Pfft!
A sound of flesh being pierced rang out as a Black Arrow shot straight through the bald man's chest, leaving a hole behind.
The bald man's pupils dilated, and he toppled headfirst to the ground.
Seeing this, the Chaos Splitter slipped his hands into his pockets. "What a pity. He had clearly been given a chance to live, yet he insisted on handing that chance over to someone else."
"He really was great and selfless. All I can say is that it was a foolish choice. You'd all do well not to learn from him."
Witnessing the bald man's death, Fan Ye's breathing gradually quickened.
What was that?
An arrow that could fly on its own?
And it had killed that muscular bald man so effortlessly?
Was that really reasonable?
Before Fan Ye could think further, the Chaos Splitter suddenly took out a switch. "Everyone, remember what I just said. Those who get a potion can live. Those without one will end up like that bald man."
"Go fight for them. You might only get one chance!"
Click!
As the Chaos Splitter pressed the button, the chairs restraining everyone instantly came unlocked!
Without another word, everyone swarmed toward the center of the room like rabid dogs scrambling for food!
No matter what, they had to grab a bottle of potion first!
Fan Ye thought the same. He had some talent for sprinting, so he got off the line faster than the others and snatched up a bottle of green potion!
Several others followed close behind, each grabbing a bottle of potion as well!
But there were only twelve bottles of potion in the room. Excluding the bald man who had just died, there were still nineteen people left. There simply was not enough to go around!
And anyone without a potion would be killed by the Chaos Splitter!
At that thought, the eyes of those without potions turned red as they lunged at the others and began snatching their potions!
"Are you insane?!"
"Give it to me! Hand over the potion!"
But some tried to be clever. Seeing that they had failed to get a potion, they turned and tried to run!
The Chaos Splitter shook his head at this. With a flick of his finger, he sent out a Black Arrow that instantly pierced through the man's brain.
"Everyone, a friendly reminder: the best way to keep your potion from being taken is to drink it."
"From now on, I'll kill one person without a potion every ten seconds."
Hearing that, everyone's eyes grew even redder!
Seizing the opportunity, Fan Ye twisted open the cap and drank the potion!
Several quick-handed people followed suit!
But one frail young man was terribly unlucky. His potion was snatched away, and the person who took it drank it immediately!
The Chaos Splitter's lips curled into a smile. "That's right. Survival of the fittest. The strong live. That's exactly how it should be!"
With that, he threw out a Black Arrow and killed the young man!
The others fought even more fiercely, even aiming to kill their opponents!
One man beat another to death with his bare fists and took his potion.
Only when twelve people remained did the slaughter finally stop.
Those twelve had all drunk the potions. They knelt on the ground, their bodies twisting and convulsing in the darkness as they underwent some inhuman transformation!
"Aaargh!!"
"This feeling!"
"Ha... cough, cough... it's Extraordinary Power!"
The sun gradually rose.
The stench of corpses began to spread through the room.
The Chaos Splitter looked at the twelve people before him and smiled in satisfaction.
"Since humanity first became civilized, it has never stopped slaughtering itself. War and revenge existed even when humans were still beasts."
"Humans pride themselves on being the pinnacle of reason and wisdom, yet they are constantly ruled by emotion, plundering everything from others for the sake of their seven emotions and six desires."
"Look at them. Like zombies and beasts, they long to drag others down from high places. They long to tear apart everything others possess and claim it for themselves, only to be torn apart in turn!"
"Kindness, charity, justice, human rights—those are all things the ruling class invented to whitewash reality because they fear the weak will rise up in rebellion!"
"The only thing that has ever helped people gain higher status and better treatment is naked survival of the fittest!"
"Knowledge, status, money, civilization—these are all weapons people use to arm themselves in pursuit of greater benefits!"
"Everything exists to ensure one's own survival and reproduction. Everything else is a sacrifice too insignificant to mention."
As he spoke, the Chaos Splitter slowly spread his arms.
"Everyone, are we going to stand by and watch humanity continue oppressing itself without end?"
"Are we going to stand by and watch humanity squander the resources it possesses?"
"Are we going to stand by and watch humanity perpetuate its arrogance and sins?"
"Pick up your weapons and smash everything humanity has to pieces!"
"They should fear us, for we are the thing that will end them."
"For all the beauty in this world, to end this endless cycle, we are the Chaos Splitters. We split without end, we are deathless and indestructible, and we number in the tens of thousands!"
"Order is against nature. True nature should exist in chaos!"
"We are not destroying anything. We are correcting this world's mistakes!"
"War has never ended!"
North America.
A man in military uniform stood aboard an aircraft carrier.
"Monsters are emerging, more and more of them. We need to gather humanity's finest warriors, as well as extraordinary individuals with unique abilities."
"We must build a legion of heroes to quell the chaos and save the people. Humanity needs heroes like them."
"Franz, are you still thinking about that?"
"Looking through the river of history, whenever a race's civilization reaches a certain stage of development, a natural disaster always descends."
"That will be a crisis of life and death for that race. Only unprecedented unity and countless people charging forward can overcome it."
"If it can truly be overcome..."
"You're saying discouraging things again."
"Isn't the extinction of the dinosaurs a fact?"
"Are you saying those monsters can cause a planet to crash into Earth and destroy the world? Don't be ridiculous."
"For a long time, our scientists have imagined countless possible disasters."
"For example, an invasion by extraterrestrial raiders, mechanical life and artificial intelligence ruling humanity, or wars from other dimensions spreading here and igniting a God-Demon war on Earth."
"But whatever it is, it must involve the destruction of humanity."
"And unfortunately, it has already appeared."
"Some time ago, a silent tide swept across our people. What we saw were zombies and vampires."
"But what exactly are they, and where did they come from? We have no way of knowing."
"Perhaps the current situation is not yet enough to be called a catastrophe for humanity, but I think it is coming soon."
"A tide sweeping across the globe is surging toward us. By the time we realize how dangerous it is, that tide will already be unstoppable."
"Whenever I think of it, I feel a shiver of unease."
"This plan can no longer be delayed. Or rather, it is already urgent. We must respond immediately to this disastrous tide sweeping through the human world."
"Call the president and the United Nations again. The establishment of the Global Supernatural Alliance cannot wait any longer."
The United Nations bill was unanimously approved by the five permanent members of the Security Council on the third day after it was submitted.
The Global Supernatural Alliance was thus established.
Its official abbreviation was GOC.