Chapter 346: Killing One, Another Comes

The death of the Dream Shadow Clan member was broadcasted through live streams, reaching the eyes of everyone.

One by one, they cheered. Even the ninth-tier enemies were dead. There was no force on Earth that could rival the Humans anymore. This meant that the pressure that had been weighing on them for over thirty years had finally vanished!

Not only were the people excited, even the Human Emperors, for the first time, felt an uncontrollable joy.

Humans now possessed nine peak eighth-order experts. Mutant Beasts were no longer a concern, and the time for them to regain their dominance over Earth as its rightful rulers was drawing near.

"Emperor Su, I, Old Li, rarely admire people, but you are definitely the second person I respect," said the Western Emperor solemnly.

"I wonder who the first one is?" White Emperor curiously asked.

"Of course, it's the teacher," a trace of sorrow flashed in the eyes of the Western Emperor.

Each of the veteran Kings had benefited from the favor of the South Emperor, whose passing was most mourned by them.

However, Su Chen's killing of Huo Yi could be considered a revenge for the South Emperor. Even if the South Emperor knew, he would probably be comforted.

Among the Mutant Beasts now, apart from Wind Tide that was still missing and a fleeing Sea King, there were no more eighth-order Mutant Beasts left. The Mutant Beasts were practically extinct, and the remaining Mutant Beasts below the eighth-order would be gradually reclaimed by Humans over the next few years.

With their nine peak eighth-order experts, even giving the Mutant Beasts ten more years wouldn't pose a threat.

Becoming a peak eighth-order expert wasn't an easy feat. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been only one South Emperor emerging among the Human Emperors over these many years.

The Human Emperors showered praise upon Su Chen. They all knew that Su Chen would be the pioneer of a new era for Humans!

While the Human Emperors carried the burden for Humans during their darkest times, Su Chen was the one who tore through the darkness, allowing Humans to see the light.

With no more threats, it was only a matter of time before Humans became the masters of Earth.

Dream Shadow Clan probably never anticipated that a single appearance would cost them so dearly.

Meanwhile, in a place far beyond countless light-years away, the surroundings were shrouded in darkness, devoid of any stars. Faintly visible were clusters of dim lights drifting around at a rapid speed.

Suddenly, these light clusters all quivered simultaneously, showing a brief pause.

"Yuan, dead."

Although there were no audible sounds, this message transmitted to all the light clusters, causing their brightness to increase slightly.

"Since the birth of the Dream Shadow Clan, the number has never decreased. This is the first instance of reduction. The cause must be thoroughly investigated!"

"It's quite far away, likely at the edge of the universe. Send members from that region to investigate."

"Who's the closest member?"

"Heng."

Just as Su Chen was feeling triumphant about eradicating the Dream Shadow Clan, a message from the System appeared in a timely manner: "Triggered a side quest due to the host's killing of a Dream Shadow Clan member. This led to the first reduction in Dream Shadow Clan's numbers. Dream Shadow Clan has dispatched another member to investigate the cause. The next Dream Shadow Clan will descend upon Earth a year from now. Quest requirement: The host must confront and kill the Dream Shadow Clan upon its arrival in a year. Reward upon completion: One billion energy points, opportunity for weapon advancement, opportunity for unit evolution, opportunity for building upgrades, opportunity for Commander permissions upgrade, as well as one chance to randomly draw from civilian versions. No punishment for quest failure."

"Damn it! System, what's this? How did the Dream Shadow Clan know I killed their member?" Su Chen's mouth twitched.

Just as he killed one, another one emerged. Did that mean he was now at odds with the Dream Shadow Clan?

"Dream Shadow Clan is quite sensitive to the well-being of their members. They can clearly sense whether a member is alive or dead and have a rough perception of the area where the member died. It's an innate ability of their race. The one-year time frame is the result of the System's calculations. Rest assured, the Dream Shadow Clan won't arrive on Earth until a year later," explained the System.

Su Chen sighed helplessly. If the System said so, he had to confront them. He had thought that killing the Dream Shadow Clan member would give him some ease, but he didn't expect there would be follow-up tasks.

At this moment, he noticed the rich rewards listed in the quest, some of which he had never encountered before.

Energy points, unit evolution opportunities, he understood those, but what was the "weapons advancement opportunity"?

"When weapons advance to a certain level, they encounter a bottleneck of sorts. Only by utilizing the weapons advancement opportunity can they continue to improve, or by researching in the combat laboratory. Either way, the improvement can be achieved," the System explained.

Su Chen was taken aback. He had never heard of this before.

"If I raise my Psychic technique to the highest level, without this advancement opportunity, will I be unable to reach the Soul technique?" Su Chen inquired.

"You could put it that way."

Now he understood the importance of the combat laboratory. Fortunately, he could build one in each base. This would allow him to recruit numerous scientists to research various techniques day and night.

The building upgrade opportunity was probably similar to the weapons advancement opportunity, he thought. But Su Chen remembered that he could use energy points to upgrade buildings. This didn't seem particularly useful.

"The building upgrade opportunity will comprehensively improve all buildings. If the discrepancy between buildings and weapons is too large, you might not be able to build the latest weapons. However, rest assured, the building upgrade opportunity applies to all building units simultaneously, so you won't need to upgrade them one by one," the System explained.

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief. Just the weapons advancement opportunity was already giving him a headache. He would have to contemplate for a while before choosing which weapon to enhance each time. If the buildings were the same, he felt he might develop decision paralysis.

The Commander permissions upgrade opportunity didn't need much explanation. It would undoubtedly enhance the effects of the permissions he already had. Some of these permissions were quite powerful, and if they were truly upgraded, he couldn't even imagine the outcome.

Especially the first permission. If his strength became equal to that of his strongest subordinate after the upgrade, could he surpass his most powerful subordinate?

System confirmed that he guessed correctly.

It wasn't just the first permission; the other permissions also had various potent effects. However, as his strength grew, he almost didn't use some of the permissions.

For example, the third-level permission and the fourth-level permission. The former allowed him to strengthen a unit's strength by one tier each day, with a maximum of four tiers. After he enhanced it, the current highest limit was at the Sixth Order, which wasn't particularly useful for Su Chen.

The fourth-level permission allowed him to randomly summon a Red Alert unit each day. While it was good at the beginning, now he could build most units himself, except for the Superweapons in Red Alert. This permission's effect had become lack

luster. (To be continued...)

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