The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

Chapter 120 Is this a bug exploit?

In just like that, the two sides were very close to each other very quickly.

then.

"Brothers, fire! Give them a good beating!"

Amidst the roars of the players, a mortar shell rained down from the sky.

A single salvo fired more than 100 shells.

Anyone who saw this number would be shocked, but for the players, this is just the beginning.

Before the first round even reached its designated location, the players had already loaded their shells, so the second round was launched immediately.

The players' hand speed was extremely fast, mainly because they were worried that the enemy's reinforcements would arrive at any time, and before they could fire all their bullets, they would be wiped out.

Therefore, the third round was already filled when the first round just exploded.

Of course, there are many reasons why players can beat the game so quickly, the most important of which is the terrain.

The situation here is truly exceptional.

With such a small space and such a large area, you basically only need to aim in a general direction, and then you don't need to think about anything else.

Just keep dropping them into this area, and you're guaranteed to hit the target. It's such a tiny place, there's nowhere for you to hide.

This is what makes Koren and his team most desperate.

The shells raining down from the sky were exploding with tremendous force, covering the entire area.

Basically, every place was a potential landing point for artillery shells.

With a deafening explosion, the area was instantly engulfed in flames.

However, due to limited space, the fire could only spread to the front and back.

This significantly increased the kill radius of the shells.

The entire area was filled with booming explosions.

Faced with this barrage of attacks, Coren was stunned.

Of course, he immediately ordered his men to organize an effective counterattack.

However, it had absolutely no effect, because the distance was beyond the range of ordinary magic.

This shows that the players' positioning skills are quite good.

Seeing that the distance was not enough, Coron had no choice but to have his men maintain a magical shield while advancing the distance.

But it was to no avail; under the onslaught of attacks, their magical shields were as fragile as paper.

Forget about a full salvo, it wouldn't even withstand half a salvo.

Thus, Koren and his men had no choice but to advance under such intense firepower, and the original 2000-strong force began to dwindle at an alarming rate.

When they advanced about 500 meters, only half of the members remained. After advancing another 500 meters, they lost another half.

After advancing several hundred meters, only two or three hundred remained.

They are currently about 2 kilometers away from the players' location.

This distance may seem very close, but under the bombardment of saturation attacks, it becomes an insurmountable chasm.

Given the current situation, Corren had no choice but to flee. Fortunately, he held a high position in the family and had plenty of things to protect himself.

After sacrificing several magical items, he finally escaped safely.

After a long time...

When Corren returned to the secret hideout he had prepared for himself, he was completely bewildered.

"Who am I? What happened? Where am I?"

The battle just now came and went quickly; it felt like a dream to Koren.

He led his main force to fight the group of Pata, who he considered very weak, but in the short time that they engaged, his entire force was wiped out.

Moreover, the team fight was too fast, and they had no chance to fight back at all. They were wiped out in a very confused way.

"How is this possible? How can these Pata be so strong?"

"Damn it!"

"Weapons, it must be because of the weapons. These Pata actually have such powerful weapons."

Most importantly, his old rival didn't mention this matter at all.

Now Corren understood perfectly well that the other party was just waiting for him to make a fool of himself.

The other party already knew about the methods of this group of thugs, but deliberately didn't tell me.

Furthermore, by taking advantage of his contempt for these Pata, the final result is naturally what it is now.

Before they even had a chance to engage in combat, their side was almost completely wiped out. This can't even be described as outrageous.

However, after calming down, his heart sank.

The current situation needs no further explanation. Our side was almost completely wiped out, and the large force we brought with us has been almost entirely wiped out in such a short time.

"Wouldn't this be the end of us? How could I possibly report this situation to the family?"

At this moment, Koren was in a panic. He knew very well what the consequences would be if he reported this battle to his family.

But what should I do if I don't report it?

Almost all of his men were dead; the outcome of the war had exceeded his expectations.

However, it's not acceptable not to report it.

Without soldiers, there's no way to fight in the later stages of the war; the only option is to report the situation and ask the clan for troops.

However, given the current situation, Corren felt that asking the family for soldiers was basically out of the question; he was lucky the family hadn't killed him.

The adjutant beside him was in a similar state of disarray, just like Corin, but his expression was filled with worry—this whole thing had gone wrong.

The adjutant originally thought that he had come with Koren to bask in the glory.

As it turns out, this had absolutely nothing to do with any merit.

Not only will he not have any merit, but given the current situation, he'll probably be skinned alive when he gets back.

"Captain, we can't report this! Otherwise, if this gets reported, we're doomed. We've only been here a few hours, and our entire force of 2000 people is gone."

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After figuring out the situation, the adjutant immediately spoke to Corinth.

Upon hearing what his adjutant said, Coron naturally understood the reasoning behind it, but if this situation wasn't reported now, how could they fight the battles to come?

"Of course I know what you're talking about, but the problem is, if we don't report it, where will we get our soldiers?"

"You're being foolish, Captain. Even if you report it, no soldiers will come. You'll most likely be beaten to death."

Upon hearing this, Corren's expression became conflicted.

He knew all the things he shouldn't have said, and in fact, he had already thought of them. He was currently pondering a particular question.

Is there any way to minimize the punishment I receive while reporting the offense, and give myself a chance to make amends?

But no matter how hard he tried, Koren couldn't come up with a solution. Given the current situation, reporting it himself without facing punishment was like a dream; it was practically unrealistic.

However, Coron's adjutant, as a strategist, was naturally quite capable.

"Captain, I've thought of a brilliant idea. If we use this method, we definitely won't be punished."

Upon hearing what the adjutant said, Corren's eyes lit up, and he quickly inquired about the situation.

"When I came here, I took a look around. There were 58 floors, 57 floors, and even 56 and 55 floors. There were only about 100 people guarding each floor. There were people who had set up strongholds in every place."

Upon hearing this, Corren nodded; he was, of course, aware of the situation.

"However, the defenses of those strongholds are relatively strong. Once attacked, they can hold out until reinforcements arrive. And most importantly, we still have soldiers on the front lines. Once the front lines retreat to these defensive strongholds, we can rely on them to continue fighting the enemy."

Upon hearing what Corren said, the adjutant beside him nodded.

"You're right, but think about it, what's the biggest problem with these outposts? It's that they have relatively few people."

"I have a slightly immature suggestion, which is that we should take care of these people at all levels."

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"We don't need to upgrade too many layers; we only need to upgrade up to around 55 layers."

"Then we all retreated to the 55th floor, and all the battle reports sent up were fake. With so many floors, those Pata couldn't possibly come down directly. They would occupy and explore each floor one by one."

"Wouldn't that take longer? Then we'll wait a while before telling the higher-ups that these Pata used some rather insidious tactics, somehow managing to destroy these layers of guard posts ahead of time."

"So we failed on our side, we were surrounded and attacked by these Pata. In short, let's just say this is as dangerous as possible. We will definitely be punished for this, but at least we have held on for so long."

"No matter how severe the punishment, it won't be as bad as our current situation."

Koren understood what his adjutant meant: to hand over these floors to the Pata and let them develop them.

This buys them enough time—maybe a month, maybe two months, or maybe even longer.

During this period, all he needed to do was keep providing false battle reports.

They managed to hold out for two or three months with such a small group, but ultimately failed and were even tricked.

The punishment above won't be too severe; it's much better than being completely wiped out in just a few hours.

After some deliberation, Coron quickly made a decision.

"Since that's the case, let's do it this way. You gather the remaining people on this floor, we'll leave this floor, and you can handle the relationships on the previous floors. I also brought some money with me this time."

"That should be enough for us to bribe all of them, then we won't have to worry about anyone letting it slip."

After another round of discussion, the two of them finalized the matter and, without delay, immediately began to take action.

It must be said that the adjutant was quite shrewd, starting with the 58th floor.

The adjutant only went in briefly, and after talking for twenty or thirty minutes, the matter was settled.

Immediately afterwards, Coron led the remaining remnants of the 59th floor to the stronghold on the 58th floor, and then began to organize his men to run towards the 57th floor.

While Koren was still working hard on his escape plan, the players were at a different time.

To be honest, the battle just now has left them a little dazed.

"So what exactly is going on?"

"No, such a large team was wiped out by us just like that, and without any ambush, it was wiped out so easily."

"This can't even be described as outrageous, it's downright defying the heavens."

"It's like we got a steal this time; I still can't quite believe it."

The group discussed the situation amongst themselves, all finding the current situation absurd.

The monster's intelligence seemed to have dropped dramatically in an instant, catching them somewhat off guard.

"I don't know what happened, but this monster suddenly became quite stupid."

"Why worry about all that? We've made a killing this time."

"That's true. As long as there's money to be made, who cares if he's weird or not?"

The players' gains this time were quite good, as the group that Coron brought was not the same group that the Nightmare Squad leader had brought before.

The Nightmare Squad leader fought several battles with the players, completely wiping out their resources.

On the other hand, Koren still has all his assets in his hands.

Therefore, the equipment of this batch of elites is quite good, and they are basically all wearing one or two magical items.

"So can someone tell me what's going on with this batch of monsters? Their equipment is obviously much better than before."

"When we used to fight those monsters, we would sometimes only get one piece of magic equipment after fighting two or three monsters. Now, this group of people we're fighting will get at least two pieces."

Clearly, the players have also noticed this.

"So the plan was secretly changed and fell apart?"

One player speculated.

After all, such an outrageous thing could only happen if the data was misadjusted during a clandestine modification.

The likely scenario is that the developers initially intended to increase the game's difficulty and decrease the drop rate of equipment, but then made a series of operational errors. In the end, the monsters became less difficult, while the equipment drop rate actually increased.

"Otherwise, how can we explain the current situation?"

"Wow, if that's the case, then what are we still standing there for? Let's go find some monsters to farm! Wouldn't that be great?"

"Isn't what we're doing practically the same as exploiting a bug? Won't we get banned?"

"What a load of crap! Can a secret change be called a bug? It's clearly the developers' fault. They can't just pin everything on us."

"That makes sense."

It seems that after having this guess, the players immediately began to take action.

They began a thorough search of the 59th floor.

However, the players soon realized that something seemed amiss.

There wasn't a single monster.

To be precise, we didn't encounter a single Dark Elf or Nightmare.

"No, is that right?"

"Something's wrong, where did the monster go?"

"Holy crap, could it have been deleted?"

After searching for a while, the players were somewhat bewildered, having found nothing.

The only possibility they can think of right now is that the developers discovered their mistake and then removed the jungle monsters.

They're probably worried that if they keep farming, they'll crash the game's economy.

"Damn, such a big thing has happened. We need to give feedback, we need to give feedback severely."

"You secretly changed something and deleted the monster; that's a bit outrageous."