The Doomsday Lord: Starting as a Insect Queen
Chapter 420 - 221: The High-spirited "Protagonist Group" (6k)_3

Chapter 420: Chapter 221: The High-spirited "Protagonist Group" (6k)_3

Then the great war naturally moved towards its conclusion.

However, they received news that those other cities they had originally asked for help from—forces that, for Bai Yi, were considered allies despite being invested in by other Lords—had now, in turn, sent requests for aid to them.

Upon receiving this message, it was necessary to convene an emergency meeting. Despite their lack of experience, the siblings were granted observer status because of their undeniably strongest combat power.

Though not skilled in internal strife, that was because they faced the "protagonists"; otherwise, these high-ranking officials have substantial merit.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to maintain such a force through a monster invasion by mere military might alone.

After some discussion, they quickly reached a conclusion: it was likely due to the siblings’ displayed combat power that the monsters, who originally intended to concentrate their forces to annihilate them, decided quickly to give up upon realizing it was futile.

They shifted their targets, employing the same tactics on another.

The group now seeking aid was, except for themselves, the weakest. When they sent out the call for help, they were already in dire straits.

Simply put, reinforcement was certainly possible with the Transcendents gradually recovering, but whether to provide aid was a matter of much debate owing to self-preservation concerns.

Having experienced near-annihilation once, they were unwilling to face such a crisis again and wished to prevent similar tragedies.

Ultimately, after much discussion, they decided to toss the problem to the "unknown entity," which is Bai Yi.

All this occurred while Bai Yi was in the process of investigation, so the inquiry was almost seamlessly directed to Bai Yi.

If the inquiry had been made within the two days when Bai Yi hadn’t been checking, it might have been missed entirely.

As for deciding whether or not to help, she would undoubtedly choose to assist.

From her perspective, the more incidents they were involved in, the greater influence those she invested in could exert, thereby increasing her returns.

Moreover, the monsters abandoning a hard fight with her invested forces likely had something to do with the Lords who invested in monster forces influencing those monsters’ decisions.

Judging from recent battles, Bai Yi described those monsters as having a lot of "water," meaning they were half-heartedly engaged at best.

No traces of investment from other Lords were seen, but the rescue-requested video materials showed monsters with clear "extraterrestrial" traces.

Monsters even wielded powerful weapons, up to Immortal Cultivation Treasures and Magic Items, significantly different in style from virtual instance items.

Evidently, realizing there was an invested powerhouse here, they decided to abandon the fight and went to bully others instead.

Not just Bai Yi, but other Lords also needed their subordinate forces and investment targets to have more involvement.

Rather than expending resources in a futile battle with a formidable figure, it was better to swallow weaker forces; after all, the final tally considered the elimination of a force.

If they committed forces against Bai Yi’s invested forces, they could be wiped out instantly.

For them, while not entirely out of the game, it would still be a significant loss.

From the monster side’s perspective, annihilating a human force is a major event, just as resisting large-scale invasions is among Bai Yi’s faction’s dispersed human factions.

Bai Yi’s first investment coincided with a similar event.

With the chance to participate once more, purely from a profit standpoint, Bai Yi would undoubtedly be willing.

Moreover, today brought the concurrent equipment of investment qualifications; based on the return from the last investment, her investment quota had directly doubled this time.

She could invest in more similar equipment to gain more combat power, allaying concerns about home defense.

She might even covertly invest and hold back, sending the siblings and several Transcendents as support, leading the monster Lords to believe all combat power had left, thereby luring them into an attack.

This way, the newly invested combat power could surprise them, scoring another large-scale invasion event for free.

Though it seemed easily detectable—a ploy that any but a fool would see through—Bai Yi realized that’s only because she knew she indeed invested in combat power from her standpoint.

In truth, this world isn’t short of brainless folks who convince themselves they can win upon glimpsing a superficial level, refusing to listen to reason.

Even knowing of possible ambushes, there would still be those attempting to invest combat power, looking for gains.

If there’s truly no ambush, they’d nearly score free points for eliminating a force.

Other Lords lacked the capacity to freely acquire resources on a world scale like Bai Yi, so resources gained in this cycle challenge were already quite substantial for most Lords.

Especially since the points obtained from eliminating a force were sufficient to justify the gamble, considering it cost them only one investor’s investment.

Anyway, unlike other human alliances, which could be wiped out at any moment, the monster faction’s vastness meant it wouldn’t collapse, providing continued investment opportunities. A loss once was an acceptable price.

Otherwise, this cycle challenge wouldn’t be deemed a "rewarding" cycle challenge, even if failure ensued. Points were still guaranteed unless their ultimate items were invested, ensuring no loss.