Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors

But the players fighting in the siege of the Orderer's fortress began to feel increasingly that something was amiss.

Monsters were still launching fierce attacks, the players on the Orderer's fortress defended, and the players attacking from behind continued to push forward...

But gradually, the monsters' attacks became weaker; although they seemed imposing, the grand monster in the sky had not scattered more Demonic Qi for quite some time.

In this dynamic of waxing and waning, the Orderer's fortress was slowly transitioning from danger to safety, and on the contrary, it was the monsters that were continuously depleting their forces.

No one could figure out what the grand monster in the sky was thinking after all, the menacing black clouds threatened to crush the city; anyone could see that the grand monster still had plenty of Demonic Qi left.

Chuge frowned deeply, "Everyone, be fully alert; we must not let our guard down!"

Even he couldn't figure out what the grand monster was thinking at this moment.

As for Meng Yuan, he had already turned back with the players attacking Anshi City and was fighting fiercely with the demonic soldiers on the battlefield, trying hard to cut through the encirclement from behind and meet up with the players inside the Orderer's fortress.

In the midst of the battle, he also looked up at Gonggong with some confusion, wondering what the grand monster was really up to.

And as the situation on the battlefield became clearer, the rolling dark clouds in the sky also grew more agitated, more excited.

This time, Gonggong had paid a great deal.

For such an impatient grand monster to hold its temper and observe carefully, after losing many demonic soldiers and probing in many directions, it finally ascertained one thing.

The command center of the Orderers was in that most impregnable fortress within the Orderer's stronghold!

"Hehehehe, that's a clever strategy.

"First, use a native who seems to be deep in strategic thought on the ramparts, creating the illusion of commanding the battle, as if he were the true Orderer.

"But in fact, it's just a disguise meant to divert my attention, so I would overlook the command center hiding within the fortress!

"Is this the so-called 'the most dangerous place is the safest place'?

"Very well, Orderer, you truly are a genius, and it took me much time to finally see through your ruse.

"And I must admit, your position is indeed very secure; another grand monster might not be able to do any substantial harm to you before truly breaching the Orderer's fortress.

"But unfortunately, you've met me!"

Gonggong couldn't help feeling pleased with itself.

It had gone a great distance, thinking it had found the ultimate answer.

The illusion of a scholar-like native appearing on the city wall directing the battle was just that—an illusion, a misdirection for me. If I killed him, I would only uncover that the Orderer's forces still operated meticulously, and in frustration, I would shift my suspicions about the Orderer elsewhere.

But what if I didn't kill him? Then the Orderer's purpose for hiding in the fortress would be achieved.

A typical grand monster would never think that the Orderer was right there in the fortress, sitting in command.

Even if they thought of it, they couldn't do anything...

But Gonggong was different!

With that thought, it suddenly gathered all the Demonic Qi it could muster!

The dark clouds in the sky churned, a colossal tornado rose from the ground, and countless demonic soldiers in battle seemed to be suddenly drained, with numerous streams of black Qi funneling into the sky!

Afterward, these streams of black Qi steadily solidified into a massive vortex in the sky, and within the vortex... a colossal meteor emerged.

The next second, the meteor, dragging a billowing trail of black smoke, smashed toward the Orderer's fortress!

In that instant, all the players stood stunned, looking up at the sky, momentarily at a loss for words.

Time seemed to freeze, leaving only the vast meteor growing ever closer in the players' field of vision—closer and closer...

Chu Ge was petrified too, even with all his wits, he couldn't have imagined this twist.

"My frickin'...

"How is this even possible??"

Before Chu Ge could voice his question, the meteorite had already crashed heavily into the fortress city of the Orderers!

Boom!!

The thunderous roar seemed to come after a delay, but before that, the violent shock had already punctured the largest city within the Orderers' fortress from top to bottom. The walls, which the players had put so much effort into building, instantly cracked apart, and even the entire mountaintop seemed on the verge of being completely leveled!

Everything at the site of the meteorite's fall seemed to instantly evaporate, leaving only a huge crater. The powerful impact blasted straight down, piercing everything. Naturally, players like Chu Ge on the top layer were instantly sent back to the respawn point, and the fate of other players roaming the Orderers' fortress was not much better; they lasted less than half a second longer.

And the players out in the wilderness, witnesses to it all, were dumbfounded.

This was the first time they had seen the Orderers' fortress suffer such a devastating blow!

Previously, no matter how fiercely the demons attacked, it was nothing more than dispatching demonic soldiers to besiege the city, or at most using some large siege engines to cause some damage to the walls.

This time was different, they practically destroyed the entire city!

"The demons are cheating, right? Is this even allowed?"

"Who can withstand a meteorite falling from the sky? If this happened a few more times, wouldn't we have been wiped out long ago?"

"Looking at the power, looking at the Demonic Qi it consumed, it shouldn't be able to happen frequently, right...?"

"We worked so hard to build this!"

"Got it, it's all a trick! This has to have been done on purpose by the developers! They smash our city with a plot device, and we'll have to toil away rebuilding. That's how they extend the game's lifespan!"

"Damn it! Is that what this is? That's just shameless!"

"Complain, we must complain! We must strongly protest against such actions to the officials!"

The players instantly thought they had found the truth.

This had to be intentional by the officials!

It must have been seeing the players laboriously brick laying, and when there was nothing left to build, they just destroyed it to start over again.

Many games have played this trick, when the plot hits a dead end, they concoct some "cataclysm" or the like to wreck the original map and reuse it.

Tricks, all tricks!

Unfortunately, "Dark Sand" didn't have any customer service, making complaints impossible.

Meng Yuan was also dumbstruck.

What the heck is this development?

These demons are each more ferocious than the last...

He was puzzled, wondering what was going on?

A meteorite smashed the Orderers' fortress into bits without any reason, leaving him, a bona fide Orderer, utterly bewildered.

Amid the ruins of the Orderers' fortress, Gonggong, who was already extremely weak, burst into wild laughter.

"I won, I have ultimately won! Orderer, no matter how deep you hide, you couldn't possibly survive this strike..."

However, the very next second, it saw the players outside the battlefield climb onto the city walls with confused faces, looking at it.