From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 145 - 123: Teleportation, Cyber Wasteland, Faction Mode_2

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Among the superpower users in the carriage, there were not a few perceivers.

Therefore, these people didn't need to come any closer to see; they could observe the outside world.

After observing the outside world, Lu Heng walked to the middle of the carriage, looked at the other passengers, and then asked, "Are there any other teams here? If so, the team leader could come forward and say hello."

Two seconds after he finished speaking,

Chen Zihang stood up and walked over to Lu Heng.

The two looked at each other calmly, as if they were meeting for the first time and introducing themselves.

"Hello, Lu Heng."

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"Hello, Chen Zihang."

"How many people are in your team?" Lu Heng glanced at the few people gathered behind him.

"Five," Chen Zihang replied.

"Three," Lu Heng responded, adopting an attitude of equal exchange and reporting his own team's number.

This meant that in this section of the carriage, there were only two solo individuals.

Lu Heng briefly observed the superpower users in Chen Zihang's team and noticed that they were all quite young, around 20 years old.

Three of them had buzz cuts and sat with good posture.

Such behavior had already given them away; these three were very likely from a discipline force.

If they were from a discipline force, the possibility of there being a traitor team among them was much lower.

Moreover, he had interacted with Chen Zihang during the first Abyss Battlefield and had a certain understanding of him.

Therefore, he could increase the trust level, but necessary caution was still required.

"Should we discuss the world information?" suggested Chen Zihang.

"That would be fine."

So ten people gathered around, forming a circle, and began to discuss the information for this Abyss Battlefield.

Chen Zihang first had everyone take turns reading a piece of quest information, hoping to identify if there were any traitors.

Lu Heng did not object and read a piece of quest information as requested.

However, Lu Heng knew very well that this method would not identify any traitors.

That was because traitors could also see the Abyss Battlefield's quest information, but they would, in addition, receive traitor tasks.

In fact, someone had analyzed in his past life that the unknown existence that conscripted superpower users into the Abyss Battlefield did not have the ability to distinguish traitors, so traitors could also receive the quests from the Abyss Battlefield.

After confirming that everyone's world information was the same, the discussion began to focus on the main topic.

Chen Zihang was the first to point out something odd: "This Abyss Battlefield is strange in that there is no clear hostile faction, which is different from previous Abyss Battlefields we've experienced."

Lu Heng had noticed this as well.

In the two Abyss Battlefields he had experienced before, the hostile factions were very clear.

In the first Abyss World, the enemy faction was the Horned Demon Commander and his Horned Demon Clan.

In the second, the Evil God's Burial Ground, the enemy faction was even clearer, being the Evil God Barton and his servants.

However, this Abyss Battlefield was a little different.

The battlefield mode was "Camp Mode," but there were two factions in this world.

Moreover, according to the main quest prompts, superpower users could choose to join one of the factions.

In other words, joining a faction was not compulsory.

Yet, these two factions were clearly antagonistic toward each other.

The third main quest required surviving for 15 days under pursuit from an enemy faction.

So, whichever faction one joined, one would be hunted by the other faction.

In this way, once human superpower users joined different factions, they would become enemies to each other.

"Yeah, if we join different factions later on, wouldn't we become enemies?" A solo superpower user chimed in.

Relatively speaking, the two individuals without teams in this carriage would face more pressure than those who were part of a team.

These two solo superpower users were one named Huo Lingshan and the other Liu Liangpeng.

Both men had rather average appearances with somewhat darker complexions, one dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, the other in a short-sleeved shirt and casual pants.

The one who had just spoken was Huo Lingshan, whose eyes bore a hint of depth.

Liu Liangpeng raised his hand and suggested, "Why don't we all join the same camp when we talk? That way, we won't become enemies."

At this moment,

Lin Zeyu interjected, "If you want to be safe, it might be better not to join any camp at all."

Huo Lingshan objected, "The main quest requires joining a camp, and the main quest is mandatory."

Lin Zeyu chuckled, "You could find a way to join a camp and then join at the very last second of the fifteen-day period to complete the main quest, then immediately go back. Absolutely safe, no side effects."

"This... there might be significant side effects," Chen Zihang reminded.

"Really?" Lin Zeyu turned his head to Lu Heng.

Lu Heng nodded, "Joining a camp, you'll be hunted by the enemy camp. Not joining a camp, you'll likely be hunted by both camps."

Lin Zeyu's eyes widened, "Can you really play it like that?"

Lu Heng continued, "Actually, joining a camp is not so much about combating the opposing camp as it is about the main quest hinting at how to survive in this world.

"Just join one of the camps and then hide out in that camp's base, and you're likely to make it until the end."

However, having come this far, if you just want to survive the fifteen days and return, then the trip to the Cyber World loses half its meaning.

Chen Zihang flashed a smile, looking at Lu Heng, and they exchanged a glance.

After a brief exchange, he realized that although there were ten people here, the only one really worth communicating with was Lu Heng.

In this carriage, he represented one team, and Lu Heng represented another.

The other two independents, after the earlier discussion, hadn't provided any constructive suggestions.

If there were any action strategies to discuss, it would be sufficient to just discuss them with Lu Heng.

Chen Zihang came to understand this and took the initiative to ask, "Lu Heng, what are your thoughts?"

Lu Heng countered with a question, "Do you just want to survive until the end, or do you want to do something?"

Chen Zihang replied confidently, "I want to do something."

Lu Heng nodded, "If that's the case, my suggestion is that we join different camps."

Chen Zihang didn't object, but instead began to seriously consider it.

Lin Zeyu was gaping, "Doesn't that mean we'd be opposing each other?"

Lu Heng reminded, "Take a look at the third challenge task; it has hinted that we could be double-faced spies. From this perspective, our existence here and these two camps don't seem to be on the same side."

Chen Zihang agreed, "Indeed, let's decide that then. We'll join different camps, and then exchange information. The more information we obtain, the clearer we can understand the situation on the Abyss Battlefield."

"Good, that's decided then." Having agreed to join different camps, Lu Heng then asked, "Which camp do you plan to join?"

Chen Zihang had already thought about this and answered, "I hope to join the Central System Camp."

Lu Heng, knowing more information, readily agreed upon hearing his choice of the Central System Camp, "Okay, then we'll choose the out-of-control servitors."

From the names of the two camps, it can be inferred that the "Central System" is likely the central computer or something similar of this world.

"The out-of-control servitors" is a nickname for servitors that have gone rogue.

In terms of power levels, the "Central System" camp is probably stronger.

So, joining the "Central System" camp should be somewhat safer.

As the two had come to an agreement, the remaining independents hastily promised, "So you two are forming an alliance? Then I... I'll do the same, I'll also form an alliance. Regardless of which camp I join, there will be no hostilities, and we'll exchange information."

The group began to delve deeper into analyzing the information revealed by the tasks.

"Let's discuss the situation concerning the two camps. What exactly are the out-of-control servitors?" Huo Lingshan posed a question.

Chen Zihang generously shared his analysis, "If you've played 'Stellaris,' there are out-of-control servitors in the game.

"I'm not sure if the out-of-control servitors in this world are the same as in the game, so I can only analyze based on the information from the game.

"This world is a Cyber Wasteland, which although now in decline, must have once been advanced.

"The presence of out-of-control servitors indicates that this world used a large number of mechanical servants in the past.

"For example, robots for cleaning, trash can robots, any tedious task could be handed over to robots.

"These mechanical servants, developed to a certain degree, were all connected to a network, but their network and the citizens' network were likely separate.

"The out-of-control servitors refer to, the mechanical servants experiencing an awakening, developing a Gestalt Consciousness..."