119: Kim Keun Suk's strategy is to retreat in order to advance!

“Kim Da Shao, speak up!”

“Are you mute? You can’t blame us for a mistake like this, can you?”

“You’ve challenged this Dungeon three times already. Don’t you have any planning at all? The weather system is one of the most basic things in a Dungeon.”

In the wireless communication channel, the accusations from the other three Family Heads continued.

Kim Geun-seok frantically ran his hands through his hair, his eyes bloodshot.

His mind became a chaotic mess, and he even started scratching his head.

He had planned for everything, taken precautions everywhere, but in the end, he never expected that Lin Ye had also left a trick up his sleeve regarding the weather system!

In fact, weather warfare is common in many Dungeons on Azure Star, especially among lower-level Designers who incorporate various complex weather systems into their Dungeons to increase difficulty.

Rain battles, snow battles, fog battles, storm battles…

These things are not uncommon; some high-level Designers even look down on such childish tactics.

Because these so-called weather systems are more of a clever trick, unable to reflect true strength.

They are merely tactics used by those without core technology to cover up their lack of military hard power.

But clearly… Lin Ye’s weather system is definitely not that kind of low-level weather setting! Because this setting can be said to far exceed normal cognition.

Take, for example, the Mao Xiong Country’s temperature setting of minus 75 degrees Celsius. Kim Geun-seok simply couldn’t understand what kind of logic was used to allow the Sky Curtain to approve it.

How could a country possibly survive in an environment of minus 75 degrees Celsius?!

How could the people of this country endure such an almost abnormal low-temperature environment?!

All these doubts, but Kim Geun-seok didn’t have time to think about them now.

He also couldn’t complain, because every time the Dungeon started, the Sky Curtain would give the Challenger a prompt about the Mao Xiong Country’s weather conditions.

It’s just that no one took it seriously.

…

War was imminent!

Their South Korea ground army could not continue advancing under the influence of the low temperature…

Even if they could muster all their strength to move on the snow, the combat effectiveness of their weaponry would be greatly reduced.

At the same time, their invasion had already angered the Mao Xiong Country, and the Mao Xiong Country’s army would soon arrive.

Regardless of the Mao Xiong Country’s ground combat strength, with the current state of the Korean army, any random unit could completely crush them.

Was this round of Dungeon challenge going to end in such a ridiculous way again?!

Kim Geun-seok punched the command console, directly bloodying his hand.

He was unwilling, truly unwilling!

If the Dungeon really ended in this way, then the South Goryeo Settlement would undoubtedly become a true laughingstock.

The top ground army, created by the Strong Race Action, ended up being repeatedly toyed with by Lin Ye.

This humiliation would stir up public resentment in the South Goryeo Settlement, and then his Jin family’s status would be completely gone.

What to do?!

Kim Geun-seok forced himself to remain calm.

Suddenly, an idea surged into his mind, as if God had suddenly tapped his head.

Since they couldn't gain an advantage in the Mao Xiong Country, why not retreat to the Ma Country and wait for the Mao Xiong Country’s army to actively attack them?

Anyway, in this Dungeon’s mechanism, once the Mao Xiong Country is invaded, the Mao Xiong Country will actively launch a strategic attack on the Challenger’s country!

In this way, they would have ample time to deploy their troops and gain a complete geographical advantage.

Since they couldn't delve deep into the tiger’s den, why not wait for the rabbit to come to them!!!

“Hahaha!” Kim Geun-seok suddenly burst into wild laughter, the gloom in his heart instantly swept away.

Even he was moved by his own quick thinking in a crisis.

“Chief Li, Chief Cui, Park Jung-young, do you three really think I haven’t considered these things?” Kim Geun-seok shouted into the microphone in the command vehicle. “No way?”

“Then you underestimate Kim Geun-seok too much!”

“Let me tell you, all current progress is within my plan, and it is a situation I deliberately created!”

“The reason I wanted everyone to enter the Mao Xiong Country’s territory was to trigger the Mao Xiong Country’s pursuit mechanism and lure the Mao Xiong Country’s army in front of us.”

“And what we need to do now is to retreat to the vicinity of Lake Ubsu-Nur within the Ma Country’s territory, then set up camp there and make strategic deployments!”

“By utilizing the Ma Country’s innate geographical advantage, we will have a better chance of defeating the Mao Xiong Country’s army! This time, we will turn active offense into active defense!”

Hearing Kim Geun-seok’s new instructions, the other three in the communication channel fell silent.

It must be said that Kim Geun-seok’s strategy was indeed flawless.

Retreating to the Ma Country in this situation was indeed more reasonable than continuing to advance deeper into the Mao Xiong Country.

And the geographical conditions of the Ma Country were also very suitable for trench warfare.

But upon closer thought, something still felt a bit off.

“Kim Da Shao… your strategy sounds feasible,” Lee Tae-yong said in the communication channel.

“But I have a question. Isn’t the objective of this Dungeon mission to conquer any one of the three main cities: Volgograd, Saint Petersburg, or Moscow?”

“With your tactic, even if you defeat the Mao Xiong’s army, how will you capture the Mao Xiong’s main cities?”

Lee Tae-yong’s question really stumped Kim Geun-seok.

He hadn’t thought of such a detailed problem.

The tactic he had just come up with was a temporary idea, purely for emergency use.

But since things had come to this, he couldn’t admit that he was trying to salvage the situation by force; if he did, he would truly become a mediocre person.

Even if he genuinely hadn't thought of it, he had to pretend to be confident now.

He had to put on a brave face, no matter what!

“Hmph… Chief Li, you don’t think I haven’t thought about this problem, do you?”

“Everything is within my plan!”

“Chief Li, let me ask you, with our Korean ground military equipment, do you think we can drive to the closest main city, Moscow?” Kim Geun-seok asked with a smile. “Which of our Korean military vehicles can be driven in an environment of minus 75 degrees Celsius?”

“Uh… it seems very unlikely right now,” Lee Tae-yong stammered in response.

“Then let me ask you again, if the Mao Xiong Country’s military equipment crosses the long snowfield to attack our army, doesn’t that mean the Mao Xiong Country’s military equipment has extremely strong snow mobility?”

“After we use tactics to defeat the Mao Xiong’s army, and then seize the Mao Xiong Country’s military equipment for ourselves, is it feasible to drive their country’s equipment to attack their country’s main cities?”

After Kim Geun-seok said this, the other three in the communication channel were once again silent. It must be said that in the current situation, Kim Geun-seok’s method was indeed the best choice.

Finally, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim.

“Kim Da Shao, brilliant!”

“Putting everything else aside, Kim Da Shao’s move is indeed very clever! It shows planning!”

“Just do as Kim Da Shao says.”

Seeing that Lee Tae-yong and Chief Cui had nothing to say, Kim Geun-seok was very pleased.

It was truly a narrow escape from death.

The potential of humans is indeed infinite; the more critical the moment, the more one can come up with brilliant strategies to turn the tide.

In fact, Kim Geun-seok knew very well that his plan still had significant loopholes.

For example, the time issue.

It was already the third day in the Dungeon, with less than four days until the Dungeon closed. What if the Mao Xiong Country’s army couldn’t make it?

Or, even if the Mao Xiong Country’s army could make it, and the Korean army could defeat the Mao Xiong Country’s forces, but there wasn’t enough time to return to the main city of Moscow, then what would they do?

But clearly, Lee Tae-yong, Choi Tae-won, and Park Jung-young hadn’t thought of these things, and he naturally wouldn’t bring it up himself.

Since things had come to this, even if it was a mistake, he had to commit to it wholeheartedly!

“All troops, listen up! Stop the active attack on the Mao Xiong Country and retreat to Lake Ubsu-Nur in the Ma Country!”

Kim Geun-seok gave the order.

The entire Korean Steel Legion turned around and galloped in the opposite direction.

…

In the live broadcast room, the spectators began discussing again.

However, this time, it was no longer sarcasm and ridicule towards Kim Geun-seok.

Most people agreed with the decision to withdraw troops to the Ma Country.

“To be honest, this Kim Da Shao is indeed a bit cunning; he could actually come up with such a method…”

“Lord Ye’s Dungeon is indeed too tricky. A snowfield at minus 75 degrees Celsius, I think it would be difficult for any Settlement on Azure Star to cope with such an extreme environment.”

“Lord Ye is just different; even designing a weather system is so original.”

“Although it feels like Kim Geun-seok didn’t plan this in advance, being able to come up with such a countermeasure in a crisis truly shows the hard strength of a top-tier expert.”

“Don’t jump to conclusions so early. What if the Mao Xiong Country’s army sees that the Challenger has retreated to the Ma Country and doesn’t actively attack? What will these Koreans do then?”

“Most likely not. The Sky Curtain has warned before that the Mao Xiong Country is a vindictive nation; even a tiny act of aggression will incur the Mao Xiong Country’s wrath.”

At this moment, the spectators were actually very much looking forward to it.

They all wanted to see how good Lin Ye’s level was in ground combat.

Previously, Lin Ye had already demonstrated his level in naval and aerial combat in his Dungeon, both being at the top level on Azure Star.

If his ground combat level was also overwhelming, then Lin Ye would be a well-deserved all-around hexagonal warrior in Dungeon design!

Kim Geun-seok’s previous two attacks were somewhat childish, but this time, it was clear that this guy’s intelligence was finally online.

The number of viewers for the Dungeon live broadcast was also increasing.

Everyone wanted to see who would prevail between the ground army, which had gathered the strength of the entire South Korea, and Lin Ye, the most renowned Dungeon Designer on Azure Star.

Who would be superior!