Li Ling and his companions spent a day in the hobbits' territory, and Gandalf, who had gone to consult the documents, returned the next day.
Then they were commissioned by Gandalf to be hired as rangers to protect them on their journey to Mordor.
The rigid voice of the Supreme God echoed in everyone's minds: "If Frodo, Gandalf, Eliza, Gimpulse, and others survive before reaching Mordor Castle, each member of the Middle-earth team will receive 1,000 reward points for each survivor. If any member dies, 1,000 reward points will be deducted."
"At the same time, in the battle between the Human-Elf Alliance army and the Mordor forces, for every victory of the Human-Elf Alliance army, each member of the Middle Continent team will receive 3,000 reward points, while the other four teams will have 3,000 reward points deducted from each member."
"For every defeat suffered by the Human-Elf Alliance army, 3,000 reward points will be deducted from each member of the Central Continent team, while each member of the other four teams will receive 3,000 reward points."
The scoring ends when all five teams reach Mordor Castle.
"What!?"
Upon hearing the message from the main god, everyone except Li Ling and Chu Xuan was startled.
Zhang Li, Zhao Yingkong, Lingdian, Zheng Zha, Li Shuaixi, Zhan Lan, Wang Xia, and Zhu Wen all showed expressions of astonishment. They actually wanted one member of the Zhongzhou team to face off against the other four Reincarnation teams!
1v4!
Among them are the Celestial Team, which is known as one of the two strongest teams, and the East American Team, which entered the Main God Space along with the Celestial Team and the Central Continent Team.
Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses and said calmly, "As I said before, it's a bit strange that the main god put our three teams into the horror movie world at the same time."
Now it seems... indeed, the Supreme God has raised our Central Continent Team's evaluation to an extremely high level, even placing us among the top teams in the entire Reincarnation Squad.
Everyone could only manage a wry smile. Li Ling looked at Chu Xuan, smiled, and said, "So, what is the Grand Strategist's suggestion?"
Chu Xuan smiled and said, "Because of the main god's mission, we've been put in a completely passive position. Now we only have two choices..."
Everyone looked at Chu Xuan, having great faith in the wisdom of the Grand Strategist. Sure enough, two choices emerged in a short time.
Chu Xuan held up a finger and said with a faint smile, "The first thing is to go to Mordor Castle with Gandalf and the others, and do our best to help the human-elf alliance army achieve victory in the war along the way."
Along the way, they would face attacks from Mordor's forces and ambushes from the other four Reincarnation Squads. Otherwise, there was only the second option.
Chu Xuan held up a second finger and said, "That means abandoning the mission of protecting Gandalf and the others, as well as the mission of the war between the two sides, so that the main god will deduct a large number of reward points. We can leave directly, then take the opportunity to snipe the other reincarnation teams, earn back the reward points, and then head to Mordor Castle."
The crowd seemed thoughtful. Both choices had their advantages and disadvantages.
The first option is to do the "main quests," but that's quite difficult.
The second option is to abandon the "main quest," which will result in a significant deduction of reward points, but it will guarantee your safety and prevent you from being exposed to the shadows and facing attacks from the other four reincarnation teams.
However, this would result in too many deducted reward points. If they couldn't snipe the other reincarnation teams, they would end up with negative points and be wiped out by the main god!
You should know that the reward points you all earned before have either been redeemed or used for enhancements, or exchanged for side quests from Li Ling, so there aren't many left.
Everyone looked at Li Ling and Chu Xuan, as only Captain Li and Strategist Chu had enough reward points to deduct.
Then everyone looked at Li Ling with questioning eyes. Both options had their advantages and disadvantages, and the final decision on how to proceed would depend on Captain Li.
Li Ling smiled and said, "Then let's go together with Gandalf and the others!"
For Li Ling, giving up so many reward points from the mission was out of the question. Of course, he wasn't going to give up the other four reincarnation teams either… those were all reward points and side quests!
"Yes, Captain!"
Everyone readily accepted the order, and Li Ling held absolute authority within the team.
...
At the same time.
Apart from the Central Continent Squad, the other four Reincarnation Squads also received missions from the Main God. Their missions, however, were completely opposite to those of the Central Continent Squad.
"Before reaching Mordor Castle, kill Frodo, Gandalf, Illizar, Gimlich, and others. For each person killed, each member of the team will receive 1,000 reward points. For each person who survives, 1,000 reward points will be deducted."
"At the same time, the human-elf alliance army is fighting against the army of Mordor. For each victory of the Mordor army, the South Flame Continent team, the North Ice Continent team, the East America team, and the Celestial Squad will each receive 3,000 reward points, while the Central Continent team will have 3,000 reward points deducted from each member."
"For every defeat suffered by the Mordor forces, 3,000 reward points will be deducted from each member of the South Flame Continent Team, the North Ice Continent Team, the East America Team, and the Celestial Squad, while 3,000 reward points will be awarded to each member of the Central Continent Team."
"The scoring ends when all five teams reach the Castle of Mordor."
"What!?" All six members of the Celestial Squad exclaimed in surprise, even their captain Adam, whose face was filled with shock and disbelief.
It turns out that the Celestial Squad is to join forces with the Southern Flame Continent Team, the Northern Ice Continent Team, and the East America Team, with all four teams working together to deal with the Central Continent Team!
What's going on here?!
How did the Central Continent Squad offend the Supreme God?!
This is completely different from the past. In previous team battles, apart from the one against the Demon Team where the Celestial Team suffered heavy casualties, in the team battles against the other Reincarnation Teams, the opponents would enter the horror movie world long before they were able to enter.
The main god is giving the other reincarnation teams ample time to prepare.
This preparation time allows the other reincarnation teams to take various measures to save their lives or escape, which also demonstrates the extreme strength of the Celestial Team! After all, each member was once qualified to be a team leader!
Only in that one team battle against the Demon Squad did the Celestial Squad run into a brick wall, encountering the monstrous "Demon Zheng Zha," resulting in heavy casualties.
If Adam hadn't been so cunning and outmaneuvered Chu Xuan's clone, the entire Celestial Squad would probably have been trapped there!
Even so, that team battle reduced the Celestial Squad to only six people! Originally, there were more than ten!
"What's going on?" The black-haired Chinese youth carrying a long sword scratched his head and asked, somewhat puzzled.
The others were also completely baffled.
Adam, the captain of the Celestial Squad, remained silent for a moment before saying solemnly, "As a program, the Supreme God rarely makes mistakes, especially not this kind of mistake. It seems that the Central Continent Team... is really strong!"