I am a reincarnation player.

Yuki asked Hiyori to record everything he saw and heard on the road and not stay in any stronghold for too long. At the same time, more and more news was passed on.

First of all, there was some bad news. The third and fourth groups heading east had been exposed, and their coordinates had been hastily launched and they were retreating.

Yuki wasn't surprised, this 'Sentinel Plan' sounded reasonable, but it seemed like a joke at first.

Not every player dares to take the risk. If any sentinel array is leaked, the Zerg will quickly become alert.

The two sides have been fighting each other for countless years. The Zerg must know the purpose of this array and will soon send a special team to search around the Wall of Sighs.

The ideal placement of the sentry array is 20 kilometers outside the wall. No matter how well hidden it is, it is not difficult to find it. Besides, most players dare not leave the wall so far.

"It's confirmed that this Sentinel Plan is not feasible at all."

Yuki stood on a high place, looking out at the surrounding plains and 'woods'. There was a roughly 'T'-shaped mechanical outline at his feet.

He didn't send any coordinates at all. Looking at the map, he was stuck at a position of 20 kilometers.

"Your path may be correct, but it may be dangerous to go deeper." Levi seemed hesitant. The chance of encountering a swarm patrol was getting higher and higher, and he already needed Kaguya's help.

They even came across a wormhole construction site. The dense swarms of worms made everyone hold their breath and quickly retreat.

"Don't worry, I'm sure of it." Yuuki said expressionlessly, turning to look at Hiyori, "What's the situation with the other teams?"

"The third and fourth squads engaged in a firefight with the bugs, but were unable to completely wipe them out. They then encountered a mopping-up team. After determining they could no longer resist, they transmitted their coordinates and are now retreating."

This can be considered a mission failure, right? Well, the coordinates were released as soon as a problem arose, proving that they were still unwilling to accept the result.

Yuuki chuckled secretly. He knew the players too well. If they had the chance to obtain bloodline skills, they would definitely fight for it. But when they found out there was a risk of losing their lives, they would cower faster than anyone else and drag other players into it.

"It's a loss for ourselves. The Zerg is definitely studying the Sentinel Array and will send a special team to investigate. In other words, the Zerg are already behind us."

Yuki's words made Levi snort coldly and made everyone nervous. It would be bad if they were blocked outside.

"Shall we retreat before the swarm of insects reacts?" Kaguya asked tentatively.

"No, this is just an opportunity to conceal our true purpose." Yuuki shook his head and looked at Levi, "I think Ms. Smile thinks so too."

Levi's mouth twitched and he chose to default. This had little to do with courage. The stronger the player, the more he liked to take risks.

It is known that the Zerg's strength is not infinite, and several battles are being carried out simultaneously.

They have to besiege humans, block retreating players, and send troops to search for the sentry array. Given the huge area outside the wall, even a perpetual motion machine would take time.

"There are also players who are on the side of the Zerg. They will hunt the first players to be exposed. We are actually the safest."

The familiar taste of fishing, using other players, or even the entire defense army, as bait.

Mai and the others wanted to laugh, but had to pretend to be amazed. At this time, Hayasaka, who was watching from a distance, whistled, and the people standing on the high ground scattered and hid.

Half a minute later, a dark cloud flew over the head. The insects looked very strange, with bat-like wings and sausage-like bodies.

"A group of bat dragons, are they coming to find us?"

"They don't need such a large scale, do they? Haven't you noticed a characteristic of the Zerg? Most of them have evolved for group warfare, and lack the ability to detect and hunt."

Yuki hid in a shallow pit and saw hundreds of bat dragons rolling past his head.

Not only the bat dragon, he also saw giant insects like dandelions along the way, which were spewing giant spores towards humans. Those spores were slowing down like parachutes, which was obviously a means of delivery.

Wow, a joint air-ground operation. If you hadn’t seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn’t have heard of it at all.

"The Defense Forces aren't telling the truth. Their troubles are definitely more than just the wormhole. Even if the Sentinel Project is perfectly executed, it will only be a drop in the bucket."

"Why don't you tell the truth? Are you afraid of scaring us? Then there's no need to send us out of the wall. Haven't you discovered the truth?" Kaguya Shinomiya didn't quite understand. She felt like she had taken off her pants to fart.

"Perhaps seeing is believing. Players who dare to go beyond the walls must be powerful, and powerful players will only find a way to solve the truth after discovering it." Yuki explained on behalf of the defense forces, looking around.

"With just a few of us, there's no chance of changing our allegiance."

This is the truth, which makes people feel that there is a conspiracy among the top leaders of the defense force. Everyone is in the same boat. The worse the situation is, the harder the truly powerful players will work.

"It's a form of provocation." Levi nodded in agreement and gave Yuuki a questioning look: "Keep going?"

This Sky Island Yuuki is not a coward, and is quite to his liking.

"Well, this place is facing the Undying Fortress, so it's the most likely possibility."

"Are you saying that the swarms of insects in the sky and underground are just feints? Or do they want to make the final move?"

"After the failure of the raid on the headquarters, the conspiracy is no longer useful. Why not turn to an open conspiracy?" Yuki snorted. This was a guess, but also inevitable.

No matter the defense forces or the players, what they fear most is this move, breaking through the Wall of Sighs with absolute strength. If the defense line is really impregnable, why would they go out of the wall?

The two men quickly reached a consensus that based on what they had seen along the way, the situation was worse than what the defense forces had revealed.

There are still fifteen days.

Even if Johnny Silverhand finds the fire, it will be difficult to use conventional strategies. As for destroying the fire and completing the protection mission once and for all?

Yuuki could guess that there was a trap, so how could Levi not guess it? It’s the same old saying:

If the fire is destroyed, the players cannot return, the Wall of Sighs loses its function, and the swarm of insects pours in from all directions. It will be too late to regret.

From this perspective, the second main line is actually "simpler".

"First, find the queen. Then, combined with the information Johnny Silverhand has found, we can freely choose which main storyline to complete."

Yuuki clapped his hands and made a decision for all the human players. It was so rational that there was nothing wrong with it, which made Sakurajima Mai dazed.

If I hadn't known that Yuuki was a sleeper and that his main mission was to destroy the fire, even I would have been deceived.

The goal has been determined, and everyone is brainstorming on how to execute it. They first set a limit of two days. If the time is exceeded, they must return no matter what. Saving their lives is the top priority.

Then, Levi set up a simple trap, placing a coordinate gun on it. If there was a problem, the coordinates would be fired to attract the sentry array. Now the swarm was on guard and would definitely be lured away.

Finally, Yuki took off the "Loyal Guardian" badge on Mai's chest and threw it into the wasteland next to her under her puzzled gaze.

"Put it all away. This thing can send coordinates. The commander-in-chief can use them to determine our location."

"You mean... they're using us as human spies?" Mai showed a dissatisfied expression.

"It's possible. The further we go, the greater the resistance will be. They can use this thing to determine our reconnaissance route and find the insect nest." Yuki grinned. Most of the people in the command center were staring at the map. He knew that the problem in the west was the biggest and others would also focus on it.

"Since the people in the command center are not honest, if I really get something, I can play some dirty tricks on them."

Yuki waved his hand and this time he walked in front. He never thought of becoming a loyal warrior.

He can only be a chess player, playing against humans, Zerg, and players with his life on the chessboard of Emerald Star.

Chapter 5: Open the door and let the schoolgirl out! (K)

Wall of Sighs, South.

The black mountains stand not far away. Looking up from below, they look like a huge black wall whose top is difficult to see.

The purple-black plain was covered with craters, and thousands of insect remains were piled up layer upon layer. Some of them were blown into pieces, while others were slowly wriggling their bodies, slowly recovering with tenacious vitality.

Behind these craters were the bodies of more than a dozen psychic warriors, all of whom fell facing the battlefield, forming a clear dividing line.

Behind this dividing line, one kilometer away from the wall, is another battlefield.

The air was filled with yellow-green smoke, and dozens of swooping bat dragons were reduced to ashes. Their bodies were full of pale bone spears, densely extending into the distance.

cough cough.

Accompanied by a cough, an arm covered with sutures pierced through the smoke. The real person covered his mouth and nose and coughed continuously, spitting out some blood and flesh and swallowing it back.

"These 'cemetery guards' are so stinky, they even fart before they die."

The players are always the best at dealing with them. 'One Hundred Demons Night Parade' accepted the mission and rushed to the outside of the wall as quickly as possible, just in time to intercept the 'cemetery guards' who wanted to go back.

He tilted his head slightly when he saw the dense craters and corpses in front of him.

"You think the natives are here for fishing? If so, then these players are really stupid."

The Zerg reacted extremely quickly, using its neural network to mobilize all nearby troops. As a result, it was hit by a burst of fire, and then all the psychic warriors in the tunnel rushed out to join the battle, never retreating until their death.

thump—

The shadow fell, splashing a large amount of smoke and dust. The real person turned his head and saw a black dragon more than ten meters long falling beside him, creating a big hole. The storm dispersed the mist.

The fair-skinned red-haired boy was sitting on the dragon's back, twisting a knight in black armor with one hand. The crown-shaped helmet had been smashed into his chest.

"How could it be fishing? They are indeed trying their best to cover it. But you look a little embarrassed, Mr. Zhenren." Shenwei sat cross-legged and threw the knight's body away like a rag doll.

"The souls of these stinking skeletons are very strange. It's not convenient for me to use them." The real person ignored the provocation and asked, "How does this Death Knight feel?"

"Monster-level, it should be the captain, but it has no blood, so killing it feels boring." Shenwei narrowed his eyes, jumped off the dragon corpse, and rubbed his hands lightly: "But this battle was really fierce, so many bugs died, and there are only three of us players left."

"You can just look for him in the outpost, but you should leave him alive. I want to ask him what they're going to do."

"That's easy to say. Every player knows that falling into the hands of the enemy is worse than death. Weren't you injured by the explosion of that fat guy called Abomination?"

Shenwei shrugged. He didn't care about teammates. He had as many players below the monster level as he wanted. It was just that this battle was a bit confusing.

This group of people ran out of the wall just to set up some kind of array, but they were blocked by them when they were trying to escape. Don’t they know how dangerous it is to go out of the wall?

The swarm reacted quickly, but not fast enough. The players had skills like teleportation, so by the time they wanted to retreat, it was already too late.

"It looks like a coordinated action. Didn't the Aether Particle gang go to the east to block it?"

"Those losers are cowering, so we can't stop them." Shenwei waved his hand, indicating he had no hope. Suddenly, he raised a finger and said, "Hey, do you think there are players escaping the wall in the north and west?"

"Theoretically, there should be, but the swarms of insects didn't react."

"They must have been undetected. Those patrolling bugs would have left no one alive. Ordinary bugs don't have much intelligence." Akaza, his face covered in tattoos, emerged from the smoke, greeted the two who came, and spread his hands.

"That woman from the Mechanical Believer ran away. She actually set up the phantom puppet in advance. Don't look at me like that. Thanks to her, I discovered a secret. Do you want to come and take a look?"

The smoke had dissipated a lot. Zhenren and Shenwei turned their heads and saw the cracked wall. Only this evil ghost would use all its strength to smash the wall as soon as it came up.

A green light appeared in the cracks, and the jades stacked layer by layer looked very beautiful.

"Hey, isn't that jade stone? Why aren't the bugs interested in it?" Shenwei sat up straighter.

"Because the soul isn't inside the stone at all, just like the indigenous machines, it's useless against bugs." Zhenren, an expert in this field, gave a playful smile. "So, the soul fire above won't work on us players. We can just drill a hole in it."

"I'm not interested in drilling holes in the wall. By the way, Akaza's reminder just now is quite interesting. The hunter's masters must be in other directions." Kamui didn't bother to care about the life and death of the insect swarm, and his attention was drawn there.

"You want to go and fight? Those hunters are not easy to deal with, and these insect swarms will not listen to us."

"It doesn't matter. Do you know why I like this game?" The boy turned around, shook his red braids, and opened his squinted eyes, revealing pure blue eyes.

"Because there are countless strong men waiting for me to kill. How interesting it is."

Madman, is all the fun in the fighting?

Mahito watched the boy walk away, and saw Akaza following him, and couldn't help licking his lips.

Yes, I'm crazy too.

.......

Wall of Sighs, West.

Yuki led his team deeper into the plains and felt increasingly exhausted. If it weren't for the serious consequences of destroying the fire, he really wanted to turn back.

But now that things have come to this, he has to find some clues and make some preparations for the second main line in advance.

There were more and more swarms of insects on the road. They were moving eastward along the road like a disciplined army. Their scale was so large that it had long exceeded the scope of handling.

Everyone had no choice but to hide and dodge, avoiding the enemy's advances, most of them diving into the woods. Occasionally, they would see a large flock of bat dragons flying through the sky. Some of the insects were huge, like balloons, with swollen eggs hanging from the bottom, which clearly did not look like they were digging holes.

The forest can block vision, but encounters often occur. It was only thanks to Levi's maxed-out "Reconnaissance" skill and Yuki's fast speed that no one was left alive.

"How many suspicious locations has this been?"

The sky had completely darkened. Yuki was leaning against a slippery tree, leaning on his knife. Under his feet was a centipede-like insect about two meters long.

Just now, this thing dug a hole and escaped at a very fast speed. Fortunately, it was dragged down by the tidal longbow, and Yuki came up and killed it with a knife.

"Fifth, we are already sixty kilometers away from the Wall of Sighs." Hiyori held the map in her hand. She did not participate in the battle throughout the whole process.

There was a winding curve on the electronic map. It was only 60 kilometers a day, so it was obviously not a straight line. Yuki would approach the town or mine to observe, and then leave the Loyal Guard Badge.

There were clues along the way, but no decisive discoveries. For example, large swarms of insects were stationed in certain towns, and they were obviously concentrating their forces.

"This is a precursor to a general offensive. Their goal is indeed to break through the 'Unbreakable Fortress'."

"Should we go back and report to the defense forces?" Mai happened to have just returned from reconnaissance and heard the discussion.

"They know, but there's nothing we can do. We can't just sit back and watch the wormhole take shape." Yuki scratched his head. This was a dead end he couldn't solve. "Record all the gathering places of the swarm and tell them when we get back."

Communications were completely cut off, and this little gain wasn't enough for Yuuki to turn back. He stared at the dark plain, vaguely feeling that the truth was not far away.

From a military perspective, the base camp would not be too far away from the target of attack, and no high-level Zerg were encountered along the way. They must be hiding somewhere after the night.