Chapter 223
In the midst of the crowd, Ye Bai moved gracefully, attacking while weaving through the encircled players. From above, it looked like a brushstroke gliding across a canvas of shadows formed by the players, each movement leaving a trail of fallen bodies, only to be gradually swallowed by more players.
“Almost there.”
Ye Bai calculated the number of players she had slain with her necromantic magic and suddenly halted her movement. Her gaze fell upon the thick pile of corpses she had left in her wake.
Indeed, corpses.
Thanks to the unique properties of the Death Codex, players killed by Ye Bai would suffer mental damage and enter a state of death, but instead of vanishing into white light, they remained as bodies, preserved under the higher priority of the skill 【Servant Resurrection】.
A visible golden light flashed, restoring Ye Bai’s health and mana to full. With the effect of the Sea God’s Keeper still active, even after half a game month back in the game, Ye Bai, who had never grinded for levels, was naturally accumulating experience at a speed far surpassing other players. Coupled with her previous gains in the divine realm, her experience pool was already sufficient to reach level 67, yet she had only just hit level 63.
After replenishing her nearly depleted mana, she began to release 【Servant Resurrection】 in a wide area.
“Who’s pulling me?”
A player, following the squad leader’s commands in battle, suddenly felt a hand yank at their leg mid-run. Annoyed, they looked down, only to meet a pair of eyes glowing with green soul fire.
“Ah—!”
A chorus of startled cries erupted among the players, and the once orderly combat squad began to descend into chaos.
It was nighttime, and the tension of battle left the players no time to ponder why the latest victims didn’t vanish like before.
Now, everyone realized that the comrades previously slain by Ye Bai, just like the resurrected monsters, were rising once more!
This unexpected turn sent a rush of blood to the commanders’ heads. It was then that they broke free from their habitual thinking and understood why Ye Bai had charged into the player ranks alone—because she could turn the dead around her into her own allies!
The reason the necromantic disaster was called a disaster was precisely because of its ability to “overwhelm and flood” the enemy.
After weighing the pros and cons, the commanders quickly voted.
“Retreat!”
Recognizing the terrifying nature of the necromantic disaster, the commanders decisively chose to withdraw. This was clearly an unbalanced war; the living forces were no longer wearing each other down but rather growing stronger at the expense of the other. Continuing the fight would only waste manpower.
“Now that you’re here, you think you can just leave?”
Sensing the slackening of the encirclement, Ye Bai looked at her pale hand, the Death Codex in her grip flipping open on its own: “I’m in a darkened state right now…”
Ye Bai was not without anger, but her ire stemmed more from the players’ “little tricks” during the plague outbreak while she was away from her territory than from the Star Alliance’s probing.
The residents of her territory knew to seek help at the herbalist’s after contracting the plague; if players hadn’t deliberately spread the disease after being infected in the refugee camp, the plague in Bai Ye Town wouldn’t have spread so rapidly and widely.
After a moment of chanting, a series of gray-white halos spread out from beneath Ye Bai’s feet.
The ground twisted, and as the intensity of the spell increased, the area of effect nearly covered the entire Bai Ye Town. All the undead creatures Ye Bai had previously transformed, whether they were undead monsters or the ever-growing number of undead players, were once again empowered.
Legendary magic—【Bone Domain】.
Players attempting to escape using spell skills found themselves powerless, forced to flee on foot. Among the player group, due to the influence of real-world mental energy, magic classes were the most numerous, effectively rendering all magic users within the domain powerless.
The ground seemed alive, as pale hands reached up from below, dragging the defenseless players underground, only to soon emerge as new undead.
The sudden shift in the battle exceeded all commanders’ expectations; several commanders had already perished, and orders were no longer being executed efficiently, leaving the team in disarray.
The commander of the western district, aided by a few second-tier agents, managed to escape while issuing a final command: “Those on the outskirts who haven’t triggered combat status, log off immediately!”
Commanders had to remain calm at all times; the impending collapse of this battle was unstoppable, and minimizing losses was now the priority.
Logging off was the fastest retreat method exclusive to players!
However, feedback from the rear team suddenly halted the commander in his tracks.
“We can’t log off; the beasts around us… we’re being attacked by the beasts drawn in by the upgrade of Bai Ye Town.”
These beasts had previously been dismissed by the player army, easily dealt with, but now, at this critical moment of retreat, they were deadly.
In combat status, players couldn’t log off. Using coercive means like mental suppressors to force someone offline would cause irreversible damage to their mental state, even worse than dying in the game.
The western district commander stiffly turned his head, gazing at the distant figure in a black robe, as if a deity had descended. His heart turned cold, mirroring the undead around him. Just moments ago, they had been baffled by Ye Bai’s decision to upgrade the territory at this time.
It turned out that even this was part of Bai Ye’s calculations…
**Chapter 149**
That night, the shadow of death brought by Bai Ye enveloped the entire Bai Ye Town.
The outer army, which had a chance to escape by logging off, lost that opportunity due to the late-arriving beast attacks.
Within the legendary magic of the Bone Domain, players continuously died and resurrected as undead. The horror of the necromantic disaster lay in its ability to relentlessly wear down the enemy’s living forces, turning them into fearless warriors for its own side.
Even the four supreme commanders present, renowned figures among countless civilizations, couldn’t help but curse, “How can we fight such an unfair battle?”
Beasts roared, players screamed and fled, gradually quieting down as the night deepened.
As dawn approached, when the last player’s health bar was emptied, the final scene they beheld was Bai Ye Town standing silently in the distance, devoid of any NPCs, while outside the town, a “sea” of glowing green soul flames flickered.
Countless undead creatures formed an unprecedented legion, composed not only of monsters and beasts but also of former players. They were eerily silent, powerful, and loyal, guarding the central figure of the black-robed king, leaving all witnesses with an unforgettable memory.
More players, who had died earlier, had already awakened in reality from the damage to their mental states.
Although the Star Alliance’s operation aimed to test Bai Ye’s hidden strength, even the worst-case scenario had not been this disastrous.
“Confirming the last warrior has died in the game; the D5 emergency plan has completely failed… I declare the A1332 operation against Bai Ye and Bai Ye Town a failure.”
After a pause, a member of the think tank continued, “Casualty report… total annihilation.”
As the words fell, the Star Alliance members present—council members, action commanders, high-ranking agents from various civilizations, and the think tank itself—fell into a stunned silence.
Total annihilation; even the “Roy City Incident,” which involved attacking NPC towns, hadn’t resulted in all operatives being lost.
What had happened now was a defeat that even the tourist accounts, which couldn’t change classes, had never experienced. After becoming formal players, regardless of whether they had undergone their second class change, they were all instantly killed in the face of the necromantic disaster.
“Intelligence assessment: Bai Ye possesses the power to form an army single-handedly; class information unknown, detailed performance in action report W3; strength assessment: at least completed the third class change in the game, level exceeding 65…”
Even the lowest assessment was higher than Ye Bai’s actual level, as the highest-grade equipment known to the Star Alliance across the realms was legendary, with no concept of mythic gear.
In a properly operated multiverse, even a single piece of mythic equipment wouldn’t have fallen into players’ hands.
This probing yielded a wealth of information about Bai Ye, but the sheer volume of information behind it brought even more new mysteries and challenges to the Star Alliance.
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