"The Hua Country War Zone has eight Border Cities, each with a defense quota of 5,000 people, which means there are only a total of 40,000 defense spots."
In a private room of a tavern in White Tiger City, Lin Yi recalled a post someone made in his previous life and said:
"In fact, with millions of game players in our Hua Country War Zone, ensuring a certain strength in defense forces while also guaranteeing absolute fairness is unrealistic."
Lin Yi also understood the plan mentioned by Zuigui earlier, which is to have the sixteen strongest guilds in the war zone jointly guard the eight cities.
This is the only way to maximize the prevention of a sudden city takeover.
Otherwise, if the defense forces are insufficient, the city would be conquered before reinforcements could arrive.
Although the game has strengthened the city gates to ensure fairness,
even if someone attacks the city, the gates’ obstruction gives defenders a certain reaction time.
If the strength of the city defenders is relatively strong, they can delay the time it takes the opponent to breach the gates to some extent.
This also buys more reaction time for this side of the war zone, as not every player can be online 24/7.
If the defenders are too weak, it greatly increases the risk of the Border City being conquered.
This point is beyond doubt.
After all, these eight Border Cities are related to the overall strength of the zone’s players; no one dares to take it lightly.
Currently, their discussion point is to ensure defending the Border Cities while considering ordinary players’ emotions, leading to the current situation.
Lin Yi used to think Zuigui and others were too domineering, disregarding ordinary players’ feelings.
But now that Lin Yi is in this position, he understands that what Zuigui and others did, while seemingly domineering, actually protected ordinary players’ interests.
This issue was analyzed in a forum post discussing the pros and cons.
Now Lin Yi is quoting the post’s content:
"From the moment we started the ’National Battle,’ our enemies turned from internal to external, and any form of internal conflict has since been incredibly foolish."
"The eight Border Cities are crucial, and they are also targets coveted by our enemies; they relate to every player’s vital interests."
"Therefore, my suggestion is: that each major guild should manage and be responsible for the defense quotas of these eight Border Cities."
This statement caused an uproar in the room.
Luoshen Liunian thought he heard wrong:
A solo player named ’Jiangdong Yige’ stood up and expressed his dissatisfaction:
"Feng Hua, when you say this, where do you place us solo players?"
"Do you mean solo players are necessarily weaker than guild members? My individual ranking of 36 shouldn’t be much weaker than theirs, right?"
Even Shengshi Zuigui and others seemed a bit surprised, probably not expecting Lin Yi to make such a decision.
If they really did this, wouldn’t it worsen the relationship between guilds and solo players?
Finally, Proud Gaze Lord thought of something and said:
"I think since Feng Hua said this, there must be a reason, so why don’t we let Feng Hua finish speaking?"
At this moment, Luoshen Liunian also came to his senses and said to Lin Yi:
"Feng Hua, why don’t you tell everyone your reasoning?"
Lin Yi smiled slightly:
"First, when most of the guild forces are invested in defending the cities, the leveling points and other resources held by these guilds will naturally be vacant, benefiting whom? Naturally, the ordinary players below."
"Second, strengthening the defense of Border Cities, seemingly a domineering act, from another perspective, how is it not these guilds protecting all our interests?"
Jiangdong Yige wanted to retort, but Lin Yi stopped him and said:
Lin Yi got up from his seat, looked at Jiangdong Yige and those solo players, and said:
"When our war zone is attacked by players from other zones, who do you think of first?"
Jiangdong Yige was stunned, then stared straight at Lin Yi:
Lin Yi found it funny and unexpected to get this answer but continued to ask:
"Then who else besides me?"
At this moment, not only Jiangdong Yige, but everyone there fell into deep thought; Jiangdong Yige hesitated and said:
"Lord and Zuigui and the others."
This time, Jiangdong Yige replied without hesitation:
"Because the strongest in our war zone now are Lord and their guilds."
Lin Yi followed Jiangdong Yige’s words and continued:
"Then after Lord and Zuigui, wouldn’t it be Liunian, Madman, Kun Shao, Haitang, and others?"
Jiangdong Yige nodded again without hesitation:
It’s normal to think this way, after all, those just mentioned are currently the most recognized powerful guild presidents in the Hua Country War Zone.
When facing enemies, it’s logical to first think of your zone’s strongest forces.
However, Lin Yi continued:
"In times of danger, not only you but most of us players think of them first."
"In fact, they could also be our war zone’s main force against other zones."
"So, since they bear the responsibility that everyone deems only natural, is it excessive to let them manage the Border Cities now?"
As these words echoed, the room fell silent.
But Lin Yi didn’t mind and continued to speak eloquently:
"Perhaps you think that with this strength, they should bear such obligations; okay, I won’t rush to refute that."
"Next, I want to say, you should look further ahead, not just focus on our small patch."
"By giving the defense interests to major guilds, we strengthen them, and they will have greater resources to conquer other zones on our behalf."
Lin Yi again looked at Jiangdong Yige and some solo players:
"I just ask, if the defense quota were given to numerous solo players, but when needed, can they be as ready and available for dispatch as guild members?"
Lin Yi’s question left Jiangdong Yige speechless.
Now, many guild leaders were swayed by Lin Yi’s words.
Lin Yi’s voice continued:
"There is no absolute fairness and balance in this world."
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"It can be expected that once the ’National Battle’ starts, it will be a power struggle in each battle zone, and I do not deny the important role of solo and ordinary players."
"But in some critical moments, the intimidating power of a strong force far outweighs ordinary players."
"If we want tickets to enter the World Dungeon ’Giant Dragon’s Nest,’ our goal should not only be to defend the current eight cities."
"At that time, conquering Border Cities from other zones will be inevitable, with major guilds relocating to defend them."
"Once the major guilds leave, won’t our own zone be left vacant?"
Lin Yi candidly looked at everyone:
Soon, the entire private room erupted into applause, and everyone’s faces were filled with satisfied smiles.
Divine Hall Madman sighed on the side:
"Feng Hua took all the spotlight."