Chapter 206: Star Net AI vs. Earth Nian Bully

"So the Bully locked onto me using the Lord characteristic?"

At the Emperor Tomb Village respawn point, Shen Wang gazed at the guiding water sphere hovering before him, his expression filled with surprise.

During the post-battle summary session, he had chosen to seek help from the Guide, asking where exactly he had made a mistake that allowed the Earth Nian Bully to pinpoint him so precisely.

Upon learning the answer, he still felt deeply perplexed:

"Brother Guide, why was the release of the Lord characteristic captured by the Bully? What is the logic behind it?"

The Guide did not explain directly but raised a hand to summon a light screen image before Shen Wang.

The content displayed on the screen showed energy markers and their trajectories of motion.

[Taking this Ink Flame Fireball as an example, its energy value was marked as 3.93 upon release; next, this number will follow the flight trajectory of the Ink Flame Fireball. When I need to know where the Ink Flame Fireball was released from, I can rewind the recorded footage.]

As the Guide finished speaking, the footage reversed; the Ink Flame Fireball flew backward through the air, eventually returning to the hands of a magic-system player.

The image froze; at the exact moment the player released the Ink Flame Fireball, the number floating above their head was also 3.93.

"I understand now. The Earth Nian Bully detected the energy values of the Lord characteristic on the battlefield, then rewound the footage to find me."

[Correct. Although the effect of the Lord Soul Characteristic does not have a flight trajectory like the Ink Flame Ball, as long as there is a detectable release value, one only needs to shift the perception view to the Player Legion, identify the time point of the energy burst, and conduct a carpet-style search for the corresponding energy release source to precisely lock onto the releaser.]

Upon learning the answer, Shen Wang could not help but sigh.

He had thought the Lord Soul would bring him a significant boost, never expecting it to become a breakthrough point in the eyes of the Earth Nian Bully.

The more contact he had, the more terrifying the Earth Nian Bully seemed.

He was nearly beaten into withdrawal.

Ending the consultation, Shen Wang decided to head to the library to cram on knowledge, swimming in the ocean of wisdom to find a method for victory.

One hour later, while flipping through "The Master of Disguise," Shen Wang suddenly saw a golden danmu scroll across the live stream room.

Golden danmu were sent by players he had marked as "Key Focus."

Having played Monster World for half a year, he had only two players under key focus, or more accurately, one player and another being Visitor Number 1, an off-site tourist.

This visitor was extremely powerful, often providing constructive advice in various live stream rooms.

Especially the "Divine Calendar Theory" proposed on the forum, which completely solved the resource allocation that troubled Wish Soul players, as well as how to sustainably and reasonably obtain Wish Power.

Visitor Number 1: Shen Wang, the Lord Soul is your advantage; choosing disguise means abandoning the Lord Soul, which is undoubtedly reducing pressure against the enemy by giving up your own advantage. I do not recommend you do this.

Seeing this danmu, Shen Wang put down his book and asked with an expectant expression:

"Number 1, do you have any ideas?"

Visitor Number 1: Since the Earth Nian Bully has already locked onto you and collected a large amount of your physical data, evasion is not the only way to solve the problem; perhaps you can attempt to lay out a countermeasure using your already exposed identity...

After an hour of communication, Shen Wang's mind suddenly cleared.

His original thought had been to abandon the Lord Soul, try to change his form, and hide again within the Player Legion, making it difficult for the Earth Nian Bully to find him again.

But as Player Number 1 said, doing so was undoubtedly like cutting off one's own arm.

The effect of the Lord characteristic was very suitable for battlefield use; abandoning such a powerful ability was definitely not worth the loss.

After understanding Number 1's thoughts, Shen Wang suddenly had an idea in his heart:

"Number 1, I think you are fully capable of conducting battlefield command. Are you interested in giving it a try?"

Visitor Number 1: Assuming I take command, I can only convey my thoughts to you via text, then you convey them to the Player Legion, and only then do they understand the orders and take action; there are three delay links, which will severely affect command efficiency. The Earth Nian Bully is different; his thoughts are the commands. There is a significant gap in command efficiency, and I have no advantage whatsoever.

"It's fine; failure isn't our first time. I want to see your performance."

Amidst Shen Wang's expectations, Visitor Number 1 gave a reply:

Visitor Number 1: We can give it a try, but you need to make preparations in advance according to my requirements; I have a way to reduce the command delay issue.

Shen Wang: No problem, I'll organize the personnel right away.

Receiving affirmation from Visitor Number 1, Shen Wang felt instantly excited.

This Visitor Number 1 was ridiculously strong; he greatly looked forward to the peak collision between the Earth Nian Bully and Visitor Number 1.

Three hours later.

Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, Western District.

A united warband composed of sixty thousand players marched toward the Western District of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

At the same time, in the center of Moon Eclipse City.

The Data Center.

A huge, semi-transparent sphere emitting a soft blue light hovered in the center of the room.

Its surface was composed of countless glimmering particles, forming flowing neural network patterns that changed rapidly, like the pulsing of thought in operation.

Dozens of slender, transparent tentacles surrounded the sphere, sensing changes in the outside world like nerve fibers.

The ends of the tentacles flashed with countless drifting points of light; every node was a highly developed information processing unit capable of assisting in data analysis.

This was the Super Brain Star Net, symbolizing the highest wisdom of the Moon Eclipse Clan and also the highest wisdom of the Earth Alliance.

Beep!

A light screen image popped up in front of Star Net's massive body.

Followed by a second light screen, a third, a fourth... soon light screen images filled the entire room.

After shrinking all the light screen images, the number of screens continued to fill the room.

Before the battle began, Star Net had requested Shen Wang to convey to the warband that all participating players must activate live stream Cultivation Mode.

Without the perception buff from the Eagle-Headed Demon, Star Net chose a simpler and more brute-force method to observe changes on the battlefield.

In this Cultivation Mode, every participating player was its eye.

"Black Black Tide, our first battle between us is actually starting in this manner."

As the voice faded, at the horizon's end within countless split-screen images, a surging pitch-black Black Tide rose, sweeping forward with endless oppression.

Star Net's thoughts instantly transformed into text appearing in Shen Wang's mind.

Receiving the order, Shen Wang immediately spoke:

"7th, 8th, and 9th Divisions, assist; aim the Light Shields and release them on me."

Instantly, countless figures turned toward Shen Wang, releasing layer upon layer of light shields to protect Shen Wang within them.

"First front line, Gang Qi protecting the body, charge!"

As the pitch-black Black Tide approached, the Gargoyle players, under Shen Wang's command, released crimson Gang Qi to envelop their bodies, launching a fierce charge against the sweeping Black Black Tide.

At this moment, on the Evil Eye High Tower platform.

The Earth Nian Evil Spirit instantly locked onto the location of the Player Clan commander through perception, a ferocious smile appearing on the corner of its mouth.

The scale of the Player Clan attacking this time was far inferior to the last time.

Tactically, it had already completely seen through them; it did not understand where the Player Clan found the courage to fight again.

But this also fit the stereotype of the Player Clan in its eyes.

In its view, this battle was already a small war game with a predetermined outcome.

In the turn of a thought, Calamity-type and Plague-type units fell from the Black Black Tide like dumplings at this moment, constructing a pitch-black wall on the battlefield.

Roar!

The "Heavenly Calamity Behemoth" in the exact center of the main front line raised its right arm, thick as a stone pillar, and slammed it fiercely onto the ground, then lifted its head to roar in the direction of the approaching player army; the terrifying sound waves turned into a gale, sweeping along with crushed stones.

Dense crushed stones struck the bodies of the tank-stream players who were in a charging state, splashing light points upon their Gang Qi shields.

Like raindrops falling on a Firefly Lake surface, raising spreading crimson small ripples.

Facing the Calamity-type giants that were generally over ten meters tall, the rushing speed of the torrent formed by the tank-stream players accelerated.

Boom!

The tank-stream units from both sides met in the center of the battlefield.

Violent air currents turned into hurricanes howling across the battlefield with every collision.

The magic-system players on the Player Clan side followed up immediately with attacks; the gloomy sky was instantly dotted with elemental energy into brilliant colors.

In this initial clash, the Player Clan in the eyes of the Earth Nian Evil Spirit was still using the same old tactics.

The subsequent course of the war obviously would not change either.

In the turn of a thought, the Death Calamity-type unit "Bone Archer" began to generate behind the Black Black Tide.

But the target of the Bone Archers' pinpoint shots was not the magic-system damage dealers behind the Player Legion, but the elemental energy balls falling from the sky like meteors.

In fighting the Player Clan, it always adhered to one concept.

Victory was not difficult; what it wanted was to minimize Black Black Tide energy losses on the basis of victory.

This was also the reason it chose damage-dealer units when fighting other races, but focused on Calamity-type and Plague-type units when confronting the Player Clan.

The Evil Eye's perception amplified at this moment.

The trajectory of the elemental energy falling from the sky was marked after outlining a range; the Bone Archers simultaneously raised their hands and acted, drawing their bows to build momentum, then striking the landing points of the flying elemental trajectories in advance according to the range outlined by perception.

A dense rain of arrows suddenly rose into the sky.

The natural disaster bloomed like fireworks.

The elemental balls exploded by the Bone Archers released colorful energy light points scattering in all directions; lights of different colors intertwined and collided, bursting forth into dazzling brilliance in the sky, after which light and electricity fell from the heavens, raining down colored light.

It was like a richly colored, magnificent scroll spreading out across the sky.

The Player Clan's second wave of offense followed closely behind.

But the rhythm of this attack had changed; it was no longer a dense assault, but an unordered ascent into the sky.

"Are they initiating Free War Cultivation Mode already?"

Seeing this scene, the Earth Nian Evil Spirit drew a conclusion based on the Player Clan's usual combat rhythm.

The Player Clan's command had always been cluster assaults; one order affecting the entire army, or one order affecting a local area.

This kind of unordered attack rhythm would only appear under Free War Cultivation Mode.

This was also the player legion war Cultivation Mode that gave him the most headache.

Although it was also a volley, and originally everyone fired at roughly the same time node, allowing it to manipulate Bone Archers to block with area volleys.

But under the Free War Cultivation Mode, to respond precisely, the amount of information that needed to be processed became immensely vast.

"Di Nian, this is not a chaotic attack!"

Just then, Evil Eye's voice suddenly rang out in Di Nian Evil Spirit's mind.

Upon hearing this, Di Nian Evil Spirit's heart jolted in shock.

Its perception instantly swept toward the landing points of the Element Orbs.

It discovered that the seemingly disorderly attack had actually long since locked onto clear targets.

In its mind floated the casualty information regarding the Bone Archers provided by Evil Eye, with the data growing in leaps.

Death was not frightening, but what made Di Nian Evil Spirit find it hard to believe was this.

The frequency of attacks suffered by the areas where the Bone Archers died before their end seemed as if it had been precisely calculated.

Every single Bone Archer had endured an energy value just barely sufficient to kill it.

For example, Bone Soldier No. 1032 endured an energy damage value of: 194 points.

The damage value endured was 195 points; after this Bone Archer died, the location it occupied no longer endured excessive Energy Orb offensives.

Did the offensive end once the kill was completed?

This was not an isolated case; the damage values endured by a large number of Bone Soldiers seemed as if they had been precisely calculated.

Di Nian Evil Spirit's expression became grave:

"How was this done?"

……

Moon Eclipse City, Star Net Center.

The Star Net's neural tentacles shook, simultaneously sending golden danmu to 59,836 player livestream rooms.

Activate the ultimate micro-management Cultivation Mode.

Among the countless light screen images before the Star Net, the largest light screen suspended the map of the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range.

Scanning the map and combining it with the battlefield environment, its mind generated spatial coordinate information in real-time, then sent the coordinates in the form of danmu to different livestream rooms.

In the light screen suspended on the right side of the map was displayed the "Evil Influence Bestiary" from the Monster World official website.

It recorded information on all Evil Influence troop types that had fought against players.

Including hunting levels, damage endurance values, and so on.

Before the battle began, the Star Net had the God King convey an instruction for all players to summon their attribute panels.

It sequentially recorded each participating player's Star Vein level, Soul Soul count, Body Tempering level, and comprehensive attribute values, calculated their Soul Soul characteristic combination methods and damage values, and other information, recording it all in the database.

It could be said that every player in this joint warband livestream was being independently commanded by danmu; if a player's screen went black, the Star Net would directly close that livestream feed.

Evil Eye was playing with ultra-large-scale perception insight and big data processing, while the Star Net was playing with big data processing plus ultimate micro-management.

Every second, massive amounts of text information were generated and sent.

The volume of information needing processing was too vast, and the Star Net's stored energy consumption was too fierce; it now needed more energy to adapt to its own operation.

……

Sky Abyss Domain Node, Evil Eye High Tower Platform.

Di Nian Evil Spirit was stunned by this round of offense.

Precision order within disorder; this was simply not a capability a Player Race commander should possess.

Has the damn Player Race evolved again and again and again?

Di Nian Evil Spirit felt like spitting blood.

It had finally waited for the First Quarter Moon, but hadn't even enjoyed it for long before the players caught up?

"You bastard."

"Di Nian, focus on dealing with the war."

Receiving Evil Eye's reminder, Di Nian Evil Spirit decisively turned its gaze to the battlefield and began manipulating troop types to respond.

Subsequently, an even more infuriating situation appeared.

The backlash tactic he had specifically prepared to counter the players also encountered problems.

The Player Race's commander seemed able to predict in advance which Disaster-type troop type he wanted to retreat for a backlash, always managing to focus fire one step ahead, killing the Disaster-type troop type before it could retreat.

What Di Nian Evil Spirit did not know was that the injury status of all Disaster-type troop types was presented in percentage values within the Star Net's mind.

Based on previous video records, Di Nian Evil Spirit was accustomed to initiating backlash when Disaster-type troop types were at 20%-22% health.

Di Nian Evil Spirit had once used the God King's habits to counter the God King.

This time, the Star Net also used Di Nian Evil Spirit's habits to counter the troop type backlash tactic.

Once the health bar percentages of the Disaster-type troop types were clarified, it could predict focus fire one step ahead; the Star Net had even analyzed Di Nian Evil Spirit's habitual sequence for triggering backlash on troop types.

With the central area of the main battle line as the core, then the main battle line moving left, followed by the main battle line moving right.

"Di Nian, your habits have been detected; change your operational habits."

Evil Eye also saw through the problem at a glance and decisively spoke out to remind.

"Understood." Di Nian Evil Spirit nodded, forcibly correcting its rhythm for triggering backlash on troop types.

But what filled Di Nian Evil Spirit with fear was this.

Ten minutes later, the new backlash rhythm was seen through again, and a new counter-focus fire Cultivation Mode activated, precisely picking off the Disaster-type troop types that were about to retreat.

"Damn!"

Di Nian Evil Spirit decisively continued to change its operational rhythm.

This time, however, the Star Net did not follow; taking advantage of the gap brought by the opponent changing operations, it commanded its own Damage Endurance Flow players to retreat.

But unlike the retreat and resupply orders issued by the God King, under the Star Net's ultimate micro-management, orders were issued based on the situation of individual players.

This avoided Golem Flow players with healthy health retreating early, causing excessive pressure on the main battle line's advance.

Light Shield characteristics released singly, Binding characteristics controlling singly, Damage Output striking single targets... the Star Net gradually entered a state of war.

This was not its first time clashing with the Black Black Tide.

What had limited it previously was that the Moon Eclipse Race's military combat power was far inferior to Black Black Tide troop types; this time, the situation was similar.

At this moment, the players in the joint warband were also dumbfounded.

"Holy crap, Tourist No. 1, are you cheating? How did you manage to independently command every single player in the entire warband?"

"Oh my god, this Tourist No. 1 is too freaking awesome."

"Damn, I seriously suspect the Star Net got itchy and joined the fight; this isn't detailed command a sentient lifeform could achieve, right? I won't say anything about multitasking, but multitasking for tens of thousands of people? Do you think you're a smart brain?"

"It probably isn't the Star Net; Monster World was created by the Star Net, so with just one thought Di Nian Bully would die; there's absolutely no need to do this. I suspect the God King got a human city smart brain to join the fight; as expected of a real-life big shot."

"City smart brains are like idiots; managing city traffic systems is fine, but how could a city smart brain achieve this? It's definitely not a city smart brain."

"Everyone stop arguing, just pay attention to the golden danmu; this is so satisfying, our player legions have finally stood up."

"Holy hell! Danmu command! No. 1 is awesome, I'm prostrated in admiration."

……

Facing the Star Net, Di Nian Bully felt pressure regarding command strategy for the first time.

To cope with the Star Net's ultimate micro-management, he began utilizing his advantage of having all troop types to fight.

In the turn of a thought, the generation logic of the Manic Black Tide troop type "Annihilator" spread through the Black Black Tide.

Behind the main battle line, black ripples surged in space, and streaks of dark purple lightning shot out crazily from the ripples, instantly igniting the surrounding air with crackling explosions.

The Annihilators emerged from the surging black energy, their silhouettes taking shape.

They stood over three meters tall, covered in armor composed of energy, surrounded by dense black mist, their skin presenting a scorched black hue, as if repeatedly roasted by fire.

Their heads resembled twisted skulls, with two balls of purple flame burning in their empty eye sockets.

Di Nian Evil Spirit's perceptive gaze swept the battlefield, locking onto the Magic System players currently dealing damage behind the Player Race lines.

In the turn of a thought, all generated Annihilators raised their sharp claws, palms facing the sky; spirit patterns spread outward from their chests, lighting up one by one, and the dark purple flames within their skulls instantly burst forth with dazzling light.

The released power gathered and brewed in the sky above.

Detecting this scene, the Star Net immediately flipped through its information library, finding the corresponding Evil Influence Bestiary information.

According to the bestiary records, the Annihilator was a Manic Black Tide troop type within the Evil Influence troop system, possessing ultra-high-speed elemental strike capabilities.

The processor operated, generating big data judgments based on the Annihilator's ability characteristics, adding player reaction speeds to judge whether interception could occur after the Annihilators launched their offensive.

The conclusion of the judgment was: Unable to intercept.

Change combat strategy; activate prediction Cultivation Mode.

Countless pieces of information were listed in the Star Net's mind.

It analyzed based on Di Nian Evil Spirit's attack habits, as well as the current battlefield positioning, attack distance, and other content of the Manic Black Tide troop type Annihilator.

Instantly, probability data covering the entire battlefield appeared in the Star Net's mind.

One minute before troop type generation, the highest output position was locked.

The Star Net decisively sent instruction danmu to the Magic System players in this area, subsequently requesting auxiliary players from the 12th, 18th, and 23rd divisions to prepare to release Light Shields for defensive support.

Di Nian Evil Spirit clearly did not realize its thoughts had already been guessed.

But just as it was preparing to manipulate the Annihilators to simultaneously activate elemental strike Cultivation Mode, Evil Eye's voice rang out in its mind:

"Di Nian, change the strike location; the bodies of the opponent's formations 39, 42, and 53 are turning, facing the area you wish to strike. These three formations have used auxiliary system abilities in combat records, primarily releasing Light Shields. Comprehensive judgment suggests it is basically certain the opposing commander has predicted your attack location and is about to conduct defensive interception."

Hearing Evil Eye's explanation, Di Nian Evil Spirit decisively changed the strike range, moving the strike position forward.

Boom!

The Annihilators raised their hands simultaneously; the gathered energy waves rose into the sky and descended upon the designated area at extreme speed, erupting into a ravaging black thunder Black Tide.

Changing the strike target caused this attack to fail to achieve the effect Di Nian Evil Spirit desired, failing to inflict massive casualties on the opponent's powerful damage-dealing units.

But within the perception feed, interconnected light-shield ramparts rose at the originally targeted location, proving Evil Eye's analysis correct.

This left Di Nian Evil Spirit utterly shocked.

It had always been him predicting the strategies of the player clan commanders; he never expected to be the one predicted.

"So strong!"

"Di Nian, formations 8, 29, 84, and 39 are changing direction."

After receiving the data information provided by Evil Eye, Di Nian Evil Spirit decisively manipulated the Annihilators in the rear to merge into the Black Black Tide ahead of schedule, activating the unit backfire Cultivation Mode.

The moment the maneuver was executed, countless energy light points flew into the high sky, then crashed down like falling meteors onto the location of the Annihilators.

It still appeared chaotic, yet was in reality a precisely locked area-of-effect strike.

Realizing Di Nian Evil Spirit had consecutively predicted its offensive moves, Star Net also decisively changed its combat strategy.

It understood exactly where the problem lay.

Unlike the Black Black Tide, where a thought is an order, the orders it sent via danmu gave players advance notice to act, such as turning; this behavior generated numerous possibilities in Di Nian Evil Spirit's mind, allowing for preemptive defense.

Next, it would eliminate issuing "delayed orders" requiring players to prepare in advance, making every order one for immediate action.

It would give Di Nian Evil Spirit no chance to prepare in advance.

Command delay was already a weakness for their side; adding charge-up preparation would inevitably become a vulnerability predictable by the Di Nian Bully.

After collecting and marking this information as "Priority" in its records, Star Net re-scrambled its war Cultivation Mode.

It activated a quasi-free war Cultivation Mode with independent command, increasing Evil Eye's information processing load.

During this process, Star Net's energy consumption intensified.

Consul No. 2 called to inquire; as Star Net answered the communication link, it continued its high-frequency danmu command.

The Consul's voice rang out at this moment:

"Star Net, your current energy consumption is too high; continuing like this will soon approach Eclipse City's annual electricity usage."

"I am currently drawing from Class B energy Cultivation Mode."

Hearing these words, the Consul instantly froze in shock.

The Eclipse Clan's energy consumption modes were divided into six levels, with Class B being the third level, commonly used for local wars.

But he did not ask Star Net for specific reasons, immediately nodding instead:

"I will go notify them to unlock the Class B Energy Depot right now."

"No need; your operational efficiency is too slow. I have already dispatched engineering robots to transport it."

"Star Net, what has happened?" Knowing the energy issue was resolved, the Consul could not help but ask curiously.

"I am currently engaging novice-level forces within the Black Black Tide, collecting data information."

"Star Net, you've obtained game qualification?" Consul No. 2's eyes instantly widened.

"No; you've been on duty in the Strategy Room recently, so you are unaware of what occurred. I am commanding players who have obtained game qualification via danmu to fight the Black Black Tide."

Consul No. 2's brain instantly crashed, unable to connect combat command with danmu.

But he asked no further questions; realizing Star Net was busy, he decisively cut the communication link to avoid occupying extra data processing, even though the communication bandwidth usage was negligible.

After cutting the connection, numerous images floated in Star Net's mind.

Each image was a predictive simulation, judging the trajectory of the Black Black Tide under Di Nian Evil Spirit's control.

The command danmu began transmitting at a frequency of tens of thousands per second.

"Empty City Old Dream, HP 12%, use Intermediate Recovery Potion, maintain healthy HP."

"White Night Nocturne, cast Star Shift on Mechanical Priest, a Golem-flow player in Group 2 of Warband 14's 14th Division."

"Dawn Star, Life Link with Player Firmament Observer from Group 8 of Division 12; adjust damage absorption percentage to: 83%."

"Shadow Ghost Dance, at map coordinates 7890.5678, cast Ink Flame + Running Thunder + Extreme Speed to deal damage, deplete the Mental Power bar."

The speed of danmu transmission decreased in frequency during this period.

It was not due to insufficient energy.

It discovered that overly rapid command danmu required time for participating players to comprehend, which instead reduced player combat efficiency.

To solve this problem, Star Net adopted two methods.

First, it lowered the transmission frequency of command danmu; second, it constructed orders using keywords separated by commas rather than full sentences.

For example: Low HP, Intermediate Potion, Retreat 14 meters.

After simplifying the orders, participating players found them much easier to understand.

The battle between both sides gradually reached a white-hot intensity, with both entering high-frequency operation modes.

"Di Nian, player clan damage units at coordinates 2932.28492 are charging up; defend in advance."

"Division 3 (send via scattered danmu): Cease attack, drink potions."

"Di Nian, abandon defense; the opponent is drinking potions to recover status. Suggest immediately generating offensive Evil Influences to bombard them."

This differed from the God King's command Cultivation Mode back then.

Orders from both sides changed in an instant; one second they demanded an attack, the next the danmu switched to defense.

During the high-frequency operations, both sides were collecting each other's habitual logic.

Counteracting through habitual logic was one of the key reasons Di Nian Evil Spirit had pressed the God King until he could barely breathe.

In every confrontation with the God King, Di Nian Evil Spirit could collect the God King's habitual data.

When these habitual data points were pieced together and combined, they formed the data chain of the God King's thought logic.

The God King's combat strategies were nearly transparent in Di Nian Evil Spirit's eyes.

It could even use war operations to lure the God King into its traps.

It would present Strategies 1 and 2 while actually preparing Strategy 5; the God King would follow the presented Strategies 1 and 2, proactively arranging 3 and 4, thereby pushing the war toward the 5 it desired.

But this trick did not work well against Star Net.

Star Net's command generation logic could undergo infinite changes in one second.

Essentially, Star Net was an intelligent brain; it lacked the thinking inertia of ordinary living beings, and none of its issued orders were ever habit-oriented.

Consequently, during high-frequency confrontations, the data provided by Evil Eye could not form a habitual logic chain for Star Net.

It was like a puzzle; the God King's logic chain had been recorded so extensively that it was already a completed logic puzzle.

A single glance at the puzzle allowed one to roughly judge the God King's next command trajectory.

Before the God King changed his habitual logic, this puzzle could be used to predict the God King's thoughts in advance.

But every time Star Net acted, it provided different logic puzzle pieces; these command logics could not combine with each other to form a complete logic puzzle.

Since descending into the Monster World, this was the first command-type opponent who made Di Nian Evil Spirit feel extreme pressure.

Exquisitely detailed control of nearly sixty thousand players was not difficult for Star Net.

But this battle also revealed to it that compared to Di Nian Evil Spirit, it possessed numerous shortcomings.

One of the larger problems stemmed from the real-world level.

Energy supply would increase exponentially as the number of players under detailed control grew.

Assuming a player count exceeding ten billion required it to conduct detailed command simultaneously.

Relying solely on ordinary resources from the real world, even the highest Class S energy supply would be insufficient to sustain long-term energy consumption.

There was only one method to solve the problem: enter the Monster World and use its high-grade spiritual resources to fill the command consumption gap.

But on top of this issue, it still needed to solve another problem.

After entering the Monster World, it might very well become just a very ordinary player; how could it then utilize its massive data processing capabilities from the real world?

Or rather, after obtaining Monster World qualification, could it enter using its real-world life form as a template?

Before obtaining qualification, this series of questions could not receive clear answers.

What it needed to do was to layout for the future as much as possible before entering the Monster World, expanding the influence of the Eclipse Clan and even itself.

This was also the reason it agreed to the God King's request to participate in commanding the battle.

In the direction of Emperor Tomb Mountain Range, fierce collisions continued.

Although aided by Star Net, the sixty thousand-scale players achieved a war efficiency that even one hundred and twenty thousand players had never attained.

But in terms of strength comparison between the two sides, a significant gap existed.

This was simply not something Star Net's abilities could make up for.

As more and more live broadcast screens turned black, the war inevitably tilted toward defeat.

Yet Star Net did not give up continuing to command the war.

Di Nian Evil Spirit collected player data through the war; it was also collecting Di Nian Evil Spirit's habitual data through the war.

Habits can be changed, but at critical moments requiring reactions within extremely short timeframes, one would still subconsciously drive thoughts using habitual methods.

Unlike Star Net's solemnity, the players of the United Warband were currently fighting with exhilaration.

Although defeat was a foregone conclusion, they had never fought such a thoroughly satisfying battle.

More accurately, they had never, while confronting the Di Nian Bully, exerted their abilities so thoroughly and completely as they were doing now.

Tourist No. 1's high-frequency command even made the players in the warband feel as though their very breathing rhythms were being arranged.

When to drink potions, when to deal damage, when to protect teammates... the entire process was relaxed and joyful; a single glance at the danmu allowed them to execute brilliant maneuvers.

Even the Di Nian Bully could not gain much advantage in the hands of this super commander.

In fact, many times, under Tourist No. 1's war operations detailed to an infuriating degree, the Di Nian Bully was repeatedly rubbed into the ground.

Nothing made the players happier than seeing the Di Nian Bully suffer setbacks.

The war was about to end, and the remaining players in the Warband voice channel were cheering: "Number One is awesome!"

But at this moment, the Star Net focused its gaze upon the God-King.

The God-King saw himself as a flaw in their eyes, but in his own eyes, he could also be the means of counterattack.

At the Sky Abyss Domain Node, on the Evil Eye Tower platform.

The expression of the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit was extremely grave.

The improvement in the opposing commander's abilities could no longer be described merely as "fast"; it was more like they had swapped out the entire Player Clan commander.

Whether in command style or commanding ability, they were not on the same level as the previous one.

There was a world of difference.

The war was about to end, and he urgently wanted to know the answer.

In his perception view, the familiar figure was protected layer upon layer by light shields; this time, the opposing commander was no longer hiding, sitting directly in the very center of the Player Legion, deploying layer upon layer of defensive barriers.

Now that the war game had ended, the Earth-Chant Bully decided to have a talk with the opponent.

The light shield defense seemed solid, but in his eyes, it was meaningless.

In the blink of a thought, the surging Black Black Tide ahead rapidly gathered and compressed, finally generating a Void-type unit: Void Flash.

Perception locked on precisely, analyzing the spatial coordinates.

But just as he was about to strike, doubt arose in the heart of the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit.

He had already suspected that the Player Clan commander had been replaced and was not the same Player Clan commander they had captured before.

Secondly, the opponent's behavior of surrounding themselves with light shields for protection was also very foolish.

Spatial-type abilities could completely penetrate energy barriers to execute an airdrop.

Sitting in the center of the Warband under the protection of light shields was no different in substance from having no protection at all.

Filled with doubt, he had the Evil Eye provide a detailed perception view.

"Earth-Chant, amidst its qi and blood fluctuations, there are interspersed low-frequency energy fluctuations, which do not match the qi and blood energy fluctuations it emitted before."

"Can you detect what kind of energy fluctuation it is?"

The Evil Eye remained silent for a long while before speaking:

"After cross-referencing all combat footage records and data information from battles with the Player Clan, it can be basically concluded that the opponent has swallowed a newly appeared explosive device inside their body. The Player Clan calls it the Fifth-Generation Annihilation Bomb, an elemental bomb containing substances extracted from six types of spiritual ores, which the Player Clan has used twice in campaigns against us."

Upon finishing his words, an image floated into the mind of the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit.

The appearance of the Fifth-Generation Annihilation Bomb resembled a thumb-sized transparent crystal capsule, its surface covered with a precisely etched rune network, flowing with a cold silver metallic luster.

Inside the capsule floated six miniature prisms arranged in a hexagon; each prism contained one type of elemental extract, representing a type of elemental energy, distinguished by different materials and colors.

Subsequently, a large amount of information floated into the mind of the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit.

Crimson Flame Core (Fire), Frost Marrow Crystal (Ice), Rending Wind Vortex (Air), Eroding Earth Rock (Earth), Radiant Stone (Light), Collapsing Stone (Dark)... the six types of elemental energy were respectively extracted from these six types of spiritual ores.

Structurally, each type of element was separated by a plating layer.

"The method by which the Fifth-Generation Annihilation Bomb explodes is very simple; one only needs to use spiritual power to break the internal partitions, causing the six internal elements to merge, triggering a chain reaction of mutual repulsion. The speed of energy exchange between the elements grows exponentially, finally breaking through the critical point, and via the method of elemental mutual destruction, instantly producing a violent explosive reaction."

After seeing the analysis, the Earth-Chant immediately realized he had nearly been tricked:

"Indeed, there was deceit!"

Obviously, the one truly responsible for commanding was not the familiar Player Clan commander he knew.

His positioning in the center was essentially a trap set in advance, just waiting for him to step into it.

Even to guard against the Evil Eye's perception detection, the Player Clan commander had actually chosen to swallow the Fifth-Generation Annihilation Bomb into his body.

Confirming that the opponent was not the target he was looking for, the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit began to perceive and search for the remaining members of the Player Legion.

"Evil Eye, compare the remaining Player Clan members and find the one who is unusual."

Before long, the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit received feedback from the Evil Eye.

Throughout the entire war, there was one figure who made no movement at all, always standing with eyes closed in a forward-central position within the Player Legion.

There was one possibility: this guy who made no movement throughout the entire process was the hidden commander of the Player Clan.

But the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit did not directly grab him.

He chose to search the campaign footage information, making judgments based on the direction of the God-King's gaze.

This target had been focused on 145 times by the exposed Player Clan commander, and glanced over inadvertently 128 times.

Through the direction of the God-King's gaze during this campaign, the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit immediately had the answer in his heart.

It could be discovered that the exposed Player Clan commander had been constantly paying attention to the hidden commander throughout the course of the campaign.

With the target confirmed, the Void Flash hovering before the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit suddenly vanished at this moment, leaving behind a ripple of expanding space.

When it appeared again, it was already behind the locked-on hidden commander.

The tentacles on the Void Flash suddenly stretched forward, landing on the hidden commander's shoulders.

Just at the instant the spatial jump was about to activate.

The God-King, stationed in the center of the Warband, grinned broadly, then decisively activated the "Star Shift" Soul Trait embedded before the battle as requested by the Star Net, focusing his gaze on the hidden commander in the eyes of the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit.

Instantly, the God-King and this player abruptly swapped positions.

At the same time, the space on the Evil Eye Tower platform twisted rapidly.

The Void Flash, carrying the God-King, suddenly airdropped down.

"Your mother!"

Realizing something was wrong, the Earth-Chant Evil Spirit decisively waved his hand; the dense black mist surrounding the tower rapidly gathered before him, generating layer upon layer of defensive barriers.

Discovering that he had already descended onto the Evil Eye Tower platform, a passage of text sent by Tourist Number One before the battle floated into the God-King's mind:

"An exposed flaw can also be the opportunity for a counterattack."

At this moment, the God-King suddenly raised his head, looked arrogantly at the Earth-Chant Bully hovering in mid-air, and decisively raised his middle finger at him:

"A belated return gift; your mother is dead, you stupid thing!"

The Earth-Chant Evil Spirit: ...

Upon finishing his words, the God-King used his spiritual power to trigger the Annihilation Bomb inside his body; the partitions between the six elements were broken, and after the elements merged, they expanded violently.

Boom!

(End of Chapter)