Chapter 542: Chapter 536: Divine Reign: [Six Gods of Destruction]!

"So it was about this matter..."

After pondering for a moment, Li Tang, the Eldest Prince of Chuanke, decisively responded and shared all the relevant information he knew.

"...About 160,000 years ago, the situation of the Chuanke Civilization was similar to Earth’s current situation, only with heavier casualties. In just the first year of the ’Great Change,’ nearly five billion people perished."

"According to the archaeological research of the royal historians, this number was almost half of the Chuanke Civilization’s population at that time."

At this point, Li Tang said gravely, "Although the current textbooks state that the Tyrant Emperor and the Saint King emerged to balance the Divine Court, intimidating all strong enemies and forging the glory of the Chuanke Civilization, I am well aware that the truth is a thousand times more complex!"

"In the Chuanke Extraordinary System, from weak to strong, they are divided into three levels: Surface Level, Vacuum Level, and Star Driving Level."

"The sages of the Star Driving Level, although they created a prosperous Chuanke, were not enough to contend with the Divine Court."

"What truly caused the Divine Court to begin a strategic withdrawal from 160,000 years ago, changing their strategic policy of crushing everything violently, and cease interfering with the autonomy of the Chuanke Star System..."

"We do not know."

Li Tang hesitated for a moment, carefully choosing his words, then said in a deep voice, "Based on historical data, the think tank speculates that the Divine Court might have erupted into a civil war to seize a certain Divine Artifact, leaving them unable to attend to anything else."

"And the influence of that civil war persisted until today, finally dissipating after 160,000 years."

Speaking of a Divine Artifact, the first thing Ma Ran thought of was the imitation Tang Blade in the hands of the Second Generation God of Slaughter, Ti Sheng, and the one-time Divine Artifact used to open a spatial channel between Earth and the Divine Court.

The second thing that came to mind was Sikong Si’s All Heavens Rebirth Device.

"Interests, civil war."

Ma Ran pondered over these two terms, then looked up at Li Tang: "Thank you for your effort."

It was indeed logically sound that a civil war for the control of a Divine Artifact could lead to changes in the Divine Court’s external strategy...

However, Ma Ran believed that things might not be that simple; there might be third-party or even multiple behind-the-scenes forces involved.

But for now, the top priority was to get rid of the Six Gods of Destruction sent to Earth by the Divine Court.

The Earth OL game offered by the Main God Game Platform to Earthlings was a double-edged sword. On one hand, Ma Ran enjoyed its benefits, quickly gaining feedback from the Foreknowledge ability; on the other hand, it was necessary to perfectly resolve the negative impacts it brought.

Public relations and public opinion must be handled carefully at all times.

...

In China, at a university nestled among rolling mountains.

In the lecture hall, second last row by the window.

Ji Xiuyin glanced at the "game suspension notice" on his phone and couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

After the Prophet Ma Ran acquired the Protector Breaker ability, Earth OL: Divine Court Invasion suspended operations, leaving many Main God Game players who intended to spend a day enjoying themselves frustrated to no end.

"Congratulations to the top five players on this round’s Main God Game leaderboard. You have become part of the Foreknowledge’s Seven Vortex Swordsmanship Adventure List. Please wait patiently."

This announcement made many suspect that the Game Main God might have suspended Earth OL: Divine Court Invasion simply because it was too lazy to organize a new round of data collection.

After all...

Earth’s top three extraordinary powerhouses each broke through, advancing to a new realm, with Ma Ran even finding a way to counter the Avoidance Protection technique.

If Earth OL: Divine Court Invasion were not suspended, the leaderboard would probably experience inflation in just one more day.

As a rising grind master, Ji Xiuyin, despite lacking strength, was extremely lucky, managing to be positioned at the bottom of these five fortunate ones.

It seems that once the Divine Court crisis is resolved, he can expect a personal power surge!

Logging into the Main God Game Platform had nothing new for Ji Xiuyin, who was now a V4 player and had already switched professions to become a warrior. Many criteria had been met for special recruitment by the academic societies.

He remained at this school for only one reason — rather than joining one of the academic societies that had offered him an olive branch, he yearned to cross provinces to join the Grass Hut Academy, to become a "junior" to the Prophet and the Martial God!

"Break time."

"Five minutes."

Ji Xiuyin glanced at the time in the top right corner of the screen, casually opened the Earth Super Forum, and randomly clicked on a post.

"Is that all to the Game Main God? Just running away after abusing players is such a lame move!"

"Ah Xuan is so lame!"

"Bringing out such an old and worn-out joke, seriously enough!"

"Huh? Not running away, waiting for spoilers?"

"I’ve already quit my job, just waiting for Ran God and Qiang God to crush those six monsters! Damn it, I felt such emotion and passion while strategizing Earth OL: Divine Court Invasion over the past few days, but the Divine Court really made me mad! Coming over to mess with us for no reason, isn’t this insanity?"

"What is Qiang God?"

"Qiang God isn’t a thing but a life-and-death comrade of Ran Baby."

"That’s enough. Your ID is very familiar to me, I’m also a member of the Prophet and Martial Arts Faction. Brother, when we fan CP, we must strategize, acting loyal but actually opposing is not advisable, too much is as bad as too little!"

"What nonsense are you guys talking about?"

"Anyway, it’s not important. Even if we defeat the Six Gods of Earth Destruction, we’ve merely countered the first wave of the Divine Court’s offensive."

"Indeed... They aren’t the Divine Court’s top combat power at all, Earth’s civilization is doomed to perish sooner or later, why struggle?"

"I can’t stand you pessimists! If you’re miserable, keep your mouth shut! Don’t act like you are the only sober one in a world drunk, do you deserve to?"

"Can’t care about all that, as long as the cola, fried chicken, and fries are ready, waiting for three days... no, two days instead!"

"Just enjoy it, you smarty-pants sure think a lot."

"Waiting for the big shots to beat up the World-Ending Six Brothers!"

"+1"

"Ma Ran, the eternal god!"

"Sigh... it’s tough for him."

"Sometimes, I can’t help but wonder what the situation would be like now if Earth didn’t have him."

Upon seeing this, Ji Xiuyin became interested.

There were still four minutes left of break time.

Finishing this post should be no problem.

So he continued to read on.

"Considering the domino effect... well, even in the best case scenario, Earth would now have at least two to three hundred million people dead, right?"

"Only two to three hundred million? Are you kidding, not blacking out the Prophet? Demon Mountain Battle, Grass Hut Battle, Eternal Expedition, Sea Demon Disaster, Space Academy Battle, Chuanke Arrival... reportedly some encrypted Nightmare event in a certain district; fragmented together, at least a billion deaths at the starting line..."

"You have to consider the butterfly effect, two to three hundred million is certainly not incorrect."

"Haha, I feel like if it weren’t for Ran Baby, Earth’s civilization probably would have been extinct by now. After all, without Ran Baby, there wouldn’t be the Burning Martial system, the Martial God, and God wouldn’t have the intelligence advantage of foreknowledge, presumably dying violently in the Demon Mountain Battle, even if they barely survived, they couldn’t possibly hold out in the Space Academy Battle."

"I rather think... without the Prophet, that legendary Zhang Heng Civilization wouldn’t have appeared either, right? After all, the Sea Demon Disaster has nothing to do with us and can’t be connected to China at all."

"Regarding the floor’s deduction, I disagree! Isn’t it that you’ve forgotten the existence of Cangming Star and the Sword Master, Demon Child, and Profound Immortal?"

"Without the Prophet, do you think the Sword Master, the Demon Child, the Profound Immortal, and the Main God would be willing to help Earth? Huh?"

"Lin Qiubai is aloof and arrogant, Zhang Kuang is violent and ferocious, Zhao Guanlan... there’s too much to understand about this guy, no need to analyze here, right?"

"Hiss... gasps! I am willing to take the blame for global warming!"

"Laozi is simply terrified! Without Ran Baby on the timeline, these characters might well be the culprits of destroying Earth’s civilization?"

"The Sword Master and the Main God might be hard to say, one is solitary and unyielding, the other mysterious and enigmatic, but come to think of it, the Demon Child and the Profound Immortal are simply natural-born villain BOSS types!"

"Honestly, if it weren’t for Ran God, the social butterfly... cough... this diplomatic great guy here, although the Sword Master might be hard to predict, the others actually have not insignificant world-ending potential and probability..."

Seeing this, Ji Xiuyin put down his phone, feeling a knowing smile.

But after laughing, some gravity and worry showed on the young man’s face.

...

Two days and six hours later.

Six figures exuding a scorching sun-like Momentum Field descended upon Earth!