Translator: AnubisTL
Before they could exchange another word, the event began.
A circle of light appeared beneath Chen Jiang and the others' feet, followed by a flash of white light, and they vanished from their original location.
As Scar Dog watched them leave, his last thought was:
Few of these slaves will survive. I'll probably have to capture new ones when they return. Fortunately, that's not too much trouble.
With the flash of white light, Chen Jiang and his group found themselves on a vast plain teeming with human players. As far as the eye could see, the landscape was filled with human players, stretching endlessly in every direction.
When half a million people gather on a single plain, all you can see is an endless sea of heads.
At that moment, a voice boomed across the plain:
[This round's battlefield pits human players against insect race players.]
[Human player count: 270,000.]
[Insect race player count: 500,000.]
[Commence battle!]
"Only 270,000 human players?" Chen Jiang frowned, a flicker of doubt crossing his mind. Wasn't this supposed to be a global event with 500,000 players on each side?
He quickly realized what was happening. The number of human players couldn't be evenly divided by 500,000, meaning a group of fewer than 500,000 human players had been assigned to a battlefield against 500,000 insect race players.
The surrounding human players soon realized this as well. Their expressions turned grim, and they fell silent, refraining from complaining. The moment they landed, they swung their hoes and began digging for soil resources.
There was still hope.
Although the human players were outnumbered, the insect race players' individual combat strength was weak. If they could quickly gather enough soil resources and build up their structures, victory might still be possible.
Just then—
He heard someone giving orders.
[Area Speaker!]
[Human Player Li Chun: "All players, follow my commands! See that signal flare? Players to the left of the flare, build offensive structures at the front. Players to the right of the flare, build defensive structures."]
["The enemy is an insect race player. Prioritize building anti-air structures."]
["."]
A series of commands were issued in rapid succession.
Less than thirty seconds after landing on the plain, someone had already begun issuing orders through area speakers and signal flares. It was an impressive display of speed.
The human player didn't explain his authority to command, and no one questioned Li Chun's right to lead.
Everyone tacitly began acting on the orders.
In this situation, it didn't matter who was in charge, as long as there was a single voice coordinating everyone. Without such coordination, the haphazard placement of offensive and defensive structures would create a chaotic formation, easily shattered upon contact.
For such a massive force, whether the orders were correct or flawed, the collective power of everyone acting in unison under a single command far outweighed the chaos of individual actions.
Clearly, the human players who had survived this long understood this principle.
Only the brainless would stir up trouble now. Everyone knew this was a life-or-death event, and they were all gritting their teeth, swinging their hoes furiously to dig up soil resources and start constructing buildings.
Scar Dog tentatively struck the ground with his hoe, and a notification popped up:
[Congratulations! You have successfully mined 1 unit of soil resource.]
At the same time, a chunk of soil vanished from the ground before him.
It felt a bit like playing a game, lacking that sense of realness.
He then opened the Construction Shop and scanned through the various buildings available, which even included a Nuclear Missile Silo.
[Building Name: Arrow Tower]
[Construction Cost: 10 units of soil resource]
[Enhancement Cost: 10 Blood War Points per enhancement]
[Building Effect: 8 meters tall, 1.6 meters wide. Automatically fires arrows at enemies within range every three seconds. Becomes unusable after firing 100 arrows.]
[Building Name: Nuclear Missile Silo]
[Building Cost: 500,000 Soil Resources]
[Building Enhancement: Cannot be enhanced.]
[Building Effect: Can launch a single nuclear missile containing a massive fissile energy core at the enemy. A one-time-use building that automatically self-destructs after use.]
The Nuclear Missile Silo was the most expensive structure in the Construction Shop, costing a staggering 500,000 Soil Resources.
"I see," Scar Dog nodded thoughtfully. "I think I understand the gameplay now. In this scenario, there will be many strategic considerations, such as how to quickly gather resources, how to harass the enemy, and how to rapidly develop our base."
"It's essentially a strategic war dungeon."
Just then—
A furious shout erupted from nearby: "What, did you break your hands or feet? Get back to mining resources! You want to die later?"
A man working diligently at a nearby mining site glanced up at Scar Dog and his group standing motionless and couldn't help but curse.
"Get your asses back to work! If the whole human race was like you lazy bastards, we'd have been wiped out long ago! We'll need every ounce of strength later!"
"Uh..."
Scar Dog shook his head with a helpless expression. "Brother, you're certainly blunt, but you're wrong about one thing. If all humans were like us, the galactic federation would have been wiped out by tomorrow."
Meanwhile, Chen Jiang glanced around, slightly exasperated. He was surrounded by human players, which presented a problem: he couldn't deploy his Steel Sword Autonomous Rotating Turret. If he did, it would likely crush a swath of human players.
"Hey."
Chen Jiang pulled a small flag from his pocket and pinned it to Scar Dog's collar. "I'm Chen Jiang. Make way, you're interfering with my performance."
The flag's sole function was to subconsciously draw the attention of fellow race players within a hundred meters, causing them to turn and look toward the flag.
As Chen Jiang's voice rang out, the humans around him instinctively turned to look. Their eyes suddenly blazed with renewed excitement!
Chen Jiang!
In the Ten Thousand Races Arena, this name was practically a household word, known to all!
Whether alien race players or native players, none had failed to hear of Chen Jiang!
It never occurred to them that someone might impersonate him. No one would dare joke about such a thing in this setting.
"Brother Jiang!"
Many human players who recognized Chen Jiang's appearance waved and shouted excitedly, quickly retreating to create a wide berth around him.
With Chen Jiang on their side, victory was assured!
What were 500,000 insect race players compared to him?
During the global event to defend Kindling City, Chen Jiang had single-handedly blocked all other alien races outside the light gate, preventing them from even entering!
This was a man who could withstand the ten thousand races. To him, 500,000 insect race players were likely just an appetizer.
"Y-you're Brother Jiang?!"
The middle-aged man who had been angrily scolding Scar Dog and the others for slacking off now trembled with shock and disbelief. "The Top-Ranked Brother Jiang?"
"Yeah," Chen Jiang replied with a helpless nod. "Judging by your appearance, you're old enough to be my uncle. Calling me 'Brother' feels a bit disrespectful."
"I'm only 23 this year."
"23? You don't look it."
"I just aged quickly. Life in the Ten Thousand Races Arena wasn't exactly easy, which made me look even older."
"Take it easy. The good days are coming."
Chen Jiang casually replied, then glanced at the cleared space before him. With a calm wave of his hand, a colossal cannon, 75 meters in diameter and 150 meters long, crashed heavily onto the ground from mid-air!
This weapon shouldn't exist in ground combat.
Yet it did.
The clash between the absurd and the logical was precisely what made this turret so captivating.
"Holy shit!"
The moment the turret appeared, every human player who witnessed it erupted in shock, peppering their reactions with exclamations of disbelief.
Yes, every human player.
It wasn't just those nearby who saw it. The 150-meter-long barrel, angled skyward, ensured that the spectacle was visible to all.
Even insect race players tens of thousands of meters away spotted the giant cannon suddenly rising from the human players' camp!
This structure, resembling a towering skyscraper, was actually a turret—completely shattering and violently trampling all preconceived notions about firearms.
"What do you think, buddy?"
Chen Jiang tilted his head to look at the man beside him, who stood frozen in shock, his mouth agape and speechless. He patted the cannon barrel and said with a smile, "This thing is our hope for a better future."
"Looks good, right? Powerful enough?"
"More than enough."
The man, witnessing this scene for the first time, nearly dislocated his jaw from gaping so wide. Glancing down at the hoe in his hand, he suddenly felt as if the world had become surreal.
At that moment, the red patterns on the cannon barrel began to flash rapidly and violently.
As the barrel thickened, the red patterns swelled to the width of a Scar Dog, their relentless flashing both menacing and mesmerizing.
The next instant—
[Giant Super Annihilation Bomb]
A light bullet brimming with immense energy, like a child struggling to be born, forced its way out of the barrel. With impossible speed, it hurtled straight toward the insect race players' formation.
In the blink of an eye, before the human players could even react—
A blinding white light erupted across the battlefield. Countless human players who witnessed the spectacle felt their eyes burn and tears stream uncontrollably. This was followed by a cataclysmic tremor and an ear-splitting explosion that reverberated through the air.
BOOM!!!
The earth-shattering roar pounded against every eardrum like a mountain collapsing.
Then, a tsunami-like shockwave, churning with sand and dust, surged toward the human players with unstoppable force.
The real-time insect race player count, which had been constantly updating, instantly plummeted to zero after the cannon blast.
[Insect Race Players Remaining: 2]
Only two insect race players survived. Whether they were positioned at the fringes of the battlefield or possessed some defensive item, the fact remained: a single cannon blast had wiped out 499,998 insect race players, leaving only two survivors.
Above the battlefield, a familiar mechanical voice boomed once more.
[Global Announcement!]
[Battlefield 098: First war concluded in 1 minute and 57 seconds!]
[Human Race vs. Insect Race: Human Race Victory!]
[Highest Contribution Player: Human Player Chen Jiang, with 499,998 kills.]
(End of the Chapter)
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