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On the spaceship, Bai Ye informed everyone that the "player community" was about to disappear forever, and that the two planets would enter the final stage of world merging. This sudden news shocked the girls.

Clearly, they hadn't expected things to happen so suddenly.

"In the last 10 days, the players will still exist, but they won't be of any real use." Bai Ye no longer minded referring to them as players in front of everyone, since the girls already knew the truth.

"What do you mean by 'it won't have any practical effect'?" Talulah asked, somewhat curious.

"Many of their functions have been restricted, such as 'guest account login', and even the combat option has been removed."

"The core city's deterrent power mostly comes from the players. Once the players disappear, there's a high chance that some reckless bastards will show up. I have other things to do afterward, so I must find a new reliance to defend the territory while there's still some deterrent power before the players leave," Bai Ye said earnestly to Talulah.

"Besides players, what other methods do we have?" Talulah asked curiously.

“A super weapon.” Bai Ye looked in the direction of Lontinim.

That place was once the eye of the storm, but Bai Ye personally destroyed that storm and the ambition behind it.

However, in order to protect himself, Bai Ye has decided to unleash a new storm in the core city to protect this ideal city.

"Won't this cause His Majesty to misunderstand? After all, although we have always been outside the Empire, we are still part of Ursus." Yelena frowned.

Although she, being from a mining background, felt no goodwill toward Ursus, only hatred, Yelena was also well aware that she had to consider the bigger picture.

Currently, the Emperor of the Ursus Empire and Talulah share a rather delicate and fragile relationship, as they do indeed have some common enemies, both internal and external, and similar ideologies. Yelena and Talulah worry that once the core city possesses a superweapon powerful enough to threaten the Ursus Empire itself, it might disrupt this fragile balance.

Bai Ye shook his head:

“Our previous relationship was partly maintained through the players, but a large part was due to me personally. Therefore, we cannot place the fate of the core city on the emperor’s mercy.”

“Players have disappeared en masse before, but that was only temporary. This time, it’s permanent… Until our civilization establishes a connection with the core city, we have to rely on our own strength to protect it,” Bai Ye said earnestly.

Yes, Bai Ye does have some degree of favoritism.

In his mind, he could treat any country and civilization on this land equally, but he had a different feeling for the territory of Talulah, because he had watched everything here being built up bit by bit.

"We should even prepare for the worst. If the emperor decides to reap the rewards after the player disappears, completely ending your control over the territory, then we might have to consider breaking away from the Ursus Empire and joining the Earth Federation government. The Federation government can use legislation to protect extraterrestrial civilizations willing to join it."

Considering the oppression and discrimination against the infected by the existing civilizations of Terra, this might be a good solution.

However, the prerequisite is that the core city must survive for a month.

Chapter 199 Setting Sail (The End)

(Thank you all for joining us. This is the final chapter of the main story.)

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In the following days, Bai Ye and Luna began to carry out their work step by step according to the plan.

All of the player's in-game assets were frozen, awaiting settlement. This seemingly tedious and arduous task was actually no problem for Luna. In fact, Luna could calculate all the data clearly in no time at all.

These 10 days are actually for players to prepare.

They need some buffer time.

The game forum has reopened for a limited time, but many sections and functions have been closed, and player behavior has also been restricted.

Unable to accept quests, unable to affect the Terra continent in any way, and even the game UI that used to appear from the player's perspective has disappeared. It was as much like a game as it was in the real world.

Players could become stronger by leveling up, but this process only added that strength to their character projection. Now, Luna has taken back all the functions and abilities that were previously given to the projection, so now the player has truly become just a projection.

Although the game's functions are subject to many restrictions, players still have a great deal of freedom of action, or even no restrictions at all.

Aside from some restricted areas designated by Luna, such as the depths of the Sami Snowfield, the now-calm sea, and the scorching lands south of Sargon, these are all restricted areas restricted by Luna to prevent players from recklessly entering and disturbing things they shouldn't, thus triggering a crisis and breaking the peaceful transitional period that White Nights has painstakingly established.

However, aside from that, Luna seems to be intentionally encouraging players to act recklessly, or rather, she seems to be intentionally leading players to wander around aimlessly. Although Luna can completely control any area with internet access, there are still many closed areas in this land that are not covered by the network, and players can only rely on themselves to know the situation in these areas.

The Earth Federation government even organized a large number of "relevant personnel" to disguise themselves as "players" using special game accounts provided by Luna. They would systematically divide the map of the entire land and then explore and record almost every corner in a carpet-like manner.

Previously, players had already explored this land extensively, but some oversights were inevitable. These "relevant personnel" would then conduct a final, comprehensive investigation to fill in all the gaps.

This process will be repeated at least three times, with different people cross-checking each other to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

These people are all agents of the Earth Federation government. Even though Earth is already short-handed, they were still pulled into the "game" to complete this task.

Everything seen by each player and agent is synchronized to Luna's database. Although these images are fragmented, after being integrated, Luna is able to piece together the entire world. Like breaking through the fog of war, Luna has almost complete knowledge of the planet's situation.

The information Luna obtains through the network system, the information normal players obtain during the game, and the information collected by federal agents through a comprehensive search are all superimposed and overlapped to form a complete holographic projection map.

Thus, before Earth's arrival, this planet had virtually no secrets left; 99% of its area was completely exposed to the Earth Federation government. The remaining portion was more thorny, something that couldn't be touched for the time being, requiring slow exploration and experimentation.

This is a normal exploration process. Before landing on an unfamiliar planet, it is necessary to use various probes to examine it. Initially, due to technological limitations, Earth had not yet colonized Mars three hundred years ago. However, over the decades, they sent a large number of probes to that red planet. Therefore, when they finally had the ability to set foot on Mars decades later, they knew the planet inside and out.

This includes where it is suitable to establish an outpost and where there are relatively complete mineral resources.

And now, Luna and the Earth Federation are actually doing the same right thing.

Of course, these agents were all mixed in with the much larger number of players. This made it difficult for the native inhabitants of Terra to detect their actions.

Therefore, although some people did sense something was wrong, they were powerless to stop these beings who had completely transformed into projections. Fortunately, these strange creatures were currently incapable of attacking or causing destruction, so the natives could only let them be.

Luna has reserved ten days for players, but these ten days are not wasted. In a corner unknown to many, things are steadily progressing and being implemented.

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Bai Ye was certainly aware of Luna's plan. In fact, the plan was devised by Bai Ye himself. Although the Earth Federation government truly loved peace and had no intention of aggression or colonization, it also had to protect its citizens from various potential dangers. Therefore, eliminating the threat in advance and ensuring the situation was stable and controllable was the top priority.

In this regard, the federal government has always been militant and possesses extremely comprehensive contingency plans. They have even calculated the probability of self-preservation and the chances of a successful counterattack should the former civilization suddenly return and the other party become hostile. After all, with complete control of the situation, Terra's existing civilization no longer poses much of a threat; rather, it is the unknown former civilization and the Beast Lords that are somewhat worrisome.

……

While Luna was busy, Bai Ye also had his own things to do. He wanted to take advantage of the 10 days that the players were still there to build a brand new city defense system in the core city to make up for the lack of defensive power and deterrence after the players left.

Having traveled for so long, Bai Ye has some attachments to this land, and the one he is most worried about is naturally this core city.

However, Bai Ye also knew very well that he couldn't stay in the core city forever. After all, once all of this was done, he had things he wanted to do. But in his eyes, this city had already become his second home.

As mentioned before, in order to prevent any mishaps here when he leaves, or even to prevent this place from being destroyed a month before Earth actually merges with it, Bai Ye also needs to be prepared.

Perhaps this is one of the last things he needs to do before the world merges.

The windmills that previously covered the entire Talulah fiefdom formed a series of interconnected nodes. In the center of the core city, White Night rebuilt a Prism Tower, which can gather the energy generated by the sarcophagus and, through the core spellcasting unit, replicate the solar wind rays that White Night currently uses as a defensive measure. The strategic deterrent measure is naturally to trigger and release the Cataclysmic Storm.

Although the Shard and such may sound a bit barbaric, it is actually quite useful in some ways.

Bai Ye built a super weapon in the core city: Lightning Storm!

……

Are you sure you want to keep this?

Luna watched as Bai Ye placed a sword into the core of the Prism Tower, a core spellcasting unit used to guide and control the Scourge. It wasn't actually a product of Terra Originium technology, but rather a sword. Bai Ye left his "Wind Chime" in the core city to protect it.

“Hmm.” Bai Ye nodded. “Currently, there’s no better way to handle my powers, even if it’s just a simulation, and with your assistance in controlling it, ordinary spellcasting units would struggle to cope.”

He glanced at it with some lingering affection, then left the Prism Tower.

"What are your plans for the future?" Luna asked, looking at Byakuya.

“We want to explore the universe… This place may not be a safe home after all. We can only rest here temporarily, and we will definitely have to expand outwards afterward.” Bai Ye stood on the top of the tower, looking down at the brightly lit city below.

A few years ago, this place was a wasteland. After the original citizens left, it almost became a ghost town. Now, it has once again become a well-known megacity in this land.

"Do you want to fulfill your past dreams?" Luna nodded. "Although you've left Project Northern Cross, your name has never been removed from the list—"

Bai Ye's eyes widened.

"Yes, once everything here has settled down, I will remove the shield from you, and then you can rejoin the team."

"Great." Bai Ye laughed, then tentatively asked, "Can I bring a few people?"

“Of course, they can join the exploration fleet as members for exchanges,” Luna emphasized.

Bai Ye raised his head and looked at the illusory starry sky above:

"It's finally over... I've never succeeded in accomplishing anything before; I've always been a deserter, a loser."

“But you’re not anymore, because you’re our hero. Nine years is enough time for you to grow into a qualified and reliable adult,” Luna said softly. “I will prove you right.”

Since transmigrating, Bai Ye had been forgotten by the entire world. He was a non-existent person, belonging neither here nor there. But now, he suddenly possessed two hometowns.

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After that, things gradually became simpler.

The player disappeared precisely 10 days later, vanishing without a trace from the land. Everyone initially thought it was just another ordinary, temporary disappearance, something that happened almost every so often.

However, this time they were wrong, because this disappearance was permanent.

After preparing the city defense system, Bai Ye forcibly dragged his assistant, "Typing Princess," to Laterano.

There, he participated in the Universal Summit convened by the Pope, and for the first time, as the “Earth Federation Government Envoy,” he announced to the entire existing civilization of Terra that another civilization was about to cross the galaxy and arrive from afar.

Baiye presented official documents to representatives of all the nations of Terra and conveyed his desire for peace to everyone.

Amidst the uproar in the hall, Pope Ivangelista XI, the Vice President of Colombia, the representative of the Great Yan, the Speaker of the Ursus Empire, the New King of Victoria, the Grand Knight Commander of Casimir, the Saint of Sherag, and the Saints of Iberia all rose to applaud.

Nearly half of the nations within Terra's core circle expressed their welcome and goodwill to Earth civilization through Bai Ye. These representatives were all prominent figures, high-ranking officials from their respective countries, and at this moment, they all showed Bai Ye friendly smiles.

Thus, on the first day of the World Summit, all the agendas prepared by Pope Ivangelist XI before the meeting were suspended, and it turned into a welcoming reception for the new world.

“Those old foxes, they definitely knew all along—” the Letanian envoy said angrily in the hall.

In fact, he was not wrong. Bai Ye had already informed his friends of the relevant news, and they had held a secret meeting several days before the meeting.

After traveling through time, Bai Ye traveled to various countries in Terra, making many friends, and finally brought about a peaceful world integration.

……

One month later, Earth arrived as promised.

This is a beautiful, azure planet that was pulled from the center of Terra, overlapped and passed through the planet in a bizarre way, and then merged into the orbit of the same star.

It wasn't that two planets overlapped and merged into a new planet, but rather that, under Luna's control, Earth was positioned in a suitable star system orbit.

However, since Earth passed through Terra's location, the part of her that last came into contact with Terra was left on this planet when she entered the physical universe from another dimension, becoming an enclave that merged into this place, a new continent that suddenly appeared on the sea.

Those Earth citizens who remained on Terra became the second group of messengers to physically set foot on this strange planet.

……

one year later.

Due to dimensional resonance, the "star pod" that originally enveloped Terra has dissolved, and Bai Ye used his powers to create an artificial atmosphere to protect the planet.

Although the protection of the star pod has been lost, this means that the path to the stars has been opened.

It's time to set sail.

Their first stop was to take the Terra delegation to their new neighbors for exchanges.

As the captain, Bai Ye stood on the bridge:

"Planets like Earth cannot produce heavy elements. The iron in our bodies comes from brilliant supernova explosions."

"The zinc in the blood comes from the dust ejected into the universe after two neutron star collisions."

"That trace amount of copper must have witnessed the death of a white dwarf, and even the most insignificant cobalt comes from nebulae billions of light-years away."

"In a sense, it is normal for humans to be curious about the starry sky."

"We yearn to witness the limits of the stars and the sea, for we are children of the stars."

"Throughout history, the outcome of natural selection can be described in one word: failure. Now, we will define success ourselves."

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The universe, the last frontier.

This is the journey that Bai Ye and his friends will take afterward.

His mission is to explore unknown new worlds and search for new life and new civilizations.

To find a way to break the curse of the theory of lifespan.

Bravely treading the path no one has ever trod before.

——End of the book——