85: Chapter 85 The Reason

After the reset, [Divine Judgment] has three charges, and each failed 'Judgment' reduces the count by one. Even if we don't exhaust all the Judgment opportunities of the Sakura Country, draining them down to just one would at least make the people of Sakura Country timid and hesitant.

The Ottoman side might need to use Judgment, so at the very least, you in Sakura Country need to save one Judgment for the final 'Emperor Duel' stage, right?

Therefore, Chen Aoyun was not only unafraid of the Sakura Country's Judgment but actually looked forward to it.

Zhao Hongxiu was not the type to be very chatty. After confirming that the tricks of the Prophecy were about what she had guessed, she kept her head down and collected resources on the chessboard according to the route planned for her by Chen Aoyun, this [Strategist].

Chen Aoyun kept an eye on the movements on the chessboard. Regardless of the identity of the resources, as long as they spawned, he would control the chess pieces of the four [Roleplayers] to approach carefully and seize them with lightning speed.

While waiting for the Sakura Country's Judgment, Chen Aoyun still had many questions about this Game of National Destiny, so he used this time to ask Zhao Hongxiu,

"The top three are Dragon Country, Ottoman, and Sakura Country.

All other countries have been eliminated, even the USA, which ranks first in national strength in the New Era, is only in the top ten.

How could this be?

Even saying the first stage had many restrictions, it doesn't make sense that a group of powerful countries like the USA, Britain, and Mao Xiong... were all suppressed by Ottoman and Sakura Country."

It doesn't make sense to be suppressed by Ottoman and Sakura Country, but it makes sense to be suppressed by Dragon Country?

Chen Aoyun's inexplicable confidence, or even arrogance, regarding Dragon Country left Zhao Hongxiu speechless, but she still patiently explained,

"It's not that these powerful countries are inferior to Ottoman and Sakura Country, but that they all chose the lowest-risk mode to participate in this Game of National Destiny, which has extremely many restrictions."

Chen Aoyun was an eager student. Zhao Hongxiu knew that this was his first time participating in the Game of National Destiny and that he hadn't received professional training at the Support Group base, so she patiently explained,

"As you know, [Strategists] and [Roleplayers] both have ranks; the foreign term is levels.

Ranks/levels are roughly divided into several tiers:

Lv1 - Lv6 are Beginner tier.

Beginner [Strategists] and [Roleplayers] only need to squeeze into the top third of the rankings for their levels not to drop.

Lv7 - Lv12 are Intermediate tier.

[Strategists] and [Roleplayers] at this tier participating in the Game of National Destiny must have their country rank in the top five to maintain their levels after the Game of National Destiny ends.

And Lv13 - Lv18 are Advanced tier.

It must be first place. [Strategists] and [Roleplayers] at this tier must have their country take first place; otherwise, after the Game of National Destiny ends, their levels will drop—not by a certain amount, but wiped out completely! They will become Lv0!"

Chen Aoyun on the Star Chessboard suddenly realized.

So, the ranking not only determines whether one can be resurrected but also affects the levels of [Strategists] and [Roleplayers]!

"So, in this Game of National Destiny, because the first stage has too many restrictions, the major powers that participated couldn't guarantee they would secure first place.

Let alone first place, they couldn't even guarantee the top five.

Therefore, none of the major powers sent high-level [Strategists] and [Roleplayers] for fear of them dropping in rank?"

That's exactly the logic, Zhao Hongxiu continued,

"Whether it is a [Strategist] or a [Roleplayer], leveling up is not easy.

Participating in the Game of National Destiny grants experience, but besides experience, the seventh and thirteenth ranks have special thresholds. Dragon Country has never had high-level [Strategists] and [Roleplayers], so we don't know what the specific thresholds are.

But according to the speculation of Group Leader Chen Feng of our Dragon Country Support Group, the threshold should be quite high, requiring some special conditions or special items; otherwise, those major powers wouldn't be so worried about high-level [Strategists] and [Roleplayers] dropping in rank.

None of the major powers had high-level people participating, except for Ottoman and Sakura Country, which were quite stubborn, as they sent high-level people to participate in this Game of National Destiny.

But they didn't send too many high-level people, for fear of really stumbling.

During the halftime break, I asked Group Leader Chen Feng, and he said that Sakura Country only sent one Lv13 [Roleplayer] to participate, while the rest are all Lv6."

Chen Aoyun had already experienced the impact of the ranks of [Strategists] and [Roleplayers].

The movement speed boost on the chessboard and the various '+ numbers' on the chess pieces are all skills of the [Strategist].

The difference in strength due to the ranks of [Roleplayers] is even more obvious; Zhao Hongxiu, who is at rank 3 (Lv3), is simply no match for Togaya Atsuto, who is at rank 6 (Lv6).

Chen Aoyun perked up and said with a mischievous smile,

"In other words, as long as Sakura Country doesn't take first place, then Sakura Country will lose one Lv13 [Roleplayer]?"