Infinite Survival: The winner takes all!

The Holy See always respects the internal affairs of dependent species and never interferes across borders or invades their territories.

Not only that, when these subordinate races encounter difficulties, they can seek assistance from the Vatican.

The only obligation they need to undertake is to maintain firm and pious faith in the Five Gods.

After the original forest land was successfully designated as the territory of the Five Gods, the total territory controlled by the Holy See has expanded to 200,000 square kilometers.

Faced with such a vast area, sufficient personnel defense is particularly important.

However, the five major tribes are currently facing a shortage of human resources. In view of this, the Holy See has prudently decided to postpone further territorial expansion and shift its focus to construction work within the territory.

Time flies, and three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, although the population growth of the five major tribes slowed down slightly, it still grew steadily to a huge number of 600,000.

At the same time, during these three years, the construction of various defense facilities in the territory has become increasingly complete.

Especially the Divine Power Tower, whose construction has advanced to the edge of the territory, forming a solid line of defense.

Just as the Holy See was gearing up for another expansion, Li Ming and his four companions unexpectedly received a player message broadcast by the system.

A familiar and mechanical voice echoed in everyone's mind, 'The player statues of the Eagle Team have all been shattered, all members have died, and they have officially withdrawn from the competition.'

Although the message was short, its content was somewhat shocking.

"What's going on? This is the first time we received news about the players, and it turned out to be a notice of their death."

Yunshan was the first to break the silence. There was an indescribable complex emotion in her tone, making it difficult to judge whether she was expressing emotion or gloating.

“Haha, it’s not a bad thing anyway. It just eliminates one competitor.” Cecily expressed her opinion bluntly.

Xingmei's tone revealed a hint of hesitation, "It feels a bit strange. The game has been developed for nearly fifteen years. How could they all die suddenly?"

Dongmen Qiansha pondered for a moment, but had no idea, so she asked directly, "Captain, what do you think?"

"There are probably two reasons." Li Ming replied in a calm tone, "First, it may be that they were hit hard by the strongest force in this world, causing the territory to be completely destroyed and the statue to be shattered."

"Secondly, it is also possible that they were besieged by other players and were outnumbered, so they were quickly destroyed."

"The most powerful force in this world? What kind of force is it? How do you know all this?" Yun Shan asked curiously.

"I don't know what specific force it is." Li Ming pondered for a moment, then continued to explain: "But judging from the fact that the trolls have been cautiously retreating to their original territory, they dare not wantonly expand their territory, nor do they dare to actively develop believers."

"We can reasonably infer that in this world, there must be some force that is much more powerful than the trolls. It is this force that makes them fearful and afraid to grow stronger."

"Good fellow, no wonder the trolls never launched a war against us from the beginning to the end, and left so easily." Yun Shan suddenly realized, "They are actually waiting for us to clash with the unknown forces, and it would be best if both sides were defeated, so that they can reap the benefits."

Cecily didn't care about the trolls. She was more concerned about the players' alliance that Li Ming mentioned earlier.

"Little man, how did you conclude that the second scenario was that the Eagle Team was destroyed because of a joint attack by other players?"

"This speculation is actually not difficult." Li Ming smiled and said, "Just imagine, if we encounter another team during the expansion of our territory, what do you think will happen next? Will it be a life-and-death fight until one side is completely defeated?"

Hearing this, the other four people immediately understood.

"No." Dongmen Qiansha took over the conversation, "A life-and-death fight will only cause serious damage to both sides, and may even allow other teams to take advantage. Therefore, in comparison, the possibility of choosing an alliance is greater."

"I see, this is the essence of the game!" Yun Shan seemed a little excited. "In this game, forming alliances is the key to a quick victory. Only by uniting together can we crush other players' territories with overwhelming force."

"Also, there are four qualifying spots, which means that up to four teams can form an alliance. This way, they can fight the enemy together without having to worry about internal disputes over the distribution of benefits."

Hearing this, Dongmen Qiansha couldn't help but feel anxious, "But, there are no other player teams around us, who can we find to join the alliance?"

"You'll have to ask Li Ming about this question." Yun Shan chuckled, with a somewhat teasing tone, "He took us flying for so long that it felt like his soul was about to dissipate before we finally found this godforsaken place."

Cecily couldn't help laughing and teased, "Little man, don't you have anything to explain?"

"What's there to explain?" Li Ming retorted nonchalantly, "The strategy of forming alliances is only applicable to those existing dependent species."

"Because whether you choose a species with a large number of advantages or a species with strong individual strength, there will be some upper limit."

"If a species is abundant, then its individuals won't be very strong. Conversely, if the individuals are strong, then it will be difficult for the population to reach a very high level."

"What's more, the reproduction speed is also an issue that cannot be ignored. These are the natural laws of the ecological chain."

"The way we choose to create species can completely avoid the problem of having our cake and eat it too."

At this point, his tone gradually became excited. "You have witnessed the rapid growth of the population of the five major tribes. As for the defect that only has a very small probability of giving birth to a divine messenger, what does it matter in the face of such a huge species base?"

"Therefore, the so-called alliances are just childish tricks. We just need to develop steadily and then conquer the world!"

Sweeping the world? The other people were deeply touched by Li Ming's words, and their emotions were also aroused.

Only Yunshan couldn't help but whisper, "You are the child!"

"Captain, you are so awesome!" Dongmen Qiansha couldn't help but exclaimed.

"It's nothing, actually. It's just that I have more information than others." Li Ming's tone returned to calm again.

If he didn't have more than two thousand points of mental pollution resistance and the V5 level'Concentration' ability, he wouldn't dare to spy on the L6 level demon soul.

Because this is no different from seeking death.

Seven days later, the familiar mechanical prompt sound once again echoed in the minds of all players.

'The player statues of Team Tyrant have all been shattered, all members have died, and they have officially withdrawn from the competition.'