Chapter 428: Chapter 428: Airdrop?

System: Congratulations, you’ve achieved a glorious victory!

A war that was still almost forty minutes away from ending was abruptly concluded when Song Jian killed Jiang Shan, ending the ordeal with a one-on- six skirmish that saw the City of Hope Alliance withstand the trial of battle.

“We have emerged victorious!” Everyone began to cheer.

“Captain, I believe we should relocate our safe houses here. The defensive measures are excellent and quite sturdy.” Zhou Qing looked around and suggested quietly.

“Yes, it is safer for us to be grouped together.” Ma Yu nodded in agreement.

The levels of their safe houses were fairly low. They would certainly struggle to fend off any attempted territory expansion attacks against them.

“Alright, I’ll ask Brother Song. If he agrees, we should all move over here. Living in a larger group will also be more lively.” Wang Qi nodded.

Song Jian was pleased to hear that Wang Qi and the others were willing to move into the territory. The more players, the stronger the alliance. Some alliances would even force joining members to relocate to alliance territory but Song Jian didn’t resonate with that; opting for freedom.

In this alliance war, Song Jian earned a large number of war merits while every participant also received plenty. Luo Tianyu saw the war merits she received, she was so ecstatic that she couldn’t close her mouth. For her, desperately in need of an upgrade in troop types, war merits were even more precious than Doomsday Coins.

As for the six alliances that lost the war, all their territories became ownerless. The NPCs they hired in their territories began to scatter everywhere. At this moment, these six territories were like six delicious cakes. All it would take was for Song Jian to initiate the next territory expansion campaign to swallow them all up.

“By annexing these six territories, I can save a lot of development time. I’ll just need to re-plan everything afterwards.” Song Jian gazed into the distance, a smirk played upon his lips.

Upon checking the remaining time for the territory expansion campaign, there were just a few days left. By then, Song Jian’s territorial expanse would at least double.

Song Jian’s victory was an earth-shattering event for the other players. In fact, many of them had witnessed the whole process of this war firsthand. They could not believe that Song Jian, with just a few people, had defeated an alliance army ten times their size. If they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they would consider it as unbelievable as a fairy tale.

“Perhaps I should join this alliance!” Many players began to entertain the thought of joining the alliance, and subsequently, a dozen or so players showed up in Song Jian’s alliance application list.

The upper limit for a level one alliance is one hundred members, but very few alliances manage to reach that number. An alliance with thirty to forty members is already considered a large alliance.

Many alliances, like the City of Hope, only have a handful of members, possess weak combat power and are usually made up of like-minded small teams themselves.

After all, this game cannot be treated like a game; nobody would willingly entrust their safety to others. In an alliance, the alliance leader has substantial power over alliance members. Once you join an alliance, you’d be subject to many constraints, as such, many players would rather go solo than join an alliance.

Song Jian did not just accept the players who applied to join the alliance. They had to undergo a strict vetting process before they could be integrated into the alliance; otherwise, it would be easy for someone from another alliance to infiltrate and cause damage.

With the war over and each member of Wang Qi’s four-man team having moved their safe houses into Song Jian’s territory, they went back to farming and grinding levels. Given their low levels, they were only considered as a second-tier team, hence they had to work harder.

Luo Tianyu started working on how to upgrade her troops. With an excessive amount of war merits, it was crucial she converted them into fighting power.

Li Ke’er wasn’t too interested in farming and leveling up. She spent most of her time joking around in the bar. Surprisingly, her level hadn’t lagged behind. She was already at level eighteen, even higher than Wang Qi and his team.

Song Jian returned to the Manor Castle and began researching how to make the “Advanced Healing Potion”. With it, future battles for Song Jian would become much easier.

By the time Song Jian had made about a dozen advanced healing potions, it was gradually getting dark. After replenishing his high-explosive grenades and self-destructing robots, Song Jian stepped outside the Manor Castle.

The NPCs who have been hired completed their day’s work and returned to their huts. The scattered lights inside the territory made it seem like a warm star-studded night sky.

In the distance, the growl of a mutated zombie added a layer of blood-red rays to this warm ambiance.

Song Jian looked up at the sky, anticipating the moonrise. He had only fifteen minutes each night to absorb moon essence and enhance his physical quality because of his “Night Slayer” ability. Just like other boss monsters, he never missed out on this fifteen-minute daily exercise.

However, the moon never appeared. The dark clouds seemed like a thick blanket, completely engulfing the sky.

“Could it be that the moon isn’t going to appear today?” Song Jian frowned. Such instances had occurred before, where the moon wouldn’t appear for a day or two in a month. However, Song Jian felt that this situation seemed to be happening rather frequently of late.

Just as Song Jian was about to leave in disappointment, he suddenly felt something was amiss. There seemed to be something in the sky, but it was so dark that he couldn’t make out what it was.

Just then, a silver light emerged from Song Jian’s forehead and his vertical pupil slowly opened. His surroundings became clear, and he found a ship several hundred feet long hovering in the sky. It moved silently like a huge whale.

This massive ship had three tall masts with black sails hanging from them. There was a large propeller at the stern of the ship silently rotating. The entire ship was moving slowly like a lazy beast.

“Is this… a ship? A flying ship?” Song Jian was taken aback. The pitch-black ship above his head was enormous and seemed to be moving at a slow pace. The ship had no lights on it, and it looked like a ghost ship.

Just then, Song Jian saw numerous large boxes being dropped from the ship. Those boxes were attached to big parachutes and were slowly descending towards Doomsday City.

Watching these boxes gently swaying in the air, Song Jian was struck by the absurd notion that supplies were being dropped for people trapped in a crisis.

“Let’s go see what’s in these boxes” A thought crossed Song Jian’s mind and he started running towards the nearest wooden box.