Chapter 2177 Howdy~ho~

The death of Dou Mo would have an impact on the entire main universe.

And this impact would be huge, far-reaching, and irreversible…

Of course, for the players and NPCs who were still fighting on the battlefield, one immediate and visible change was… it was dawn.

When Dou Mo’s body turned to dust and scattered with the wind, the demonic clouds in the sky lost the power to continue condensing. Amidst the energy turbulence generated by the battle between the two armies, the clouds were gradually pushed aside, and strands and rays of sunlight successively penetrated the thick demonic clouds, as if announcing the end of this long night.

“Those who can’t stand the light, retreat first!” Mr. Han Ji, as a king, was still responsible. In this situation, he immediately thought of protecting the safety of his people.

In the Monster Kingdom’s army, there were races or individuals such as vampires, Night-walking Divine Dragons, and Ushi no Toki Onna (Hour of the Ox Woman), who would encounter problems upon exposure to light. Now that they had finally seen the hope of victory, it would be too unfair if they were killed by the sun in the end.

“Howdy~ho~ I’ll cover you!” While Mr. Han Ji shouted, he used a move called "Shǐ Yún Gài Dǐng (Shit Cloud Covering the Top)," creating a shaded area between the battlefield and the city wall on the side of the royal city.

Although he couldn’t rely on demonic energy to darken the entire region or even the entire universe like Dou Mo could, it was more than enough to cover a passage.

But… his people didn’t seem to appreciate it much. Basically, everyone relied on the remaining shadows of the demonic clouds in the sky to return to the city on their own. The number of monsters willing to pass under the "Shit Shadow" was… few.

Regardless of the method, the retreat of the light-fearing races went smoothly, and their departure had no impact on the overall situation.

In fact, at this moment, the battle situation in the sky… was becoming an overwhelming advantage.

Just Ruo Yu and Blood Corpse God alone had already slaughtered the Scavengers into a scattered mess. And after the Kingdom’s army and a group of high-ranking NPCs gained the support of [Hall of Radiance - Modified], they had no worries and their efficiency in clearing out the soldiers greatly increased.

In addition, the participation of Feng Bujue, Wang Tanzhi, and Xu Huais殇 just now had dealt a devastating blow to the already losing redundant soldier legion.

The originally very thick cloud of soldiers was now being rapidly dissolved piece by piece like cotton candy, even faster than the dissipation of the demonic clouds…

“What a terrifying woman…” Feng Bujue fought and moved, arriving near Ruo Yu. He said in a teasing tone, “This is the last Scavenger, right?”

“Ah… I think so.” Ruo Yu replied after a two-second pause, having just killed a Scavenger. At this moment, she retracted her stance and continued, “Speaking of which… has the enemy’s replenishment speed slowed down a bit?”

“Heh…” Feng Bujue replied with a smile, “It’s not ‘slowed down a bit,’ it’s ‘almost completely stopped.’”

“Oh?” Ruo Yu muttered, “You were counting?”

“Of course I was counting.” Feng Bujue continued, “Although I went to the Well of Reincarnation in the middle, as long as I’m here, I’ve been paying attention to the replenishment of the redundant soldiers.”

“Then you know the reason why their troop line stopped?” Ruo Yu had already sensed a hint from Jue Ge’s tone, so she asked.

“It’s very simple.” Feng Bujue replied, “They’re all dead.”

“All dead?” Ruo Yu repeated these three words in a slightly doubtful tone.

Jue Ge knew that she wanted him to explain it more clearly, so he immediately added, “The redundant soldiers are not infinite in the first place, and no matter how fast their production speed is, it still takes a certain amount of time. It’s just… because there are already a lot of redundant soldiers produced, it gives people the illusion that they can never be killed.”

“You mean…” Ruo Yu said, “In this ‘Monster Kingdom Defense War,’ the existing redundant soldiers are almost completely dead?”

“That’s right.” Feng Bujue nodded and continued, “According to the information I got from Mr. Han Ji and the others, combined with the data I observed myself, it’s easy to calculate how many redundant soldiers they killed—it’s just killing efficiency multiplied by time, elementary school math.” He paused, “Of course, because ‘killing efficiency’ is inherently a constantly fluctuating value, and factors such as physical exertion and changes in the battle situation have to be taken into account, the final result will inevitably have a certain deviation, but… under that kind of base number, a difference of ten or eight thousand doesn’t matter.”

“But…” Ruo Yu thought for a moment and continued, “You don’t know the actual total number of the redundant soldier legion, without that as a reference value, the number you calculated wouldn’t have much meaning.” She paused slightly and asked, “How can you be sure that they stopped replenishing troops because they were about to die out, and not because they decided to give up the attack?”

“Wow…” At this time, Feng Bujue’s tone suddenly changed slightly, and he said in a saucy manner, “Don’t be like that, you’re making me excited.”

Ruo Yu, who was killing miscellaneous soldiers, heard this and deliberately took the time to turn her head and glare at Jue Ge, complaining, “Hey… what did I say… what content in my words made you reveal that kind of lewd expression and reply to me with such a sentence?”

“You followed my train of thought closely, made a clear analysis with logic, and immediately discovered the problem, and then asked the key question.” Feng Bujue also swept away enemies with Lan Jiao (Storm Leg) while saying, “This feeling… tsk tsk… it’s like…”

“Alright.” Ruo Yu interrupted him before he could finish, “I’d rather be harassed by you physically than listen to your next metaphor.”

Clearly, she felt that mental harassment was worse.

“You two…” At this moment, Samodier, who was not far from them, happened to hear their conversation and couldn’t help but interject, “I have a sentence of gar, I don’t know if I should say it or not.”

“What’s gar?” Jue Ge asked curiously.

“get_a_room.” For some reason, Samodier’s English seemed to be quite fluent.

“Hehe…” Feng Bujue smiled, “Okay, let’s get back to the main topic…” He undoubtedly still remembered the main topic, “Actually, I’m just making a reasonable guess… Think about it, why has this war been going on for two whole years? If their forces were truly infinite, it wouldn’t have taken so long, right? Just based on the redundant soldiers we’ve seen today, even if Dou Mo didn’t come to participate in the attack, which individual force could withstand it?

“However, the reality is that Dou Mo personally attacked many forces…

“This shows that their plan is tailored to the individual and adapts to the circumstances, the purpose being to avoid unnecessary losses.

“Take the Deduction Club as an example, letting Dou Mo go alone can take it down without costing a single soldier, but if you let the redundant soldier legion attack… although it should be able to take it down in the end, who knows how much it would cost. After all, Brother Zun and Old Wang are fighting on their home turf, and they could probably wear down tens of thousands of redundant soldiers with various means.

“And for forces like your Phantasm Demon Church, the Court of Truth, or the Blackbeard Pirates, it’s better to send a large force to besiege them; because you either have many strongholds, or many people, or strong mobility… If you let Dou Mo attack, you’d all scatter, making it difficult to catch you all at once.

“In short, the redundant soldier legion is not the kind of force that doesn’t care about losses and can never die out, it takes time to accumulate their numbers.

“Also, the main universe is only so big. If you can take down the entire main universe with 200,000 soldiers, would you keep building soldiers until you have two million? No matter how cautious you are, you should stop after building 400,000.

“Considering it from this angle, as long as you estimate the number of soldiers needed to conquer each force, you can basically guess how many existing soldiers the other side has in total.”

While Feng Bujue was explaining, the area around them was becoming increasingly empty, because… at this moment, the redundant soldier legion’s troop line had completely broken, and their numbers were only decreasing and not increasing.

With the Scavengers all dead, ordinary redundant soldiers would only attack chaotically. Without the concept of "escape," they wouldn’t even make detours, so next, it would basically be a one-sided clearing operation by the Kingdom’s army.

Seeing the victory within reach, the warriors of the Monster Kingdom were once again greatly encouraged, and they began to clean up the last of the remnants like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

And the players, at this time, didn’t need to join in the fun anymore. It wasn’t worth it to continue risking their lives in the sky for that little bit of skill value, so they all chose to return to the ground to rest.

Thus, this battle that took place in the Monster Kingdom… which was also the last battle line in the main universe, had been decided.

After experiencing a two-year-long night, the warriors of the main universe finally ushered in a ray of hope for victory.