Volume 3 Containment Operation Chapter 13 I am the Corpse King
When I came online again, it was more than ten hours later. I contacted Afeng and briefly explained the matter to him. I had been in the game for two days and two nights, which made him extremely worried. He couldn't contact me and didn't know what had happened . He felt relieved until he saw me sleeping. He left a message asking me to contact him as soon as possible.
He quickly found a place to die and entered the "Dead Space". It took so much effort to kill a corpse king, but it was still unclear what benefits he could get. It was a pity that he had no chance to make him his subordinate, otherwise he would be a powerful assistant.
As soon as she appeared, she immediately felt something was wrong. There seemed to be something extra on her head. She reached out to touch it and found it seemed to be a crown. She wanted to take it off to have a look, but it couldn't be taken off. She had to take out a small mirror. The so-called love of beauty is something that everyone has. Even in the virtual game world, one must pay attention to one's appearance. Therefore, a dressing mirror is a must-have item for both men and women.
On my head is a dark golden crown, small and exquisite, very unique, and looks familiar. Oh, yes, it seems to be the one that Carbon is wearing. I checked the properties and found that it is called "Corpse King's Crown", which can only be used in the "Dead Soul Space". It increases the upper limit of mental power by 50%, and comes with the ability of "coercion", and the effect of "coercion" is enhanced by 30%. This is a good thing. Increasing the upper limit of mental power means that I can live longer in the "Dead Soul Space", and "coercion" is an even more amazing attribute, which can make the undead creatures with less mental power than me more awed by me. Even the undead creatures stronger than me will be affected to varying degrees, which can increase the success rate of "Soul Contract". The only drawback is that it can only be used in the "Dead Soul Space". If I can bring it to the human world, I estimate that my mental power is the highest in the whole "World", and I can summon a lot of brothers every time. But on the other hand, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing to regret. It is really inappropriate for a modern human player to always walk around with a crown on his head. What's more, there is a scary and eerie zombie engraved on the black crown. It is too conspicuous and he will become the main target of the Church of Light in the future.
In the status bar , in addition to "Intermediate Undead Wizard" and "Junior Thief", I also have a striking title of "Fifth Corpse King". There are no other obvious changes except for a slight increase in seniority value. After all, I have killed a big boss, but I was not rewarded with any skills or increased any attribute values. I was just given a small crown and was sent away. In addition to the crown, it seems that Lao Ka himself is also wearing a robe. Why not give it to me as well? This system is too stingy. Is it bullying me because I am the new emperor and deliberately making things difficult for me?
At this moment, there was a spiritual fluctuation in the air. It was easy to distinguish that there were four of them, "The Fourth Corpse King, Luha", "The Third Corpse King, Tana", "The Second Corpse King, Sandu", and "The First Corpse King, Heitian". The visitors reported their names one by one, and then gave a welcome speech together, "Welcome, the new fifth Corpse King A'dai!" Before I could say a few polite words, they quickly retreated. It seemed that it was just a routine greeting, and they had no intention of communicating with me, the new Corpse King, to enhance our friendship.
The zombie area no longer has many secrets for me who has become the Corpse King. With the authority and functions of the Corpse King, all the strong ones above the level of Thousand-Year Corpse King have bright spots of corresponding intensity displayed on the regional distribution map, and the four old guys are no exception. They are the four brightest among them. I am also displayed on it, but it really hit my confidence. Even with the amplification performance of the "Corpse King's Crown", you can clearly see the gap between me and them from the brightness. I'd better stay away from them in the future and don't provoke these perverted guys. How can the stars compete with the bright moon? What's more, I'm not the brightest star. Even some veteran Thousand-Year Corpse Kings are stronger than me, which really makes me depressed. The Corpse King is really a bit cowardly. No wonder the four old guys looked down on me. They probably think I'm not worthy of being trained and can't hold this position steadily.
Wearing the "Corpse King Crown" and inheriting the throne of the fifth Corpse King, I checked the "Corpse King Code" and had a preliminary understanding of many things. Corpse King, the supreme ruler of the zombie world, enjoys supreme power and honor, and is the ultimate goal of all zombie evolution. Because the number of places is limited, the competition is unprecedentedly fierce. The four old guys in the front are better. Except for the possibility of facing challenges from the next level, as long as they don't have too much ambition and don't want to go to the next level, the risk factor is much smaller. The first to bear the brunt is the weakest Fifth Corpse King. So many thousand-year-old corpse kings are watching. As long as the number of their subordinates exceeds 10,000, they are qualified to launch a challenge and may become famous at any time. Therefore, the throne is changed most frequently. As a Corpse King successor with such weak strength like me, it is estimated that it will soon be possible to be pulled down by the newly rising strong. Those four old guys are really too snobbish.
Suppress, this is the first thought that flashed through my mind. No matter how other zombie kings deal with similar crises, I must take the initiative to thoroughly and ruthlessly suppress those forces that can threaten me and nip their resistance in the bud. If I am harassed by their challenges from time to time, even if I have the confidence to defeat them one by one with the "Touch of Death", "Orb of Chaos" and "Crown of Zombie King", my precious time will be wasted on this. How can I have the spare time to increase my qualifications and advance? What I want is to help friends and seek wealth, not to seek the false name of a zombie king.
As a corpse king, as long as I want, except for the core forces of the four old guys, I can clearly grasp the exact number of zombies in a certain territory at any time. Those close to 10,000 will become my key targets. Under my "coercion", ordinary zombies have no ability to resist at all and can only accept ruthless slaughter. There is no need to waste time signing a "soul contract". I don't have the ambition to expand the army and usurp the fourth corpse king. It's lonely at the top! There is no need to kill too many, just eliminate half of them. You should be kind to your own people. Killing all or attacking the corpse king without reason is a taboo for the corpse king, which is easy to cause interference from other corpse kings. So if the leading thousand-year corpse king dares to resist, it will be even better. It's just what I want. Suppression is not a challenge. Without so many rules and constraints, I can directly order the old zombie and phosphorescence to work with me. It can definitely solve it easily and completely eradicate a scourge. In this way, I can quickly increase my qualifications and disintegrate the potential hostile strength. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Why not do it?
The next few days kept me very busy. I spent the whole day in the "Dead Space", running around, planning actions, adjusting existing forces, and performing the duties of a new Corpse King.
The forces left by the former fifth zombie king Carbon automatically disintegrated when he died, and split into small territories led by three zombie kings. The largest of them has only 7,000 zombies, which can't pose a threat to me for the time being. I don't need to worry about it for now. After my detailed investigation, I urgently need to deal with a territory with more than 9,000 zombies. The number of zombies in two other territories is also close to 9,000, and they will become the next targets to be attacked.
I cannot bring too many subordinates with me, as that will easily trigger a war of the undead. If I take action myself, ordinary zombies will of course just wait to be killed. But if it were my subordinates, they would not be so submissive. They would definitely stand up and resist at the critical moment of life and death. Therefore, only Taotao, Laojiang and Phosphorus are responsible for killing the enemies. The one thousand strong zombies accompanying me are just for show to show off my power as the King of the Corpses.
Leaving a thousand men at the periphery to cheer, I rushed into the territory of the Corpse King with Taotao and the others. All the ordinary zombies were lying on the ground, trembling all over, just like when Carbon appeared that day. The only thing that made me dissatisfied was the thousand-year-old Corpse King, whose waist was slightly bent, and it didn't seem so submissive. I hope that it will live up to its name as the king and muster up the courage to resist, so that I can eliminate the threat and subdue another capable subordinate . "Soul Contract" is also an attack skill, and cannot be used on Corpse King-level characters without authorization. Alas, it is so troublesome to become a Corpse King, and there are so many restrictions.
As the Corpse King, only the other four old guys of the same level could interfere with my actions. There was no need to explain anything to this thousand-year-old Corpse King. I just started a bloody massacre. Under my "pressure", the capabilities of ordinary zombies were greatly reduced, and their weak resistance was simply unable to withstand the attacks of Taotao and the other three. As for me, I was even faster, with the "Crown of the Corpse King" to cooperate with it, the power of "Touch of Death" was greatly enhanced, and the "Sperm Absorption|Marrow Devouring" would suck around the body, and the zombies would immediately turn into flying smoke. My efficiency was several times higher than before.
The Millennium Corpse King was trembling all over, and I could feel the anger and hatred in its consciousness, but so what? It had no right to challenge me fairly. As the party in a weaker position, before it had enough strength to resist, the only thing it could do was to endure bitterly. Any random resistance would only lead to a greater blow or even destruction. I was waiting for its counterattack.
I was a little disappointed. The Millennium Corpse King obviously understood this. He watched me slaughter his three thousand subordinates and resisted without resistance. This left me no excuse to attack. I had no choice but to leave with the old zombies, and I lost the chance to subdue him.
I, the new successor, launched a bloody war in the zombie world. I slaughtered for three consecutive days, killed more than 10,000 zombies, and weakened three threatening territories. Unfortunately, the three thousand-year-old zombie kings wisely chose a non-resistance policy, which made me lose the excuse to further expand my victory. Moreover, the level of the zombies was too low, and their contribution to the current seniority value was very limited. In the end, it simply did not increase much. After killing so many, I was still a little short of 100%.
All of this was done within the scope of the rules, and no one could blame me. Even so, the four old guys still came to talk to me together, claiming that what I had done in the past few days had caused great panic in the zombie world, making everyone feel insecure, affecting unity and stability, and hoped that I could consider the overall situation and stop this unreasonable massacre. This time they finally stopped being so arrogant and showed me the respect I deserved. Anyway, I had achieved my goal, and I was really tired of killing these zombies that couldn't resist, so I just went with the flow and pretended to give face to the four old guys and agreed to their request.
After stabilizing the zombies, it's time to deal with the skeleton archer. According to the "Encyclopedia of Undead Creatures", in the skeleton world, the Skeleton King is only equivalent to the Millennium Corpse King. Above it is the more powerful Bone Emperor, who commands the low-level skeleton-based undead creatures. Although it doesn't say whether they have the same rules as the zombie world, it's better to believe it than not. The lesson I learned from Carbon this time was enough. I had to use all means to get through it and was tortured half to death. If a Bone Emperor shows up to challenge me accidentally, no matter how fast I am, I can't outrun the bow and arrow. I don't have the confidence to turn danger into safety again.
According to Afeng and his team's analysis, the Corpse King Challenge event is likely a "divine punishment" of the system, a test for powerful individuals who have reached a certain level of strength, deliberately setting obstacles to balance the game environment. If you want to prevent this from happening, you must take precautions before it happens. The number of Skeleton Archers is about 15,000, and you must not continue to expand blindly, and you can't keep all the existing ones. After the Kaben incident, I am very cautious about the number exceeding 10,000, for fear of causing some disaster. In fact, although there are many, they are of little use. They can't be used much in the human world, and they dare not be used indiscriminately in the "Dead Soul Space", which is easy to cause a war of the undead. It's just that I feel more at ease when I look at the large black mass.
I gritted my teeth and sent 7,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people with incomplete arrows to rush into a zombie territory, and once again provoked the Undead War. I let them rush around and I didn't directly participate in the battle. In the Undead War, all zombies were united against the enemy, and the effect of "coercion" was greatly reduced. Anyway, those skeleton archers were used for sacrifice, so I let them play freely, which saved my energy.
I was quite satisfied with the outcome. Although I was besieged by tens of thousands of zombies, the long-range attacks of the skeleton archers still exerted great power. Coupled with the unexpected attack, I killed nearly 20,000 zombies in total. My qualification value finally climbed to 100% with great difficulty, and I could finally be promoted to the fourth-level profession.
It is easy to get thousands of soldiers but difficult to get good generals. It seems that my previous one-sided pursuit of quantity was really a bit biased. It didn't play a big role in reality and also caused these troubles. If it weren't for the "Chaos Ball" I just drew that came in handy in the critical moment, I'm afraid I would have been killed by the Corpse King Kaben. Now it's a blessing in disguise, and my strength has increased a lot. I should plan carefully for future development and try to recruit more powerful subordinates.
