Volume 4: People who challenge the light Chapter 34 "Provisional Regime"
The first batch of formal members of the "Resistance Alliance" were selected by the NPCs of the Dark Camp. In the future, they will be developed and expanded by the Speaker and the Dark Council. The number of new members introduced is directly linked to their performance assessment, which is one of the important indicators. However, in order to prevent blind pursuit of numbers and allow some "ulterior motives" players to sneak in and endanger the safety of the alliance, the introduction of new members must be treated with caution. Each new member must be guaranteed by a current Speaker or Director. Their performance after joining the alliance is directly related to the work performance of the guarantor, and they share honor and disgrace. If a traitor like Ye Ban Wu Ren is accidentally introduced, and he turns against his side at a critical moment, the guarantor will definitely bear considerable responsibility. Of course, you can't shrink back and seek stability blindly. If the Speaker or Director develops too few members and lacks masters, it is impossible to establish too many merits, which will also have a relatively large impact on work performance.
The Speaker and the directors also have the right and responsibility to monitor the members and ensure the purity of the alliance. They can question some members who are suspected of abnormal behavior and apply for system review. The dark professional NPC and the Dark Council will conduct a double investigation to further confirm their behavior. If it is confirmed that their identity is indeed suspicious, they will be punished by not being reused or even expelled from the alliance. If the circumstances are serious and they have betrayed the interests of the alliance, they will be "awarded" the title of traitor and the NPC and the Council will each send a "traitor-killing team" to give them severe punishment.
According to the assessment standards formulated by the system, and combining the strength and performance of all the dark professional players, Long Xing Tianxia finally lived up to the expectations of our Eastern Continent players and was honored as the first speaker of the "Resistance Alliance" with the first dark professional ranking. It is said that the victory was quite difficult. The Desert Eagle of the Southern Continent was arrogant and coveted the position of the highest decision-maker of the alliance. He has been chasing very closely, relying on the good results achieved in the battle between the Southern Continent and the Church of Light to make up for some of the previous gaps. The comprehensive evaluation of the two was almost the same. It was not until the Holy City War that Long Xing Tianxia participated in the fight and killed the eighth-level professional Phantom Knight that the winner was finally determined and occupied a slight advantage. The Phantom Knight is not an ordinary character, but one of the twelve strongest Phantom Knights of the Church of Light. Just because of a moment of carelessness, he went deep into the dark profession alone and encountered the siege of me and Long Xing Tianxia, the two strongest combinations among the dark professional players. He died before he could achieve his goal, but he made our reputation.
Desert Eagle ranked second and could only be the vice-chairman, but he would never admit defeat. The overall strength of the dark professional players in the Southern Continent might be slightly inferior, but they were more united than the players in the Eastern Continent. Desert Eagle also had some prestige among them, and had many experts assisting him, such as Tianxing and Night Bonfire, who had participated in the "Four Continents Elite Challenge". They were both vice-chairmen of the Sun Mercenary Group he formed. Long Xing Tianxia must make some achievements as soon as possible to consolidate his position in the alliance, otherwise he might be surpassed by his opponents at any time. The other vice-chairman was Qingwu Feiyang from the Northern Continent. She was an elf witch. Although her comprehensive evaluation was not among the top few, she ranked first in the Northern Continent. According to the rule that the three chairmen were players of the dark professions from the three continents, she was fortunate to be the candidate for the vice-chairman.
I was naturally selected to be a member of the Dark Council. I was very happy but also a little distressed. With my limited experience, I was not able to make suggestions. If I wanted to keep my position and not be kicked out of office, I could only strengthen my personal strength and lead the charge. Alas, "smart people" talk, but "dumb people" like me can only act!
Of the eighteen dark professional directors, seven were from the Northern Continent, including me, Qiu Shui Chang Tian, Ghost Husband, and Xi Kunlun, who were all necromancers, and Long Kong, Sunset, and Blood Battle in all directions, who were all magic knights. Apart from me, the most powerful one should be Qiu Shui Chang Tian. He was also a capable and unwilling character, and he formed the Zhongtian Mercenary Group. Ghost Husband was one of the deputy leaders, and he had a considerable force. During the Battle of the Holy City, Long Xing Tianxia had invited him to act together and tried to win him over, but he was politely declined. It seemed that he wanted to develop independently, and in terms of his own abilities, he was indeed qualified to challenge Long Xing Tianxia. The Southern Continent produced eight directors, and Night Bonfire and Tianxing were naturally among them. Their personal strength might not be the strongest, but mainly because of the merits they had established in the struggle with the Church of Light. They were not betrayed by traitors, and the war went smoothly. Under the coordination and arrangement of the Desert Eagle, they continued to expand the results of the war and made considerable achievements. They performed far better than our Eastern Continent in terms of the scale and impact of the struggle. Due to racial limitations, the Northern Continent's individual strength and fighting spirit are not as strong as those of the Eastern and Southern Continents. After comprehensive evaluation, only three players were elected as directors, an elven witch, an elven magic knight, and a dwarf wizard. It turned out that the person I knew was very ambitious. With such strength, they were selected. Although it may be that the system lowered the assessment standards for the Northern Continent in order to pay attention to balance, it can also be inferred that the system is not based on individual combat effectiveness as the main evaluation standard. In comparison, the individual's comprehensive ability and contribution to the dark camp should have a relatively large weight. This is definitely not good news for me, who has always only known how to show off "courage".
There are no neutral professional players on the list of the first batch of formal members of the "Resistance Alliance" designated by the system, so the nine neutral professional directors cannot be elected for the time being. The three chairmen and the 18 directors who have already been elected must absorb new members as much as possible and select outstanding ones to serve as directors. This is the top priority for our 21 core members. Especially those "ambitious" guys will never miss such a good opportunity. If the players they guarantee can be selected into the board of directors, I believe that the achievement of "discerning people with wisdom and recommending talents" will not be missed. Moreover, if more of their own people enter the board of directors, they will have a greater say in some affairs and resolutions to obtain the maximum benefits.
Although I don't have big ambitions and I don't think I have the ability, I don't want to let go of such a good opportunity easily. Hua Mantian has decided to change his job to become a Knight of Light. A Feng, who is his enemy, will naturally join the "Resistance Alliance". If he can be promoted to the Council, he will have the support of the Speaker Long Xing Tianxia, who has a good relationship with us. With the help of a few more directors, it is possible to form some strikes against Hua Mantian's team, which will help to completely defeat him. A Feng's strength should be enough. The key is to find a way to help him make more contributions after joining the alliance, so that he can be ranked among the top in the comprehensive evaluation on the first day of next month and be successfully elected as a director. I believe A Feng should also strive for such an opportunity.
What I am most satisfied with is the setting of the headquarters of the "Resistance Alliance". Compared with the Church of Light, although our dark camp is weaker and cannot get effective assistance from NPCs, our targets are scattered and there is no fixed base, which makes it difficult for the Church of Light to exert its power. There is no target to focus on. On the contrary, they need to take care of too many aspects of affairs, and their power is spread to all places. The distribution of power is very uneven, which makes it easy for us to seize opportunities. If we establish a fixed base after the establishment of the alliance, so that the Church of Light has a target to attack, I am afraid that they will summon all the NPCs or players of the light system to encircle and suppress our base. With our current weak power, we are not their opponents at all. However, if there is no fixed place to gather and discuss matters, it will weaken the reputation of the "Resistance Alliance" and appear too shabby. The system seems to have taken this into consideration, so it has specially given us a "mind castle". It is called a castle, but it is actually a big house. The layout inside is like a meeting room. Only the speaker and the directors are qualified to enter. As long as we are out of the suburbs and are not restricted by factors such as combat status that cannot be separated, we can use spells to summon the "mind castle" out of thin air, and we can gather in it from any place to discuss matters. After all, the three speakers and 27 directors belong to different continents, and they usually have their own things to do. If we gather in a fixed city or place, we will waste a lot of time just traveling, which is too inefficient. We are not like the Church of Light, which is so big and powerful that it has set up cathedrals in every city on the four continents. We have a way to quickly transmit information across continents, and we can remotely control commands or decisions.
However, the "Mind Castle" is not perfect and needs to be carefully guarded. Although it will automatically hide before being summoned and after the summoner enters, and cannot be attacked, it is most dangerous when it appears when summoned, because the "Mind Castle" at this time is like a living body and can be attacked and destroyed. Once attacked, it can no longer hide until the attack stops and it can disappear and hide out of thin air after a period of time. If it suffers continuous damage, the "Mind Castle" may be completely destroyed and cannot be repaired or regenerated. The "Resistance Alliance" will lose its only headquarters, which will have an immeasurable impact on command, morale, etc. Therefore, every player who is qualified to enter the "Mind Castle" is solemnly warned to be extra cautious every time they enter, and make sure that they are not being followed by the enemy and there are no ambushes around. Of course, if the spies from the Church of Light who have infiltrated our ranks can rise to the position of director, they can easily carry out this conspiracy. However, if they really manage to do this under the monitoring and scrutiny of the system and us "elites", the leaders of the "Resistance Alliance" should all be incompetent, and they will probably be on the verge of defeat .
Of course, this is just a headquarters. To put it more bluntly, it is actually a place for leaders to hold meetings. Only players who have served as speakers and directors know this. It is not an open base of the "Resistance Alliance". Now that the enemy is strong and we are weak, we can only hide in the dark and conduct "guerrilla warfare" and "mobile warfare", gradually consuming the power of the Church of Light, and slowly strengthening ourselves. When we have enough strength, we will turn from darkness to light and openly establish a sphere of influence to fight against the other side.
After the system notified us that we had confirmed our identities, the twenty-one of us gathered at the "Mind Castle" at the specified time. An interim meeting was held under the chairmanship of NPCs such as Black Crystal, Dark Light, and Black Shadow who had appeared before. In fact, we are only a temporary "transitional regime" for the time being. We are responsible for getting the work of the alliance up and running first. We can only officially exercise the powers of the speaker and the board of directors after nine neutral professional directors are added on the first of next month. In addition, the recent battle with the Church of Light has caused them to suffer a lot of losses, especially the invasion of the Holy City, which has made them lose face. We, the dark profession, took advantage of the situation to establish the "Resistance Alliance", and the momentum among the players has soared. It is expected that the Church of Light will definitely plan to launch a crazy counterattack in the next period of time to restore its damaged reputation. At present, the gap in strength between the two sides is large. Naturally, we have to avoid the enemy's edge and not fight hard with the other side. Instead, we use this time to deal with and consolidate internal affairs, recruit familiar and trustworthy dark or neutral professional players to participate, and expand the power of the alliance as soon as possible. This is the purpose of this meeting.
After the meeting, Long Xing Tianxia invited me to meet at Beijing Restaurant. We entered the private room, where there were only two of us. We ordered some food and drinks, congratulated him on his appointment as speaker, enjoyed some delicious food that was not easy to taste in real life, and then started talking about business.
"What do you think of the 'Resistance Alliance' that has been established?" Long Xingtianxia toasted me with another glass of wine and then asked.
"It feels like being in a huge multinational company. There are many things to be responsible for, and I have to plan business wars of all sizes. It's not easy to manage, and..." I hesitated, "Whether there can be internal unity is still a big problem." In business, although I don't have much practical management experience, I am a business graduate after all, so I know something in theory. There are many hidden talents in a small board of directors, but many of them are also ambitious. I am a director, but it's better. Long Xingtianxia, the chairman, is definitely at the forefront of the storm. If I am careless, I may fall. Maybe my ability is limited and I have not experienced many big scenes. Put yourself in his shoes and think about his situation. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to cope with it.
Long Xing Tianxia smiled faintly, "Internal competition will always exist. Not only us, I believe that players of the light profession will not be monolithic. After all, everyone has their own ambitions and interests, and it is impossible for them to be "single-minded". However, the game is not reality after all, and the interests involved are not enough to make people reckless. Players who can get to this point are not shallow and ignorant people who are greedy for the present. Competition is competition, and when doing things, they should still be united to consider the overall situation. In fact, from another perspective, competition will bring motivation. Healthy competition can spur and motivate yourself to work hard and make progress. It is beneficial to both individuals and the collective. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much about these issues. The key is to see how you do it specifically."
