[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-online-game-starting-with-sss-ranked-summons":3,"chapter-online-game-starting-with-sss-ranked-summons-online-game-starting-with-sss-ranked-summons-chapter-361":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Online Game: Starting With SSS-Ranked Summons",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1650585,2114,"Chapter 361: The merge is happening!","online-game-starting-with-sss-ranked-summons-chapter-361",361,"\u003Cp>Across every continent, military forces scrambled into emergency deployment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>China mobilized three million troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>NATO forces activated joint defense protocols despite American objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Russia quietly moved nuclear assets to enhanced security positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world's greatest military powers were preparing for an enemy they couldn't identify.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every major network interrupted programming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is an emergency announcement. Government officials recommend remaining indoors during the next hour while authorities investigate recent security threats…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But people weren't stupid. Arthur's video had provided context their governments couldn't deny.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur stood by Charlotte's window, watching his countdown timer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty-two minutes until everything changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gates approached, his usually immaculate appearance disheveled from coordinating global crisis response.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arthur, we're as ready as money and preparation can make us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good. Because ready or not, it's coming.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when it arrives, the old world dies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the hospital windows, sirens wailed in the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emergency vehicles raced through streets as authorities implemented protocols for threats they couldn't comprehend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was what they called the calm before the storm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's reflection stared back from Charlotte's window - determined, unbreakable, carrying the weight of two worlds on his shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty-nine minutes until I can save her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another world - Demon Realm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex'haros clawed desperately at the dimensional barrier, his malformed fingers leaving gouges in reality itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike his superior brethren, his demonic heritage was diluted—barely ten percent pure demon blood coursing through his twisted veins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Must… break… through…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The compulsion burned in what remained of his mind like molten iron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Ones had spoken, their will echoing through every defective demon in the realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The greater demons had already broksn the laws, now the barriers were left. Open the way. Prepare the path for true conquest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes early. Before the humans gain their power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their was plan was evil, just like always. Their strongest would use their power to help facilitate the portals and ge them opened before their due time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, hundred of his kind pressed against the weakening dimensional walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defective demons—the failed offspring of demons, the corrupted souls who'd lost their sanity to demonic influence, the expendable fodder deemed worthless by their pure-blooded masters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zar'kin, another defective, shrieked as his claws finally punctured the barrier. Black ichor sprayed from the dimensional wound, reality bleeding where it shouldn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BREACH! BREACH!\" his inhuman voice cracked with mad glee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way opens. The way opens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Ones watched from their obsidian thrones, eyes filled with cold calculation. Lord Malthor, his four arms folded in satisfaction, observed the cannon fodder preparing for sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send them through,\" his voice rumbled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let the defectives soften the prey before the merge completes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dimensional tear widened, reality splitting like overripe fruit. Through the gap, glimpses of the human world flickered—a hospital, city streets, unsuspecting mortals going about their final moments of ignorance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sweet, weak mortals. Soon, you will know fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vex'haros pressed his grotesque form through the breach, agony lancing through every nerve as dimensional forces tried to reject his presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, the horde followed—hundreds of defective demons pouring through tears in space-time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We go first. We die first. But we serve our purpose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Ones' laughter echoed through the abyss as their expendable army surged toward an unprepared world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-----\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hospital Room - Earth\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's countdown timer pulsed in his peripheral vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[00:05:17]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gates burst through the door, his usually composed demeanor shattered by panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Arthur! Look outside! NOW!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur spun toward the window, his enhanced perception immediately cataloging the impossible scene unfolding across the city skyline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those are…Rifts. Dimensional tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark portals split the air above downtown, each one disgorging creatures that defied description.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not the organized demonic forces he'd encountered in Armageddon—these were something else entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These dekond are defective and they have a low concentration of demon blood purity, still…We need to be careful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell are those?\" Gates breathed, his face pressed against the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the nearest portal, Arthur watched as dozens of grotesque figures spilled into the streets below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their forms were humanoid but corrupted—limbs bent at impossible angles, flesh that shifted between states, eyes that burned with mindless hunger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defective demons. The cannon fodder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One creature landed on the hospital's parking structure, its impact cracking concrete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur got his first clear look at the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The thing stood seven feet tall, its skin a mottled gray-red that seemed to absorb light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two arms sprouted from its torso—they were both bestial, all ending in claws designed for rending flesh. Its face was a nightmare amalgamation of features that shouldn't exist together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They're early,\" Arthur muttered, his mind racing through implications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The merge isn't supposed to happen for another five minutes. This…shouldn't be happening.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Which means we don't have our powers yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below them, the defective demon let out a shriek that shattered every window on the parking structure's top level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound carried inhuman harmonics that made Arthur's teeth ache.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More portals tore open across the city. Through each one, the horde continued pouring—dozens becoming hundreds, hundreds threatening to become thousands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They're everywhere. Can humanity survive thise five minutes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gates fumbled for his phone, fingers shaking as he tried to coordinate with his security teams. \"The weapons—are they going to work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only one way to find out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur was already moving, his instincts trying to activate his talent before crashing against the limitations of unmerged reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't teleport. Couldn't manipulate space. Couldn't summon his legendary army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shit… i'm powerless. For the next five minutes, completely powerless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to get to the armory,\" he commanded, grabbing Gates by the shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatever weapons you've stockpiled—we're going to need them all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because five minutes might as well be eternity when hell comes to Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the window, more defective demons landed on nearby buildings. Their impact sent tremors through the hospital's structure. In the distance, screams began echoing through the city streets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>GROWL!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's starting. The real war begins now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur's countdown timer continued its relentless march.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[00:04:43]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four minutes until the merge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four minutes until everything changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four minutes to survive hell with nothing but mortal weapons and desperate hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The defective demon on the parking structure turned toward their window, its burning eyes locking onto Arthur's position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The creature's mouth split into a grin that revealed its rows of serrated teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>",1058,"2026-06-06T12:00:36.158Z",1,"novelbin.me","8fa965140a69bd3ea5a6f1ba43ee9a6bbc4413b20af1ead398bb2a912a3464c9","online-game-starting-with-sss-ranked-summons-chapter-416","online-game-starting-with-sss-ranked-summons-chapter-415",601,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fonline-game-starting-with-sss-ranked-summons-cover.jpg"]