VCRMM: Chapter 437

Xu Sili stored the thousands of star cores into the space capsule. Then he opened the control panel and used Black Armor to recall the swarm of zergs chasing the interstellar beasts.

The swarm of bugs had a good meal and offered no resistance. They obediently abandoned the food that was within reach and flew back one after another.

The sight of the black swarm was enough to make one feel numb.

Each beetle was only two stars in strength, but no one dared to underestimate them when they gathered together and appeared in a group.

Even a close to eight stars elementalist like Rosam would find it troublesome to face a swarm of zergs, especially when he witnessed firsthand how thousands of four or five star celestial dragon beasts were devoured by them, leaving only their star cores.

However, the zergs didn’t escape damage during this process.

The results might be remarkable, but Xu Sili scanned the swarm with his mental strength and found that the number of zergs had decreased by nearly half, and many of them were missing limbs.

He wasn’t heartbroken. The ones that survived were all powerful. After eating so many four or five star celestial dragon beasts, almost every one of them was close to advancing to the next level.

After discovering the approaching swarm of insects, the senior elementalists had solemn expressions, clearly indicating that the swarm was putting them under considerable pressure.

Xu Sili thought for a moment before giving them a guard order.

They received the new command and started patrolling the outer perimeter of the forgotten land.

Guarding was one of the basic commands that the ruler gave to the swarm.

As long as Black Armor was here, the swarm would fight to the death to defend this territory. They would take the initiative to attack when discovering an invasion from outside.

Moreover, Xu Sili could send messages through Black Armor, allowing the swarm to distinguish between friend and foe.

It was because in this star field, the main threat came from interstellar beasts. Thus, Xu Sili excluded humanoid creatures from the attack range.

Looking at the swarm of zergs buzzing through the void, Xu Sili instructed Si Sheng to create a huge rock according to his plan. Then he forcefully threw it into the void.

After leaving the forgotten land for a period of time, the rock actually floated in the void, just like the star cores of the celestial dragon beasts.

Xu Sili saw that this method worked, so he had Si Sheng replace the stone with metal. Then he did the same thing again.

Finally, hundreds of spheres made of metal or stone floated in the void surrounding the forgotten land, creating a spectacular sight.

After doing all of this, Xu Sili nodded in satisfaction. He opened the control panel again, and issued a command for the zerg to build a nest.

Song of the beetles broke away from the group and flew together towards the spheres.

They were all relatively large ones that weren’t seriously injured. They had sharp and hard fangs that could easily break through the scales of the celestial dragon beasts, let alone these metals and stones.

Before long, hundreds of spheres were hollowed out, leaving small holes for easy entry and exit.

Then Xu Sili issued new orders to a female zerg in the swarm.

In addition to the king zerg, female zergs also had the ability to reproduce.

It was just that the offspring bred by these female zergs had very average talents and aptitudes, and their levels couldn’t surpass that of the female zerg. Even if the female zerg advanced later, the offspring bred previously wouldn’t break through together.

Of course, this excluded the larvae that mutated into king zergs.

The female zergs received the command, detached themselves from the swarm and quickly burrowed into the hollowed-out spheres to mate and lay eggs with the returning male zergs.

Xu Sili sent the remaining ones back to their nests to hibernate and advance, leaving only a small group to patrol.

His series of actions were captured by Happy Cultivator’s live stream camera, and even the inside of the spheres was filmed at the request of the audience.

To be honest, everyone was dumbfounded.

[Why do I find His Majesty Snow a bit scary?]

[Is this using the zerg as a defense force? If they can be controlled, it seems like a pretty good idea.]

[Haha, do you think the contribution points for Happy Cultivator will be very low?]

Happy Cultivator had just explained how he got here, how he received the mission and what happened afterwards, silencing those who mocked and ridiculed him in previous posts and leaving them with only envy, jealousy and hatred.

But his smugness was short-lived once he discovered this devastating news.

He thought about the unfortunate Blue Mark from before and felt that his future was bleak.

Xu Sili didn’t care about Happy Cultivator. He looked at the results in front of him and nodded.

Once this batch of larvae hatched and grew, the forgotten land would have a large number of controllable guards. This would greatly reduce the defensive pressure on Rosam and the others.

He could also return to Roland and bring more people to improve the environment here.

Xu Sili looked up at the barrier in the sky. The elemental`elf had conveyed all the information to him, giving him a deeper understanding of this world.

Therefore, he knew that the nearly two hundred high-level elementalists couldn’t return to Escher Star yet.

The reason why the world consciousness had fallen into slumber was that it was undergoing self-repair. The cracks in the world’s barrier had been repaired to some extent, but it was still very fragile.

If so many high-level elementalists returned in a short period of time, it would increase the burden on the elemental elf, thus accelerating the breaking of the barrier seal.

Breaking the seal wouldn’t be a big deal in itself, but it would cause the weak points of the world’s barrier to crack again. In that case, they would have to defend more than just this place.

Therefore, it would take some time before these seniors could be gradually brought back once Escher Star had been repaired to a certain extent.

Faced with these hardworking and meritorious high-level elementalists, Xu Sili naturally wouldn’t let them continue to suffer. Improving their defensive capabilities and living conditions were essential.

Rosam and the others were already stunned by Xu Sili and Si Sheng’s actions. Moreover, whether they could return to Escher Star or not depended on Happy Cultivator.

Happy Cultivator was a Rolander and clearly only listened to His Majesty Roland.

So after Xu Sili explained it, they all expressed their understanding.

Thus, Xu Sili prepared to go back. There were still many things to arrange.

Leopold couldn’t return, so Xenos naturally stayed behind. The father and son had spent several years apart and had a lot to talk about.

However, he didn’t only think about himself. Before Xu Sili left, he told Xu Sili to bring Silin next time and also… to tell Fengqing that he was safe.

After all, he might not be able to return to Roland for a long time.

Xu Sili looked puzzled but still granted his request.

In addition to Xenos, Happy Cultivator was also left behind. After communicating with the elemental elf, Xu Sili and Si Sheng no longer needed to go through Happy Cultivator to travel directly to the forgotten land.

Unfortunately, the barrier wasn’t stable enough to allow a direct use of the teleportation circle, which would’ve been much more convenient.

Still, there was now the home system. He never needed to worry too much.

After the elemental elf explained this, Xu Sili finally understood the explanation behind the players.

The players’ bodies were actually generated directly from the energy of the elemental elf. They were merely soul projections attached to energy bodies.

Each death was merely the dissipation of the energy body, which the elemental elf could then regenerate. However, the regeneration process took time, so resurrecting on the spot took 30 minutes.

The birth point, the summoning circle, contained the energy that the elemental elf usually stored. Moreover, this circle had a special energy-gathering effect, storing enough energy bodies normally.

Once the players chose to resurrect at their original location, they didn’t need such a long respawn time.

This was also the reason why the players’ attributes were different from the natives.

The elemental elf hadn’t fully recovered and there were so many energy bodies being created. If the attributes were on par with the natives, even the world consciousness wouldn’t be able to handle it.

In exchange, players had very high talents. They were composed of elemental energy, similar to elemental avatars, so they possessed the ability to learn with a single click.

Since the players were energy bodies, the elemental elf had a lot of room to maneuver. This allowed the home system’s travel function to be realized.

After all, it was just a transfer of energy for the elemental elf.

Subsequently, the two of them returned to Escher Star through the barrier crystal. Guided by the elemental elf, they crossed the special magnetic field.

The interstellar beasts in the sky were incredibly powerful for Happy Cultivator, but they were nothing in the eyes of Si Sheng and Xu Sili.

The two of them worked seamlessly together, fighting their way back.

Now that Xu Sili knew Escher Star was a real world and these interstellar beasts were the virus invading the planet, he became even more ruthless towards them.

The two of them returned to the Roland Empire. Silin, Val and the others, who received the news from Xiao Wu, were already waiting for them at the palace.

Upon receiving a positive response from Xu Sili, even the strong-willed Xu Sili couldn’t help shedding tears.

“That’s wonderful. Father and Uncle Brenda are still alive…” She quickly wiped away her tears and pleaded with Xu Sili.

“Your Majesty, I want to see my father!”

“Brother, I want to go too!”

Joan was extremely excited. He already knew that the father he respected and loved was actually his uncle, but the feelings they shared over the years couldn’t be faked.

In Joan’s heart, Leopold was still a father figure.

“I will take you there, but we need to make some preparations first.”

Xu Sili gave a general overview of the situation of the forgotten land. Everyone understood and actively participated in the preparations.

Three days later, all the surviving members of the Roland imperial family gathered in the forgotten land and were finally reunited!

To be honest, the sight of all the Roland royalty, with their silver hair, purple eyes and stunning good looks, was incredibly striking.

The elementalists from Roland were deeply moved. Even those from other kingdoms had to admit that the Roland imperial family had truly superior genes.

Xu Sili was also very pleased.

Over the past few days, he had been repeatedly processing the memories he received from the split soul.

As he delved deeper, details of his interactions with his family that he previously deliberately ignored slowly surfaced in his mind, deepening his feelings for them.

His divided soul couldn’t understand before, but he could now clearly see and understand his father’s good intentions in the past.

The former emperor didn’t dislike Snow. It was just that in such an era and as a member of the Roland imperial family, he would have to shoulder responsibilities if he accepted the royal treatment.

For example, Silin and Xenos. They trained in the military at a young age and went directly to the front lines after reaching adulthood.

As an ordinary person, could he possibly survive in such a war?

Of course, Xu Sili couldn’t help thinking of those games when facing Leopold…

Ahem—

Actually, he and Si Sheng went in and experienced it, but this was something that his cheap father absolutely couldn’t know.

However, Xu Sili clearly noticed the difference in Xenos once he returned this time.

The way he looked at Xu Sili was noticeably gentler than usual.

He probably already knew from Leopold that Xu SIli was really his brother.

Xu Sili couldn’t help wondering what Xenos’ reaction would be if he knew that his black dragon friend, Fengqing, was actually Xu Sili’s older brother in another world.

The elementalist engineering team brought by Xu Sili started to transform and build this place.

The engineering team had built several cities and was very experienced. The engineers weren’t high-level, but they were better than high-level elementalists when it came to using elements for construction.

There was the existence of high-level elementalists and Rosam and the others were very willing to communicate with young people and give them guidance in the process.

Therefore, for a period of time afterward, the forgotten land became a sacred place that many young elementalists longed for.

Later, it was opened to players and this place became a high-level map for monster hunting and adventuring.

After players arrived in the forgotten land, their mission wasn’t to guard but to explore the habitat of the interstellar beasts and expand within their capabilities.

It could be said that interstellar beasts were the culprit behind the tragic state of Escher Star.

The origin of the interstellar beasts often fascinated countless researchers.

In order to reach the forgotten land, they were willing to go through those long and tedious chain quests just for an opportunity.

On Escher Star, the pace of eliminating the interstellar beasts accelerated once again.

Upon learning that the level restriction could only be lifted by clearing out all the interstellar beasts on Escher Star, even players on friendly alien nations returned to Escher Star to clear out the monsters and join the team building Escher Star.

Everything proceeded smoothly and steadily. Before they knew it, a year had passed.