"Anyone with a flying mount, ascend now! Those who can carry passengers, take them!" Chu Tian shouted from the front.
His speed was too great to dodge this threat that had long since vanished. He had traveled from Fort Oks to Fort Qingcheng in just over a minute.
His shout immediately alerted players with flying mounts. They scrambled onto their mounts, not caring if they caused damage to their own players. They commanded their mounts to grab people with their claws. Once a person was caught, they ascended, fleeing towards Tide Dragon View.
Those arcane mages also thought of a way to protect themselves. They directly opened teleportation portals. Once activated, they vanished. However, their portals would remain in place for a while. Instantly, those not picked up by flying mounts surged towards the portals.
In a flash, over half of the Dragon Country faction players were gone. Some slower players, with bad luck and far from the portals, simply stopped running, knowing they couldn't escape. They turned their cameras on, intending to record this historic moment.
Directly behind them, in the direction of the Russian war zone, the sky turned dark, as if the world was ending. A massive shockwave was sweeping towards them. The first to be hit were the 1 billion Russian war zone players. In that instant, it was like a complete annihilation. Anyone caught by the shockwave was instantly killed. All Russian war zone players perished, none survived. Then, it moved on to the remaining players, numbering only tens of millions. Their vision went black, and they resurrected in the graveyard.
However, the Russian war zone players simply saw a black screen, with the system notifying them that their respawn point had been destroyed and they could not log into the game.
...
The battle concluded. Even the WCG live broadcast equipment, all 120 units, were destroyed. Shi Zhenxiang felt a pang of heartache, but seeing the 290,000 online viewers in the livestream, she instantly brushed aside her feelings. The number of viewers was still increasing. This wave of livestreaming revenue, even if they had 12,000 units of equipment, would still be earned back.
She was not spared either. When she resurrected, she found herself at the respawn point of Fort Qingcheng. As soon as she appeared, she saw Chu Tian.
"You died too?" Shi Zhenxiang asked in surprise.
"How is that possible!" Hou Tian pouted.
"Bring the camera over!"
Shi Zhenxiang was stunned, thinking Chu Tian wanted to make a statement. All the screens in the WCG radio livestream went black. Countless people shouted, demanding to see the livestream screens. As they wished, at this moment, the livestream screens lit up. The first thing that appeared was Chu Tian's face.
Chu Tian wore a harmless expression. He reached out and pulled someone next to him. However, this person was tied up and motionless, clearly offline.
"It's the top expert of the Russian war zone, Sinister Angel!"
"Sinister Angel was captured alive?"
This scene astonished them. They had never expected that with the annihilation of the Russian war zone, their number one player would also be captured alive. Someone immediately recognized who Chu Tian had pulled over.
"Now, I declare to the whole world, the Russian occupied zone is no more! As far as I know... after the system repairs the destroyed buildings, corresponding gold coins will be deducted from all players' inventories. This is a punishment for your failure to protect the war zone! Now, I want you all to remember what I'm about to say. Surrender or be destroyed!"
As the last six words left his mouth, Chu Tian's gaze turned extremely cold. A great saber appeared in his hand. With one hand, he held Sinister Angel's hair. He swung the saber down. The lower half of his body slowly fell to the ground. Chu Tian held Sinister Angel's head and brought it towards the livestream camera.
This scene would forever be etched in the minds of everyone watching the livestream. Surrender or be destroyed! At this moment, it echoed in the hearts of all non-Dragon Country players. As for the Dragon Country players, after a few seconds of silence, they erupted in cheers.
"De Shen..."
"De Shen..."
...
Half a minute later, the other three frontlines attacking Dragon Country suddenly halted. All the invaders completely scattered. The Dragon Country players who had been fighting continuously had kept the livestream in a small window, witnessing the entire event. Everyone was ecstatic. They brandished their weapons and pursued, but received orders from above: "Do not pursue a cornered enemy."
With this matter settled, within an hour, the Dragon City holding guilds of Dragon Country received dozens of war zone friendly application letters. They were terrified!
As for Qi Xi, the honorary president of the Anti-God Alliance, she also received Chu Tian's orders. They would accept everyone without discrimination. His objective was to unify the survivor faction.
One day later, the entire Asian Grand War Zone was affiliated with Dragon Country. The Asian Grand War Zone was unified. Chu Tian had previously claimed to annihilate the Russian war zone within a day. Now, he had exceeded expectations; not only was the Russian war zone annihilated, but the entire Asian Grand War Zone was brought under his control.
The current Heavenly Dao world operated 24 hours a day. Chu Tian directly issued commands to strike while the iron was hot. Before other Grand War Zones were unified, he launched cross-Grand War Zone operations. He swept through them, and no Grand War Zone was his match. This was because the Grand War Zones were not unified, and their players were still engaged in inter-country warfare. They couldn't form parties or squads. They still saw each other as red names, so how could they team up?
A week later, with the exception of the North American Grand War Zone led by the United States, the global survivor factions were unified. At this moment, Chu Tian announced: "The army is at the gates." Players from all Grand War Zones, from all directions, were pressing towards the border of the North American Grand War Zone.
The North American Grand War Zone had also been unified five days prior. Their unification, however, was out of necessity. Facing the encirclement of survivor players from around the world, after three days, the encirclement did not lead to an attack. The United States, under pressure, announced its acceptance of the Anti-God Alliance's rule.
However, at this moment, Chu Tian emerged and spoke directly to the world via livestream. "Accept what? Did I say I was going to incorporate you? People of the North American Grand War Zone, listen up. If you want to avoid destruction, then attack the United States war zone with modern weapons. Kill all United States players until they are at the beginner village, and then I will accept your surrender!"
Chu Tian's words caused another global sensation. His statement directly bled into reality. The United States issued a stern protest to Dragon Country. Dragon Brother, however, replied, "We find it inconvenient to intervene with national power in matters related to games." This left the United States dumbfounded.
Half a day later, all United States players who dared to log into the game returned to the beginner village. The survivor faction was unified. Ruler: Anti-God Alliance Guild (Dragon Country). Guild President: I Am Not Druid.
As soon as the system prompt for the unification of the survivor faction appeared, the announcement for the "Slayer Faction vs. Survivor Faction" data pack update was also released. It was scheduled to begin one day later. At this point, Chu Tian smiled. He wanted to initiate the faction war precisely when the Slayer Faction was recovering from their heavy losses after attacking the City of Satan.
"What will you choose?" Chu Tian smiled charmingly.