There is One New Rule Every Month Globally

"Phew!"

Hiding among the crowd in the main city, Li Yide looked up at Chen Yi, who could kill a deity with a casual strike, and suddenly felt much more at ease in his heart. With Chen Yi here, they would definitely be able to win this war with peace of mind.

He would be able to go home smoothly.

Once this was over, everything would calm down, and he could officially marry Xiaoqian.

Nothing would stand in their way anymore.

At that moment, he also heard the announcement issued by Jiang Chenglu through his ears. They were about to launch a counterattack, and the only person going on the offensive was Chen Yi, yet everyone was brimming with boundless confidence in him. After witnessing that scene, not a single person doubted that Chen Yi could be defeated.

Li Yide felt the same way.

But as hours passed and Chen Yi had not returned, the main city was filled with disturbances.

Countless soldiers were running around quickly, as if rushing to a certain location.

Even the military forces that were originally in charge of settling them down had vanished without a trace, clearly indicating that manpower was insufficient.

Feeling a wave of unease, Li Yide hesitated for just a moment before he slipped away from the crowd, concealing himself in a residential house nearby.

...

"..."

In the house, Li Yide stood by the window, looking out at the chaos with a trace of worry in his heart, not knowing what was happening outside. No announcements were made, and he had no clue what was going on, only that everything had suddenly become chaotic.

And just then—

He suddenly heard some noise behind him.

Startled, he instinctively turned to look and saw that a steel plate on the floor of the room had developed cracks at some point. It seemed as if a torrential beast was ramming against it from below, causing the plate to vibrate violently. He could even see the dust undulating on the plate.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, his expression dramatically changed!

He naturally knew what lay beneath the steel plates. The followers of the deities had the ability to travel underground and could launch an attack from any point on the ground. Only steel plates could stop them.

However, whether it was due to the poor quality of the steel plate or some other reason, this plate looked like it was about to shatter.

Without a moment's hesitation.

Li Yide took a few quick steps back and then rushed outside to the chaotic crowd, his expression fierce and hurried as he shouted, "Help! Help! There is a steel plate here about to break!"

"Someone come quickly!!!"

He was aware of the consequences if this steel plate shattered—countless members of the Divine Corps would come pouring out of this entrance like a tidal wave, starting a slaughter with the players in this city.

Perhaps other players could survive.

But this area was full of Blue Star players. He was well aware of their capabilities, and the Blue Star players would definitely not make it. If this spot broke open, none of the Blue Star players settled here would survive.

They would all die!

However...

The scene was too chaotic, the noise too loud, and not a single person noticed him speaking. Everyone was so panicked that they could only focus on what was right in front of them, ignoring anyone else.

A few who heard Li Yide's voice didn't stop; instead, they ran even faster without looking back.

The Mo Clan players responsible for settling them were nowhere to be found, apparently all called away due to some emergency.

"Damn it all!!"

Li Yide suddenly felt a sourness in his eyes as tears streamed down uncontrollably and took a trembling drag on a cigarette, not even bothering to inhale as he pinned all his hope on the dialogue box in front of him.

He was friends with Chen Yi.

As long as he could contact Chen Yi, even if he couldn't get Chen Yi to come back and handle the crisis himself, at least Chen Yi could talk to Jiang Chenglu and have Jiang Chenglu send people to deal with it.

However.

After waiting for a dozen or so seconds, there was no response from Yi.

Li Yide, with a cigarette burning halfway through his fingers, stood at the doorway, turning sideways to look inside at the floor where the steel plate was about to break, calculating in his heart how long it would take for him to reach Jiang Chenglu through Fox Tail and how long the plate could last.

Standing there with red-rimmed eyes, he fell silent for a long time.

Panting heavily with a fierce expression, he thought.

Why? Why did it have to be like this? He was about to go home, about to live a peaceful and carefree life, about to enjoy the life he had envied all his life, and he finally had a girl who only had eyes for him.

But why? Why did he have to make this choice?

The lives of all Blue Star players put together didn't weigh more in his heart than half a finger of Xiaoqian's!

After a few breaths,

Li Yide stopped shouting for help, slowly closed the door, squatted on the ground with a long ash-laden cigarette dangling from his lips, staring blankly and vacantly at the steel plate that was about to break, and after a long while, he suddenly let out a bitter laugh.

He let the ash fall freely.

He suddenly realized he had no choice.

He could flee. Though he didn't know how far he could get, there was always a slight chance of survival. But the other Blue Star players would most likely not make it. In the universal life-and-death game, death meant permanent death. There was no such thing as resurrection.

If these Blue Star players died, the Blue Star would be wiped out, and Chen Yi would die too.

Chen Yi had shown him kindness.

It would be tough on him if he died.

But it was just tough; he couldn't possibly give up the blissful life that was about to come his way for the sake of Chen Yi. Even though his influence was small, he could see the pivotal role Chen Yi played in this decisive battle.

If Chen Yi died, they would lose the battle.

With just Jiang Chenglu's few Tenfold Planet forces, they wouldn't stand a chance against the Divine Corps' assault. Chen Yi alone possessed nearly all the combat power; otherwise, they wouldn't have asked only Chen Yi to go on the offensive.

The chaos in the main city was probably the deities realizing they were at a disadvantage and desperately sending troops to break through the main city at any cost, aiming to disrupt the rear and force Chen Yi to retreat. Yi's lack of response must be because he was too busy to check his messages during the battle.

He was friends with the Tuberculosis Rabbit, but just now Tuberculosis Rabbit was also unreachable. Before ascending to the Tenfold Game, he had asked Tuberculosis Rabbit what would happen if they lost this final battle?

Tuberculosis Rabbit thought about it for a while, then cocked his head and said.

You will die, everyone must die.

All players within the leveling game must be slaughtered by the deities.

He said he knew.

But now, he couldn't let these Blue Star players die, couldn't let Chen Yi die, couldn't let those who the deities killed be his Xiaoqian.

"Ahhhh!!!!"

Li Yide suddenly let out an emotionally charged roar, his frustration and rage and resentment—who could understand them?

He had lived his whole life in the lowest dust.

Nobody cared about him, nobody cared!

Finally, someone appeared like a dawn in the darkness, trudging through all sorts of difficulties to his side, just waiting for the battle to end so he could return home to his happy life, but why, why...

It was so close.

So close, the happiness he envied his whole life was almost within his grasp.

Why was it him who discovered the metal plate was shattered, and not someone else?

Why him?

Why?

And just then—

"Clang."

A subtle crack sounded, and a large metal plate covering the entire room's floor suddenly shattered in the middle, revealing a hole with solid ground beneath it, but countless black shadows were rapidly seeping out from the hole in the ground, seeming extremely terrifying!

But just as the shadows were about to burst forth from the ground, Li Yide, who was already prepared at the side, slammed a human-sized metal plate down heavily, but it was of no use. The small metal plate was nothing compared to the large plates covered by Jiang Chenglu, and it was knocked away after just a few bumps.

However, Li Yide didn't give the shadows a chance, instead throwing his entire body on top of the plate.

Hands and feet pressed against the surrounding metal plates.

Prop activated.

In an instant, a powerful suction force was created, and Li Yide, like an octopus mouth, stuck the metal plate and the one with the hole together seamlessly.

"Bang, bang, bang!!"

However—

The shadows began to hit even harder in desperation, and countless thuds came from under the metal plate Li Yide was on. With each thud, it was as though a heavy hammer struck Li Yide in the chest!

Within a few seconds.

All of Li Yide's defensive props were activated and rendered useless.

He could only resist with his flesh, and every heavy thud on his chest made his consciousness blur for a moment.

Blood was already blurring his mouth without him noticing when.

Li Yide, with his cheek on the ground, felt his Vitality rapidly draining. The relentlessness in his eyes suddenly weakened, and he chuckled as if resigned, his words unclear with a mouthful of blood.

"Damn it, I wasn't doing it for some lofty human race cause."

"I just wanted Xiaoqian to survive."

"It's just a pity..."

"I hadn't named the child yet, it's hard to imagine that someone like me, a Rat from the sewers, could ever have a child."

"Life... it's really hard."

The next second—

The Fox Tail that had been shaking behind Li Yide's back suddenly thrust fiercely into the steel plate on the floor inside the house.

From that moment on!

The two metal plates were completely and seamlessly linked together, no matter how much those shadows underneath Li Yide's plate collided, the metal plate above his head didn't move an inch, all the impact was borne by Li Yide without losing any strength.

...

God knows how much time passed.

Finally, the war ended.

Chen Yi, with a grin, led the nine deities back to the main city, declaring the complete annihilation of the Divine Corps. Everyone was celebrating the victory of the war, looking forward to the good life peace would bring.

Some were even impatiently preparing to set up banquet tables to celebrate.

For a time, the entire main city was filled with singing and dancing, countless players excitedly vented the suppression they felt over the days.

Even the usually serious Jiang Chenglu,

Until a player pushed open a room door saturated with the smell of blood.

They saw Li Yide with his body flat on the ground, Fox Tail thrust into the metal plate, using his flesh to link the two plates together, plugging the hole and halting one of the Divine Corps' frenzied attacks.

Li Yide's body was already limp, all his bones shattered.

Already devoid of life's signs.

The blood on the ground had even dried.

Only the Fox Tail, often mocked as effeminate, was still rigidly stabbed into the metal plate, not moving at all, as determined as Li Yide's resolve at the time, without the slightest falter.

With the opening of the door.

Chen Yi walked into the room, cradling Li Yide's limp body in his arms, stepped outside, and faced the crowd of players gathered at the room door with an expressionless face, standing in silence without speaking.

The war was won.

Everyone could go home, but some could not return.

As the bone-chilling wind blew through, it also swept away the hope.