On the battlefield below.
Thor looked around in confusion. During this war, he had already gained an enormous amount of experience, leveling up five times in just a few days.
Although he was mostly playing a support role and had rarely killed enemies on his own, his military merits hadn't accumulated much.
But in this virtual game, where leveling up was extremely difficult, this experience alone was already a tremendous reward.
However, fate seemed to be playing a joke on him.
This time, supposedly equipped with a secret weapon, Noxus had deployed massive forces and launched another assault on Ionia.
Seventy percent of the troops on the battlefield were from Noxus.
And then, suddenly, an earthquake struck.
Both the Noxian army and the Ionian soldiers suffered heavy casualties in the quake.
When Thor barely avoided falling debris, he suddenly looked up into the sky.
"What's that?!"
He was in disbelief. Based on his understanding of the game, no player should have the ability to fly.
Yet when he looked up, wasn't there clearly a player in the sky?
Players and NPCs were easy to distinguish.
Although he knew that figure was a player, the distance was too great. He couldn't check the player's information panel, nor could he see the person's face.
"That's impossible. Since when can players fly? Is this some kind of bug?"
Just as Thor was still in shock, falling debris from the quake smashed him into a burst of white light.
Instant kill.
At the same time, a system notification appeared:
[You were killed by player Xu Dan.]
This…
This…
Respawning at the revival point, Thor looked aggrieved.
Games are made by people. People can do anything. Everything belongs to people.
He opened the enemy list and sent Xu Dan a private message:
You… can you take me to level up?
He didn't intend to hold a grudge over being killed once. In a game, dying once doesn't cost a piece of flesh.
As long as he could gain experience and good equipment, he could say anything. Whoever provides benefits is the boss.
However, his message sank like a stone into the sea. Xu Dan didn't reply for a long time.
It wasn't that Xu Dan didn't want to help Thor, but the factions were now hostile. It was like gang warfare in an online game—both sides had red names, and any area-of-effect skill could cause accidental damage.
Worse still, Xu Dan had now become the most notorious criminal in Ionia's history.
Any Ionian would attack him on sight.
Moreover, his sin value was still rising.
Of course, alongside that came continuous experience. There were elite monsters on the battlefield below, and his level was rising like a train speeding forward.
It had to be admitted — with her strength alone, Sindra could determine the outcome of a war.
Although Ionia also suffered heavy losses, the final victor would undoubtedly be Ionia.
The Noxian army had been routed.
Thus, Noxus's first invasion of Ionia ended this way.
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After finishing the day's gameplay, Xu Dan removed his gaming helmet and slowly sat up.
Thanks to the Mind Gem's enhancement of the cube server, players' mental strength improved while playing.
Therefore, when he returned to reality, he felt refreshed, as though he had slept deeply.
Stretching comfortably, he got up to wash.
After spending three days in the game, only one day had passed in reality. It was now morning, and Riva had prepared a meal in the dining room.
While eating breakfast, he watched the news as usual.
"Breaking news: Recently, a devastating tsunami struck the island nation, submerging 80% of its land. The disaster situation is extremely severe. The Earth Alliance has provided substantial aid, but the island nation is no longer able to recover…"
Seeing this report, a strange smile appeared on Xu Dan's face.
As expected, this so-called devastating tsunami had actually been deliberately planned by a certain faction within the Earth Alliance.
At the last meeting, someone had proposed eliminating the island nation.
Its collapse was ultimately a good thing. When Xu Dan established the distribution of Antarctic Military Industry, he had deliberately isolated the island nation.
Originally, the plan had been to let it decline slowly under intense competitive pressure. Within five years, it would become the most backward country in the world. But now, without further action, the island nation already existed in name only.
Yet now this had happened.
He continued watching the news.
"The remaining women and children of the island nation have been relocated to housing provided by the Earth Alliance and will enjoy generous policies. However, due to this disaster, the ocean has suffered widespread pollution. Experts conclude there is no nuclear leakage, only massive garbage contamination from the island nation."
In the past, the island nation had frequently suffered nuclear leakage incidents, and images of marine life mutating under radiation often circulated online.
The issue of energy pollution had long been raised by countries worldwide, but no perfect solution had been achieved.
Seeing this, Xu Dan thought of the blue energy tube extracted by Selvig from the Cosmic Cube.
That energy source was unquestionably non-polluting, as it was the power of the Cosmic Cube.
A single tube the thickness of a thumb could supply Antarctic Military Industry with energy for an entire month.
"It seems that producing this new, non-polluting energy would also be a good thing for Earth."
The global development of Antarctic enterprises had already changed many aspects of the world.
First, military strength. Second, urban construction.
At present, three supercities had been built: New York, Kyoto, and the Magic Capital.
These cities were filled with futuristic elements, pushing humanity forward at least two hundred years.
But such megacities also brought a sharp rise in pollution.
Even with strict environmental controls, big data showed that after these three cities were completed, pollution emissions had increased by 2.5 times.
Therefore, adopting new energy sources was essential.
This was not merely a question of profit, but of responsibility toward the world.
If urban development advanced recklessly without considering consequences, severe pollution would trigger chain reactions, and humanity would ultimately suffer.
However, extracting energy from the Cosmic Cube was a technical challenge and could not be rushed.
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