NOVEL NEXT Chapter 326: A Civilization Perished in Three Minutes?_2
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Meanwhile—
Elder Bai, flung across the boundary by Hungry Monkey, had just snapped awake from a dream during his sharp descent. Not yet having landed, he suddenly saw countless bullets materializing out of nowhere, shooting through the air down toward the ground.
In almost an instant—
Elder Bai's face, already pale from age, suddenly turned ashen as a trace of fear flickered through his eyes. Not waiting to hit the ground, he curled his legs up while still in mid-air and frantically began forming seals with his hands.
He knew the might of Miao's nuclear strike.
He couldn't withstand it.
By the time those bullets hit the ground and triggered explosions, they would have melted him on the spot. It was fortunate he was a second late; if he had been a second earlier, those bullets would not be appearing beneath his feet but above his head.
There wouldn't even be a need to wait for the bullets to cause an explosion upon impact.
The sheer volume of bullets would have turned him into a sieve right there in the air.
Without time for further thought, Elder Bai, now sitting cross-legged in the air, swiftly scanned his surroundings. Then he stopped forming seals with his hands and let out a fierce, vein-popping roar.
"Life-bound Tomb, arise!!!"
The next second—
A tremendous explosion erupted from the ground, its range so vast it seemed boundless. The skyward blast of fire and smoke engulfed him as he was still in free fall.
However, when the flames and shrapnel reached him, they caused not a shred of damage, as they were blocked by a faint yellow luminescent film surrounding his body. Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire
At the same time,
around the entire territory of the Stone Fort Civilization, four stone walls slowly rose, each occupying a corner at the cardinal directions—east, south, west, and north. Each wall was a cyan color, seemingly fragile but standing tall amidst the shockwaves.
Each wall bore a symbol.
They were the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird.
This was his Life-bound Tomb!
And when Elder Bai's body finally crashed to the ground, his eyes closed tight as if he had entered a meditative state, expressionless. Only the faint blue lights of the Stone Fort Civilization players' massive deaths could be seen merging into Elder Bai's body.
As these lights penetrated him,
The previously bare walls began to rapidly expand, and before long, the walls had completely enveloped the territory of the Stone Fort Civilization. Moreover, the walls grew taller, and a massive palace began to take shape slowly.
This was his Life-bound Tomb!
And he was its Tomb Guardian.
The palace appeared to stand in a two-dimensional world, utterly transparent. This transparency didn't mean one could see through to what lay inside the walls.
The walls were opaque, purely cyan.
Yet one could view both the palace and the explosions within it simultaneously. The fiery blasts and shockwaves could not inflict even the slightest damage to this palace.
The palace and the Stone Fort Civilization existed as if in different dimensions within the same space.
You could observe both with the naked eye.
You knew the palace was opaque, yet you could still see through it to witness the events unfolding within the Stone Fort Civilization. Such a feat was beyond the reach of mortals, a transcendence of the common folk.
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The explosion did not last long.
Three minutes later,
The world slowly quieted down, the sudden silence making Chen Miao and the others, who had grown accustomed to the deafening roar, feel extremely uncomfortable. Chen Miao, sitting atop the Gatling in mid-air, looked toward the smoke that seemed to envelop the entire plain and rubbed his ears, feeling as if the world had suddenly quieted down significantly.
The shockwaves too had vanished.
This astonishing explosion finally drew to a close.
"Damn it..."
Hungry Monkey, nearly flung away, rubbed his eyes and murmured in awe as he looked toward the distance, "Miao, this move of yours is a bit too exaggerated. You wiped out a civilization in three minutes?"
Indeed.
System notifications were already ringing in his ears.
"Ding, the surviving player count of the Stone Fort Civilization has fallen below 1%, declaring the Stone Fort Civilization defeated in this Civilization War, and the victors are the Blue Star Civilization."
"The remaining survival players of both civilizations may, within 24 hours, freely choose whether to leave the battlefield and return to their own civilization's planet."
"The victor's planet will be restored to its original state within 24 hours. During this period, players from the victorious civilization are advised to stand in plains and other open areas far from buildings to avoid being entangled in the restoration process as construction material."
"The defeated civilization's planet will remain as is."
"The player with the most kills in this Civilization War is Chen Miao, who will receive special rewards."
"Civilization Sphere*1, Civilization Fragments*18, Civilization Milestone*1."
"We thank player Chen Miao for his contributions to this Civilization War, let us all offer our highest respects and applause to Chen Miao."
"It is indeed exaggerated, but it's also understandable," Zhou Shen said, his expression also somewhat dazed as he looked at the panel popping up in front of him and murmured, "Suppose, the pregnancy rate of a normal man and a normal woman after cohabitation is merely 0.0001%."
"A very low probability, right?"
"If the pregnancy rate of a civilization is that low, and they live only a hundred years or less, and with a maximum of three children per birth, without accidents, this species will go extinct within a few hundred years, until there is no one left."