“I sense the presence of my kind.”
"We should go out and embrace the new world now, to unite all our kind and build our kingdom together."
"Who knows if there might be a traitor among those companions? Besides, without the master's orders, none of you are allowed to move. Are you going to act on your own?"
In the darkness, different voices whispered among themselves, their commotion causing the surrounding earth to tremble slightly.
"So noisy!" A deep voice echoed in the darkness, causing all the people and monsters in the darkness to tremble and crawl on the ground.
“Giant Gate, you don’t sound like you’re in a good mood.” Dim lights illuminated the platform, where a person and a monster sat together on a huge, ornate chair.
The speaker was a man with long, slightly curled hair that fell to his chest. The dim light illuminated his long, narrow eyelashes, making him look gentle and refined.
Not only his appearance, but also the way he spoke just now was calm and unhurried, without the slightest hint of panic.
The monster known as the Giant Gate was piled up on the chair; it could only be described as a pile, perhaps resembling a lump of fat, or perhaps more like a viscous substance.
The chair was already enormous, about 5 meters long and wide, but when piled up, it looked like a huge three-layered ice cream ball stacked on a tiny waffle cone the size of a little finger on a small children's meal.
“The War Knight died too easily. Even if he was just a half-finished product, he shouldn’t have been wiped out without bringing back a single bit of energy.” Giant Gate lowered his voice, but even so, his voice still made everyone’s hearts tremble: “I gave up a third of my energy, and now it’s all gone.”
"Alright, Jumen, Lucun is right. Your constant bad mood affects our judgment." The one who spoke again was a woman. She and the man who had spoken earlier were among the few humans in this group.
"Lian Zhen, don't make sarcastic remarks. You and Lu Cun have contributed the least, so of course you won't mind." An old voice spoke, his whole body shrouded in a thick cloak. The black cloak made it impossible to see his face, but the hand that emerged from the sleeve was a skull.
"No, no, Wenqu, I'm serious." Lianzhen casually shifted his sitting position: "We only sacrificed temporary strength. As long as the crystal core is still in our bodies, recovery is only a matter of time."
Lian Zhen appeared to be a standard human beauty, with a graceful figure reclining on a chair, her long fingers adorned with vermilion nail polish, rhythmically tapping something on the chair.
It's a pity that 80% of the creatures here are monsters, so there's hardly anything to appreciate in her appearance.
"The spread of the plague has not met our expectations, and the recent famine has not yielded optimistic results either." Wenqu's voice was deep: "We have activated energy switches around the world, and the entire globe is now covered in ice and snow, but there has been almost no return from the famine."
In other words, more than 70% of the world's remaining population is not starving, or in other words, even among the remaining 30%, the number of people who are truly starving is limited.
The energy values of plague and famine are rising slowly. The death knights' death energy is at most just enough to offset the initial amount of human infection with the zombie virus. At this rate, each of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will not even reach a quarter of what they want.
Deaths will certainly increase, but what they want are large-scale wrongful, unjust, and vicious deaths.
"We need to awaken the ancient creatures ahead of schedule!" A little girl screamed from a dark corner. Although she looked like a little girl, the voice that came out was chilling. She was clearly not an ordinary human.
"What's all the noise about?"
A cool, clear voice echoed throughout the dark hall. The voice wasn't loud, but it reached the ears of every person and every living being with exceptional clarity.
In an instant, all the creatures stopped and turned to look at the highest and largest throne in the main seat.
"Let's abandon the previous plans and give the people of the old world a little more breathing room." The person on the throne used a voice changer and covered himself with a thick cloak, making it impossible to tell his gender. Only the gold-embroidered cloak revealed that he was the most noble among the group.
"yes--"
Below the stage, there was a dense crowd of people wearing dark red or dark orange cloaks, all mixed together, making it impossible to distinguish between men, women, and children.
“You should manage all the regions under your jurisdiction properly. I don’t want any part to completely slip out of our control.” The person on the throne raised his wine glass: “From the time I took over until now, and counting our predecessors, we have been working hard for more than two hundred years. It’s time to create a new world.”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Apart from the Yanlong Kingdom, which is quite troublesome, we have some control over the other countries," someone said.
“It should be said that apart from the five nations, they have been reborn more than once, which is very troublesome.” A creature wriggled and expressed its dissatisfaction: “I never expected the world to suddenly betray us and turn against us to help the new world.”
"So what? Being replaced by the new world is a historical process that no one can stop!"
“Some small countries have received support from large countries and are still struggling to survive, but we have already seized power in more than 60% of these countries,” an old voice said. A series of clamorous sounds rose up one after another, making it impossible to discern where the old voice came from.
"Hehehe, that's because you were unlucky and got assigned to small countries supported by big powers. I'm different; those small countries are willing to cooperate with me."
"What use are those small countries? They can't produce heroes; they're all cannon fodder. I don't know what's so great about them."
"It's better than you having countless labs destroyed. Each lab is the culmination of our hard work, and you just let them be destroyed so easily, running away like stray dogs."
"We have millions of experimental sites and tens of millions of smoke bombs, what's there to be afraid of?"
【quiet--】
The darkness fell silent, and the creatures here held both fear and reverence for those seated at the head of the table.
"Since the people of the Old World want to use the blizzard to gain a respite, let's also use this time to accumulate strength." The person in the main seat said slowly, "The prelude to the blizzard will sow discord among them, and at the end of the blizzard, we will release the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse to deliver a fatal blow."
"You all have a good time to rest and recuperate. I don't want to hear any more bad news about the future plans."
"yes---"
The wine glass was slowly raised, the crimson liquid swirling within. At that moment, everyone raised their glasses, as if the argument from just moments before had been an illusion.
Passion was building and rising; everyone's eyes were filled with fervor, including bizarre monsters and humans of different races.
"For the new world," the man on the throne murmured, raising his glass as if making a vow.
"For the New World!!!"
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