Chapter 17 The Road Was Refreshed

The players present, whether experts, novices, or average Joes, had never seen such a sight. Bandits and robbers swarmed like a tide between the two mountains, rushing towards the mountain path where the players were located. When had they ever seen such a dense group of monsters while leveling up?

The mountain path wasn't that wide, unable to accommodate so many players walking side by side. At this moment, more than a thousand people were lined up in a long line. Zongheng Sihai was at the front of the team, and the mercenary groups were at the rear. The bandits and robbers were attacking Zongheng Sihai's ranks. The players in the mercenary groups at the back were screaming, but the Zongheng Sihai players under attack at the front didn't panic at all.

While resisting the onslaught of the monsters, they retreated to the side, walking down the mountain slope, instantly creating a battlefield.

Han Jia Gongzi shook his head, holding his wine bottle. "Look, they're so well-prepared! They must have done this once before."

"But this formation…" You Ge raised his eyes and looked. The number of monsters in front of him was indeed astonishing, but it wasn't too much of a threat to the players. After all, the Black Dragon Mountain bandits were only level 30 monsters, and the players were all level 40. With so many players gathered together, the Zongheng Sihai members retreated slightly to the side to open up the battlefield. The warriors took the front, the mages opened fire, and the archers began to volley their arc arrows, the same ones that had pinned Gu Fei and Xi Yao Wu in the ditch. The little robbers fell as many as came, corpses piling up like mountains on the ground. All kinds of equipment, items, and coins were scattered everywhere.

"With this formation, Zongheng Sihai is fine. They don't need our help at all!" You Ge finished speaking.

Han Jia Gongzi sneered, "This time they were prepared. I guess they suffered a lot the first time. These monsters aren't very strong, but there are many of them, and they're sudden. They rush to your side, and you're caught off guard! This time they were prepared, so of course, it's easier to block them."

Zongheng Sihai was indeed blocking them easily. The team had set up a pocket formation at the entrance of the mountain path. The NPC monsters were all fools, not understanding any flexibility. They rushed forward single-mindedly, diving into Zongheng Sihai's pocket formation. Inside the pocket formation, the mages' flames soared to the sky, and the arrows fell like a rainstorm. The monsters rushed in and didn't accomplish anything before being wiped out. There was no suspense at all.

"There's strength in numbers!" the players exclaimed. Especially the players from the professional mercenary groups. Their largest group was only a few dozen people. When had they ever seen an offensive with hundreds of people? They were naturally deeply shocked.

The momentum of the monsters' attack gradually weakened. Zongheng Sihai's pocket formation had been lifted, and melee players rushed up the mountain slope to counterattack the monster group. The mercenary players finally got a chance to intervene and rushed up to kill the enemy. At this time, the monsters were scattered, looking like old, weak, and disabled stragglers. The number of players was now superior, with an average of seven or eight melee classes and four or five ranged attacks targeting each monster.

While the players snatched kills, they also stared wide-eyed at the items dropped by the monsters.

The system was fair. Even if they were assassins arranged in the quest chain, they were still only level 30 monsters. The large pile of equipment dropped was useless for the level 40 players.

Although the quality was so-so, there was so much of it scattered across the hillside that it was extremely tempting in terms of quantity. Suddenly, several players killing monsters on the other side of the hillside approached, and when they saw the equipment all over the ground, all the players on the mountain path were dumbfounded.

They were around level 30 and had come here to level up. The junk that the level 40 players didn't want was treasure in their eyes! Seeing that those players seemed to be very high-level and didn't intend to pick up the equipment, they all began to swallow their saliva.

But the mentality of the high-level players wasn't so high-level. If it were normal, and they killed a level 30 piece of equipment, and they didn't want it, they'd let other small level 30 players pick it up! But now it was all over the hillside. If they didn't pick it up, and these few people picked it all up, wouldn't that be too much of a bargain?

When the players thought of this, they felt resentful. So, the low-level items that they hadn't planned to take, they now reached out and picked up, cleaning the mountain path and hillside completely, not even leaving a scrap of cloth. At the end, they glared at the pitiful small players on the hillside, showing off their strength. The newbies were very confused, not knowing what terrible crime they had committed that made so many people want to kill them with their eyes.

After clearing the battlefield, the team continued to move forward. Zongheng Sihai cleaned up the number of people. Although they had the absolute advantage in the previous battle, it was inevitable that there would be accidents in such a large melee. For example, if someone accidentally slipped and fell into the pocket, it would be a death sentence.

After counting, more than ten people from Zongheng Sihai had died in the melee. Several members of the mercenary groups were also killed while counterattacking and stealing monsters in the back. But at that time, there were already very few monsters. It was hard to imagine that they could have suffered such a fatal blow. Everyone guessed that some people must have looked too much like robbers and were besieged by others as NPCs… It was so chaotic at the time, and everyone had just gathered together and didn't know each other, so this kind of thing was very likely to happen.

This battle was thrilling but without danger, but it gave the players a warning.

Such a large number of monsters was actually very scary, but the players had the level advantage, and the Zongheng Sihai players were mentally prepared. As soon as they fought, they immediately occupied the best terrain and set up the most reasonable formation, which made the battle seem very simple.

If next time, in a different place, with a different monster level, they were suddenly attacked like this, would it still be so simple?

It seemed that after this battle, Zongheng Sihai realized that the problem was not simple, so they came up with the idea of finding more helpers to assist them. Moreover, they lost more than ten people in such a sure-win battle, so it would be even worse if they were suddenly attacked. If they went far away from Cloud City in the future, and people sacrificed themselves, they wouldn't be able to replenish them quickly, which was indeed a big problem.

The mercenary players were good at thinking. While walking, they were still thinking about this task in their hearts.

After walking for a while, they truly entered the mountain path of Black Dragon Mountain.

This mountain path was not as amiable as the previous mountain road, where you could retreat to the side and still be on a slope.

At this time, one side of the mountain path was a cliff, and the other side was an abyss. Either you hit the wall or you jumped off the cliff. To put it in a word, you were dead no matter what. That's how dangerous this mountain path was.

The players' team became even longer. Players who had never walked this road didn't dare to get close to the edge of the mountain path. What if a gust of wind blew and they couldn't stand still? It would be embarrassing if the rumor was that they were blown off the cliff. It was safer to walk close to the mountain wall.

Some imaginative people even began to worry about what to do if they were suddenly ambushed by the system here.

Although this cliff path didn't seem to have any place to hide, you'd lose if you tried to reason with the system. If they suddenly did a refresh, a white light flashed, and the monsters were right next to you, what could you do to the system? You say it's unreasonable? That's how the monsters in the training area are refreshed. Has anyone ever asked if it's reasonable?

You Ge of the Gongzi elite group was the best at this kind of unfounded worry. At this time, he had a worried look on his face and asked Han Jia Gongzi, "Do you think we're all doomed if the system suddenly refreshes a lot of monsters on this mountain path?"

"This question is too difficult…" Han Jia Gongzi said, "I'm drunk."

"No way!" Liu Yue's Rain actually spoke. "This doesn't make sense. How could monsters come out here? Do they crawl out of the rocks?" Liu Yue's Rain said, touching the cliff, looking for cracks that people could crawl out of.

"No need! Just refresh them directly," You Ge replied seriously, citing the principle of monster refreshing in the leveling area.

Gu Fei was in tears. You Ge! You've already lost by trying to reason with Liu Yue's Rain…

So, Liu Yue's Rain thought about the relationship between You Ge's example of monster refreshing in the leveling area and the current situation. By the time she figured it out, You Ge had already forgotten that he had talked to her about this…

"Hey, hey, why aren't we moving? Why aren't we moving?"

Suddenly, the team moved slower and slower, and some places had stopped. The players were wondering, but they quickly quieted down.

This was the advantage of online games. Channel chat was so convenient! It was impossible for the rear of the team to be unaware of any abnormalities that occurred at the front. As soon as the question arose, the people in front had already sent back the message: "The road is broken!"

"The road is broken? What does that mean?" Those who had walked this road before, like the Gongzi elite group, didn't understand for a moment. Liu Yue's Rain reacted quickly and said blankly, "Was it refreshed?"

"Stop dawdling! When are we going to get to Yueye City!" Xi Yao Wu also shouted! She was from an outer city and had also walked this road before. With her usual speed, she really couldn't stand the slow progress of this large team. Now it had actually stopped.

The people in the back still didn't understand what "the road is broken" meant. The mountain path was dangerous and steep, so it was difficult to squeeze forward. They could only wait silently. According to the words passed down from the various mercenary leaders, Daoying Nianhua in the front said that the problem would be solved soon, and everyone should wait a moment.

Sure enough, before long, the team began to move forward slowly again. While walking, they kept hearing exclamations from the front, as if they had suddenly realized something.

Gu Fei and the others didn't understand until they reached the front. The group looked at what was in front of them and said foolishly, "Damn, the road was really refreshed!"

Liu Yue's Rain was triumphant. In front of them, the Black Dragon Mountain path that should have been there was like it had been cut off out of thin air, missing a distance of three meters. But at this time, a wooden bridge had been artificially built over it: two wooden planks more than three meters long were placed on both ends of the road, and wooden boards were laid on top of them. The bridge was very simple and very dangerous. The players who went up were trembling with fear. A bunch of pale-faced guys were standing next to the mountain wall, looking like they didn't dare to cross this artificial bridge.

"Tch, what's the big deal!" Xi Yao Wu curled her lips and went up the bridge. Her speed was super fast. She even surpassed a few people in an instant. This undisciplined bridge crossing behavior scared the guys on the bridge.

Then Liu Yue's Rain also stepped onto it.

"This task is so fun!" Liu Yue's Rain said excitedly, while bending down to lift up a wooden board to study it.

The person in front of her obviously felt a slight loosening under his feet. He turned around and saw that half of his foot was in the air, and under his feet was a completely bottomless cliff.

"Ah…" This person immediately felt that his foot had no support, and his leg immediately softened. His body cooperated and swayed, and he fell.