Sacred Souls: Genesis
Chapter 373 - Chapter 373 Chapter 361 Eve of Preparation for War (Second

Chapter 373: Chapter 361: Eve of Preparation for War (Second Update) Chapter 373: Chapter 361: Eve of Preparation for War (Second Update) Mo Shigui led the Leap Nuclear Elite Strategy Group back to the Leap Nuclear base.

In the base, Yin Zong had moved a wooden table to the center… Although there hadn’t been much change in the base at this stage, Mo Shigui still sharply noticed that there were a bunch of NPCs inside.

“Back already?” Yin Zong seemed to be waiting specifically for Mo Shigui’s return.

Mo Shigui glanced at the several figures beside the wooden table. Jiang Qiao was a frequent visitor to Leap Nuclear, so his presence here was not surprising, but what took Mo Shigui by surprise was… the presence of Qi Junzi, the guild master of Overlord’s Reign.

Zhao Mingwei had not logged on yet; he was still recuperating in the hospital, and according to the doctors, he shouldn’t even think about being discharged for another five or six days.

“What happened?”

Mo Shigui knew that Yin Zong was not the type of boss who loved to stir up trouble, so there must be a reason for him to dispatch Leap Nuclear’s main team to lead the newcomers at this time.

“I’ve posted a video in the guild group. Have a look,” Yin Zong said directly.

Mo Shigui opened the Leap Nuclear Core Guild Group, which had only six hundred and forty-seven members, belonging to the core of the Leap Nuclear Club. Whether it was in online gaming or in the operation of the club in reality, it was equivalent to an internal group of the guild.

The internal group was currently muted, with only the video uploaded by Yin Zong hanging lonely in the chat history.

The content of this video was simple: it was about Yin Zong’s confrontation with Denghis Xisi in the Council of Gods. Mo Shigui watched the video without saying a word until the end…

“Did you make this plot public online?”

Mo Shigui actually had trouble hearing exactly what Denghis Xisi was saying because his voice was too hoarse. Fortunately, dialogue windows displayed their words during interactions with NPCs.

From a recording perspective, this appeared to be the opening dialogue of a main storyline CG, except the protagonist of the CG was Yin Zong himself.

“Not yet. I’ve only let the members of the guild and Qi Junzi from Overlord’s Reign see it. You’ve fought against this boss called Denghis Xisi more times than me. What do you think, Coach Song?” Yin Zong asked directly.

“From a boss battle perspective, he’s a very tough boss. If he’s still the final boss of Black Tide Island, it’s going to be troublesome,” Mo Shigui said.

“Didn’t we already kill this boss once? What’s the trouble… can’t we just smash him directly when the Black Tide Island Invasion expansion opens in half a month?”

When Mama Has A Dog expressed her opinion as a player, the significance of Denghis Xisi’s CG seemed to her to be nothing more than a preview of a new instance opening.

“Another version where we have to fight Denghis Xisi? I’m already sick of being one-shotted by him,” said Fluffy Rabbit, also revealing some psychological shadows.

“But it should be easy to win against a boss we’ve defeated once, right?”

The players in the strategy group didn’t feel any sense of crisis because of… Denghis Xisi’s declaration of war, as in their eyes, it was merely another expansion in which Denghis Xisi would come down again.

“I’m afraid we won’t win,” Mo Shigui watched the video sent by Yin Zong a second time and blurted out a sentence… that shattered everyone’s morale.

“Guild master, I know the game designers might enhance Denghis Xisi to a difficulty level like that of Thorne, but as long as it’s not a solo instance…”

“We’re not fighting an instance.” Mo Shigui took a deep breath and finally disclosed the bad news to everyone at the base, “The invasion of Black Tide Island in half a month is likely not any instance but a monster siege, with all the lord-level monsters of Black Tide Island pouring out in… a monster siege.”

The moment Mo Shigui’s words fell, the strategy group players who were still chattering in the base instantly fell into an eerie silence.

Because they had fought on Black Tide Island for nearly half a month, they all experienced firsthand the strength of the lord-level monsters there, which was entirely different in scale compared to Biland Island.

If there were 40,000 Magic Thieves on Black Tide Island according to the official data, then the number of lord-level dragons was counted by the hundreds of thousands, possibly moving towards two hundred thousand.

So many lord-level dragons refreshing all at once on Biland Island? Are you sure this isn’t just monsters bullying people?

“Wuwuwu… so scary, can this really happen?” The fluffy rabbit was already sobbing on the side.

“Have you forgotten the last collective monster siege planned by the blockhead designers? It was the ridiculous demands from the Abyss Temple that led to the NPCs we recruited turning into wild monsters! Motherclucker!” Lanlan reminded all the members of the Leaping Nucleus, that the monster spawning mechanism in Holy Spirit couldn’t be measured with the mindset of a normal game.

“So what shall we do when the Black Tide Island invasion update happens in half a month?” The members of the strategy team were instantly bewildered.

They were, after all, merely highly skilled gamers; they could familiarize themselves with skill cast times and various monsters’ attack patterns and mechanics, but to deal with this upcoming ‘monster siege,’ they could only wait for Mo Shigui’s opinion.

“You all go mingle with the new NPCs in the guild for now; I still need to discuss with Director Yin.” Mo Shigui knew that this monster siege exceeded his personal ability to manage.

After giving the guild members the order to disband, he walked straight over to the wooden table where Director Yin was seated.

“Coach Song, I didn’t expect the bad situation I foresaw to arise so quickly,” said Director Yin.

“This is the second time I’ve felt something called a sense of crisis since I started playing this game,” Mo Shigui’s hands rested on the wooden table, on which a map of Black Tide Island lay.

This wasn’t an ordinary map but an active point map exchanged from planar pirates, which clearly showed the distribution of creatures on Black Tide Island.

The ecology on the surface of Black Tide Island wasn’t as rich and varied as Biland Island’s; the island’s ecology could be simply divided into the City of Gods, City of Pirates, and the area occupied by the Magic Thieves.

This area was where a large number of lord-level dragons congregated. Just the sheer number of shining dots on the map made Mo Shigui feel an excruciating headache.

“A sense of crisis? How do you specifically feel about it?” Director Yin asked.

“Very tired,” Mo Shigui didn’t hide his true feelings and directly said, “Playing Holy Spirit was supposed to be relaxing after work, but this Black Tide Island invasion expansion might cost me my sleep–most likely due to excitement. I feel like the daily runs of the Black Tide Island relics instances are missing something.”

Among players, there’s no shortage of those who love challenges and masochism; no gamer who saw Denghis Xisi’s taunts could remain calm. Mo Shigui’s thoughts might be to secure his Fureya in a safe place, then take his comrades and tear Black Tide Island apart.

“But we’re short on manpower,” Director Yin reminded.

“It’s not just a lack of manpower; there’s also a lack of cohesion. Even if all members in your branch were at max level and fully equipped, it’s impossible to expect them to be online 24 hours a day to run instances for you,” said Mo Shigui, who had managed the guild for many years and had a better grasp of player mentality than Director Yin.

“If you really plan on training the newbies in your branch to become a force to be reckoned with, it’s going to take some time, and besides, the world championship is coming up,” Mo Shigui knew what Director Yin was planning next.

“Training and nurturing newcomers aren’t in conflict, rest assured I’ll calculate your overtime pay!” said Director Yin.

“What overtime pay for playing games… Just don’t dock our wages, and it’ll be fine.”

It was rare for Mo Shigui to crack a joke, but after the jest was over, he regained his usual serious expression, preparing to temporarily halt the conquest of Black Tide Island to start focusing on training newcomers when… Lady Catastrophe stood in front of him.

“Holy Spirit, where is Juan Canyun you mentioned?” Lady Catastrophe asked.