Volume 4, Chapter 34 – Teleportation Array

Under Fanster’s patient, earnest persuasion, his subordinate forces finally made the decision to launch an attack on Dawn’s territory.

In an instant, a vast army of players, so large it made one’s scalp tingle just to look at it, began marching toward the Ninth Faction Dawn’s turf.

As a well-known non-elite player, Fanster’s big, fanfare-filled move attracted a lot of attention from other players. Many of them started posting their thoughts on the forums about this act of a million solo players openly attacking Dawn.

If you summed up all the different opinions players were posting, they basically fell into two camps.

One camp thought Fanster’s action was no different from an egg smashing itself against a rock. A million players might look grand and imposing, the scene might be shocking, but at the end of the day they were still just an army cobbled together from solo players. Compared to Dawn’s well-trained NPC legions, which had gone through Stronghold wars, the difference between the two sides was like heaven and earth.

Leaving aside the qualitative gap between the armies, when it came to top-tier combat power, Fanster basically did not have any strong subordinates. Eden, on the other hand, had several Legendary players, and on top of that there was that Throne-tier loli who had killed a Stronghold’s Beastman Prophet right in front of all the players.

So this expedition might look grand and overwhelming, but in practice it was really just marching off to feed experience.

Players who held this view were the majority on the forums. It showed that most players were very clear in their hearts about how terrifying high-end combat power in the Subworld really was.

However… Even though players knew very well the difference between high-end and low-end combat power, there were still some who refused to accept it.

Those players were undeniably very optimistic about Fanster’s high-profile offensive against Dawn.

Starting from the premise that solo players might not be united but had very strong individual abilities, they further argued that an army made up of solo players could almost completely counter those template NPC armies in actual combat.

Not only that, some players stressed that no matter how bizarre the Subworld was, it was still just a game. In every Virtual Game to date, although players were extremely weak in the early stages, by the late game even existences as strong as world Bosses had fallen before the cleverness of the players.

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And the power of the masses was limitless. With so many solo players combining their strength, it was not certain they would lose to a Throne-tier.

For all anyone knew, in this war against Dawn, the players might really be able to defeat those Legendaries and Throne-tier units the System had hyped up to no end.

On the forums, players from the two opposing camps argued back and forth, and all sorts of weirdos and clowns jumped out, each voicing their own opinions.

Meanwhile, in the game world, because of the build-up on the forums around this matter, Fanster, who had originally been deep in the rear, was forced to come to the front lines this time and take part personally in commanding the million-player offensive against the Ninth Faction Dawn.

Sitting in the middle of the army, Fanster only felt that this long march was unbearably dull.

“Ah… I’m so bored… how much longer until we get there?”

Honestly, although Fanster had gotten a bit full of himself, he was not actually brain-dead.

After he saw all the analysis players were posting on the forums, even though he had already made his move, Fanster started to feel inexplicably uneasy.

Can we really beat Dawn?

Even if his swollen ego had made him look down on everything before, once the plan was actually being carried out, Fanster’s mood turned hesitant.

People tended to waver and hesitate when making important decisions, and for a player as ordinary as Fanster, that feeling only grew stronger at such a critical moment.

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He was afraid of being defeated by Dawn, but he also felt that since he had already made his move, suddenly withdrawing the army for no reason would be way too embarrassing… and as the strongest player lord in this region, Fanster felt he could not bring himself to lose that much face.

His indecision over what to choose also affected his mood at that moment.

So, in his bad mood, Fanster started to complain.

“So, how long until we arrive…”

While Fanster was muttering to himself, the player who had discussed the upcoming strategic plan with him earlier came running over in a hurry.

“Lord… something has happened… a massive teleportation array has suddenly appeared along our marching route!”

“Teleportation array? What the hell is that?”

Up until now, Fanster had only ever thought of treating the Subworld as a casual game, so this was the first time he had even heard the term “teleportation array”.

“Lord, a teleportation array is a formation that can teleport units over long distances…”

“Long-distance teleportation? Wait… then why would a teleportation array appear on our marching route?”

He still did not really understand what a teleportation array meant, but Fanster instinctively sensed something was wrong.

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“I am not sure about the details either, but I have already sent some solo players who are good with magic arrays to investigate. The results should be back soon…”

His subordinate looked very grave. Even though they did not know whether that huge, unknown teleportation array was good or bad news, it was still something that had to be taken seriously.

Fanster was not stupid either, and this sudden situation had him extremely tense.

A few minutes later, one of the solo players came running over to report the findings of their investigation.

“Lord, you don’t need to be too nervous… that large teleportation array was probably just activated by some player. It should not be used to teleport an army.”

“Activated? Who activated it?”

Even if the teleportation array was no longer a threat, when it came to the player who had activated it and caused the army to halt for several minutes, Fanster still put on the airs of a lord.

“Find that person for me!”

At Fanster’s demand, that solo player looked troubled.

“Lord… according to our investigation, the one who activated the array is not on our side, but on the other end of the teleportation array…”

“Hm? What do you mean?”

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“Teleportation arrays are linked, and their purpose is to use one teleportation array to quickly reach another teleportation array, which lets you rapidly achieve strategic goals through long-distance movement… so according to our analysis, this teleportation array was activated because the other teleportation array paired with it was activated.”

“Mm… you mean teleportation arrays are linked, and this teleportation array is actually connected to another teleportation array? And this activation happened because the teleportation array on the other side was activated?”

Fanster asked.

“Yes, Lord.”

“I see? Then what if the one using the teleportation array is someone from Dawn?”

“Impossible.”

The solo player shook his head firmly.

“The NPCs on Dawn’s side don’t possess the technology for teleportation arrays, so they cannot do that.”

And right then.

The teleportation array in the distance suddenly burst into dazzling light.