Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 292 One hour

After regaining his composure, Xu Feng raised his hand and looked at the black God Watch.

The not-so-large screen was now filled with densely packed small text: "One hour after the East Sea Team's arrival, the East America Team has arrived in this world."

The first sentence on the God Watch drew his attention to two key pieces of information.

"Is our team fighting the East American team this time? Judging from the team name, the members of this team are very likely from the United States region." Xiangzi also noticed that information.

She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The time difference between the two teams entering should also represent the difference in strength between the two teams. The Arctic team entered a full month earlier than us in the last team battle, while we entered only an hour earlier than the East American team this time. In the evaluation of the main god, the strength of our two teams should be very close."

"Not necessarily." Xu Feng shook his head with a strange expression: "In the same hour, people with different abilities can do completely different things."

"Before we even get to play against the East American team, let's overestimate them as much as possible."

If the world of The Hobbit didn't have supermodels like Ilúvatar and Vera, he could conquer the entire world in an hour and create a massive army of cannon fodder.

Moreover, he was curious about who would be on the East America team this time... Could it be one of the people he was imagining?
Xiangzi skipped over the complicated team battle rules and read the message on his watch: "Follow Thorin Oakenshield into Lonely Mountain."

She chuckled: "Judging from this main quest, we're on the protagonist's side; the main god will probably assign us an identity to contact Thorin."

Thorin, the dwarf prince, is not important; what matters is Gandalf, the Maiar!
Once you establish a good relationship with Gandalf, you can naturally build connections with the Elven Queen Galadriel and Elrond, and borrow strength from these powerful elves.

Bing'er, a righteous and kind elf, created humans precisely for this purpose.

Xiangzi surveyed the surrounding scenery and then said, "Judging from the terrain and architectural style, this should be the Shire, the settlement of the short-statured hobbits, not far from Hobbiton, where the protagonist Bilbo Baggins lives."

Xu Feng sighed, "The Supreme God must have assigned us identities, but to confirm those identities, we should take the initiative to go to Bilbo's Bag End and communicate with Gandalf and the dwarves."

Normally, this one thing alone would take an hour.

The fact that the main god sent the East Sea team to arrive ahead of schedule was probably just to give them a chance to choose their faction.

Xiangzi continued, "If either side in the team battle completes one of the following tasks, both sides will return to the Main God Space ahead of schedule: 1. Kill the fire dragon Smaug; 2. Obtain the Heart of the Mountain; 3. Obtain the One Ring."

"Then there's the limitation imposed by the main god. In the world of The Hobbit, technological weapons are ineffective against characters in the story, but effective against reincarnators... Captain was right after all."

Xiangzi summarized: "In general, we had a total of four ways to complete the task this time."

"The first method is our East China Sea team's main mission, which is the easiest. As long as the main god doesn't change the plot, even a group of newcomers can complete this mission."

"The other three methods aren't too difficult either."

Xiangzi said with a smile, "Killing the fire dragon Smaug should yield a considerable amount of side quest rewards. If the main god doesn't amplify its power to an excessive degree, even if the main god restricts our technological weapons, the three of us can still kill Smaug."

"The easiest way to get the Heart of the Mountain is to kill Smaug, which will almost certainly give us the Heart of the Mountain. Even if Smaug is stronger than us, we can lure him away and steal the Heart of the Mountain quietly."

"Obtaining the One Ring should be the most difficult of the three tasks. The One Ring has its own will, and perhaps we can only get it after Bilbo gets it from Gollum."

Upon hearing this, Mei couldn't help but sigh, "If we don't take team battles into account, the missions in this reincarnation world are quite easy, not even close to the difficulty of the previous world."

Xu Feng nodded and said, "It is indeed much simpler. The key this time is the team battle. Let's prepare for the team battle after the plot begins and before the East American team arrives."

While he was excited that the difficulty level for the Donghai team had been lowered, he wasn't exactly ecstatic.

In the cycle of reincarnation, the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.

Low difficulty means low reward.

The first two matches for the East Sea team, "Blade of the Unknown" and "The Day After Tomorrow," were not very difficult. Even ordinary people could pass them with a calm approach. However, the low difficulty meant that there were no side stories to be gained.

What was originally considered very difficult, in Xu Feng's opinion, was actually... not so difficult.

It's difficult for him compared to others, but not too dangerous for him.

Fortunately, Middle-earth, the setting of The Hobbit, is an exception. While the world there isn't particularly turbulent, it offers a fair share of benefits.

Xu Feng added, "Because of those three missions, we must protect the newcomers at the start of the game. We absolutely cannot let any of them die, otherwise, we might be very unlucky and be wiped out by the main god."

After glancing at the information on his watch, he noticed where the greatest danger lay in this team battle world.

"Erase?"

Xiangzi paused for a moment, then immediately realized the importance of this point: "We really need to protect the newcomers!"

“Both of our teams should be capable of these three tasks. Without knowing the location of the other team, we have no way of knowing whether that team can complete these three tasks quickly!” She took a breath, feeling a bit scared.

The task assigned by the Supreme God... is too insidious!
Xiangzi analyzed, "Of the three missions, mission three is roughly located below the Orc town in the Misty Mountains, but the One Ring is in Gollum's hands and is constantly moving, so finding the exact location isn't so easy; the locations of mission one, killing Smaug, and mission two, obtaining the Heart of the Mountain, are clear, the only thing that's unclear is Smaug's combat strength... In general, as long as we have the strength to kill Smaug and fast enough movement ability, our two teams can complete the missions within an hour."

"If our team suffers casualties and another team completes the mission with lightning speed, we will face the danger of being wiped out by the God of War because our reward points cannot be offset by negative scores!"

Before entering this world, the three veterans of the East China Sea team had already exhausted their reward points.

If that happens, all three of them will face annihilation.

"The Supreme God has not restricted the use of technological weapons against other reincarnators... This means that once the other side is detected, a large-scale attack can be launched. These kinds of technological weapons are very cheap, and a normal reincarnation team should be able to do this."

Xiangzi continued his analysis: "Relatively speaking, protecting weaker newcomers from attacks by such powerful technological weapons is extremely difficult, and even some veterans would find it hard to survive such an attack." "First, we could test the high-powered technological weapons... then the team's senior fighters could quickly kill Smaug or steal the Heart of the Mountain, allowing both teams to complete their missions simultaneously... Just these two steps are enough to easily wipe out a stronger team!"

If you encounter a worthy opponent or a more skilled enemy, achieving these two steps is not easy.

It's difficult to pinpoint the enemy's exact location; if the enemy can withstand a wide-range attack, this tactic will only force them to quickly return to the God Space, not wipe them out; Smaug's strength is also unknown—before even seeing the last fire dragon of Middle-earth, Xu Feng doesn't dare guarantee a sure victory over Smaug.

If Smaug is too strong, this tactic could easily backfire—attacking Smaug while simultaneously facing attacks from another squad, leaving them vulnerable from both sides.

After analyzing this plan, Xiangzi realized that the Donghai team needed to be prepared to use this plan to complete the team battle, and also try to prevent another team from using this plan against the Donghai team.

It would be ridiculous to be eliminated by the main god because of this!
"Looking at it this way, the advantage of the first to enter is actually much greater than we originally thought!"

Mei seemed lost in thought.

She tilted her head and asked, "Shouldn't we send some of our forces to the vicinity of Lonely Mountain first? If the gap between our strength and that of the East American team is too large, we can have that part of our forces complete the mission ahead of schedule."

Eight more powerful corpses were prepared in the eight rooms.

The strongest Park Chang-ho is close to Mei in her divine descent state, and Park Chang-ho, who transforms into Tyrande, has also evolved many special abilities.

"This plan has a high success rate! Park Chang-ho of the Eighth House possesses the abilities of invisibility and flight. Even if he cannot defeat Smaug, he still has a great chance of stealing the Heart of the Mountain!"

Shoko agreed.

"In a normal team battle world, spreading out your fighting force is tantamount to suicide! But in this world, splitting your team into at least two squads is the only way to avoid a sudden team wipe!"

"Actually, there's no need to worry too much." Xu Feng smiled slightly as he looked at the two girls who were overly concerned. "The God has restricted technological weapons in this world, but we might be able to take advantage of this restriction."

At this time.

One of the eight newcomers twitched his finger.

Xu Feng noticed this, flicked his finger, and eight drops of bright red blood entered the bodies of these newcomers.

They quickly take root and sprout in the newborn's body, absorbing the newborn's life energy and developing into a cluster of energy circuits parallel to the nervous system.

The raw material for these special bloods is the essence blood of vampires obtained from the world of "Mr. Vampire". After Xu Feng modified these essence bloods with reference to the flesh and blood of demons, they will no longer erode the target's body or transform the target into a vampire. Instead, they will live in the target's body like parasites.

They endow their host with the same vitality and physical qualities as vampires, lacking only the vampire's energy compared to true vampires. After returning to the main god space, these 'parasitic blood' can be easily detached without affecting the enhancement of other bloodlines or energy systems.

The only problem is that these people who have undergone 'vampire parasitism modification' will be controlled by the Blood Source—this is the magical version of the 'restraint garment' that Xu Feng prepared for the world with banned technology. The so-called Blood Source is the controller of the 'parasitic blood'.

According to the information on the God Watch, the God does not restrict the use of technological weapons on the reincarnators themselves. The technological version of the 'Binding Clothes' can actually be used on newcomers, but the magical version of the 'Parasitic Blood' provides a higher boost to physical attributes. When facing very strong opponents in team battles, this item can slightly increase the survival rate of newcomers.

Among the eight newcomers, five are boys and three are girls.

Before these people had fully woken up, Xu Feng had already figured out their identities and determined their ages and abilities from the information recorded in their cells; it is no exaggeration to say that Xu Feng knew their bodies better than these eight newcomers.

Overall... the new recruits this time were not satisfactory.

Of the five men, three were young men in their thirties who were members of a Yakuza organization, one of whom had extremely intricate tattoos and held a high position.

These three were physically quite good for ordinary people, but Xu Feng disliked them very much.

A 22-year-old man is a male escort.

Despite being dressed in a flashy manner, his physical fitness was surprisingly stronger than the other three.

Another person is a light novel author who has recently been researching the Lord of the Rings series in preparation for a light novel about traveling to another world. In some poorly prepared reincarnation teams, this light novel author could probably provide very important information, but the East Blue team is absolutely well-prepared and has recorded most of the settings of Lord of the Rings clearly, so this newcomer's knowledge reserves seem insignificant.

His physical condition was the worst among the five men.

Of course, after being modified by the 'parasitic blood essence', the original difference in physical attributes is no longer so important.

The three women were all around twenty years old... As always, the main god preferred to choose young and beautiful characters.

The oldest one was only twenty-three years old, but Xu Feng unexpectedly discovered that this beautiful newcomer was likely already a married woman, judging from the details of her body, she had already given birth.

The slightly younger one is 21 years old and is a college student.

The youngest was only nineteen years old and was unemployed.

After the eight people fully woke up, Xu Feng patiently explained the current situation to them. Before the storyline of the reincarnation world began, he carefully answered the doubts in the hearts of these newcomers. Even though he received 100 reward points, he was still very kind.

He always had a friendly smile on his face.

But the moment the story of the reincarnation world begins, the moment the main god's protective shield ends.

Xu Feng instantly stopped smiling and led the group of reincarnators hundreds of kilometers away, leaving only Bing'er and three pets behind. Creatures with poor observation skills or insufficient microscopic perception could not even see the phantoms, so they had no way of knowing whether a large group of people had actually been there.

Upon arriving in the eastern part of the Xiaer, Xu Feng immediately tested a group of native creatures to see how the main god restricted technological weapons in this world.

As he conducted more and more tests and obtained more and more results, the smile on his face became brighter and brighter!
"Good news! The Supreme God's restrictions on technological weapons are both very lenient and very strict. These restrictions on technological weapons are not difficult to exploit... For example, we can use the creatures of this world to create an indestructible shield for us, a shield that no technological weapon can break!"

(End of this chapter)