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The USA's points are higher than my Dragon Country's, and having one less Tower means one less point of combat power in this act, which seems like a good thing for the Dragon Country... But there is no such thing as a free lunch; I need to figure out the reason for this."

Who said that just because one is eliminated, one cannot influence the situation?

The USA losing a Tower is a good thing for the Dragon Country, but the beneficiary absolutely cannot be Sakura Country!

If the USA's loss of a Tower was a trick played by the Sakura people, Chen Aoyun must figure out their methods.

If the Sakura people could make the USA lose a Tower during one nightfall, could they make other countries lose Towers inexplicably during the next nightfall?

If you lose a Tower, he loses a Tower, and it keeps going back and forth, what if the Sakura people end up becoming the country with the most Towers and take the lead in this act? Wouldn't that be extremely disadvantageous for the Dragon Country?

You have to know, although the Sakura people have been targeting the Dragon Country in the previous acts, the Sakura Country's total points haven't fallen behind; they are ranked right after the Dragon Country!

Now that the Dragon Country has been eliminated in this fourth act, the Sakura Country has a strong tendency to push the Dragon Country out of the top three at the slightest provocation.

Chen Aoyun will never allow such a thing to happen!

Taking the [red token] handed over by Toslev, Chen Aoyun carefully studied it: "Function and usage effect of the [red token]: Activate this item to obtain 'Attack Authorization,' allowing you to choose any building to launch an attack."

The Dragon Country had already been eliminated, so Chen Aoyun couldn't test many details of this act through practice; he could only ask others.

After carefully studying the rules embedded within, he returned the [red token] to Toslev and asked, "Is it impossible to attack other countries without this [red token]?"

Since it was something everyone knew, Toslev didn't hide it, "Although the rules don't mention these things, I have tried it.

Towers can only be used to attack the demons and special targets that appear in waves. Unless you use the authorization from the [red token], you cannot set another country's Tower as a target.

Moreover, one [red token] can only be used once, and it can only set one target at a time."

Toslev thought for a moment and told Chen Aoyun his guess, "A [red token] can only set one target and be used once.

During one nightfall, only one red special target can be killed to obtain this token.

So, regarding the USA losing a Tower, the last countries you should suspect are Russia and Sakura Country. We both have unused [red token]s in our hands.

I know your Dragon Country doesn't get along with Sakura Country, but I also advise you not to throw mud at Sakura Country casually; that will only lower the credibility of your words.

You should suspect the remaining countries.

No one says that those remaining countries must kill gold targets during nightfall and cannot kill red targets!

Now that it has been revealed that this Game of National Destiny has tenfold rewards, and it might even be more than tenfold.

After each act ends, new information related to the entire Game of National Destiny appears.

What was revealed after the third act ended was: tenfold rewards.

Then, after the fourth act ends, will there be even more explosive information, raising the importance of winning this Game of National Destiny by one, or even several levels?

If that's the case, then the first place in this Game of National Destiny is too covetable.

There are many countries falling behind now, and there is no lack of people willing to stir the water!

Also, since you have been eliminated, you don't know.

After nightfall, all countries that launched Tower attacks against special targets received a hidden rule."

"There is a hidden rule?" Hearing that there was a hidden rule piqued Chen Aoyun's curiosity.

As it was a rule known to everyone, Toslev didn't hide it, but this hidden rule was rather special; it had nothing to do with the situation on the field, but rather with the audience outside.

Toslev said, "The content of the hidden rule is very simple: when nightfall descends, the actions of all countries will not be broadcast.

It's a very strange rule.

In the thousand-year history of the Game of National Destiny, such a thing as blocking the broadcast has never happened before.

However, this rule does not affect the decision-making of the Strategists of various countries on the field."

As this Game of National Destiny has progressed to this point, the Strategists of various countries have been unable to communicate with the Support Group outside.

Therefore, in Toslev's view, the decisions of the Strategists of various countries after nightfall would not be affected by whether it is broadcast or not.

But Chen Aoyun didn't think so.

Russia has never been a weak country in the New Era, and it has never been a bootlicker to other countries, so it is impossible for Toslev to understand the behavioral logic of some countries.

If everything were broadcast, it would mean that no matter what one does, even if it can be hidden for a moment, one will eventually be held accountable.

But if it is not broadcast, then for some countries, it means casting off restraints, and they can do whatever they want!

Yes, what Chen Aoyun was thinking of was Sakura Country.

In the New Era, in this environment where the Western world is strong and the Eastern world is weak, although Sakura Country's strength is not bad, it has always relied on the USA in terms of grand strategy.

Sakura Country can compete with the USA normally, but for a long time, it has never dared to undermine the USA behind its back.

That is Sakura Country!

The true nature of Sakura Country is 'knowing small courtesies but lacking great righteousness, clinging to minor details but lacking great virtue.'

They are extremely adept at sneak attacks and backstabbing.

On the premise that all actions are broadcast, the Sakura people dare not bite the hand that feeds them.

But what if the broadcast is disabled?

After hearing this hidden rule, Chen Aoyun suspected even more that the USA's loss of a Tower was inseparable from the Sakura people.

Of course, Chen Aoyun is not a stubborn fool.

Now that the Sakura people have the token to prove their innocence in hand, Chen Aoyun will only focus on suspecting that the Sakura people are the culprits, but he won't be stupid enough to expect others to agree with his guess.

So Chen Aoyun quieted down and re-examined all the known information.

"In this 'Tower Defense Game', the only means of attack for all countries is the Tower.

Even if one can summon a Heroic Spirit Manifestation, the manifestation exists attached to the Tower.

The demons appearing in waves cannot attack the Towers, so all countries' Towers only attack and do not defend.

Under normal circumstances, even if the defense of all countries' Towers were zero, they would not be destroyed by other countries' Towers.

Unless the opponent has a [red token] in their hand, and activates the 'Attack Authorization' within the token to set the enemy's Tower as an attack target, can they then use their own Tower to destroy another country's Tower..."

Thinking of this, Chen Aoyun suddenly noticed a detail: among all the known rules regarding using one's own Tower to attack another country's Tower, the [red token] is a method, but it does not contain the word 'only'!

For a [Strategist], especially a [Strategist] like Chen Aoyun who is good at exploiting bugs, nitpicking has long been his habit.

The rules embedded in the [red token] do not contain the word 'only'; other countries' [Strategist]s might overlook it, but Chen Aoyun absolutely would not!

"Without the word 'only', does it mean there are other ways to launch attacks?

If so, what could it be?

Before nightfall, the waves of demons encountered by all countries were exactly the same.

Even after nightfall, the situations of all countries were no different, just that there were two more 'special targets' with different rewards.

Since all countries have the same setup, how could someone destroy a Tower of the USA without other countries being able to detect it?"