Chapter 292
"We're leaving," Nao said with a satisfied smile, addressing the crowd. "If we wait too long, we won't get any exercise."
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After experiencing a one-way trip to the void, no player dared to bring their summoned divine beings to Bai Ye City anymore; even getting close to the area was something they hurriedly avoided.
Of course, for most players, summoning a divine being was no easy feat, and this had little impact on the various businesses Bai Ye City offered to players.
As for the other lords on the leaderboard, they had long since given up hope of surpassing Bai Ye City in ratings. Everyone chose to selectively ignore the long numbers next to the first place, out of sight, out of mind.
Time passed, and it had been over a month since the appearance of divine summons. After the initial attempts and explorations, players had begun to reap various benefits from summoning divine beings, and both players and their territories entered a period of comprehensive development.
The top few players, who were the most outstanding and progressed the fastest, had already completed the void capture tasks released by NPC towns with the help of divine NPCs and had undergone their third job change, becoming the first batch of third-job players. However, they were still a small fraction of the overall player base, less than 1%.
After nearly another month of accumulation, the top territories on the lord leaderboard finally gathered the first-tier knowledge from the three major schools and lit up the technology for the [Void Capture Device].
With civilization as the unit, the core players of large territories were excited and ready to go, starting their first void captures one after another.
In their own civilization's territory, the void captures naturally involved the core player forces, primarily consisting of some third-job professionals leading combat personnel above level 55, who were on the verge of their own third job change.
This not only related to the territory's acquisition of resource points but also provided the dungeon experience that interstellar players had long anticipated as a source of late-game experience.
Of course, when entering dungeons, the summoned divine beings were indispensable. Although this would occupy a dungeon slot, it was necessary; otherwise, the difficulty of the void dungeons corresponded to players after their third job change. If they couldn't clear it, they would waste the resources for capture.
The following time truly belonged to the explosive period for player territories.
Players at the forefront of the lord leaderboard began to join the competition for resource points, and names that previously did not appear next to resource points began to change from ‘/’ to ‘1’.
During this fervent period, one player territory, after clearing a dungeon, suddenly received a new system prompt:
【Detected that other forces are conducting the same type of void capture. Would you like to initiate a resource point battle? Winning this battle will grant double resource point rewards.】
Upon hearing this news, the leader's expression changed dramatically. After a brief moment of thought, they quickly realized: this triggered a new mode for void captures!
Or rather, this mode had always existed; it was just that there weren't enough territories capable of conducting void captures in the past. Now that the number of player territories engaging in dungeons had increased, they encountered a situation where both sides were simultaneously conducting the same type of dungeon.
【Yes】
In such a rare situation, the team commander did not hesitate and immediately chose to agree.
Then, the space in front of the players shifted, as if a barrier had been breached, followed by a series of system prompts:
【Resource point battle initiated】
【Defeat the opposing force to receive double resource point rewards】
【Opposing force belongs to: Blue Star Server, Bai Ye City】
Wait... Bai Ye City?!
The players who received the prompt turned pale, but the next moment, a passage appeared before them, linking the two cleared dungeons.
At the same time, before the passage had fully stabilized, a terrifying figure emerged impatiently from the opposing dungeon, seemingly unbothered by the environmental damage that was untouchable for players.
Standing three meters tall, surrounded by flames, the Infernal Demon scanned the crowd with a puzzled look:
"Is this it? A bunch of little bugs?"
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In the resource point battle, many territories collided.
This mechanism was one of the most common player competition modes in the realm of territories, aside from territory wars.
Compared to the territory wars that required players to be on the same server and revolved around territorial boundaries and resource competition, resource point battles were more flexible, encompassing all territories in the game through the form of dungeons.
Failing a battle meant losing a dungeon opportunity, but it did not carry the existential threat of a territory war, making it a more frequent form of competition. This was also why the requirements for upgrading from an eighth-level territory to a ninth-level territory focused heavily on military construction.
As long as both sides encountered each other in a territory battle, if one side chose to open the passage, the other side could not avoid the battle, even if they didn't want to fight. They would have to spend more resources on rare captures to avoid being counted in the 'matching' mechanism. However, even with more resources spent, they could only perform such rare captures once a month, making it impossible to avoid battle this way.
The only relatively effective method was to choose a good time for void captures to prevent matching.
However, no lord player would actively avoid battle; as long as they won, they could receive double resource rewards. Winning meant gaining time resources for a void capture, yielding double returns.
Any ambitious lord player would want to participate, and many victors had already tasted the fruits of victory.
Except for the very 'lucky' ones, who encountered the Bai Ye City team led by the Gu Yin civilization in their first territory battle—
This battle ended too quickly; the spatial passage had not yet fully stabilized when the puzzled Infernal Demon slipped through.
The players present had not yet reacted when the divine beings they had summoned as helpers in the dungeon recognized the identity of the opponent.
"Oh my god!... The Infernal Demon!"
"You guys better run if you can!"
After giving their summoners a brief warning, all the summoned divine beings unanimously ended their 'contracts' and swiftly returned to the divine realm.
As the saying goes, divine summons are not strict contractual relationships; the summoned beings only fulfill reasonable requests from their summoners. Within reasonable limits, they help when they can, but nothing is more important than their lives.
Even the honor-bound knights would choose to retreat at this moment; at worst, they could respond to the next summons to compensate the player. It would be madness to face an unstoppable existence for a mere ordinary contract.
The divine beings returned to the divine realm decisively, leaving Walsh with little to observe of his enemies.
While the players were still incredulous about how Bai Ye City could summon not only the Elf Queen but also the Infernal Demon, the flames of the Inferno were already being hurled at Walsh with a casual flick of his hand.
Before they had even been 'burned' for three seconds, all players present found their vision darkening, plunging into a pitch-black state of death.
—What is happening?!
The Gu Yin civilization, adept at business operations, quickly sold the information that 'Bai Ye City received assistance from the Infernal Demon' to recover from the losses incurred in the void dungeon.
The civilizations across the universe that received the information fell silent once again.
Especially since players now had a basic understanding of the divine realm, they knew that the Infernal race played a rebellious role, opposing everyone in the divine realm. The powerful beings they summoned from the Infernal race were also the most unruly and difficult to deal with.
On the star network, news about Bai Ye City became a hot topic again with the appearance of the Infernal Demon, and this time, the news couldn't help but ooze envy:
【How wealthy is Bai Ye? How many resources did they spend? Is this related to personal luck?】
【With the Elf Queen boosting production in the territory and the Infernal Demon competing for resource points... What are the chances of an ancient dragon appearing in Bai Ye City?】
【Gu Yin civilization is selling the latest and most comprehensive information on the possible timing for Bai Ye City to enter the void dungeon. Interested civilizations, please contact us.】
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The appearance of the Infernal Demon brought a tremendous shock to the interstellar civilizations, and under such circumstances, the Gu Yin civilization made a small fortune by selling the potential entry times for Bai Ye City into the dungeon.
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