Chapter 2226

Over these past few days, the game world has indeed entered the stage of the hegemony period.

Starting from the fourth day after the training period competition ends, it is the hegemony period.

The next ten years will be an era of fierce battles in the myriad races' hegemony struggle.

The hegemony period differs from the training period, being even more brutal.

Each day thereafter, many war zones will be completely eliminated and leave the main world.

If a war zone's Qi Luck falls below 10,000 points, has no territory, no Mi Jing, and its civilization lord is slain more than ten times within three days, it will permanently lose hegemony eligibility, and all players in the zone will be forcibly teleported out of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield into the space of another world called "Peace·Myriad Heavens Battlefield".

The two worlds look identical, but the peace world is ultimately a dungeon; many things are inferior to the main world, usable only for cultivation and communication, unable to explore the plot or engage in PVP combat.

Of course, if there are friendly war zones, one can return to the main world again by means of "mercenaries".

However, each war zone can hire at most three war zones as mercenaries, and besides the Qi Luck consumption from battle deaths, one must also pay daily to the system a Qi Luck cost corresponding to the number of mercenaries: 100 million mercenaries means a daily consumption of 100 million Qi Luck, amounting to 36 billion per year. For non-top-tier war zones, this is also a considerable burden.

It is easy to imagine that, as time passes, the number of players in the main world of the Myriad Heavens Battlefield will dwindle, the map will grow emptier, and even many Chengshi and Teleportation Arrays will become deserted ghost towns.

Such changes will not be reversed until the hegemony ends ten years later and the entire game enters the next stage.

In addition, the system also specially issued a public

notice.

In the final month of the ten-year hegemony, an event will also be held.

Of course, this time it is no longer a server-wide event; only war zones that have not yet been eliminated by that time can participate.

The event is called the "Ultimate Hegemony Battle," in which all surviving war zones' personnel and all Chengshi are directly copied into a dungeon world, allowing everyone to compete for the final showdown.

The Myriad Heavens Battlefield is vast, with many war zones separated by great distances, making mutual attacks impossible.

This situation becomes increasingly apparent in the later stages; only the 【World Gate Scroll】 can solve this issue. However, the number of scrolls is limited, and they cannot be used at will.

The Ultimate Hegemony Battle is precisely the system's method for resolving this situation.

In the final thirty days, the surviving war zones will be moved en masse—people and maps together—into the dungeon world, with all Chengshi and Mi Jing replicated one-to-one, allowing the entire territory to be brought into the hegemony dungeon.

Then the system will randomly splice these maps together like a jigsaw puzzle, arranging them in random order.

By then, war zones originally separated by hundreds of billions of kilometers might encounter each other as soon as they step outside.

After the one-month Ultimate Hegemony Battle ends, the system will score based on overall performance and then rank the results.

The top ten war zones will receive rich rewards, which will descend directly into the real world, bringing great benefits to all the people.

However, regarding how scoring is done, the system has revealed nothing.

One would think that the various tribal elders who devised this game also do not wish to judge superiority with rigid rules.

At that time, they should make a comprehensive consideration, with the elders themselves acting as judges, negotiating a result that will convince all the elders.

For this victory

victory, all war zones will give their all.

The Blue Star No. 8 War Zone is no exception.

Before the hegemony period even began, on the day they emerged from the Lost World, the alchemists of Blue Star No. 8 War Zone started frantically working, producing Breakthrough Pills, hoping to boost their zone's combat power through numerical superiority.

Artisan players also refused to be outdone, frantically manufacturing war materiel, aiming to increase their zone's foundation in war.

Others using ten Annihilation Luck Cannons to bombard a high-quality prestige gold seal might need ten minutes.

Meanwhile, they want to produce ten thousand Annihilation Luck Cannons, and with a single blast they would shatter the opposition!

Players of life professions are striving, and combat profession players naturally will not slack off.

Everyone is seizing the time, grabbing buffs to raise their cultivation.

Recently the World Ancient Tree is evolving, and the spirit caves inside the Chaos Secret Realm have disappeared.

However, spiritual energy in normal environments remains abundant.

Even the saplings themselves have a spirit-gathering effect, continually influencing this space; even while evolving, they never cease.

Moreover, Xiao Feng opened the treasury, using large amounts of divinity and divine stones to provide everyone with the necessary consumption for cultivation, all for the sake of the zone's strength.

……

The real world, a vast expanse of Xing Kong continent.

In the high sky, a water-ripple-shaped void door suddenly opened, and a humanoid figure stepped out.

This person appears middle-aged, wearing a splendid robe, bearing an indescribable noble aura; at a glance one knows they are a high-ranking individual.

Having just appeared, he looked around, his gaze somewhat bewildered.

After a short while, a blue light flashed by, transforming into a flood dragon silhouette.

"Are you the Heaven-Burying Emperor Di Jiang?" the flood dragon emitted some kind of language, conveying the intent of the question.

The middle-aged man nodded and said: "It's me. This place is…"

…"

"The Nether Sea Extreme Realm." the flood dragon replied.

Di Jiang's face showed a look of realization: "Master indeed saved me, but…… why didn't Master come to see me?"

The flood dragon explained: "The Primordial Ancestor's Li Ti is trapped in the virtual universe; only by relying on intention can it open a path through the void, sending your soul back to the real world. This is the sole privilege of the Dao Ancestor to take a living being from the virtual world; the opportunity has been given to you, you must cherish it."

Di Jiang nodded slightly: "Understood. By the way, I haven't yet asked for your esteemed origin."

"I am the chief disciple of the Primordial Ancestor of the Extreme Realm Dragon Emperor; you may call me Senior Brother Yunlong. In terms of seniority, we are both direct disciples of the Dao Ancestor. However, in terms of experience, I am older than you by ten billion years; in this Nether Sea Extreme Realm, everything follows my orders." said the flood dragon.

Di Jiang was momentarily speechless.

In the virtual universe he is the primordial being, with no existence older than him; only the Cang Qiong Zhu can make him willingly call out "senior" and address as "master".

And now, this flood dragon that looks rather ordinary actually calls himself his senior brother, and his experience exceeds his by ten billion years!

What does ten billion years mean?

The time experienced within the virtual universe amounts to only thirty million years, which is already so long as to be indescribable!

"Senior Brother Yunlong…… are you speaking the truth?" Di Jiang somewhat doubts it.

"Why bother lying to you. How, do you think I lack the qualifications to be your senior brother?" You Long saw Di Jiang's pride in his heart, smiled and asked.

Di Jiang said nothing, silently accepting that meaning.

You Long gave a faint smile: "The beings of the virtual world have never seen the world, unaware of how high the heavens and how deep the earth. If so, make your move, senior brother I, standing in for the Heavenly Firmament Primordial Ancestor, will teach you a lesson, lesson, lesson, so you understand how high the heavens are in the real world, how wide the"

wide. You, the first generation of this virtual universe, in my eyes, are merely an infant under thirty thousand years old.

"Heh..."

That remark was too contemptuous; upon hearing it, Di Jiang's heart was already filled with anger.

However, knowing the other party was a senior disciple of the Dao Ancestor, it wasn't good to directly curse, so he said: "Alright, Senior Brother You Long, I apologize!"

Immediately he raised his hand and made a strike, directly attacking!

Swish!

His Space Law Blade landed on You Long's body, but no effect occurred.

The next second, You Long let out a cold snort.

He made no move! Merely a cold snort, and Di Jiang bled from all seven orifices, immediately fainted.

Before losing consciousness, boundless fear enveloped his heart.

Only then did Di Jiang realize how terrifying the real world truly is.

You Long scooped up the unconscious Di Jiang, not hiding his contempt: "You even accept this trash? The Heavenly Firmament Old Ancestor's vision is getting worse and worse. Moreover, you used a human Li Ti; among my aquatic myriad species, which isn't better-looking than this?"

However, the Dao Ancestor's edict cannot be ignored; he still brought the unconscious Di Jiang back to the Abyssal Sea Extreme Realm.