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Chapter 517 Black Tide
Just a minute ago, the Evolutionists of the Realm of Reason were scattered around the Pillar of the Present World, forming an encirclement, ready to leave no survivors.

A minute later, their eyes began to wander, and they started to have second thoughts, wondering if there was any chance of them escaping now.

They should have been gathering their skills or drawing their weapons and uttering some threats, but reason told them they should stay put and not make any rash moves.

Looking at the sparsely populated members of the Evolutionary Realm around him, a middle-aged man in a tuxedo, a cigarette dangling from his lips, took two steps forward and grinned:
"Looks like we're surrounded?"

Faced with the sudden appearance of five hundred members of the Order faction, not only did the Evolution faction not understand what was happening, but even the Order faction itself was unclear about what had happened.

According to the five coordinates provided by Peace, the five pillars of the present world are located at the exit of Blue Star, scattered in different regions of the world, with distances of thousands or even tens of thousands of kilometers between them.

Normally, if the Order faction of the White Tower wants to go to Wanghai City, they must first go from where they appeared on Blue Star to the nearest White Tower branch, and then be teleported to headquarters through the branch.

Then, using the teleportation array built by the four major organizations with the highest authority of the Desolate Realm, they entered the border of Xia Kingdom, arrived at the teleportation point closest to Wanghai City, and then traveled from the teleportation point to Wanghai City.

The process was not only complicated, but also involved many unavoidable steps, which is why Jianxing said it would take two hours for the other three organizations to arrive.

What they didn't expect was that the Pillar of the Present World that Peace lent them, in addition to allowing them to directly enter Earth, also allowed them to choose whether to teleport to the exit of other Pillars of the Present World.

In the understanding of the four major organizations, the Pillar of the Present World is a special plane that passes through the intermediate layer and connects the Wilderness and the Realm of Reason. It is called the Pillar of the Present World because it is like a load-bearing pillar that supports a building.

Since it is a pillar, it cannot be moved at will. Both the inlet and outlet ends should be fixed. So why can the Pillar of Peaceful Present World freely choose its outlet?

Evolutionists and orderists cannot understand this; the actual answer is quite simple.

First, you need to complete the perfect strategy for the Pillar of the Present World, turning the Pillar of the Present World plane into a private plane, while artificially fixing the plane's state in the process of upgrading.

Next, a deity is needed to assist in transforming the pillars of the mortal world into a large divine kingdom.

Then, using a pillar of the divine kingdom as support, with the core load-bearing pillar, the other pillars of the mortal world can be moved at will without worrying about the divine kingdom shaking.

The last point is the easiest: possessing supreme authority over the desolate realm, allowing Wu Chang to do whatever he wants within the control of the real-world divine kingdom.

By completing the above four steps, five hundred members of the Order of Reason faction can appear before the Evolution faction simultaneously.

Standing on the top floor of the Wan'an Building, gazing at the chaotic battle unfolding in the distance, Wu Changzhen murmured:
"The players from the Evolution faction who entered Blue Star are all elites of the Realm of Reason. It shouldn't be difficult for one of them to take on five."

The Evolutionary Faction of the Realm of Reason wanted a grand spectacle, so he gave them one. He had given them the opportunity, and they mustn't fail to seize it.

On one side of the Pillars of the Present World, the Evolutionists believe this action is an opportunity to seize absolute control of Earth, and the Orderists share the same view.

When they were in the Realm of Reason, the Order faction was constantly suppressed by the Evolution faction and could only hide in a private dimension like rats, which made them very angry.

Given the current disparity in numbers between the two sides, the Order faction naturally took the initiative and launched the first attack against the Evolution faction.

The first to make a move was the man in the tuxedo who had spoken earlier. He was the person in charge of the Bureau's side in this operation, named Zeng Hui, codenamed Mist Envoy.

He was not only a ranked player in the Wasteland, but also the former head of the Wasteland Order Faction, making him Hou Jingchuan's predecessor.

He took a deep drag of the cigarette in his mouth, then exhaled the smoke along with the remaining cigarette butt.

The smoke, tinged with red, billowed out from the exit, and the burning smoke could be seen within a three-kilometer radius.

Some members of the evolutionary faction wanted to intercept the smoke, but found that the smoke was like a virtual projection and could not be intercepted using energy.

Seeing that the smoke covered a large enough area, Zeng Hui said softly:

"Dragon Flame".

As soon as he finished speaking, the billowing smoke condensed into a giant dragon. The dragon opened its mouth and spewed downwards, causing the sparks that had been drifting in the air to explode, turning into a sea of ​​fire that covered the evolutionists.

This is the fundamental power that Zeng Hui possesses: the ability to transform between the real and the illusory.

His transformation between illusion and reality is different from Wu Chang's condensation of illusion into reality. His illusion and reality allow him to switch between illusory and solid forms for all his attacks.

Zeng Hui unleashed a wide-range dragon flame, forcing all the members of the Evolution Faction to reveal themselves. Beside him, a blonde woman in a white uniform with a muscular and toned figure raised her baton toward the sky.

A pale blue light shot into the sky, drawing a circle with a diameter of five kilometers centered on the Pillar of the Present World.

A sparrow was startled by the blue light and tried to fly away in panic. When it flew above the pale blue halo, it seemed to hit an invisible barrier and flew back at a speed even faster than if it had hit the barrier.

The one who made the move was Carol, the person in charge of this operation at the White Tower, who possesses the source of power.

The pale blue halo she drew was a special force field constructed with her primordial power; no physical entity could leave the field's range.

If you try to force your way out of the force field, you will not only fail, but you will also be subjected to the backlash of the force field.

The force field drawn by Carol was like a signal for all-out war. The Order faction members no longer held back and immediately unleashed various skills, heading towards the Evolution faction members.

The players from the Realm of Reason who can appear here are all elites from both sides. Whether it is the use of their own skills or the control of the power of origin, they can be described as having mastered the art.

Hundreds of skills were mixed together, making the scene extremely lively, but their attacks were extremely restrained, concentrating their energy as much as possible on the location of the opponent's members, with very little excess energy leaking out.

The dust, rocks, and shockwaves generated by the energy explosion will also be blocked by Carroll's force field and will not affect the outside world.

The battles within the circle are devastating, but outside the circle, all is quiet and peaceful.

From a distance, one might mistake it for a high-tech team testing glasses-free 3D effects.

However, due to the super storm warning, ordinary people stayed indoors and could not see this scene.

The only spectators who witnessed this battle were Wu Chang and a few others from the Wanghai branch.

On a small hill near the battleground, Lei Huo put down his binoculars and said:

"It seems that we don't need to help in this battle."

Jianxing didn't speak. He gazed into the distance, his eyes filled with longing for power.

His strength has improved by leaps and bounds recently. He used to be able to rely on job changes, but now he has become a genuine ranked player. His rapid growth has made him somewhat underestimate the Realm of Reason that he is about to enter.

When he actually saw the players of the Realm of Reason make their move, he realized that the same source power felt completely different in the hands of a veteran player of the Realm of Reason compared to when it was in his hands.

With his current strength, he doesn't even have the qualifications to intervene in this battle, let alone help. He felt very unwilling to accept the gap between them.

Compared to Jianxing, Meng Yawen had it much easier.

Having "I am the origin," she can maintain absolute confidence in front of anyone except when facing peace.

In her eyes, although the people of the Realm of Reason are stronger than her at this stage, they have only won because they have entered a few more dungeons.

Given time, she is confident she can become stronger than them.

The battle between the people of the Realm of Reason did not shock her much; she even had the mind to ask:

"Which side do you think will win in the end?"

Lei Huo immediately said:

"I think the Order faction will win. We have a huge numerical advantage, and the Evolution faction can only defend and can't find an opportunity to counterattack."

Director Gao, however, had a different opinion, saying:

"I don't think so. If those three lower-level gods from the Light Society were hiding in the crowd, they might be able to turn the tide if they used their full power."

"However, I don't think the Order faction will lose. Three lower gods can't close the gap of nearly four hundred people, but their outburst might move this battle from the wilderness to the negotiating table."

Sword Star snapped out of his reverie and joined the discussion, saying:

"Although I really hope the Order faction wins, my intuition tells me that the Order faction may be the losers."

Director Gao frowned, somewhat nervously saying:
Do you think we'll lose this time?

Sword Star shook his head and said:
"The Order of Reason will lose, but it may not be us. As long as the Order of Reason can force the Evolutionary faction to reveal their trump cards and deplete their energy, peace can end all of this when they are defeated."

Meng Yawen chimed in from the side:

"I think so too. The leaders of the Evolutionists are not simple. The Orderists may suffer a great loss."

"However, I don't think he can win the peace, even the peace that hasn't entered the realm of reason yet."

Just as Meng Yawen was speaking, something did indeed happen on the battlefield.

Just as Lei Huo and Zhao Yan had said, the previous battles saw the Order faction relentlessly bombard the Evolution faction with firepower, leaving them breathless.

It took the combined efforts of 120 Origin-level players to barely withstand the offensive of the Order faction.

However, the opposing force has an overwhelming numerical advantage. If things continue like this, they are destined to exhaust all their energy first. If they do not make any changes, it will be like committing slow suicide.

The fundamental level players lack the resources to make changes; any attempt to alter the situation would require the participation of five players possessing divine abilities. Triton and his two companions, unable to contain themselves, made the first move.

If they had known from the beginning that Peace had such means to gather 500 players from the Realm of Reason, they would never have gotten involved in this battle.

Now that they have shown themselves, they must have been spotted by Peace. If they leave now, without the ritual to prevent the descent of the gods, they will be no match for Peace and the Light of Eternity.

Now that things have come to this, they have no choice but to grit their teeth and continue fighting. Only by defeating the Order faction and taking advantage of the sea monster and others diverting Peace's attention will they have a chance to escape.

The first to act was the girl with tiger teeth. She transformed into a giant wolf and charged directly into the ranks of the Order Faction members. With her powerful body, she shattered the Order Faction's formation.

She possesses divinity, and the Order cannot harm her until her divine power is exhausted.

The Serenity Child and Triton followed closely behind, each displaying their skills and choosing to attack members of the Order faction rather than help the Evolution faction share the defensive burden.

Although they are lower-level gods, their foundation is too shallow. They have no believers and lack the power of faith, which means they have no subsequent divine power replenishment. Once their divine power is exhausted, they are not much different from root-level players.

Instead of wasting limited divine power on defense, it's better to use it on offense.

Their choice proved to be absolutely correct. Their offensive skills were imbued with divine power, which ordinary source power could not withstand. Skills enhanced with divine power could easily penetrate the defenses of the Order faction members.

The arrival of the three not only tore apart the Order faction's formation, but also diverted a lot of their energy. Targets under their attack were forced to abandon their attacks and focus on defense, dodging, and healing.

With the gods' intervention, the attack density of the Order faction decreased by at least 50%, allowing the members of the Evolution faction to catch their breath.

The situation has eased somewhat, but victory is still a long way off.

Once Triton and the other two have exhausted their divine power, they will fall into a state of suppression again.

The sea monster's eyes darted around, as if it had made up its mind, and it leaned close to Blood Rose and said something.

Upon hearing the sea monster's suggestion, Blood Rose's first reaction was to refuse, but upon further reflection, it seemed there was no better way. After hesitating for a moment, she agreed to the sea monster's plan.

Blood Rose turned to the Evolutionists and said:

"The Order faction has the numerical advantage. If we drag this out until we run out of energy, then our lives will be in the hands of the Order faction."

"Instead of betting on the mercy of the Order, we should bet on our ability to win this battle and take our destiny into our own hands."

"So everyone, please lend us your strength."

After Blood Rose finished speaking, she placed her hands on the ground and poured her divine power into the earth.

The next moment, a huge red rose emerged from the ground, like a giant umbrella over everyone's heads, single-handedly shielding them from all the damage from the Order faction.

The red rose contains divinity, and at the current rate of consumption, her divinity can sustain her for ten seconds. Within those ten seconds, no matter how strong the attack, the Order faction cannot break through her defense.

The ten seconds she gained by exhausting all her divine power were not simply to help the evolutionists lighten their load.

The giant rose supporting everyone's heads had countless thorns hanging down its back. The thorns fell on the members of the Evolution Faction, easily piercing through their defensive skills, penetrating their flesh, and absorbing their blood.

Blood Rose, unable to forcibly absorb everyone's blood, could only say:

"We only have this one chance. Do not resist. I will only absorb half of your blood and half of your energy. It will not affect you."

For ordinary people, losing one-third of their blood is enough to be fatal, but for players in the Realm of Reason who generally have more than 50 points of health, losing half of their blood will only make them weak, and they can recover after resting for half a day.

Blood Rose's solo defense against the Order faction's attack shows that she has indeed gone all in, betting everything on this one chance. The stakes she's placed are far greater than anyone else's.

Seeing this, everyone naturally stopped struggling and was willing to gamble with Blood Rose.

In just three seconds, Blood Rose extracted enough blood and energy from everyone's bodies, transforming it into a blood-red rose, which she handed to the sea monster whose eyes were full of anticipation.

"Don't forget your promise: even if we can't win, we must lead everyone out of here."

The sea monster swallowed the rose whole and said:
"Don't worry, I will show you the true power of the deep sea."

When the sea monster swallowed the rose, the blood rose had already lasted for five seconds.

In the sixth second, the sea monster drew its curved blade and let out a piercing shriek.

The deep blue seawater that had seeped into the ground earlier surged up from the ground, forming a pool of water. The next moment, the Tide Swallower, half metal and half flesh, emerged from the pool of water several centimeters thick and appeared in front of everyone.

In the seventh second, the sea monster transformed into a ram and merged with the Tide Eater. The blood and energy it had swallowed earlier were injected into the Tide Eater, causing the flesh and blood on the ship to grow rapidly, completely enveloping the remaining half of the metal hull.

In the eighth second, the sea monster grabbed the curved blade with its backhand, cut open its own abdomen, and buried the metal lion head that had previously spewed out deep blue seawater into its abdomen.

As the lion's head merged with him, the flesh and blood on the Tide Swallower withered instantly, and the fresh, plump flesh and blood turned into jerky in the blink of an eye, peeling off the surface of the ship.

In the ninth second, the flesh-and-blood ship, Tide Swallow, transformed back into a normal large ship.

The Tide Swallower returned to normal, but the sea monster became increasingly bizarre. The lion's head embedded in its abdomen began to spew seawater. This time, the seawater it spewed was as black as ink, as if it were the darkest and most ominous liquid in the world. Just seeing its presence would send chills down people's spines.

In the tenth second, Blood Rose's divinity was exhausted, and the giant rose that had withered from resisting the Order faction's attack withered.

Faced with countless attacks raining down from the sky, the black seawater surged upwards, easily swallowing all the attacks.

These attacks from members of the Order faction, each containing the power of the Root, struck the black seawater without even causing a ripple, before being silently swallowed by the sea.

The devouring of the Order faction's attack did not diminish the black seawater; on the contrary, it made its aura even stronger.

This is the deepest Black Tide of the Abyss Sea, the primordial water of the deep sea that can even submerge divinity, and the sea monster's reliance on peace.

Sea monsters can borrow the power of the Kuroshio Current by sacrificing their flesh and energy through their connection with the deep sea.

He initially set his sights on Wanghai City, but special arrangements within the city blocked Triton's storm, preventing him from collecting enough flesh and blood.

Then he set his sights on the Order faction, only to find that the Order faction outnumbered them, causing his plans to fail once again.

Unable to extract anything from outsiders, he eventually turned his attention to his own people.

The blood of the evolutionists is blood, and their flesh is flesh.

With the help of Blood Rose, he finally managed to gather the offerings and summon the lowest level of Black Tide.

The price is high, but as long as the Black Tide appears, it's all worth it.

The Black Tide did not stop after it engulfed the Order faction's attack; instead, it continued to spread in all directions, devouring everything in its path.

The Black Tide has a huge appetite; it will devour and absorb any energy, whether it comes from the power of the Order faction's origin or from the divine power of Triton and the other two.

Besides energy, the Black Tide also has an extreme craving for flesh and blood.

When members of the Order faction were resisting the Black Tide, if even a single drop of black seawater touched their bodies, they would have already had a thumb-sized piece of flesh devoured by it before they even realized it.

This situation, where they couldn't touch or get involved, left the Order faction at a loss for a time.

At first, Zeng Hui, Carol, and others could not accept this change. They did not believe that the situation of absolute advantage could be reversed because of a patch of black seawater.

The experience of Abyss game players taught them that everything has a weakness, so they tried to deal with the Black Tide.

They used skill attacks in an attempt to deplete the Black Tide, but no matter what type of energy it was, it would disappear silently upon contact with the Black Tide.

If hard tactics don't work, they try softer ones; they attempt to block the approaching Kuroshio or redirect its flow elsewhere.

The smoke, which can transform into reality, and the force field that emits repulsive force, cannot affect the Kuroshio.

Faced with the Black Tide, the members of the Order Faction felt a deep sense of powerlessness. Their numerical advantage was of no use against the absolute quality of the Black Tide.

The black tide not only devoured their energy but also affected their spirit. The blackness of the black tide seemed to seep through their eyes and into their minds.

Some players with weak willpower can even see a black tide surging towards them, trying to drown them, even with their eyes closed.

The Tide Swallower, riding the Black Tide, blocked the escape route of the Order Faction, leaving only one path in the direction of Wanghai City.

The sea monster intends to drive the Order faction into the storm-swept Seaview City, and then lead the Black Tide to submerge the entire city.

Zeng Hui and the others realized the sea monster's intentions and knew that Wanghai City was a trap. If they went in, they would become fish in a barrel, but if they didn't go in, they would find it difficult to break through the deadly black tide.

Refund or not?

While Zeng Hui and the others were hesitating, a huge figure, forty meters tall, suddenly appeared in front of them.

The giant stood like a city wall, using his body to block the black tide and prevent it from advancing any further towards the Order faction.

He scooped up a handful of black seawater in one hand, letting it touch his skin, and placed the other hand on the head of the sea monster that had transformed into a ramming horn. With one hand, he brought the Tide Swallower to a stop, and then asked:
"Where did you get this black seawater from?"

(End of this chapter)