MTLNOVEL Chapter 11: Demon Ending
[Main Quest "Frost Plated Bone White" Settlement Complete]
[Type]: Destroyer
[Time Limit]: never rest 'till die
[Mission Difficulty]: Splendid Story
(Note: Splendid Story—Magnificent Epic, at this difficulty, regardless of your success, progress reaches over thirty percent. It will profoundly influence national, ethnic, and regional civilizational progress, with intense reactions and transformations among the people due to your actions, even awakening them spiritually.)
[Introduction]:
The winds of hatred howl furiously above us, the dark forces repeatedly strike out at us,
In our unity, we fight a life-and-death battle with the enemy, without regard for fame or fortune ahead.
Arise bravely, rise proudly.
Just because the dawn of justice has shattered the long night.
The prologue of suffering has concluded, and the rest of the legendary epic is left for humanity to write.
[Settlement Conditions]:
A. "Historical Progress" — Eliminate the current Frost Plated Republic government: Establish a nation — Frost Plating Federation (Level: Great Powers)
(Achieved)
B. "Desire for Change" — Reconstruct the humanistic and social structure of the Frost Plated Ethnicity, allowing the Frost Plated People to return to a normal life: David Lyn adopted a productivity-based system, socialized nurturing, and promoted Creditism, entirely abolishing the family and marriage system, heralding a new era.
(Achieved)
Reward: [Omega Level Arcane Energy Amplifier] *1 — Evolves one of your Arcane Energies to Omega Level.
C. "Ending the Evil Result" — Permanently eliminate problems between Frost Plated and the Outer World, ensuring the Frost Plated People won't overcorrect: White Plum Army was utterly annihilated, and under the crisis of Lord Entropy, the Outer World's populace chose to accept the policies of the Four Nations. The Frost Plated People did not revert to patriarchal restoration, discarding all backward ideologies as rubbish.
(Achieved)
[Epilogue]:
"Forty years, 14,610 days, four generations."
"We have continually advanced, sacrificed; we lost many lives to fight against the enemies of the old world."
"You used the most primitive, brutal means to clear all obstacles."
"You won't say, 'This is the inevitable cost of progress.' Because this is history, living history. You wish to witness and bear it all, even if the results are less than ideal, the goals were indeed accomplished."
"You are not an Angel, but you brought fairness. Not a good person, but you brought sustenance."
"No matter how others accuse you of brutality, inhumanity, indifference, you always remained true to your heart."
"No matter what, we achieved our goals, even if it obliterated our self—yet history does not accommodate personal thoughts."
"Frost no longer erodes our body and soul, maybe there are still issues of this sort and that, but we have long understood, for ourselves, there is only one thing to do:"
"—Advance."
"For a better tomorrow, for the survival of the collective, for the progress of society — civilization never stops!"
[Main Quest "Frost Plated Bone White" Settlement Complete]
[Proceeding to the Conclusion…]
[You achieved the ending: Demon]
[Please choose one of the following options as your extra reward (Demon ending rewards attributes only)]:
A: Main Attribute [Charm] +200 points, and additionally receive a 10% main attribute bonus (lasting until the next version update).
B: All Attributes +50 points, but no additional bonus
C: [Charm] and second-highest attribute +100 points and receive a 5% resistance bonus
D: Lifespan +2000 years
E: Gain 300 Free Attribute Points
[You chose A]
[Reward has been fully delivered]
Conquering the capital does not signify the end of the war.
Li Aozi switched to the main body, scripted a biological program, commanded the main body to swiftly advance toward Azure Star, simultaneously announcing the start of the second wave of Starry Abyss outer entities landing.
Vast sunlight poured over the land, numerous Descenders from the cosmic with the momentum of Gamma Rank (3) descended from the sky, walking with the light, unapologetically flooding into the battlefield, blending with all forces.
Local players on Azure Star did not miss this opportunity; several major guilds declared forming an alliance, divided into three main armies.
The First Army deployed to support the Red Arrow Front, aiding the Sky Frost Allied Forces, with a staggering number of 220,000 members, actually possessing overwhelming hierarchy dominance.
In the war, players would also grow stronger.
The Second Army is the largest in numbers, mostly amateur players and wild teams, composed of 9.08 million players using various modes of transportation, through teleportation points, suicide redeployment, and other means, filling the human wave against Lord Entropy.
On one hand, post-version update, summoned roles of players would be forcibly promoted to Gamma Rank, even if the gear wasn't sufficient, the hierarchy was there, far surpassing ordinary combat power.
Due to its massive scale, numerous new players were enticed into this echelon; in fact, the number of players mobilized in the end exceeded ten million.
Relying on the immortality effect provided by the Lai Anding Medical Protocol, players continually stepped into close combat with the Apostle of Entropy, using their bodies as barricades, and the once unstoppable tide was finally halted when met with the endless, never rest till die player army.
The emergence of the Third Army was entirely unexpected.
In the past life — or at least in the timeline Xides rehearsed, due to the appearance of Pseudo-Humans, leisure player collectives couldn't be consolidated due to mutual distrust.
However, now with each player possessing an [Eye of Truth], under Li Aozi's continual promotions, this thing was turned into an essential item for everyone, Pseudo-Humans were nearly eradicated by the players, making them endangered, the communication within player communities became far more united than in the past life.
Thus, the Third Army, the player-organized Zhengxu Expeditionary Army, was formed out of volunteer spirit.
This segment included quite a few electronic immigrants — in Li Aozi's view, these electronic immigrants were intended by Starry Abyss for colonial control, comprising lower-tier deities of Starry Abyss, many of them were important entrepreneurs of Zhengxu, industry association leaders, and farm magnates.
Whether out of simple sentiment or to protect these immigrant compatriots, without Pseudo-Human interference, players faced no resistance entering Zhengxu for combat.
As Li Aozi and others roamed the ruins of the White Plum Army clearing remnants, the player army launched multiple offensive routes.
This time, they were no longer the bizarre aliens compared to the natives, but true Saviors.
Setting aside the locust-like habits of players… in confronting invaders and Lord Entropy, players' strength was unmatched.
Often, wars are fought not only with the sophistication of weapons, a logistical issue can topple most paper-powerful nations.
However, for players, this concern did not exist.
Veteran players, needless to mention, had ample savings for a version, while new players reaped the benefits of version updates, casually mixing with veterans; the leftovers were enough for them to prosper, making the internal player trading market unprecedentedly active; even collecting service fees made the platform rake in profits wildly.
For players, fighting was a high-risk, infinitely profitable venture; in the war involving millions of manpower, even the mission profits from errands were enough to offset the penalties from character death.
Indeed, Lord Entropy's forces seemed endless, but their ceiling depended on this planet, and Lord Entropy's willingness to invest in the Apostle of Entropy.
Players' limits depended on the amount of enemies.