discussing the kidnapping of the Magic Thieves.

“But those Magic Thieves are hiding inside Dark Tide Island. How do we find them?” Plush Rabbit deliberately asked, then glanced at Mo Shigui standing at the head of the conference table.

“Rely on the pirates’ intelligence system.” Mo Shigui introduced the new findings as usual, “On the bulletin board of Pirate City, Holy Spirits can accept tasks to raid with pirates, earning prestige and Contribution Value, which can be used to purchase the whereabouts of the Magic Thieves and some special monsters on the Dark Tide Island map from the pirates.”

This was also a condition proposed by Jiang Qiao and a benefit of joining one of the three major factions: that the three major factions would open their intelligence systems to the Holy Spirits.

The pirates wielded a special marking power. Any Magic Thief they had injured could be located by them. The range of this sense varied depending on the pirate’s strength.

Pirates could hire players with tokens, equipment, and item rewards, allowing players to join them in raiding the Magic Thieves’ relics scattered across Dark Tide Island. Likewise, players could hire them with corresponding Contribution Value, turning these pirates into ‘hound dogs’ that track the Magic Thieves the players wanted to hunt.

This was a mutually beneficial hiring system, and the Gods’ Alliance had a similar system, albeit in a different form.

“After capturing them, should we use this net to drag them into…the Inner World?” Little Feather played with the Plunder Net, a reward from the battlefield mission.

The net had durability, which was dismayingly low at fifty; even a piece of cloth armor he wore had a durability of two hundred fifty.

Little Feather was sure that the Plunder Net was a one-time use item, the kind that would break after a single use and need to be exchanged again.

“The plan is to do just that. In the Inner World, they won’t be able to rely on the help of those lord-level dragons or escape.”

Mo Shigui had already discussed this matter with the boss and also believed that the boss’s plan was feasible.

“So, do we now go to New World Square to set traps?” Little Feather was now in such an excited state that he couldn’t sleep.

In the course of speaking, he had already come up with countless ways to trap those Magic Thieves!

“We’re not going to set traps in the New World Square area.” The boss shook his head, dismissing his earlier proposal.

“Then… where do we go?” Little Feather asked nervously.

“Uptown Sports Center.” The boss mentioned a map in the Inner World that had only been updated recently.

Lately, Jiang Qiao was no longer choosing a street or block as the area when updating the Inner World, but instead, he was trying to prioritize adding landmark buildings or busy areas of various cities into the Inner World.

The three areas updated by Jiang Qiao two days before the launch of Black Tide Island are Eagle’s Nest in North City, the sports center in Upper City, and another sports center in Deep City.

This was a thematic update, where players who wished to tour these three renowned sports facilities in the Inner World could complete the visit in less than an hour by riding their mounts.

“What… are you planning to do?” Mo Shigui’s eyebrows twitched slightly upon hearing the places mentioned by the Boss, having a not-so-good premonition.

“The finals of the Dispute’s postseason seem… I remember, they were fought right here,” Black Pot Stewing Meat also had a feeling that something was amiss.

“It shouldn’t just be called the Dispute finals; it should be called the World Holographic Projection Exchange Meeting. The Dispute finals are just the most important event,” said the Boss.

Following its debut, holographic projection experienced rapid development, and major game manufacturers began introducing various devices related to holographic projection, with Dispute and other eSports manufacturers being the most active in collaborating.

Watching a match with holographic projection is far more exhilarating than watching on a big screen.

In the past, only a small part of Dispute’s finals were held in such large stadiums, and even then, most people could only watch on the big screen, but now, sitting in the stands… the audience could see the game characters truly running on the field through holographic projection!

“I remember Sacred Spirits wasn’t on the invitation list,” said Mo Shigui.

“With three weeks left till the postseason finals, not all the invitees might have been listed. It’s always good to make some preparations in advance.”

The Boss had a smile on his face that made Mo Shigui feel somewhat… uneasy.

Prepare what? Mo Shigui wanted to directly ask his boss, if they took over the sports center in the Inner World, would the things they constructed there be projected into the real world?

Mo Shigui was uncertain. With too many unknowns in Sacred Spirits, he didn’t argue with what the Boss had said, but he felt that in addition to strategizing for Black Tide Island, they also had to find time to get involved in the contest for the Upper City sports center, which felt like being stretched too thin.

Nucleus Leap had already occupied two areas in the Inner World, this meant they would have to give up one of the areas they had captured…

But since the boss had given the order, all they, the employees, could do was follow it.

Jiang Qiao silently listened to the Nucleus Leap team’s discussion, feeling that things were starting to get interesting?

Initially, Jiang Qiao didn’t want to cause trouble at that World Holographic Projection Exchange, but the officials of Celestial Palace had repeatedly petitioned whether Celestial Palace Number Thirteen could… perform that act again on the Huangpu River?

Jiang Qiao did not respond to them. He had Celestial Palace Number Thirteen appear very compliant, aside from their inability to modify the game’s permissions, anything the officials wanted Sacred Spirits to participate in, Celestial Palace Number Thirteen would try to accommodate as much as possible.

Now it seems… Celestial Palace Number Thirteen could only continue at the World Holographic Projection Exchange… to perform that act again?

But the question was, who would be the actors? The elite strategy team of Nucleus Leap?

“Ying… Chairman, I know it’s not right to speak demotivational words now, but what if we pull them over and can’t win?”

Fuzzy Bunny was very anxious; the reason being that Magic Thief’s combat skills were truly strong, so much so that she felt a bit overwhelmed, and probably only retired players like Mo Shigui and current professional players could handle Magic Thief with ease.

But for a dedicated PVE player like Fuzzy Bunny, no matter how good her PVE skills were, facing Magic Thief who knew all the Sacred Spirits skills would still seem… a bit unskilled.

Just as Mo Shigui was about to ask why they couldn’t win, the Boss said bluntly, “Just get players from other clubs to help with the instance.”

“Is that… possible?” Black Pot Stewing Meat was skeptical about pulling players from other clubs to help fight the instance, something that couldn’t be solved by the Boss’s clout alone.

Just the appearance fees alone were a significant expense, not to mention many other complex factors involved.

“Just kidding, just kidding. Let’s find those Magic Thieves first,” said the Boss.

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