CHAPTER 467: CHAPTER 164: DEATH RECOVERY, DARK RACE TRAP

"Dad, I haven’t had the chance to properly show my filial piety, how could you leave us like this."

The youngest daughter clung tightly to her mother’s side, her tears soaking her clothes, crying to the point of near fainting, muttering "Dad" continuously.

Her voice was weak yet full of reluctance.

The grandchildren also knelt beside them, too young to fully understand the meaning of life and death, but seeing their elders in such grief, they too began to wail, the little boy’s tears streaming freely down his face as he wiped them away with his small hands, asking in a tearful voice:

"Grandma, is Grandpa asleep? Why doesn’t he wake up no matter how we call him?"

The little girl tightly hugged her mother’s arm, her eyes filled with fear and confusion, constantly sobbing.

The daughters-in-law were also tear-streaked, crying while comforting the children beside them.

Grief, thick as ink, echoed in the Spirit Hall, clinging to every inch of the air, weaving with the cries of relatives into a web of despair, tightly binding this realm.

At this moment, an invisible force surged into the icy coffin.

This force entered the body of the deceased elder, like a bolt of lightning in the night, instantly spreading through the elder’s withered body.

His body began to tremble slightly, imperceptibly, his shriveled veins filling again, blood like a spring stream post-winter, bringing new life as it flowed within him, the heart that had ceased to beat now bursting with life as energy poured in, beginning to pulse powerfully, proclaiming the return of life.

Even though there was no change in appearance, this body, which had exhausted its vitality, was rapidly reviving.

The elder’s skin gradually regained its original luster, muscles within became firm again, bones no longer frail.

Gradually, the elder’s breath began to operate, becoming deep and strong, his chest rising and falling with each breath.

The life force transformed from sacrificial power continued to circulate within the elder, as if time flowed backward, wiping away the traces of aging one by one.

The elder’s body was no longer a shell on the brink of decay, internally revitalized, crossing the boundary between life and death, standing once more at the starting point of life.

"Cough cough...."

The sudden cough made the Spirit Hall instantly quiet.

The figures dressed in mourning clothes all looked towards the figure in the icy coffin, their expressions turning stunned, watching in disbelief as the elder slowly opened his bewildered eyes.

The air seemed to solidify, time became incomparably slow in this moment, the elder’s resurrection like a dream.

The eldest daughter lying on the icy coffin covered her mouth with both hands, tears silently slipping from the corners of her eyes, yet she dared not make a sound, fearing to disturb this unbelievable moment, even thinking she might be hallucinating.

The children behind her widened their eyes, their innocent faces full of confusion, unable to comprehend what was happening before them.

A little girl gently tugged at her mother’s hem, asking softly:

"Is Grandpa... back?"

Her voice carried a youthful tremor, plunging the relatives present into silence once again.

At this moment, the deceased elder’s exclamation shattered the silence:

"Fat Fish, quickly, let your Light Spirit Feather heal me, this beast’s damage output is too high, I can’t hold on, I’m afraid I’m going to die!"

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After completing the resurrection, Qi Sheng paid no further attention.

He then released the latest update notification to all players.

[Challenger Tips (All Channels): The game will soon undergo an update, with the addition of: Hunting Experience Zone.]

Update content: Hunting Experience Zone.

Feature introduction: After this update, players can see a hunting bonus aura on the map, and all players hunting within the aura will gain an additional +10% benefit.

This update is precisely to connect the three regions and establish player corps’ external territory in the Monster World.

Currently, players are focusing on the Evil Moon Domain at the Colorful Mist Coast.

But with the Earth Thought Bully’s pilfering, the revenue from this Evil Moon Domain will soon dry up.

By then, the range covered by the aura on the map will become the main hunting area for the player corps.

Through monitoring, Qi Sheng discovered that the Earth Thought Evil Spirit had the same idea.

The Earth Thought Bully originally planned to use the Emperor Tomb Mountain Range Area as a starting point for outward expansion.

But now, with players in front and the Insect Race behind, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit completely abandoned normal territory expansion, opting for lateral expansion instead.

From a strategic security standpoint, the Earth Thought Evil Spirit’s development plan seems undoubtedly foolish.

Extending the front line means the defensive burden increases.

The lateral extension of the border line also requires more power for defense.

Currently, the Earth Thought Bully has only one Evil Eye Tower, and the extended lateral border line needs more branch nodes to ensure the rapid transmission of Black Tide energy and command signals.

Moreover, the distribution of Black Tide Energy will also be scattered after the line extension.

However, Qi Sheng could understand the Earth Thought Evil Spirit’s choice.

The Earth Thought Evil Spirit is now caught between players and the Insect Race, unable to establish effective strategic depth, so further development requires lateral spreading, torn between the front and back.

And he also needed to connect the three Newbie Village Areas, necessitating lateral expansion.

It is foreseeable that as the Earth Thought Bully expands, the Insect Race behind will also expand laterally, biting at the Earth Thought Evil Spirit’s development pace.

The three forces of the Newbie Village will later form three parallel lines, beginning a synchronized lateral expansion.

If none of the factions fall behind or is destroyed during the lateral expansion process, these three lateral expansion territory lines will eventually traverse the entire Pale Continent Region.