606 Country War Style (1/2)
Suddenly, all the Annan region players received a notification.
”System Notification: China region Lord Qiyue Wuyi has initiated a Country War, Annan region has entered the Country War mode. Imperial City Henei has ended level 2 state of alert. As for the specific situation, players, please take a look!”
The moment the notification sounded out, the country was thrown into a state of uproar.
To the players of Annan region, this Country War had happened too suddenly.
Based on the news that Gaia had revealed on the website, the Country War had two main points.
Firstly, merit points setting.
The two countries would fight one another just like the battle map, and player could earn merit points. In contrast to the battle map, you could not earn battle contribution points from the wilderness war.
Killing one normal soldier would give a person one merit point. These generous merit points were one of the motivations behind starting a country war.
Secondly, the rules for determining the victor.
Country Wars were split into all out wars and partial wars. The difference laid in whether or not an imperial city was attacked. Simply put, when two countries fought, even if a partial war was triggered, the moment the flames of war spread to the imperial city, or if the imperial city automatically participated, it would turn into an all out war.
The victor of the two types of wars were determined through different manners.
For partial wars, the overall victory or loss did not matter; the situation of the actual battle acted as the deciding factor. As for an all out war, victory was determined when one side completely destroyed the other.
Hence, an all out war was basically a battle to exterminate the other country.
The Annan region system notification mentioned that the Imperial City Henei had entered a level 2 state of alert. As such, this country war was just a partial war.
If it was an all out war, the imperial city would be at the highest level 1 state of alert.
Apart from that, during a partial war, players could chose if they wanted to participate.
If it was an all out war, both the Lords and the adventure gamemode players of the country under attack would be forced to fight.
Hence, destroying a country was an extremely difficult matter. The worst part was that all the players in the country must die at least once before the battle could end.
On this point, the China region possessed an absolute advantage.
Thanks to their number of players, the chance of a complete wipe out was rather low.
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When Gaia announced the Country War news, it caused an explosion in Annan region.
On the forums, there were a large number of people raring to fight. To them, the enemy was already at their door. No matter what, they could not allow it.
Furthermore, the one who started this country war was actually just a single Lord. Even though Qiyue Wuyi was the best Lord in the world, his prestige alone could not stop the passion of the Annan region players.
Although the region was not big, its population density was terrifying, close to twice of China. The entire Annan region had more than five million players.
Even excluding the old, the young, and the weak, they possessed a hugely terrifying number. Just the mature adventure gamemode players exceeded two million; it was a country that could not be underestimated.
Excluding the work occupation players, they still had close to a million combat occupation players.
Hence, how would they allow Shanhai City to provoke them?
Quickly, the intel from the front lines spread.
From the seas, Shanhai City had sent a massive squadron over; they appeared exceedingly dominating.
Suddenly, all of the Lords near the sea announced level 1 states of alert in their cities, and they activated a large number of warships to head out to battle.
The hot-blooded adventure gamemode players proactively asked to board the Lord warships. They wanted to fight a decisive battle against the Shanhai City Army.
Some rash ones even rented merchant ships and hurriedly set out to sea.
All of a sudden, thousands of ships appeared along the sea region of Annan.
However, their technology tree lacked both the modern technology of the west and the shipbuilding foundation of the Chinese. Their strongest ship could only compare to the weaker Meng Chong warship.
Hence, their only way of winning would be to rely on sheer numbers. If the players of Annan region were just a clump of scattered sand, they definitely would not pose a threat.
Luckily, at the crucial moment, someone stepped up.
He was the Lord of Haiphong City, Ruan Tianque. He gathered all the players, uniting them and placing them under the commanded of one person. They would destroy the enemy and gain honor for their country.
As the top Lord in Annan region, Ruan Tianque was undoubtedly a truly successful person. His influence amongst the players also could not be overlooked.
Quickly, hundreds of Lords united under Ruan Tianque’s banner.
After some debate, a massive alliance squadron quickly formed up. However, because the north of Annan was extremely long, gathering the entire squadron in one place was going to take some time.
Helplessly, to placate the strong pleas for battle from the adventure gamemode players, Ruan Tianque could only instruct the twenty odd Lords in Haiphong and Rongping prefectures to act as the vanguard and lead the expedition.
As for those players who could not wait, they were already out at sea.
Beihai Bay, on board the Dragon Head.
The moment he received the notification, Ouyang Shuo was ready to fight a tough battle.
”Quickly clean up the battlefield and move forward.” Ouyang Shuo ordered.
”Understood!”