113: Chapter 113 A Deadly Start

Chen Aoyun had truly guessed it right.

Sakura Country had brought out more than one trump card item!

Apart from the trump card item used through the hands of the Jiaozhi Country [Strategist] to 'prevent Dragon Country from taking any action for the first three days of the start',

likewise using the hands of another country's [Strategist], the Strategist of Angkor Country also targeted Dragon Country, activating a 'determine spawn location' item before the Game of National Destiny had officially begun!

"Two trump card items that had to be activated before the start, and both are T0-tier items.

Damn, how much does Sakura Country hate Dragon Country!

Isn't it just because Dragon Country placed second in the last Game of National Destiny? There's no need to use two T0-tier items!

Damn, even winning first place in a Game of National Destiny doesn't guarantee a T0-tier item, and Sakura Country is using two just to target Dragon Country right off the bat?

They're insisting on doing something that's a pure loss, just contributing to the other participating countries. When did the Sakura people become so irrational?"

- "Maybe they were provoked.

Actually, the Dragon Country people are quite arrogant, too. Not only did they dare to participate in the new Game of National Destiny while Sakura Country's anger hadn't yet subsided, provoking Sakura Country,

but they were also discovered to have used a trump card item ahead of time before the Game of National Destiny started. What was it called... right, it's called [I Want to Win Hard]!

[I Want to Win Hard] can amplify the rewards for the ranking. By using this item, isn't Dragon Country declaring to the outside world that they intend to take a good ranking in this new Game of National Destiny!

Isn't this just fiercely provoking Sakura Country?"

Some viewers disagreed with this statement and posted comments,

"Dragon Country using its own trump card item counts as provocation?

So, Dragon Country shouldn't have its own trump card items?"

...

Dragon Country's performance in the last Game of National Destiny won them quite a bit of audience favor, and Sakura Country's targeting of Dragon Country caused a lot of discussion in the live stream.

But regardless of how everyone comments on Sakura Country's actions, there is one thing all viewers have to admit:

Sakura Country is ruthless enough and willing to spend a fortune to deal with Dragon Country!

Just at the start, Dragon Country is already facing absolute passivity, even with the danger of 'elimination at the start'!

The professional commentator in the live stream further analyzed,

"Restricting Dragon Country's actions for three days.

And using an item to affect the spawn location.

The location of Dragon Country's Home Base:

On the left are Sakura Country, Angkor Country, Luang Prabang Kingdom...

On the right are, in order, Jiaozhi Country, Nalan Country, Wanxiang Country...

Surrounded by Sakura Country and Sakura Country's vassal states right from the start!

I don't know if they fear the unfathomable abilities of Dragon Country's heroic spirits, or if they want to cut the Gordian knot and eliminate the variable that is Dragon Country as early as possible.

In short, Dragon Country is in trouble!

One Sakura Country [chess piece] is moving toward Dragon Country's Home Base, and other vassal states have also dispatched [chess pieces] to head toward the direction of Dragon Country's Home Base.

At the start, the total number of troops for all countries is the same, and the Construction Power is only enough to place one heroic spirit and construct one exclusive skill.

Once the three days pass, when Dragon Country must move its chess pieces forward, it will face the siege of multiple countries' [chess pieces]. Dragon Country is in danger!"

Chen Aoyun on the Star Chessboard also discovered the crisis at this moment.

Especially on the third day when the item's restriction effect was about to disappear, Chen Aoyun discovered that one Sakura Country [chess piece] and two Jiaozhi Country [chess pieces] had already arrived at the exit of Dragon Country's Home Base!

Not only that, but further away, other countries' [chess pieces] were also approaching Dragon Country's Home Base!

Others might not know the deeper reasons behind Sakura Country targeting Dragon Country, but after meeting Tang Junlin, Chen Aoyun had roughly guessed it:

It has to do with 'civilization achievements'!

Tang Junlin can use the achievements of Huaxia Civilization to construct [Community of Shared Destiny] and construct [Different Hearts].

Sakura Country can too.

In the Old Era, Sakura Country tried to occupy Dragon Country time and again. The so-called [Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere] was never achieved. This is them trying to complete this achievement and fulfill this long-cherished wish in the New Era!

Once completed, perhaps when the beta test ends and the second set of skills for [Strategist] is opened to the entire Blue Star, the Sakura Country Strategist will have the [Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere] Strategist skill!

This is just a guess; whether Sakura Country knows about the second set of skills is not certain, but Chen Aoyun always felt this possibility was extremely high.

Returning his gaze to the Star Chessboard.

The restriction on movement from the trump card item had completely disappeared, and now Dragon Country's two [chess pieces] had to leave the Home Base one by one.

He silently pushed the [Zhao Hongxiu Legion] chess piece first. Unsurprisingly, as soon as this chess piece left the Home Base, it was besieged by two Jiaozhi Country [chess pieces] that had been waiting outside the Home Base!

Entering a standoff state.

The 5,000 soldiers of the Zhao Hongxiu Legion spread out on the scene map.

Opposite them were two Jiaozhi Country legions with 5,000 soldiers each, totaling 10,000 men.

Chen Aoyun could mobilize the second [chess piece] to reinforce the [Zhao Hongxiu Legion] chess piece.

But the total troop strength after reinforcement would only be equal.

Dragon Country 10,000 vs. Jiaozhi Country 10,000.

The starting Construction Power is only enough to place one heroic spirit and activate one heroic spirit's exclusive skill once.

The Jiaozhi Country [Strategist] dares to use the starting Construction Power to place a [heroic spirit], but does he, Chen Aoyun, dare to?

He does not dare!

If Chen Aoyun used his Construction Power to deal with Jiaozhi Country, what would happen with the Sakura Country [chess piece] [Togaya Atsuto Legion] behind Jiaozhi Country?

Besides the Sakura Country [Togaya Atsuto Legion], other Sakura Country vassal [chess pieces] were approaching. What should he use to deal with these [chess pieces]?

Such troop deployment can only be described as Sakura Country being cautious enough.

The Sakura [Strategist] is guarding against the possibility that Chen Aoyun might use the power of a heroic spirit!

Chen Aoyun stared intently at the standoff situation and analyzed,

"Sakura Country is wary of Dragon Country's heroic spirits. Even if they have the advantage in troops, even if Jiaozhi Country can also place a heroic spirit, even if in this Game of National Destiny 'the weight of soldiers is extremely high' and the number of soldiers will greatly affect the combat power of [chess pieces], even surpassing the buffs from heroic spirit skills,

Sakura Country still does not want to face Dragon Country's [heroic spirit] directly!

Using Jiaozhi Country as a vanguard, using Jiaozhi Country's 10,000 troops to force me to place a [heroic spirit].

Now, it's wrong for me to place a [heroic spirit], and it's also wrong not to place a [heroic spirit]!

Two trump card items, used in combination by the Sakura people, have really forced me into a desperate situation right from the start!"

Chen Aoyun fell into deep thought.

He ordered Zhao Hongxiu, who was in the standoff on the battlefield, to remain still. Unless the two Jiaozhi Country legions launched an attack, he would not allow Zhao Hongxiu to lead the army forward a single step.

Zhao Hongxiu obeyed Chen Aoyun's arrangement, but she also reminded Chen Aoyun of the risks of doing so,

"If we combine Dragon Country's two chess pieces now and then use the power of the heroic spirit to make a desperate move, there might still be a slim chance of breaking out of the encirclement.

If we continue to drag it out like this, and wait until other Sakura Country vassal states arrive, that will be the real desperate situation!

The Sakura people are very smart; they didn't let the 'Togaya Atsuto Legion' join in the fun here.

They will definitely continue this tactic in the future.

I think you can't count on one heroic spirit and one activation of a heroic skill to eliminate all the enemy's [chess pieces], because Sakura Country is simply not playing with you like that!"

Zhao Hongxiu was right. No matter how powerful Dragon Country's heroic spirits are, the Construction Power is only that much.

Without the heroic spirit having its own troops, the heroic spirit's buffs to the legion are all reflected in the skill buffs.

Since the Sakura people didn't let the [chess piece -- Togaya Atsuto Legion] and the Jiaozhi Country [chess pieces] combine forces now, later, when more vassal reinforcements arrive, Sakura Country won't gather the forces of all [chess pieces] at once to launch a total attack on Dragon Country!

They won't give Chen Aoyun the chance to place a heroic spirit, activate an exclusive skill once, and wipe them all out!

However, the desperate move Zhao Hongxiu mentioned is also unrealistic.

Because the logic is the same; if he uses the Construction Power on Jiaozhi Country and defeats the two Jiaozhi Country [chess pieces], how will he deal with the Sakura Country [Togaya Atsuto Legion]?

Don't forget, Dragon Country and Jiaozhi Country's starting Construction Power allows for placing a [heroic spirit] and casting an exclusive skill once; Sakura Country can do that too!

It's unsolvable, simply unsolvable!

Chen Aoyun was choked with frustration, "Could it be that this Game of National Destiny is really going to end right here at the start?"