Chapter 124 - 119: Exclusive Mission

Chapter 124: Chapter 119: Exclusive Mission

In the Divine Mansion.

"She really does have the potential to be a top-tier fighter!" Su Tan nodded in satisfaction. "With her help, the hidden dangers of those nearly completed Arrays are mostly resolved."

"Roar~ Awoo~!" the Little White Wolf growled in dissatisfaction. "She’s just a lowly King’s Dao cultivator. I’m obviously much stronger than her, so why would you rather take her on a mission than me? And you keep praising her... I don’t accept this."

The White Wolf was belligerent by nature, and just now, it had desperately wanted to enter the Marching Battlefield with Su Tan.

"You have another major mission. Don’t waste your energy," Su Tan said.

"What mission?"

"The players are fighting the Yin Demons. Ignorant of the truth, they can treat the Marching Battlefield as a game and chase after rankings and profits. But you can’t... I am an administrator, and you are half an administrator. Our job is to stay behind the scenes, handle unexpected events, and deal with things the players can’t. Do not treat yourself as a player and let yourself get bogged down in the quagmire of this game," Su Tan explained. "Your strength will be of great use. You are our trump card, so we must preserve your energy. We can’t guarantee that the players will be able to destroy all the Guiding Arrays. If a few are missed and some big fish take the opportunity to teleport over, you will have to step in and kill those powerful Yin Demons. And... you can only succeed; failure is not an option!"

He paused for a moment before continuing, "You cannot act recklessly right now. You must maintain your combat power!"

Hearing this, the Little White Wolf felt it made sense. However, recalling Su Tan’s earlier behavior, it couldn’t help but roll its eyes. It muttered, "You’re supposed to be our brain and commander... yet you still personally ran into the Marching Battlefield just now."

Its voice was very quiet. But Su Tan’s hearing was sharp, and he heard every word.

"There is something you don’t understand," Su Tan said. "Although we’ve turned destroying the Arrays into a game mission so the players can help us tear down those grand setups, it’s impossible for the Yin Demons to set up all their Arrays simultaneously, nor will they all be completed at the same time. Some are bound to be finished sooner.

"If the players fail to find and destroy an Array by the time it’s completed, wouldn’t that be disastrous?

"Furthermore... some Arrays can only be shattered by a direct, overpowering force...

"The other players don’t have that kind of strength. All they can come up with are underhanded tricks, sneak attacks, and assassinations. As for direct confrontations...

"Only an existence like Yun Chu can actually pull it off.

"I went to find her precisely to borrow her strength to help us eliminate those hidden dangers first..."

The Little White Wolf felt that something was off, but it couldn’t quite put its paw on what. Su Tan’s words did make sense. He wouldn’t just be making excuses, right? Probably not...

"Understood!" The Little White Wolf nodded.

"Good. Preserve your stamina well. We might actually need your strength later... Though, I’d rather things not escalate to that point," Su Tan said leisurely. "Fatty, take the remaining Arrays that need to be destroyed first and mark them for Yun Chu. Turn those targets into her exclusive mission. If necessary... give her a little help. Give her a cheat..."

Everything was to stop the Yin Demon invasion. Surely, everyone would be able to understand such behind-the-scenes manipulation... They definitely would!

"Alright!" the Fat Monk replied.

Subsequently, the fat man scanned the entirety of the Marching Battlefield and marked the locations of the Yin Demons’ nearly completed Arrays on Yun Chu’s map. One by one, glowing, blood-red dots materialized on her map.

In the Marching Battlefield.

"Huh?" Yun Chu held her map, looking at it in confusion.

"Ding~ Congratulations, Inheritor Yun Chu. You are truly unparalleled in the world. Based on your outstanding performance thus far, you have successfully triggered a hidden mission!

"Destroy the red targets on the map to receive even greater rewards.

"Storyline: The Yin Demons are attempting to set up Guiding Arrays to summon their powerful experts into the Marching Battlefield, intending to unleash storms of blood and terror.

"Among the Yin Demons are the Strongest. If the summoning succeeds, the entire human world will be plunged into devastation...

"Although the experts of the Ten Thousand Races have organized a resistance and are searching for and destroying the Guiding Arrays, the Yin Demons’ defenses are formidable, leaving the Ten Thousand Races locked in a grueling battle!

"Currently, a portion of the Arrays are nearing completion. The crisis has reached a critical juncture... Just as the Ten Thousand Races fall into despair, able only to await the arrival of the powerful Yin Demons and the destruction of the World of Ten Thousand Races, a savior descends. That savior is you, Great Inheritor, One!

"You have resolved to risk your life, embarking alone on this marching path to destroy those nearly completed Arrays. The fate of the Ten Thousand Races... now rests in your hands. What is the future of the World of Ten Thousand Races? Will it be destroyed... or saved? It all depends on your mission!

"Therefore, please go and save the World of Ten Thousand Races. Qing believes in you. This is your exclusive mission, so do your best!"

"My exclusive mission?" Yun Chu muttered to herself. "But my previous achievements weren’t my doing alone. Tanzi also contributed."

"He has already gifted all the achievements and rewards to you!" Qing replied, looking at Yun Chu.

"Hmm???" Hearing this, Yun Chu stared intently at Qing. She stared fixedly...

Qing felt deeply uncomfortable under her gaze. This was because, at this moment, Qing was actually being controlled by the fat man. Fearing that Yun Chu would notice something amiss, the Fat Monk hurriedly withdrew his consciousness.

"Sometimes, it really feels like you aren’t just a simple virtual character, but a... a real person with your own thoughts." Yun Chu observed her for a long time. While Qing’s expressions were still vivid, she no longer had that sense of sapience from just a moment ago.

Yun Chu withdrew her gaze. She thought to herself, "I clearly felt that you had a conscious mind just now... Never mind, maybe I’m just being paranoid..."

Shaking her head, Yun Chu followed the markers on her map to complete her exclusive mission.

Back in the Divine Mansion.

Seeing that Yun Chu hadn’t noticed any anomalies, the fat man breathed a sigh of relief. "That woman... she’s not ordinary. I almost gave myself away."

"She is very smart."

After that, the Fat Monk didn’t dare to casually speak with Yun Chu directly anymore. For the most part, he just used his god’s-eye view over the sandbox to observe her. Su Tan, the Little White Wolf, and the Fat Monk shifted their primary focus onto Yun Chu.

Sure enough... Yun Chu did not disappoint, destroying the soon-to-be-activated Guiding Arrays one after another.

After being modified by the Fat Monk, the Marching Battlefield was equivalent to a "Realm"—similar to Su Tan’s Overlord Body Realm. He could moderately control everything within the Marching Battlefield. However, this Realm had significant limitations. It required energy.

Every major action, such as using the "Realm’s" power to wipe out a Yin Demon Army, required an astronomical Energy Value. The meager amount of power collected from the Yin Demons was nowhere near enough to sustain such a massive operation. Fortunately, while they couldn’t take large-scale actions, giving someone a slight cheat or similar assistance was still very easy.

At this moment, Yun Chu was like the Child of Destiny of the Marching Battlefield. Crowned with luck, she displayed her terrifying combat prowess to the fullest.

"Ding~ Congratulations, Player [One]. Array destroyed +1..."

"Ding~ Congratulations, Player [One]. Array destroyed +1..."

...

"Good, excellent!" Su Tan was in a great mood.

Yun Chu was executing her special interception mission flawlessly. Now, it all depended on the other players. It was up to them whether they could hold the line!