Chapter 288: Chapter 20: Hide
Su Xiao stood inside the stomach of a sperm whale, holding the world coordinates, which he carried with him at all times.
Through the screen, he watched the battlefield situation. Contractors stood back-to-back in a group, their goal unified: to survive.
Seeing this, Su Xiao let out a long breath. If the contractors collectively fled, he would face a penalty of -10 to all attributes.
It’s clear this can’t go on. Once the contractors can’t hold on, there will be a massive desertion, and what’s more concerning to Su Xiao is that Flash Silver has reached the edge of the battlefield.
This leader is about to flee, so her adventure group’s members won’t stay long either. Although one group’s complete desertion doesn’t make up 50% of the survivors, it significantly increases the risk.
Su Xiao still has several chances to indirectly interfere with the battlefield, and these three opportunities are now crucial.
Su Xiao didn’t need these contractors to deal with the Kara Aliens, as long as they didn’t flee. He started editing a message on the war channel, with the following content:
[Battlefield Mandatory Order: Final Battle]
Introduction: All Contractors must not leave the coordinates within thirty kilometers. If they react passively to the war, they will be forever abandoned in the Parasite World, suffering rejection from the world’s consciousness.
Maximum number of participants: 113 people.
Time limit: 7 hours.
Objective: Survival.
Tip: The world coordinates have been placed deep in the sea. Contractors do not need to defend the world coordinates. Ensure your survival with utmost ability immediately. You can hide inside the ice layer or fly to high altitudes.
Speaker: Ruler!
...
Su Xiao didn’t choose to have the contractors hold off the Kara Aliens. These contractors simply couldn’t manage it.
Contractors aren’t fools. If Su Xiao issued an order sending them to die, they would immediately flee.
Su Xiao simply didn’t make them fight. If they couldn’t win, could they not at least hide?
The Kara Aliens’ target is the world coordinates, not killing the contractors. Moreover, as long as the contractors don’t flee, Su Xiao doesn’t care even if they’re all wiped out.
Su Xiao needs to ensure that desertion doesn’t exceed 50% among the contractors, not ensure their safety.
This message was posted in the war channel. Divine King and Adam looked overjoyed; they saw a glimmer of hope for survival.
Flash Silver’s steps at the edge of the battlefield halted. She realized that once she fled the battle, she would be stuck in the Parasite World forever and face penalties from Reincarnation Paradise.
"Divine King, Adam, what do you two think?"
Flash Silver spoke tiredly in the war channel.
"Is there even a question? Of course, find a place to hide. Flash Silver, bring your people back. They all followed you and fled." Divine King responded weakly.
"If I’m not mistaken, this is a turning point. The Kara Aliens’ target isn’t us but the world coordinates. As long as we hide well, we can definitely survive this."
Adam’s hoarse voice appeared, the death of Lie hit him hard.
Hearing their words, Flash Silver stood there, pondering.
"Golden Demon, how long can you hold on?"
Flash Silver looked at the Golden Demon she was holding.
Golden Demon hung his head, the light in his pupils growing dim, and said intermittently, "Seven... seven hours, definitely... no problem."
"Then let’s hide."
Flash Silver made up her mind, speaking in the war channel.
"Our three adventure groups will hide in different locations. From now on, it’s every man for himself. Anyone got an objection?"
"Agree."
"Good."
Divine King and Adam each spoke up, while none of them considered what to do with the surviving loners, whose performance in the war was lackluster.
...
Under the deep sea beneath the ice, after Su Xiao understood the contractors’ situation through the screen and war channel, he nodded in satisfaction.
He wasn’t planning to let these contractors escape or let them survive! The reason was simple.
When boarding the spacecraft, Adam recognized Su Xiao. Through Adam’s introduction, Divine King and Flash Silver also recognized Su Xiao.
In the Giant world, Su Xiao’s performance was eye-catching, single-handedly challenging the Other Shore Flower Adventure Group and dragging dozens of contractors with him, which exposed his strength.
But since entering the War World, Su Xiao hadn’t shown his face, making it impossible for Adam and others not to be suspicious.
Su Xiao had two choices: first, disguise his appearance from now on, and abandon the alias Bai Ye; or second, eliminate all the contractors to silence them.
By the end of the war, Su Xiao’s identity as Ruler would disappear, and by then, if given the chance, he would have to kill to silence. Dealing with contractors was his forte.
These matters would be handled after the war since Reincarnation Paradise wouldn’t allow him to wantonly slaughter contractors now.
Besides, even if he failed, he could at most just switch to a different ’vest’.
Furthermore, if a Ruler’s identity could be exposed so easily, then Reincarnation Paradise’s so-called protection measures would be too low-level.
Contractors displayed their unique skills, some drilling into the ice layer, others flying up high. If really necessary, they could even hide in snow piles.
The war began to take a surprisingly comical turn. Contractors collectively hid, the scene lively, in a sense like Eight Immortals crossing the sea each showing ’special abilities’.
Compared to these contractors, Su Xiao’s hiding place was far more upscale, as he hid in the deep sea, a place that would make the Kara Aliens furious.
There was still six and a half hours left for the coordinates to be arranged, and the Parasite World would also end in six and a half hours.
Just as there were six hours left before the coordinates would be completed, the Kara Aliens arrived.
A pitch-black ’spaceship’ floated above the icefield. This spaceship was entirely pitch-black, irregular in shape, like a pile of black coral, its overall shape somewhat similar to a sea urchin.
The Kara Alien spaceship hovered tens of meters above the ice layer, with a surge of black eerie material at its bottom and a gap appearing below.
A swarm of Kara Aliens jumped out of the spaceship, their number uncountable, their body surface charred with coarse scales, humanoid overall, with lizard-like heads.
"Guraqima, salsalabata... (unknown language)"
A roar sounded from inside the spaceship, and a Kara Alien with silver scale armor appeared, unexpectedly floating in mid-air.
This Kara Alien looked extraordinarily similar to Tuka, just taller and more robust. Its name, translated into human language, was Dika, Tuka’s grandfather.
The high-level bloodline of Kara Aliens isn’t passed down every generation; it often skips a generation. Tuka’s birth had been a source of great joy for the entire Kara tribe, signifying they had a new king.
High-level Kara Aliens have absolute control over ordinary Kara Aliens, not due to power but genetics.
Even if high-level Kara Aliens ordered ordinary ones to die, those ordinary Kara Aliens couldn’t disobey, reminiscent of the Insect Tribe.
The silver-scaled Kara Alien resembled an insect queen or insect king, being extremely important to the whole tribe.
The current king of the Kara Aliens, ’Dika,’ hovered in mid-air, with nothing beneath his feet. This wasn’t flying; it was more like stepping on air.
At this moment, Dika’s eyes were filled with hatred, having sensed the death of his descendant, Tuka.