The howling cold wind blew across the earth, and endless ice and snow covered everything.

The ground began to crack, and undead creatures emerged one after another, their hollow, dark eye sockets flashing with cold and bright light. In the sky, undead dragons and gargoyles circled and danced, rushing towards the enemy in front of them like a biting storm.

This is a battle of life and death.

The protogastric animals in stage IV are not easy to deal with either. Their huge size and strange and rapid recovery ability are also a tough nut to crack for the undead creatures. But on the other hand, the protogastric animals have no good way to deal with the undead army. They cannot turn the undead army into their companions by injecting protogastric viruses (which is also natural). On the contrary, the attacks brought by the undead creatures, which are full of death energy, also make these protogastric animals suffer.

After all, these protogastric animals have different appearances and look like monsters from a B-level horror movie, but they are still living organisms. When faced with the power of death, even protogastric animals will feel pain.

But Taurus is completely different.

Sure enough, monsters of this level will not be affected?

Looking at the indescribable huge figure that was still slowly moving forward, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes. Judging from the current situation, these stage IV protogastric animals were probably stronger than the Scourge in his seal, but only to a limited extent. As for the Taurus, it was very strange. Fang Zheng could judge that if it was in the main world, the rating of this monster would probably reach the legendary level. After all, it was not the first time he had fought a legendary enemy, and the opponent's aura and strength were not unfamiliar to Fang Zheng.

But what puzzled Fang Zheng was Taurus's reaction.

On the surface, this Taurus was just an indescribable monster with great power. But when Fang Zheng pulled him into the seal, he clearly noticed the surprise and confusion in his hundreds of pairs of blood-red eyes - yes, this monster actually had feelings!

Not only that, what surprised Fang Zheng was that after entering the seal, the other party did not immediately launch an attack as he had expected. Instead, it was like a child who had discovered a new toy, and just instinctively moved forward in the seal. Even when facing the attack of the Scourge, Taurus did not care.

Of course, since Taurus is so huge, even the Scourge cannot stop it. This is purely based on the crushing of size. In the face of its huge size and strength, even the Scourge, which relies on numbers, cannot stop it.

But…then again, what is the purpose of Taurus, or the zodiac?

Looking at the approaching giant figure, Fang Zheng was thinking about another question. Ever since he learned from Miluen that the protozoan virus was a man-made product, Fang Zheng had been thinking about this question. The Zodiac was the first eleven protozoans to appear, but it was obvious that this thing was not produced naturally. So where did these eleven stage Vs come from? Why did they want to destroy humanity?

This doubt flashed through Fang Zheng's mind, but it was not the focus at the moment. For him, Taurus's purpose was not important, what he had to do was to completely eliminate it.

because……

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng raised the vampire in his hand and aimed it at the target in front of him.

But at this moment, he suddenly stopped his actions.

Because just as he raised his sword and aimed at Taurus, Fang Zheng suddenly felt a powerful force emerge from nowhere, restricting his movements. However, this force did not come from the outside, but seemed to be his own body, restricting his movements.

What exactly do I want to do?

Suddenly, an idea emerged in Fang Zheng's mind.

After being reborn into this world, Fang Zheng is gradually gaining more and more powerful power. So, what should he do with this power? How should he do it?

Before his rebirth, Fang Zheng was just a company executive with hundreds of people under him, but that was all. He was not some urban special forces king, nor was he some descendant with a mysterious family background. Of course, he was still a little famous in a certain circle, but that was all.

His decision might affect the livelihood of a group of people, the quality of a game, or the attitude of a group of players. But that's the extent. If he fails, the worst outcome is just being scolded by players online, or being criticized in the gaming media.

But no matter what, Fang Zheng's ideas and actions will not affect the changes in a country or the life and death of a group of people. Everything he did was within the legal scope. He never considered that his decision would lead to some irreversible consequences.

This is why Fang Zheng chose to build the Tiandao Palace far away from the Holy Kingdom. He didn't want to be too involved with the Holy Church, and he didn't want to be involved in some weird troubles. In the past, Fang Zheng always felt that he was free from trouble. Because the people around him, Hecate, Tilia and Nymph were all his summons. And Nanali and Kulia could be taken away at any time, so even if something happened, Fang Zheng was confident that he could take the people around him and leave.

But things are different now.

Tiandao Palace was no longer just the home of him and a few girls, but was gradually transforming into a force. If Fang Zheng wanted to save Xia Shi and the others, then these children would naturally follow him back to the main world. By that time, it would be difficult for Tiandao Palace to continue to hide as a force.

I see.

It was not until this moment that Fang Zheng finally understood why he had been stuck at this stage and unable to move forward.

To paraphrase the words of the protagonists in many hot-blooded comics: You are not aware enough!

Previously, Fang Zheng thought that his ideas were not righteous enough, but now, he finally understood that the "righteous ways" he had thought of before were all his misunderstandings. Destroying the world for someone, or sacrificing everything for the world, these were just superficial results. In fact, what was important was not that they made such a choice, but the "consciousness" that drove them to make such a choice.

And this is what Founder lacks now.

All along, there were only a few people around him, and as long as he could protect these few people, it was not difficult for Fang Zheng to maintain his life under the existing order. However, when the number of people he needed to protect increased several times, the situation was different. Fang Zheng had to make changes in order to protect them, but these changes were not what he was willing to make when he was alone.

This is actually like getting married. Dating is one thing, but when you actually get married, you start to think that after marriage, you are no longer just in a cohabitation relationship, but a real legal couple. You can't just go out and hook up with other girls at will, and you can't use your salary to buy whatever you like, but you have to save it for a rainy day.

If you have a child, you will also need to consider that you will need to take care of the child when he is born, look after him when he is sick, and choose a good school when he goes to school...

All of this meant the end of the free-wheeling life of the past few decades. It was now a life that was not centered on me, but on my family and children. Not to mention the need to build good relationships with my wife's relatives, who were just a group of strangers I knew...

When I think about it this way, is getting married really what I want?

What Fang Zheng needs now is a consciousness that is hundreds of times stronger than marriage. It is not just about the simple worries of daily necessities, marriage, childbirth, and dealing with unfamiliar relatives.

If he makes a decision, it means that he will use his own power to influence the whole world.

Not just this world, nor is it limited to a certain world... but... everything.

"I see……"

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng finally smiled. At the same time, he could feel that the force that was restraining his body was disappearing bit by bit.

Have you made a decision?

In order to protect those children, face and accept everything about yourself?

Are you ready to realize it?

In order to protect all this, will you seek a more powerful force?

Yes, that's it...

Thinking of Nymph, Tilia and Hecate, as well as Bushicui, Xia Shi and Tina, those children who were waiting for him in the Tiandao Palace, those children who were fighting alongside him, and those children who believed in him.

Fang Zheng raised the huge sword in his hand again, and this time, a kind of shining light emanated from his body.

So, for the sake of what you need to protect, let's change all this.

At all costs.

“Click.”

At this moment, Fang Zheng felt as if something in the depths of his heart suddenly loosened. Then he raised his head, and bright and dazzling starlight appeared in his dark eyes.

“——!!”

It seemed as if even Taurus had sensed that some invisible crisis was approaching. It let out a terrified wail and summoned other protogasters to gather in front of itself, trying to use them as human shields to resist the incomparable and terrifying attack that was about to befall it.

Fang Zheng raised his sword, faced forward, and spoke softly.

"Crush it, Sword of Nine."

Then, time stopped.