Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Chapter 824: 783: Princes, Generals, and Ministers, does Ning have such talents?

Chapter 824: Chapter 783: Princes, Generals, and Ministers, does Ning have such talents?

“Dong dong, dong——”

“Dong dong, dong——”

Intense drumming resounded from the watchtowers of Chongren Square and Buzheng District.

Accompanied by the drumming, the Left Valiant Warriors and the Golden Guards quickly formed their battle lines, chanting their warcries as they marched forward step by step.

The sounds of drums, armor, footsteps, and battle cries came crashing like a tidal wave.

At this point, the players finally realized that group warfare in cold weapon battles was not a game of numbers.

Standing at the forefront of the crowd, Yi and Yelang sensed imminent danger:

“We’re not going back to prison again, are we?”

“Please, no…this is our second prison break, and so many NPCs have actually died this time. What’s our crime level now?”

But worrying was useless; the two armies had already closed in from both sides. Yi had no choice but to shout one last command: “Back to the jail! Barricade the entrance!”

It wasn’t a bad tactic; if they wanted to put up a desperate resistance, that’s how they had to do it.

However, the jail couldn’t hold that many people; only a small portion could hide inside.

In the end, the majority of the group couldn’t avoid a head-on collision.

The only thing Yi could do was to stand at the very front.

Yelang thought fast: “Quick, log out of the game, force quit!”

But as the words left his mouth, a desperate voice sounded from behind: “The system prompted that during combat, forcibly quitting the game will still leave your body here, and you’ll still die!”

Once killed while being hunted, the respawn point would be switched directly to the jail cell – meaning forcibly quitting was useless.

“Damn it, let’s fight!”

“Yes, fight!”

“CTMD, who’s afraid of whom! Charge!”

“Charge! Don’t be a coward!”

…

“Fire arrows!”

Both the Golden Guard General and the Left Valiant General gave the order simultaneously.

A rain of arrows shot out from the back lines, covering the entire street, and a swath of densely packed, charging players was brought down immediately.

“Raise shields!”

An entire row of large shields was raised by the front-row soldiers, protecting their entire bodies.

As the players charged past their fallen teammates, their swords, axes, and hammers all smashed against the sturdy iron shields, sending sparks flying.

“Stab!”

One after another, longspears thrust out from behind the iron wall of shields.

In front of the shield wall, at least two rows of players were instantly impaled through the chest by the longspears!

“Push!”

The front-row soldiers advanced, stepping over the fallen players—some were already dead and disappearing in a flash of light, while others were severely injured, bleeding, and unable to stand.

The latter group was quickly dispatched by the second row of soldiers.

The shield wall collided with the players, pushing them back step by step.

“Stab!”

The longspears thrust out again!

The front-row players, who were being pushed back by the shield wall, were once again impaled without any chance to resist.

“Push!”

“Stab!”

“Push!”

“Stab!”

…

With such simple tactics, the players were completely powerless, falling one row after another, as if they were being harvested like wheat by the two rows of soldiers.

…

…

Inside the prison.

After being shot in the head with an arrow and dying on the spot during the first barrage of arrows, Yi opened his eyes once again to a familiar scene?

The dirty floor, the messy straw, and an intact iron door.

Though the door lock had been repaired, Yi recognized at a glance that this was the cell he had stayed in before.

Even the disheveled middle-aged NPC across from him was the same as before.

Seeing Yi reappear, the older man raised his head to glance at him, then quickly looked away with disdain.

“?” Yi felt his dignity had been insulted!

Just as he was about to argue with the man, a figure formed from light appeared in the empty cell beside him––Yelang had respawned too.

Separated by iron bars, the two stared at each other.

*

In just 15 minutes, the battle was over.

All the players who participated in the Prison Break Operation were assigned to their own exclusive cells.

At the same time, all players unlocked a new feature — [Sin Value] began to be displayed on their personal attribute panels.

Clicking on this sin value, you can see the crimes you committed and how long you have to stay in jail to complete the sentence.

This feature was also unlocked by Lincoln in advance.

Otherwise, he is afraid that if players keep messing around like this, they will accumulate their sentence until the game’s public beta ends.

“How long for you?” Yi asked Yelang.

“Jailbreak for 30 minutes, attacking the jail guards for 40 minutes, prison break for 6 hours and 40 minutes, fighting against the Royal Forbidden Army for 3 hours, committing a crime again during the sentence, doubling the penalty, and adding another 2 hours.” Yelang read and calculated.

“A total of… 12 hours and 50 minutes??? Fuck!”

“Can we even play?!”

Yelang’s mentality exploded.

Many prison break players’ mentality also exploded.

Although they knew that jailbreaking had risks, they didn’t know how big the risks were and didn’t take it seriously, after all, it’s just a game!

But now looking at the time, everyone was dumbfounded.

The game just started the closed beta, and they have to spend 10 hours in jail?

— This is not really the fault of the system design.

“Chang’an” encourages players to follow the “Path of a Hero”, not to start a rebellion.

Players are already amazing at causing destruction, so if they are allowed to gather together and make a big mess, who knows what will happen?

So when players gather in large numbers, they gain greater power but also bear greater risks.

Yelang’s sentence record is a clear example—

At first, he attacked jail guards and escaped, but as he was alone and did not cause casualties, the “sentencing” was light, and the time ended after watching a variety show through an external link on the panel.

The subsequent prison break, although essentially the same as attacking jail guards and escaping, was boosted to over six hours because there were thousands of people and it caused many NPC deaths!

This is unbearable!

In the prison break group, the players were all howling:

“I’m done! I have to spend the whole night in jail!”

“Can I leave the game running to serve the sentence?”

“Can I use a mobile phone to serve the sentence? I have to go to work tomorrow.”

“Help! How can I get out?”

“Yi, how will you pay me back for this?”

“Is this the way ‘Chang’an’ makes money? Can you speed up jail time by paying? Like the effect of our first time in jail.”

“Really? I’ll subscribe by the month!”

…

Miserable scenes everywhere.

But at this moment, Winter Melon reappeared.

[Successfully Dieted Winter Melon]: “What happened? As soon as I let go, you ran into huge problems?”

[Successfully Dieted Winter Melon]: “Are you even capable, @Yelang.”

[Yelang]: “???”

[Yi]: “Let’s think of a solution, we can’t stay in jail all night long.”

[Yelang]: “What else can we do?”

[Yi]: “First of all, let’s be sure of one thing: give up using force to break out of jail and use a more harmonious and friendly way to escape.”

[Yelang]: “I agree with this, but how?”

[Yi]: “I don’t know, but let’s start with an action code name—[Jade Cicada Sloughs its Shell]! How about that? Isn’t it very appropriate?”

[Yelang]: “Don’t mess with these fancy things… Let’s think of a solution.”

[Yi]: “Fine, let me think.”

[Yelang]: “…”

[Yi]: “…”

[Yelang]: “Have you thought of a solution?”

[Yi]: “No, have you?”

[Yelang]: “I haven’t either…”

The group fell into an awkward silence.

At this moment, the Successfully Dieted Winter Melon reappeared: “You guys don’t have a solution, so why not listen to my idea?”

“Tell us.” At this crucial time when everyone’s ideas were needed, Yelang generously ignored her previous mockery.

Successfully Dieted Winter Melon: “I remember that the Tang Dynasty already had gunpowder, right?”

“???”

Yelang immediately felt something was wrong. Wasn’t the plan to break out peacefully? What’s the meaning of mentioning gunpowder?

However, Yi, who was talking about “harmony” and “friendliness” only a minute ago, immediately agreed: “Yes, but it’s probably all in the armory, and it might be hard to get. By the way, where is the armory? Can we find out?”

Seeing this conversation, the other inmates couldn’t help but burst into laughter:

“Oh my God, it started as just wanting to visit the brothel, then it turned into an armed jailbreak, and now we’re going to rob the armory?”

“Is the next step to start a rebellion?”

“Fast forward to ‘Between kings and generals, there must be a seed!'”

“Fuck!”