59: Chapter 59 Each Has Their Own Methods

Sakura Country suddenly utilized its foundation, using an off-board item!

[Designate a country and designate a Game of National Destiny. If this country does not obtain a top-three ranking in this Game of National Destiny, then all ranking rewards, including national destiny rewards and experience rewards, will not be obtainable!]

"Just after the 'Judgment' failure, they immediately pulled out such an item.

Sakura Country is establishing its authority, taking revenge on the Dragon Country!

Before leaving the Land of Judgment, Shigemitsu Gendo mentioned 'the foundations of various countries'; this is his Sakura Country's foundation!

He wants the whole world to know that even with a [Strategist] like you, the Dragon Country still cannot turn things around.

Strong countries remain strong, weak countries remain weak!"

Zhao Hongxiu stared fixedly at the prompt given by the will of the Starlight Chessboard, her teeth gritting slightly as she spoke.

Chen Aoyun sneered, "If we can't get into the top three, we can't receive the rewards we're supposed to get?

It seems Sakura Country is certain that our Dragon Country won't be able to squeeze into the top three!"

Squeezing into the top three is easier said than done.

On the board of the Game of National Destiny, the 'nightfall' that can swallow everything is following the footsteps of corruption and disaster, inching closer and closer to each country's Home Base.

The audience in the livestream.

Someone who didn't like to think much asked in confusion, "Aren't the effects of the tree of eternity and the dual trees the same?

Why is it said that Sakura Country and Ottoman, who possess the tree of eternity, have locked in the top two, and the remaining four countries have to fight tooth and nail just to grab the third spot?"

There were many similar comments, and the two professional commentators in the studio immediately explained, "Because one must also consider 'nightfall'!

A country can only plant a 'Divine Tree' in one area of its Home Base, and it can only plant one.

Don't look at how countries possessing dual trees have successfully resisted corruption and demons for now.

'nightfall' can swallow everything.

The Home Base can only protect one tree from being swallowed by 'nightfall'.

Whether a country with dual trees uses its Home Base to protect the 'tree of dark twilight' or the 'tree of morning light', the other tree will be swallowed once 'nightfall' surrounds the Home Base.

At that point, the 'dual trees' will become a 'single tree'.

And as for what the outcome of having only one 'single tree' is, haven't those single-tree countries that were eliminated earlier already provided the example!"

This one sentence woke up those viewers who didn't like to think.

Simply put, there are currently three threats: nightfall, corruption, and demons.

All three threats must be addressed to last until the arrival of dawn.

The Home Base area can resist nightfall, but corruption and demons can invade it.

The tree of dark twilight can absorb corruption, and the tree of morning light can resist demons, but the Home Base only has one 'slot'.

If you place the tree of dark twilight, you can't place the tree of morning light; if you place the tree of morning light, you can't place the tree of dark twilight.

With one tree missing, either corruption or demons will always be able to invade the Home Base.

Once the Home Base is invaded, it's two words: game over.

Only Sakura Country and Ottoman, who possess the 'tree of eternity', can survive the darkness and welcome the dawn, because the 'tree of eternity' has both the effects of absorbing corruption and providing troops.

If the 'tree of eternity' is planted in the Home Base, then the three major threats—nightfall, corruption, and demons—are all perfectly resisted!

Fan Ling and Zhao Hongxiu knew this well, which is why they were so angry after seeing the item effect activated by Sakura Country.

"Our Dragon Country has no items and cannot slow down the speed of 'nightfall's' advance.

If things continue like this, among the countries that also possess dual trees, our Dragon Country will definitely be the first one to be eliminated!"

Fan Ling wasn't boosting others' morale; he knew that Chen Aoyun had 'placed four pieces in a row' at the start, and there was still one Hero whose mystery hadn't been unveiled.

But you aren't the only one who placed pieces in advance, Chen Aoyun!

"Strategists from all countries are veterans of the Game of National Destiny; how could they not know that pieces cannot be placed during the 'Advent Phase'?

You placed your pieces in advance, and other countries also placed theirs in advance.

Everyone's [Hero] was likely placed in advance with the goal of slowing down the speed of 'nightfall's' advance.

With the same line of thinking, everyone's [Hero] can delay 'nightfall' by about the same amount.

Other countries have items, and we don't; we're still a step behind other countries..."

Fan Ling's mouth was like it had been blessed; just as he mentioned that other countries' [Strategists] had also placed [Heroes] in advance, several rays of light shot straight into the sky on the Starlight Chessboard!

The Hero, the Fire Thief, [Prometheus]!

The [Hero] placed in advance by the [Strategist] of Britain.

The Hero, the Sun God, [Ra]!

The [Hero] laid out by the [Strategist] of Nile Country.

The Hero, the Grand Patriarch, [Yov]!

The handiwork of the [Strategist] from Russia.

On the Starlight Chessboard, these [Heroes] began to block the advance of 'nightfall'.

The Fire Thief, [Prometheus], used the 'Divine Fire' stolen in the mythological story to repel the approaching 'nightfall'.

(Fantasy Skill)

The Sun God, [Ra], summoned sunlight to compete with 'nightfall'.

(Fantasy Skill)

The Grand Patriarch, [Yov], used holy light to block the nightfall.

(Legendary Technique)

Whether it was 'firelight', 'sunlight', or 'holy light', the abilities of the [Heroes] placed in advance were 'minor rules' under the rules of the Game of National Destiny.

They did not directly conflict with the underlying rules and the game rules, but when the 'minor rules' of the Heroes faced the grand rule of 'nightfall spreading', they could still only delay the advance of 'nightfall', but could not completely expel it.

The 'firelight' would soon extinguish, the 'sunlight' would rapidly fall into a disadvantage in the contest with the night, and the 'holy light' was the same; the barrier constructed with holy light would also soon be swallowed by 'nightfall'.

But as long as they could buy time, these [Heroes] would have fulfilled the goals of the [Strategists] of each country.

These three countries were even competing with each other; Britain's Hero [Prometheus] was even subjected to [Divine Judgment] by Russia's [Strategist]!

Russia believed that [Prometheus] did not belong to Britain's pool of Heroes and wanted to use 'Judgment' to discard it...

Each country had already brought out their Heroes placed in advance, and nightfall was already approaching the Home Base; it was naturally time for Chen Aoyun to make his move!

"You all think everyone's line of thinking is the same, so even if I placed a [Hero] in advance, the time my [Hero] can delay 'nightfall' should be about the same as the time delayed by other countries?

That's narrow-minded!

I never said that the [Hero] I placed in advance was used to delay the advance of 'nightfall'!"

It wasn't that the [Strategists] of other countries had rigid thinking, but that the depth of the 'Hero pool' of other civilizations was far inferior to that of the Dragon Country, far inferior to that of the Huaxia Civilization!

They could only clumsily place [Heroes] to delay 'nightfall'.

Only Chen Aoyun, only the Huaxia Civilization, had the possibility of blazing a new trail!