To piece together the complete content of “Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” the Adventurers of Tide Town were quite dedicated, launching one Strategy after another for the Tiger Cage Pass Battle.
During this period, Chen Yu also initiated the next round of Dungeon Duel.
【Matching...】
【Match successful!】
【Dungeon battlefield activated, current battlefield level Lv2】
【Opponent confirmed...】
【Tide Town (Lv1) vs. Feiyun Town (Lv3)】
【Tide Town population: 9,625 people】
【Feiyun Town population: 17,545 people】
【Current Adventurer challenger count confirmed: 96 vs 96】
Upon seeing his opponent, Chen Yu was slightly taken aback. “Only an excellent town with a population of just over 10,000?”
This made him a bit puzzled.
Because normally, excellent towns have populations of over 30,000, and reaching 40,000 means they have a chance to upgrade to a model town.
Falling to just over 10,000 people meant that this town was undergoing a major upheaval, with its population rapidly fleeing outwards, and at a very fast rate.
So the question arose: why would an area in trouble and on the verge of collapse not try every possible means to stabilize itself?
Why would it still participate in a Dungeon Duel?
Chen Yu hesitated for a moment.
He chose 【Increase Bet】 to see how the other side would react.
To his surprise, the other side decisively chose 【Increase Bet】 without any hesitation.
“This…”
Did they think he was an emerging town and thus easier to deal with?
Chen Yu continued to 【Increase Bet】.
The opponent continued to follow.
After several rounds, the number of participants reached 480:384.
At this number, the other side suddenly stopped following.
“??”
This was the first time Chen Yu expressed confusion in a Dungeon Duel.
What did that mean?
Did they not have enough soul crystals to follow, or what…?
Logically speaking, to win, they should have followed no matter what; otherwise, with mismatched numbers, how could they possibly win?
If they lost, all the soul crystals they had placed in the pool would belong to the other party.
The other side couldn't possibly expect to win with fewer people, could they?
That would be too overconfident.
Chen Yu didn't believe the other party would be so arrogant; even the most arrogant person wouldn't show it in such a situation.
And if they were afraid of losing, or didn't have enough soul crystals, then they shouldn't have followed from the beginning; they should have just conceded in this round and waited for it to end.
In that case, at most, they would just fail the duel and lose the soul crystals needed to rebuild the Dungeon; they wouldn't lose anything else.
“So what does this mean now?”
“Both following and not following…”
Chen Yu didn't know what the other side wanted to do, and the 【Increase Bet】 phase quickly passed.
Then it came to the time confirmation phase.
As usual, Chen Yu chose to set the time for tomorrow morning.
This was the soonest possible time.
Anyway, this time it would be the Resident Evil Hard Mode, and the content was basically finished, so there was no need to build other Dungeons. The only thing needed was to adjust the difficulty and add an extra operation training tutorial.
As for the actual duel time, it depended on what the other side chose.
【Time confirmed!】
【As both sides have agreed on the time, the duel will be confirmed for 15 hours later. Both lords, please prepare.】
“Hmm?”
Chen Yu was again somewhat surprised.
Interesting…
The duel was starting on the second day again. Was his luck this good twice in a row? To encounter such decisive opponents.
...
After this duel was confirmed, in Tide Town, all 384 Adventurers were pulled into a chat room.
Looking at the ratio above, the Adventurers of Tide Town also had doubts in their eyes.
【Tide 003】: What's going on? The other side has 480 people, and we only have 384. How can such an asymmetrical situation occur?
【Tide 331】: It's a bit strange. This is the first time I've seen someone increase the bet halfway.
【Tide 121】: Feiyun 001, are your Adventurers there? Did your lord run out of soul crystals? With mismatched numbers, how are you going to play?
【Feiyun 001】: Our lord never intended to win.
【Tide 121】: ??
The Adventurers of Tide Town looked at each other, confused.
What's going on?
If they didn't intend to win, why would they actively participate in a Dungeon Duel?
If they didn't intend to win, why would they increase the bet to this extent?
Something was off. Very, very off.
【Tide 121】: What type of Dungeon is most popular in your town?
Seeing that the Adventurers from Feiyun Town didn't seem very enthusiastic, Tide Town asked directly.
【Feiyun 001】: There aren't many Dungeons left.
【Tide 121】: Huh?
【Feiyun 001】: May I ask, how is your town developing? Is it suitable for immigration?
【Tide 121】: Huh?
The Adventurers of Tide Town were all a bit bewildered.
What was wrong with the other side?
Not only were they not talking much, but they were openly discussing immigration.
Was this something they could talk about?
Was their town's Adventurer's Guild so generous that it didn't mind at all?
Tide Town hadn't replied yet.
【Feiyun 001】: Never mind, it's fine. It's only a day anyway; it'll pass quickly.
After that, no one from Feiyun Town spoke again.
Tide Town also quieted down.
They could vaguely guess that Feiyun Town must have encountered some trouble.
As for what kind of trouble, they didn't know.
At this moment, in a certain area of Adventurer World, outside the Adventurer's Guild in Feiyun Town, a large number of Adventurers were gathered.
Inside, the 480 Adventurers preparing to participate in the duel challenge were mostly present.
Their expressions seemed a bit dejected.
“Guild Master, this time the opponent is just an emerging town, and their population is only over 9,000. Why don't we just skip this one?”
“That's right. Instead of sending me to such an emerging town, I'd rather stay with everyone. After all, I've been in Feiyun Town for so long; there's still a bond.”
“I don't really want to go either. How unlucky! Why was I chosen this time…”
Among these 480 Adventurers, most expressed their reluctance.
Although others didn't say much, it was clear that they agreed with the speakers' sentiments.
Deep down, as members of an excellent town, they looked down on emerging towns.
If they were to immigrate, they should immigrate to other excellent towns or even more powerful towns.
“Sigh.”
The Adventurer's Guild Master looked at everyone and sighed.
“I know what you're thinking, but time waits for no one. The Dark Tide is almost here, and this is not the time to be picky.
You should be clear about the consequences if our population doesn't drop below 10,000 before the Dark Tide arrives.”