Chapter 3969: Conditions

The Lord Train was driving on the pitch-black earth. This piece of black earth was barren, and the sky was also pitch-black. This place was not far from "Area 8 Dark Zone," where a massive number of "Night Walkers" were entrenched.

The so-called Night Walkers were transformed after the undead underwent "Thirst-Blood Aberration." Compared with ordinary undead, they were more extreme. They would be silent in the darkness. Once they sensed the breath of living beings, they would swarm up and tear the living beings to pieces and swallow them into their stomachs, in order to slightly alleviate their souls that had been eroded by the undead to the point of mutation.

In the current "Area 8 Dark Zone," the traces of Night Walkers could no longer be seen. They had all gone to worship the absolute superior · Undead Monarch. Therefore, everyone decided to meet at the "Dark Zone Shelter" in Area 8.

This was a small city with a population of tens of thousands. Although there were not many people, the folk style was fierce. It was also reasonable to think that being able to survive in such an environment as Area 8 Dark Zone must be a ruthless character.

A more critical point was that there was a "Purification Device" notarized by the Void Tree here. The function of this thing was:

【Warning: Being hit by all undead rule-breakers, while bearing damage, you will also lose a certain amount of "Source Vitality," causing the HP cap to drop from 100%. This part of "Source Vitality" will be taken away by the undead. If you fail to successfully take it back within a certain period of time, you will permanently lose "HP cap." If you successfully take it back, you need to go to a designated location, consume a large amount of Soul Coins, and perform purification through the facility notarized by the Void Tree before you can safely absorb it and restore the HP cap.】

Everyone had already agreed to arrive at the Dark Zone Shelter before tonight. As for why everyone, who were originally opponents, was so united, not to mention what several rule-breakers said, the Undead Monarch's combat power was only one step away from the Supreme level. Just considering the situation in Dawn City, one knew that they should cooperate temporarily.

Dawn City should have no living people now. According to the priest and others, the billions of undead in the entire world were now gathering toward Dawn City. If they were just gathered, it wouldn't be a big problem. The key was that these undead were killing and devouring each other, which would inevitably lead to the emergence of a large number of powerful individuals in Dawn City soon.

This was not the most tricky part. These powerful individuals could at most be considered big boss-level. The key was that the Undead Monarch was not an existence that appeared recently. It existed at the end of the First Era, but the carrier chosen for each descent was different.

Before noon today, the largest descent of the Undead Monarch was probably 80% to 85%. The physique and willpower of the carrier were not strong enough, unable to let it fully descend. The contradiction was that the stronger the carrier's willpower, the more it could resist its descent, and even temporarily seal it.

Xiketu lost his life in the confrontation with the Leader, his strength declined, his soul was shattered, his intelligence was reduced by more than 60%, and his fate was damaged. But after all, this was a former rule-breaker leader. If his willpower wasn't strong enough, how could he be qualified as the Leader's former nemesis?

Therefore, this time the Undead Monarch descended 100%, and its four sealed subordinates also broke the seal and came out, which were:

Plant Kingdom Yagova Princess · Lisiyuni.

Colossal Guardian · O.

Mad Dragon General · Bashide.

Corrupt Insect Evil Thing · Poison Leech.

These four, any one of them could be a super big boss in other worlds, not to mention that the aberrant undead under them were becoming more and more numerous. Now Dawn City had five major areas, each of the four leaders had one area, and the central area was guarded by the Undead Monarch.

What's worse is that after the four leaders descended, they would release their respective domains, covering the vast territory they mastered. Within their respective territories, when the undead devoured and evolved, they would be affected by the environmental domain and evolve toward the characteristics of the leader belonging to that area.

Taking "Corrupt Insect Evil Thing · Poison Leech" as an example, the undead in its territory, when undergoing aberrant evolution, the evolved form could be parasitism, insect leech carrier, corrupt insect aggregate, erosion insect poison, etc. Of course, an undead could have at most one of these characteristics.

As for why Su Xiao knew these, the information sent by the priest could be described as meticulous, and there were even pictures of the four leaders. Saying that this old guy wasn't prepared early, no one would believe it.

Thinking about it, the priest's plans for the first three rounds were all cracked by Su Xiao. Now that it was the fourth round, the priest's plan was successfully unfolded, which was not surprising. If the priest was easy to deal with, Su Xiao would have killed him long ago. It was this old thing that made him see that after killing a rule-breaker, there would be a kill prompt and a corresponding honor medal reward, but not long after, this old guy appeared again, as if he had been resurrected from the dead, which was a conventional operation he had long been accustomed to.

Su Xiao closed the temporary team list. What was the priest's purpose this time? There was no clue for now, but the current situation must be cooperated with, otherwise everyone would die here.

Don't think that if you don't go to Dawn City to compete for the "Longing Statue" and wait for the competition time limit of this round to reach, you can safely leave this place. Once the undead legion of Dawn City completes the transformation, they will, like evil ghosts out of the cage, under the leadership of the Undead Monarch and the four leaders, kill all living beings in this world.

For these undead, the vitality of living beings is as conspicuous as the scorching sun. The desire and greed for life essence will drive them to hunt down living beings to the ends of the earth.

According to the priest's estimation, at most five days, the undead legion of Dawn City could complete the transformation. At that time, it would also be when the Undead Monarch reached its peak. Compared with facing the endless siege of undead, taking the initiative to attack within five days was obviously wiser.

While thinking, a city with iron-black walls and torches standing above the city gate appeared in the field of vision. This place was the Dark Zone Shelter.

The train slowed down and stopped. Just after getting off the train, Su Xiao saw the city guards stationed in front of the city gate. High-level worlds are sometimes like this. The degree of technology and civilization between areas separated by thousands of kilometers is completely different. Dawn City belongs to moderately developed technology, while this place has low technology. The highest technology is only gas lamps. The special magnetic field underground makes it impossible for this place to develop electricity.

A dozen or so city guards looked at Su Xiao and his party. After confirming that they were all living people, although it couldn't be called enthusiastic, it was still friendly. The city guard squad leader also told Su Xiao that as an outsider, he shouldn't go to the Wolf Spider Street in the back of the city, where the despicable criminals specifically robbed outsiders, and even murdered for money.

A small money bag, not big but quite full, was stuffed into the squad leader's hand by Baha. The squad leader didn't change his expression, personally led Su Xiao and his party into the city, and walked in the city gate tunnel. Baha asked unintentionally if any other outsiders had come here today.

Of course, the squad leader wouldn't hide this kind of inquiry. He said that a total of three teams had come here one after another. Based on the appearance described by the other party, Su Xiao judged that it was Cain's team, Magic Sickle's team, and Witch's team.

Out of the city gate tunnel, the squad leader waved his hand, and a boy wearing a leather hat and somewhat bloated clothes ran over happily, acting as a guide for Su Xiao's team. The squad leader left a sentence that if they encountered trouble, they should come to him, and then returned outside the city gate.

The boy guide was very talkative. Before long, he led the way to the Prince's Manor. This was originally the private manor of a Beast Clan prince. Because he had betrayed the old Beast King, he fled here. The upheaval of the Wind Sea Continent some time ago made this Beast Clan prince leave home for a long journey. It is said that he might have died on the Wind Sea Continent.

Therefore, this Prince's Manor fell into the hands of the butler. This old butler was loyal and brought the prince's second son to live here, but because he didn't have much ability to make a living, he transformed this manor. The back building was where he and the prince's second son lived, and the main building was transformed into high-end apartments. Although there were not many residents in this city, the occasional explorers could also bring good income.

The priest had already rented this place in advance. There was another point: the "Purification Device" notarized by the Void Tree was in the innermost room on the fifth floor of this apartment.

Walking into the first floor of the apartment, this was an open hall. The furnishings were a bit old, but they were cleaned very cleanly. Going up to the third floor, Su Xiao walked into the reserved room. The room was quite spacious, with two bedrooms and a small balcony.

Sitting on the chairs on the balcony, before long, Su Xiao saw the five people of Zerina's team walk into the manor. The captain, Zerina, waved at this side.

"Bai Ye, next round, watch our performance."

Zerina finished speaking and walked into the main entrance of the apartment. Before long, Cain's team also arrived. The captain, Cain, had fought before. Water Brother was an old acquaintance, Light Flame and Shadow Qin were not familiar.

These were not problems. The possibility of infighting in the temporary team was minimal. They were all people who had fought to the Supreme level with hard strength. Even fools without this big picture view had long been eliminated.

Magic Sickle's team and Witch's team arrived one after another, followed by the Gentleman's team. Speaking of which, it was interesting that the people in the Gentleman's team had been changed batch after batch, but the medium-strength Sea Crocodile was unexpectedly tenacious.

However, judging from Sea Crocodile's straight gaze at this moment, he was already a bit desperate, feeling that he wouldn't live to the last round. He was also present at the negotiation with Xiketu before, and he was able to survive the subsequent upheaval because he fell into the underground shaft of the Eternal Society headquarters during the melee.

Half an hour later, several figures walked into the Prince's Manor. Walking in the front was Hao Tao, who was shirtless and had lion-like hair scattered behind him. Beside him was an imperial sister wearing glasses, a black dress, and gold patterns on the edge of the dress, with ruby earrings on her right ear. This was actually the Platinum Apostle. When occupying the body, the Platinum Apostle didn't care about gender, but whether the body's ability was easy to use.

Seeing Su Xiao on the edge of the third-floor balcony, the Platinum Apostle raised a curve at the corner of his mouth and said: "It seems that your luck has been good recently, Bai Ye."

"You too."

Baha on Su Xiao's shoulder spoke.

"Oh? Why do you say that."

"Isn't it your good luck that the Leader hasn't come to catch you yet?"

Baha's attack power was always outstanding. The Platinum Apostle's smile faded a bit, and he walked toward the main entrance of the apartment in high heels.

"Bai Ye, have you had dinner?"

The priest spoke.

"No."

"The dinner here is not bad. I booked a table at 6:00 PM. Come down for dinner then."

Leaving these words, the priest also walked into the main entrance of the apartment. The Moon Witch, who was further behind, looked at Su Xiao, her expression calm, and even her brows frowned slightly. Obviously, it was disgust in the face of the hostile party. It could be said that the Moon Witch's acting skills were still top-notch. Now that she had signed more than 2,000 contracts, of course, she couldn't show any intersection with Su Xiao.

The little fat guy Black Demon further behind stopped, looked at Su Xiao suspiciously for a few seconds, and then walked into the apartment. Bandage Man walked with a somewhat strange gait, just like a puppet that was not very sensitive.

Everyone was present. Su Xiao looked at the time, 4:00 PM. He looked at the dim yellow horizon and closed his eyes to enter a meditation state.

6:00 PM, it was already dark. Beast roars and insect chirps came from the swamp area in the south. Su Xiao stood up and walked into the room. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang was sleeping soundly. He patted Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang made two *Wu Wu* sounds, indicating that he didn't want to eat dinner and wanted to sleep for a while longer.

Going to eat, Amu was definitely active. Bennie jumped onto Su Xiao's shoulder, drilled into his clothes, raised his head from the collar, and Baha landed on his shoulder. Today was actually Baha's home field. If the subsequent negotiations didn't go well, it would be the main output.

*Dong Dong~*

Knocking on Finney's door, there was no response. Trying to open the door, the door wasn't locked. A moment later, Finney was pulled out of the dreamland, particularly reluctantly saying: "I'm not going. You decide. In the Ash City of the Cursed Land, my mental power recovery was severely overdrawn. I feel like I'm weak. Let me sleep for a while longer."

Finney, who successfully "transferred" from a gift-giving treatment type to a weak healer, followed Su Xiao downstairs quite reluctantly. However, when she reached the banquet hall on the second floor, Finney patted her cheeks with both hands to cheer herself up. She was now a member representing Bai Ye's team. In this life-and-death competition, she must not show any weakness.

Pushing the door into the banquet hall, the atmosphere was quite lively. The soul master of Zerina's team, the tank-type Hamdi, the old priest of Magic Sickle's team, and others were drinking and having fun. Light Flame and Shadow Qin were still sprinkling dog food. The neighbor, Greedy · Yutro, was speechless. Water Brother was carving a wooden carving, which looked like a human figure. Black Eye, Curse Warlock, Poison Priest, and Sea Crocodile were playing cards.

After Su Xiao walked into the banquet hall, the priest raised his hand, signaling him to take a seat at the neighbor's table. The food on the table was quite rich, and Su Xiao began to enjoy dinner. Finney was maintaining elegance, Amu began to show off his food, and the glasses girl · Water Lily next to Amu hid to the side, because Amu's eating style was relatively fierce. With her small physique, she was a bit worried that the bull-headed man next to her would accidentally stuff her into his mouth while showing off his food.

"Bai Ye, the fate in this world is really wonderful. I originally thought that both sides would definitely be life-and-death throughout, but I didn't expect that we would be forced to join forces."

Hao Tao opposite spoke, holding a bottle of strong liquor and pouring a few mouthfuls.

"..."

Su Xiao didn't speak, raised his hand to catch the strong liquor thrown by Hao Tao, pushed the bottle stopper with his thumb, and poured a glass.

In a happy and relaxed atmosphere, the banquet gradually came to an end. After the messy dining table was cleaned up, more than half of the contractors present, either lit cigarettes or cigars, or poured a cup of light tea, were waiting for the priest to express his stance.

"Everyone, things have come to this point, which is what none of us want to see."

"Hehe~"

The little boy-like Black Eye laughed. The priest looked at him with a loving smile, but Black Eye's attitude was indifferent at first, but after looking at the priest for two seconds, he moved his gaze away and chose to recognize the advice.

"Priest, don't bully the children in our team."

Witch · Lilia spoke, pressing one hand on Black Eye's head. After she spoke, Magic Sickle · Teride, who was leaning on the dining chair with his eyes closed, opened his eyes. Witch's team and Magic Sickle's team were both in the Holy Light Paradise faction. Teride would of course support Witch · Lilia. The Magic Sickle faction was like this: indifferent to people who had nothing to do with them, and protective of those who were related.

"Alright, everyone, let's continue to listen to the priest. The reason for this matter is no longer important. What we have to face is the result."

Cain, who had gray-white hair combed back, dark golden vertical pupils, and full-body metal armor, spoke, which made the atmosphere return to the previous relaxation and harmony.

To avoid the atmosphere from cooling down, Zerina spoke: "Priest, since you gathered us here, you must have a plan to deal with the Undead Monarch of Dawn City."

"That's right."

The priest took out a small projection device. After adjusting it, he pushed it to the center of the dining table. The current pattern of Dawn City was projected out. He said:

"At least within four days, we cannot enter Dawn City. High-intensity undead cause and effect will erode all living beings who enter this place."

Hearing the priest say this, Water Brother asked:

"No way to solve it?"

"At least I don't have one. I don't know if you..."

The priest looked around at everyone. Zerina, Water Brother, and others all expressed that they had no way. When the priest's gaze fell on Su Xiao, Su Xiao pondered for a while and said:

"There is a way."

"Oh? Tell me about it. I believe in Bai Ye's means."

Witch · Lilia expressed her stance. After all, she had cooperated with Su Xiao before.

"Since it is undead cause and effect in Dawn City, then use deathly silence to erode..."

"No."

Witch · Lilia expressed her stance immediately.

"Refuse."

Water Brother also expressed his stance.

"This is not a good way."

The Platinum Apostle also expressed his stance.

"Negative vote, count me in."

The priest also opposed. Seeing that everyone was like this, the healer of Witch's team · Goddess asked: "This ability called deathly silence is very dangerous?"

"Actually, there should be four transcendent worlds in the Second Era."

The Platinum Apostle didn't continue. Goddess nodded. She already understood the danger level of deathly silence. This made her look at Su Xiao, and the assessment of this Hunter's danger in her heart climbed to another level.

"Bai Ye, besides deathly silence erosion, are there no other feasible ways?"

The priest's words made the eyes of everyone present focus on Su Xiao.

"Yes."

"I'm all ears."

"Send some gifts to the Undead Monarch."

"Okay, let's start discussing the next topic, how to deal with the Undead Monarch four days later."

The priest directly ignored the feasibility of sending "Great-Daddy-level Original Sin Objects." Compared to Dawn City having Great-Daddy-level Original Sin Objects, the undead cause and effect diffusing at this time seemed to be acceptable. Furthermore, those undead cause and effect would dissipate four days later.

The rough plan was set. After the discussion tonight ended, everyone would set off for Dawn City on the morning of the fourth day. But there was one more point, waiting for the priest to continue speaking, which was how to eliminate the Undead Monarch.

"Theoretically speaking, the Undead Monarch cannot be eliminated."

The priest projected the Undead Monarch holographically and began to explain the general situation. First of all, the Undead Monarch has triple undead characteristics. The first is an unsolvable recovery power. Even if its head is shattered, it can recover within 0.1 seconds, and the HP recovery speed is even more terrifying, reaching 300% of the maximum HP per second.

The Undead Monarch, with a maximum HP of 650%, only needs less than 3 seconds to restore its special vitality, or undead power, to full.

What's more absurd is that under the blessing of world power, the Undead Monarch has five times the maximum HP of protective energy, that is, 3250% of fake blood. Before exhausting this fake blood, don't even think about truly hurting the Undead Monarch.

What's more absurd is that the Undead Monarch's exaggerated HP recovery is equally effective for restoring fake blood. It only takes 11 seconds for this high-to-absurd fake blood to be restored to full.

First of all, one must know one point. To some extent, the Undead Monarch is the evil world consciousness of this world. It is not surprising to have this survivability in this world. Before the world power of this world is exhausted, don't even think about truly hurting the Undead Monarch.

Of course, there is a second method. If the world power of this world is directly blessed on the Undead Monarch, it is easy to break. The key is that the world power of this world is gathered on the Undead Monarch after passing through three core hubs.

These three "core hubs" are in the heart cores of the three undead faction leaders: "Princess · Lisiyuni," "Colossal Guardian · O," and "Corrupt Insect Evil Thing · Poison Leech."

What's more tricky is that these three "core hubs" resonate with each other. After one is shattered, it can be restored to completeness in a short time by the resonance of the other two, so these three "core hubs" must be shattered simultaneously in a very short time.

The only good news is that these three "core hubs" are resonance-type hubs. Once they are too close to the Undead Monarch, they will produce a resonance reaction, causing the world power output to be interrupted.

Compared to the three leaders, the combat power of Mad Dragon General · Bashide is stronger. It involves the second undead of the Undead Monarch. In the Second Era, the loyalty of Mad Dragon General · Bashide was trusted by the Undead Monarch of that era. It gave a small part of its undead source blood to Mad Dragon General · Bashide.

This not only gave Mad Dragon General · Bashide powerful combat power that exceeded other undead leaders, but when one day, the Undead Monarch had an accident and was eliminated for some reason, these undead source blood could allow the Undead Monarch to be resurrected and return in a short time.

That is to say, this battle must be to kill the Princess, Colossal Guardian, and Corrupt Insect Evil Thing simultaneously after the battle starts. In this way, it is equivalent to breaking the Undead Monarch's defense, causing it to lose 3250% of fake blood, and the absurd recovery power of 300% of maximum HP per second.

Then there must be two teams, one to fight Mad Dragon General · Bashide, and the other to go straight to the yellow dragon to fight the Undead Monarch. After the General team succeeds, they must kill the Undead Monarch within 5 to 10 minutes, otherwise, everything before will be abandoned.

What's more fatal is that the battle of the five teams throughout the process must be against the massive undead legion.

One point is undoubtedly that the only person present who can kill the Undead Monarch must be Su Xiao. The third undead of the Undead Monarch comes from the environment of this world. In this environment, assuming the undead degree of normal undead is 10, it can be solved with some killing, then the undead of the Undead Monarch in this environment must be more than 300,000, which requires Su Xiao's "Magic Blade Killing" + "Ring of Boundary" to ensure that it is completely eliminated.

Finally, the team configuration of everyone present is:

Magic Sickle's team is responsible for killing the Princess.

Cain's team is responsible for killing the Colossal Guardian.

The priest's team is responsible for killing the Corrupt Insect Evil Thing · Poison Leech.

Hao Tao's team is responsible for killing Mad Dragon General · Bashide.

Bai Ye's team is responsible for killing the Undead Monarch.

The undead team composed of three undead types—Soul Girl, Luingard, and Bandage Man—is responsible for summoning a large number of undead to drag down the undead legion in the city.

Zerina's team and Witch's team are responsible for supporting the above teams at any time to deal with possible sudden situations.

This team configuration was agreed upon by everyone, but one point everyone knows clearly: wanting to defeat the Undead Monarch is indeed difficult. All members of the temporary team will temporarily put aside their contradictions. The problem is, if they can really defeat the Undead Monarch, then the subsequent god-level melee might be even more explosive.

Hao Tao, the priest, Su Xiao, Cain, the Platinum Apostle, and Teride looked at each other, and basically confirmed the look in their eyes. Before the ultimate big boss fell, they were like brothers, and after the ultimate big boss fell, hehe.

There are quite a few healers and support types present—Old Priest, Goddess, Vivien, Black Eye, and Finney. Looking at each other, after noticing the look in the eyes of the six combat-type powerhouses like the priest, Su Xiao, and Cain, these five healers were terrified at that time. With their small physique, how could they withstand the disaster of these gods? As soon as these guys started fighting, they, as healers, would die from unknown large-scale abilities.

The five healers exchanged glances, having already reached a mutual agreement: the moment the ultimate big boss fell, they would quickly form a nanny squad, then cast shields, buffs, and heals on each other, and together escape the chaotic battle zone of the gods.

The five healers all felt a particularly strong point, which was that when there was external danger, these powerful teammates were very reliable, but once the external danger disappeared, these powerful teammates were highly likely to become the source of new danger.

"Cough~"

Finney coughed. She looked around at the six combat-type powerhouses present and said in a relatively tactful way: "I propose that if we can really defeat the Undead Monarch, we should celebrate for a few minutes."

Finney's words were relatively high EQ, meaning that after the Undead Monarch fell, the combat monsters shouldn't move immediately, giving them time to run far away.

After discussing the plan to deal with Dawn City, everyone stood up and left one after another. Baha on Su Xiao's shoulder said: "Three undead types, why not stay for a while?"

Hearing this, Soul Girl's footsteps paused. She had some grudges with Su Xiao, but she didn't lack any big picture view. She had already decided in her heart that even if she wanted to solve the grudges, it would be in the next round. This round, whether it was cooperative combat or the subsequent "Longing Statue" competition, should not bring in personal grudges.

"I have a somewhat immature plan. I don't know if the three of you are interested."

"This... Bai Ye, the situation between us, although it hasn't reached life-and-death immediately, can be considered to have contradictions. This form of cooperation... I need to consider it carefully. Give me some time."

Soul Girl pressed her hands on the armrests of the chair, making a gesture to stand up, and the other two undead types didn't have much interest. One was Luingard of the Holy Light Paradise faction · Witch's team, and the other was simply a rule-breaker, Bandage Man.

Ask, why does Su Xiao want to cooperate with an undead type who has had contradictions, one who is not familiar, and one who is hostile to the faction? Because this concerns whether he can break the priest's scheme in this round and become the winner. Moreover, he is now teaming up with the priest, Hao Tao, and the Platinum Apostle. Compared with the grudges with the priest and them, the contradictions between Su Xiao and Soul Girl and Bandage Man are really not worth mentioning.

Just as the three people on the opposite side stood up one after another, Su Xiao said: "What a pity. This plan must have enough undead. If this plan succeeds, each of us might be able to share more than 900,000 Soul Coins."

As soon as Su Xiao finished speaking, Soul Girl, Luingard, and Bandage Man, who had already stood up, were now sitting upright on the opposite side, with serious expressions. It seems that these three undead types were very, extremely, and particularly interested in this "immature" plan and the income of at least 900,000 Soul Coins per person. ===== CHAPTER 3970 =====