Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 285 The Situation in the Shadow World, the Black Prison Clan's Livestock Farm
Like a leisurely stroll in nature, Yue Xin, protected by ten guards, rode his tall horse back from a small village near the underground ruins.

During the return journey.

Yue Xin looked up at the Black Prison Clan members who occasionally flew across the sky, and then looked at the civilians working on both sides of the road.

Now, almost 70-80% of the population in the entire border city area has been 'parasitized' by the Black Prison Clan.

He watched all of this calmly, as if he knew nothing.

During this process, the ten guards, including Yue Xin, were constantly being bumped by the occasional shadowy figures that flashed by.

But there is no doubt about it.

Most of these shadowy figures, after colliding with or even observing a group of people, would quickly leave with expressions of disgust and aversion.

"Lord Bertrand!"

"The number of these ghostly figures is really increasing these days."

"Are we just supposed to stand by and watch these monsters parasitize us humans?"

Among the guards, the leading knight had a very solemn expression.

After a few shadowy figures flashed by, he spoke softly to Yue Xin.

Yue Xin simply smiled at this.

"Buddy, you're still a bit too impatient."

"Having followed me for so long, you should know that the number of Shadows in our area is slowly increasing."

"But most of them are just shadowy figures in their juvenile stage."

"The intelligence of the Shadows at this stage, including low-level and mid-level Shadows, is not even as good as that of a normal adult."

"Therefore, no matter how many of them there are, we just need to accumulate strength step by step, and these shadows will be wiped out by us sooner or later."

At this point, Yue Xin changed his mind and added:
"However, before that, we still need to keep our true selves hidden."

"After all, while advanced Shadows don't usually descend to earth to parasitize ordinary people indiscriminately."

"But you need to know that advanced Shadows can appear on battlefields in various human kingdoms."

"Therefore, the upcoming border war will be the real test of our capabilities."

Yue Xin spoke about the war that might happen soon.

The ten guard knights present couldn't help but show solemn expressions.

As the ten knights guarding the Baron, how could they not know about Shadow's situation?
In the words of the Baron.

The Extinction Alliance has now almost figured out how the Shadows harvest humans throughout the world.

Unranked Shadows are also known as Shadow Cubs.

This type of entity is the most numerous and widely distributed across the entire Earth's surface.

These creatures possess no intelligence; they merely follow their instincts like wild beasts hunting, constantly parasitizing different humans to absorb their malice and grow.

However, being cubs, their ability to bring out the evil side of humanity is quite limited.

It often only elicits and amplifies negative human emotions when humans are out of control.

However, the amplified emotions are also limited, and they themselves will even turn the negative emotions that humans have experienced into their own sustenance after they have experienced them.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, ordinary humans who are parasitized by the offspring will return to emotional calm within a few hours or a day after a sudden outburst of negative emotions.

how to say.

The parasitic nature of Shadow Cubs makes it almost impossible to change a person's personality in a short period of time.

However, the Shadow is, after all, a negative energy creature. If an ordinary human is parasitized by the Shadow for a long time, their personality will inevitably undergo extreme changes.

Perhaps a year, or a few years, or even more than a decade.

Humans who have been parasitized by the Shadow Spawn for a long time will eventually become the most extreme kind of beings.

However, it all depends on the strength of one's will.

However, the Shadow, or perhaps the high-ranking members of the Black Prison Clan, are not fools.

How could you possibly let the entire flock of sheep on a free-range ranch go crazy?
Isn't this just killing the goose that lays the golden eggs?
Therefore, according to the intelligence Yue Xin possessed, the longest a Shadow Cub could stay in a place was usually no more than a year.

Therefore, once the shadow leaves the human it has been parasitizing, the humans in this area will gradually become peaceful and stable again.

The Shadow Hatchlings are like migrating locusts.

However, their situation differs from the barren landscape left by locusts.

Because they understand 'sustainable development,' they slowly reap the benefits of the entire world.

Furthermore, through information released from the actual game, players have learned that these guys will intentionally allow the world's civilization to slowly return to a certain state of prosperity.

Once a civilization reaches a certain level of prosperity...

Then it was time for the entire Black Prison Clan to celebrate.

They will ruthlessly harvest the entire civilization, even squeezing out the last remnants of the soul.

Until only a few sparks remained in the entire civilization.

In this way, the entire world, which is now under the control of the Black Prison Clan, will enter another stage of preparation for the rise of civilization.

This period of time for storing living beings is naturally not short.

Therefore, after conquering an entire civilization, the local Black Prison Clan will migrate to the next planet and civilization that is already prepared.

This created a unique, cyclical model for the Black Prison Clan's cultivation and expansion.

And what about those Black Prison Clan members who grow up and reach higher or higher levels?

These individuals are often conscripted into the Black Prison Clan's army to wage war against newly discovered civilizations.

Therefore, under normal circumstances.

Like the world we live in now, before the Black Prison Clan plans to conquer the entire world.

The surface world often only allows the Black Prison Clan in their cub stage to engage in parasitic growth through constant migration.

As for the Black Prison Clan after they reach the next level?
Although they are not normally allowed to engage in activities on the ground.

However, whenever wars of varying sizes break out on the borders of different kingdoms, or even among different forces.

This restriction will be lifted!
Because the battlefield is where negative energy is most concentrated.

The deaths of soldiers, their resentment, hatred, fear, dread, anger and other emotions intertwined, often unleash a total amount of negative energy far exceeding what a normal human being can unleash in normal times.

Moreover, on the battlefield, the souls of the dead intertwine with these negative emotions, often amplifying the level of negativity by more than one level.

Therefore, in this world, as long as war occurs...

That must be the beginning of the Black Prison Clan's gluttonous feast.

Therefore, once war breaks out among humans in this world, the Black Prison Clan, whether they are low-level, mid-level, or high-level beings, will be at risk.

Even if they don't directly attack ordinary humans on the battlefield, they can certainly turn the battlefield into the most terrifying and bloody hell simply by exerting greater emotional guidance and intervention.

Therefore, regarding war.

Even players like Yue Xin, who had previously appeared to be in high spirits at gatherings.

But everyone knows it.

Even if they only act like apprentice knights on the battlefield, limiting their strength to that of ordinary people.

However, if they act too outrageously, they will inevitably attract the attention of the high-ranking Black Prison Clan.

The 'Shadow World' is not small; after all, it's an entire planet.

In this world, two continents are known to exist, separated by a sea. And there are over a hundred kingdoms and empires, not even counting duchies.

It's easy to imagine how serious the frequent wars are in such a world, with the Black Prison Clan secretly instigating them.

Take, for example, the millions of players who have entered this world right now.

Based on the overall situation, although there were no large-scale wars of annihilation between the two continents, there were quite a few medium and small-scale wars.

Therefore, quite a few players perished during this period.

In total, it has already exceeded 30%.

These players were either not yet at the highest rank or had fallen into the battlefield at a low rank.

After all, even though lower-level strength is stronger than that of ordinary people, there are times when one's strength will be exhausted.

Because the players dared not unleash their full power under the watchful eyes of the Black Prison Clan, they ultimately met their demise with deep resentment.

Of course, some players have also tried to unleash extraordinary power right under the noses of advanced Black Prison Clan members.

But ultimately, without a doubt, once such players unleash their extraordinary power, they are quickly annihilated by the Black Prison Clan who have reached a higher level.

However, even if the Black Prison Clan wipes out the players, they won't be able to obtain any information.

After all, the player's soul is 'encrypted' by the real game.

Even if survivors are left alive, real games also have ways to force players offline by making them lose the game.

Therefore, in this world that resembles a livestock farm for the Black Prison Clan, the Black Prison Clan members remaining in their native territory simply lack the ability to acquire more information.

Of course, the Black Prison Clan wasn't stupid either.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, three months ago, because the Black Prison Clan discovered a player with extraordinary power, several Saint-level Black Prison Clan members led almost all of their advanced-level members into the ground to conduct a thorough investigation of all ordinary humans within the kingdom's territory.

This process also prevented all players from logging in.

This even resulted in the character being stripped of all power, forced to drift along like an ordinary person.

Even the local forces developed under these players' temporary military ranks were temporarily sealed off by the real game, which used its immense power to suppress their abilities and all memories.

In short, this incident caused nearly three thousand players in the region to complain endlessly on the forum.

When they were able to log back in, it was already two months into the game.

Because the Black Prison Clan failed to detect anything unusual, they were forced to leave again. However, at the same time, the number of mid-to-high-level Black Prison Clan members wandering the ground in that area increased considerably.

In short, the local players were naturally very upset because of this incident, as it directly affected their development time and speed.

Therefore, if you want to avoid following in the footsteps of these players...

Players around Russell City, including Yue Xin, need to be even more careful.

However, players in the Russell region also have their own advantages.

That is, the Russell City area is a mountainous and hilly region.

The population is not dense.

Therefore, wars that broke out in this region could not possibly compare with those in the plains.

Furthermore, the area where the Kingdom of Andrews engages in war with its enemy states every year is not limited to Russell City; war breaks out in almost six cities along the route.

These kinds of wars have become the norm.

In fact, because wars break out every year, the scale of these wars is actually quite small.

Every year, border cities on both sides would spontaneously launch small-scale armed conflicts with only a little support from nearby cities in the rear.

Such armed conflicts usually involve fewer than 10,000 troops on either side.

Often, both sides would only send out their so-called "vanguard armies," allowing the old, weak, sick, and disabled to engage in a face-to-face battle. Then, with both sides on guard against each other, they would slowly withdraw their troops as if going through a formality, thus ending the annual war.

Of course, this is a result of mutual tacit agreement between the two countries.

However, after doing this so many times, both sides still fear that a "boy who cried wolf" scenario might occur.

Therefore, low-level espionage activities along the border are often most frequent before the start of a war.

Ultimately, it was about both sides scouting each other's troop deployments before the war to ensure that their front-line defenses wouldn't be overwhelmed in one fell swoop.

Clearly, this kind of thing has happened many times before on the mainland.

Therefore, all countries are clearly on guard.

Of course, even if countries are prepared, they may not always be able to prevent sudden intervention from high-ranking Black Prison Clan members.

After all, mortals cannot see the Black Prison Clan.

The high-ranking members of the Black Prison Clan only need to influence the commander of their army to turn a tacitly agreed-upon "performance" into a real war.

In short, in this world, the lives of ordinary people are truly worthless.

Whether they survive or not depends entirely on the mood of those higher-ranking or even stronger beings, the Black Prison Clan.

However, this world is a kind of livestock farm.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, although high-ranking members of the Black Prison Clan may occasionally disguise themselves as humans and 'travel' to various countries, and may even instigate wars between human nations when they feel like it.

However, such wars are often limited in scope.

Until the final harvest, the Black Prison Clan often instigates large-scale, nation-destroying wars against humanity.

However, the Black Prison Clan will continue to provoke small-scale wars.

Just like the border city of Russell today.

Although border wars are a common occurrence resulting from years of conflict between the two countries.

However, in order to ensure the continued existence of these small-scale wars, and to provide the Black Prison Clan in the region with annual growth resources.

Therefore, the black cloud that Yue Xin had seen was now covering the entire city of LaSalle.

Even before, when Yue Xin entered Russell City, he could see it from afar, right above the city lord's mansion.

A high-ranking member of the Black Prison Clan, disguised as a human, sat idly on the rooftop, watching with interest the bustling flow of ordinary humans in the city.

For this high-ranking member of the Black Prison Clan...

Watching humans work as diligently as ants is perhaps one of their few pleasures.

Just like many people use eco-boxes to raise ants and fish.

Simply observing the living conditions and reproduction of ants and fish is enough to bring them different kinds of pleasure.

but.

As a player.

Who is the ant, and who is the owner? The future holds some interesting questions.

Even if this Shadow World is not simple, as many players have predicted, and may even be a major enemy in the next civilization war of the Star Empire.

However, players remain confident in the existence of the real game, Dragon God, and the Star Empire.

From the perspective of an average player.

If this civilization were truly invincible, how could it have been successfully invaded by a real game and attracted millions of players?
So all the players are waiting.

When their own strength is sufficient, and when the real game, Dragon God, and Star Empire feel ready to initiate a war of civilizations.

Before that, all they had to do was continue to secretly build up their strength.

that is it.

(End of this chapter)