Chapter 97 Monsters Don't Attack Monsters Every Class is Worth It...

The northern part of the territory is the area where ordinary residents and low-level players are most concentrated. The buildings here are relatively dense, and it is far from the city center, so support forces will arrive more slowly. At this moment, the barrier is under tremendous pressure.

Many of the players living on the north side are not combat professionals, or are just the lowest-level summoner players who have made contracts with docile or weak monsters. Faced with the surging, frenzied monsters, they are powerless to resist and can only watch helplessly as they breach the barrier, and fear is spreading.

"Why hasn't anyone come yet? At this rate, our barrier will be the first to break through, won't it?"

"Everyone, stay calm and don't panic. I saw someone on the public channel say that they're already heading this way. The territory's barrier is very strong, we'll be fine." A middle-aged man tried to calm everyone down, but his own voice trembled.

Amidst everyone's unease, the violent aura permeating the air seemed to affect some of the summoners' contracted partners as well. A normally docile mutated sheepdog gradually began to glow with an abnormal red light in its eyes, and began to growl in a low "woof" sound, becoming restless and agitated.

"Dahuang, calm down!" Its owner noticed that something was wrong with it and immediately tried to hug it to comfort it.

But even the lowest-level monster is not something a weakling can stop. The sheepdog suddenly broke free from its master's restraints, let out a wild bark, and charged recklessly toward a rock beetle that was crashing into the light barrier outside the barrier.

"No, Big Yellow, come back!" The boy's face turned pale, and the people around him exclaimed in alarm. A low-level sheepdog charging at a berserk monster was bound to meet a terrible fate.

However, what happened next made everyone's hearts skip a beat.

The rock beetle ignored the sheepdog that rushed towards it, continuing to frantically ram the barrier. Even when the sheepdog pounced on it and tried to bite its leg joints, it only shook impatiently and did not change its target.

On the contrary, the sheepdog's bite, although not very forceful, did indeed interfere with the rock beetle's movements.

"?...." What's going on?

Before everyone could figure out the reason, several more contracted monsters that had been affected broke through the barrier and attacked the raging monsters. Just like the sheepdog, the raging monsters ignored their attacks and even when they were killed, they only focused on crashing into the barrier.

"They don't kill summoned beasts?"

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted: "All summoners who can still maintain contact, do not forcibly suppress your companions. Guide them and let them interfere with those monsters, attack their joints and eyes, and create opportunities for the combat players to wait."

As soon as he finished speaking, many Summoner players responded.

Those summoners who were previously invisible on the battlefield were now playing their most important role.

Thanks to the warning issued by Star Territory a month ago, the various safe zones, large and small, were not entirely unprepared for the monster horde that descended in the dead of night. There were no tragic incidents of safe zones being overrun in their sleep, and casualties were kept within an acceptable range.

However, the breathing space brought by being "well-prepared" is limited.

A day and a night had passed, but the sky outside was still dark, not the darkness of night, but the kind of darkness obscured by the dense shadows of demons.

The howling and crashing sounds never stopped, giving me a headache.

The players guarding the front line couldn't hide their exhaustion; their eyes were sunken, and their movements were somewhat sluggish due to the constant mental strain and physical exertion. Even the tireless magical plants had slightly decreased the frequency and accuracy of their attacks.

Lin Nanxing couldn't sit still in the lord's manor. On the territory floor that only she could see, the players in various places were all exhausted. The barrier's durability was dropping little by little. Although it wasn't fatal, it was extremely tedious. Most of the messages reported from various places were shouting "We can't hold on anymore" and "We request a replacement."

"This won't do. If this monster tide continues like it is today, everyone will collapse in less than a week."

A pure war of attrition is extremely disadvantageous to the player side that needs rest.

At this moment, Yun Aobai, who had been standing to the side, also staring at the territory's on-site survey map in deep thought, spoke up.

Her voice was hoarse from lack of rest: "Nanxing, perhaps we should change our strategy. We can't let everyone keep holding out. I suggest that we integrate all the players in the territory who have combat abilities, including combat professions, life skills players with attack skills, and summoners who are in good condition, and mix them up according to their strength and profession."

She stepped forward and used her finger to draw several blocks on the general outline of the defense line: "Then implement a shift rotation system, dividing the 24 hours of the day into several shifts. Each defense zone is guarded by a fixed team for a certain period of time. When the time is up, the reserve team will immediately take over to relieve the previous batch of people, so that they can get sufficient rest, food and recovery."

“This method is feasible.” Wen Zhiming agreed with the suggestion: “Currently, the barrier around our territory is quite stable and has a certain offensive capability. Even if there is no one to defend it during rotation, we can still cope.”

"Although the pressure from monsters won't decrease, at least we can ensure that some of our people are always in a relatively good state, avoiding a drop in combat power due to overwork. This is probably the most feasible solution at present."

After listening, Lin Nanxing's tense shoulders relaxed a little. This method sounded clumsy, but it might be the most effective one right now.

Without hesitation, she made the decision immediately, her gaze sweeping over Yun Aobai and Zhou Qisheng in front of her: "Okay, let's do it this way. Sister Yun, Brother Zhou, I'll leave the grouping and scheduling to you. I have information on all the players in Star Territory, and I'll give you the list later."

She then turned to Wen Zhiming, who was waiting nearby: "Brother Wen, go find Brother Yuan and Shu Yi, and together with them, explain to all the players who can still fight that now is not the time to be a hero. If you're tired, come down and rest. Only by conserving your energy can you keep fighting against those things outside. Anyone who doesn't listen to instructions and insists on fighting will only cause trouble."

After arranging the combat personnel, Lin Nanxing didn't forget the many ordinary people in the territory. She brought up the system panel, quickly tapped and swiped, and muttered, "Relying on the previous food reserves is probably far from enough. We need to give them something to do and let them contribute."

The game currency in her account plummeted, replaced by neat new farmland that appeared out of nowhere on large tracts of empty land at the edge of her territory. Then, bags full of various crop seeds and a pile of bottles labeled "Plant Growth Agent" appeared in the warehouse register.

Lin Nanxing turned to Zhou and instructed, "Brother Zhou, after the list is distributed, organize the residents who are not capable of fighting. Those who are willing can go to work in the newly opened fields. There will be plenty of seeds and growth agents. Tell them that the more food they produce, the more strength they will have on the front line, and the more secure our territory's food supply will be. Work points will still be paid, and they won't work for free."