Chapter 1358 1358: 1359 Divine Game: Graveyard of Bones 80

Far more worlds signed up than Rita had expected.

Even Tingo, Nuclear Flash, and Lania Kaia hoped she would take their worlds away.

The pendulum that would enter Starsea in five days was like the countdown of a bomb, forcing these leaders to abandon their insistence on keeping control entirely in their own hands.

After replying "Okay" in battlefield chat, Rita officially began her operation.

She resized the ship to the size of a fishing boat, then repeatedly used Absolute Freedom to move the ship before the docks of various worlds, shrinking those worlds and taking them away.

At the same time, she quietly sent private messages to several players she was close with.

"The miniature Order Clock at the center of Graveyard of Bones has a secret."

She did not elaborate further, but Lightchaser and Cinders would definitely not ignore her hint.

After hesitating briefly, she also sent a message to BSCicada.

As soon as the other party left the divine will's buried time, they would see it immediately.

Consider it repayment for Deceitful Bloom's help inside the tavern.

Mistblade had briefly told her earlier that after redeeming her rewards, Order Clock had not only calculated everything she did after becoming BS leader, but also everything she had done back when she was the leader of Lania Kaia.

It had not denied her previous actions simply because she changed factions.

Then BSCicada should logically receive rewards too.

One world after another was pulled from its dock, shrunk, and tossed into the pouch.

Each time a world was dragged free, countless glowing threads could be seen being torn away.

These threads connected related worlds.

Worlds invading them.

Worlds they were invading.

The scene looked both like blades being pulled free and chains being broken.

Before Graveyard of Bones started, Starsea had 279 worlds.

After 22 days of gameplay, only 192 remained.

Rita could only collect one world roughly every five minutes, and that was already her limit.

The anchors cast through the invasion sequence were like ship anchors buried in the world's veins. Removing them took time.

When the number of worlds inside the pouch reached twenty, the rear seat of the ship suddenly sank downward.

Someone had been teleported over?

Rita, Nivalis, and B80 all turned to look.

A wind whale had collapsed onto the back seat.

Its originally hundred-meter-long body automatically shrank upon approaching the ship.

Resting one hand on the wheel, Rita turned and examined the motionless wind whale sprawled there like a dead fish.

"Focused fire?" she asked.

TingoJE lay belly-up, staring lifelessly at the sky as a tear slid from the corner of its eye.

"Without you around, they all targeted me."

Rita: "......Speak properly."

TingoJE rolled over and slapped its tail against the deck.

"You have no idea how shameless Quiet Mountain Rita is. Making us yell 'Mommy' while fighting was one thing, but now we also cry and drool."

Were all these crimes eventually going to land on her head too?

Thinking about Lightchaser's talent that could turn the impossible into possible, Rita asked,

"Wasn't Lightchaser there? Didn't she use her talent?"

TingoJE's expression became even stranger.

"She did. Without her we wouldn't have lasted this long. She copied and modified my Oasis skill, temporarily doubling our max HP. If I hadn't been focused down, I wouldn't have come back this quickly."

"But three Quiet Mountain players specifically targeted Starsea players who no longer wanted to fight. That's why the Order Badges formed so quickly."

Rita heard the dissatisfaction in TingoJE's voice, but the feeling in her heart became increasingly strange.

It should not have been this fast.

One Order Badge required one hundred World Graveyards.

By the time they fought Quiet Mountain players, Starsea only had seventeen players left.

Killing someone ten times would already transfer them completely to Quiet Mountain.

No matter how she calculated it, something was wrong.

Rita asked, "How many Quiet Mountain players were fighting you the whole time?"

"Five. Quiet Mountain players moved in groups of five."

"And did you see the other five?"

TingoJE fell silent.

Rita did not continue pressing.

Instead, she turned the wheel and accelerated her world collection speed.

TingoJE asked, "What are you suspecting?"

Rita replied, "I suspect several Quiet Mountain players infiltrated Starsea."

If they could infiltrate Quiet Mountain, why could Quiet Mountain players not infiltrate Starsea?

Killing a player inside Graveyard of Bones only granted one World Graveyard.

But what about killing a world leader inside Starsea?

Back during the BS battlefield, when she killed the minotaur leader Reyn, she gained half of his World Graveyards.

TingoJE also went silent.

It quickly sent Rita's speculation into group chat so the players still inside Graveyard of Bones could verify it.

As more and more worlds were stuffed inside the flag pouch, even though Rita primarily relied on Absolute Freedom for movement, the burden became increasingly heavy.

When she reached fifty collected worlds, even Absolute Freedom developed a slight delay.

This was the weight of worlds themselves.

Fortunately, she had six vice captains.

When six Cat's Head-shaped orbs circled the ship in hunting mode, the delay vanished entirely.

As worlds were collected, more and more players boarded the ship.

Mistblade.

Maple Syrup.

Lightchaser.

Cinders.

Frenzied Shark.

Prayer.

NightFury.

The ship, originally only the size of a fishing boat, continued growing larger.

And after boarding, every player's first question was whether she had packed up their world too.

Only after seeing the worlds inside the pouch did they finally relax.

When Rita pulled free the eighty-seventh world, the notification finally came.

[Quiet Mountain has successfully formed the 4th Order Badge. Pendulum acceleration increased. Estimated arrival in Starsea: 2 days.]

Everyone aboard looked toward the sky over Starsea.

The silhouette of Order Clock was now clearly visible.

Rita did not stop.

Instead, she accelerated further.

Meanwhile, battlefield chat confirmed that three Quiet Mountain players had indeed infiltrated Starsea and were hunting world leaders.

Every time a world escaped the invasion sequence, all Starsea players received a notification.

[Starsea Announcement: World "Dark Reef" has escaped the invasion sequence and now belongs to BSAdjudicator.]

[Starsea Announcement: World "Lania Kaia" has escaped the invasion sequence and now belongs to BSAdjudicator.]

[Starsea Announcement: World "Nuclear Flash" has escaped the invasion sequence and now belongs to BSAdjudicator.]

Out of 192 worlds, 185 signed up.

Gradually, people noticed a pattern in Rita's choices.

Among all the registered worlds, she always prioritized worlds with higher star ratings and leaders ranked within the top hundred of the combat rankings.

This discovery plunged some worlds into despair.

At the brink of destruction, failing to board that ship of hope...

Rita had expected chaos.

She had prepared herself for blame, curses, and mockery.

But there was nothing.

Not a single complaint.

No emotional farewell speeches.

No passionate declarations.

Rather than spend their final moments talking in battlefield chat, people chose to embrace reality.

Nivalis sighed in relief.

"I thought they'd curse you..."

Though she had no idea what standards Rita used to choose worlds, in her heart, whatever Rita did was correct.

TingoJE suddenly spoke.

"Creatures born in Unordered Starsea have long been prepared for this day."

So there was no need to worry.

It was merely another shattered hope.

Only now, the force destroying the worlds had changed from another world into something far more terrifying.

"A whale shouldn't be this sentimental."

The wind from the river of time whipped Rita's long hair wildly as she laughed into the gale.

"The world belongs to the Adjudicator. You should start understanding the weight behind those words."