Volume 5: Protracted War Chapter 105: Duel on the "Hanging Island" (1)
"To paraphrase an old Chinese saying, 'When the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman gains.' I'm sure that Brother Ah Dai and I would not be happy to be the snipe and the clam in a stalemate, giving other players an advantage. In this case, why not decide the winner as soon as possible? The winner can certainly become the first player to advance to the seventh level, and the loser can also be freed earlier and complete another promotion task again without wasting too much time."
"Brother Rongyu, since you understand the interests and have come to me on your own initiative, could it be that you have already figured out a solution that will allow the two of us to 'fairly' decide the winner in a short period of time?" I deliberately emphasized the word "fair", reminding him not to play any tricks and come up with some terms that are unfavorable to me.
"The reason why the Tianxia system set up such a seemingly 'sinister' promotion task is obviously to 'retaliate' against the two of us for both receiving the first promotion reward when we were at level 6, and to increase the difficulty for the two of us to be the first to be promoted to level 7. If we insist on fighting, it will form a dead end, and indirectly achieve the system's purpose of 'making things difficult' for us. However, there is always a way out. Even for the most difficult tasks, the system will leave a few or at least one crackable method to give the players who undertake the task a chance to complete it. The key is whether the players can find the most appropriate or only way to solve the problem. Just like the task of 'fighting' between the two of us this time, it is forbidden to use any external force. It seems that there are many obstacles, but it allows the two parties to discuss with each other, so that the problem can be 'simplified' through negotiation. "Perhaps because he felt my distrust of him, Supreme Honor was not in a hurry to "sell" the countermeasures he had come up with to me directly. He said a lot of things, just beating around the bush. His purpose seemed to be to provide a "theoretical basis" for the countermeasures he was about to propose, so as to deepen his persuasiveness to me and make me believe in his proposal.
"So, Brother Rongyu has indeed thought of a way for the two of us to decide the winner 'fairly'. Why don't you bring it up and let me discuss it. If it's feasible, I certainly don't want to waste my time with you and let a third party get an advantage for nothing. Naturally, I'll be happy to accompany you." There's no harm in listening first. Anyway, the decision is mine. If it's unreasonable, I'll just reject it directly. What can he do to me?
"The 'Resistance Alliance' has a diverse membership, and there must be many players from the Northern Continent. I wonder if Brother Ah Dai has ever heard of the place called ' The Hanging Island'?" Supreme Honor still did not directly answer my question. He continued his train of thought slowly, taking the initiative in the conversation, which made me feel helpless as if I was being led around.
"I'm sure Brother Honor also knows that the Undead wizards' leveling method is quite unique, and the time they stay in the human world is limited. Please forgive my ignorance and that I have never heard of it." In fact, I seem to have heard people mention the "Hanging Island" as a very special place. At that time, I didn't pay much attention to it, and I didn't remember it in my heart. I knew very little about it. Supreme Honor suddenly mentioned it, and there must be a purpose. This moment does not allow for pretending to be rich, so it is better to deny it directly, pretending not to know, and wait for him to explain in detail, so as not to be taken advantage of by him.
"The 'Suspended Island' is located in the northern continent, with an area of about 20,000 square meters and a shape that is close to a square. Although it is called an island, its surface is actually flat, more like a platform. The most unique thing about it is that it has no support and is suspended in the air above the 'Tongtian Peak'. The reason for this is that there is a layer of naturally formed strong winds surrounding the 'Suspended Island', which is supported by the wind. This layer of strong winds is extremely fierce and cannot be broken by human power. There is also another strange thing. Twenty-four hours a day, in shifts of twelve hours, two completely different strong winds, 'inward rotation' and 'outward rotation', are blown in turn. The strong winds will not cause any harm to the players, but when the strong winds 'rotate inward', anyone who climbs to the top of the 'Tongtian Peak' and approaches a certain range will inevitably be forcibly swept into the 'Suspended Island' by the wind . Once you are swept in, you will be trapped inside and unable to escape from the inside by your own strength; and when the strong wind turns into 'external rotation' twelve hours later, all outsiders on the 'Suspended Island' will be automatically swept out, and they cannot stay even if they don't want to leave. The 'Suspended Island' itself has no practical value. It may be set up purely to add a view. Standing on the island and overlooking the earth should be a different experience. However, generally interested tourists will choose to climb to the top and enter one or two hours before the strong wind turns from 'inward rotation' to 'outward rotation', so that they can leave in time after satisfying their interest, so as not to be trapped for too long. Moreover, on the 'Suspended Island', due to the interference and obstruction of the strong wind, there is no way to communicate with the outside world, and the players outside will never know what is happening inside.”
The explanation by Supreme Honor can be said to be very detailed, and from the focus of his introduction, it is obvious that he intends to use the "Hanging Island" as the place for our duel. According to him, as long as we land on the "Hanging Island" when the strong wind just begins to "rotate outward", there will generally be no outsiders to disturb us, and there will be no other dangers, so we can duel with peace of mind. Moreover, due to the existence of the strong wind, even if the situation is unfavorable in the middle of the battle, we have no ability to escape. We are confined to this isolated island of more than 20,000 square meters, and we can only choose to fight to the end, until we die. There is a battle time limit of more than ten hours, which I believe is enough for us to decide life and death.
"It seems that Brother Rongyi intends to use the 'Hanging Island' as the place for our duel?"
"I do have such a plan. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. I also want to quickly get rid of this dead end of 'fighting each other'. I wonder what my brother Ah Dai has to say?"
"I just accepted the promotion mission, and Brother Honor has proposed such a 'suitable' duel location. He is really quick to react. I can't help but admire him." The proposal of the "competitor" seemed quite reasonable at first, but I was still wary and didn't dare to completely trust the "enemy". I was unwilling to agree, and I couldn't come up with any more "brilliant" ideas for the time being. I was unable to make a decision, so I had to speak out to make further tests and try to find flaws in Supreme Honor.
