63: Chapter 63 Night Has Come After All

No one expected that Britain, which had always been strong in the Game of National Destiny, would actually become the first country to be eliminated.

As the saying goes: In the Game of National Destiny, there are no strongest Heroic Spirits, only the most suitable ones.

In the current Game of National Destiny, there are too many restrictions. Coupled with Prometheus's erroneous move and being exposed, Britain's failure was already destined.

Without Prometheus's obstruction, and with the portion of nightfall that was originally erased by Prometheus's 'Divine Fire' making a comeback, it was equivalent to Britain's Strategist building a dam for nightfall, bottling up a massive wave for it!

The surging nightfall turned into a black tide that breached the dam, causing the nightfall in Britain's direction to advance even faster than the nightfall on the side of Dragon Country, which had done nothing!

When nightfall advanced to the perimeter of Britain's Home Base, the tactic Britain adopted was: using the Home Base to protect the tree of dark twilight, while the tree of morning light was left exposed outside the Home Base.

When nightfall advanced to the location of Britain's tree of morning light and devoured it.

The corruption was no longer absorbed by the tree of morning light.

nightfall stopped outside Britain's Home Base, but the terrifying corruption rushed into the Home Base as if entering an uninhabited land.

Thus, Britain became the first of the six countries to be eliminated.

Seeing this scene, Fan Ling looked content, even humming a little tune,

"It's truly wonderful that Dragon Country doesn't need to worry about 'nightfall'. This way, we're guaranteed a spot in the top three. If we can hold out until dawn arrives, we might even have a chance to challenge for the top two... Huh? What's wrong with you? Why do you look so pale?"

The incredibly content Fan Ling suddenly noticed that Chen Aoyun, his main body, looked bitter.

Chen Aoyun said helplessly,

"It seems that the [chessboard rules], which have been described in more detail, are not giving me any face!"

Fan Ling and Zhao Hongxiu both looked over, "What do you mean?"

Chen Aoyun pointed, extremely dejected, to the edge of Taoyuan Wonderland where the tree of morning light was planted, and said:

"nightfall has invaded 'Taoyuan Wonderland' after all."

...

York's commentary was known for being professional, impartial, and free from personal likes or dislikes.

Speaking up for Dragon Country earlier wasn't about taking sides with Dragon Country; it was just his objective analysis.

Now, his objective analysis had returned. Only this time, his objective analysis was bearish on Dragon Country!

York analyzed,

"I misjudged one point earlier. I thought the [Taoyuan Wonderland] skill itself was a mistake.

[Taoyuan Wonderland] is not a skill similar to [Parallel Space]; it has an entrance and exit, and the 'tree of morning light' placed inside can still exert its effect.

So my initial judgment was wrong.

Later, I once thought that with this [Taoyuan Wonderland], Dragon Country would be like having the 'tree of eternity' and could sit back and relax under 'nightfall'.

I was wrong!

I was wrong again!

That Strategist from Dragon Country was also wrong!

Both I and that Strategist from Dragon Country ignored the 'attributive' that appeared in the [chessboard rules] after they were described in more detail in the new phase!"

[Plot Rule: The erosion of darkness is pervasive; nightfall will devour everything. Now it has begun to approach the 'Home Base' of various countries. Only the area belonging to the Home Base can resist the darkness, and this area only allows the planting of one 'divine tree'!]

York meticulously explained what he had just said to the audience. After some explanation, a smart viewer immediately grasped the key point and asked in a barrage comment:

"Are you saying that the invasion of 'nightfall' can cross space and head straight for 'Taoyuan Wonderland' itself in Dragon Country?"

York replied:

"That's right!

[Taoyuan Wonderland] seemed to perfectly address the crisis of nightfall.

By setting the entrance and exit within the Home Base, and because [Taoyuan Wonderland] itself belongs to an independent space, 'nightfall' could not invade it.

But both I and the Strategist from Dragon Country ignored a descriptive attributive: [The erosion of darkness is pervasive]!

What does [The erosion of darkness is pervasive] mean?

Taoyuan Wonderland is opened within the 'Home Base', but Taoyuan Wonderland itself does not belong to the 'Home Base' area and cannot be immune to nightfall!

[The erosion of darkness is pervasive], how pervasive is it?

Taoyuan Wonderland is an independent space connected to the 'Home Base'. 'nightfall' cannot invade the 'Home Base', and likewise, 'nightfall' cannot invade Taoyuan from the 'entrance and exit'.

But what about other directions?

[The erosion of darkness is pervasive]; can 'nightfall' bypass the 'entrance and exit' of the 'Home Base' and invade Taoyuan directly by breaking through the 'space wall' of Taoyuan Wonderland?

Don't think that the idea of 'breaking through the space wall' is too outrageous.

This is the Game of National Destiny; as long as it conforms to the rules, anything can happen!"

What York said was actually exactly what Chen Aoyun had been worrying about.

Previously, when facing the Strategist from Sakura Country, Saku Kenichi, Chen Aoyun had displayed a calm and composed demeanor of 'having everything under control', but that was just a strategic necessity to despise the opponent. In one sentence, he couldn't lose his momentum.

In fact, Chen Aoyun had always been worried.

When Chen Aoyun 'placed his piece' on Tao Yuanming, the [chessboard rules] did not have such an attributive as [The erosion of darkness is pervasive]. With this attributive, it depended on whether the [chessboard rules] would give him face, or in other words, whether Chen Aoyun's luck was good.

If his luck was good, [The erosion of darkness is pervasive] could be understood as: Taoyuan Wonderland only has one 'hole', which is the entrance and exit in the Home Base. If the Home Base is not broken, this hole can be ignored, thereby preventing 'nightfall' from invading Taoyuan.

If his luck was bad, [The erosion of darkness is pervasive] could be understood as:

Except for the Home Base, all spaces are open to invasion by 'nightfall'!

Not to mention that 'Taoyuan Wonderland' is not in the normal chessboard space; even if it were 'outside the three realms and not within the five elements', 'nightfall' could still cross space to descend based on this rule!

Obviously, Chen Aoyun's luck was not good, and the [chessboard rules] did not give him this face. The invasion of 'nightfall' was still seeping out bit by bit from the edge of the space of Taoyuan Wonderland!

"It would be great if we could continue to summon Heroic Spirits in this phase.

If I construct a 'Red-Haired' [Face-Face Fruit], maybe the rules would give me some face?"

Such helpless complaints didn't solve the problem at all.

At this moment, even Fan Ling and Zhao Hongxiu saw it: in the world of Taoyuan Wonderland, the edge of the world seemed to have had a 'dimensional gate' opened.

'nightfall' was continuously overflowing from the 'dimensional gate', spreading bit by bit towards the center, towards the place where Dragon Country's 'tree of morning light' was planted, devouring everything!!

The countries possessing 'dual trees' remaining were: Dragon Country, Mao Xiong, and Nile Country.

The [Heroic Spirits] of Mao Xiong and Nile Country were still delaying the advance of 'nightfall', and supplemented by the items in their hands, the time they could maintain it should not be short.

In contrast, for Taoyuan Wonderland where the dimensional gate had been opened, judging by the speed at which nightfall was advancing in Taoyuan, Dragon Country would likely be the next country to go from 'dual trees' to a 'single tree'...

The contentment on Fan Ling's face had long since disappeared, and Zhao Hongxiu remained silent.

And Chen Aoyun also appeared somewhat helpless at this moment...