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Chapter 1021: The Law Does Not Punish the Many
Chapter 1021: The Law Does Not Punish the Many
As Chancellor Cao spoke, everyone's gaze immediately focused on him, and it was as if their eyes were glued to him, impossible to shake off!
The allure of a 90% discount was too great!
Recently, every clan was eager to purchase equipment from the Blue Star humans, and not just in large quantities but at high prices too.
Don't underestimate a 10% discount; it would actually save them a significant amount of resources!
The representative of the White-Headed Eagle Clan trembled and asked, "Lord Cao, when you say ‘participation in the killing,’ does that mean just participating is enough, or must they actually kill the Skrull geniuses?"
There were only about a dozen Skrull geniuses in the secret realm, and even if they all came out, they wouldn't be enough to be divided among the 20-plus clans present.
Chancellor Cao smiled and said, "It's not necessary to kill them personally; just signing up is enough."
"Once everyone goes in, if you want to share the risk, one representative from each clan can go. As long as all the Skrull geniuses are killed, every clan that signed up will enjoy a 90% discount! I guarantee this with my honor!"
"!!" After hearing Chancellor Cao’s words, a significant stir occurred in the room, and many clan representatives were swayed by his offer!
A 90% discount—this would indeed save a considerable amount of resources. In the face of such tangible benefits, the sacrifice of a few Skrull geniuses seemed trivial.
Moreover, clans like the White-Headed Eagle Clan already had deep-seated enmity towards the Skrulls, desiring their demise! They had been hesitant to provoke the Skrulls at this crucial moment, but now, with real benefits on the table, they wouldn't hold back!
Seeing the enthusiasm of many clan representatives, Chancellor Cao decided to stoke the fire further.
Chancellor Cao gently stroked his long beard and continued with a smile, "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you should think about it this way—the more clans that sign up, the less likely there will be any trouble.
Let me give you an example:
If only the White-Headed Eagle Clan signs up and they kill all the Skrull geniuses, the Skrulls will definitely seek revenge on the White-Headed Eagle clan.
But there are over 20 large clans here! If we all act together, each clan will have the blood of the Skrulls on their hands. Will the Skrulls declare war on all 20-plus clans at once? I think they definitely won't.
The Skrulls are set to formally declare war on us Blue Star humans in two months. At this critical juncture, will they dare to declare war on 20 clans at once? I don't think so.
This is what we Blue Star humans often say: ‘The law does not punish the many.’”
Chancellor Cao’s words echoed throughout the hall, and the representatives of each clan wore expressions of deep agreement.
Chancellor Cao was right!
If only one clan made a move against the Skrull geniuses, the Skrulls would definitely seek revenge but if 20 clans acted together, the Skrulls wouldn't dare to retaliate against so many clans at once. They would most likely suppress their anger and act as if nothing happened.
So, there was a lot to be gained from this!
"I’ll sign up!" The representative of the White-Headed Eagle Clan was the first to raise his wing.
"I’ll sign up too!" The representative of the Rhinoceros Clan was the second to speak.
"Count me in." ...
The clans eagerly signed up, and within moments, over a dozen clans had agreed to join the operation.
The remaining seven or eight clans weren't against it, but their representatives couldn't make the decision on their own and were currently contacting their clan leaders.
After contacting their clan leaders, these clans also agreed to join.
After all, the benefits of joining were substantial, and indeed, "the law does not punish the many"!
Even the Merfolk, who had relatively close ties with the Skrulls, agreed to join, signing up voluntarily.
In the end, out of the 23 clans present, all but the timid Crown Bird Clan agreed to join the operation!
With everyone’s agreement, there were no more reservations.
Since there were no Skrull deities present, everyone’s courage was high. The White-Headed Eagles, Merfolk, and other major clans immediately began discussing the allocation of the kills.
However, after some discussion, everyone agreed that Chancellor Cao's plan was the most reliable—each of the dozen or so leading clans would kill one Skrull genius, thus distributing the risk.
Chancellor Cao stood to the side, watching the eager clans with a smile.
This was a promising start.
Although the% of the profit would be lost for the Blue Star humans, once this was done, it would inevitably tear apart the relationship between the Skrulls and other intelligent clans, which would be highly beneficial for the Blue Star humans!
...
Amid the enthusiastic discussions of the intelligent clans, the final few minutes of the End Point Secret Realm ticked by.
Crack! Boom!
The external illusion of the End Point Secret Realm collapsed, shattering like glass, and the secret realm ended completely.
The representatives present were no strangers to the conclusion of mystical realms. This was already the fourth time they had witnessed a final mystical realm, so everyone remained calm.
The fragments of the external illusion shattered and fell, revealing a pale blue, transparent spherical barrier at the center of the mystical realm. Inside the barrier, rows of light cocoons were visible.
These light cocoons contained the participants who were about to leave the mystical realm.
As the pale blue spherical barrier appeared, the various intelligent races present stopped discussing the distribution of survivors. All eyes turned to the light cocoons inside the barrier. They had finally made it out!
Prime Minister Cao was no exception. The moment the barrier and cocoons appeared, he looked over as well.
Prime Minister Cao's gaze was extremely sharp, but when he saw the light cocoons clearly, his heart sank! The number of light cocoons this time was definitely much lower than in previous instances.
In the past, there were nearly 100 light cocoons each time, meaning all the participants could come out. But this time, there were only 50. This meant that the participants in this final mystical realm had not been able to achieve a perfect passage, and half of them had perished inside.
Moreover, the color of these light cocoons was very poor.
When Su Yu participated, the light cocoons were diamond-white, golden, or at the very least, bright white.
But this time, all 50 light cocoons were the lowest grade, dark gray, with not a single bright white one.
This indicated that the participants had not only failed to achieve a perfect passage but had also made no contribution to cracking the mystical realm, resulting in extremely poor performance.
"This... It seems the difficulty of this mystical realm was very high!" Prime Minister Cao sighed with a somber face.
"Yes," the representative of the White-Headed Eagle clan chimed in. "Before this mystical realm began, I had the eight young ones wear the best equipment and prepare thoroughly. I never expected that not only did they fail to achieve a perfect passage, but they also made no contribution to cracking the realm!"
"Who would have thought?" The representative of the Rhino Spirit clan, seeing the situation, also looked dispirited. "To prepare for this mystical realm, we had a few of our clan members spend over a month studying ancient mystical realm texts and thoroughly understanding the content of the previous four openings. We thought a perfect passage was a sure thing, but..."
"Alas, I can only hope that the few we sent in will come out alive," said the representative of the Crested Bird clan, who was also the clan leader, with a mournful sigh.
...
Amidst the sighs and laments, time slowly passed.
After 15 minutes, the light cocoons finally began to show signs of activity.
The gray light cocoons hatched one after another, and the survivors of the mystical realm emerged from them.
Since this time all the light cocoons were the lowest grade, dark gray, the hatching time was roughly the same, unlike the bright white or golden ones, which required more time.
Soon, all the survivors had emerged, and the onlookers could clearly see who they were.
"Three, four, five... Damn it, only five!" The representative of the White-Headed Eagle clan counted the survivors from his clan and let out a pained wail.
Only five remained, meaning four of his young ones had perished!
The representatives of the other clans were in a similar state, their expressions grim as they saw the survivors from their own clans.
The mortality rate in this final mystical realm was 50%, and most of the major clans had lost about 50% of their prodigies, so their grim expressions were understandable.
But just then, a high-pitched, mournful bird call echoed through the air: "By the gods! Where are our birds? Where are the prodigies of the Crested Bird clan?!"
The bird call was so loud and mournful that it instantly drew everyone's attention.
Prime Minister Cao also looked toward the source of the sound and saw that it was the leader of the Crested Bird clan.
The leader of the Crested Bird clan was nearly driven mad!
The Crested Bird clan, as the largest clan in the world (in fact, on Skrull, the Crested Birds were the most numerous, with over 65 billion, 30% more than chickens on Earth, providing the best and cheapest meat for all intelligent races), had not managed to secure many spots in the previous mystical realm, only two.
This time, the Crested Bird clan leader, after much reflection, invested a large amount of resources and finally secured six spots in the mystical realm, drawing the attention of many large clans.
The Crested Bird clan leader had been quite pleased with himself.
Although the Crested Bird clan was vast in number, their upper limit was low, and even as the clan leader, he was only at the peak of the seventh stage. He had hoped that the prodigies returning from the mystical realm would break through this limit and ascend to the divine level.
But to his shock, when he scanned the 50 survivors, he found not a single Crested Bird among them!
This was something the Crested Bird clan leader simply could not accept.
(End of Chapter)He quickly scanned the faces of the fifty survivors twice, ultimately confirming that none of the little Crested Birds he had carefully nurtured had made it out!
Thus, a heart-wrenching wail of despair echoed across the entire area.
...
Upon hearing the Crested Bird Clan Chief's howl, the representatives of the various clans finally realized that there were no Crested Birds among the survivors.
This was indeed too tragic! Six Crested Birds, and not a single one returned alive!
"Rest in peace, rest in peace!" The representative of the White-Headed Eagle Clan was the first to offer sincere condolences to the crestfallen Crested Bird Clan Chief, who was utterly devastated.
In reality, the White-Headed Eagle Clan representative was laughing inside!
Aren't you the ones who were fighting for spots just a few days ago? What's the point of having a spot if you can't survive?
The representatives of the other clans also offered their sincere condolences to the Crested Bird Clan Chief, but deep down, they were all secretly rejoicing at the misfortune.
You weak Crested Bird Clan should just be content with being food, what were you thinking about the Final Secret realm? See, look what happened now?
...
Cao Chengxiang wasn't very familiar with the Crested Bird Clan and wasn't particularly concerned about the fact that none of them survived. He simply glanced at the Crested Bird Clan Chief and quickly turned his attention back to the players from his own faction.
This time, a total of nine Blue Star players emerged from the secret realm, and all nine of them looked utterly exhausted.
There were originally twenty-two players from the external servers, all of whom were the top players from their respective servers.
However, now, four of them had perished during their trials in the Savage Continent, and nine more had been lost in the Final secret realm, leaving only nine survivors. The losses were indeed severe.
Seeing the sorrowful faces of these nine players, Cao Chengxiang didn't want to scold them. He could only sigh helplessly.
It was clear that they had all done their best, and the outcome was irreversible. It seemed that after returning to Blue Star, he really needed to explain to Su Yu that they should no longer explore the Final secret realm; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to bear such heavy losses.
"Everyone, you've all worked hard," Cao Chengxiang said solemnly to the Blue Star players inside the protective shield. "This secret realm must have been quite challenging, right?"
He used the Skrul common language so that the representatives of the other clans could also understand.
"Senior Cao!" In response to Cao Chengxiang's question, the Blue Star players inside the protective shield all saluted him.
The top player from the Euro server, Frank, replied with broken Skrul common language: "Reporting to Senior Cao, actually, the Final secret realm wasn't difficult this time."
"???" Hearing Frank's words, not only Cao Chengxiang but also the representatives of the other clans looked at him in confusion.
If the Final secret realm wasn't difficult, then why did they end up like this? And why didn't they manage to clear it perfectly?
Frank, who was clearly a leader-level figure in the secret realm, didn't disappoint the expectations of the fifty survivors, who all looked at him, hoping for an explanation.
Under the gazes of everyone present, Frank steeled himself and explained, "Actually, the Final secret realm really wasn't difficult. After we entered, all the clans reached a consensus—perfect completion, no internal conflict, and no easy abandonment of any participant.
Through our united efforts, we found the key to perfect completion and the secret to a flawless run, just before the final implementation."
"Right."
"That's correct."
The geniuses of the other clans also chimed in, agreeing with Frank's statement.
"???" Hearing this, Cao Chengxiang and the clan representatives were even more surprised.
If you've already found the method for perfect completion, then how did you end up in this situation?
Cao Chengxiang asked, "What exactly happened in the secret realm? Was your method for perfect completion flawed?"
"It wasn't," Frank affirmed. "I still believe that using our method would absolutely result in a perfect completion!"
"Then why..."
"Senior Cao," Frank explained, "just as we were about to implement the perfect completion, something huge and unexpected happened! And it definitely wasn't part of the secret realm's design!"
At this point, Frank's face was full of fear.
The other forty-nine survivors also looked terrified, clearly thinking about the grim reaper they had encountered, which was truly terrifying!
The White-Headed Eagle Clan representative asked, "What exactly happened that you can be sure it wasn't part of the secret realm?"
"I can be 100% certain!" Frank replied with utmost confidence. "Because we knew about this event before entering the secret realm—it was the Skrul Human God, Sessilia!"
(End of chapter )
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