Origin Player

Seventh Fortress.

Because the top combat forces were focused on conquering Overlords, the development of other forces was quite smooth. Eleven major guilds quickly assembled armies of twenty to thirty million. Just the back-and-forth of maneuvering these forces significantly reduced their control over various regions to almost nothing.

In this situation, the six major factions—Great Xia, Rome, the Americas, and others—formed the Allied Forces of the Present World and began to seize the Sixth Fortress in the southern part of the alliance. The 'Prometheans' and Sword Immortal led massive player groups in a sweeping advance.

In this battle, the winning side could take the cultivated large groups at the end. For transcendent forces, even without other gains, the proliferation of the large groups alone would make the effort worthwhile.

Order Headquarters Building.

This building features simple and smooth lines, with an overall conical shape. The area of the top dozen floors suddenly shrinks, looking like an antenna piercing straight into the sky. The outer glass is made of transcendent material, designed to maximize signal concentration.

The top floor houses the Operations Department, heavily equipped with communication facilities reminiscent of wartime. The Southern District Liaison Department of the Order Bureau, a relatively weak division, doesn't enforce any combat requirements on its personnel. The department only needs to establish normal communication in complex world environments, and its merit calculation is the same as that of the front lines.

Currently, twelve teams are working overtime desperately. On the large screens, countless real-time images of the entire Ninth Fortress are projected, attracting attention from all sides as the most fiercely contested area at this stage.

"Over 800 players have fallen."

"Nearly twenty million transcendent creatures have died."

"More than a million human soldiers have died, with specific numbers still being tallied."

"The Inverted Pass has not fallen."

"One natural day ago, a super explosion occurred in the Great Plains, with an element wavelength of 15.6, a transcendent factor concentration of 129.2, and a destruction depth of 366 meters. The factor concentration has now returned to normal."

In front of the quantum telegraph station, Mia, as the leader of the Liaison Department, turned to report. During her time as a female idol, she deployed surveillance bees in various locations, making her position in the department crucial.

"Say something I can understand," the Deputy Director of Operations said helplessly.

"Equivalent to a medium-sized atomic weapon detonating in the Great Plains..."

"Damn!" The Deputy Director of Operations' teacup trembled in his hand.

Mia continued to relay the analysis from the analysis room: "Considering the explosion caused 360-degree ripple damage on the spatial plane, individuals, due to factors such as size, only need to bear less than one-thousandth of the impact if they are not near the explosion point. Practice has proven that atomic weapons are more suitable for destroying objects and buildings, and their killing effect on transcendent individuals is not as good as the Dragon Scales of the Candler System. The two complement each other's advantages and disadvantages."

The Deputy Director of Operations nodded, understanding the concept of ineffective dosage. However, he suddenly seemed to realize something and said in astonishment, "Wait, what are those freaks in the analysis room researching!"

Mia directly stated the result: "Combining the Reverse Scale we smuggled, if the Sword Immortal and you are willing to fight to the death, the target life form does not retreat, and there is no external interference."

"If all combat deployments are implemented and things develop exactly as expected, and the target has no hidden decisive cards, and the player legions cooperate tacitly, then we have a 47% chance of killing the Overlord."

The Deputy Director of Operations hesitated. As a top combat force in the current world, he knew that the Prometheans were monsters, most of them hiding a 'sit-up' move.

In comparison, the Overlords were probably even more outrageous. The guys in the analysis room ultimately lacked strength and did not have much experience from predecessors to refer to, being entirely pioneers in the field of transcendent data.

Suddenly, a message came from the friend list.

The Deputy Director of Operations stared for a moment, then rubbed his eyes twice.

Moke's request was abrupt, designing an epic-level spell, meaning it seemed the other party had the ability to cast it.

The Deputy Director of Operations pondered for a long time, his eyelids twitching involuntarily. Looking back now, the super explosion rose from within the Allied Forces' ranks. Excluding the possibility that those guys were crazy and committed suicide, it meant that the explosion was likely controlled by Moke. And now, he was asking for a design plan.

The strategic deterrence of detonating a medium-sized atomic weapon...

The Deputy Director of Operations couldn't help but frown, resolutely saying, "Fuqiang, go invite the Elder of the Liu family over for tea. Also, notify the analysis room to come up with a design plan for an epic-level spell."

Not far away, a golden-armored figure clasped his fist and left.

...

An hour passed.

In front of the collapsed pavilion of the Inverted Pass.

Jiang He saw the design plan in his friend list.

The theory behind this thing wasn't too difficult, such as the construction of the energy separation channel, which required only eight words, but required a dedicated Supreme skill to achieve the effect, or the use of multiple Perfect skills to cooperate and act as a lower-level substitute.

And the corresponding search, capture, cultivation, and command of large groups required a large investment of resources.

Epic-level spell: Starfall Bloom.

Biological Large Groups: Earth Elementals, Fire Elementals, Guiding Butterflies, Lamenting Worms.

Lamenting Worms are transcendent creatures that hunt by stunning prey from a distance through resonance. Because their cries are mournful, they have the prefix 'Lamenting'.

Using the resonance of these worms to allow two types of elementals to resonate and deposit earth and fire elements in the high sky, thereby forming fire rock meteorites, and then using special butterflies to guide and anchor the meteorites to accelerate their fall, impacting the ground target to cause damage.

Out of a sense of responsibility to his superiors, the analysis room provided more than a dozen plans for the Deputy Director of Operations to choose from. The reason for ultimately choosing this set was that there were ready-made large groups in the current world, but they were in the hands of other players.

[True Benevolence: Town Guardian Jiang, no reward this time. Give me some face regarding the Liu family's matter. No need for a public apology. First, life and death in the mission world are one's own responsibility. Second, you are at least in the same camp. Find some time to sit down and have a cup of tea. Just compensate with two Perfect items. The Liu family cannot be weak externally, so appearances must be maintained...]

Jiang He roughly understood what had happened.

Under the Deputy Director of Operations' hints, the Elder of the Liu family feared that the Overlord would eliminate them, killing him and his direct bloodline in this world, and even more feared that the Overlord would target the Sword Immortal, leading to the fall of a leading figure, so he made many concessions.

After the Liu family reached a settlement through the Order Bureau, going back on their word after returning to the Present World would be like slapping the Order Bureau in the face repeatedly.

At that time, the matter would escalate from a feud between two parties to a three-way conflict. Under the background of in-depth cooperation between the Buddhist and Taoist Committee and the Order Bureau, other families would not allow such a situation to occur.

And Liu Buping was not his sister, the Sword Immortal. Theoretically, it was not worth the Liu family paying a huge price to appease other families, then vigorously appease the Order Bureau, and finally resolve personal grievances with the Overlord, who was worthy of being courted by all parties. Therefore, the matter would probably end without a resolution, but animosity was definitely inevitable.

The essence of this situation was that the Legend-level's resistance to erosion made it difficult to maintain constant awakening. The deterrent power of a true Hero-level life form was almost equal to the super explosion in the Great Plains on both ends of the scale. Both could cause extremely bad effects on Great Xia, so someone took the initiative to mediate.

The Elder of the Liu family adopted a policy of appeasement within the mission world, but because it was to protect the leading figure, at least on the surface, he was completely loyal. The punishment would not be too severe after returning, otherwise it would destroy the new generation group centered on the Sword Immortal. After all, if no one maintains the leader in the future, it will affect the entire development pattern of the orthodox faction.

Jiang He closed the player panel. As for why it was two Perfect items, naturally one for the Elder and one for the orthodox faction.

The Deputy Director of Operations did not ask for a reward because just quelling this conflict had already proven his ability to his superiors. Increasing the number of Perfect items to three would increase the cost of the reconciliation. If the Overlord was unwilling, the good situation would be ruined, so overall, it was not worth the unnecessary risk, lest it backfire.

Having been an emperor, Jiang He could roughly see the context of the matter. His political literacy, whether it was up to standard or not, was roughly at a passing level, but he was not very interested in these things.

"Most of the changes are caused by epic-level spells."

"If I am strong, people will consider my opinions."

"I should focus on transcendent hegemony, supplemented by appropriate compromise and cooperation, combining the orthodox and the unorthodox, until eternal immortality."

Jiang He got up and came to the battlements, his expression as usual.

After fierce fighting, lacking ammunition, nearly 100,000 of the Akuma soldiers who went out of the city for close combat died. The result was the second annihilation of the human-ant army, leaving only 20% of the undead skeletons.

The mountains of corpses and flesh shaped a total of hundreds of Bone Thorns Giant Kings.

Jiang He ordered the Giant King large groups to retreat behind the Inverted Pass, and he leaped up and came to the center of the battlefield, using his Dan energy to dissipate the force of the fall, sinking the surrounding dozens of meters.

He calmly surveyed the battlefield.

He couldn't find the enemy's underground command post, but strictly speaking, the other party didn't actually know this.

To date, no one knew the limits of the Overlord's abilities. Two Prometheans and a Domain Gold who thought they knew enough and were bold enough had all fallen.

...

Underground command post.

Guild Leader Douglas's face was ferocious. He looked at the undead leader in rage, roaring, "Move! Take your Supreme Staff and order those giants to destroy the Inverted Pass, immediately!"

The undead leader looked at the other party coldly. On the screen, the Overlord was standing in the center of the battlefield, in a posture that anyone who showed their head would be instantly killed. He would be crazy to provoke the Overlord. More than one Promethean and Gold had died. Who dared to follow in their footsteps?

"Remote command will definitely have transcendent fluctuations. Once the enemy discovers it, we're all finished," the deputy leader stood up to smooth things over, explaining with a smile.

The guild leader roared, "He can't find it, he couldn't find it before!"

Hearing this, the undead leader couldn't control the anger in his heart and retorted, "Is it that he can't find it, or that he doesn't want to find it? Are you going to bet my life and the lives of my subordinates on this difference?!"

The guild leader's expression was savage, and he said coldly, "I can kill you too, just a hundred silver ants."

The undead leader sneered, "Then you're really capable. If you can't kill our undead guild with one move, just wait for your location to be exposed. See if that Overlord comes to target us, or kill you first."

The deputy leader was worried. In front of the Overlord, it was difficult for even a Supreme-level concealment item to completely conceal the movements of the Prometheans and the guild's battle.

The guild leader's eyes were gloomy. If he couldn't break through the Inverted Pass, the mission penalty of the Dusk Sand Field would execute him. Originally, using a large number of bone giants to launch a counterattack was the best plan he had anticipated, but who would have thought that when the time came, the undead leader would actually chicken out?

Although there was a reason that the payout was not proportional to the effort, he was still unworthy of being plotted with.

On the screen, all the Giant King large groups had crossed the Inverted Pass and continued to move away from the battlefield, lest they be taken away from command.

The undead leader laughed non-stop, looking provocatively at the 'leader' in front of him. In fact, the two sides had already torn their faces, but the other party did not dare to act. He was very willing to see a dignified Promethean lose his composure, after all, the Prometheans' status was transcendent and noble in their era, which made him very happy.

After a while, the guild leader calmed down.

He took the initiative to put away the concealment command flag.

The undead leader and a group of mages were stunned on the spot. While at a loss, they even suspected that they were under a hallucination.

...

At the same time, on the battlefield.

Jiang He suddenly turned his head. In the perspective of his pure white eyes, an underground space that was previously no different from other places suddenly turned into a complex ant nest.

God Hunt and God Prey were activated. He came to the top of the ant nest in the blink of an eye. With one step, the ground cracked layer by layer, and his figure turned into a stream of light, heading straight for the core area.

In the command post, the undead guild leader roared madly, "You're crazy! Why should we be buried with you!"

There was no answer.

The moment the slender figure appeared, Guild Leader Douglas had already lowered his head and knelt on one knee.

A super explosion buried the Red Dragon Queen, causing the Allied Forces to collapse. The two Prometheans in the Dusk Sand Field were all beasts. Seeing that the situation was not good, they turned around and ran, greatly reducing the possibility of capturing the Inverted Pass.

Guild Leader Douglas sent away other top combat forces, leaving the undead guild as a final struggle. When all hope was gone, he could only choose extraordinary means.

--Surrender.

"Lord Overlord, I am willing to exchange the collapse of the Inverted Pass for unconditional loyalty, and for this, I can calmly accept all restrictions or oaths," Guild Leader Douglas looked up. The middle-aged man's face was exceptionally firm. The series of failures did not destroy his faith.

Jiang He thought for a moment and couldn't find a reason to refuse. First, he had the technology to firmly control the other party. Second, Legend-level life forms were very rare. Third, the special side quest of defending the Inverted Pass had long ended, and the cost was almost zero.

Compared to a fortress, the Overlord himself was an impregnable fortress.

"I agree," Jiang He replied.

The undead leader was anxious and also knelt on one knee, panicking, "Lord Overlord, I can also surrender, I can also be loyal! The undead guild, from top to bottom..."

Jiang He waved his hand, saying indifferently, "Superfluous."

The human-ants and skeletons overlapped too much in function, and ordinary blood servants could be cracked by higher-level transcendent beings. As a Blood Clan Earl, his own source blood could not satisfy an entire guild.

The Black Sun rose.

Unparalleled devouring power erupted, and black light engulfed guild players one by one. One ace, two strong peak, forty-two peak, and the rest were basically elites. The transcendent factors of a whole hundred-level were a great supplement.

The radius of the Black Sun domain rose to eight hundred meters.

Thorns rolled up scarlet cards one by one, and the number of cards to be opened reached 450.

Jiang He stepped lightly, and Dan energy blasted out a blood pool.

"Understood," Guild Leader Douglas clasped his fist.

A drop of bright red blood bead fell. For pure Blood Clans, getting a source blood converter can be regarded as a relative. The source blood penetrates deep into the body, core, and soul, and fuses with the inside and outside. This technology is the essence summarized by the Blood Clan generation by generation. Even a Legend-level creature can only destroy it in person, and it is difficult to strip it away.

Guildmaster Dougs' eyes turned crimson. Since his true attributes had reached the Silver limit, they didn't increase further, but Extreme Self-Healing was quite useful. He looked at the other person with complicated emotions; that person was now his 'father' in terms of rank.

Jiang He found a place to sit and tossed over a bottle of Dragon Blood Wine, saying, "Don't worry about rank. Just call me Great Lord normally. What about the two from Dusk Battlefield?"

Guildmaster Dougs answered truthfully, "Reporting to Great Lord, they've essentially left. But the Living Nightwalker may not have. He robbed the Silver City royal tomb of the First Fortress. We suspect he obtained the corpse of the first Transcendent—the Navigator."

"Living Nightwalkers don't have fixed bodies. They're a special race that relies on the battlefield. They can exert all the strength from before death by occupying corpses. Generally, a being's rank decreases after death, which means this race often controls stronger individuals."

Guildmaster Dougs reported everything he knew in detail. Living Nightwalkers were like half-Major Faction priests. Combined with their racial talent for controlling humanoid weapons, their combat power, both offensive and defensive, was quite remarkable. With such preparations, the probability of him simply leaving is low.

Jiang He took a sip of wine and said, "So, you're saying the Navigator was a being from the Golden Age?"

Guildmaster Dougs nodded solemnly, "The leaders of the four Dark Creatures are all at the Silver peak. They seemed to be carrying out a secret mission, but they encountered an accident and ended up in this world."

"I believe even the Council needs a Speaker to make decisions. There must be a leader above the four Dark leaders. If he's an ordinary being from the Golden Age, then the Navigator, who pioneered the future for humanity in this world, is probably not weak."

"And the Ember World used excessively heavy power to create a savior, which led to the land falling into irreversible darkness, with rampant wild beasts and difficulty in restoration."

Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, combining the information the Alliance Leader possessed, Guildmaster Dougs made a bold analysis, mainly to demonstrate his value. In fact, the real strength of the Major Factions lies in combat power, but who told him the person before him was a霸主 lifeform?

Jiang He remained noncommittal and changed the subject, saying, "I don't have any troops to support you. The Eighth Fortress in the eastern part of the Alliance, south of here, is originally your guild's territory. Take it back for me later."

Guildmaster Dougs pondered briefly about his former guild, then asked seriously, "Great Lord, the allied forces of the Origin Realm are expanding outwards. The population of the Eighth Fortress is declining, so the level of attention is not high, but there are probably hundreds of players and a dozen large groups. Should I expel them, or kill them on the spot?"

Jiang He said indifferently, "What you do is none of my concern."

"Understood," Guildmaster Dougs replied immediately.

Jiang He prepared to return home. As for the talisman man crying and making talismans in the secret room, he saw him, but there was no need to care. The other party was Dougs' prisoner. Compared to simply squeezing him dry, he preferred long-term commissions for his new subordinates.

Year 1 of the Pioneering Calendar, January 30th.

Five hundred thousand Vicious Fiend Soldiers entered the portable Imperial City, and the Topsy-Turvy Pass Fortress, which had been holding out until now, collapsed.

Guildmaster Dougs escaped from the shadow of the mission penalty, but failed to receive the mission reward promised by the battlefield at the beginning. This mission had already failed when the three of them besieged him. And because he had joined the Origin Overlord, his hidden permissions in the Sands of All Beings would be completely reset.

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Ninth Fortress.

Everywhere was filled with raging flames and soaring smoke.

The five major guilds—War Chariots, Undead, Human Ants, Red Dragons, and Dark Elves—were successively destroyed. The remaining six guilds, led by the Major Factions and Gold ranks, wreaked havoc everywhere, with remarkable results.

All the factories in the Ninth Fortress became a thing of the past. Tank and mech production bases were razed to the ground. The stationed legions suffered heavy casualties, but the true main force was preserved.

On the high-altitude Void Battleship.

Old Hei sat in the ship's hall, relying on the final counterattack of the Dawn Organization's remaining troops.

A'Er stood aside, reporting the situation.

"The last Flesh Factory on the ground has been destroyed, but the production task has been completed. A total of 80,000 Steel Tyrannosaurus Rexes, Swift Wind Velociraptors, Rock Triceratopses, and Thunder Tail Club Dragons have all been executed."

"These flesh, plus the Human Ants sent back from the front lines, have brought the number of Jet Wyvern swarms to 300,000."

"300,000 Jet Wyverns, 300,000 Vicious Fiend Soldiers, 100,000 Dawn Humans, 100 Silver Guards, General Hei, the carrying capacity of the Saint Lilith is at its limit."

Even though the Unfallen-class Sky Carrier had a strong carrying capacity, the current strength of their own forces was too great, even seriously affecting their movement speed.

"Maintain the status quo. Wait until the war is over to talk about everything," Old Hei stared intently at the screen.

The ground garrison had a total strength of 200,000 troops, 60,000 Vicious Fiend Soldiers, and almost all the human soldiers had been wiped out. But the Vicious Fiend Soldiers, blessed by the Emperor, still had the power to counterattack.

"At the very least, we have to cripple one guild," Old Hei muttered.

...

Ground, Queen's District.

Smoke filled every street.

The piercing shriek cut through the air. The heatwave from the exploding shells overturned cars on the side of the road. Glass shards splattered like raindrops, and clusters of flames burst out.

Six years later, the repaired Council Building was once again welcoming war.

The Major Guild, Glorious Knights, attacked the garrison headquarters here, but they didn't expect to fall into a trap.

One hundred Silver Great Knights were surrounded by 60,000 Bronze peak soldiers. The numerous Vicious Fiend Soldiers surrounded them inside and out, and launched a frenzied attack.

At the side entrance of the Council Building, the Vice-Guildmaster, clad in silver full armor, delivered a powerful sword strike. Perfect-level Glorious energy surged out. The knight's sword destroyed more than a dozen armored vehicles in front of him, and dozens of Vicious Fiend Soldiers fell.

[Prompt: You have encountered the Curse of Divine Retribution, your health has been reduced by 86 points. Because Divine Retribution is true damage, this part of the loss is difficult to naturally recover in a short time]

The Vice-Guildmaster's expression changed slightly. The recognized baseline for Silver is 3,000 health points, while Gold is 10,000.

Major Factions are roughly around 8,000, and strong peaks like him are roughly around 6,000 or 7,000. Because the life levels are not far apart, the difference is not large.

The problem is that when health drops to a certain level, the combat power of a being will inevitably be affected, like dizziness and shock caused by excessive blood loss. Legend has it that only by becoming a Overlord can one maintain peak combat power until death.

Suddenly, resentful souls suddenly appeared on the bodies of those dead Vicious Fiend Soldiers. Nearly a hundred resentful souls concentrated and unleashed soul shrieks when the parasites and themselves died.

For Bronze beings, this is a death curse that only Major Factions can calmly deal with, but falling on the Vice-Guildmaster, relying solely on the 30% damage immunity of his Silver body, is enough to take it lightly.

[Prompt: You have encountered a Soul Shriek attack, reducing damage by 90%, reducing 70 health points]

The Vicious Fiend Soldiers, parasitized by vengeful souls, surged in overwhelmingly.

Boom boom boom!

The Vice-Guildmaster kept slashing, killing more than 3,000 enemies, but his health also fell to the bottom.

In other directions, the guild members' situation was also very bad. The Knight Commander unleashed his Supreme sword skill at the beginning, killing thousands of Vicious Fiend Soldiers, but almost paid for it directly. Right now, medical knights are desperately trying to save him.

"All personnel are divided into three teams to rest in turn."

"Call for support from top combat forces."

"Summon Centaurs, Steel Giants, and Earth Dragon swarms."

Orders were issued, teleportation cards were destroyed, and tens of thousands of transcendent creatures rushed out of the Council Building. The centaurs with powerful mounted archery, the ten-meter-tall steel giants, and the massive subspecies of dragons stabilized the situation at once.

After the Vice-Guildmaster decided on the deployment, he prepared to transfer a few peak Great Knights to replace him, but at that moment, a pair of beautiful eyes engraved with sword and flower patterns suddenly appeared in front of him.

A powerful enemy is attacking!

The Vice-Guildmaster was extremely experienced. In his current state, standing on the passive defensive side was equal to chronic death. He delivered another knight's slash, only attacking and not defending, showing the aura of exchanging his life to force back the enemy.

Puchi!

The sword light of the Three-Foot Uneven Sword beheaded its prey. The fatal vital strike directly killed this strong peak.

The majestic and fierce knight's slash fell head-on. Si Ning calmly pinched a sword finger, and a crystal-clear twelve-petal green lotus rose above her head, dropping strands of pure sword energy.

Supreme-level defensive sword technique·Green Lotus Sword Shield.

The sword slash shattered, and nine petals of the green lotus withered.

Compared to the superior martial arts passed down from generation to generation by large forces, this kind of exclusive secret method is obviously more suitable for individuals, and the effect is significant.

Si Ning succeeded with one sword. Supreme·Existence Folding was activated again, but at the moment when her figure was about to disappear, a pure cyan arrow shot quickly.

Whoosh!

Excitement flickered in Si Ning's eyes. She only had time to raise her defense again. The moment it was completed, the green lotus collapsed, and the arrow pierced her chest.

Pfft!

A large amount of blood spurted out. The aftermath of the arrow blasted a hole dozens of meters in diameter in the Council Building, and countless building fragments fell from the sky, and the building was about to collapse.

"A unique skill, it wasn't a waste of bait after all."

On the distant wall, the strange creature with two heads and four arms looked a little surprised. As a Gold rank, a casual arrow failed to kill the enemy in one hit. The opponent's defensive ability was quite good.

Si Ning had no fear, but grinned instead. She didn't believe the other party could still pretend like this when they saw that guy.

"Call in the strike!"

The bright red sword pendant on her earlobe disappeared.

Jiang He descended here, saw the Golden Twins, and nodded in satisfaction. He finally caught a big fish.

Without a word of nonsense, he activated Divine Hunt and Divine Prey, and took a step of Great Accomplishment Town Step, directly crashing towards the wall.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Golden Twins turned around and ran.

Two streams of light, one in front and one behind, began to chase.