The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

Chapter 149 The Nightmare Clan and Dark Elf Clan Have Arrived

At this moment, we are on the fifty-fourth floor of the underground city.

This defeat naturally attracted the attention of the higher-ups. After all, another dungeon had been lost, and they naturally wanted to understand the situation. Under normal circumstances, small-scale battle defeats or routine battle defeats are not a big deal. It's just a matter of compiling a battle report, submitting it, and making improvements next time. It's just a matter of going through the motions. But this time is different. Losing territory is a different story.

Normally, at this time, an inspection team would be dispatched from above to understand the situation and make a judgment on what exactly caused the loss of territory.

However, unlike in the past, this time it was not an ordinary patrol team, but a combat team consisting of a thousand dark elves and 1000 nightmares.

They came here not only to understand the situation, but also to try to retake the 55th floor.

This news was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the team on the 54th floor, the sixth floor.

At this moment, all the core members of Lao Liu's team gathered together to discuss what to do next.

"Everyone, this is not good news. The inspection team will definitely start fighting with those Pata once they arrive. The most crucial thing is that we will also have to get involved. In such a chaotic battle, the possibility of friendly fire is too high."

"So are these inspection teams crazy? Why don't you just come and check things out, go through the motions, and that's it? Why do they have to come and make their presence felt? I don't know what they're thinking."

Clearly, Lao Liu was very unhappy with the inspection team sent down from above.

Anyone would feel bad in this situation. In the end, they wanted to just get by, but things didn't turn out that way.

Now it's hard to even slack off; they said they didn't want to get involved at all.

In this situation, who wants to get involved?

When a fight breaks out, they will truly be helpless, and that is the most distressing thing.

If you're unlucky and get killed inside, that's a huge loss. Besides, this situation is rather unsolvable. To put it simply, once a fight breaks out, even if the enemy intentionally avoids friendly forces, it's impossible to avoid them. When the scene becomes too chaotic, people will just shoot whoever they see, without thinking about anything else.

"No, we must come up with a proper solution to this, otherwise if a fight breaks out, more than half of our people may be lost."

"This is naturally something they don't want to see."

If a large portion of them were to lose their lives, they would have nowhere to turn for help. Therefore, everyone began to think of a solution.

"No, we need to come up with a relatively safe way to handle this."

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"But the problem is, what method is the safest? There's no solution to this. We can't just not get involved, can we? If we don't get involved, something bad will definitely happen."

"After we participate, it's absolutely impossible for us to just coast along in the back. To put it bluntly, if we were to coast along in the back, we would inevitably be noticed."

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"They'll follow a strict procedure for dealing with those who slack off. What is that procedure? I won't go into details, it'll be a death sentence."

Indeed, in such a situation during combat, it is permissible to kill the enemy immediately.

This put them in a difficult position. It seemed they really had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

After all, these several thousand people are not their own people.

However, the captain quickly came up with another tactic, one he had used before.

"I just feel that if we do the same thing twice, it would be strange if we weren't discovered. We still need to..."

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Actually, several thousand people were taken there before and were wiped out; he was involved in that.

To put it bluntly, it's about eliminating all those who don't want to follow them, those who want to be the sixth member, or those with impure intentions, leaving only those with pure intentions.

However, the last time was already considered a major problem.

Although we tried everything we could, we were still affected to some extent.

So if the same thing happens again, who knows what the consequences will be? That's the most crucial point.

This made the captain hesitate, wondering whether or not to do it.

"So this matter needs to be carefully considered."

"I definitely can't get involved in this kind of thing, or even have the thought of doing it, otherwise I'm definitely doomed."

"But the problem is that if we don't get rid of those people, then going to the battlefield is inevitable."

"We'll definitely lose a lot of lives, that's absolutely unacceptable."

For the leaders of these "Old Six" groups, their subordinates were their core base—the core group willing to collude with them. To put it bluntly, without them, their group couldn't accomplish anything significant. Therefore, it was crucial to control the lives of these men.

To continue earning money and to ensure that future benefits are distributed smoothly, one must find a way to resolve this issue.

"Perhaps we can go to Pata and have them intercept the approaching squad in advance. That should solve the problem."

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One of them suggested it.

However, his proposal was immediately rejected.

"If it was an ambush, how did they get to that location, and how did they know they would pass by? In short, there are many questions here."

"It would be easy to deduce that the information was leaked from our side, and then we would be finished."

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At this point, everyone couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache. In short, it seemed that nothing worked here and nothing worked there.

Suddenly someone came up with a good idea.

"While a direct approach is definitely impossible, we can try a different approach, such as solving the problem from a different angle."

Hearing what this person said, everyone looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue.

"We let them take the initiative to attack because they definitely won't stay with us after they come over. To put it bluntly, the two camps will definitely be separate. We need to guard against them launching an attack from their camp. That way, even if they want to organize an effective counterattack, it will be basically impossible. For us, this is a good opportunity."

"A way to keep them all here without anyone noticing."

"After all, we can't predict the enemy's actions. Although they can plan on the battlefield, it's only if they are well prepared before the battle and everything is arranged. It's a different story when faced with a sudden attack."

"And it's not difficult to do this; it's very easy for us to find out their outposts."

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"Once they know this information, they can easily infiltrate, and that will achieve our goal."

And so, everyone started discussing it, and soon a definite plan was reached.

Clearly, the main force that rushed over was already being targeted before they even knew what had happened, and if nothing unexpected happened, something bad was likely to happen to them.

The Sixth Brothers didn't care about doing such things; as long as they could survive, earn enough money, and make a safe exit, that was enough.

And so, everything proceeded secretly and intensively.

Meanwhile, the Salted Fish also frowned upon receiving intelligence from the Dark Elves and Nightmares.

"Brothers, there's a big problem right now. It seems like the other side is planning something, but we definitely don't have enough manpower. We need to notify other people about this, but once we do, you know what will happen."

Hearing what the salted fish said, everyone couldn't help but feel a sense of impending doom.

Of course, they knew that once they announced this, their secret money-making scheme would essentially come to an end, which was something they didn't want to see. After all, they had finally found such a way to make money, but before they had made much, a large number of people had joined in, which was the most troublesome thing.

"I feel that we really don't need to tell anyone else about this. I think we can still consider making some moves, and we should be able to win."

"Dude, stop fooling yourself. You know how many people they have. We'd be scattered in one charge, and we don't have any weapons. Do you think we can win? How are we supposed to fight?"

This matter sparked a great deal of discussion among the public.

At this moment, they also have to think about this issue.

"Or we could borrow their weapons of war."

However, this proposal was quickly rejected. Although borrowing weapons of war could increase their chances of winning, if they ruined the weapons, then it would be a complete disaster.

This is something they don't want to see.

For a moment, everyone was in a dilemma.

It is indeed a headache-inducing problem, and if it is not solved, then everything will be in vain.

"Why don't we just lay our cards on the table? If this isn't resolved, there's no doubt we'll be out of the picture. It would be awkward if they just swept us aside. If we talk it out now, at least we can keep our stuff. And most importantly, we'll know where the resources are, and we've already collected a lot of them beforehand. We'll just have to distribute the rest."

Hearing what this player said, Salty Fish was very unwilling, but given the current situation, he had no choice but to tell the other players what was going on, otherwise, the few of them would definitely not be able to hold this place.

"Oh well, so what if we lose a little? What else can we do?"

"We've been selling things sporadically lately, and everyone's income isn't bad. Plus, we still have so much stuff stockpiled. Once the news is announced, we can sell it all. Everyone will be able to get at least a few hundred gold coins, which is pretty good."

"After we finish the hunt, we can continue mining, which means it's quite easy for each of us to earn one or two thousand gold coins this time."

As more and more players join, the amount of gold coins acquired is gradually increasing, and the current exchange rate between gold coins and RMB has dropped to 1:2.

Although the proportion has decreased, their income is actually higher than before, based on the current situation.

Although we haven't yet earned what they expected, we can barely accept it now.

After this discussion, they had no choice but to take action.

So, about half a day later, almost all the players learned of the news.

For some time now, they'd been wondering why these veteran players had stopped showing up and were acting mysteriously. Initially, no one paid much attention, but now that they knew the situation, they found it rather absurd.

"So Salty Fish and the others must have made a fortune this time."

"I never expected that Salty Fish and his gang would be so cunning, secretly pulling off such a move. They truly are seasoned veterans; they can come up with any method they want."

"They don't include us when there's good news, but now that they've attacked and can't win, they remember us. I have absolutely no desire to go and help."

"You don't want to go help? Do you really think this is up to you? Is there any possibility that if the Salted Fish side fails, do you think they might reach the 56th floor?"

"Once we take them up, do you think your small mining area can still be saved? They'll take the mine and the people away with you. That's when you'll know whether you should have gone to help or not."

"It can only be said that Salty Fish and his gang are too arrogant, and what's most outrageous is that we never expected to have such an arrogant enemy. But it's also because of this arrogant enemy that we would have been wiped out without even knowing why."

"What do you mean by 'sixth brother'? This thing is called 'friendly forces'."

"So what I want to ask now is, what's the situation? Should we fight or not?"

The NPC said we definitely have to fight, and this battle is a good opportunity to test out the new mech.

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"You mean that defensive mech you're researching? Having that thing around is really convenient. At least we don't need to risk building cover anymore. Just put that thing there and it becomes a ready-made cover, and it's also a cover that the enemy can attack if they dare to get close."

When the mecha was mentioned, everyone became interested. After all, they had heard about it before, and when they heard the cost, they couldn't help but feel that it was a bit outrageous.

They were also curious about how these mechs, which had been built at such a huge cost, would perform in actual combat.

So, amidst the various discussions, the plan to fight against the Dark Elves and the Nightmare Clan was quickly finalized.

Of course, now that the decision to go to war has been made, the next step is to prepare for war.

Since the Saltfish team has already developed up to the 55th floor, most of the war supplies are being transported to the 55th floor.

The transportation process went relatively smoothly. After all, the monsters on each floor the players explored were taught a lesson, making them very wary of these "Patata." Therefore, the players encountered no trouble while transporting the items. Of course, if anyone dared to cause trouble at this point, they would probably be reduced to ashes.