Chapter 550: Chapter 540: These Damn Chickens

“Big Brother, slow down!” a player shouted.

The player running ahead laughed loudly, “Old Second, you need to speed up! The city may be big, but that doesn’t mean there are plenty of tasks! Some tasks are one-time only, gone once someone else completes them!

We must do as many tasks as possible before those idiots return, to stay ahead of the game!”

Old Second called out with a forced laugh, “Big Brother, what if they actually find low-Level wild monsters? Their leveling speed would be faster than us doing tasks, right?”

“Low-Level wild monsters? What monster could be weaker than chickens?

Chickens are already so tough, and groundhogs die in droves with a mere wave of the hand. Do you really think rabbits are easy to bully?” Big Brother sneered, “I bet that group of fools is probably dead outside by now. Surviving and coming back… seems highly unlikely!”

“Big Brother, your insight is remarkable. You were the first to tell everyone not to go out. Now that they’ve died and need time to resurrect, the whole city is ours!” Old Third chuckled.

Big Brother nodded, “Of course!

What’s so great about the outside? Only fools go out there.

Inside the city is so much better. There are tasks everywhere, not to mention food and drink, and no dangers.”

“Exactly, exactly!” Old Third eagerly agreed.

…

Not far away, another group of players was running around doing quests, their faces beaming with joy. As they greeted each other, they didn’t forget to mock, “Those dumbasses haven’t come back yet, huh?”

“They’re probably all dead, hahaha…”

“Only idiots would leave the city. Why leave when you’re unfamiliar with the place and the city is so wonderful?”

“Exactly, exactly!”

…

Inside the Imperial Palace, Prime Minister Tang Yong wore a smile. He had just received news from the frontlines, “The Empress is dead? Hahaha… Fortune favors me indeed!”

Tang Yong’s face, which usually bore a benevolent appearance, now twisted into a ferocious grin.

“Finally, an opportunity has presented itself!

Three days’ time is enough for me to take a big lead ahead of you.

General Yu, Red-Clothed Empress?

Hmph…

Soon, you will realize that these three days were critical to your downfall!

Hahaha…”

Tang Yong laughed maniacally as he began to roam around the Imperial Palace. When the Cangshan Empire’s Emperor was killed, not all NPCs were slain, as everyone knew that NPCs represented quests.

They indeed gained great benefits from NPCs within the Imperial Palace.

Now in a new world, the system had undoubtedly released brand-new quests, and Tang Yong’s targets were those very NPCs!

“Oh Empress, you thought the whole Cangshan was yours, you thought the tasks inside the Imperial Palace were meant to be in your pocket. Truly a case of wanting to eat out of both the bowl and the pot. Now look at you, not only did you fail to get your hands on the meat outside, you even lost your life, heh… Such stupidity, extreme stupidity!

Isn’t it better inside the Imperial City?

Where one can safely reap the benefits. Isn’t that delightful?

Stupidity!”

Just like the players outside frantically doing quests, Tang Yong, while cursing the stupidity of those who ventured out, was also quickly scouring for various tasks.

Just when they thought they were assuredly one step ahead and would continue to be so in the future, turning the tide and forging a new path in this new world…

“Ding! Boss of West Kunlun Newbie Village No.1 has initiated a Monster Attack on Cangshan Mountain Imperial City. The attack will last one day and one night. During this time, all non-player hired NPCs will stand down, and player characters will take over the city’s defense duties.

Victory conditions for defending the city: Resist the Newbie Village wild monster attack for one day and one night.

Defeat conditions: If the monsters breach the Imperial Palace and destroy the Cangshan Mountain Imperial Court’s main hall.”

Successful defense: Everyone’s level will increase by two minor Realms, and based on Contribution, additional rewards of equipment, Skill Points, Skill Books, and game items will be awarded.

Defense failure: All players from Cangshan Mountain World will automatically be sent back to the smaller world and must defeat the Heavenly Gate Boss to re-enter West Kunlun.

The Monster Attack will commence in ten minutes!”

“Ding! Boss of West Kunlun Newbie Village No.1 has initiated a Monster Attack on Cangshan Mountain Imperial City…”

The system notification rang out three times, each more urgent than the last.

And the time was continuously decreasing, from ten minutes to eight minutes, down to five minutes!

After hearing the message, both Tang Yong and all the players in the city were stunned. During their time in Cangshan Mountain World, because there were no unruly characters like Yi Zheng the Rabbit, the local wild monsters cooperated with the system, so no player had done anything outrageous.

As a result, players from Cangshan Mountain World naturally progressed step by step, gradually becoming stronger, and eventually swept through all the wild monsters and stormed into West Kunlun through the Heavenly Gate.

Although they had encountered Monster Attacks, those were mostly limited to village or city-building phases, and given the limited strength of the wild monsters and their preparedness, they posed no real threat.

They had never experienced such a sudden declaration of war.

At this moment, hearing out of the blue that they had inexplicably been declared war upon and subjected to an attack, not just the ordinary players but even Tang Yong himself was completely bewildered.

But Tang Yong reacted extremely fast, immediately realizing something was wrong and hurriedly running while notifying his Personal Guard and spending money to have the city’s announcement system broadcast to all players within the city.

“Attention everyone, we are about to be besieged, the city is too large, and there are too few players inside, we won’t be able to hold the main city wall. Everyone retreat to the Imperial City, defend the Imperial City walls!”

The players were also jolted awake by these shouts, and some who had been attempting to run towards the city walls immediately turned around and fled.

But it was all too late!

Just as they turned around, they saw a pair of rabbit ears appear on the wall…

Then, as the rabbit ears rose higher, huge and incredibly strong rabbits appeared on the city walls, gleaming teeth flashing cold light in the sunlight as they bared their mouths.

“What the… these TM are rabbits?!” the players were stunned.

They had seen the Wild Monsters outside the city, and although those had also changed quite a bit, they still somewhat resembled their original forms. But these rabbits looked absurdly freakish!

“Kill!”

One of the rabbits shouted, and then like a black and white tidal wave, they poured down from the city walls and stormed toward the players like a whirlwind.

The knives raised by the rabbits glinted coldly, brimming with murderous intent.

“Run!” shouted the boss, and he and his brothers turned and fled.

The other players wanted to run too, but after just a few steps, they felt a powerful Gang Wind on their backs and turned their heads sharply, only to see a gleaming steel knife already falling!

Thwack!

As his head tumbled through the air, he watched his own body fall to the ground while being trampled into mush by a group of black, blood-stained shoes…

“Rabbits?!”

To his death, he couldn’t believe that these ferocious creatures were rabbits.

The players within the city were too dispersed, and the Imperial City was too large. Even though the rabbits spread out to encircle from all sides, they still found themselves stretched thin.

Off in the distance, Tang Yong, standing on the highest wall of the Imperial City, was struck by a thought: “They don’t have many people, if someone here takes command, we might have a chance to find a gap and escape with our lives!”

Just as this thought crossed his mind…

“What are you looking at? Not enough hands, can’t you clone yourself? Clone, all of you, clone!” Yi Zheng shouted loudly from the Sect.

The next moment, Tang Yong saw over a million rabbits, wolves, bears, and such suddenly shake their bodies, and then split into four clones each!

In an instant, over a million enemy troops turned into five million!

Tang Yong immediately abandoned the thought of escape and quickly turned back to shout, “Defense, defense!”

Various siege weapons were being transported here, and the Imperial Army that had been hired for money hadn’t yet formed up properly on the city walls when suddenly the sky above grew dark.

Looking up, what appeared to be a cloud of dark clouds passing by turned out to be a flock of chickens!

Once over their heads, the chickens burst into flames, increasing their speed, and opened their mouths to swear, “Idiot, what the hell are you staring at?”

“Why are you looking at me?”

“Do I have a freakin’ flower on my face? Why are you looking at me?”

…

This string of curses stunned the players on the walls, and it also made them take a closer look at these chickens–bruised and battered, some with beaks dislocated, talking gibberish as if their pronunciation was all off.

“What are these chickens here for? Just to fly overhead and curse us out?” Tang Yong was genuinely confused, having fought many battles but never experiencing such a bizarre one.

“Pelt them!”

At the command of the Chicken King, a motley shower of little droplets descended from the sky, pat-a-pat on the faces and bodies of the people…

Everyone’s faces turned black in an instant.

These chickens were crossing the line, not fighting but just pooping non-stop, clearly intent on grossing them out to the extreme!

“Shoot them down!” Tang Yong roared with anger.

At that moment someone called out, “Prime Minister, the rabbits are coming over.”

Upon hearing this, Tang Yong turned back to look and saw the group of ferocious rabbits carrying knives charging over; the players who failed to enter the Imperial City were all decapitated.

A few of the rabbits, not satisfied with just slashing, dragged whomever they caught into houses, followed by chilling screams that sent shivers down people’s spines.

Tang Yong subconsciously clenched his legs tighter, muttering to himself, “No matter what, I must not be caught by them! I’d rather die than live without the lower half of my body! They are a bunch of beasts!”

Splat, splat…

His face and body were speckled with more small dots, and as he looked up, the flock of chickens had flown back, this time eating carrots while flying, prepared to munch and poop simultaneously, determined to disgust them thoroughly: “Damn chickens! May you get overstuffed and die from it!”

Tang Yong raged internally, yet he didn’t have time to deal with those chickens. He could only extend his Spiritual Energy outside himself to form a Shield that kept all the chicken droppings out–but when the poop smeared over his Shield, his face darkened even more!

The feeling was similar to when bird droppings hit a car’s windshield–dirty, disgusting, and most importantly obstructive!

“Damn it, archers shoot those chickens down!” Tang Yong was completely infuriated.