Gacha games can't save this bizarre world.

Zhao Hao and other saviors spread throughout South America, frequently intercepting and killing snake-men and lizard-men who were capturing humans. However, South America is too vast, and in the face of such sudden events, no one could stop the snake-men who had been plotting for so long.

During this period, at least tens of thousands of people were sacrificed! And their dungeons probably contained more than ten times that number of humans!

Just when much of the world's attention was focused on South America, another problem arose in the Pacific Ocean. In the Marshall Islands, there's an island called Bikini Atoll.

Yes, it's that three-piece bikini.

Starting last year, Aramco passed a document and began to conduct large-scale nuclear tests on nearby islands and reefs.

They throw one away every one or two months.

What's worse, Amis officials told the local indigenous people that this thing was harmless and was just something to be thrown around for fun.

In reality, they were being used as natural test subjects to observe the effects of radiation on ordinary people.

The truth will out eventually; the matter was discovered.

It's the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a UN Security Council agency, the same agency that owns the Doomsday Clock that can calculate the end of the world. Currently, they are sending people to negotiate with the Aramco leadership.

Meanwhile, a Greenpeace organization called "Human Communicator" has begun implementing an "escape plan" to help local indigenous people escape their homes contaminated by psionic radiation.

The US has even taken more aggressive measures and has already begun to clash with the local US Navy.

On one hand, Amei's backyard is on fire, and on the other hand, her little tricks have been discovered, leaving her in a state of utter chaos.

Chapter 497 Expansion Pack - Cold-Blooded Invasion

After all, they were an extraordinary race that had once dominated the American continent for hundreds of years.

While the serpent-men and lizardmen may not be as famous as elves and dwarves, their strength far surpasses that of other extraordinary races. After the slumber of psychic powers and the departure of the gods, most of the mythical races fared poorly.

While there are many skilled dwarves, their numbers are not large.

For example, WALL-E, the protagonist of the American anime, although he reached Bronze level a long time ago, is generally not allowed to get involved in human affairs. He is constrained and cannot be considered free.

As for elves, their numbers are even fewer, and their situation is precarious. Most of them live in groups of a dozen or twenty in some remote part of the inner world, living off the wealth accumulated by their ancestors.

If they dare to wander around aimlessly, a black beast storyline might just happen.

On the contrary, the goblins seem to be doing quite well. It seems that only those who control capital truly control the future.

Vampires are well-versed in the rules of the lower rungs of modern society and do quite well!

As for the snake-men and lizard-men, their numbers are considerable, though they don't reveal themselves to the public. Even extraordinary individuals who mistakenly enter their territory are hunted down. Their strength has been accumulating over the past few centuries.

Of course, there were occasional underhanded tactics. For example, Zhao Hao had previously participated in an invasion by the extraterrestrial race, the Greys. There, a branch of the Lizardmen cooperated with the Greys.

Once this plan, which has been in preparation for hundreds of years, is unleashed, its power will be immense.

Amei's forces were mobilized within a short timeframe, but were blocked by the mountains and primeval forests of the Inner World. The fleets they sent out were attacked by a large number of marine supernatural creatures, and even the fighter squadrons they sent out were sniped by bronze snake people and lizard people supernatural beings.

In the real world, who does America care about besides the Russian bear? Now that she has suffered such a huge setback, how could she possibly swallow this insult?

They immediately deployed all conventional combat forces except for nuclear weapons.

Colt said that even aircraft carrier fleets are heading this way.

However, the Snake People are truly going all out this time; both the Snake People and the Lizard People, two extraordinary races, are using their combined strength to conquer the South American continent. They must have over forty bronze-level combatants!

A gigantic supernatural monster, over thirty meters tall, appeared in the sky, while various cultivated supernatural creatures sprang up everywhere on the ground. It was clear they had previously obtained monster modification technology from the alien Greys.

The serpent priests, using the power of the Serpent Father, created a large-scale psionic magical barrier that could even withstand repeated bombing raids by heavy aerial bombs.

They launched over a dozen missiles, each costing hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars, and after several days of fighting, they still couldn't take down the Mayan pyramid altar outpost.

The battle reached a fever pitch in less than a week. The forces deployed by Ame were already sufficient to launch an invasion of Iraq.

However, many physical weapons are not very effective against psionic energy.

Meanwhile, the superhuman force that Amei assembled has only been able to engage in small-scale skirmishes so far, never having experienced such a large-scale superhuman war. Both its personnel and resources are severely strained, and its performance has been far from satisfactory.

Ultimately, whether or not the situation can be turned around depends on the extraordinary individuals.

Just one day ago, Fantasy Westward Journey released yet another expansion pack.

This time it's "Cold-Blooded Invasion"!

Zhao Hao updated the game store's inventory extensively, developing many extraordinary items and equipment specifically for the Snake People and Lizard People. For example, a shielding cloak designed to counter the Snake People and Lizard People's racial innate infrared perception ability.

For example, a special antidote for the psychic toxins of snake people.

Then, the projection instance is opened, directly projecting the game players into the underworld to fight against the snake people and lizard people.

If a player dies in the game, they will at most be unable to play for a few days, since it's just a projection.

But if you can kill enemies or complete missions, the rewards are fantastic.

"Merit" can be exchanged for many rare and valuable items, including some rare and powerful extraordinary paths.

It can be said that every "game expansion" update is a great opportunity for players to level up and improve.

If you seize the opportunity, it's quite common to win two or three levels in a row.

Players in Fantasy Westward Journey level up much faster than ordinary superhumans. They also have more choices.

Many extraordinary individuals are now unable to advance beyond the Black Iron 5-star level and end up entering the Dream Game in search of a glimmer of hope.

Of course, Zhao Hao is well aware of the true meaning of scarcity marketing.

Are there any players who have reached Iron 5-star and then advanced to Bronze? Yes! But only about one in two or three hundred has a chance to break into Bronze! And the process is complicated and the tasks are difficult. It's not something the average player can do.

Most players still use the game to increase their psionic power, acquire some extraordinary materials, and make some money.

Of course, what they didn't know was that if many people died, their souls would gradually take the surname Zhao.

After a person dies in the real world, their soul will come to Zhao Hao's dream and work for Master Zhao for the rest of their life.

Of course, let's put it another way—they've achieved immortality! They've gone to heaven!

As for the seventy-two virgins, simple. I'll sculpt one hundred spiritual dolls for you! We even offer custom orders!

Previously, Ame's superhumans fought a great battle against the snake people and lizard people in the Otherworld, attempting to defeat and crush them.

However, the snake people and lizard people have dominated this land for thousands of years; this is their homeland. They control almost all the spiritual veins of the continent, and the Mayan pyramids they have built everywhere give them a huge geographical advantage.

With ample prior preparation and high overall quality, the human superhumans suffered a significant disadvantage from the very beginning.

If the vanguard hadn't been composed of elite superhumans from Europe and America, the casualties would likely have been much greater. Even so, the loss of over a hundred superhumans is a major event in the inner world.

However, humans have now regained the upper hand.

Because the players have arrived!

America and the European countries are already considered to be quite powerful, and they have a considerable number of superhumans at their disposal.

However, extraordinary individuals are inherently at odds with political regimes. Generally, they don't choose to align themselves with a government, instead choosing to develop quietly on their own. It's about freedom!

Therefore, the number of extraordinary individuals they can summon is still only a small number.

But it's different for Fantasy Westward Journey game players!

We come together from all seven continents and eight oceans for a common goal of upgrading!

The game boasts a massive player base, exceeding 80,000, even in South Korea, Japan, South Africa, and Australia! How can the limited number of extraordinary individuals in Europe and America compare?

And the players' approaches are all quite unconventional!

Many of their extraordinary paths and professions were obtained from Zhao Hao, and some of their extraordinary items and equipment were simply unheard of. Plus, they were completely fearless of death!

As long as the benefits of dying once are enough, they're willing to die once. This really emboldened the snake people and lizard people!

The ruthless fear the cunning, and the cunning fear the reckless!

A dream team of players is fighting snake people in a primeval jungle in the Peruvian world.

The five-person team has been together for over a year and has gone through countless battles. Their teamwork is excellent, they are all-around capable with no weaknesses, and their combat strength is not weak, making them particularly difficult to deal with.

Unless there are bronze-level enemies to crush them directly, five, seven, or eight snake-men and lizardmen can only retreat.

Extraordinary items and psionic technology were used in rapid succession, with various tactics such as Warrior, Mage, Priest, Rogue, Hunter, and Druid being used interchangeably.

The extraordinary monsters raised by the snake people were all strangled and killed. After the last one, a Phantom Scale Serpent over ten meters long, was found and killed, the snake people herders could only flick their tongues and retreat decisively, giving up this area.

They had been ambushed by this squad before, losing two members. Coupled with the enemy's special preparations targeting their modified monsters, they were already at a disadvantage from the start. If they didn't retreat now, they risked total annihilation.

These damn superhumans are really too troublesome.

The snake people discovered that they had been well-prepared. They even had spies within the Afghan government and military, and numerous targeted strategies. This was one of the reasons why the Afghan government repeatedly encountered setbacks.

Suddenly, these extraordinary individuals appeared out of nowhere, and they went to any lengths to achieve their goals.

From voodoo to African witchcraft, from necromancy to holy light items, from psionic grenades and firearms to Taoist talismans from China, from summoning to mutation, from superpowers to magic... all sorts of random things have their own ways of restraining themselves.

After several days of fighting, the front line has retreated nearly twenty kilometers!

The battle raged fiercely in the Inner World, with thousands of extraordinary individuals advancing and fighting daily in its forests and mountains. The Outer World was no less active.

Although the main force was still struggling with how to get through the obstacles, Zhao Hao and his elite small unit were still able to break through the blockade and reach South America.

A small Brazilian town was now armed and impregnable.

The mayor and sheriff are both capable people, and the town is usually filled with martial spirit.

They received intelligence at the very beginning of the upheaval and began constructing fortifications to hold their ground. Almost two weeks have passed, and they have yet to be breached.

Of course, it was also because only a few lizardmen hunting parties, or three or five Black Iron soldiers, had ever come here. They really didn't dare to launch a full-scale attack on the town, which had been fortified with long guns and short cannons.

Although they couldn't break through on a large scale, their extraordinary methods were quite unbelievable.

More than twenty people have gone missing from the town in the past two weeks. The remaining thousand or so people are on edge, on the verge of collapse. Fear is a double-edged sword.

However, they probably won't have the chance to collapse.

On this day, a Bronze 1-star lizardman warlord arrived in the town with more than twenty lizardman headhunters.

Because most of the gathering places had been destroyed in the past two weeks, those people were either killed or abducted.

Only the tough, large cities with garrison troops remain, which are being gradually worn down by extraordinary means.

So these main forces began to clear out these troublesome small strongholds.

Heavy machine guns, grenades, and sniper rifles are useless against bronze-level superhumans.

The nearly three-meter-tall lizardman overseer, carrying two machine guns, swaggered past.

The orange-yellow bullets couldn't harm his scales at all, and they bounced off the ground with a crackling sound.

The person who fired the shot was terrified; his eyes were glazed over and he was drooling. The mental shock was too much, and he was beginning to break down.