Chapter 1 Time Is A Bitch

Time is a very magical thing. When you want it to speed up, it moves as slowly as if its legs have been broken; but when you want it to slow down, it runs at lightning speed.

Some say that time is just an illusion of us humans. Therefore, the feeling of it being "fast" or "slow" is just the difference between the speed of time's passage and people's subjective wishes.

But I think this theory can be described with a more concise and easy-to-understand sentence—time_is_a_bitch.

At this moment, the monster kingdom warriors on the battlefield deeply felt the bitchiness of time...

From the moment Xiao Tan activated his skill, fifteen minutes passed almost in the blink of an eye.

Their stamina and magic power hadn't recovered much, their injuries hadn't healed that quickly, but the strength of the Redundant Troop Legion... had indeed returned, and had reached an unprecedented number.

It was imaginable that once that cloud-like mass of Redundant Troops descended from the sky, it would be difficult for the King's army to even protect themselves in their current state, let alone protect the area where Xiao Tan and Dou Mo were.

And if Xiao Tan's skill was interrupted, and Dou Mo attacked in anger, the ending would probably be even more terrifying than being overrun by the Redundant Troops.

"Feng Bu Jue has been jumping down the well for almost an hour..." Freddy, who was gradually feeling desperate, said to Jue-ge's companions, "That kid wouldn't have run away on his own, would he?"

"Your logic is obviously flawed." Billy's attitude was still very calm. He continued, "If he wanted to run away, he could have run away in front of everyone. Feng Bu Jue wouldn't be worried about running away being 'shameful'; to take a step back, why would he run away? If he didn't want to take risks, he could have just not come to help you in the first place, right?"

"Hmm..." Freddy muttered, "That's right..." He paused. "Then... maybe... he died in the well?"

"Perhaps." Billy's tone still had no emotional fluctuations. "After all, the well is called the 'Well of Reincarnation,' and no one knows what's inside."

"Hey!" Not far away, Xiao Tan, who was standing upside down and shaking dandruff out of his hair, heard their conversation and immediately retorted, "You should have said this kind of thing before Jue-ge jumped!"

Unlike Dou Mo, as the caster of [Xue Wu Jiu Tian], Xiao Tan could still perform some actions while maintaining the skill, such as talking and blinking.

"It wouldn't have made any difference to say it..." Billy replied, "Feng Bu Jue would naturally have already considered that possibility. He would never change his decision just because I stated that hypothesis..." He paused for half a second and muttered, "Feng Bu Jue knows better than any of us that we can't win this battle with our current strength... If we want to survive and win, we must rely on the unknown power beneath the Well of Reincarnation."

Hearing this, Xiao Tan thought about it and understood... that Billy was right.

Feng Bu Jue's character was like this: anything that was known and within his ability to do, Jue-ge would try to complete with the existing resources, even if his plan seemed difficult and risky to others. But in his own logic... "known" was the safest and most secure element. Only as a last resort would Feng Bu Jue place his hopes on something "unknown."

And this time, shortly after arriving on the battlefield, after roughly grasping the situation of the Redundant Troop Legion and knowing the fact that Dou Mo was coming, Jue-ge resolutely set his sights on the "Well of Reincarnation," whose effects no one knew...

Although Feng Bu Jue had been acting relaxed before jumping into the well, Xiao Tan also felt that this was Jue-ge deliberately putting on a show to reassure his companions.

In fact, this battle could be said to be a crisis of "utter desperation." The situation had reached the point where even Feng Bu Jue had to rely on some "unknown" factor to turn the tables.

Gah—

Just as Xiao Tan was thinking, suddenly, a strange cry came from the sky, interrupting his thoughts.

At that moment, most people naturally assumed that the source of the sound was another explosive tunnel opened by the Redundant Troop Legion.

But... Xu Huai Shang immediately noticed the difference.

"This is..." She had seen this kind of teleportation gate before. Although it looked similar, the shape of the teleportation gate and the sound it made when it opened were different from the explosive tunnel. "...Gate of Howling?"

That's right, this was the Gate of Howling, a teleportation gate supported by the unique magic energy of the Necropolis.

The shape of this teleportation gate was oval, like a standing mirror. At the edges, many things that looked like bony hands could be seen "clinging" to it, as if they were using "brute force" to maintain the existence of this gate.

"Oh? What's going on here?"

The two players present recognized the first person to come out of the Gate of Howling. His name was—Xue Shi Shen.

"This formation... is bigger than when we destroyed the Necropolis..." Xue Shi Shen muttered as he slowly floated out of the gate. Before he finished speaking, he had already begun to move his shoulders and arms, as if he was warming up.

"Hehe... After all, the strength of the Monster Kingdom is stronger." Following closely behind was Taliom.

Then, three more player figures jumped out of the gate and landed suddenly.

Ruo Yu, Xiao Ling, Hua Jian... the Three Necro-Knights, finally arrived at their teammates' side at this moment.

"Hey—Xiao Tan, Sister Shang, are you all okay?" When Xiao Ling was in the air, she had already seen the situation on Xiao Tan's side and accurately found Xiao Tan and Xu Huai Shang's location in the crowd, so she shouted in that direction as soon as she landed.

"We're fine." Xu Huai Shang immediately raised her voice to respond to the other party. She was also taking into account that it might not be convenient for Xiao Tan to shout in his current state, so she replied quickly.

While they were shouting, another figure flew out of the Gate of Howling.

"I never thought... there would be such a day..." Samodir flapped the wings on his back and used his basic physical abilities to stay in the sky. "I'm actually standing on the same side as so many big shots..." His tone was a little strange, and his gaze wandered through the Monster Kingdom's army, quickly catching a few familiar figures. "...on the same side."

Of course, the "big shots" he was talking about mainly referred to... not the people on the ground, but the two people behind him at this moment.

"Demon Lord, please."

"Spirit King, you're too kind..."

Before Ragnarok, such dialogue might have seemed incredible.

But now, the leader of the demons was no longer the arrogant leader of the demons he once was; and Fu Ling was no longer the headstrong Netherworld You King of the past...

After two short greetings, the Demon Lord, who had been hidden for a long time, and the Spirit King, who had already lost her land... passed through the Gate of Howling one after another and floated in the sky.

Just as the Redundant Troop Legion was about to launch its final offensive, this team of reinforcements from the main universe finally arrived.