Bai Ye's mind was somewhat hazy, and many past scenes flickered before his eyes.
Back then, the World Battlefield had reached its final stages, with fewer and fewer regional divisions.
Most areas were either devastated or merged.
Ultimately, the world battlefield was divided into only four sectors: East, West, North, and South, plus the central area where the exit was located.
The East Sector was dominated by the twin Bai's: Bai Lu and Bai Ye!
These two single-handedly conquered all the technological zones in the East.
Bai Lu alone could obliterate a city.
Bai Ye alone possessed the combat power of a city.
In the West Sector was Huang Quan, known as the Underworld King, who could summon legions of the undead to wreak havoc. He once fought Bai Ye's mechanical army to a standstill.
The West Sector, under his control, was utterly inaccessible to outsiders.
This was the height of royal authority!
The North Sector was a battleground for two rivals: Jian Shen Xia Zhi Feng, the Sword God, and Mo Dao Wang His Moras, the Demon Lord. Playing the roles of fated enemies, they fought relentlessly day and night, plunging the world into chaos.
During the struggle for the Central Area, they both went berserk, ultimately fighting to the death.
In the South Sector was Lilith Gela, hailed as an Apostle, the only woman to receive divine power. At the time, many experts referred to her as the closest to god.
In truth, Bai Ye's journey to the end had an element of luck.
At that time, Lilith Gela was considered the one most likely to reach the central tower and escape the World Battlefield.
Apart from the first echelon of experts…
On Duan Kong Mountain, Situ Chi Cheng meditated on the way of the sword.
Within the Nine Layered Tomb, Duoluo Nu meticulously refined his flying corpses.
In Fei Lei Tian, Kasala tempered his Thunder Hammer.
By the Forgetful Sea, Ye Yue played barefoot in the water.
But did these named experts propel the progress of the World Battlefield?
No, of course not!
This matter was unrelated to strength. Often, there was a limit to what one person could accomplish, no matter how powerful they were. Things that couldn't be done, simply couldn't be done.
The fundamental core driving the progress of the World Battlefield was the exploration of regions, the excavation of forbidden zones, which led to the massive appearance of Divine Stone fragments and large-scale conflicts.
Then…
To adapt to this rhythm, they could only continue exploring and excavating forbidden zones, in a cyclical manner.
Therefore, what truly drove the progress of the World Battlefield…
Bai Ye believed it was the three major forces!
Namely…
The Hidden Dragon Association, the Evil Spirit Collective, and the Flower Street.
These three major forces possessed vast numbers of personnel and could act in an organized and orderly fashion. Their activities were the core driving force behind the World Battlefield's progression.
To put it more directly…
Bai Ye's final battle in his previous life—the Central Area War!
Were the contenders in that struggle the various experts?
Of course not!
The total number of combatants in that war exceeded ten thousand. It was the final battle, and the largest battle in the history of the World Battlefield.
And the majority of these combatants were from the three major forces.
The so-called experts were, in the final analysis, limited in number.
How could they possibly initiate the Central Area War?
What truly initiated the Central Area War were the three major forces!
It was their belief that the final hour had arrived, and their respective factions were qualified to fight their way into the Central Area.
Thus, the Central Area War began.
Experts?
The so-called experts merely followed the tide of the era and joined this war.
As of now, the Hidden Dragon Association had already begun to take shape.
This was inevitable. The controllers of the Hidden Dragon Association were not even within the World Battlefield. They were powerful individuals who had once entered and then left the World Battlefield, and upon returning to their own worlds, had established this organization.
Therefore, the Hidden Dragon Association had a natural foundation. From the very beginning of their entry into the World Battlefield, a portion of them were already allied.
Then, using these individuals from the same world as a base, they continuously expanded their influence, inevitably leading to rapid growth.
As for the Evil Spirit Collective, which Bai Ye now faced…
Bai Ye had a certain understanding of them as well.
The formation of the Evil Spirit Collective was a response to the oppression of the Hidden Dragon Association.
In order to establish an early advantage, the Hidden Dragon Association had acted excessively. Where there is oppression, there is resistance.
Then…
A man named Harvey Stanson found his opportunity.
He utilized the oppression of the Hidden Dragon Association to establish the Evil Spirit Collective, and Harvey, in certain aspects, was indeed a genius.
In Bai Ye's memory, Harvey Stanson's personal strength was rather ordinary. With the support of the Evil Spirit Collective, he could only barely break into the top-tier ranks in the later stages of the World Battlefield.
Furthermore, he relied heavily on various resources; his personal combat prowess remained consistently mediocre.
Combat talent, after all, still existed!
However, Harvey's talent in command was clearly maximized.
He used corporate management methods to establish a hierarchy for the Evil Spirit Collective, managing them with different departments, each with its own responsibilities.
After initially using the oppression of the Hidden Dragon Association to gather a large number of followers, he then used his excellent management style to stabilize and expand the Evil Spirit Collective.
In the early stages, they were naturally no match for the Hidden Dragon Association, but after the World Battlefield entered its mid-phase, the Evil Spirit Collective took off.
The growth of the Hidden Dragon Association reached a bottleneck, while the Evil Spirit Collective continued to develop steadily, eventually leading to a situation of mutual opposition.
And if the Evil Spirit Collective was considered a steadily improving entity…
Then, the Flower Street, one of the three major forces, was truly legendary.
Bai Ye did not know much about the Flower Street, or rather, most people knew very little about it. They only knew that the leader of the Flower Street was named Hua Zhi Xiao, and people called her Sister Hua.
The rise of the Flower Street was a complete mystery.
No one knew how the Flower Street developed, yet their activities were always being heard of.
Although the Flower Street was one of the three major forces.
However, before the outbreak of the Central War, the recognized major forces were actually only the Hidden Dragon Association and the Evil Spirit Collective.
At that time, it would not be an exaggeration to call it a two-horse race between these two factions.
As a result…
When the Central War commenced, the Flower Street astonished everyone.
The Flower Street revealed its terrifying power.
Because, more than half of the Flower Street's members…
Were actually members of the Hidden Dragon Association and the Evil Spirit Collective!
This inevitably brought to mind two words: Undercover!
But in normal undercover operations, there was one person hidden among many. This was astonishing; the Flower Street's infiltration meant that at least a quarter of the personnel from the two major factions were their own people.
And among those famous experts, who seemed to have no contact with the Flower Street, it was discovered during the Central Area War that these experts were also members of the Flower Street.
Therefore, the Flower Street truly made a name for itself in the final battle, and it was only at that time that everyone realized the Flower Street's strength was in no way inferior to the Hidden Dragon Association and the Evil Spirit Collective.
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