"Choose the third option, decline to join!" Ye Yun made his choice calmly.
The alliance factions were divided based on players' races, star domains, and planets. These factions were extremely important to every player in the mid to late game.
In his previous life, Ye Yun had chosen the Star Domain Human race. Therefore, when he was later selected for the Dragon Palace reserve team, he was assigned by the Star Domain Alliance. The largest organization within the Star Domain Alliance was the Huayi Nation.
As for why it wasn't the Rice Country, and why their top players didn't even show up later when alien races descended upon Blue Star, Ye Yun estimated that they must have chosen the Human Alliance.
The Star Domain Human Alliance and the Human Alliance were two completely different concepts. The Star Domain Human Alliance was merely an alliance of human forces within a specific star domain, whereas the Human Alliance extended beyond a single star domain, encompassing forces from one cosmos, or even ten cosmos, of all human alliances.
If the Rice Country joined this alliance, they would have no say in its matters.
In this life, Ye Yun's in-game stats had far surpassed all other players by a significant margin. Coupled with his ample time to accumulate sufficient wealth, Ye Yun cared not for any faction alliance. For him now, he alone was equivalent to ten or a hundred such alliance legions.
To put it bluntly, Ye Yun desired not just a voice, but absolute control!
Moreover, the most important thing was that now, not only humans were fighting for Ye Yun, but also the Seven Races under the Moon, and even the future Demon and Monster races!
In the current Demon Realm, according to Zhang Junbao's feedback, Black Ant had already completely controlled four planets, with an army of millions under his command! He was the most prominent rising force in the Demon Realm, his own power comparable to the Realm of the Divine Lord!
This was completely beyond Ye Yun's expectations!
As for the Monster race star domains, both Moli and Lu Jie now belonged to Ye Yun. Moli had become the newly appointed fourth Monster Emperor, his actual combat power comparable to Lu Jie. Not to mention Lu Jie, the Emperor of the Monster race. Although his real-world strength was only at the peak of the Great Sage, he was currently the undisputed ruler of the Monster Realm.
"Yue Di, I am granting you access to the Bitter Sea Dragon Palace territory. Upon your arrival, compile the list of all players from your Seven Races currently on the New Mortal Continent into the Altar."
"Yes, Master."
The Seven Races now had over a million players on the New Mortal Continent. The sheer volume of work required to compile all their names into the Altar was unimaginable.
Ye Yun's idea was simple. Currently, the Altar could only accommodate 500 players. However, once these names were compiled, and the Altar was upgraded, it would prioritize sending invitations to players on the list who were already submerged in the Bitter Sea.
Cloud Sky City had already completed its suppression of the entire New Mortal Continent. After several cycles, Ye Yun's terrifying skills had practically eradicated any desire among players to establish their own territories, unless they were built in special zones.
Before returning to Fengle City, Ye Yun converted all his spirit stones into gold coins. The amount was so staggering that his calculator couldn't handle it.
With gold coins in hand, he felt utterly confident!
"System prompt: Star Domain map fusion remaining time: one hour. Matching Star Domain map."
As soon as he returned to Fengle City, Ye Yun received the prompt for the Star Domain map fusion.
"System Announcement: Star Domain map fusion remaining time: thirty minutes. Fengle City Lord, please select an alien city to attack. Each faction may only choose to attack one city. After causing 95% destruction to the target city, you may select the next city to attack. There is no limit within 72 hours."
"System Announcement: This Star Domain map fusion adopts a synchronized attack and defense mode. The attacking faction of your own city is not the faction you are attacking. Please coordinate accordingly. For this event, players who registered in this city will receive victory rewards regardless of whether they succeed in defense or attack."
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The entire Fengle City fell into a profound silence, which was then shattered by an uproar.
After the baptism of discussions about alien races on the forums, everyone had somewhat accepted the existence of 'aliens.' However, they never expected their first encounter to be within 'Heavenly Dao.'
"I wonder what position the City Lord will assign me to, defense or offense?" a player looked up at the towering City Lord's Mansion, their heart filled with anticipation.
"Heh heh, I don't care whether it's defense or offense, as long as there are enemies to kill!"
"That's right! Killing enemies earns contribution points! And killing alien players can also yield some of the gold coins on their bodies. City Lord, I, Xiao Liuzi, petition to follow the City Lord into battle!"
A player nearby suddenly spent a gold coin in the city channel, posting a bright green text advertisement that instantly caught the attention of all players in Fengle City.
"Holy crap, my organizing skills are a bit slow, you beat me to it. City Lord, petition +2."
"You upstairs, do you know the strength and numbers of alien players? Such reckless advancement, City Lord, I, Old Zhu, petition +3."
"Advance without a brain, and you'll still get rewards even if you die. City Lord, petition +4..."
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Petition +10086...
The usually quiet city channel was now bustling with activity. Ye Yun looked at the chat logs, a mixture of amusement and helplessness on his face. These guys were like newborn calves unafraid of tigers. Once they truly encountered alien players who had been playing for two years, they would definitely run faster than rabbits.
You know, if you kill an alien player, you get some of their gold coins. It's the same for them when they kill human players.
Most importantly, if the city was truly breached and their resurrection points were occupied, it would mean that everyone could potentially be killed three times in a row. If these guys fell into a weakened state, they would probably curse their ancestors and even incite riots in the real world.
Ye Yun ignored their petitions. Instead, he immediately ascended to the platform of his mansion, looked up at the 'Sky Hawk Arrow Tower,' and a cruel smile crept onto his lips.
With over two thousand trillion gold coins, if he didn't upgrade this Sky Hawk Arrow Tower properly, Ye Yun would feel like he was letting down his own pocket money.
"System prompt: City Lord spent 5368 trillion gold coins to upgrade the 'Sky Hawk Arrow Tower' to Level 31."
"System prompt: City Lord spent 10736 trillion gold coins to upgrade the 'Sky Hawk Arrow Tower' to Level 32."
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"System prompt: City Lord spent 8.6 quadrillion gold coins to upgrade the 'Sky Hawk Arrow Tower' to Level 35."
In just a few seconds, Ye Yun's 15 quadrillion gold coins deposited into Fengle City were instantly depleted.
"System prompt (Cosmos): Congratulations to Fengle City Lord 'Jieming' for being the first to upgrade the 'Sky Hawk Arrow Tower' to Level 35, activating 'Sky Hawk City Guardian.' All city defense building durability permanently increased by 10%."
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Sky Hawk City Guardian - When the City Lord's Mansion is attacked and sustains over 50% damage, the abyssal overlord 'Sky Hawk' will be automatically summoned. Sky Hawk's full attributes will be 150% of the 'Sky Hawk Arrow Tower,' and its skills will be completely retained.