Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 830 - 598 The First Shrine

After the external threats were eliminated, the warriors of Eternal Night City became even more fearless.

When countless octopus-headed corpses were strewn across the ground, all the survivors finally collapsed onto the ground, either waiting for rescue or easing their fatigued bodies.

"We survived..."

"Survived again."

"Hahaha! Wonderful! This pitch-black night—I could gaze at it for a lifetime and never tire!"

No matter where one lives, at least one is alive.

Eternal Night City had languished in darkness for countless years and battled external threats for countless years.

Yet no one ever considered simply giving up.

Life, once born, should strive to endure and carry on.

Generation after generation, Eternal Night City persisted this way.

The city may one day face destruction, but by no means can it happen under this generation's watch.

"Do you see? This is the reason I sought to form an alliance." War God Ares stood atop the tallest building in the city, his finger tracing toward every corner below.

In those dark corners, every life shimmered with brilliance.

"The old men in the city only care about preserving humanity's final shred of dignity, unwilling to gamble with the last of our resources to push humanity forward."

"I know that, relying solely on our own imperial capital's strength, it's difficult to help every city around the world achieve a bright future."

"But time is never on our side. I refuse to let humanity's lineage vanish without even one attempt to fight back."

"When I pressed my blade to those old men's throats and forced them into this alliance, even I didn't know what direction the future of this alliance would take."

"Luckily!" Ares clapped the figure beside him heavily on the back. "Luckily, I have you! Seeing you, I finally know this alliance has a future!"

A combat force so overwhelmingly strong that it can singlehandedly destroy a Bug Nest—if he is willing, he could dedicate his life to clearing this planet of all alien threats, one step at a time!

Returning humanity to a world of blue skies and white clouds where they can breathe freely once more!

"You are humanity's true beacon of hope!" Ares pursed his lips. "And perhaps an even more freakish monster than me..."

Though honored as the "War God," the vast gap in strength between him and others often led to people calling him a freak.

Now... finally, someone even freakier than him had emerged!

Ares felt a shred of solace.

This title could now finally be passed on from him.

"Hmm..." Bai E turned his face away, refusing to answer directly.

The scope of the global threat was truly vast. For him alone to clean it all up—how many years would that take?

The attention he bore would not allow him to stay solely on this planet forever.

When would the Bug Race's massive fleet return?

A hundred years? Two hundred?

Five to ten years? One year or less?

So, he couldn't fulfill Ares's expectations.

Reclaiming this planet would ultimately require the efforts of ordinary people in the majority.

Ares, oblivious to Bai E's hesitations, simply continued speaking with a carefree grin: "If only you had appeared sooner..."

Bai E pursed his lips and shook his head. "I just managed to finish dealing with the matters in the city."

If he had come sooner, he wouldn't possess the strength he had now. It could only be said... everything had happened just at the right time.

Ares let out a hearty laugh. "True! After all, I heard you were a general before—there must've been some stories during that time too."

Saying this, Ares clapped Bai E on the shoulder again. "You're stronger than me! They actually considered making me the city lord, but I know myself—I couldn't handle being a city lord. I just want to lead soldiers and roam the world looking for trouble with those bugs and beastmen! When you wage a global campaign, you must take me along... although, you probably won't need me."

Ares felt a bit deflated.

The man before him could single-handedly annihilate an entire Bug Nest army. With combat prowess of this caliber—what need would he even have for Ares?

Teaming up with him would only waste manpower; splitting into two separate forces and attacking from different directions to eradicate the global bug infestation was the most effective strategy.

To singlehandedly annihilate a Bug Nest!

What an unimaginable feat for humanity!

And when this news spread throughout the city, Eternal Night City erupted into a frenzy.

The city had been invaded by bugs!

Shock, panic.

The imperial capital's leaders had come to help weed out the bug infiltrators!

Joy, gratitude.

The Bug Nest had launched an all-out assault outside the city!

Deathly silence, despair.

And the Bug Nest army was wiped out single-handedly by a lord from the city!

What?!!!

This—this was the collective emotional rollercoaster experienced by every resident of Eternal Night City upon learning the sequence of events.

When the initial shock gradually subsided in each person's mind, only then did they start to realize that everything that had happened in such a brief period... was indeed real!

The bugs disguising themselves as humans and infiltrating the city, perhaps living for many years as neighbors, was real.

The Bug Nest army launching an all-out offensive to obliterate the city was also real.

But all these disasters, any of which could have spelled annihilation for Eternal Night City, were all resolved with a single wave of a hand by the same individual.

At the city's central plaza, countless residents of Eternal Night City gathered around the expansive central tower stage, attentively listening to someone passionately narrate the legendary tale that had unfolded right before their eyes.

"Who, at the alliance conference in the imperial capital, uncovered the bugs' plot to infiltrate our human society?!"