Struggle in the Steam Age

After reading the analysis of this astral plane, Lawrence began to look at the rules on how to get points listed at the top of the information.

It is indeed an event held for friendship, so we pay more attention to fairness in the arrangement of the competition rules. For example, everyone has 2 points when entering the space. And after each competition between the contestants, the loser needs to give half of the points he owns to the winner. However, when the loser's score becomes 1, the scores of both losers will not change anyway.

In addition, each team can only compete up to five times a day whether it is active or passive. Brawls that exceed this number will not result in a change in score. Lawrence felt that this might be a rule set by the organizers to prevent some teams from scoring points through other improper means.

Correspondingly, every time you defeat a black iron level monster, you will get 1 or 2 points, and you can get more points for leapfrog battles. For example, Lawrence saw that he could get 10,000 points for destroying the kobold tribe, and even if he simply entered the mine, he could get 50 points.

"So that is to say, at least most people will target that mine." Ratman Laka thought for a while and said. "The difficulty and risk of killing 50 monsters of the same level are somewhat uncontrollable, not to mention that if you kill this number of enemies, you may provoke a group of extraordinary monsters, and then lead to those official-level monster leaders."

"Entering this cave is much less difficult. According to the situation on this hand-painted map, the kobolds of about 2,000 people guarding the edge of the volcano did not gather together to block the intersection, but were divided into seven or eight small tribes. Stationed in various places near the volcano, there is also a lot of space between tribes and tribes. Although the kobolds have patrols, we should be able to go around relatively easily."

Having said that, Laka raised his head and looked at everyone in the team, "Of course, what I said about going around easily refers to myself, but if you can follow what I said, I think we can do it with a high probability." Bypass the kobold blockade."

"That's right, it does sound easier." Lawrence nodded. In the real world, more than 2,000 kobolds who depend on fishing and hunting for a living will not all get together, otherwise the surrounding resources will be difficult to satisfy. sustain their lives. So they will naturally be divided into many small tribes that are not close to each other, which also gave Lawrence and the others a chance to infiltrate.

"But there is a problem with this." Lawrence first said that it was right to go to that mine, but then he pointed out a very important problem. "The cave must not only attract us, if I'm not wrong, most of the competitors will use that place as the target of their actions—"

"If there are too many people, it will be troublesome!" Cog, the dwarf mechanic, was the first to wake up, and then explained to the others. "There are not many rogues or rangers among the contestants participating in this competition. Not every team will have such extraordinary people who are good at stealth operations. If they choose to forcefully break through, the place will definitely become one. group."

"Let's not talk about how dangerous it would be if you encounter a large group of kobolds after being involved in the melee. It is very troublesome if a large number of contestants gather in such a small space, and the opportunities for mutual learning will also be greatly increased."

"You're right." Paladin John nodded. "The people who can participate in the competition are actually of the same level, especially when the team battle is the main one. Because of this, we should try our best to avoid competing with too many participating teams during the battle."

"Yes, what John said makes sense." Soldier Lei Suo also chimed in at this time, "Even if we can defeat one team or two teams, but if we are unlucky and end up in a round-robin battle, we must be the ones who will suffer in the end." ...Although the current bonus rules do not encourage contestants to compete among themselves, we cannot rule out that some guys will use this method to suppress the top-ranked teams in order to win."

As he said that, the warrior Resso pouted at the contestants from the Algarve Empire standing on the other side of the platform. As the country with the largest area and the most powerful national power in the central and southern continents of the three continents of the New World, this country is not weak in terms of extraordinary power. It can be seen from the fact that their number of contestants in this competition is the same as that of the White Eagle Federation.

However, the rulers of this country, the descendants of nobles and manor owners from the Kingdom of Lusitania in the old continent, have always been known for asking only about the results and not about the process of doing things. In turn, the mood of the entire country has also shifted in this direction. Their superhumans often do things unscrupulously after they grow up in such an environment.

In the past few competitions, the Algarve Empire has indeed won the championship several times through various unscrupulous means such as team battles against certain teams. But in this way, their reputation in the New World will naturally stink, and every team will face them with a very vigilant attitude.

According to the information Lawrence had obtained before, in this competition, the daily battles that can change the score of each team are limited to five games, which is aimed at this group of guys. However, he didn't think this method would restrain the group of guys who had tasted the sweetness before.

"According to the data, our foothold in the astral plane is random, so let's just do it this way." After discussing for a while, Lawrence made an opinion.

"If we enter the plane and the landing point is very close to the volcano, then we will go to the mine before others to have a look. If it is far away from the volcano, we can first fight monsters outside and accumulate Some points, and at the same time, take this opportunity to collect special products from the plane, and then go to the volcano to see the specific situation when the departure time is approaching. If we have a chance, we can go up and try it. If we don’t have a chance, we will leave directly.”

"I agree!" After careful consideration, all members of the team nodded in agreement one after another. Because Lawrence's method may seem to be a little less profitable, but it is relatively safe. At least it will allow everyone to have a good income as a guarantee. For Lawrence, who are all novices, this is the most suitable solution for their specific situation.

Ten minutes before the start of the competition, the priest of the Church of Knowledge who was the staff member of the competition began to ask everyone to tidy up their props. Everyone in the team gave the priest their props that were outside the permitted range.

The reason why props are restricted is not just for the fairness of the game. Another main reason is that the plane barrier outside the astral plane not only restricts the level of creatures, but also includes the levels of various magic props carried.

It would be the best result if the things that exceed the limit cannot enter the astral plane. If there is a bigger error in the transmission and they are directly exiled to the astral space, then it will be really finished.

Of course, according to this principle, Lawrence's interspatial bag was also temporarily stored with the priest. Although the space equipment is very rare outside, almost everyone who participates here has one. Lawrence's interspatial pocket doesn't stand out here at all.

However, handing in the space equipment does not mean that everyone has to carry all the equipment on their backs. After packing up the space equipment that everyone turned in, the priest took out five palm-sized gray cloth bags and distributed them to them.

"This is simply too extravagant." After opening the pocket, Lawrence discovered that it was a bag with a space of ten cubic meters. So he made a sound of surprise, and after hearing his words, the priest smiled and shook his head.

"No, this is just a temporary space bag, which lasts up to ten days. So the output of this kind of thing is not small, and the price is not too expensive." The priest explained to Lawrence, and then he raised his head and said to the other members of the team. "Okay, now everyone checks whether they have brought all their things, and it will be really finished if they find out that they have not brought everything after entering."

40 minutes passed quickly, and the voice of the supreme consul of the Hanseatic Republic echoed over the open space again. "Everyone, please be prepared to line up at the northernmost part of the peninsula. The portal has been established, and everyone will be marked with a magic mark there to prepare to enter the plane."

Most of the contestants began to breathe quickly, and Lawrence was no exception. He looked around and saw that almost everyone was equally short of breath and flushed. Even the calmest Paladin John kept repeating the action of clenching the hilt of his sword and releasing it.

Soon, a platform of black basalt slowly rose from the seabed in front of it, and then connected with the platform where Lawrence and the others were. When the two platforms were firmly connected, a milky white marble gate slowly turned from illusion to reality in the thin air above the new platform, and finally stood on the newly emerged platform.