Monsters Are Coming-Chapter 1080 - 291: The Answer Is Coming into View
Li Zheng gave his answer:
"You can experience a new life, not just live for war, and open a new chapter belonging to your life."
Ghost Pupil laughed happily upon hearing this, as if he had heard a very funny joke:
"You always say life is precious, but what exactly is your definition of preciousness? Is it merely the length of survival?" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
At that time, he opened his mouth, wanting to retort, but then saw Ghost Pupil raise his wrist, full of training scars, and said with a smile:
"Do you still remember the snow sturgeons outside the first phase of the Snow Valley Training Camp? They struggle upstream all their lives, crashing against the current until their scales fall off, just to leap over the snowfalls. Do you consider them foolish?" Saying this, Ghost Pupil's gaze changed: "And in our bloodline flows a tide sound more ancient than the snow sturgeons. This is the path we are destined to follow, to die rather than turn back. This is also the meaning of the words Reverse Tide."
"You pity us for living for war but fail to see what we are fighting for. Without the shelter of the Reverse Tide Army, my clan is merely food in the Monster World. Imagine, when your descendants are devoured by foreign predators, when your clan members are refined into nutrients by outsiders. At that moment, you will understand that sometimes survival, is more like destruction than death. We fight for Reverse Tide, we also fight for the continuation of the clan, the idea of living for oneself...is too selfish."
After this conversation, Li Zheng fell silent.
Their players start from their own perspective, but the Reverse Tide Warriors start from the perspective of the clan, from the future.
Every clan is making every effort to survive.
And the reserve soldiers in the Reverse Tide Training Camp are not tamed war weapons; they are more like martyrs.
They temper themselves to be blades in the training camp and then cut out a future path amidst the destructive torrent using their flesh and blood as fuel.
This future is not only for themselves but also for their clansmen, family, and descendants.
This is also the calm choice of the Reverse Tide Warriors after seeing through the essence of destiny.
Using his perspective to persuade Ghost Pupil, he indeed seemed naive.
This conversation also changed Li Zheng's mind.
What they can do is accompany this group of good brothers, doing their utmost to protect them on the battlefield until the end of their lives.
Hearing them talk about the front-line battlefield, Li Zheng and the players of the Liver Emperor Group did not join in; the topic felt very heavy to him.
The time for going on the battlefield is not far away.
Time passed during the chat.
After the alternation of day and night, the intensity of the Evil Wind began to gradually increase.
The wailing sound like a pig being slaughtered rang out again.
This time, the Evil Wind felt somewhat unusual; its intensity did not level out after a brief climb but instead continued to increase as time went on.
Even Long Gen, who had maxed out his endurance attributes, let out a deep growl.
Sensing something amiss, Li Zheng promptly spoke in the team voice channel:
"Brothers, sever the Life Connection now. The power of the Evil Wind has surpassed the Essence Devourer trait. Continuing to conduct it will cause trouble."
Hearing Li Zheng's shout, the players of the Liver Emperor Group disconnected without hesitation.
They could joke around, but they would never gamble with their brothers' lives.
The moment the Life Connection was severed, a tragic cry immediately rang out, catching the attention of other trainees.
They did not understand what nerve the beastly Player Clan was striking again.
But soon, their attention turned to themselves.
This time, the Evil Wind's intensity far exceeded before.
Gradually, the Evil Wind started to transform.
No longer a simple flow of air, but like thousands of invisible blades rubbing against each other.
A faint cyan and black wind pattern appeared in the air, leaving black marks on the cliff face wherever it went.
The chains binding them also creaked in the fierce wind.
Half an hour later, the Evil Wind completely raged, turning into a substantial torrent, engulfing them with biting cold and sharpness, cutting them densely.
The wind pressure tore spider-web cracks on the cliff face, stones getting swept into the air and ground into powder in an instant.
Fine blood patterns appeared on Li Zheng and other trainees, blood beads being carried away by the wind as the wounds opened.
A faint stench filled the air, making it difficult to even open one's eyes.
When the wind reached its peak, the entire area was shrouded in a cyan-black wind vortex.
The ground began to shake rhythmically, as if something underground was gradually waking up.
The surrounding wailing grew more heart-rending, every breath felt like swallowing burning nails, the scorching pain spreading from the throat to the lungs.
"Hold on!" Long Gen's roar sounded in the wind, then he suddenly opened.
Realizing the Evil Wind was out of control, he released Qi-Blood, weaving it into a shield, enveloping all the trainees.
The cost of this was a rapid depletion of Qi-Blood; blood trickled from his mouth, yet he stood tall, a fierce look on his face as he said:
"Stay awake, we promised to go to the battlefield together, we mustn't fall here."
But soon, Long Gen's expression began to wilt visibly, blood oozing from all his orifices.
"Let me!" Ghost Pupil said in a deep voice, then he also released Qi-Blood, weaving it into a shield, and used his spiritual power to give Long Gen a slap on the chest, interrupting his Qi-Blood release.
After more than ten minutes, Ghost Pupil's expression also began to wilt, his complexion turning pale.
His internal Qi-Blood was less than one-third, continuing would plunge him into a near-death state of unconsciousness.
"I'll do it." The leader of the Domain City Clan spoke, immediately following with the release of Qi-Blood.
In the following two days, they alternated weaving the Qi Blood Shield to withstand the continuously intensifying Evil Wind.
