Sword Maiden Online, Xianyang City Ruins, Parking Lot P4 outside the Xianyang Airport's checkpoint.
It was said that during the apocalypse, over a thousand cars had been parked in this parking lot. However, after over a thousand years of evolution, only the skeletons of these cars remained. If one were to touch these skeletons that were originally made of steel, they would shatter into powder like biscuits.
In the game, very few people would come to this place. This was because there were no Regional Bosses, no rare materials, and no Dimensional Crystal Mines. A few months ago, this place was a barren wasteland. It was rare for thousands of people to come here in a year.
But last month, the peace here was broken. A group of players began to set up camp here, set up a stronghold, set up a teleportation portal, built a wall, and set up dozens of hidden observation points around the camp, monitoring the entire area within a radius of tens of kilometers around the camp.
The ruins vaguely gave off the feeling of a small town. The reason for this was naturally because this was the entrance to the hidden dungeon. Yaoguang Sword Sect, Nine States Sword Sect, and Heng Mountain Sword Sect had all completed the unlocked chain quests. They began to set up camp here, set up supply points, and continued to attack the hidden dungeon.
This place was not like most online games, where there was no melodramatic war between sects for the sake of snatching the entrance to the hidden dungeon.
That was because the entire human world strictly forbade sword bearers from fighting each other for the sake of benefits. Even if the game included a sect PK system, if anyone dared to start a war between sects for the sake of benefits …
Once it was announced, all humans and players would despise these sects that took the initiative to provoke them.
This was proven by historical facts. A few years after the game's launch, two of the most powerful sects at that time started a war for the ownership of the Green Silk Sword. In the end, the cause of the war, the source of the war, and the videos were all published in detail.
The sword bearers who had originally joined these two sword sects began to withdraw in large numbers. The two great sects, which originally had over a million members, had less than ten thousand people left in just a week. They had completely fallen into disuse and became a joke after a meal.
If there was any irrepressible hatred between the two sword-bearers, they would have to report it to the council.
If the hatred between the two parties wasn't triggered by illegal reasons, the council would arrange for a duel between the two parties on the premise that there would be no deaths or injuries, or simply based on the number of Yuan Worms of the same level that one party had killed within a certain period of time.
Generally speaking, in the face of Yuan Kou's threat, humans were very decisive in suppressing all conflicts between humans, at least on the surface, and appeared to be very united.
As for the crafty plots in the dark, only the heavens knew.
Even though Yaoguang Sword Faction, Nine Provinces Sword Faction, and Heng Mountain Sword Faction were fighting each other to the death for the honor of being the first to clear the hidden instance dungeon, they were still able to work together in harmony and peace.
In the Xianyang Airport Camp, in the meeting room of the Yaoguang Sword Sect's encampment, two players had already arrived and were sitting in their seats.
The tent appeared to be an ordinary tent that was only a few square meters in size.
However, when they walked inside, they saw a rather luxuriously decorated meeting room with all sorts of equipment. The meeting room was over 100 square meters in size.
It was a spatial tent created using dimensional technology.
The two players who arrived earlier were Famed Sword-bearers belonging to Yaoguang Sword Faction. One of them was a man and the other was a woman.
The woman's face was delicate and seductive. Her smile was sweet and she gave off the air of a prostitute.
As for the male sword-bearer, he was a bald man with muscles all over his body. He looked very valiant.
"Hongyu, did you hear? Yesterday, that Planet Watcher guy went back. The Sect Master gave him special permission not to get involved in this mess anymore. I really envy him!
Don't waste time here, "the bald man grumbled in dissatisfaction.
"What is there to envy?
Now that Planet Watcher is gone, it means he's done with the quest rewards. The Sect Master has promised us that all the non-sect props we get from the instance dungeon will belong to us, "the female sword-bearer said disapprovingly.
"That's if we can clear that d * mned instance dungeon!
It's been 15 times already. I've had enough of it. There's nothing worse than repeating the same instance dungeon every day! "
"Then why didn't you request to quit from the Sect Master? Why did you let Planet Watcher get ahead of you?" the female sword-bearer said with a smile.
"Did Planet Watcher request to leave on his own accord?
That's because the four of them are useless. The Sect Master purposely asked him to leave! "
The person who replied was not the bald man, but another sword-bearer who was dressed like a scholar. However, he had a very imposing aura. It was obvious that only someone who had been in a high position for a long time could develop such an aura.
Behind the scholar were two other people, a man and a woman. However, the two of them looked very similar. Although they were of different genders, they looked like the same person. They were a pair of twin sword-bearers.
"Alright, everyone is here. Let's start the meeting!"
Shusheng naturally sat on the main seat. It seemed like he was the leader of this small team. Then, the pair of siblings sat on the left side of Shusheng, while the other two sat on the right side of him.
"What meeting is there?
Without six people, we can't even enter the instance dungeon! "
The baldy muttered under his breath. The scholar glared fiercely at him, and the baldy immediately shut his mouth.
"Last night, the Sect Master and I chatted offline for the whole night. Today, I have a few things to announce!" The relationship between the scholar and Yaoguang seemed to be very close. Otherwise, they would be so close that they would talk offline.
The others also knew that the scholar and Yaoguang knew each other in real life. Therefore, they were not curious about the face-to-face conversation.
"First, Planet Watcher has been expelled from our Pioneering Team due to some inactive comments."
"Second, there will be a new member joining us. This is a powerful helper. Our Sect Master spent a lot of money to hire him. None of you are allowed to neglect him!"
"New member?
Who?
Who would be stupid enough to come here?
Wildflowers?
Foxes?
Tadpoles?
These people are not as useful as Planet Watcher! "The bald man could not help but say.
"Other than those few, who else?
All the elite swordsman in the sect are here. There is no one else! "The female swordsman who was sitting with the bald man shook her head.
"That's not necessarily true. Our Boss can still ask for help!
I think Boss Yaoguang can invite that Military Governor who has been so popular recently! "The younger twin sister said with a weird smile.
"Yes!
Yes!
It would be great if Boss could invite big sister Mingyue back from back then! "The older twin brother also added.
"Are you done?" The scholar slammed the table. "Do you want me to chat with you alone?!"
"No!
No!
No!
No! "The four of them said at the same time, rejecting the chance to chat with the scholar alone.
"The third thing is that the four explorers who were here previously, except for our group, will all withdraw. That is to say, from now on, we will be the only group fighting here in the Alkaid Sword Sect!"
"What?!"
Everyone was in an uproar again. For them, this was something unacceptable. The four teams were gradually falling behind Nine Provinces and Mount Heng, who had caught up later.
What was the point of retreating three more teams and leaving only one of them?
They could just give the first place to someone else.
"Fourth."
The scholar ignored the uproar and continued, "From today onwards, I will step down from my position as the team commander. The new member will be the team commander."
After saying this, the scholar stood up from the main seat and walked to the bald man's side. He sat down on the spot where Planet Watcher was.
Great, the team was in an uproar.
"Why? Why can a new member take the position of commander?
I, Steel Centipede, will be the first to disagree! "
"That's right. Magic Pen is doing well. If not for him, we won't even reach 60%. He is just a new member. Why?"
"Forget it. I don't want to do this dungeon anymore. I will leave now. If Boss Yaoguang fires me, I will accept it. I can't stay here anymore."
…
The entire conference room was noisy. As for Brilliant Pen Scholar, who had caused all of this, he kept his head low and didn't say a single word. No one knew what he meant.
"What's with the noise?
Do you all want to rebel? "
The curtain of the tent was lifted, and Ming Yue walked in with her long legs, her face cold. Seeing Ming Yue, everyone who was making a ruckus just now immediately became quiet out of fear, not daring to say a word. They could only sneak a few glances at Ming Yue to see if this big sister's temper had subsided.
"Speak!
Say something! "
Bright Moon of That Year slammed the table a few more times, "How dare you all rebel, especially you, Steel Maiden Meatball. You little brat, you're getting more and more daring. How dare you talk about expulsion? Do you believe that I won't throw you back to Yao Guang right now?"
"Sister, I was wrong. Steel Man knows his mistake. Please calm down, calm down!"
The ferocious-looking Steel Centipede, who was cursing non-stop, suddenly became as attentive as a eunuch.
"Sister, if I knew that you were going to be the commander, I, Steel Centipede, would definitely agree with you. Even my dandruff would follow your orders. I wouldn't dare to disobey a single word. Calm down, calm down!"
"Sicong, you are right. Big Sister Bright Moon has been invited back by the Sect Leader!" The twin sister whispered to her brother.
"You Siyu, do you think that I can't hear you if you speak softly?
Let me tell you, when I said that I would sever my relationship with Yaoguang Sword Faction, I severed my relationship with Yaoguang Sword Faction. I, Bright Moon, won't participate in the matters of Yaoguang Sword Faction! "
"What?"
Steel Man was stunned. "Big Sister, if it's not you, then why did you come to this godforsaken place?"
"I came to accompany my friend. He is your new teammate and commander!
Yaoguang knew that you guys would cause trouble for my friend, so he asked me to come here to ease your anger! "
Bright Moon snorted coldly and pulled Guhan, who had entered without anyone knowing, to her side.
"Let me introduce you guys. This is your new teammate and commander, the famous Strategy Master, Mr. Military Governor!"
"…"
"…"
"Siyu, you guessed it right!" You Sicong said with a bitter face. She was convinced by her sister.