122: A desperate counterattack, a hundred schools of thought contend in the world (Part 2)

"Civilization never ends, the flame is passed down."

"Where are the Hundred Schools?"

These eight words, like words of power containing supreme might, or like war drums awakening sleeping heroic Souls, boomed and resounded!

The moment the words fell, with Lin Zhou (or rather, the Will of Civilization temporarily dominating his body) as the center, pillars of light of different colors and attributes, yet all containing majestic wisdom and the power of rules, soared into the sky!

Radiance of the Hundred Schools · Divine Manifestation (Temple of Civilization's autonomous protection/resonance of will)

Dominant: Origin Will of the Temple of Civilization (Temporarily manifesting through Lin Zhou's body)

Source of Power: Lin Zhou's depth of understanding of the Hundred Schools of Thought + the Power of Civilization stored in the Sanctuary + the link of faith from Su Yueyao and all allied units + the explosion of potential under extreme crisis.

Form of Manifestation: Materialization of the radiance of thought, interlacing of rule Domains.

Confucian Righteousness (White Pillar of Light): Grand and majestic, filling heaven and earth! The previously suppressed Vast Righteous Qi Domain instantly recovered, its range expanded, and its intensity doubled! Wherever the white light shone, the gray ripples of [Death Blight] were like meeting their nemesis, making a "hissing" sound as they rapidly dissolved and receded! All allied units were greatly invigorated, fear and despair swept away, and their willpower and Mental Energy were temporarily and significantly increased! Suppression effect against undead units increased by 50%!

Effect: [Death Blight] interrupted and dispelled; allied units remove all mental debuffs, willpower attribute temporarily +20%; damage bonus against undead increased to 100%.

Legalist Edicts (Cyan Pillar of Light): Cold and solemn, with strict Order! The invisible Net of Law was no longer a simple restriction but transformed into substantial cyan chains and legal text, crisscrossing through the Void Realm! They not only bound the undead's movements again but also began to define battlefield rules: [Here, the power of the undead is suppressed!] [Here, the Order of the living is protected!] The attributes of the undead legion were forcibly reduced by 10%, while the discipline and execution of the Cloud City Team's subordinates reached their peak, with perfect skill chaining and a 20% increase in healing effects received!

Effect: All attributes of enemy units within range reduced by 10%; allied unit skill casting speed +15%, healing/recovery effects received +20%.

Mohist Mechanisms (Brown Pillar of Light): Ingenuity and endless creation! The remaining Mohist Mechanisms and Ballistae seemed to have been injected with Souls, automatically calibrating, stringing, and firing, with their efficiency increasing several times over! Under the flickering Mohist runes, the muddy ground rapidly solidified and deformed, rising into sturdy earth and stone ramparts and spike-filled traps, cleverly splitting the front and rear formations of the undead legion! Even some damaged dwarven armor and weapons began a slow self-repair under the shroud of light!

Effect: Operational efficiency of mechanical creations +300%; rapid construction of temporary defensive fortifications (medium durability); equipment durability repair speed +500% (slow).

Daoist Nature (Clear Pillar of Light): Pure non-action, following nature! The pouring rain seemed to receive precise guidance; it was no longer falling evenly but, under the regulation of Daoist power, transformed into a torrent washing away dense undead areas or a sweet dew nourishing the bodies of allied wounded! Dark clouds in the sky rolled violently, with more lightning brewing within, locking onto the Lich Monarch and dense undead areas! The natural Spiritual Qi in the air became active, beginning to spontaneously repel and purify negative energy!

Effect: [Rainstorm Domain] controllable, can be directionally strengthened (e.g., high-pressure water blade impact on undead areas) or weakened (e.g., reduced rainfall on allied areas); [Heavenly Thunder Guiding] ready; natural Spiritual Qi concentration increased, continuously purifying negative energy.

Battle Formation of the School of the Military (Blood-red Pillar of Light): Decisive slaughter, Aura like a rainbow! An invisible iron-blooded Battle Intent enveloped all Cloud City Team subordinates! Their eyes became sharp as knives, their coordination more tacit, and their actions more efficient, as if every person had become a battle-hardened veteran! Attack power, critical hit rate, and movement speed (even in the mud) all received significant boosts! The overall Aura condensed into an invisible torrent of weapons, forming a mental counter-suppression against the undead legion!

Effect: All allied units' attack power +25%, critical hit rate +15%, movement speed restriction reduced by 50%.

Vitality of the School of Agrarianism (Green Pillar of Light): All things grow, nourishing life! The green light full of vitality fell on the muddy earth, actually sprouting patches of cold-resistant grass and vines! These plants were not for decoration; their Tenacity roots further solidified the soil, and the vines, like living things, coiled around approaching undead. Though they couldn't cause much damage, they greatly restricted their movement! Meanwhile, this power of vitality was slowly nourishing the injured subordinates, increasing their natural recovery speed.

Effect: Terrain further stabilized, generating [Entangling Vines] (reduces undead movement speed by 20%); allied unit health recovery speed +10/sec.

Benevolence of the School of Medicine (Warm White Pillar of Light): Compassion to save the world, medicine to bring back spring! The warm white light was like a mother's hand, gently brushing over all injured subordinates. The wounds on their bodies stopped bleeding and healed at a visible rate, their exhausted spirits were soothed, and even Su Yueyao's injuries caused by overexertion and backlash eased considerably. Some minor toxins and curse effects were directly purified and dispelled by this light of benevolence.

Effect: Mass continuous healing (recovers 2% of maximum HP per second); dispels low-level debuffs; stabilizes injuries of heavily wounded units.

Sophistry of the School of Names (Colorless Transparent Pillar of Light): Conceptual analysis, logical reconstruction! This power was the most bizarre and unpredictable; it did not directly act on the bodies or energy of either side but began to influence certain "concepts." For example, it briefly blurred the boundary between "undead" and "existence," causing some low-level undead to experience self-identity confusion and even attack their own kind; it also strengthened the weight of concepts like "evil-shattering" and "Order" in the Cloud City Team's attacks, making the damage judgment of their attacks against the undead more favorable.

Effect: A certain chance to cause enemy units to fall into [Logical Confusion]; increases the trigger rate and effect of allied attack special effects.

Confucian, Legalist, Mohist, Daoist, Military, Agrarian, Medical, Names... eight paths representing different thoughts and different roads, yet equally brilliant lights of civilization, at this moment, were not fighting alone. Instead, with Lin Zhou as the core and the Temple of Civilization as the hub, they perfectly interlaced and fused together, forming a magnificent and vast [Chapter of Civilization] Domain that enveloped the entire Cloud City Team's defensive line!

Within this Domain, righteous qi expelled evil, Laws established Order, mechanisms guarded the city, heavenly thunder roared, military edges were sharp, vitality flourished, benevolence brought back spring, and concepts were reconstructed! They superimposed and amplified each other, forming a terrifying effect where one plus one was far greater than two!

The originally precarious defensive line instantly became as solid as a fortress! The undead legion's offensive, under this sudden, all-encompassing, and dead-angle-free strike of civilization's radiance, was like hitting an invisible, spiked giant wall, instantly collapsing! Swaths of skeletons turned to ashes in the righteous qi and lightning, wraiths wailed and dissipated under the distortion of Law and concepts, and even the three Bone Golems struggled to move amidst the mud, vines, Mohist Mechanisms, and concentrated attacks, with bone shards flying!

"This... what is this?!"

"A miracle! This is a miracle!"

"The Hundred Schools of Thought Contending! It's really the Hundred Schools of Thought Contending! All the powers have appeared together!"

"So beautiful... is this the power of civilization?"

"Cloud City Team... no, it's Lin Zhou! Who on earth is he?!"

Inside and outside the virtual battlefield, everyone was completely shocked by this scene that surpassed imagination and was like a miracle descending! The interlacing Chapter of Civilization before their eyes, the sight of one person invoking thousands of Laws, was deeply branded into the depths of their Souls, never to be forgotten!

Su Yueyao stood behind Lin Zhou, looking up at the figure surrounded by eight-colored radiance, as if he were the Incarnation of civilization. Her cold eyes were filled with endless shock and an indescribable... intoxication. She had never thought that power could be displayed in such a magnificent, wise, and beautiful way.

And the Lich Monarch, for the first time, let out a mental shriek filled with shock, anger, and a hint of fear! Its purple Soul fire jumped violently; it felt the death rules it relied on for existence being crazily repelled, suppressed, and even... disintegrated by this suddenly appearing civilization Domain full of life and Order!

It stared fixedly at Lin Zhou at the core of the Domain, its eyes filled with extreme malice and a hint of unbelievable greed!

"Flame... of civilization... steal... must... obtain!!!"

It frantically waved its bone staff, trying to mobilize even stronger death power to counter this suffocating light.

However, the Will of Civilization dominating Lin Zhou's body merely glanced at it calmly, its gaze like looking down at an ant. Then, he raised his hand, pointing at the Lich Monarch and the negative energy fissure behind it from which undead were constantly pouring out.

The eight lights of civilization moved accordingly, converging into an indescribable color that seemed to contain the birth and death of the Universe and the rise and fall of civilizations—a Chaos torrent. Like a spear of judgment and a light of purification, it boomed toward the target!

The Hundred Schools of Thought Contending, the Chapter of Civilization, in this desperate situation, bloomed with a light that illuminated the world!