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The sudden appearance of Ice Emperor startled Xu Aiguo, who was in the middle of a pleasant dream.
Realizing what the Ice Emperor was here for, Xu Aiguo's first reaction was panic.
But soon, he calmed down. "Don't forget where we are. Do you think you can kill me in a safe zone?"
Since he was already planning to leave Dragon Nation and defect to Eastern Nation, Xu Aiguo dropped all pretenses and revealed his true colors.
The once honest, steady, and respectable man had now become a cunning and despicable figure. "A few of your brothers, who've been through thick and thin with you for decades, are dead. You must be heartbroken, right? I know you must hate me."
"But look, I'm standing right here. What can you do about it?"
"Yes, I betrayed Dragon Nation. So what? What can you possibly do to me?"
Xu Aiguo's words indeed enraged the Ice Emperor.
Everyone knew the Ice Emperor valued loyalty and righteousness above all, and his love for the country was genuine and deeply rooted.
Xu Aiguo deliberately brought up the deaths of the four elders of the Empire Guild to provoke the Ice Emperor, knowing this would strike a nerve.
The Ice Emperor stared coldly at Xu Aiguo, his gaze filled with killing intent.
"Do you know the dumbest thing you've done?" The Ice Emperor's voice was icy. "It was trying to use the safe zone's protection mechanism to shield yourself, here in Dragon Nation."
After finishing his words, the Ice Emperor took out a black scroll and crushed it.
The next moment, a system announcement echoed from above.
[World Announcement] (World 81):
[Ding~ Attention! Due to the use of the artifact [War Scroll] by the player [Ice Emperor], the safe zone [Ice Island] in World 81 will lose its protection mechanism for one hour. During this period, players online cannot log out or switch worlds]
Hearing this announcement, the smug smile on Xu Aiguo's face instantly vanished, replaced by shock and fear.
Only two words echoed in his mind: 'HOLY SH*T!'
In the Otherworld, each country had its own unique specialties.
For example, Eastern Nation produced materials that could create items like the Mark of Death or Spatial Fissures.
As for Dragon Nation, it harvested rare magical elements capable of crafting items like the [War Scroll], which could temporarily nullify the protection mechanism of a world's safe zone.
Because such items hadn't been used for decades, Xu Aiguo had completely forgotten about them.
As the Ice Emperor used the War Scroll to disable the safe zone's protection on Ice Island, Xu Aiguo, who had been so confident just moments ago, now panicked.
"Ice... Ice Brother, listen to me! I didn't mean to betray Dragon Nation. I was forced by those Eastern Nation devils. I..."
Before Xu Aiguo could finish, the Ice Emperor summoned an ice spear, freezing him in place.
CRACK!
The spear pierced through, shattering the ice.
Xu Aiguo was instantly killed, disintegrating into specks of light on the spot.
In the Otherworld, players could use a resurrection scroll twice every seven-day cycle.
Having already used his second resurrection opportunity for the cycle, Xu Aiguo revived at the Resurrection Spring, his face pale with fear.
Desperately, he planned to flee the safe zone before the Ice Emperor arrived and hide somewhere.
But before he could escape the spring, he found himself surrounded by a large group of freelance players.
These players weren't from the Empire Guild. They were unaffiliated individuals currently present in World 81.
Xu Aiguo was baffled. How did these players know to ambush him here?
Cornered, with nowhere to run, Xu Aiguo finally realized the truth when the Ice Emperor arrived moments later.
The Ice Emperor had activated the live-stream feature when confronting Xu Aiguo earlier.
Every word Xu Aiguo had said wasn't just directed at the Ice Emperor—it was broadcast to millions of online viewers in Dragon Nation.
["Kill him! Traitors who remain unrepentant even now should be drowned in a pig cage or fed to dogs."]
["Utterly despicable, worse than animals. Even my dog is more loyal than him. In his next life, he'd be lucky to reincarnate as a dog."]
["Calling him a dog is an insult to dogs. This guy deserves to have his entire family wiped out."]
The live-stream comments were flooded with curses.
Facing countless viewers' anger, and with no resurrection chances left, Xu Aiguo finally broke down, pleading desperately for mercy. He even tried to leverage their decades of friendship.
But the Ice Emperor remained unmoved. Before the eyes of millions of Dragon Nation citizens, he executed Xu Aiguo on the spot.
"TRAITORS SHALL PERISH!"
With this roar, Xu Aiguo widened his eyes in disbelief. Filled with unwillingness, his body disintegrated into starlight and disappeared.
The Ice Emperor had deliberately enabled the live-stream not only to showcase Xu Aiguo's trial but also to serve as a warning. He wanted those in the shadows, who harbored the same treacherous thoughts as Xu Aiguo, to understand the consequences of betraying Dragon Nation.
And it worked.
The dark faction members nurtured by Xu Aiguo were terrified. Some dropped their phones in shock, while others smashed their TVs out of fear.
After eliminating the traitor leader, Xu Aiguo, the Empire Guild joined forces with major guilds like Dragon Clan and Dragon Soar to hunt down all traitors nationwide.
Meanwhile, the Ice Emperor gathered key figures such as Moon Mark, Seraph, and other Dragon Nation elites to discuss a plan for revenge.
"Eastern Nation has become increasingly audacious, daring to infiltrate Dragon Nation and kill our people."
"Perhaps their comfortable lives have made them complacent. Shouldn't we demonstrate Dragon Nation's power to them?"
"Why don't we use their tactics? Sneak into Eastern Nation and kill their people instead!"
"But... we seem to lack the tools for cross-border teleportation."
Amid the discussion, Moon Mark suddenly spoke up. "Actually, we do have something."
Everyone turned to him.
"I once excavated a hidden realm in World 89 and found a material similar to Eastern Nation's unique energy. I've already processed it into fissures."
As all eyes focused on Moon Mark, he continued, "However, the amount of energy I obtained was limited. At most, I can create three fissures, each capable of transporting only one person. This means we can only send three people to Eastern Nation."
Without hesitation, the Ice Emperor declared, "I'll go!"
Given the mission's goal—to invade Eastern Nation and kill the enemy—everyone volunteered enthusiastically.
"I'll go too! I'll kill those bastards. Don't fight me for this!"
However, Seraph's voice silenced them. "None of us should go."
"No matter who goes, it's pointless."
"Eastern Nation exploited the absence of key figures like us to suppress the Empire Guild with precision."
"If we go recklessly, we'll face their entire army. Even if the three of us go, it'd be a suicide mission."
"And with their Mark of Death, if we're killed, there's no return."
Everyone fell silent.
Seraph had pinpointed the core issue.
Unless Dragon Nation sent its entire force, how could just three people take on all of Eastern Nation?
Not even Wolong could manage that alone.
As the group deliberated, the Ice Emperor suddenly received a call.
After the call, he said, "There is one person who can go. And he will undoubtedly succeed in this mission."
"Who?" Everyone stared at him.
The Ice Emperor calmly uttered a single name: "Zero."
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