World of Warcraft, the Fearsome Orcs

Shen Hui and Qingxue came before the enormous orb of light.

This orb was the medium the World Association had created to connect to unclaimed worlds.

Shen Hui and the others only needed to connect with it through their consciousness to view information about the Borderlands within.

Challenging unclaimed worlds of different levels consumed more World Coins the higher their level.

This place was a bottomless pit that devoured money.

But as long as they succeeded in a challenge and merged with the world, the rewards would naturally be substantial.

They could also sell the resources from within the world to obtain World Coins.

Shen Hui connected with it through his consciousness.

Soon, a panel appeared in Shen Hui's mind.

It listed worlds of different levels.

Shen Hui could see worlds from levels 1 to 3.

As for higher-level worlds, Shen Hui didn't have permission to unlock them yet.

But Shen Hui couldn't challenge worlds that high-level anyway.

He directly selected a level 1 world, and a voice sounded in Shen Hui's mind.

[You have selected a level 1 world to challenge]

[20,000 World Coins will be deducted. You will be randomly matched with a level 1 world]

[Begin the challenge?]

"Begin!"

[The World Origin is beginning to merge. The two worlds are beginning to overlap and fuse...]

Shen Hui's world began to fuse and intertwine with another unfamiliar world.

From the energy emanating from the other world, Shen Hui sensed that it was a World of Warcraft.

This was a world that gave rise to Orcs.

It was a world of forests and grasslands everywhere.

But the forests had grown sparse, and the grasslands had turned yellow and withered.

There wasn't a hint of life anywhere; the place was filled with death and gloom.

There were no animals in the forest, only the bones of various animals and Orcs.

The bite marks on the remains showed that they had all been eaten alive.

Lacking food, the Orcs living here had eaten every animal and had even begun to devour their own kind.

Naturally, very few Orcs remained alive.

This showed that the world was in a state of continual decline.

"A declining world means the difficulty is lower, but there's basically nothing left in the way of resources. Still, I can expand my own world a bit."

"With Sadako and the Pig-headed Butcher, I should be able to occupy and merge with this place."

Shen Hui's world descended and merged with the grassland. Its deathly aura made it seem even more out of place.

The arrival of Shen Hui's world soon caught the attention of the last Orc tribe in the forest.

The tribe included Werewolves, Bearmen...

Although they were different races, they were the last Orcs remaining in this world.

And without exception, they were all carnivorous demi-humans.

The herbivorous demi-humans had all become their food.

"What's that noise outside? It sounds like something has come into this world."

A Werewolf spoke, looking toward the forest's edge.

"Could it be food? If so, our Orc race will be saved!"

A Bearman shouted excitedly.

"I hope so. Let's go take a look. If nothing changes in this world, then it really will be destroyed."

All these Orcs knew that, at some point, life in this world had stopped being able to reproduce.

All the plants had also begun to wither.

For food, the Orcs had been forced to wage civil war and fight over what remained.

By now, only they were left, clinging to life.

Clinging to their last shred of hope, the Orcs left the forest and came to the grassland.

Shen Hui saw that there were twenty of them.

All these Orcs spotted a patch of woodland that had appeared on the grassland.

"An extra forest has appeared, but it looks even more lifeless."

"Let's go in and have a look. There might be food inside."

The Orcs began to enter Shen Hui's dead forest.

But as soon as they stepped inside, they immediately felt the temperature around them plummet.

Still, they had to keep searching for food.

Soon, they saw a dry well in the dead forest.

They were about to go over and take a look, but before they could reach it, they heard a hissing sound coming from inside the well.

"There seems to be something in that well!"

"Doesn't matter what it is, as long as it's edible!"

The Orcs were already crazed with hunger.

Just then, a disheveled woman climbed out of the well.

"Th-this is a human!"

The Creator of this world had originally intended to create humans, and had spread legends about them to lay the groundwork for what would come later.

So the Orcs knew that creatures similar to them were called humans.

But unfortunately, before the Creator could put that plan into action, he had died.

"Sh-she's so strange. Why does it get so cold when we get near her?"

"Why do I feel a little afraid of her?"

A feeling of fear suddenly welled up inside the Orcs.

"What are you afraid of? We just need to eat her!"

The Orcs worked up their courage and charged at Sadako.

Shen Hui wasn't worried at all. These Orcs had only learned to rely on brute force.

They couldn't possibly hurt Sadako, who was a spirit.

Sadako crawled along the ground like a spider, letting out a strange, chilling laugh.

"Heh heh heh~"

The Orcs charged at Sadako and immediately began attacking her with their claws.

But their attacks passed straight through Sadako's body.

All the Orcs were stunned, frozen in place.

And Sadako vanished from their encirclement in an instant.

The Orcs immediately snapped out of it.

"Wh-what happened? Could what we saw have been an illusion?"

But just then, a Werewolf suddenly felt a chill behind him and heard a strange, laughing "Heh heh heh."

There was something behind him!

Everyone looked in that direction, and the Werewolf immediately turned to look behind him as well.

But the Werewolf saw nothing.

Yet the strange laughter sounded behind him again.

At the same time, he noticed that all the other Orcs were staring at him, eyes wide with terror.

"Y-your back! That human is clinging to your back!"

The Werewolf's heart lurched, and he immediately looked over his shoulder.

At a glance, he saw a disheveled head resting on his shoulder.

One black, deformed eye stared fixedly into his.

The Werewolf's face turned deathly pale, his breathing stopped, and his mind was left with nothing but fear!

"Get her off him!"

One of the Orcs immediately shouted, but the Werewolf suddenly turned to face them.

He gave them a strange smile, then raised his sharp claws and plunged them straight into his own chest.

Then he ripped out his own heart, grinned at them, and finally fell to the ground, lifeless.

A strange fear surged through the hearts of the Orcs.

When they looked at the human again,

they suddenly found that she had vanished once more!

One of the Orcs suddenly felt a chill at his back and heard that strange, laughing sound.