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They even opened three joint cracks in the central area.
Combined with what that crazy woman said on the radio, it's practically telling him:
Beware of these three combined cracks; a large one is coming.
"I'll retreat back to the city wall first, and I expect to arrive just after your shift to change apples."
After much deliberation, Li Ji decided to retreat to a relatively safe place first.
If the opponent's backup plan relies entirely on those three cracks, then what he needs to do now is rush back to the city wall immediately.
He hung up the phone and opened the system to count his saved savings.
After careful consideration, he decided to leave behind a team of experienced low-star operators to clear the two annihilation rifts.
He is currently unsure what the three combined rifts that appeared on the main battlefield are, so he must conserve his operators for the strategy of conquering the combined rifts.
He had a feeling that things weren't going well this time.
……
Following the directions, Li Ji arrived at the temporary command post on the frontier.
He sighed, recalling the message he had just received.
[Notice: All squads, please select suitable operators and assemble at the temporary operations room of the main command center before noon. If there are any shortages of personnel for defense, please contact headquarters first for unified personnel coordination!]
After discussing it with Tian Sheng again, Li Ji finally persuaded Tian Sheng to stay and guard the city wall.
Li Ji, on behalf of both teams, went to the headquarters to attend the meeting.
But before he even stepped into the makeshift war room, he heard a woman sighing inside.
"We have now taken over all the abandoned dilapidated buildings and deserted squares, but the ruins of 59... Yingming Pavilion is really powerless to do anything about them."
When Li Ji heard the words "a deserted, dilapidated building" and "a deserted square," he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
This is fucking the rotating chart from the Contingency Contract game!?
Li Ji patted his head in exasperation and opened the door to the makeshift operations room.
Because of time constraints, the meeting wouldn't wait for everyone to arrive before starting, so Qianya didn't say anything when he saw Li Ji arrive late.
He simply nodded and let Li Ji join the crowd.
The elites gathered below had no time to exchange pleasantries with Li Ji.
Because they all found it hard to accept the fact that Yingming Pavilion's efforts to resolve the rift were futile.
"Captain Qianya...you're saying Yingming Pavilion has absolutely no solution?"
"How could that be? If even Yingming Pavilion can't do it, then it seems there really is no way."
"Where are the people from the Suspended Immortal Path?! Where are they?!"
"Ping and the others have gone too deep, and they've been fighting wits and courage with the Fusionists along the way. They won't be back until at least tomorrow night!"
"Unfortunately, even if Xuanxiandao returns, it will probably be of no use."
Qianya's expression was rather unpleasant. "Based on my understanding of the people at Xuanxian Dao, they also can't find a way to deal with this crack..."
"Captain Qianya, I'd like to ask what kind of monster is inside that has left both Xuanxian Dao and Yingming Pavilion helpless..."
A weak voice asked.
"The monsters inside are quite simple in composition: lightly armored guards, stealth mage leaders, heavily armored defenders, armed personnel, avengers, and vengeful spirits..."
The woman called Thousand Crows answered.
"that's it?"
"You can't even beat these monsters?"
"Aren't these just ordinary monsters?"
"Captain Qianya, we may not be as powerful as Xuanxian Dao and Yingming Pavilion, but there's no need to use these things against us, is there?"
The others clearly didn't believe Qianya's answer and voiced their doubts.
Qianya wasn't angry. He calmly told the others, "These monsters are indeed not difficult, but there are rules in this rift."
"rule?"
“Yes, and the rules impose enormous restrictions on us.” Qianya took out a stack of combat reports and showed everyone all the data they had collected.
"The Avenger's defense is increased by 200%, health by 120%, and attack by 80%."
"The armed personnel's health has increased by 150%, attack power by 80%, magic resistance by 75, and they've also gained about two units of weight!"
"These are just the exclusive attributes. There are also attributes that increase the attack of the entire party by 80%, increase health by 150%, and increase movement speed and attack range by 50%. In fact, just missing one monster can cause the rift to worsen!"
"The restrictions on our side are also significant. Not only is our health reduced by 75%, the natural regeneration rate of deployment costs reduced by 50%, and there are areas where deployment is prohibited, but we must also choose one set of prohibited deployments from either Heavy Guardians or Warlock Medics!"
Chiya's words struck everyone present like an iceberg; almost all of them were seasoned veterans.
Once these numbers were spoken, they knew just how difficult it was.
With 75% of their health reduced, they still have to fight off Avengers and armed personnel whose attack power has increased by an unknown amount...
Everyone's stats are already low, and to give the other side a buff is a bit unreasonable.
Not to mention they even have to choose professions that are prohibited from deployment!
Now, everyone can picture themselves being killed one by one by armed men and avengers.
No wonder Qianya and the others said there was nothing they could do.
Even so, some people still said to Qianya:
"At least show us the battle footage. We called everyone here so we could work together to find a solution, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, we can always find a way if we find some control-type operators and healing defenders, right?"
"Although we don't have many versatile operators, we'll find a way if we bring together elites from all walks of life, right?"
"Including the commander, there are thirteen people in total... Even if we ban the use of some operators, we should be able to find replacements, right?"
The shouts from below grew louder and louder, but Qianya remained unmoved.
"Initially, I called you all here because the stats we needed to work on weren't too difficult. Even if the opponent's stats were high, we could always come up with some solutions by pooling our resources. But now it's different..."
Looking at the noisy crowd below, Qianya pasted the first message on the last piece of paper onto the blackboard in the operations room.
"In the latest round of intelligence, we need to add this new restriction to the previous ones."
The white paper was pasted onto the whiteboard, but the black words on it were particularly glaring.
Although it is short, only thirteen characters.
But those thirteen words were enough to shut everyone up, instantly silencing the initially unconvinced crowd.
It is clearly written above:
A maximum of four operators can be deployed into combat.
"..."
If the previous figures were an insurmountable iceberg, then these thirteen characters are like using a cruise ship meant for tourism as an icebreaker in the Arctic.
"I'm sorry, everyone, I think we may have to relocate the safe zone. Even if we call on teams from abroad, it will be difficult to find four operators who can get through this."
Qianya's voice was like a sharp knife, slowly carving into the hearts of everyone present.
The once noisy environment became silent, with only faint breathing sounds and occasional sighs remaining.
In this silence, occasionally one or two voices would rise, but they were so weak and powerless, as if they would be swallowed up by the oppressive atmosphere at any moment.
But this time.
A strong, resonant voice suddenly rang out from the back of the crowd:
"How about I try?"
Chapter 93: The Possibilities of Mathematics
Everyone turned around, their eyes focusing on Li Ji. His face appeared youthful and fair, like a flower freshly washed by morning dew.
He looks like a recent college graduate.
Although Li Ji was indeed a recent graduate who was currently unemployed and staying at home.
Did you not understand what I just said?
A question mark popped into Qianya's head. He couldn't quite understand how the elites selected for the team could not understand so many of the examples she had listed earlier.
"This is almost impossible to accomplish. Not only will you have to deal with numerous debuffs, but you can only bring four operators into the rift to fight!"
Not only Qianya, but everyone else also looked at Li Ji with strange eyes, as if they were looking at an outsider.
You want to try a mission that even the top two teams in Yan Kingdom couldn't complete?
Are you kidding me?!
“Child, I know you mean well, but this is impossible.”
"Aren't you just asking for death? If you lose, you'll only worsen the rift. If you want to die, don't drag me down with you!"