Taking Action Early

"What the hell... what's going on?"

As Quiet Thoughts Pity automatically applied to go offline, at the same time, dozens of streamers after checkpoint 163 seemed to have encountered something terrifying and followed Quiet Thoughts Pity's example, actively applying to go offline.

In an instant, 36 streaming rooms were forcibly closed, ejecting all four million onlookers from the streaming rooms.

"Holy shit, what's going on? How did I get kicked out? Where's the streamer?"

"Is this the decline of morality or the distortion of human nature? Why did so many streamers run away?"

Over four million viewers were momentarily confused. Except for viewers who had previously been in Northern Desert Wolf's streaming room, No Question's, and Quiet Thoughts Pity's streaming rooms who knew some inside information, others had no idea what had happened.

The sudden offline of so many streamers also caught the attention of Mirage Tower's master, Eastern Sunrise.

At this moment, Eastern Sunrise had originally been in the Wusi Snow Mountains behind Luo Cloud City, paying attention to the siege matters.

He had just received information that Inoue Tenka sent to Watanabe Saburo from reality, learning that Mirage Tower's personnel at the east gate had been completely wiped out.

He was preparing to go offline to get detailed information from Inoue Tenka, but before he could click the offline button, Yukina Shotan brought him shocking news.

"Northern Desert Wolf, No Question, and Quiet Thoughts Pity are already dead? Big Sorrow Big Joy and the others all actively went offline and ran away?"

"Useless! How do you all do things?!"

Eastern Sunrise's expression changed, angrily throwing the ninja blade in his hand in front of Yukina Shotan.

"This livestream is crucial to His Majesty's final plan to conquer the China region. It's extremely important to us. I don't care what method you use, but you absolutely cannot let them go offline!"

"I overestimated these Chinese people's courage. A small Blue Skeleton scared them all witless. What a bunch of useless trash, bringing shame!"

Yukina Shotan hadn't had time to explain the specific details before being scolded back, so he didn't know what exactly had happened.

He still thought Jiang Cheng had only killed three people and scared these people into running away. He was immediately furious and deeply regretted trusting these small-time experts from the top hundred of the Heavenly Ladder.

"Yes, yes, yes, Eastern-kun, I'll go arrange it immediately."

Yukina Shotan replied with fear, not daring to explain further. As his fingers formed seals and he muttered incantations, his form suddenly dissolved, turning into a pile of soil and burrowing into the ground beneath the snow mountain.

After a period of travel, he had already retreated to the mountainside of the snow mountain.

This skill was the Great Japanese Empire's unique earth escape ninjutsu, allowing instant burrowing underground and traveling beneath the earth, with movement speed ten times faster than on the surface!

However, such super ninjutsu existed only in one copy in all of Mirage Tower. He could learn it because he was the highest-level messenger captain of Mirage Tower. Other messenger team members didn't have access to such skills.

Using the convenience of earth escape technique, he quickly arrived at the final checkpoint, where Northern Frost was located. After having Northern Frost temporarily close his streaming room, he began talking with him.

"The situation is urgent. Among the 168 people, only you, Wan Xilou, and Donglin Wenhou have the strongest abilities. You three, together with everyone else remaining, all rush to checkpoint 121 where Luoli is located and work together to kill Blue Skeleton! After success, you'll definitely have a position as deputy master of Mirage Tower."

"I already understand what happened earlier. Blue Skeleton's damage is indeed terrifying. I was also startled at the time. If it were just me alone, I might not even have a ten percent chance of success. I was just about to go up and discuss changing the plan with you all, but I didn't expect Shotan-kun had already anticipated this."

"Not even ten percent chance? Heh, you're overestimating that little Blue Skeleton too much. From what we can see now, his damage is high, but don't you know those so-called divine techniques of China? Can't you handle one super soldier with only attack power?"

Yukina Shotan looked at him with disdain, making Northern Frost somewhat embarrassed.

Northern Frost shook his head, his expression showing some flattery.

"Shotan-kun might not understand. Although divine techniques are divine techniques, they also have great limitations. Without meeting specific prerequisite conditions, there's no way to use them."

"And... divine techniques aren't only known by us. Actually... that Blue Skeleton also knows them... and it seems he has mastered more than us..."

"Bullshit!"

Yukina Shotan completely dismissed Northern Frost's obviously unbelievable words.

"The Fourteen Divine Techniques were created by that person, most suitable for himself, and most suitable for humans. A skeleton, and you tell me he knows divine techniques?"

"This... actually I didn't believe it before either. The Great Wasteland is a game that only began public testing a month ago. An undead whose body is entirely skeletal couldn't possibly come into contact with concepts like divine techniques in The Great Wasteland."

"Even if we appeared later and players taught him hand-by-hand, it would be impossible to master so many divine techniques in such a short time."

"Take the sub-divine technique Phantom Step, for example. In Changkong Club, Phantom Step has specific grade divisions, from first to ninth grade, with ninth grade being the strongest. Under the guidance of Master Changkong, I practiced Phantom Step for a full year before barely reaching eighth grade proficiency. For a skeleton, I really can't understand how he mastered it..."

"I don't want to hear this nonsense. I only want to know whether you three can accomplish this task!"

Yukina Shotan impatiently interrupted Northern Frost's words, issuing a death order. "If you can't kill Blue Skeleton, you know the consequences."

"I understand. Shotan-kun, rest assured. Actually, since Blue Skeleton appeared, we four have been paying attention to him and studying his attack patterns. We've designed a perfect strategy to control him based on his attack patterns, just in case."

Northern Frost suddenly said with full confidence, "We originally thought this perfect strategy would probably never be used, but unexpectedly it has a use today."

"It's just a pity that Phoenix didn't come. Sigh."

"Stop being sentimental with me here. If you're confident, then go do it quickly. I don't want to hear any more bad news."

"Shotan-kun, rest assured. Although we don't have Phoenix and are missing one controller, we found a temporary helper who can also execute the plan. Shotan-kun, just rest here and wait for our good news."

After Northern Frost finished speaking, he directly summoned a precious horse mount for transportation and headed toward Wan Xilou's direction.

On the way, he conveniently sent a private message to everyone, telling them to gather at the position Wan Xilou was guarding.

He, Southern Phoenix, Wan Xilou, and Donglin Wenhou were all former members of Changkong Club and disciples of Xie Changkong. In terms of ability, the four were second only to Xie Changkong in Changkong Club.

Although Southern Phoenix had refused this invitation, after Northern Frost saw Blue Skeleton's moves this time and found no particular improvement, he believed that with their previously researched targeted strategy, they could definitely take down Blue Skeleton!