Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm (Darkened) Level: 30 Attack: 198-396 Magic: 100-200 HP: 100,000/100,000 Mana: 20,000/20,000 Armor: 30 Attack speed: 1.5/s Movement speed: 3.0 m/s Acid Rain: Unleashes a wave of acid rain, striking once within a 1,000-meter radius and dealing water damage equal to magic × 1.0. Slaughter: New players killed by the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm (Darkened) cannot revive and will die permanently (only Revival Coins qualify for a revival check). Growth: For every new player devoured, attack permanently increases by 1, HP by 10, and mana by 10. Transcendence: Upon devouring 10,000 new players, can evolve into a Blackwater Flood Dragon (level 50 boss).
Zhou Heng was no fool. The instant he saw the detailed skill descriptions for the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm (Darkened), he understood the reason behind everything.
The Black Bear Guild had not come to help new players through the early stages at all. They were clearly after the new players' lives.
Generally speaking, a starter village area had roughly ten thousand new players.
A town like Little Bird Town, however, had around thirty to fifty thousand new players.
In other words, if the Black Bear Guild pulled this off, at least a third of all the new players present, himself included, would have to die.
[Sometimes fate is this cruel. As a new arrival, you seemingly possess limitless possibilities, yet in truth, your fate was sealed the moment your spawn point was determined. But you, favored by fate, may still have a slim chance of survival.] [Fate offers you hints.] [Fate Hint 1: Raise the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword) high, throw up your arm and shout, proclaim yourself the rightful successor to Hero King Karenna, and force the Sword of Light to appear, rewriting the fate of the ten thousand players present.] [Fate Hint 2: Expose the secret of the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm's stats and incite unrest, securing a slim chance of survival for the players.]
Looking at the sudden Fate Hints, Zhou Heng chose the second without hesitation.
He could carry out the second before the first. Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to reveal that he possessed the Sakast Imperial Sword (Holy Sword).
"Damn it, how is this possible?!"
"The boss has the Slaughter skill!"
"If the boss kills you, you can't trigger the free revival rewarded by Boundless Endless! You'll be devoured permanently!"
"Help... help me... I don't want to die..."
Hidden in the crowd, Zhou Heng put on a terrified expression and wailed loudly.
At once, the new players charging fiercely toward the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm froze in their tracks.
They did indeed all have revival chances left, and that was precisely why they had hoped to use this means to get ahead early on, accelerating their opening advantage as much as possible.
But if being killed by the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm prevented them from triggering their free revivals, they really would meet their end here.
After all, they were not facing a level 10 Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm, but a level 30 Corruption version.
The Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm (Darkened) paid no heed to the army of players that had abruptly stopped. Roaring, it swiftly unleashed Acid Rain. In an instant, many frail players failed to last even a second and turned straight into white light, returning to a Revival Platform.
At this sight, large numbers of players felt that Zhou Heng's words were mere fearmongering. How was revival not working?
But the next second, countless players looked in horror toward Yang Kai, the head of the Black Bear Guild's Little Bird Town Branch. Beside him stood a Revival Platform that had appeared at some unknown point.
"Branch Head Yang, why is there a Revival Platform here?"
"Branch Head Yang, you... you can't be joking with us... We... we don't want to revive here..."
Yang Kai's white tracksuit flapped in the wind. He stood straight beside the Revival Platform with both hands in his pockets, coldly watching the army of new players as though looking at a pile of materials.
At that moment, even the stupidest new players realized what was happening!
"Damn it, they're going to kill us! They're going to use us as nourishment!"
"The urban rumors were true! Haha, it was all true."
"Why is this happening? Weren't those rumors about murdering our own kind supposed to be a joke? Why is this happening..."
"I don't want to die! I don't want to die... Someone save me... Someone save me..."
Some of the new players at the very front, who had barely withstood one wave of Acid Rain, were just about to flee when the Deepwater Flood Dragon Worm rushed up and swallowed them in one gulp.
Crunch~
Crunch~
Along with the sound of bodies being chewed to pieces, the last shred of hope in countless new players was shattered.
For players like them who had logged into the world of Boundless Endless, realistic physical effects only triggered when they could no longer revive.
In other words, the players being chewed up had truly died, whether on Blue Star or in the world of Boundless Endless.
"No~ No~! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
"Run... run..."
At the General Store in Little Bird Town, a graceful, voluptuous woman stretched.
"Those beasts from the Black Bear Guild really did make their move!"
"Ten thousand living compatriots from Blue Star. They're Blue Star natives too-how could they bring themselves to do it?"
An old woman slowly emerged from the back of the General Store, her back hunched.
"Human nature is always like this. There is no worst evil, only worse."
After the old woman spoke, another person emerged from the back of the General Store.
His upper body was bare, his knotted muscles somewhat bronze, looking exceptionally strong and healthy.
Carrying a heavy chopping blade roughly two meters long on his shoulder, he strode up to the voluptuous woman and the old woman.
"Why waste so much breath?!"
"I'll handle Yang Kai. Black Bear Ba and that old bastard of a mayor are yours."
But before the man could act, the Old Town Mayor approached from a distance with his walking stick and calmly blocked the three of them.
"Long Blade, do this old man a favor and let this matter go."
"It's not as though the ones dying are citizens of our Sakas Empire."
"Players who log in from another world like Blue Star-if they die, they die!"
The Long Blade the Old Town Mayor addressed was none other than the muscular man carrying the two-meter chopping blade.
Long Blade's expression turned cold as he sneered.
"You old bastard. If your daughter were in that situation, I'm sure you'd charge in even faster than me."
The Old Town Mayor smiled dismissively.
"But ultimately, my daughter isn't in there, is she?"
The voluptuous woman walked over to Long Blade, raised her right hand, and snapped her fingers in the air.
The next second, a gorgeous Black Rose appeared between two fingers.
Holding the Black Rose, the voluptuous woman elegantly tucked it into her cleavage, then looked at the Old Town Mayor opposite her and spoke with a hint of regret.
"Mayor Tate, what did the Black Bear Guild-or rather, the Longevity Family-promise you to make you willing to act against your conscience like this?"
"Are ten thousand living people truly worthless in your eyes?"
The Old Town Mayor, Tate, smiled with unruffled composure.
"Talisa is infertile. They promised me they would cure Talisa and give me three hundred years of life."
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