341: Are you willing to become the ruler of all demons?

“Join… the Immortal Dynasty?”

Arthur looked bitter.

During Season Two, Chinese players had a first-mover advantage and absolute dominance in the Immortal Dynasty, making it very difficult for later Western Country players to break through.

Thus, almost ninety percent of Western Country players chose to start in other regions.

Among these, because the south was riddled with miasma, which was extremely unfriendly to newcomers, the vast majority chose to start in the Northern Mountains.

Once upon a time, these Western Country players, relying on the power of the Yao Race, swept south, making Chinese players cry out in misery.

Even many Chinese players began to speculate, choosing to restart and begin in the Northern Mountains.

At that time, a group of Western Country streamers, including Arthur, were full of vigor, and countless bullet comments in their live streams sang their praises.

But now… Arthur glanced at his live stream.

After the full virtualization, the number of cloud players watching live streams decreased significantly, and coupled with the fact that live stream revenue became almost zero, many streamers gave up live streaming and chose to focus on the game.

However, there are still many “players” who started on Earth who maintain the habit of watching live streams, and streamers like Arthur enjoy the emotional value the most, so they will continue to stream.

At this moment, bullet comments in the live stream kept flashing:

“Streamer, join the Immortal Dynasty. The Yao Race has been heavily nerfed in this version.”

“The Yao Race faction is unplayable in this version. With internal and external troubles, only the Immortal Dynasty offers a way out.”

“I think the official positioning of the Immortal Dynasty is just a collection of player factions, right? How is it considered surrendering? Isn’t it just a normal player faction?”

“That’s the future plan summarized by the forum, right? You have to take down the state-stabilizing seal first to completely occupy the Immortal Dynasty. Before that, the Immortal Dynasty is the state-stabilizing seal’s faction, right?”

“No, the state-stabilizing seal is like the Whale of Swallowing Clouds; they are both NPCs that help players. Why would we take him down?”

“Anyway, streamer, you should now go find players from the Immortal Dynasty and quickly make contact with the jade tablet to connect to the Immortal Dynasty System.”

“Streamer, I remind you, the intelligence you Yao Race players possess now is very valuable, but once someone else submits it first, it will be useless.”

“That’s right!”

Seeing this bullet comment, Arthur’s eyes suddenly widened.

He suddenly realized why there weren’t many posts on the forum discussing the northern invaders.

It turned out everyone was smart, completely unwilling to leak intelligence to Immortal Dynasty players, but waiting to exchange it directly for points!

But with intelligence, the first person to submit it gets the full reward, while the second person gets absolutely nothing.

It’s that brutal.

“I don’t care anymore, I’m going to find the nearest Immortal Dynasty player. I want to earn ranking points, I want to get Immortal Dynasty rewards!”

...Wan Lin walked through the mountain paths.

The further north he went, the more destroyed mountains there were. Uprooted trees, rushing mudslides, and the corpses of fierce beasts lying on the road gradually filled his vision.

He submitted everything he saw. Some earned him points, some yielded nothing, and he even received warnings not to submit junk information casually.

Wan Lin knew that if he wanted to continue earning exploration points, he had to find some valuable intelligence, preferably impactful intelligence.

During this process, he also heard about the Immortal Dynasty’s new mission and knew that many players were rushing to the Northern Mountains with jade tablets to recruit Yao Race players.

“I need to race against them…”

Once Yao Race players joined the Immortal Dynasty and submitted intelligence, Wan Lin’s advantage would completely disappear.

Fortunately, the first Demon Body player to join the Immortal Dynasty, Stargazer Faction, had avoided battle from the start and had extremely limited information about the invaders, which gave Immortal Dynasty players like Wan Lin an opportunity.

Swish—!

Suddenly, Wan Lin heard the sound of something rapidly flying through the sky.

He looked up and immediately saw a streak of light rapidly heading north.

“A Cultivator who can fly…”

Wan Lin looked at the streak of light, an envious expression on his face, then sighed.

He was just a small Spirit Nurturing Cultivator and couldn’t use Spiritual Sense or spiritual power at all. His physical strength wasn’t much stronger than a Mortal’s, so his speed was not fast.

His only advantage was his decisiveness. He arrived at the Northern Mountains at the first opportunity and uploaded intelligence immediately.

This made him the first to “eat the crab,” earning a significant profit.

But for some reason, the Immortal Dynasty System actually had a “server-wide announcement.” Although it didn’t expose all the profits he gained, it did announce his current cultivation and acquired points.

When they discovered that even a small Spirit Nurturing Cultivator could get rich by exploring intelligence, Veteran Players couldn’t sit still and rushed to the Northern Mountains.

The competition grew fiercer, but Wan Lin was helpless. He could only continue north, hoping to stumble upon some intelligence by luck.

He didn’t know how long it had been, and Wan Lin couldn’t remember how many mountains he had crossed.

He noticed the ground began to tremble, like an earthquake, but it lasted for an extremely long time with no signs of stopping.

He was suddenly startled, found a high peak, climbed the tallest tree, and looked as far as he could.

He saw dense hordes of Yao Beasts from the north, marching in neat formation, slowly but steadily approaching the south.

Dust filled the sky. Wan Lin couldn’t count the exact number, only feeling that there must be hundreds of thousands.

“What… is this?”

Wan Lin was astonished and quickly submitted the intelligence, but he was told the information was outdated.

It seemed someone ahead had already encountered this terrifying army of Yao Beasts.

Wan Lin thought for a moment. He should continue forward, gather more intelligence, and rely on luck to earn points.

After all, his current life was worthless. If he died, he died. Even if he could get one new piece of intelligence, it would be a huge gain.

However, things developed differently from what he expected.

Initially, these Yao Beasts would deliberately avoid him, seemingly having a restriction set by their manipulators: “Do not attack the Human Race.”

But as Wan Lin continued north, some Yao Beasts finally reacted to him.

They were four swift wolf Yao Beasts, surrounding Wan Lin from four directions, forcing him to remain motionless.

The other Yao Beasts continued south, their ground-shaking march not stopping, and Wan Lin was trapped within the horde of Yao Beasts, enduring the flying dust and splashing sand and stones around him.

He listened to the huge, resonant sounds, watching one after another of the burly, strong, and uniquely postured Yao Beasts move south, his heart pounding incessantly.

This was a wondrous sight that would be impossible to encounter in the real world.

After an unknown period, the Yao Beast army finally left his sight, but the four wolf Yao Beasts still held him captive.

Soon, a young man dressed in luxurious brocade robes descended from the sky, landing in front of Wan Lin.

The man had a full forehead, eyebrows that extended into his hairline, and a jade pendant at his waist. He didn’t look like a Cultivator, but rather a Young Master accustomed to a life of ease.

The man scrutinized Wan Lin from head to toe, then revealed a gentle smile and spoke:

“Friend, are you willing to join my Monster Taming Nation? To become the ruler above all monsters?”