Ark, please stop getting mad at the host's operators

He turned around, looking for the source of the sound, only to find that a very familiar-looking person stood up from the seat in the front row and walked straight towards him, accompanied by his teammates behind him.

And that person was none other than Raven, whose live broadcast traffic was stolen by Li Ji last night.

"Is this possible?"

As far as he could remember, the profile of Raven's live broadcast account included the name of her team and her current achievements.

There was a sentence that mentioned that the Azure Wings he led should be the third in Gaul...

Can the third place also replace the first and second place to participate in the competition?

Although Li Ji was not qualified to say that - after all, he was one of the few here who had just been promoted to the special-level team.

"I just said you looked familiar, I didn't expect it was really you!"

Raven greeted Li Ji, "Who is the person behind you?"

"Shu, I should be considered an administrative assistant today."

Raven nodded, and after they saluted each other, she looked at him with resentment and said:

"Yesterday you told me that you were a novice team... A novice team came to participate in the action meeting of Puppet Shadow and Scarlet Lone Diamond, right?!"

"I'm just stating a fact. Aren't we a novice team?"

Li Ji raised his eyebrows and answered without any surprise. After that, he whispered to Shu to go to the back row and save a seat in case there was no place to sit later.

"..."

Raven thought about it calmly and it seemed that there was no problem.

The ID card from yesterday could not be forged, this guy is really a novice team.

But Yan Nation is a country as big as it is, and it is not a fool. How could it really send a novice to replace Xuanxiandao and Yingming Pavilion to participate in this kind of rift that may bring huge benefits? !

But the fact that he is a newcomer cannot be argued.

With just this simple sentence, Raven felt that his CPU temperature seemed to be rising a little.

But soon, her teammates asked from behind:

"Captain, is this the team you met yesterday?"

A woman with long brown hair came forward, shook Li Ji's hand enthusiastically and said to him, "Hello, hello, I'm Qingquan. Yesterday our captain specially held a small meeting for us and introduced your team to us. How do you say it in Yan Country...?"

She imitated the raven and said in Yan dialect: "Oh, right, it's called 'Look at other people's children!' I didn't expect that I could actually see other people's children today. I have admired them for a long time."

"Qingquan!"

The raven called out in a low voice from behind. Although the voice was not loud, it was very penetrating. Qingquan pursed his lips and retracted his head. "The captain has spoken. Let's talk next time~"

"Sorry, that's our vice-captain, that's just the way she is."

Raven spoke to Li Ji with a hint of apology, and then she looked back carefully, as if she was looking for something.

Although the movement was unintentional and the amplitude was small, Li Ji still noticed it carefully.

Li Ji looked at Raven and roughly knew what she was doing, and then said:

"If you're looking for Logos, he's on vacation today and traveling, so he didn't come with me."

"Ah... Well, how about we sit down and talk? It might not be convenient to stand here. We can also discuss the information about this crack."

There were already more and more people in the meeting room, and Li Ji and Raven happened to be standing near the door, which was indeed a bit awkward.

However, as the host, the Gaul team must sit in the first row during the meeting...

As Li Ji spent most of his school years sitting in the last row, he still has a little resistance to the first row, especially in the current situation.

Fortunately, everyone felt that this meeting was quite important, and almost all of them crowded into the front row. The back row was not as popular as it was in school, so Shu sat directly in the back row without any resistance.

"Unfortunately, there are not many seats left in the front. I am still late."

Li Ji pointed to the full seats in the front row and said with a hint of regret.

If he could get some information, Li Ji might be more willing to talk to the raven in front of him, but he could complete the integrated strategy of Puppet Shadow and Scarlet Diamond with his eyes closed, and he had completed all the corner marks.

Unless there is some major change in the rift in this world... there is no reason why he would have less information than these people.

But just when Li Ji was about to reject Raven, another strange voice came from behind.

"I didn't expect that you two knew each other? I really didn't expect that."

A white-haired old man in a white lining and a dark coat walked in from the door.

He said to the two with a smile on his face, "But the meeting is about to start. The situation today is a bit urgent. If you two still want to reminisce, please wait a while."

Before Li Ji could speak, the raven beside him spoke first.

"Okay, Prime Minister, please come this way."

Raven took two steps back to make way for the Prime Minister, and suddenly said to Li Ji expressionlessly: "Then we'll talk next time."

"What happened? Why did his expression change so drastically?"

Although Li Ji felt a little strange, it was not something he needed to worry about.

Since the other party didn't intend to chat with him anymore, Li Ji was happy to be free.

……

After the Prime Minister walked onto the stage, the teams below quickly returned to their seats.

"This meeting is rather urgent, and I apologize to everyone in advance, but it is urgent and I must inform you all."

As Prime Minister Gaul spoke, the projector also projected images onto the white screen behind him.

"We originally planned to enter the crack tomorrow, but a small accident occurred today..."

He pointed to a set of the latest photos taken on the white screen. The originally stable cracks had now turned into a bloody red, which meant that the cracks... had entered a state of mutation!

"Among the defenders of the rift, a traitor who had joined the Fusion Faction appeared... He somehow activated the previously quiet rift."

The Prime Minister walked to the center and bowed deeply to the team below.

“Maybe we need to ask everyone to enter early.”

Chapter 11: Possibility of a Happy Game

"Do we need to enter in advance when the rift is moving?"

This news was undoubtedly explosive. Not to mention that this crack had almost never been explored, and this kind of "large" crack could not be ended with a simple battle.

After hearing the news, the crowd that had been as silent as death began to discuss in low voices.

Some people even stood up and said to the Gaul Prime Minister on the stage:

"But can you guarantee that the Fusion Faction will not make any other moves in the future?"

"The information you gave me is too little. Even if there are special items in it as a temptation, it is too risky."

"Gaul means that we are required to enter this abnormal rift without any intelligence now?"

"It's too dangerous. You guys also said that no one could get through this rift even when there was no abnormality. Now that it has entered the abnormality, the changes will definitely be greater."

Almost all the captains of the teams from various countries stood up and put forward their suggestions or dissatisfaction, except for the Azure Wings representing Gaul and Rhodes Island representing the Flame Country, who had not yet stood up and made any remarks.

One team sat in the front row and the other in the back row.

Although they were all silent amid the noise, Li Ji now seemed to understand why Raven's expression suddenly changed so much after meeting the Prime Minister.

"It seems that she knew about the changes in the cracks a long time ago, and the Prime Minister just happened to replace the Azure Wings."

Li Ji shook his head. "Are you planning to let Raven and the others go on an expedition first?"

But no matter what, this is an internal matter of another country, and it is not his turn as an outsider to interfere.

Just as the captains of various countries were making a noise in the audience, the Gaul Prime Minister on the stage coughed heavily twice and raised his right hand high, interrupting the voices of everyone present.

"I will not force you to enter the rift this time. After all, this is Gaul's internal affairs. If the national teams do not want to enter the rift, they can leave the meeting first. We will arrange for you to return home as soon as possible, but the people in the subsequent teams will be added to the blacklist of the Puppet Shadow and Scarlet Lone Diamond rift and will never be able to enter again."

As he spoke, he pressed the button in his hand again, and the PPT on the white screen behind him turned to the 'next page', which recorded in detail the information discovered by their vanguard.

This includes some of the situations they will face under disaster difficulty, as well as information about the collections they have currently obtained.

"But for the teams that want to stay, Gaul promises that if you get any collections and bring them to reality, you don't need to pay any compensation to Gaul. If we want to collect the collections, we will provide you with a satisfactory reward, and those who pass the level will receive a long-term pass to Gaul, a fee subsidy, and the right to permanently obtain collections!"

The Prime Minister pointed to the white curtain behind him and said, "I will introduce the current situation of the cracks to each captain and give you some basic judgments. If you feel it is not suitable, just withdraw directly. You can still purchase the subsequent collections on the trading platform."

"First of all, in the case of abnormal movement, the distribution and number of enemies will not be any different. Please rest assured about this."

"What's the difference? Does it have additional conditions like other abnormal rifts?"

"Yes, the condition is that you will get a random negative collection right after entering the rift...but correspondingly, the rift will also give you a random gain collection. However, because the randomness is too strong, we have not yet been able to successfully arrange some clear combinations..."

"Although some negative collections do have a big effect, if the captains are confident in their luck, they may be able to randomly get a relatively good combination of positive and negative collections."

Prime Minister Gaul was smart enough not to disclose all the negative collection effects. He cleverly used randomness to cover up the negative collection effects.

But this reason of "randomness" doesn't work for Li Ji.

Do you know what the collectibles given in the disaster difficulty are?

Things like Ursus Scimitar (enemy attack, defense and health +40%), Victoria Crown (attack, defense and health +30%, the leader increases attack, defense and health by an additional 15% and 30% respectively).

The effects are one more amazing than the other.

But what about the bonus collection?

The effects are all more humorous than each other!

Similar to Ursas Leba, Ascetic Puff (both carry +1 operator), Dim Lantern (deployable personnel +1), Ancient Bronze Coin (Source Stone Ingot +10)...

Comparing the two sides, the effect is not that different, it's just like Tyrannosaurus Rex fighting Paramecium.

From the words of the Gaul Prime Minister, it seems that he really wants all the teams here to enter the rift, so he deliberately concealed the effect of the disaster difficulty collection.

However, these people lack internal intelligence. After all, all intelligence comes from Gaul.

Unless the intelligence agencies in Gaul can be as "airtight" as the German intelligence, others will not be able to learn anything from it.

But it was really difficult for Li Ji to expose the other party here. After all, the other party was the prime minister of Gaul. It wouldn't matter if he was in the territory of Yan State, but in the territory of Gaul, it was somewhat arrogant for him to do so.

And because this time the collection could be brought to reality, many teams were caught in a dilemma. While listening to the Prime Minister's speech, they were frantically asking other team members for their opinions.

After all, for the teams present, the rewards offered by Gaul were already generous enough.

Although they were the first group of people to be impacted, they were also the first group of people who could try something new. If they managed to pass the level and bring out the collection, it would be a considerable boost to their strength.

But while everyone was still considering it.

Prime Minister Gaul had obviously prepared this argument and follow-up preparations long ago, and he immediately asked people to distribute the contracts in his hand.

There are three copies, one for each country and one for each team member.

It detailed the dangers and rewards of this activity, and the rewards were even more than what he had just said.

Even the last few clauses of the contract included the treatment that the teams from various countries could enjoy after their death, including but not limited to: airlifting their clothes back to their country to build a cenotaph (after all, a body cannot be brought back after it dies in the cracks), a high insurance payout and death payout selected by the beneficiary, compensation to the country to which the team belongs, and special treatment for their family members after they arrive in Gaul...

This made the team below even more troubled, and they hesitated whether to sign now.

Although Li Ji was hesitant and did not sign at this moment, it was only because he used the system to take a photo of the contract and sent it to Lavinia from the Rhode Island Law Department - in case there were any word games in the contract that would cause him to lose money in the end.

Li Ji even had a strange idea: "I just don't know which one is more powerful, the Rhodes Island Law Department or the strongest law department in the Eastern Hemisphere... How about giving it a try when you have time?"

After nearly half an hour of discussion among the teams, many teams were finally willing to sign this contract, which was almost a gamble on their lives.

Li Ji was no exception. After making sure there were no problems with the contract, he also signed this "bet" contract.

……

Three hours later, Rhodes Island, which had just returned from holiday, arrived at the entrance of the rift on time, escorted by the Gaul convoy.

"Captain Wanfeng, we've arrived."

Karen opened the car door for Li Ji, and Li Ji felt a chilling feeling after getting out of the car.

He looked up at the source of the chill in the distance.

Gallic Opera House.

As a classical building that has experienced more than a thousand years of wind and rain, it should have been a theater with paintings, marble and gold ornaments.

But now, there is a scarlet crack covering the entrance, as if it is the real door of the opera house.

A lonely, ominous and weird aura emanated from it, emitting undisguised malice to the outside world.