A week blinked by.

During this week, players had a fulfilling time.

Brick moving, they diligently moved bricks!

Although no new subsidiary identity trials were opened this time, there were still plenty of things for players to do.

The Return Order Fortress was severely damaged and needed players to continue moving bricks for rebuilding.

At first, many players were somewhat resistant as the Return Order Fortress was nearly restored before the official plot forcefully destroyed it, letting Gonggong cause significant damage.

Players having to rebuild from scratch would undoubtedly have grievances.

But after some time spent moving bricks, they found that the work wasn't so bad, right?

Because the pace of reconstruction was swift and the resources outside became richer, so moving them yielded twice the result with half the effort. Moreover, rebuilding the Return Order Fortress came with special missions, allowing them to acquire more construction points.

Besides, players also had many other ways to earn money.

For instance, hunting the monstrous demons in the wilderness!

This time, players were thrilled to find that after severely injuring Gonggong and Kua Fu, the territory of the Return Order Fortress had further expanded, revealing large swathes of unclaimed wasteland.

These wastelands were not only rich with various ores and resources but also had a higher number of randomly spawning demonic soldiers than before.

There was even an occasion where an army of several thousand cavalry had spawned.

The players immediately became exhilarated and began the grind!

One reason was that after the Return Order Fortress absorbed the residual power of the monstrous demons, its territory expanded, leading to more interactions with historical slices dominated by other monstrous demons in the river of history. On the other hand, they were delving deeper into the heartland controlled by the monstrous demons.

Although the core territories of the Sheng, Qi, and Liang dynasties had been breached, there were still many subsidiary slices of history yet to be reclaimed, so encounters with disruptive demons were frequent.

This should have been a rather troublesome and dangerous matter. If Meng Yuan were the only Return Order, he would be busy planning assaults on the historical slices of the Chu Dynasty while exhaustingly dealing with these demonic soldiers.

After all, the native illusory residents weren't that powerful, capable enough to fend off scattered demonic soldiers, but hardly against large demonic forces. And once the defenses were breached, the impact on the Return Order Fortress would be devastating.

However, Meng Yuan didn't have to worry about this at all because the players would decide on the number of hunters based on the quantity of the monsters, ensuring that any straying demons were promptly dealt with.

Moreover, the players were proactive and self-motivated, mostly preventing trouble before it occurred. As long as they were offered a bounty, they were more than happy to enthusiastically take part.

Of course, some players continued to focus on their own things, like continuing to improve firearms in their fiefdoms or simply engaging in leisure activities such as fishing and hunting, or striving for the best possible route through various simulated trials...

In any case, a week passed quickly, and the new version was finally opened.

Zhao Haiping arrived in front of the new Trial Illusion portal.

Compared to the previous portals, this one was smaller, more profound, and surrounded by copious amounts of Demonic Qi.

It felt less like a portal and more like the entrance to a Demon Cave.

This new version was named "As Long as the Dragon City's Flying General Exists," with almost everyone knowing the following line, "Do not allow the barbarian horses to cross Yinshan Mountains."

Historically, there's been a debate over who exactly the Dragon City's Flying General was, but for Zhao Haiping, he was more inclined to believe it referred to the famous General Wei Huo, who launched a surprise attack on Dragon City.

This might not be the author's original intent, but with poetry, after being chanted repeatedly over so many years and given new meanings by later generations, it naturally took on different connotations.

In any case, this instance must be inevitably linked to General Wei Huo, who led expeditions against the Beidi.

After all, the exclusive term "Sealing the Wolf in Xu" belongs to him, and throughout history, any top generals celebrated by their dynasties would inevitably be compared with General Wei Huo.

Zhao Haiping took a deep breath, calming his emotions, then stepped in.

After undergoing so many Trial Illusion ordeals, he should have been unfazed.

This is just a Trial Illusion, not the ultimate trial; even dying dozens of times wouldn't matter, and it should have been taken lightly.

But for some reason, Zhao Haiping had a vague sense of deep apprehension, feeling that behind this portal lay great danger.

He couldn't pinpoint where this concern was coming from, perhaps because the portal looked smaller and darker, thus more dangerous?

In any case, Zhao Haiping stepped in.

At the same time, countless other players also stepped in.

With the opening of the new instance, they naturally wanted to experience it firsthand.

However, the moment Zhao Haiping stepped through the portal, he suddenly felt something was amiss.

He felt his body being drawn out, transforming into a beam of light, and being swept into some unknown place!

This was clearly different from the previous experiences in the Trial Illusion.

The previous Trial Illusions either started by directly entering the scene or by playing an opening animation, but overall, they were seamlessly connected, or in other words, the Illusion Realm would construct instantly.

When would one feel this sensation of being drawn out and swept away?

During the ultimate trial or the Return Order Expedition!

In the players' view, such differences in the game were due to different game modes.

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