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Chapter 256 - 207 The Battle for Prestige and Annihilation_1

Chapter 256: Chapter 207 The Battle for Prestige and Annihilation_1

Zhang Yang informed Mu You that they were set to begin the quest at midnight, which left him some time to prepare.

At ten o’clock that night, Mu You logged into the game.

The weekly cooldown period for the Elf Horn had ended, and on schedule, Mu You blew the horn.

[You have blown the Elf Horn.]

[The Forest Elf High Priestess, Riley the Flutist, has appeared before you and issued you a task.]

[An Anomaly in Utopia: ’Utopia’ is a beautiful and pure dream world, reflecting the unaltered state of the real world. Only those in a dream state can enter it. But recently, this peaceful and serene utopia seems to have undergone changes. Dream travelers have frequently encountered nightmares whilst attempting to enter Utopia, unable to pinpoint its existence. Riley hopes that you can enter Utopia to investigate the cause of these nightmares... but to do this, you must first obtain a Dream Butterfly to assist you in entering the dream universe.]

[Rewards: Unknown.]

"Unknown?"

Mu You blinked, encountering for the first time a task with an undefined reward... That is to say, the rewards for this task could be extraordinary, and the Elf Priestess would decide depending on how well he completes the task.

A new quest is given by the Forest Elves. It is an investigation in the dream universe. However, a prerequisite is a Dream Butterfly, which Mu You had seen for sale in the Elf Treasure Shop. The Dream Butterfly needs certain type of tree to live, which costs ten thousand reputation points...

This implies that to complete this task, he first needs to accumulate ten thousand reputation points, exchange it for that type of tree which attracts Dream Butterflies, wait for it to lay eggs, and then hatch the butterfly eggs. Only then would he have his Dream Butterfly.

The time required for this process is immense. It’s definitely not something that can be completed quickly, so he has to ignore it for now.

Mu You reversed time and blew the horn again.

[The passage of time, and you blow the Elf Horn again.]

[The Fairy Lady, Olaya the Blessed One appeared before you and presented a task.]

[Collecting Pollen: The Fairy Race needs to rely on collecting pollen to maintain their power of luck... Please collect 100 different types of magic pollen in one week to help her maintain the power of luck.]

[Rewards: Choose one of the following two blessings: 1. Permanent gain of 10 free attributes. 2. Increase in fire damage by 15%.]

...

[The passage of time, and you blow the Elf Horn once again.]

[The Dark Elf Queen, Fred the Exile, appeared before you and presented a task.]

[Gathering Sunflowers: Dark Elves live in the underground city of Dark City, unable to bear direct sunlight. In one week, go to the hottest city in the Star Spirit World, Sun City, and pick more than 300 sunflowers.]

[Reward: A Devil’s Egg, which can hatch a random demon.]

...

After looking at the remaining three tasks, Mu You found that the task and reward given by the Sunlight Elf hadn’t changed. It was still capturing the Abyss Dragon for a Phoenix Egg.

However, the remaining two had subtle changes.

The Moth Fairy still needed to collect pollen, but the value of the two blessings had increased. It was originally 7 points of attributes and 10% fire damage, and it had risen to 10 points and 15% fire damage. It seemed she was in urgent need so she increased the price to get him to complete the task quicker.

The task for the Dark Queen was a bit more difficult, it had increased from 200 to 300 sunflowers while the reward had stayed the same. Wasn’t this unfair?

Everyone else had increased the price but not the quantity, while she increased the quantity but not the price. Was this appropriate?

After reviewing all the tasks, Mu You finally decided to take on the Dark Elf’s task.

It can’t be helped; this Dark Queen always liked to play her cards differently. Her demand for sunflowers didn’t seem to be immediate either. It’s better to get it done quickly before she raises the stakes again.

As for the Moth Fairy... I empathize with your urgent need, but precisely because of that, there is more value in delaying the task. Perhaps the reward will be even better next week...

Having made his decision, Mu You didn’t rush into choosing tasks, instead, he called Lu Yao first.

"How are the sunflower collections going?"

"Um, are you in a hurry for it? The client over there said they’ve gathered over 180 plants. They should be ready by tomorrow, and air shipped the day after," Lu Yao’s voice came from the other end of the phone.

"There’s no real hurry, just need them within a week. However, there’s been a change in demand. Now I need 300 plants."

"Ah, that... could be a problem. Clients there aren’t exactly bottomless pits of flowers..."

"I’ll add another piece of excellent equipment to the payment," Mu You said.

"No problem boss, I’ll have it done within a week!"

"Let’s leave it at that."

...

After hanging up the phone, Mu You blew the horn once again, refreshing the Dark Elf’s mission and confirmed it.

[You have accepted the mission ’Collect Sunflowers’.]

With the mission set, Mu You quickly checked his game character’s equipment, making swaps and collections as necessary. Once everything was ready, he left for the police station.

The helicopter was already prepared at the police station.

Since it was just the beginning of the public test, the city was swamped with issues. As the chief, Zhang Yang couldn’t leave, so only Mu You and Liu Chen from the station were taking part in this operation.

By the time the helicopter arrived in the capital, it was already three in the morning.

At that time, members from various branches across the country were arriving in the capital by various methods of transportation, eventually congregating in the headquarters of the Parahuman Authority.

Mu You took a cursory look, and what surprised him was that all the personnel present were from the Parahuman Authority, with not a single ally organization in sight.

Let alone other forces, the Ice Emperor’s people certainly knew about this, but they hadn’t sent anyone to participate. This could mean either they didn’t want to get involved, or the Parahuman Authority had actively refused other forces’ help. Mu You preferred to believe the latter.

At four in the morning, all personnel had finally assembled.

A person in charge from the Dragon Group gathered everyone in the hall to explain the details of the mission.

As expected, the remnants of the Illuminati were based in a manor on the outskirts of Moscow. They were around sixty in number, disguising themselves as local Russian residents and had been living there for some time.

"... These people are very cautious, sending only a few people proficient in Russian to go out each day. The rest are mostly hidden inside the manor, rarely showing themselves. They’ve even got a few local Russians helping them hide. Their cover is quite good. If we hadn’t received information from other sources by chance, it would be difficult to identify their whereabouts in a short time..."

The person in charge patiently explained the situation.

The personnel deployment for this annihilation battle shouldn’t be too large.

Particularly the Dragon Group members; being advanced players, their movements are virtually always under surveillance by global forces. If too many people are mobilized at once, other forces could notice and leak this on the Fool’s forum, causing the enemy to flee.

Thus, the Dragon Group only dispatched four top players, leading a temporary roundup team of 112 mid-level players, all carefully selected from the Parahuman Authority. These people had undergone strict inspection and were absolutely reliable.

In addition, the person in charge emphasized two points.

First, the significance of this mission.

Aside from wiping out the traitorous faction on the surface, this operation to eradicate the Illuminati had a deeper meaning: establishing dominance!

Since the internal test of the Fool’s Game, there were countless conflicts amongst the world’s player forces. But second-tier and above forces hadn’t yet been genuinely wiped out. The Illuminati was the first, soon-to-be completely annihilated second-tier force!

This operation held extraordinary significance for the entire player force circle. Moreover, it served as a warning to other second and third-tier forces within the country. It would also help the Dragon Group and Parahuman Authority secure their positions in the domestic player forces.

Therefore, this battle must not only be fought, but fought splendidly, aiming to annihilate the enemy speedily, soundly, without losing a single person. The quicker and more thoroughly the enemy is annihilated, the better the effect of establishing dominance.

Of course, some things were inescapable.

Such as the Town-return Scroll. As long as it’s torn, it puts the user in an invincible state and enables teleportation after two seconds. It can even take 15 allies within the vicinity with them, which is quite unreasonable.

Though valuable, considering the Illuminati had once cooperated with Ten Commandments, the likelihood of them having it in reserve wasn’t low.

However, the scroll doesn’t exactly grant complete invincibility; there were a few means of suppression.

Which leads to the second point the person in charge wanted to talk about.

He presented a cylindrical metal object: "The Space Shield, a special hidden relic. Once activated, it will shield a radius of one thousand meters around it. In the shielded area, no spatial displacement measures can be used, including the Town-return Scroll!"

There’s always a higher peak; the scroll’s priority level was high, but there would always be something higher.

This relic was obviously made to specifically counter escape methods like the Town-return Scroll.

"This relic will be activated at the moment the battle begins, to prevent the enemy from teleporting to escape. However, it does have some drawbacks. Firstly, its range is only a circle with a radius of one thousand meters, and secondly, it only lasts for ten minutes and can only be used once a day..."

"In other words, we must finish this battle within ten minutes. Meanwhile, we cannot let anyone escape the shielded range!"