Chapter 1050: Little Girl: The Plan is Progressing Exceptionally Smoothly
Several hours had passed since the drastic changes in the Verdant Forest game world had reached the game world.
At first, the game architect responsible for the Verdant Forest thought that the Resistance Force had discovered a flaw in the All Worlds Terminal, breaching the limits of the Verdant Forest battle and causing indiscriminate destruction, so they proceeded to handle the situation according to the contingency plan.
However, when the highest game architect received feedback on the plan, he was completely bewildered.
The one invading the Verdant Forest was not a player, but the long-lost “Catastrophe Witch”!
By the time this game architect received feedback again, nearly one-third of the 269 large player main cities, 1,664 player gathering villages, and countless unregistered gathering places built by players in the Verdant Forest game world had completely fallen!
When this news reached the Supreme Council, nearly half of the player gathering places in the Verdant Forest had already fallen.
Moreover, this unofficially counted data continued to rise at a terrifying speed.
For the first time, they saw the Catastrophe Witch in such a “full-on” stance.
They also finally realized that previously, the Catastrophe Witch had been toying with them; truly annihilating their world might not even require a real Extraordinary Witch; they would completely fall into a death world wandering in the Void.
Humanity’s complete destruction—a whole world would serve as a burial ground for their civilization.
Above the Supreme Council.
“We must call for aid! This Catastrophe Witch is far too terrifying; we need to find a group of people who can restrain her and drive her away!”
“I say, number 12, you are being overly pessimistic; this Catastrophe Witch is merely within this small game world.” Someone stepped forward to refute at this moment.
“If she can unleash calamities in this world, she can do the same in our native world! Do you really think that just because the meteors on screen aren’t hitting your head, you can happily play around?”
“I also think this matter is very serious; shouldn’t we notify the Wizards?” Another person chimed in with an agreeing tone and offered his thoughts.
As this thought was put forward, the meeting suddenly fell silent.
Everyone was puzzled.
The 12 members of the Supreme Council mostly represented powerful factions and interest groups behind them.
This meeting was less about the 12 individuals and more about the interests of several dozen groups.
The collective brainstorming and necessary moments of profit-seeking.
While a group of people awaited discussions, number 11 was the first to speak: “I don’t see the need to do so, right? The Wizards are too busy taking care of themselves, and that principle of non-intervention from the Extraordinary? Do you really think someone will come to save us?”
No one echoed his words; an eerie silence continued in the meeting.
After a while, someone finally spoke again.
“I still think it is necessary to inform; understanding our position is a reality we urgently need to recognize. At the very least, next year we’ll be aligned with the Wizards.”
“I agree with your latter point, but I also think it’s very necessary to inform; some people shouldn’t live their lives and become like dogs.”
“Let’s vote to decide; let’s wrap this topic up quickly. I see that some people completely don’t understand why we are so eager to gather here.” Number 02, as the second most important figure after number 01, decisively declared.
Then, the voting began.
A simple decision passed by a playful unanimous vote of 12.
“Well then, let’s discuss how we should handle the world codenamed ‘Verdant Forest’ next.” Number 01 personally presided; he had not spoken during previous discussions but did so regarding this issue.
“I suggest we forcibly sever the connection with the Verdant Forest world and execute it immediately; this cannot be delayed for a moment.”
As soon as he said this, someone immediately reacted emotionally: “You don’t know how serious the consequences of doing this will be! You speak without thinking!”
“Explain your reason.” Number 01 inquired, not arguing but looking at the person who first proposed the suggestion.
“We all know that the Catastrophe Witch has the means to kill from behind the network, and as of now, we know she uses game qualifications as a medium to kill. However, we cannot clarify how she kills because everyone treated with this method is dead; who knows if she can descend on our world again using this means?”
“I think that mindset is too pessimistic; if she truly wanted to destroy our world this way, she would have done so long ago.”
“That Catastrophe Witch who descended into our world is merely a clone! Her not unleashing calamities in her native world might not be out of good intentions but rather due to a lack of ability. If her true self comes here from this small world, do you still want to bet your life on the hands of that Catastrophe Witch clone?”
The person who had just refuted fell silent, frightened by this statement.
In reality, everyone present could see the fear of the Catastrophe Witch; they must be extremely cautious regarding this matter.
However… the current situation in the game world had already led many to feel hopeless, causing thoughts of inevitable defeat to rise within.
Thus, this led to contradictions between making the right choice and sacrificing interests.
After all, if the pot is broken, the calamity has already come; regardless of the reason, if it happens again, many people have a somewhat “so what” mentality deep down.
Despite the Verdant Forest game world operating for so long, its foundation is hollow; however, the industries inside are all extremely profitable!
Desire-fueled consumption is always the most lucrative industry.
Such interests naturally make it difficult for many to give in and still hold on to a glimmer of hope in their hearts.
At this moment, someone spoke again: “How did the players dispatched to negotiate with the Catastrophe Witch fare?”
“According to the data, that Catastrophe Witch has already killed 13 of our negotiating players and posted tasks with permissions, while the temporary negotiating players have died in countless numbers. The other side has shown absolutely no desire to communicate with us.”
This answer completely extinguished any flickering hopes in many hearts.
“Now I must emphasize again; in the Verdant Forest world, half of the player gathering places have completely fallen. Player gathering places are spread out; this means that—half of the entire world has been utterly destroyed! What are you still holding onto those lucky feelings for? Do you really think we are harming your interests? It is that Catastrophe Witch!”
It proved that no matter how high a person’s position, they still enjoy nurturing bizarre fantasies.
This underlying logic is the unfairness of interest damage.
If we suffered losses without reason, we could blame that Catastrophe Witch, but could they still ask that witch for compensation?
It was obviously impossible, and they would just be laughed at by others.
So it is unfair!
Thus, they could not let the other side seem to enjoy the joke; they appeared to drag this out, openly threatening.
At worst, they would all perish together; otherwise, they had to present us with an acceptable resolution, whether through profit-sharing or compromise, or no one gets to be happy!
It could be said that these opponents had essentially laid their unscrupulousness bare.
The discussions at the Supreme Council were merely expressions of attitude; what righteousness, what right and wrong, what numerous interests, and what the lives and deaths of all were merely chips.
Right now, that Catastrophe Witch had not arrived in the native world, which was their bargaining chip for negotiation.
This was the peculiar mindset of those who are only interested in profit, and if you cannot understand, it means you have not yet looked at the issue from their perspective.
Once the issue of the Verdant Forest was raised, it was doomed to be discarded.
But it could not be easily agreed upon to be discarded.
This is the significance of convening this Supreme Council.
In the subsequent phases, the climax of this meeting involved pulling and choosing interests, touching upon all aspects.
It could be said that everyone maintained a high level of attention; when faced with issues concerning their interests, naturally, they couldn’t let anyone take advantage.
As for the Verdant Forest incident, how the Catastrophe Witch arrived in that world, why she wanted to destroy that world, what her purpose was—nobody was concerned.
Because foolish people would unreasonably ignore this question, while those who were aware knew they were incapable of handling it.
Is there any crab egg in this Supreme Council?
No.
They all know what they are facing.
The arguments above are merely veils hiding their helplessness and frustration.
As for what they can be proud of, the accumulated foundation of their civilization, an experience that has allowed them to drift in the Void for so long unscathed, at this moment, has also entirely become useless.
If they really want to untangle their own foundation, they would only discover: they are cowardly, cautious, and run away when encountering problems.
And now, they have already been ensnared.
Time ticked by, and no one cared how many player gathering places in the Verdant Forest had fallen; those losses in the Supreme Council were merely fluctuations in some data.
Even stable data changes could bring them a bit of a sense of security.
The Catastrophe Witch was diligently destroying the world, so she had no excess energy to spare on them.
Meanwhile, during the ongoing profit distribution meeting, the Extraordinary Academy of the main world received news.
The little witch from the Witch Academy, who had always been shouting, had actually run to the game world again.
Moreover, this time it was an invading preparatory group world.
The first to get this news, of course, was the Wizard Academy.
Originally, the Wizards did not plan to intervene until they learned that the world being invaded by the little witch was led by fairies.
Upon understanding the internal situation of the Verdant Forest, the Wizard Academy immediately sealed off the news.
This is truly a joke!
Enslaving a world of fairies, even if it is just a small world, and doing such things to fairies—do they not fear that the Aferemymoon fairies will tear this game world apart?
The Wizards of the Wizard Academy raise Wood Elemental Sprites secretly in the most closed world fragments, demonstrating how high their obsession with fae is!
Moreover, the current situation in the main world is incredibly delicate; if those thin Aferemymoon fairies have a brain short-circuit and start infighting, then this conflict will directly affect the relationships between the three major Extraordinary races.
——If fissures appear, the plan of the World-Destroying Staff to intimidate would indeed be a joke?
And the game world is a world where the Extraordinary cannot interfere; this is the Witch Contract!
If they violate it… then it could trigger the witches’ targeted vengeance.
That previous incident made them aware that outside the main world, there are so many Betraying Witches.
Fortunately, the Witch Academy does not wish for Betraying Witches to enter; however, if they violate the Witch Contract, then the Betraying Witches would have an absolute obligation to act and maintain the Truth Contribution of the Witch Contract.
In the Witch World, the importance of upholding the Truth Contribution of the Witch Contract is far more crucial than one that can be repaired in the main world!
At least that’s how the situation stands now.
Thinking of this, the Wizards realized how much of a show-off it is for the Witch Academy to allow a little witch to go to the game world like this.
If they were to launch actions like this little witch, then they would completely lose face among the three major Extraordinary races, and if such shameless behavior is spread by witches, it would create a huge reputational impact on their Extraordinary clan.
At that time, they might well be completely abandoned by their clan, although… their current situation is quite similar to being close to abandonment.
The Witch race truly cannot be proud of themselves.
It could be said that the Wizards are currently bearing all the pressure alone, and it isn’t over yet! Soon they received news that the game world was preparing to abandon this called Verdant Forest world and hoped to push this world towards the main world at the time of abandonment.
Letting that little witch go back where she came from.
So they did this because, after discussion, they decided they could not afford to provoke this Catastrophe Witch, so to avoid totally being disgraced, they would give an entire world to the main world.
Upon seeing that the game world made this decision, the Wizards were almost laughing with anger.
Sending this world to the main world? Wouldn’t the crimes the game world committed against the fairies be completely exposed?
Do they think that they are not dying fast enough?
But… does the game world have other options? It seems there are none; this world is bound to fall into the main world, even if it is thrown into the Void by the game world. At that time, the cluster world will be free of the game world and be outside the contract.
Any Betraying Witch beyond the main world throwing it into the main world would create a huge commotion, and they cannot reason with a Betraying Witch, even witches cannot.
So… the Wizards agreed to the players’ plan, but what the game world did not know was that the Wizards were already planning to direct Ling Ling’s anger onto the game world.
No matter what, within the main world, the three major Extraordinary race academies must be “harmonious friends”!
Because if they are not friends, the outcome would be death for all!
Meanwhile, far above the game world in the Supreme Council, some “members” were feeling somewhat surprised that the plan was going surprisingly smoothly.
