Volume 6: Fighting for the World Chapter 257 Northern Strategy
Several "Tianxia International" partner companies in developing countries led by China have fully demonstrated their capabilities. The necromancer and magic knight professions they designed, as well as related game settings formulated within the scope permitted by the basic rules of the game, have enabled the alliance of resistance forces that represents their interests in participating in the light-dark struggle in "Tianxia" to gradually grow and become stronger. Not only has it completely shattered the attempt of the "Bright Tianxia" of the Church of Light that represents the interests of Western companies, but at the current stage of development, it has also directly threatened the orthodox status of the Church of Light, and has basically acquired the strength to confront and challenge them head-on. Although they still need to follow the "fair and reasonable" basic rules of the game and cannot disrupt the balance between various professions and the overall balance of "Tianxia", they are unwilling to lose in this competition that has been given practical significance and uses "Tianxia" as an arena. In order to maintain and safeguard their existing advantageous position, several large Western companies have used the game design authority that is mainly in their hands to enhance the strength of the Church of Light as much as possible, especially directly strengthening the defense and survivability of the Cathedral of Light, and comprehensively utilizing various internal and external factors to indirectly cause a certain degree of influence, either overt or covert, on the actions of attacking the Cathedral of Light, preventing our resistance alliance from easily capturing and destroying them, and making it difficult to achieve the basic conditions for the ultimate battle between light and darkness.
Of course, Western companies cannot ignore the basic rules of the game, be too partial to the Church of Light, and not give our resistance alliance a chance. While strengthening the overall strength of the Cathedral of Light and increasing the difficulty of being captured and destroyed in these aspects, they have to sacrifice other rights and interests in order to achieve a basic or superficial balance to stop the complaints of many players. For example, the Cathedral of Light has lost its reconstruction function. Once the "holy disk" and the twelve-winged golden angel statue, which are the core components and have symbolic significance, are completely destroyed, it means the end of the Church of Light's power in this city. It is no longer possible to rebuild the Cathedral of Light by transporting new "holy disks" and twelve-winged golden angel statues as before. This means that if one is destroyed, there will be one less, and there will be no need to fight a protracted war with the Church of Light. Otherwise, our resistance alliance will try its best to destroy it, and the Church of Light will actively rebuild it. This war may last too long and it will be difficult to end. Moreover, we have to attack points and pay attention to fighting reinforcements. We have to work on both sides. It is too unfair to our resistance alliance, which is already at a disadvantage.
At the same time, the era when the NPC of Light held the power of the Church of Light is gone forever. Although it has not been officially announced to the world, according to the intelligence sent back by the insider, the Senate of Light, which is composed of players of Light and headed by the Supreme Honor, has risen from a group of political participation to a decision-making and management organization. It has officially moved into the headquarters of the Church of Light in the Holy City, the Temple of Light, and has been given greater authority. In fact, it has obtained the leadership and control of the Church of Light, and even completely deprived the management rights of the twenty-four level 10 professional cardinals and Knights of Light who are still in office. Even for major resolutions and orders, only the nominal consent of the Pope of Light is required, and they will not interfere with their specific actions. This also means that the Senate of Light, which is also composed of players, will be replaced by the Senate of Light, which is also composed of players, to fight against our Dark Council. The relatively rigid and low working methods and efficiency during the period when the NPC of Light was dominant will be greatly improved, and things will be more flexible and changeable, which will not give us too many opportunities to attack, and will be more difficult to deal with.
Under the current situation, a positive counterattack has become inevitable. The sooner we start, the better for our resistance alliance. Although they represent the interests of different companies, they all hold the basic goal of defeating the Church of Light, which represents the interests of Western companies, and there will not be much disagreement on the principle. After correctly analyzing the situation of "Tianxia" and unifying their understanding, the Dark Council quickly formed a resolution after a short period of discussion, and prepared to start the final stage of life-and-death struggle with the Church of Light. Then they discussed the proposal put forward by Long Xingtianxia - to change the previous guerrilla tactics of one shot in the east and one shot in the west, and randomly choose a city in the three continents to attack the Cathedral of Light. After all, with the introduction and implementation of the new "Cathedral of Light Protection Regulations" and the complete control of the Church of Light by the Senate of Light, the Church of Light's ability to respond quickly to emergencies has increased, and it can provide various forms of rescue to the attacked Cathedral of Light in a shorter time. It is basically a contest of real strength between the two camps of the Resistance Alliance and the Church of Light, and there will not be many opportunities for opportunism. Since it is clear that we have to confront head-on, it is better to concentrate on sweeping one continent in the shortest possible time, destroying the Cathedrals of Light in the twelve main cities, and completely expelling the Church of Light. Doing so may encounter relatively large difficulties in the implementation of the first phase, but it can cause a greater sensation. Its influence is by no means what the destruction of the twelve Cathedrals of Light scattered across the three continents can achieve. It will further enhance the reputation of the resistance alliance and deal a heavy blow to the morale of the Church of Light. As this rises and falls, the neutral alliance in the middle has always shown an ambiguous attitude and may also change accordingly. Considering the long-term, it has a more far-reaching significance. It should also be able to play a more positive role in recovering the other two continents, which will further reduce the obstacles we encounter and facilitate our later struggles.
Abandoning guerrilla warfare and adopting offensive tactics requires sufficient strength as a backing. As the speaker who dared to propose this plan, Long Xingtianxia showed considerable confidence in the resistance alliance. Some people supported it, while others opposed it, worrying whether they were able to do it, and worried that taking too much risk would damage the interests of the resistance alliance. Judging from the attitudes and performances of the directors of various factions, it seems that Da Mo Fei Ying and Qiu Shui Chang Tian also have their own plans, and are unwilling to let Long Xingtianxia's proposal pass, further boosting his momentum and power. After a fierce debate, because the support of our Tongxin Alliance and Qingwu Feiyang factions, the majority, and the fact that it was also tenable in terms of basis and rationality, some rebuttals were not enough to overturn it, and finally passed the proposal proposed by Long Xingtianxia, and chose a continent to focus on attacking.
The fait accompli of the resolution cannot be changed. Next, the various factions began to compete for which continent's Cathedral of Light to be purged first. This is also directly related to the interests of each faction in its own continent. Without the Church of Light intervening in the specific affairs of the continent, the various forces, big and small, will definitely experience a reshuffle. With the rising prestige of the resistance alliance, greater benefits can be obtained from it, and the sooner the better. In the end, Long Xingtian unexpectedly proposed to choose the northern continent as the first stage of the purge target, giving up the eastern continent where he was, and gave reasonable and detailed reasons. The eastern continent and the southern continent are certainly places where the resistance alliance is relatively strong, but the Church of Light is also strong. The Eastern Continent is represented by Hua Mantian, a mid-term job-changing player and Vice President of the Senate of Light, and the support of the Sun Never Sets Mercenary Group of Yamato Spirit, the "World's No. 1 Angry Swordsman", has attracted many small and medium-sized mercenary groups to attach to them, and they support or tend to the Church of Light in an open or secret way. The Southern Continent, represented by another highly prestigious job-changing player, the Light Senator Peacekeeper, has also developed a group of strong forces that lean towards the Church of Light. If the Light Cathedral in the main city of the Eastern or Southern Continent is to be captured, it will directly touch and threaten the interests of these local light forces, and they will inevitably be resisted by their concerted efforts. It will be difficult to achieve the goal of completely destroying the Light Cathedral in the twelve main cities and completing the first stage goal in a shorter time by simply donating people and money. If it is delayed for too long, the effect that can be played will be greatly reduced, which will directly affect the effect of the subsequent attack on the other two continents.
In the northern continent, although the power of our resistance alliance is a little weak, it has the Xingyue Mercenary Group represented by Qingwu Feiyang and Romantic Sakura, whose influence is far above the northern continent spokesperson of the Church of Light, and is not comparable to those forces that tend to the Church of Light. In addition, the largest force in the northern continent is the Neutral Alliance led by the Fearless Warrior. Choosing this place as a breakthrough point can strengthen the influence on the Neutral Alliance and completely eliminate the power of the Church of Light. Cooperating with us will allow them to gain more benefits, thereby gradually changing the elusive attitude of the Neutral Alliance. Even if they don't help us, at least they can't be biased towards the Church of Light, intentionally or unintentionally causing us trouble, and laying a good foundation for resolving the disputes between the Eastern and Southern continents in the future, which are more complicated. This left the Desert Eagle and Qiu Shui Chang Tian no way to refute it, and they were approved again, choosing the northern continent as the target of the first phase of the counterattack, striving to make a breakthrough in the shortest time, and concentrating their efforts to destroy all the Cathedrals of Light in the main cities.
The native races of the northern continent are beautiful elves and strong dwarves. Dwarves are almost unsuitable for the knight and magician professions, and few beautiful women are warlike. The number of neutral professional players who choose to switch to the Knight of Light or the Priest of Light is the smallest among the three continents. The lack of mass base has prevented the Church of Light from growing stronger. However, our resistance alliance can directly absorb neutral professional players to join, which has a greater influence. The lack of too powerful forces in the local area, coupled with the strength of the fearless warriors, makes the neutral alliance the only one in the northern continent and a decisive force. As long as they can remain neutral and do not interfere with the actions of the resistance alliance, our attack on the Cathedral of Light will not cause too much unrest, involving too many forces to intervene, and it will be difficult to fully control the situation.
"Tianxia" has launched the "Self-naming of Cities" activity. Cities under the control of players can abandon their old names and rename them with the approval of the city lords, and cities under the control of NPCs can give up their old names and rename them with the consent of more than two-thirds of the players who originally settled in the city, so as to better increase the sense of integration of players. Among the twelve main cities in the northern continent, one was taken under the control of our resistance alliance through "peaceful seizure of power" and was renamed Huancheng. The city lord is Qingwu Feiyang, and it is mainly managed by the Xingyue Mercenary Group. The Cathedral of Light in the city has naturally been destroyed long ago. In addition, there are four main cities that have fallen under the control of the deeply rooted Neutral Alliance, namely Shuangcheng, United City, Prosperous City, and Neutral City, the headquarters of the Neutral Alliance. They still maintain a peaceful coexistence with the Church of Light and still retain the Cathedral of Light. If our resistance alliance wants to launch an attack, we must inform the neutral alliance in advance and obtain their consent, so as not to start a war in the city and cause the city lord's mansion to send troops to intervene. The Church of Light wants to recruit neutral NPCs in the city as peripheral rescue forces, and mobilize light players and friendly players to carry out emergency rescue in the event of war, which is also inseparable from the cooperation and support of the neutral alliance. Both sides are subject to a certain degree of restriction. How the situation develops and which side will benefit depends on the attitude of the neutral alliance and the city lord forces in charge. The remaining seven cities are still free cities controlled by system NPCs, namely Beifeng, Beihai, Beidao, Beishan, Lulin, Qingshan, and Baishi. Due to the preconceived advantage of the Cathedral of Light, the policy is slightly inclined towards the Church of Light. As long as you pay, you can hire a large number of neutral NPCs to assist the church in defense. Of course, our resistance alliance has no restrictions and can suddenly launch an attack on the Cathedral of Light. The NPC city lord will never interfere. The Northern Continent branch of the Church of Light is located in Baishi City. It controls churches in other cities and can provide timely reinforcements to those cities that are attacked. In times of emergency, it can even directly communicate across continents with the Temple of Light in the holy city of the Western Continent through special communication facilities installed in the church. Seeking help from the Senate of Light is the toughest nut to crack.
As long as we can win the impartiality of the Neutral Alliance, without the slight policy inclination of the city lords who are NPCs, it will be relatively easier to destroy the Cathedral of Light in the cities they control. In addition, the local light forces are the weakest, and it should be slightly easier to completely eliminate the Cathedral of Light in the northern continent compared to the more complicated situation in the eastern and southern continents. The key is the attitude of the Neutral Alliance . Only by showing enough strength to compete with the Church of Light can we intimidate the other party more and exchange their support for us by promising considerable benefits, or at least achieve true neutrality.
The outcome of this battle of light and darkness depends on two aspects. One is the players. Only when there are enough top players with sufficient strength can we successfully capture and destroy those cathedrals of light, complete the relevant mission requirements, and win the final battle of light and darkness. Another aspect is financial support. Without money, those players with special backgrounds or those few of us who can directly profit from the battle of light and darkness will continue to participate, but most ordinary players will probably not work for us - the emperor has no shortage of hungry soldiers. If there is no profit, what can you use to attract others, and who will be stupid enough to work for you in vain? Even the combat NPCs in the Knights of Light and the Priests under the Church of Light need to spend a certain amount of gold coins every time they go out to participate in the mission and replenish the number of people after the death in the battle. It also requires a lot of money to hire neutral NPCs in the city to protect the church from the outside. If the system had not granted the entire holy city to the Church of Light for control and management at the beginning, as a source of funds, and accumulated a lot of wealth, the Church of Light could not afford the high cost of "global action".
At the later stage of development, the members of the Church of Light and the Alliance of Resistance Forces have basically been finalized. We can no longer persuade those top neutral professional players to join - those who are interested have already joined, and there will be no more top light players who change their jobs midway - it is too late in time. We can only try our best to enhance the strength of the players in our own camp, make breakthroughs in professional skills, especially artifacts, and strive to suppress the other side. This aspect depends more on the development of the players themselves. As a group, the Alliance of Resistance Forces needs to take into account the overall interests and cannot provide too much help, but it needs to be responsible for financial support to ensure that there are sufficient funds to carry out the various actions planned. At this stage, the main source of funds is the operating and management income of the cities under our control. The more cities fall into our control, the more prosperous the operation, the more money we make, and we can support a larger and longer war. We chose the Northern Continent as the first stage of the purge target. If we can reach a cooperation with the Neutral Alliance after destroying the Cathedral of Light in the city, we will have a greater chance of gaining control of the city through "peaceful seizure of power". Joint management and operation will further increase our financial income and provide greater help for the battle. For this purpose, we need to send someone to coordinate the relationship with the neutral alliance, find ways to open up connections, and induce some powerful people to cooperate with us. This is also an extremely important task. If it is solved well, it can save us a lot of time and trouble.
The entire first phase of the operation was named "Northern Raiders", and the goal was to completely destroy all the Cathedrals of Light in the northern continent. Discussions were held on the relevant details and arrangements were made. Some were responsible for managing and operating cities and increasing fiscal revenue, while others were responsible for launching a diplomatic offensive against the neutral alliance. An elite combat force was also selected, and they stepped up their training and strengthened their coordination, ready to attack at any time, ready to set off a huge storm that would never subside.
