Chapter 406: On the Eve of the Great War

Igniting the fuse and leaving behind a split soul of the God of Darkness—implanted with the Darkness Divinity—in the Mist Forest as an anchor, Lin Bai quietly led many Disciples to withdraw from Shenmo Dalu and arrived in the Real World.

This was a crucial battle; Lin Sibai, Lin Wubai, and the other split souls had all entered standby mode.

Lin Bai had to concentrate his energy to deal with the chaotic battle that was to follow.

……

"I don't know why, but I always feel like something isn't right."

"Yeah! What the Lightning Heavenly King is doing seems brainless. Even if they possess the ability to perform Extraction on a Divinity or replicate a Divinity, there is absolutely no need to be so high-profile. They could have conquered the gods one by one, just like they dealt with the God of Darkness, instead of provoking all the gods at once."

"They have only been in Shenmo Dalu for a few days; they haven't had any in-depth understanding or investigation of those gods. Even the stupidest player wouldn't act like them."

"No, they would act like that. Stupid players don't do any preparation work when fighting a BOSS."

"But those kinds of players will never become top-tier players."

"There is an invisible hand pushing the development of the entire event from behind."

"You might as well just say Lin Bai's name directly."

"Whoever benefits is the culprit. Why can't these old guys who have lived for thousands or tens of thousands of years figure that out?"

"God knows, maybe they've been hit by an intelligence-lowering aura!"

"First, those gods are powerful existences, and most of the time they are in deep slumber; second, even if they encounter problems, they can solve them quickly with brute force. Use it or lose it—they are accustomed to using powerful force to solve problems. Over time, their wisdom naturally degenerates. Dinosaurs were big enough, but their brain capacity was actually pitifully small; throughout history, only the weak use wisdom to solve problems."

"You haven't hit the root of it. The Nine Heavenly Kings are players; we don't understand their social background, so we can put them aside for now. But those gods, before we appeared, didn't even know the definition of a player. It's like primitive people not recognizing a gun; they use their original experience to solve current new problems, so it's inevitable that various deviations will occur. And the only way for them to learn about new things is through us. Once Lin Bai arranges for players to guide them toward all the wrong conclusions in advance, then it's perfectly normal for them to make the wrong decisions."

"I don't believe Lin Bai can set up such a big game."

"Why is it impossible? Lin Bai isn't just one person; his fan base is composed of all kinds of people. Moreover, he has long been colluding with the high-level figures of the Real World, and their interests are aligned. Trade wars, cultural wars, various forms of infiltration—playing these little schemes is second nature to them."

"Lin Bai himself is also an excellent person. If you study his growth history, you will find that there is a deep meaning behind everything he does. Furthermore, he has the powerful Righteous Gate behind him. Otherwise, relying on his own strength, how could he have established such a massive Group in such a short time?"

"The person above is definitely a Lin Bai fanboy. Lin Bai shoots an arrow, and you draw a target around it; of course you'll think everything he does has deep meaning. I believe the key reason Lin Bai can win is the word 'fast'—so fast that no one can react before things have already happened. If one doesn't respond in time, things will slide into a deeper Abyss."

Lin Bai has always used an ultra-fast pace to lead everyone by the nose. Fast, naturally, leads to mistakes. As long as Lin Bai seizes one small mistake and strikes accurately, he can lay the foundation for his victory. Back then, the players and natives of the Eastern Continent had their rhythm disrupted by Lin Bai, which is how the current situation evolved. As long as Lin Bai ensures he is always one step faster than others, even if he makes a mistake, he has time to correct it."

"And as for Lin Bai's Irene, as long as she stops—even if she loses some current benefits—and acts according to her own rhythm, the trouble Lin Bai creates can all be solved. However, Lin Bai's methods for creating problems are too brilliant..."

"Right, Lin Bai has been fighting a Lightning War. It is very easy to expand results with a Lightning War, but correspondingly, the foundation will be very weak. For the sake of speed, he even interrupted the growth of the God of Darkness he created. This is his weakness; in the future, he will definitely lose because of his weak foundation."

"Why hasn't anyone gone to warn the gods of Shenmo Dalu?"

"The bystander sees more than the player. Divinities can be mass-produced; what Lin Bai is shaking is their Faith. What good would a warning do? A sense of crisis will also force them to take action..."

"The Lightning Heavenly King and the others are players; they won't lose anything even if they die once. Lin Bai is just trying to make them drop a level; it's not worth spending so much effort. But once the Heavenly Kings win and seize more Divinities, Lin Bai will be even more passive. I don't see what benefit he can get from this matter?"

"Let's wait and see! We can't guess the thoughts of big shots at all. I just hope the players can hold out longer in this great battle, so we can have a preliminary understanding of these gods' abilities, and not end up like the battle between the Lightning Heavenly King and the God of Darkness, where we didn't even know the result in the end."

"Yeah! This war determines everyone's future—the gods, the Immortal World, and us..."

"The players' power is too weak; there's not a shred of participation in such a major event. What's the point of just watching from the sidelines?"

……

Lin Bai, Xu Longyun, and the others were browsing the posts on the forum.

Because the officials could not interfere with the Game Company's forum, the game forum had effectively become an information concentration camp.

The forum contained various event analyses, and everyone could express their own opinions. Here, as long as you wanted to, you could find anything you were looking for.

"Husband, are they right?" Looking at those posts praising Lin Bai, Xu Longyun's eyes were filled with smiles.

"We got married four days ago, and three days ago, I just finished dealing with the God of Darkness. How could I have so much energy to do so many things?" Lin Bai laughed dumbly and shook his head. "I just added a little fuel to the fire according to my own ideas, waited quietly for things to ferment, and then I achieved my goal. If there must be an explanation, then I suppose I am a Child of Luck; heaven is secretly helping me."

In Xu Longyun's mind, the image of Merit protecting his body under the Heavenly Tribulation flashed, and she had almost no doubt about Lin Bai's statement.

What could be more gratifying than one's own husband being a Child of Luck!

Usually, a Child of Luck comes to deal with a catastrophe. She looked at Lin Bai and nodded affirmatively: "It must be so, that's right."

"Exactly, exactly. Those geniuses from the sects aren't even fit to carry Husband's shoes." Jiang Qingqin agreed, "Husband has walked this path and experienced so many hardships. Although the process was sometimes thrilling, when has he not passed through smoothly?"

Hardships?

It has always been him bringing hardships to others!

Tu Yan was speechless for a moment.

A Child of Luck brings peace to the world, but everywhere Lin Bai goes, he brings chaos and war. How does that have anything to do with being a Child of Luck?

Calling him a Child of Demons would be more appropriate.

He couldn't help but ask: "Master, what if things don't develop according to your ideas?"

"If they don't, then they don't. I haven't lost anything." Lin Bai's face was filled with a confident glow. "If it doesn't work the first time, then a second time. There will always be a time when they fall for it."

"……" Tu Yan was speechless for a moment. He really is a damn Child of Luck!

……

At this moment.

Tuohai walked in.

He placed a player's live broadcast screen called 【Heart of Agility】 in front of Lin Bai: "Master, the gods of Shenmo Dalu want to talk to you through the players."

Lin Bai looked at the screen.

On the screen, the Goddess of Earth, the Goddess of Forest, the God of War, and other gods appeared in the same frame, each with their own unique characteristics.

As the most powerful existence among the gods, the Goddess of Earth was in the center, looking directly at the player, appearing as if she were talking to Lin Bai: "Lin Bai, now that things have developed to this point, there is no point in pursuing who is right and who is wrong.

But at present, our interests should be aligned. The Heavenly Kings of the Immortal World want to conquer our world, and they have also been encroaching on the interests of your world.

You cannot conquer the Immortal World alone, and we do not possess the ability to reach the Immortal World. If we cooperate, we can perfectly make up for each other's shortcomings.

We come with sincerity. Next, we will launch a siege on the three Heavenly Kings in the Mist Forest. After this battle, I hope to talk to you in person about the future development of the two worlds..."

……

"Master, are we going to use their power to flatten the Immortal World?" Tuohai asked.

"How can other people's power be as comfortable to use as one's own?" Lin Bai chuckled lightly. "Others don't know what I've done, but don't you know? Fight side by side with them, only to have them stab us in the back?"

"……" Tu Yan twitched his mouth silently. His master might be the most shameless Child of Luck in history.

Tuohai opened his mouth, then stopped speaking; like those uninformed masses in the forums, he actually could not understand what the point of his master doing this was.

Even if a few Heavenly Kings were killed, they were trapped in the Immortal World, so they likely wouldn't fall for such a trick a second time.

The Shenmo Dalu was the same; once those gods came to their senses, they would surely view his master as a mortal enemy, and no matter how one looked at it, the losses would outweigh the gains.

Shaking his head to cast the messy thoughts out of his mind, Tuohai asked, "Master, those players are begging you to use the Magpie Bridge to send them over to watch the battle; should you agree to them?"

"There is no need to do such useless work; with the players' meager abilities, they would die if they even grazed the battlefield of the gods, and they wouldn't see anything if they went over..."

Lin Bai gently stroked the little white fox in his arms, silently memorizing the appearance of every god on the live stream, while pondering how to carry out the Marriage Alliance mission in a moment.

Mist Forest.

The avatar possessing the Darkness Divinity wore the Disguise Glasses and had transformed into the appearance of the Lightning Heavenly King, with the genuine God of Darkness standing behind him.

The two's darkness space spread out, and the thick night covered the entire Mist Forest; the Monsters merged themselves into the darkness space to contribute their own power to their god.

In the Shenmo Dalu, believers could lend their power to the gods, but the darkness space did not expand because they had contributed their power.

After all.

The God of Darkness's upper limit was locked by a card; he would neither gain extra Divinity because of an increase in believers, nor lose Divinity because of a decrease in believers.

Lin Bai's avatar relied on his own fans, so the power of the darkness believers naturally could not be lent to him.

Therefore, those excited darkness Monsters who wanted to perform meritorious service in the upcoming War of the Gods did not know that everything they were doing was useless work...

With two living targets standing here and live-streaming at all times, others naturally would not change their target.

The first to arrive were the three Heavenly Kings led by Meng Laoda; when Lin Bai left, they were already very close to the Mist Forest, and without worrying about anything else, they traveled at full speed, so they naturally arrived the fastest.

"They're here!" Hiding on top of the Darkness Palace, the 【Heavenly Demon Heart】 and others in charge of the live stream had their eyes light up and aimed the broadcast focus at the suddenly appearing Huo Tianwang and the other two; up until now, no players had come over, and they might be the only players on the scene recording this battle of the gods; by placing the live stream location at the Darkness Palace, even if they died, they could immediately resurrect from here.

A large number of viewers flooded into their live stream room.

On the bullet comments.

The languages of the two continents drifted past, and most of them were the two words "Hold on."

Although they said with their mouths that there was no sense of participation in the War of the Gods, most players were still attracted to this battle of the gods.

After all.

This was the best opportunity to understand the Skills of Lin Bai, the Heavenly Kings, and the various gods.

The players firmly believed that one day, they too would stand on this stage and become the protagonists of the stage.

Large gifts and money drifted through the live stream room:

"Brother, hold on, it doesn't matter how many levels you lose; afterwards, we will help you grind your levels back."

"Alliance Leader Lin, we are your most loyal fans, we request Magpie Bridge support."

"We are willing to fight for the Justice Alliance, we only ask that you send us to the battlefield."

"Lin Bai, you bastard, how dare you impersonate me?" Seeing himself floating above the darkness space, the Lightning Heavenly King was furious, "Give my Hammer back to me."

Three of them?

The intelligence was wrong!

The red one is fire, the blue one is water; the other Heavenly Kings remained in the Immortal World, so who is the one left?

Is it the Gold King, or the Meng Laoda who has never shown his face?

Lin Bai frowned slightly, pondering the identity of the third person, while saying leisurely, "Brother, the gods have already taken the bait; there is no need to act at this time; let us calm our minds and wait for the gods to enter the trap."

"Lin Bai, you really are shameless! You stop at nothing to frame others, using all sorts of filthy methods; do you look like a king?" The Lightning Heavenly King's Negative Emotion was overflowing.

"Brother, there is no need to frame Lin Bai at this time." The avatar looked helpless.

"Meng Laoda, Little Huo, A-Shui, the gods haven't arrived yet; if we don't strike now, when will we? Only by snatching my Hammer back can I help you!" The Lightning Heavenly King pointed at Lin Bai in a fit of rage, "He is full of tricks; when we start fighting in a moment, who knows what crooked ideas he might use!"

Before the words had even faded.

To the left of the Mist Forest, a black vortex nearly a thousand meters high suddenly appeared; black dragons that blotted out the sky, demons with ferocious faces and two horns, Succubus with red wings and curvaceous figures, and other Abyss creatures poured out of the vortex one after another, exuding the unique evil aura of Abyss creatures.

Closely following them were the Undead Legion, including bone dragons, liches, darkness knights, and skeleton armies.

The Lord of the Abyss, wreathed in flames and riding a hydra, and the Undead Monarch, hiding his body in a black cloak, appeared last.

The Lord of the Abyss had a pair of red wings spread behind him, held a Sword, and had flowing white hair; he looked peerlessly handsome, but after he appeared, the monstrous evil aura actually forcibly pushed the darkness space to the side...

Lin Bai's avatar subconsciously looked at the Lord of the Abyss and was shocked to discover that the aura on him was so similar to the Heavenly Demon Heart; it was that kind of pure collection of evil.

(End of this chapter)