Infinite Sun in the East China Sea

Chapter 302 Slowing Down the Pace
After a moment of contemplation, Xiangzi walked toward the Shangri-La teleportation point leading to the Northern Wilderness Base.

It sounds ridiculous, but in Xiangzi's view, eliminating some newcomers in this cycle of reincarnation is Xu Feng's last remaining conscience and gentleness.

According to the overall mechanism of the main god, this decision will change the survival rate of newcomers from almost certain death to one in nine deaths.

The main god originally wanted people who were brave, daring, and had potential. While these veterans could protect those people in the fortress for the sake of reward points and let them get through this battle safely, they would not be so lucky in the next battle.

Let those newcomers step out of their nests now and experience the trials and tribulations of the next six months. The very few newcomers who survive will see a significant improvement in both their mindset and abilities.

In fact, the dangers that newcomers will face in the future are not too high.

Xu Feng has already arranged for Bing'er, the humanoid, and three powerful pets to be by Thorin's side. If the newcomer only follows the dwarves in the story, they will not face enemies that are too strong.

As the executor of the elimination plan, Xiangzi wouldn't let too many newcomers die in this plan... After all, this is just to control the score in the team battle world. Enough negative scores to eliminate them is enough. If too many newcomers die directly, she, as a veteran, won't have enough reward points to deduct.

The few new recruits who ultimately survived were the biggest beneficiaries of this plan.

If they are talented enough, they still have a chance to become true members of the East China Sea team and win in the end.

Xiangzi knew very well that she was also a beneficiary.

Newcomers who make a name for themselves in this world only increase their chances of survival in the future. In the short term, it will be difficult for them to raise their strength to a level where they can safely pass through subsequent reincarnation worlds, and they will still need to fight desperately in the future.

However, she and Mei are different. Although their strength is far below Xu Feng's, it is far above that of this batch of newcomers.

If the main god's rating is kept under control, the two of them will be very safe in the subsequent reincarnation worlds.

In fact, even someone as capable as Hsu Feng would benefit from this decision.

Xu Feng's main reason for trying to control the score this time was that he gained too little from this team fight!

Otherwise, he wouldn't have proposed this plan.

One point is awarded for wiping out an entire squad. Although the total reward points for the entire squad are not insignificant, given the immense gains he experienced in the world of "Akame ga Kill!", this level of reward is unlikely to allow him to improve significantly.

In Xu Feng's view, if they don't try to control the score in this team battle, the next team battle will most likely be against the Celestial Team or the Demon Team. Regardless of how strong these two teams are, the total number of people in these two special teams means that their gains in team battles cannot be compared with those of normal teams.

The number of Demons is uncertain.

However, the number of members in the Celestial Team will definitely not be too large. There are only a dozen or so reincarnation teams in the Main God Space. Xu Feng can confirm that the captains of the East Sea Team, Central Continent Team, Indian Continent Team, West Sea Team, and Forest Continent Team will not be included in the Celestial Team. In addition, there will most likely be one or two other captains of the breeders and more captains of the normal reincarnation teams who will not be included in the Celestial Team.

In total, the Celestial Squad has a maximum of seven to eight people.

In a team battle against such a small team, you can get a maximum of seven or eight points, and those seven or eight points are not easy to obtain; if you fight against a normal small team, you have a good chance of getting more than ten points.

In this match, if they hadn't encountered Zhao Zhuikong, who killed his teammates at the start, the East Sea team could have scored eleven points, and their total gain would have been even greater than in the team battle of "Akame ga Kill!".

In that case, why worry about the God of God raising the evaluation?
As long as your strength increases faster than your rating, you can still easily defeat even very strong monsters.

If you are strong enough, even danger can turn into opportunity.

In fact, as long as Zhao Zhuikong gets a few kills, the East China Sea team can score more than five points in this team fight, and Xu Feng will not have any intention of controlling the score.

If he scores a positive five points, the East Sea team's overall gains will be enough to elevate him to another level. With this improvement, he will no longer die instantly when using the Reality Materialization Illusion Technique to unleash his life-or-death skills. In that case, he can handle most reincarnation worlds with ease.

Moreover, Xu Feng believed that once the East Sea team defeated the Heavenly God team or the Demon team, the Main God's evaluation of the East Sea team would change drastically, and the East Sea team would be regarded as a key training target—being a key training target in the Main God Space is not a good thing.

It's hard for the Donghai team to avoid acquiring that kind of status.

After Xu Feng enhanced his Reality Concretization Illusion Technique, he wasn't too worried about the dangers brought by that identity, but in that situation, it was always better to arrive late than early.

Controlling the score at this point might allow the East Sea team to have one more team fight with the normal team before the team fights with the Gods and Demons.

One more team battle with a normal squad... means he can have another big harvest.

The Northern Wilderness.

Xiangzi concealed the veteran's idea of ​​controlling the score and told the newcomers about the current situation of the Donghai team in detail.

While the veterans were fighting Zhao Zhuikong, these newcomers inside the dragon's body also learned about some of the rules of the God Space and realized where they had arrived.

"In summary, the other loop team has been eliminated by us, and the overall danger level in the loop world of The Hobbit is no longer too high."

Xiangzi said with a serious expression, "We can probably stay in this world for about half a year. During this time, you have three choices: one is to follow the characters Gandalf and Thorin on their adventures. With the advantage of knowing the plot well, you should be able to get a lot of reward points. The other is to stay with those strong dwarves, which will also ensure your safety."

"Secondly, you can hunt monsters individually or in a team according to the map I provide. Please note that I can only guarantee that the monsters you encounter will not be too strong, but I cannot guarantee that you will not die at the hands of monsters."

—The strongest monster has already been reserved by Xu Feng, and monsters strong enough will become reward points for Xiangzi and Mei; the monsters that newcomers will encounter are naturally just the mosquito legs that the veterans don't even care about.

"The third option is to stay here and wait for the cycle of reincarnation to end; this is the safest choice. The only problem is... we are currently in a team battle. If more than two of the others die, the people in the fortress will be eliminated by the main god due to negative points."

After Xiangzi finished speaking, he lowered his eyes and used his mental energy to sense the newcomer's emotions.

Some were excited, while others were anxious; the reactions of this group varied.

"Can we ride this dragon when we meet up with Thorin?" asked Sato the Hitchhiker.

This white dragon, which cannot breathe fire, is far inferior to the fire dragon Smaug, but it is definitely powerful compared to orcs and trolls.

Xiangzi shook his head: "No, it's not appropriate for it to appear in front of Gandalf."

The dragon armor was only intended to defend against the technological weapons of another team of reincarnators. With the entire East American team of reincarnators wiped out, this special armor naturally became less meaningful.

After the newcomer leaves, the dragon will be slain by Xiangzi and become her reward points.

Moreover, when the newcomer reunites with Gandalf, the 'parasitic blood' in their bodies will also be cleared away.

This modification is based on vampires, a negative creature. Although it has almost no negative effects, in the eyes of Gandalf or powerful elves, it is definitely a point deduction, greatly reducing their trustworthiness.

Upon hearing this unfortunate news, the newcomers who were originally eager to try their luck suddenly became hesitant.

After a while.

The light novel author, who was very familiar with the plot of "The Lord of the Rings," made the first decision: "Ms. Shoko, I choose to go with Thorin and the others." Shoko nodded.

This newcomer was very confident in the information he had and believed that he could definitely gain enough benefits in this cycle of reincarnation by relying on his understanding of the Lord of the Rings world.

After the light novel author spoke, the leader of the three thugs also said, "We're with you too. We're going with Thorin too, hahaha. Those dwarves seem to pass through the elven territory. Maybe we can even get some benefits from the elves."

"Isn't staying in the fortress a good thing? Do we really have to fight monsters?" the married woman among the newcomers muttered softly.

She noticed that all five men were drawn to the reward points, ignoring the dangers beyond the fortress.

But this is a team battle, and everyone is at risk. People like her who want to stay quietly in the fortress will also be at risk because of those who want to take risks.

Unfortunately, she couldn't dissuade others from their impulses.

"Can I stay with you veterans? Or will you settle us in a human or elven city?" the woman sighed softly and asked Xiangzi.

She whispered, "If everyone else leaves, leaving only two or three people in the fortress, the next six months will be too boring."

Xiangzi explained, “Here you can get dragon meat, receive instruction in extraordinary knowledge, and practice without restraint. Even without taking risks, you will improve a lot. But those benefits can easily attract trouble in densely populated cities, so you won’t have such good conditions.”

Judging from the concentration of spiritual energy in the world, the world of "The Lord of the Rings" can be considered a medium-level magical world. The food in this world contains abundant energy, and dragon meat is the best among many ingredients. If you eat dragon meat indiscriminately in this world for half a year, you can naturally cultivate extraordinary energy that is not weak.

According to Xu Feng's plan, the newcomers who stay in the fortress will practice the "Sixteen Contemplations Sutra of Pure Land" and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill. The first contemplation of the "Sixteen Contemplations Sutra" only requires looking at the sun, which is not too difficult.

Newcomers who travel with dwarves cultivate solar energy.

Thorin's group of dwarves also practiced battle qi. The Dulin dwarves had been forced to abandon their homes several times under the threat of powerful enemies, and even their battle qi techniques had been lost. However, the dwarf prince Thorin's battle qi was not weak, and his training experience was enough to be a teacher to newcomers.

Xiangzi added, "Of course, if you really don't want to stay here, I can also send you to Minas Tirith, the capital of Gondor."

Ultimately, the five male newcomers and the female university student chose to follow Thorin.

After a moment's thought, the remaining two women chose to stay at the Northern Wasteland Fortress.

Before dawn, the six newcomers who were about to leave the fortress received their equipment from Xiangzi: a set of composite plate armor made of Gundam alloy and dragon scales, a dragon steel two-handed longsword, an elven-crafted longbow and arrows, and a Meyaras steed infused with dragon blood.

The horse also carried various logistical supplies, including canned dragon meat.

Mordor.

As Xu Feng delved into analyzing Zhao Zhuikong's genes, a group of uninvited guests arrived at his side... However, given their identities, he was actually the uninvited guest.

—Sorron, alarmed by the battle last night, slunk away from Dorgul Fortress in the south of Mirkwood and returned to his home turf of Mordor.

When Xu Feng first came to him, this second-generation demon king still harbored a glimmer of hope, thinking that he could corrupt this powerful and mysterious man sooner or later. However, last night's battle was too intense. Fantasy Zhao's 'light cannon' bombarded him countless times, and many trees in the vast, dark forest were damaged by the battle, looking like they had grown a bunch of spots.

Elves and wizards will inevitably come to the battlefield to investigate.

For Sauron, this meant that Dogul was no longer safe... unless he could immediately corrupt the mysterious man and gain his help.

Clearly, the second-generation Demon Lord was self-aware enough to know that he could not do this.

Zoro has no physical body, making it easy for him to retreat.

To his surprise, he ran into the mysterious man again as soon as he returned to Mordor... This guy had arrived even earlier than him.

Zoro had a bad feeling.

His family is gone...

After sensing some scenes in the laboratory above Mount Doom, this second-generation Demon King even felt... that his position as Demon King was probably going to be taken away!

That mysterious person is so wicked!

Those experimental procedures are far more evil than he was!
"Mr. Zoro, it's been a long time."

Xu Feng was excited to see Zoro arrive. Communicating through the Palantir crystal was nowhere near as fast as face-to-face interaction. Besides, being with Zoro would make it easier to eliminate him when he was about to leave this world.

While destroying the One Ring is the only way to completely kill Sauron, defeating this demon king's clone might still unlock side quests.

Thinking of that bright future, he smiled and said, "The information Your Majesty gave me was very useful. After studying it diligently all night, I have many questions. For example, I encountered some problems in transforming the Mogul Blade into magical dust that can exert influence within a range... Also, the anti-gravity runes of the Nightmare Warhorse are mainly driven by negative energy. I encountered great resistance when I tried to transform them into other energy sources. I wonder if Mr. Sauron could give me some pointers?"

Zoro was somewhat taken aback.

What is all this nonsense? As a former subordinate of Auril, the god of craftsmen, and a capable assistant to Morgoth, the dark lord, his forging skills were not weak, and he was considered a learned man. But how could he have created so many strange and bizarre things and come up with so many strange ideas after only one night of acquiring that knowledge?

What's wrong with this guy's brain?

Sauron struggled to maintain his dignity as a demon king, and said in a somber voice, "I need to replenish the missing Ringwraiths right now, and I don't have time to help you with these issues."

"If you help me establish a kingdom in the north, the time I save might be used to help you."

"To mend the Ringwraiths? To establish a kingdom?"

Xu Feng glanced at the Ringwraiths behind Zoro and chuckled, "So that's how it works. The principle behind the Ringwraiths getting stronger and stronger is actually this..."

Not long ago, when Xiangzi was killing Ringwraiths, he noticed that each time he killed one Ringwraith, the others would become stronger.

“There are seven races of dwarves, so you created the Seven Commandments of the Dwarves.”

"So what does the 'nine' in the Nine Rings of Man represent? Among the nine Ringwraiths are the Númenóreans, the Harads, the Khaanders, the Chariots... In total, it seems that the nine Ringwraiths are spread across every human faction."

"I think the reason why the Ringwraiths are getting stronger and stronger is probably related to the human kingdoms in Middle-earth..."

Zoro's expression changed, and his figure became flickering.

Xu Feng chuckled lightly: "Don't worry, I'm not going to compete with you for the title of Lord of the World... no, the Dark Lord."

—He only wants to steal the One Ring.

(End of this chapter)