Chapter 455: 454, 18 Days Later_1
No matter how you looked at it, the Skuru’s action was very successful this time.
At the establishment of the Blue Star United Government, all its propaganda outlets were spreading the message, “People of Blue Star, unite and overthrow the invaders.”
The ordinary citizens all thought the same. The people’s consciousness was unprecedentedly united.
But now, the Skuru’s tactics of distinguishing Huaxia Nation with the retained land policy, ignited severe trust issues among various nations.
Foreigners with money and power began to find ways to migrate to Huaxia Nation;
Those without money and power could only stay on their own three acres of land and protest.
Furthermore, a few defectors stirring trouble in this situation had quickly weakened the atmosphere of “world people’s unity,” and the divide was intensifying.
It was like the moment before dawn when a light had just appeared, and the sun suddenly fell back down again. Humanity began to enter the “Chaotic Epoch,” akin to the Trisolarans.
However, the good thing is, even in the Chaotic Epoch, the sun will always rise.
The third afternoon after the video was released, the Blue Star United Government issued an official joint statement.
The statement went as follows:
The existence of the Blue Star United Government is to protect every inch of human land, to defend every patch of our lands and oceans.
The United Government and all its member nations will absolutely not compromise with the Skuru, determined to fight to the death until either the Skuru Expedition Army is defeated or the United Government is destroyed.
Regarding the special treatment given by the Skuru to the retained land, the people of Huaxia disdain to accept this “supper of charity”, and are determined to struggle with the invaders!
As for Cao Cao’s surrender, the United Government will cut off all ties with him and denounce him as a fugitive.
However, considering that he is immobilized in the Skuru’s Antarctic wasteland by five god-level beings, his betrayal was somewhat unavoidable. The relevant personnel of the Blue Star will actively negotiate with him in the hope that he can change his mind.
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At the press release of the announcement, the spokesperson for the United Government, Wang Sen, spoke righteously:
“I, on behalf of the Blue Star United Government, solemnly declare to certain people – especially those defectors who want to surrender under the banner of ‘freedom’ and ‘independent thinking’ – that the United Government will execute a harsh special crackdown on organizations and individuals who are spreading surrender ideology around the world for the foreseeable future.”
“Because this is a special period, any organization or individual that is found guilty of such acts will be dealt with severely. We hope that those organizations and individuals with similar behaviors will immediately correct themselves on the brink of danger. Do not say that you were not warned.”
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After the announcement was published, the unifying spirit of Blue Star humans, which had taken a heavy blow, somewhat recovered.
The words of the spokesperson of the United Government also made the defectors and the opportunist faction considerably quieter.
At least on the surface, they no longer dared to openly disseminate reactionary remarks on social media platforms.
After experiencing this turbulent social unrest, people around the world gradually returned to their pre-unrest state, and started to work and play games again.
Street protests gradually disappeared, and the storm caused by the Skuru slowly subsided.
Still, the wounds that were inflicted would require a long time to heal.
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Time slowly passed.
Unknowingly, 18 days had passed, bringing us to the 30th of September.
Nothing of significance happened during these 18 days, Su Yu’s daily life was also very simple.
During the game time of these 18 days, he practically used all his time on refining materials and practicing as well as learning magic knowledge.
Other than for one time when he squeezed some time out to accompany Sylvanas to the Windchime Empire to look for [Soul Shepherd Yorick], he spent all his other time in closed-door cultivation.
After 18 days of cultivation, his level was upgraded from 75 to 77, with 35% experience towards the next level, not too far from the peak of the sixth phase.
According to Su Yu’s estimation, it would take approximately a month and a half to two months for him to be promoted to the seventh phase, Legendary!
However, after the promotion to Legendary, his cultivation speed would slow down because, by then, all his reserved spiritual energy coins would be used up.
At that time, he must rely on the support provided by the Blue Star United Government and people worldwide in order to continue maintaining his cultivation speed.
As for Morning Star from Star Realm,
Recently, Morning Star had almost completely absorbed a large chunk of the [Experience Crystal Stone], leaving only a tennis ball-sized piece left.
But her strength also increased rapidly. Two days ago, she had already reached the pinnacle of the Sanctuary.
Estimating it would not be long before she could regain her Legendary strength!
The speed at which Tina increased her strength was similar, her current strength was also at the pinnacle of the Sanctuary.
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All the time online was used for cultivation and learning, the offline time was naturally all spent on defeating the Spiritual Spring Eyes.
Morning Star resumed her actions on the third day.
These two people and one cat formed a “War Mage Priest Iron Triangle” (Tina as the “War”, Su Yu as the “Mage”, Morning Star transformed into the form of Starlight Tree to serve as healer), continuously launching attacks on the Spiritual Spring Eyes within the borders of Huaxia Nation.
Within this short span of 18 days, the two people and one cat had conquered one large Spring Eye (Taihang Mountain Spiritual Spring Eye), and 73 minor Spring Eyes.
All minor Skuru bases on the Yan Mountain Range, Taihang Mountain, Yin Mountain, Wu Yi Mountain, Qinling Mountain Range were emptied.
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Finally, the date was September 30, the last day of the second expansion pack.
The plot of the second expansion pack of the game was now nearing its end.
Lai Yin Empire and Goldfinch Empire jointly occupied one-fifth of the land in the Bell Chime Continent and are currently in a temporary truce.
As usual, the second [Illusion Duel] would be held in the afternoon.
The previous Illusion Duel was won by Sky Dragon. In this duel, officials patched the damage done by pets. Players who were archers and had divine pets would not have extra advantages in the duel, making it more fair.
Thus, everyone was looking forward to seeing who would win the crown in this competition.
At 7:00 in the evening, players started returning to the square areas of major cities.
At the same time, everyone was passionately discussing the forthcoming [Illusion Duel].
“Who do you guys think will win the final crown in this Illusion Duel?”
“I don’t know. Snow Leopard, Red-Eyed Black Dragon, A Thousand Cups Unintoxicated, Frost Red Tea, and Sky Dragon, the champion from the last duel, all have a chance to win.”
“It’s still not too easy to predict currently. After all, there are too many random variables in the instances. If you have bad luck and encounter an environment you are not adept at, your combat power can drop by 30%.”
“I am looking forward to the new expansion pack tomorrow, ‘Pandaren Empire’! Finally, an expansion pack is coming out that has our Huaxia style!”
“Instead of a new expansion pack, I’m more looking forward to seeing the ‘physical manifestation’ after level 50. Just thinking about all the strengths in the game being actualized into reality makes me excited!”
“But according to Boss Ke, to manifest, you must do a lot of difficult tasks, I wonder if the tasks are easy to complete…”
“No matter how difficult the tasks are, we must grit our teeth and do them! I hope we can all be among the people who complete the tasks.”
“That’s true.”
While the players were discussing it, they were also gathering towards the direction of the central square area.