Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'

"Unfortunately, he was easily defeated by Li Aozi," Gretto chuckled. "That guy threatened me, only to be killed by Li Aozi within a day."

"Even though the [White Knight] is dead, the Secret has not yet retreated from this land."

Narrow Space Mirror looked at Gretto seriously and said:

"Gray, have you ever thought about something?"

"What?"

"If Lord Entropy wanted to destroy humanity, he actually wouldn't need to use the Ersha Sky Curtain; just watching humans annihilate each other would be more efficient—yet he still chose to personally release the Ersha, continuously descending. Compared to eradicating humanity, doesn't this action seem more like perishing together with Azure Star?"

Gretto was taken aback.

This question... he had never considered it.

Why does Lord Entropy want to destroy humanity?

—Yeah, why?

Having lived until now and fought against Lord Entropy for over forty years, humans have been trapped on the surface for centuries and have never considered this question.

Does Lord Entropy hate humanity? Such an ancient existence wouldn't concern itself with malice or hatred.

Then is Lord Entropy afraid humanity will destroy him, so he strikes first to destroy humanity?

This explanation might still hold, because David Lyn did use this reason to convince Gretto to use the particle accelerator to create a black hole to deal with Lord Entropy.

But would Lord Entropy truly be annihilated by a black hole? No one knows. The particle accelerator is indeed humanity's most powerful weapon.

David Lyn and he merely intended to risk everything and confront Lord Entropy. The thought of annihilating Lord Entropy was unimaginable; injuring him, proving humanity's courage, was enough.

In this light, Lord Entropy's decision to release Ersha is indeed very strange.

"Is Lord Entropy truly aiming to destroy humanity?"

The Apostle of Entropy, rather than being Lord Entropy's servants, could be seen as defecting lackeys; even Lord Entropy himself doesn't care to guide them. They attack humans like fanatical admirers, mistakenly believing in their loyalty.

But was Ersha truly manifested for humanity's sake?

So far, all explanations rest on the foundation that 'humanity of the old era became so technologically advanced that it unnerved Lord Entropy'.

However, from the looks of it now...

Lord Entropy did not even act personally. The Apostles of Entropy, with the Ersha frenzy, ran amok and fought disorderly, reducing the population of the entire Azure Star by a third.

If Lord Entropy really intended to destroy them... why go to such lengths?

For the first time in his life, Gretto was plunged into contemplation.

Then, there was only one possibility.

"Our enemy is indeed Lord Entropy, but from his high perspective, we are not his adversary."

Narrow Space Mirror touched the bronze collar, his gaze solemn:

"Lord Entropy did not act for us; its true enemy is... the [Secret Society]."

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The surprise attack by the [Hairdresser] seriously disrupted Long Yuqiong and the others' plans. After an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate the city, their available personnel was halved compared to before departure.

Yet despite this, they had little choice. The lure of hidden tasks lay there, and for Long Yuqiong—Oshen, without the cognition filter to shield him, he was acutely aware of the threat of the Secret Councilor.

"A mature Secret Councilor could easily destroy a nation, and if he completes the reforging again, then with the players' current strength, it would be impossible to oppose him."

Of course, this also included some of his personal motivations:

"Even though I know what the [Player] said is true and have confirmed it through Teacher Xia's investigation... I cannot immediately let go of my resentment towards the Secret."

Haines, Your Excellency Morphederia, the existence he once vowed to protect, was trampled by the Secret, and even the Dictator Leoz could not escape death.

"At least let me kill a few more councilors... For the Starry Abyss, I can spare my grudges against Earth, but towards Gaia, I simply cannot let it go."

Having made up his mind, Long Yuqiong began to contemplate the battle strategy.

In reality, he was not a player skilled at PVE, but as an ace, Yutianxiao had already sensed the issues with "Starry Abyss" and the cognition filter... It was best not to let him have too much freedom, or else he might have to introduce him to Lai Anding.

Disabling the cognition filter might not be beneficial for Yutianxiao, given that guy is of the Artistic Spirit Race origin, his mind is overly sharp.

However, although Long Yuqiong was wary of Yutianxiao, Yutianxiao at this moment had no awareness, fully absorbed in tackling the instance contents.

"Manpower is a bit lacking; that guy's endurance won't be too strong, nor will his health points be too high, but I need someone who can match that vampire speed."

Yutianxiao troubled, scratched his head:

"This is really a headache. To chase speed, I have to find someone in the [Destroyer], [Mysterious], and [Raiding] classes. And the output must also be high."

"I can't keep up with the speed," Long Yuqiong, as a [Martial Artist], candidly said: "My body is full of various prosthetics, quite heavy. The burst and mobility are okay, but the acceleration is insufficient."

"Come to think of it," Xia Yubing rubbed his chin, recalling: "During the S1 solo finals, your speed seemingly never surpassed Caramel Snail; it was relying on prosthetics to achieve rapid direction changes for that kind of devilish maneuver, wasn't it?"