157: Chapter 157 The Eye of Annihilation

The Players came to their senses and frantically mocked the Players of District 9999.

Before long, they were like rats crossing the street, loathed by everyone.

In the Guardian group, the Bosses also closed their live streams, still wanting more.

“Can your district handle the china?”

“No way. The strength of District 9999 is even greater than ours; if we went, we'd probably just be serving ourselves up on a platter.”

“This is getting tricky. If there's a naval battle dungeon in the future, no one will be a match for them.”

“666, it feels like by the end of the fight, the morale of District 9999 had collapsed a bit.”

“That's normal. On one side, there's a shield that can't be broken, and on the other, there are pirate ships that appear and disappear at will. If it were you, you couldn't fight them either.”

“Damn, just imagining it, this fight must have been incredibly frustrating.”

“I have a question: why are they still in the Night Instance? Why did they run into each other in that place?”

Suddenly, the messages in the channel stopped.

A moment later, many people exclaimed:

“Pioneering?!!”

“Damn, no wonder they refused to run away even after fighting like that. So that's why.”

“Isn't this over then? He was already so strong, and now that he's pioneering, we'll never catch up.”

“Have you noticed? He has sixty planes now.”

“Yeah, I really want to see the footage of him pioneering.”

“Is anyone on good terms with the china? Why not go and discuss it?”

“To the person above, you said the same thing last time.”

“...”

“...”

The District 1 Players hid inside their fortress, staring intently at the live stream.

Discovering that the people from District 9999 had been bombed into wailing and were exiting the dungeon one after another, they immediately began to celebrate wildly.

“Boss is awesome! Boss is mighty! Boss is imposing!”

“The Boss is truly unfathomable. Not only does he have three main ships, but also ten thousand pirate ships?”

“Wait, Boss, how did you get these pirate ships? Can we get some?”

“Don't ask, the person above. If you ask, the answer is no. How could the Boss's secrets be told to you?”

Seeing that the Players of District 9999 had completely disappeared, Chen Fan breathed a sigh of relief.

He shrank the fortress, and the No. 2 destroyer quickly approached.

This battle cost him nearly 20 million in basic resources, with over 10 million of that being distributed to the Players for ship repairs.

Even so, 500 Players were still wiped out.

“It seems I need to quickly improve the strength of the Players. Some strong districts are fully capable of supporting 100,000 main forces, just like District 9999.”

Chen Fan shook his head, a hint of solemnity appearing in his eyes.

For now, he can win through aerial fire suppression and the coordination of the ghost ship.

Once the strength of the Players improves and the main Players upgrade to Large Patrol Boats, he won't have any advantages under the protection of advanced shields.

By then, even three rounds of his bombing won't have much effect.

“Brother Fan, there's movement behind us.”

Chen Fan frowned slightly and opened Exploration.

From the direction of the City of Sin, over three hundred warships sailed out from the water gate.

The shape of the warships was extremely similar to the pirate ships.

On the leading ship, a burly man wearing golden armor waved the machete in his hand, roaring continuously.

“This is...”

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, looking at that familiar design, before realizing what it was.

Isn't this the leader of the city wall garrison?

He actually charged out, and he brought three hundred ships with him.

Is he suicidal?

Speechless, Chen Fan shook his head and held down Lairuilei, who was preparing to shoot an arrow.

“Wait for them to come over, then take the ships. They might be very useful later.”

Lairuilei nodded and stood by Chen Fan's side.

Not far away, the three hundred ships approached rapidly.

Bursts of roars came from Commander Yu's mouth:

“Enemy general, prepare to die!”

“How bold! You dare to insult our Boss? Brothers, skin him alive!”

The earth burrowing ship gritted its teeth, its naval guns roaring as they turned to aim at the leading Commander Yu.

“Don't fire, let them come over.”

Chen Fan rubbed his chin, thinking of a strategy in his mind.

Since the City of Sin also has a fleet, there must be waterways inside the city for ships to navigate.

If he could Recruit one of their warships, he could go deep into the hinterland through the waterways. Wouldn't that be a surprise force?

After running through the simulation several times, Chen Fan felt this plan was feasible.

Boom, boom, boom—

The sound of artillery rang out, and Chen Fan looked up slightly.

The three hundred warships passed through the space left by the Players and arrived right in front of Chen Fan.

As soon as they saw Chen Fan's aircraft carrier, the other side couldn't wait to open fire.

Three hundred cannonballs slammed into the shield, knocking off a few hundred points of energy.

“...”

Chen Fan shook his head speechlessly. Can this thing even fight a war?

It seems the opponent's naval strength is no less than the Mongol navy from his past life.

“Thieving general, don't run! Do you dare to fight me for three hundred rounds!”

Seeing that his artillery was ineffective, Commander Yu drew the sword from his waist and pointed it at Chen Fan.

“Oh?”

Chen Fan chuckled, stepped forward, and slowly extended his right hand:

“How do you want to fight?”

Commander Yu's eyes lit up. “A duel. If I win, you will... Master.”

Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes gradually became dull, and he shouted mechanically.

“Heh.”

Chen Fan chuckled, his gaze scanning forward, and his right hand extended again.

Soon, the three hundred warships, along with the three thousand soldiers on board, were all Recruited by Chen Fan as Crew Members.

The coordination of the SSS-grade Spirit Control and Recruit was seamless.

When Spirit Control is used, the target falls into a brief state of confusion.

At this moment, if Chen Fan uses Recruit, the opponent will be Recruited by Chen Fan as a Crew Member without any resistance.

1,500 Players, watching the 300 warships being taken under Chen Fan's command, were immediately stunned on the spot.

“Boss, what kind of Talent is this? It's so terrifying.”

“How did this NPC instantly betray us in front of the Boss?”

“Oh, I get it! The Boss also subdued those ten thousand pirate ships like this, right?”

“Yes, yes, yes. You're the only smart one; we didn't know.”

“...”

Chen Fan chuckled, “S-grade Talent, not convenient to disclose. Everyone, please keep it a secret for me.”

“Holy crap! It really is an S-grade Talent.”

“No wonder. This S-grade Talent must have many different functions, which is why the Boss can develop so quickly.”

“The Boss and Second-in-Command of District 9999 probably also have S-grade Talents, right? But theirs are attack-type, while our Boss's is support-type.”

“Everyone must keep it secret, otherwise others will be on guard.”

“Keep secret +1.”

“Keep secret +10010.”

“But Boss, what do we do next? Enter the city?”

“We lost 500 Brothers this time. If we don't get some resources back, we'll have made a huge loss.”

“Could those stones on the city wall be new resources?”

“And that giant searchlight, what is that emitting a dim light on the base?”

Chen Fan scanned for a moment and motioned for the Players to be quiet.

“Drake, take the Crew Members and go scout the path.”

“Yes, Master.”

Drake flipped onto a warship and, leading one hundred Crew Members, headed towards the shallows.

Jiu Jiu pondered for a moment and also let her Sharpshooter follow.

“Maybe there are new resources; I'll collect them first.”

Chen Fan nodded slightly, his gaze locked on Drake.

The group quickly landed, jumped over the collapsed city wall, and headed towards the searchlight.

“It really is a new resource!”

Jiu Jiu exclaimed and traded the resources brought back by the Sharpshooter to Chen Fan.

[Obtained: eye of annihilation x100.]