# Chapter 2558: The Bane of the Era
God dang it, only underpants indeed!
But Yang Jian's description wasn't entirely inaccurate. How long had humanity really been in the starry sky?
Even though Jiangnan had already dragged back countless resources and treasures for humanity, their development speed was absolutely unprecedented in the starry sky. They had already created miracle after miracle!
But it still couldn't be called deep-rooted heritage!
Compared to those great clans that had developed for over a billion years, there was simply no comparison!
Take the insect race for example—Jiangnan could utterly crush them in Chuangjie Daxu, his single strength matching billions of insect soldiers!
But what about outside? Were the insect soldiers only in the billions? Billions was nothing!
Even the Silicon-based race wouldn't choose to easily start a war with the insect race. Who knew how deep the insect race's waters ran?
(Xuan Se: ꒰⸝⸝͡°͜ʖ͡°⸝⸝꒱✧ The heavens don't know! But I do!)
How long had Dimensional Star Navigation been running? It had already made humanity earn bucketloads!
The operating times of Silicon Speed Star Navigation and Bobo Star Navigation spanned who knows how many billions of years. How much profit had they generated?
And that was just one item—the Starfall Round Hall, Silicon-based technology, the Zeus God Arsenal, the Starry Sky Mine—there were too many things!
Heritage was accumulated over time. Although humanity had secured the third position and grasped ten million points!
But when it came to the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, competing in heritage with those great clans? Ten human clans stacked together wouldn't match a single fraction of theirs!
Back then, the reason Yang Jian hesitated about whether to fight the Sequence War was precisely his fear that the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle would burn through all of humanity's existing resources!
Such a situation would undoubtedly make things even worse for humanity's rapid development!
But unfortunately, Jiangnan and the others were too impressive. They went out and snatched third place right away!
Now, even if humanity didn't want to fight the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, they had to grit their teeth and go for it!
Otherwise, it would be a waste of this excellent start!
Chong Feiyu nodded: (͡°ก͡°) "This is really troubling. And we don't know if the rules for this Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle have changed!"
"We'll have to wait until the Sacred Law Council announces the specific details three days from now. Fighting is a must! But we absolutely can't damage our foundation!"
Yang Jian nodded continuously: "I'll make specific preparation plans later. You don't need to worry about that. It's my job from here on!"
"180 days? A bit tight, isn't it?"
Jiangnan listened on the side, feeling impatient:
(งᵒ̌～ᵒ̌)ง "What riddles are you two speaking? What exactly is the format of this Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle? Grabbing? Rushing? Proud and unrestrained? What's impossible about that?"
"And where is the Sea of Star Embers? Is it a place like Chuangjie Daxu?"
"Does the Bose race have some conspiracy again? 180 days of preparation? Isn't that half a year? We have to wait another half year? That's way too long! My youth, hey!"
"How are points grabbed? I'm more interested in that!"
A whole string of questions left Yang Jian and Chong Feiyu stunned. You have way too many questions, don't you?
So you only thought about fighting? You haven't understood a thing about the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle?
Xiao Chuihuo, Odin, and the others also gathered around, wanting to understand too, at least to have a clear picture.
Chong Feiyu propped her chin, cleared her throat twice:
(๑ˇกˇ) "Then let me, a veteran who's participated in the Sequence War, explain it to you little newcomers~"
"The first round, the Cosmos Grand Hunt, is meant to showcase racial potential, talent, possibilities, the quality of the younger generation, the strength of the pillars, and so on!"
"As for the second round, the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, it tests the race's overall combat capability, conquering power, heritage! Resources! Means! Alliances! Combat level! It's a reflection of the race's comprehensive strength!"
"But even though it's called an offensive and defensive battle, you can't just fight and compare who's stronger! Otherwise, after one Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, a starry sky war would break out directly, and the era might end!"
Jiangnan's mouth twitched. That was true. If they really fought a ten-thousand-race free-for-all with real weapons, everyone would go red-eyed, inevitably triggering an uncontrollable starry sky melee like the Cosmos War!
After one battle, the era would end directly. Who the hell would even bother?
If it came to that, none of the starry sky races would participate. One wrong move and they'd be exterminated. Who would still fight?
Chong Feiyu continued: "So the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle was born. A fixed star sector is designated as the offensive and defensive warzone. The ten thousand races conduct their offensive and defensive battles within it, drawing boundaries!"
"In the warzone, the Sacred Law Council divides the territories of the ten thousand races based on their Cosmos Grand Hunt rankings. They also distribute planets as racial bases, i.e., 'homes'! These base planets are the points!"
"What you need to do is, while guarding your own base planet, do your best to grab other races' planets! Conduct offensive and defensive battles!"
"The more base planets you control, the larger your territory, the stronger you are! And the more points you have! That's roughly the format."
Jiangnan's mouth hung wide open: ∑(°口°๑) "Seriously? You can play it like that? Build a home? Guard a home? Grab territory? Grab planets?"
Yang Jian nodded: "You can think of the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle as a sandbox game, a tower defense game. The Sea of Star Embers is one of several map options for the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle. Nothing special—it's already been beaten to pieces!"
"This model replicates real racial warfare and ten-thousand-race melees to the greatest extent, just with a smaller war scale and reduced consumption. The starry sky races can still afford to play."
Odin frowned deeply: (｡･ˇ_ˇ･) "In that case, it's still acceptable, right? The war intensity is controllable. It shouldn't be unaffordable."
Yang Jian shook his head: "No, no! The only difference is that during the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, aside from Star Devourers being barred from the battlefield, all races can continuously reinforce their troops!"
"In this Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle, how many troops and resources you invest depends entirely on the race's determination to compete for points!"
"Don't forget, behind every race's base planet stands a racial civilization with massive, powerful backup! No race will give up easily!"
"As long as the racial beacon remains, troops will keep reinforcing until the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle ends. Because as long as you keep contending, there's still a chance! It's not over!"
At this moment, the complete format of the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle was fully presented before everyone's eyes!
Baldr shuddered violently:
(｡･ˇ﹏ˇ･｡) "I can already imagine how intense the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle will be!"
Jiangnan was indeed strong! But no matter how strong he was, could he single-handedly withstand the combined, full-force suppression of other major races' troops? He couldn't even kill them all!
So the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle focused no longer on individual ability, but on a race's overall conquering power!
In this day and age, whichever race could fight was the one that was awesome!
Jiangnan swallowed: Σ(°△°|||) "Good grief... No wonder the various sequences are crying about not being able to afford it. No matter how many resources you sink in, you might lose everything!"
"Humanity is a big player too. It's indeed not easy to fight."
Unexpectedly, having too many points was also a headache!
Black God snickered: "Otherwise? What does the Sequence War fight? First, use the Cosmos Grand Hunt to deplete a wave of each sequence's elites!"
"Then use the Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle to deplete a wave of racial heritage! After one Sequence War, ten thousand years of accumulated heritage is spent to fight for a ranking!"
"Then develop for ten thousand years, deplete another wave—cycle back and forth like that... Now you know why the progress of the Thousand Stars Era has been so slow? The ten-thousand-year Sequence War repeatedly drains the blood of the era!"
"Twenty-plus billion years have only reached this level. The Sequence War is one of the roots of calamity. But it's not all bad. At least this way, the Bose race's position as starry sky overlord remains very stable."
Jiangnan squinted: "Because no race has the spare energy to rise up again?"
But you can't choose not to participate. The entire starry sky is under the control of the Sacred Law Council, which has established the rules of the era!
Races that don't follow the game rules get nothing to eat and are marginalized and eliminated by the era...
But the Bose race didn't care about the slow progress of the era. Or rather, this was exactly what they wanted!
Because of Xun Zu!
It was precisely to prevent an event like the Venerable Qing Jie from happening again that they needed the slow progress of the era!
So that Xun Zu wouldn't be killed by the heroes of the world either!
Thus, when Xun Zu breaks through to the Cosmos realm, that will be the time when the Bose race becomes eternal and rules the starry sky!
And the foundation of this Thousand Stars Era, everything, was supposed to have been set the day the Bose race created the Sacred Law Council!
It was synchronized with their god-making plan!
After 2.2 billion long years, the current Thousand Stars Era was forged!
Li Si clicked his tongue: "The Bose race's wolf-like ambitions—they're practically the cancer of the era, damn!"
Looking at it this way, the more he felt the theft of the Cosmos Seed was justified. Otherwise, the Bose race would have succeeded this time!
And the starry sky races would have no more chances!
Zhang San's maneuver truly saved the starry sky, at least pushing back the time of the Bose race's complete rise by a million years!
Jiangnan! Star Hunt King! The fake Cosmos Grand Hunt MVP!
Zhang San! Great hero! The real overall MVP, damn!
Jiangnan scratched his head:
୧(๑⁼̴～⁼̴) "No use thinking about that now. No race can truly fistfight the Bose race. The Sequence Offensive and Defensive Battle still has to be fought!"
"But to fight it well, it's not something our family can handle alone. I already have some mature ideas..."
Humanity couldn't afford to waste, couldn't afford to die, and had no heritage to compete with. So they had to think of other methods!
Fortunately, Jiangnan was a big brain!
This little matter couldn't stump him!
Yang Jian smiled: "Alright, alright! Don't think too much about it yet! The specific rules haven't come down yet. We'll discuss it after three days!"
"These few days, just enjoy the joy of victory. After all, our Cosmos Grand Hunt was exceptionally well-fought! Go back and party for three days and three nights without stopping!"
"The celebration feast is already set up on Lan Xing. They're waiting for you all. If you don't go soon, Cheng Bao'er might start eating!"
Jiangnan: ???
What? If Cheng Bao'er started eating, would there be anything left for everyone?
-=͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞ﾍ(٥͡°口͡°)ﾉ "Let's go, let's go! In a bit, the table will be eaten too! Hurry!"
Black God: ٩●۶ "Cola! I want iced cola!"