Translator: AnubisTL
"The first player to unlock a faction?"
Chen Jiang seized on the wording, instinctively touching his nose without speaking, sensing something ominous.
Scar Dog stared dumbfounded at his human-exclusive innate ability:
[Human Racial Innate Ability: Phoenix Nirvana]
[The human race is remarkably resilient. In its brief history, it has climbed from the bottom of the food chain to the apex of the biological hierarchy.]
[This extraordinary resilience has played a crucial role in its evolution, giving rise to the Phoenix Nirvana innate ability.]
[All members of the human race gain two lives.]
"Holy shit!" Scar Dog exclaimed, his expression stunned. "The human race's Racial Innate Ability is having two lives? Isn't that a bit too overpowered? The margin for error is massively increased!"
"Wait, what exactly is this Ten Thousand Races Arena?"
"People can revive after death?"
"It's like a game, with extra lives!"
Chen Jiang raised an eyebrow, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the gravity in each other's eyes.
Without hesitation...
The two quickly grabbed their weapons and crept through the darkness to the edge of the wasteland. They stared at the corpses of Ma Zi and his group, still lying on the ground untouched by mutated beasts. Unease gnawed at them, and they pulled out their guns again, methodically delivering headshots to each body.
This time, they were more thorough.
Beyond the skulls, they shattered abdomens and limbs, leaving nothing intact.
After all, if these corpses were to reanimate, it would be a disaster. No one could withstand a sudden bullet from behind.
With the grim task completed, they hurried back into the wasteland.
"Whew!"
Scar Dog wiped the sweat from his brow and took a deep breath as he slumped onto a stool. "Much better now."
Just as they had left the corpses, a global announcement had echoed in their ears. They had only glanced at it briefly, too preoccupied with the cleanup to read it properly.
Now, they finally had a moment to examine it closely.
[Global Announcement]
[Human player Scar Dog has officially launched the human faction.]
[Within three days, all players may freely choose whether to join the human race.]
[Joining a race grants access to its exclusive Racial Innate Ability.]
[This decision is irreversible. Once you join a race, you cannot leave it.]
[Players who do not join the human race within three days may still choose to join other factions when those races officially launch their factions.]
"Whoa," Chen Jiang murmured, clicking his tongue in awe. "A global announcement!"
"It's been three months since I arrived in this world, and this is the first time I've heard a global announcement. The voice must have resonated simultaneously in the ears of every member of the 97 races."
"Scar Dog, you're finally becoming famous."
"But it's actually a good thing. Right now, only the human race has established a faction. Joining grants you a race-specific innate ability, so many players from other races will probably join the human faction within these three days."
"That way, when the Hundred Races War eventually breaks out, the human faction will have the most players, giving us a slightly better chance of surviving to the end."
"But..."
Scar Dog frowned slightly, pointing uneasily at the screen. "But it's asking me to choose a race to declare war on."
"I have a bad feeling. If I choose to declare war, it might actually happen."
"That's likely true," Chen Jiang nodded solemnly. "After all, something capable of issuing global announcements probably has the power to declare war directly."
"Isn't this all a bit too absurd?"
"It is absurd, but being suddenly thrown from Blue Star into this godforsaken place is pretty absurd too."
"Brother Jiang, which race should we declare war on?"
"Let's go with the mechanical race. They've killed the most humans, and more importantly, they're the only race we know anything about. We haven't even seen the others."
"The mechanical race..."
Scar Dog stared at the option with a complex expression. The mechanical race was the same group from City 18, and the item shop they had raided belonged to them.
The mechanical race consisted of beings who were half machine and half flesh, commonly known as mechanical cyborgs.
They possessed destructive power that surpassed the limits of the human body.
Of course, many members of the mechanical race had no mechanical augmentations at all. These were the poor who couldn't afford the upgrades.
"Alright," Scar Dog nodded and chose to declare war on the mechanical race.
Immediately, a new page appeared before him:
[Please select a war declaration phrase, up to eighteen characters.]
[Warning: This phrase will be broadcast globally, and all players across all races will hear it.]
"Hiss!"
Scar Dog couldn't help but gasp, his head throbbing as he turned to Chen Jiang. "Brother Jiang... this ominous feeling is getting stronger."
"It wants me to choose a single sentence to declare war."
"What should I say?"
"I can't just say, 'Everyone here is trash,' can I?"
Before Chen Jiang could respond,
Suddenly, a global announcement echoed simultaneously in the ears of players from all races, delivered in their respective languages.
[Human player Scar Dog, representing the human faction, has officially declared war on the mechanical race!]
[Declaration of War: "I can't just say everyone here is trash, can I?"]
[The two races will now engage in a full-scale war. Human players who kill mechanical race players will receive substantial rewards, and vice versa.]
In an instant—
A declaration brimming with mockery and resignation reverberated in the ears of all players:
["I can't just say everyone here is trash, can I?"]
["..."]
Chen Jiang gazed at Scar Dog with admiration, giving him a thumbs-up. "You've got guts!"
"You've essentially declared war on 96 races simultaneously!"
"The human race initially had a god-tier start by being the first to formally establish a faction. Now, it's become a catastrophic start."
"If things go as expected, Scar Dog's name will likely be nailed to the human race's pillar of shame."
"Of course, this assumes the human race can still preserve its history."
"No!" Scar Dog protested, his voice rising slightly. "I just said something casually. How did it even isolate that one sentence?"
"Why didn't it isolate my first sentence instead?"
"It's clearly trying to provoke conflict."
Chen Jiang shook his head dismissively. "Based on this, the Ten Thousand Races Arena is either being manipulated by someone behind the scenes or possesses its own autonomous consciousness. It deliberately isolated your statement."
"By putting the human race in the spotlight, it's accelerating the spread of conflict."
"But it's not a major issue."
"Since rewards are only given for kills between the mechanical race and the human race, other races without overwhelming power won't casually provoke human players, lest they suffer an unexpected defeat."
"Still, it adds some difficulty."
"But there's no choice."
"This is how it has to be."
(End of the Chapter)
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