The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

Initially, the clone wore a hood and a Taoist robe to conceal his face and body, so as to avoid being discovered as a clone of Song Gua.

Today, while this style of clothing also serves a concealing function, it also possesses a symbolic and unifying quality.

Because the Song hexagram can actually make the clone's face different from its own.

Of course, it's not face-changing or plastic surgery. Only the Monkey King can do the former, and the latter takes too long.

Instead, it used the Dark Balance to merge the clone's face with a random object, making it look like a monster.

That's why we haven't done it yet.

There are two reasons.

First, the clone disagrees.

To be honest, Song Gua himself felt uncomfortable looking at his own clones, which were made into those bizarre shapes.

Who wants to spend every day with a bunch of monsters? Isn't your own handsome face more appealing?

Second, the fusion ability of the Dark Balance is temporary.

His temporary situation doesn't have a definite timeframe yet.

The surge in combat power when vital signs are close together allows for the estimation of remaining time based on the severity of injuries.

This random fusion has no single metric; some people have a long score, and some have a short score.

In conclusion, Song Gua has not made a mahjong face to date.

However, the Shi family in Glory City is currently particularly keen on removing bandits' hoods, and Song Gua has to be wary of this.

At the very least, any bandit who goes to Glory City must have a mahjong tile in their mouth, accept the fusion of the scales, and turn their face into a mahjong tile face.

Although the mahjong face is strange, at least you can deceive yourself; it's actually a mahjong headgear, just flesh-colored.

Once the mahjong face time is up, if you want to continue playing in Glory City, you have to use the Song Gua position exchange to return to your base camp and replenish your time.

Obviously, this will be troublesome.

Therefore, it is not a long-term solution.

Glory City is where reputation is gained, which is related to the leveling progress of Song Gua and his clones, as well as the exchange of some key items and equipment.

The Song hexagram cannot back down here.

"Order!"

At the bandit's headquarters, three thousand bandits stood at attention, completely silent.

Looking at the faces around him, now completely fused with mahjong tiles, Song Gua felt his sanity plummet.

Fortunately, this was the last precaution; the bandits would still wear the hoods that Song Gua had personally made for them later.

"Attack the Third Guard City, annihilate all Shi family garrison regiments. If the Shi family sends one regiment, wipe them out; if they send two, wipe them out both!"

The wise man asked a question.

"This is an action against the government, and the Federation will intervene to stop it. We are clearly no match for the Divine Transformation professionals right now."

Song Gua smiled.

"Big shrewdness, your intelligence gathering is incomplete."

"Oh? Let me read your memories... Ahhh! So many messages?! What have you all done?! Waaaaah...!"

Do not easily read the old thief's memories.

Not everyone can handle messages from so many clones like him.

"Da Congming is lying to one side, foaming at the mouth," Song Gua said to his clones.

"Don't worry about the Federation intervening. I've already had Ouyang Dongsheng submit an application to the Federation to challenge the garrison of the Third Guard City!"

According to the policy of the Garrison Administration, unofficial transfers of garrison units in guard cities require challengers to defeat the original garrison regiment's defenses and prove that their defensive measures are flawed before the garrison unit can be replaced.

This is a legitimate guild war. If the Federation intervenes, it's like slapping themselves in the face!

Or it's tantamount to telling the world that they are openly biased towards the Shi family and discriminate against us bandits!

"So, does the Third Guard City, where the Shi family is currently stationed, have any defensive weaknesses?"

"have."

"What is it?"

"It can't defend against bandits!"

All the clones gave a thumbs up.

"BYD let him get away with it!"

Apart from the clones used for location swapping in various places, Song Gua has summoned all of his clones back.

The total number is just over three thousand.

This will be a real team-building activity.

In fact, Song Gua had this idea as soon as he arrived in Glory City and was ambushed by Shi Ji.

At that time, Ouyang Dongsheng was asked to submit the application, but the whole process took time.

The application was approved this morning.

The authorities will not release this information to the Third Guard City, so they will not know that they are about to be attacked.

Whether or not a sneak attack can be prevented is itself a test of defensive measures.

They will release this information after the bandit operation.

Actually, Song Gua was quite surprised that the official approval came so quickly.

He was prepared to act first and report later.

Song Gua believes that the authorities' ability to pass through so quickly suggests they might still have some intention of appeasement.

If the bandits could be stationed in the Third Guard City, wouldn't that be tantamount to recruiting them into our own forces?

After the bandits moved in, they had to accept the jurisdiction of the Garrison Administration Bureau and a large number of people had to be stationed in the city.

That would be great if we could keep the bandits confined to this city, preventing them from going out and causing trouble.

If you do not accept management, then your siege will be illegal.

If you don't want your siege to be defined as illegal, you have to accept the rules; otherwise, the Federation has a reason to send troops to suppress the bandits.

This is the logic of the federal government.

However, the Song hexagram has its own logic.

I attacked the city and wiped out the Shi family's garrison, but my attack failed. The Third Guard City still belongs to the Shi family.

come back next time.

perfect.

It's no wonder the federal government has this loophole.

Who would have thought that a faction would expend so much resources, even sacrificing the lives of its members, to secure a garrison position?

The actual purpose was to eliminate the original garrison's manpower, not to secure the garrison's status.

The only drawback is that this challenge requires both sides to exercise restraint and try not to take the other's life as the goal of the battle, but rather to focus on the effectiveness of the city's defenses.

Although there will still be many casualties, they will not be too exaggerated.

What?

Is there such a rule?

The Song hexagram indicates that the answer is unknown.

In war, people always die. It's reasonable that the enemy suffered 99% casualties.

"Move out, attack the city!"

Song Gua retracted all his clones and swapped locations to arrive in the wilderness of Glory City.

The clones chattered excitedly in Song Gua's mind.

"We've really become the world's bosses now!"

"Isn't fighting prohibited in Glory City?"

"The Guardian City doesn't have this restriction!"

"Yay!! Now we can have a good fight!"

"The Shi family has really done something terrible. Why did you have to provoke that old thief?"

"When others attack a city: I want the garrison rights to this city! When this old scoundrel attacks a city: I'll take your life!"

"Kill corrupt officials, destroy financial tycoons, bandits, bandits, charge, charge, charge!"

"The red scarf on my chest is getting brighter and brighter."

"Speaking of which, if the Shi family members are killed and their backpacks are looted, can we collect the resources?"

What do you think?

"Hiss—I'm going to lead the charge!!!"

The battle won't start anytime soon.

The Song hexagram still requires some preparatory work.

Using the flight ability of his Arcane Boots, he flew directly to the Misty Zone near Brightleaf City, where many wild monsters roamed.

"Brother Ghost, begin the transformation!"

Ghost Brother, carrying a large cleaver, jumped off Song Gua.

"Death is calling, come forth, my little undead babies!!"

Four of them jumped out as well.

"geigei~ I'll restore your mana."

Ghost Brother's half-step back was a very serious gesture.

"You can restore mana, but don't breathe on my ear."

Magnet Bro also jumped out, nodded to Shijou in greeting, and said to Ghost Bro.

"Let me help you, let's speed things up."