The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 661 - 651: Dire Situation (Part 2)!

"Does His Majesty mean that nominally we’ll be assisting the Imperial Court in eradicating the Serpent Demon under the pretext of avenging the Northern Territory’s civilians, but in reality, we will be contesting the Imperial Court for territory?"

After Chen Qing explained the rough plan, everyone was stunned.

"What else?" Chen Qing said with a smile, "Do you truly think we’d dare to commit such an outrageous act by helping the Northern Demons against the Court Army? Wouldn’t we be cursed to death?"

"But..." Members of the Shen Family looked at each other in disbelief before fixing their gaze back on Chen Qing, "Did the other party agree?"

The ’other party’ they were talking about was naturally the mysterious forces secretly operating in the north.

"They have no choice but to agree," Chen Qing said with a laugh.

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Three days ago...

When Chen Qing first entered The Void, he must admit he was quite astonished.

He had not expected the players to actually find this place!!

The name ’The Void’ must have been coined by them. Being a purveyor of Eastern fantasy, Chen Qing’s design aesthetics naturally didn’t include foreign vocabulary. This so-called ’The Void’ was immediately recognizable to him as the barrier of the Nine Heavens!

Version three, Nine Heavens Demon; these players had already reached the peak and had even managed to carve out this space for themselves.

It showed that in these three reincarnations, the third version had nearly been developed to its limits by the players.

With just a key, one could open the door to another world and enter the fourth version in the Era of Stars. At that time, they would truly break free from the cycle of reincarnation and no longer be bound to this small earthly existence.

Upon this thought, Chen Qing suddenly burst into laughter. Such a vast force – to the people of this world, they must seem no more significant than ants, right?

Has it ever crossed their minds that they would be driven into a corner by an earthly ant?

It seems that I, as a designer, have done a pretty good job maintaining balance. No matter how powerful a force, it’s impossible to have a complete monopoly over this world. At least so far, no player has managed to do it.

"Your Highness, King of Qin, you seem quite pleased?" A female voice from above The Void mocked coldly.

"It’s okay..." Chen Qing began to laugh, "I’ve heard of your reputation; I can’t help but feel a bit excited to see you for the first time."

"May I be so bold to ask," the woman in red tilted her head, her eyes under the wide-brimmed hat could pierce through countless dimensions, her gaze intense as they locked onto Chen Qing, "are you Mr. Pu YunChuan?"

Chen Qing looked up at her. Elder Zhang had mentioned that within Digital City, there were spies from the guilds, and probably quite a few had secretly defected.

It seemed he was correct.

"Not sure..." Chen Qing said with a smile, "I used to be certain, but now... who knows."

"Then let’s continue to address you as ’Your Highness, King of Qin’."

"That’s up to you," Chen Qing shrugged.

"How does Your Highness, King of Qin, view the current situation?"

"The situation is, of course, grave. I can still scrape by, but as for you..."

"You are the designer, aren’t you aware of the strength of the Celestial Serpent Palace?" the woman in red spoke indifferently, "King Xiang’s Ghost Soldiers are indeed formidable, but given how long we’ve operated in the north and the blood and flesh beginning to thaw at the poles, even with the Heavenly Ghost Sorcery seizing control of our underlings and acquiring some high-ranking Ghost Generals, it wouldn’t be a completely one-sided affair."

"Are you all testing my understanding?" Chen Qing scoffed coldly. "The Celestial Serpent Palace is not a tightly structured force; it’s made up of powerful individual Celestial Serpents controlling a host of lower-ranked Serpent Demons— it’s a big... yet scattered organization. In the outer layer of the heavens, aren’t there countless Celestial Serpents roaming? The influx into the human world must also number in the tens of thousands. I’ve seen the guild descendants in Celestial Wolf City; none of them fancy the demon form of a Celestial Serpent, and hardly any are willing to be fully reincarnated as one."

"If they are unwilling to become Celestial Serpents but still aim to control the Celestial Serpent Palace, then they must resort to contracts. First, submitting some Celestial Serpents in the outer layer of the heavens and then binding players with bloodline contracts, allowing players to control it and some of its factions, right?"

"It seems the rumors are indeed true," the woman in red smiled. "Knowing so much, if it’s not Mr. Pu YunChuan himself, it can’t be far off."

In the void, countless cold stares focused on Chen Qing, chilly to the bone, yet powerless to act.

Just as Chen Qing had said, the control over the Celestial Serpent Palace was maintained through blood contracts. If the player who held the blood contract died, whether the Celestial Serpents would still be cooperative was a question. In the face of the threat from King Xiang’s Heavenly Ghost Group, switching sides on the spot wasn’t impossible.

The situation... was as precarious as a pile of eggs!

And if the north were to be completely uprooted, only the murky corners of the Southern Wilderness and Yundu would be left to utilize. But once King Xiang occupied the north, with the rapid ascension of the Ghost Domain, there would be almost no one in the world who could stand against him!

The worst part was that both this Emperor and that King Xiang knew the secret of the Reincarnators!

If they gained the upper hand, they would certainly wreak havoc, and that guy could even be more terrifying than the King of Qin used to be.

The King of Qin aimed to seal the ancients, to prevent them from descending, and to control the world in its first phase, to achieve what he considered coexistence between humans and demons.

Even had he succeeded, that method would have been fragile. Guild players holding the Path of Yin and Yang could continuously reincarnate their descendants, slowly plotting to overturn his empire. If not at the first attempt, then the second; if not the second, then the third. Players could use infinite reincarnations, and as long as the foundation was there, there would always be a chance to open the era of ancients once more!

But this ambitious NPC was different. If he were left to grow, and the world unified under the Ghost Domain, with the power of the Earth Spirit surging, it might even initiate a charge against higher and more ancient powers on the Path of Yin and Yang. Players, caught asleep, would be powerless to use their formidable strengths, unable to prevent the increasingly powerful Ghost Domain.

Given time...

Digging them out at the roots wouldn’t be impossible!

"Your Highness, since you are aware of the current situation, you must understand that the north... must not fall into King Xiang’s hands, otherwise... both you and I may face a plight from which there is no return!"

The woman in red looked earnestly at Chen Qing. "When we players first entered this world, we were the flesh and blood for the demons of this world. It took us a million years, countless tragic deaths through reincarnation, to finally allow players to stand at the apex of this world. If King Xiang destroys everything we’ve built, then all players... will return to the nightmarish world once more."

"And this time, it will be countless times more difficult than at the beginning!"

Chen Qing looked at her, fully understanding her point.

When players first arrived in this world, they suffered the terror of demons and the malice of the human world. After dying in vain several times, they chose to join forces, founded a guild, and through numerous calculations and strategies, they finally made Reincarnators the pinnacle of this world.

But once lost, they would suffer an even more horrific backlash.

The Emperor of the Siao Family harbored ambitious venom towards these players. An NPC who knew of the players’ existence ruling this world, along with the Federation opening the gateway to this world again.

The consequences... are unimaginable!

Chen Qing knew... this could be a disaster for all of humanity!

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