Chapter 1548: Chapter 1193: Black Wind Horn! New Expansion!

By dawn, a series of orders personally issued by Jiang Dali were swiftly and methodically transmitted through the Black Wind Intelligence Bureau using the Abnormal People as the communication channel.

It was precisely as he planned; waiting wasn’t just passively waiting for doom, but a planned and active waiting.

On one hand, he quickly stabilized internal concerns, consolidating power, and ordered the Ice God and other experts from Unrivaled City to stop pursuing Shi Wuzun, Dugu Ming, and their confidants, thereby no longer annihilating the high-ranking members of Unrivaled City. Then, he began coordinating with the Black Wind Village People, with some experts immediately assisting in reclaiming all sub branches of the Divine Martial Country World Association. Any obstruction was to be eliminated without exception.

Meanwhile, he directed two experts, the Ice God, to head to Shu to meet and combine forces with Sikong Zhaixing, ready to act at any time.

Finally, Jiang Dali used the influence panel to launch a major faction task aimed at Black Wind Village, Divine Iron City, Dragon Tiger Gang, and many Eight Desolates Disciples, officially declaring that Black Wind Village and all its factions were now in a state of readiness for factional war, prepared to respond to calls for action at any moment.

"You are announcing the major faction task ’Black Wind Horn’ as the Black Wind Village Chief, targeting 97 sub branches of Black Wind Village and many subordinate faction members!

Task content: Combining All-knowing Madman’s divination predictions with some unusual events that recently occurred in the Martial World, the Black Wind Village Chief has a premonition that Black Wind Village is facing the threat of some potential formidable enemies. An ancient and mysterious force is about to reveal its ambition and fangs, a potential threat targeting Black Wind Village is dangerously brewing. As a member of the faction, the Black Wind Village Chief requests you to follow his lead closely, cooperate actively in faction tasks, be on high alert, enter a wartime state, and be ready to be dispatched at any time;

Task requirements: 1: [Guard]: Return to the vicinity of the Mountain Village’s sphere of influence, maintain a vigilant state observing all suspicious Martial World people;

2: [Hold the Line]: During the faction task, hold fast within the Mountain Village to develop its construction;

Task rewards: Complete Task 1 [Guard], earn 240 Cultivation Points per day, 240 Potential Points per day, and 100 Mountain Village Contribution Points per day;

Complete Task 2 [Hold the Line], earn up to 1080 Cultivation Points per day, up to 1080 Potential Points per day, and up to 1000 Mountain Village Contribution Points per day.

It’s a major faction task, can be undertaken unconditionally by Mountain Village Disciples, non-Mountain Village Eight Desolate Disciples can consider whether to undertake it!"

As Jiang Dali announced the major faction task, the first to receive the task message were naturally all players related to the Mountain Village and the Eight Desolates Disciples.

Other indigenous leaders of Mountain Village-associated factions like the Fire Worship Sect, Hero Island, Jiangnan Thunderbolt Hall were also notified by players stationed within factions to coordinate with Jiang Dali’s orders for corresponding work deployment.

But whether players or leaders of various sects affiliated with Black Wind Village, facing such sudden large-scale faction movements, were both excited and nervous internally, with many doubts arising.

Because the issued faction tasks didn’t specify what exactly had occurred.

Everyone only knew that there was a brewing threat against Black Wind Village, possibly from an ancient force, but what exactly this force was, and where the enemies were, everyone was in speculation.

However, players, combining with some recent occurrences in the Martial World, were all brainstorming, guessing some possibilities and discussing fervently on the Jianghu Forum.

"Just yesterday, Xiao Feng and others were ambushed in Mongolia, Lu Xiaofeng was also taken by mysterious experts in Shu, and today the Black Wind Village Chief issued this major faction task, it seems someone is daring to challenge the chief, first targeting the chief’s friends and brothers."

"The strength of Xiao Feng, Xie Xiaofeng, Ding Peng is not weak, the three of them teamed up and still got ambushed, you can imagine how powerful the enemy is? With all sorts of strange news now publicly available on the forum, yet no players captured videos from the battlefield at the time, leaving us without knowing who struck."

"Lu Xiaofeng’s strength isn’t weak either, yet he was taken in Wenrou Village. A while ago, wasn’t Lu Xiaofeng releasing tasks in Shu, calling for some players to investigate a force called God-searching Palace around a small town called Moxi Town in Shu, could this ancient mysterious force be God-searching Palace?"

"Very likely! God-searching Palace, just hearing the name makes it sound imposing."

"Now this major faction task involves all forces under Black Wind Village and even Eight Desolates Disciples, it’s unprecedented, showing how much the chief values this unknown force and enemy, perhaps this will be the new game update."

As players were fervently discussing on Jianghu Forum, suddenly, all players received a shocking announcement like a deep-water bomb within the forum.

"Announcement: Dear esteemed players, given that Mixed Martial Arts World has entered a new phase of development, a new Mixed Martial Arts update will commence at the beginning of the third year. During the update period, players will not be able to enjoy entertainment and life services within Mixed Martial Arts World, we apologize for the inconvenience caused! The new update time will last a month (10 days real time)! Please players immediately handle current affairs and choose a safe location to log off within an hour!"

Boom—

All players immersed in the Jianghu Forum erupted with astonishment, even those not in the forum received panel notifications, many immediately checked the forum and were shocked.

A new update upgrade?

And once the update starts, it will last for an entire month in Mixed Martial Arts time, it’s unprecedented, the first time for a new update to unfold.

Prior to this, although many players called some major events involving multiple vassal states as updates, they never received confirmation, no update operations took place.

Moreover, the Four Great Families consistently emphasized that Mixed Martial Arts World was a real world, gradually causing many players to forget the initial notion of it merely being a game, considering it as a true second world, naturally believing a real world wouldn’t have system updates.

But now...

Players, after their initial shock, began to complain and curse on the forum.

"What are the Four Great Families up to? I was just reaching a crucial moment in my mission, and now there’s a sudden update. Should I abandon the mission and log off immediately? Who’s going to bear the loss?"

"Exactly! Our Black Wind Village just released a major power mission, and now a new update pops up. Isn’t this going to cause our just accepted mission to fail? I suspect the Four Great Families are targeting Black Wind Village!"

"Such a huge matter and no prior notice; it’s too infuriating!"

"The key point is this update; once all the players log off, will the Mixed Martial Arts World stop developing, or will it continue to grow? If it stops, then claims that it’s a real world are nonsense. But if it continues, the advantages we’ve gained against NPCs will widen again."

"Your understanding is flawed. If the Mixed Martial Arts World is controlled by the Four Great Families, even if we log off, they could advance its development. It cannot be used to discern if it’s an actual world."

"It’s over! Everyone, start opposing this; the offline losses are too great."

On the Jianghu Forum, many players felt indignant and extremely frustrated.

Jiang Dali, who also received the panel prompt and entered the Jianghu Forum, was shocked by the announcement made by the Four Great Families.

"Update... such a coincidence? Right when I’m releasing a major power mission, they pull this?"

Besides being shocked, Jiang Dali swiftly sensed a whiff of conspiratorial danger from the abnormal move made by the Four Great Families.

In his memory, in the last generation of the Mixed Martial Arts World, no similar major update requiring all players to log off ever occurred.

Yet, at the start of the third year since this world opened, just when his Black Wind Village was about to clash with the God-searching Palace, an unprecedented update event happens.

We must understand that for the Four Great Families, who have always promoted the Mixed Martial Arts World as the real world, initiating such game-like updates amounts to a facepalm, overturning previous claims and is a massive strategic failure, fully denying former core views.

It’s even making Jiang Dali doubt whether the Mixed Martial Arts World is indeed a real world.

Is this update operation a butterfly effect caused by him, or is there another scheme from the Four Great Families?

"An hour..."

Jiang Dali quickly calmed down, exited the Jianghu Forum, and immediately walked out of the camp. He summoned a player who was still in a daze, instructing them to relay information to the brothers far away at the Dragon Tiger Gang, asking them to visit the Yun Family’s base at the Dragon Tiger Gang to contact Ting Shui and others.

To understand whether this update event was intentional or prepared long ago, we must first find top people in the Four Great Families to get information.

But Jiang Dali already knew the answer in his heart—The Yun Family’s base at the Dragon Tiger Gang must be deserted, and finding Ting Shui’s whereabouts now is impossible.

Because if Ting Shui knew and was willing to tell, he would’ve definitely informed in advance.

If even Ting Shui doesn’t know, or knows but cannot or won’t inform, then the matter’s scope is even more intriguing.

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A quarter of an hour later.

Jiang Dali’s face, resembling a massive, heavy lead board, stood imposingly inside the tent, waiting for the relayed messages.

The Yun Family’s base at the Dragon Tiger Gang was indeed deserted.

Moreover, brothers who went to contact the other Three Great Families returned with similar news, indicating they were all deserted.

"Good! Very good! It seems this... is no accident."

Jiang Dali couldn’t help but laugh in anger, his tiger eyes flashing fiercely. He gestured to dismiss the intelligence officer and slowly closed his eyes, rapidly combing through all suspicious information and speculations.

Nie Renwang and others, who came hearing the news, did not know what had happened, but upon seeing Jiang Dali’s somber expression, they sensed a major, unfavorable event was likely to occur...

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