Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 343 - 227 The Historical Slice has been Stitched! (Requesting Guaranteed Monthly Votes!)_6

Chapter 343: Chapter 227 The Historical Slice has been Stitched! (Requesting Guaranteed Monthly Votes!)_6

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After the players had disappeared one by one, only Meng Yuan and Shan Shang remained in the vast historic slice.

Meng Yuan frowned slightly, "The last strand of black energy..."

Shan Shang explained, "It’s Fei Lian. At the last moment, it saved the Demonic Qi that was left of Xingtian’s avatar."

Meng Yuan was frustrated, "This Fei Lian is really making me lose face!"

The players, not understanding, thought this was some sort of planned storyline.

But in reality, it wasn’t part of Meng Yuan’s plan at all.

He had thought that a big demon like Xingtian, who had no brain, would be easy to deal with. Although only less than one-third of its power remained in this historic slice, had they been able to destroy it completely and transform it into the power of the Reclaimer, it would have been a great victory, full of exhilaration.

However, unexpectedly, here was Fei Lian, stirring up trouble again!

Meng Yuan could forgive it for running away in Emperor Taizu of Sheng’s instance, and he didn’t want to hold a grudge against it.

But now, it was running away with other demons, and that was a bit too much!

Moreover, failing to retain the major demon bosses in two consecutive instances was also somewhat embarrassing for Beichen, the legitimate Reclaimer.

Shan Shang consoled, "It’s okay, being able to fight up to here is already an incredible feat.

"However... I have a premonition that the demons will definitely pull some other tricks in the future historic slices.

"But before that, let’s first absorb the power from this historic slice!"

Shan Shang began to float in the air, her hair standing on end, brewing a formidable power.

Soon, countless black energies rose from every location within this historic slice!

The demonic power that the demons had injected while twisting the historic slice was now all absorbed by Shan Shang, turning into the power of the Reclaimer.

It was foreseeable that after this upgrade, the players would be able to wield even greater powers.

Finally, as all the black energy was transformed into the white, mighty Qi and converged into Shan Shang’s body, she gently landed on the ground.

The girl before Meng Yuan was no longer the little loli from the beginning; she had transformed into a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young girl.

Indeed, the power of the two big demon avatars was not to be underestimated.

But just as Meng Yuan was ready to learn specific details of the upgrade from Shan Shang, he noticed her face turning serious.

She turned her head to look at the distant chaos of space-time currents.

Subsequently, Meng Yuan was taken by Shan Shang into the endless void.

"What’s going on?"

Meng Yuan was surprised, not knowing what had happened.

Shan Shang pointed into the distance, "Look there!"

Meng Yuan glanced over and was stunned.

Because he saw a scene he had never seen before, nor even imagined.

In the river of history, each dynasty was like a galaxy, and the numerous historic slices within each dynasty were like stars or planets, closely orbiting around.

Tracing back from the Great Sheng Dynasty to the position of the Qi Dynasty, there was a large dark era known as the "Central Continent Submergence" in between.

The entire historical region of the Qi Dynasty, compared to that of the Great Sheng Dynasty, had a clear difference.

It appeared noticeably dimmer, as if its boundaries were being eroded by darkness continuously, and the entire surrounding area had also diminished significantly.

After all, this was a dynasty that had not managed to achieve unification.

Situated in a core location, a historical snapshot locking down the whole region was shrouded in darkness and in a state of decline; it could even be said to be a playground for demons and monsters.

There was no helping it, for the Emperor of the Qi Dynasty really was rather disappointing.

Meanwhile, next to this historical snapshot, there was another massive and dazzling historical snapshot that in no way fell short of the one where Emperor Taizu of Sheng resided.

Because this belonged to General Han Fuyue.

Although he was not an emperor, the brilliant light he cast throughout the river of history overshadowed all emperors of the Qi Dynasty.

Originally, in Meng Yuan’s planning, the historical snapshot belonging to General Han Fuyue was set as the second target for conquest, while the central historical snapshot belonging to the Emperor of the Qi Dynasty was to be the last one to be conquered.

At this moment, Meng Yuan witnessed an unbelievable scene.

The historical snapshot of General Han Fuyue and the central historical snapshot of the Emperor of the Qi Dynasty were actually getting closer and merging!

Their boundaries had already touched, and it wouldn’t take much time for them to completely merge into one, becoming the same historical snapshot.

Meng Yuan was flabbergasted, "Can it even do that?"

Shen Shang also looked solemn, "Yes, currently both historical snapshots are occupied by demons, and indeed some powerful demons possess the force to forcibly twist and stitch together two historical snapshots.

"As in the previous historical snapshot, Yu Jiaxuan and Wang Wenchuan, who were separated by hundreds of years of history, were forcibly merged together; that’s a manifestation of this power."

Meng Yuan asked, "So if they merge like this, does it make it harder to break through?"

Shen Shang nodded, "Yes. However, the difficulty mainly lies not in the combat strength of the demons but in the complexity of deciphering.

"For demons to completely stitch together two different historical snapshots, of course, comes at a cost.

"The demonic power that each historical snapshot can bear is limited; even if two historical snapshots are stitched together, the demons cannot concentrate double the power. Their strength will still be similar to a single historical snapshot’s original capability.

"But the problem lies in, after such a fusion, the difficulty for returners in solving puzzles would increase significantly."

Meng Yuan thought for a bit, "Like, if I were to conquer the instance of General Han Fuyue, perhaps I’d only encounter enemies he had faced in his time, like the incompetent emperor then, like the traitor Qin Huizhi, or the powerful Jin soldiers...

"And when I go to conquer the instance of the Emperor of the Qi Dynasty, I might encounter some other issues.

"But once these two historical snapshots are stitched together, a variety of issues might interact chemically, triggering complex problems that were previously unpredictable, and moreover, these complex problems cannot be solved using historical records but require one’s own ingenuity to resolve."

Shen Shang nodded, "Exactly, that’s right."

Meng Yuan pondered for a moment, "Then it seems I need to prepare thoroughly this time. I need to think about how to stimulate the players’ creativity to the greatest extent...

"Can the strategy of going through and reforming, like inventing the flintlock, still be used?"

Shen Shang shook his head slightly, "Probably not.

"Because the subsequent historical snapshots rarely have continuous decade-long changes like Wang Wenchuan’s reforms. Either the time span is large but not continuous, or it is continuous but the time span is small.

"If you can’t bring in enough players, or if the technological level of the time wasn’t high enough, such technological innovations would be very difficult to achieve.

"Having suffered a significant loss this time, the demons will certainly be more vigilant and will find ways to obstruct.

"Moreover, the further back to Ancient Times we trace, the more severe the demons warp the historical snapshots, and the demonic power will play an increasingly important role in combat, and the killing power of firearms against demons will continue to decline."

Meng Yuan nodded, "All right, I understand.

"It seems that using such trickery to skip out will not be so easy in the future. I have to rely on real skills to solve the puzzles in the historical snapshots to come.

"In any case, this historical snapshot can be considered conquered. Let’s start preparing for this creation, as well as the next historical snapshot."

After receiving the upgraded information from Shen Shang, Meng Yuan began to prepare the update announcement for the new version.

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