Those who reincarnate must die.

"So, you've always wanted me to become stronger, wanted me to give up my desire to restore my homeland?" Zhang Lang sighed inwardly, "To avenge my homeland?"

"I might have some selfish motives too... but believe me, without overwhelming strength, even if your homeland truly recovers, you won't be able to protect it!" Xu earnestly advised, "In the world of the altar, force is the only true principle!"

"I understand your thoughts." Zhang Lang closed his eyes. "We have similar experiences and similar goals. But precisely because of this, I believe you can understand my thoughts as well."

"If I were to change my wish to revive Lu Zixu's hometown now, what would you say?"

Upon hearing this, Xu fell silent.

The memories preserved in a remnant soul are incomplete, but what remains are definitely the most unforgettable emotions from one's lifetime.

There was anger, there was fear, but even more so, there was love.

Lu Zixu, in his lifetime, was also a person with family, friends, and a lover...

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Shen Clan, Main World, Yingjian Group Headquarters.

Inside the newly renovated chairman's office, Zhang Lang and Zeus sat facing each other.

Zeus had already heard Zhang Lang's report on Ning Yi's matter. The leader of the Shen tribe was also greatly shocked by this.

"Divine transformation..." Zeus stroked his chin. "A flawless disguise. I never imagined Ning Yi was already dead four years ago... If he was a traitor, then the Shen clan had absolutely no secrets from the Chen clan these past few years!"

"The secrets that were meant to be revealed can't be kept anymore." Zhang Lang looked at Zeus. "I'm more concerned about what he said: 'Does the Shen tribe's control really not last more than three months?'"

Zeus sighed, "In less than three months, during the next mission cycle, if we lose more than two worlds, our control will completely collapse!"

"Two worlds..." Zhang Lang pondered for a moment, "What benefit would other races gain from scheming to destroy us? Is a weak race worth them uniting and waging war against us?"

Zeus gave a bitter smile: "As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot. The destruction of a race is often not the result of a planned conspiracy by other races. In the twelve races and the vast world, dozens of battlefields will be opened up in each cycle, and the control of each race will be constantly balanced between victory and defeat."

"However, once the balance at a certain point is broken, and the control of a certain race is on the verge of collapse, other altars will certainly not mind taking the opportunity to kick them while they're down."

"This isn't deliberate scheming; it's kicking someone when they're down!"

"Has there ever been a case of racial extermination before?" Zhang Lang asked.

"Of course it has happened," Zeus said, looking at Zhang Lang. "And more than once."

Zhang Lang frowned and said, "So, there were originally more than just these twelve races?"

Zeus shook his head: "No, although racial extinctions have occurred many times, there have always only been these twelve races at the altar."

"What do you mean?" Zhang Lang frowned.

"What do you think is the sign of the extinction of a race?" Zeus asked Zhang Lang.

"This..." Zhang Lang instinctively thought of killing all the enemy's heroes and destroying the altar... but then he thought back to the time when he almost wiped out the heroes of the Si clan, but the Si clan's control value did not collapse... It seems that it is not that simple.

"Does this mean we must completely exterminate the entire race?"

Zeus chuckled: "Every race has thousands of parallel worlds, and the altar restricts the comings and goings of those who reincarnate. It's not so easy to wipe out a race."

"Simply wiping out the reincarnators is useless...and genocide won't do either." Zhang Lang narrowed his eyes: "Destroy the main world!"

Zeus nodded: "You guessed right."

"If we compare a race to a country, then the main world is the king of that country, the mission world is the thousands of subjects, and we reincarnators are the soldiers who maintain the country's security."

"When others harm our people, soldiers will step in to repel the enemy. Similarly, when resources need to be plundered, soldiers will be sent out to attack the people of other countries."

However, no matter how strong the soldiers are, they can only target villages on the outskirts of the country. To assassinate the king, they would have to storm the capital, break through layers of defenses, and penetrate deep into the high walls and courtyards... which is almost impossible.

"However, if a country cannot protect its own people and allows a large number of its citizens to be killed by foreigners, then the country's strength will decline, and the capital will be difficult to defend. Until one day, the city's defenses completely collapse, and the enemy easily breaks into the palace, kills the king, and plunders the treasures."

"However, this is all these foreign powers can do. They have killed the king, destroyed the army, and the country has been overthrown. They cannot continue to attack innocent civilians. This is an international legal convention... which is also the provision of the altar."

"Therefore, although the king was killed and the country collapsed, the people are still here, and the rules remain. Soon, the country will elect a new king to restore order."

Zhang Lang frowned: "You mean, if the main world is destroyed, a mission world will become the new main world?"

Zeus nodded: "But it's a long process. After the destruction of the previous main world, the resources of this reconstructed altar were plundered in large quantities. After the birth of the new main world, it will be difficult to cultivate powerful reincarnators."

"Do you think that the top three, the middle four, and the bottom five of the twelve races were predetermined from the beginning?"

"While the innate characteristics of various races may vary in strength, you should have realized that compared to the enhancements gained after becoming a Reincarnator, those innate advantages and disadvantages are simply insignificant. As for the early stages when you first enter the altar, during the sacrifice phase, you won't encounter any other races; you'll only be dealing with your own race's world. So, the so-called racial advantage is not really apparent."

Therefore, the strength or weakness between races has little to do with innate abilities.

"What truly determines a race's status is the number of times it has been wiped out!"

"The more times a race is destroyed, the more breaks there are in its lineage, and the more difficult it is for newly generated reincarnators to grow. Over time, they fall behind races that have been destroyed less often."

Zhang Lang nodded: "I see... So, how many times has the Shen clan been wiped out before?"

"I've experienced it twice..." Zeus's words made Zhang Lang's eyes widen: "You've experienced it?"

Zeus nodded: "Once was sixty years ago, and once was more than ninety years ago... After the destruction of the main world, those who survived the reincarnations from the main world were sent to settle in the new main world... There are still a few old guys in the altar who have experienced one destruction, but I am the only one who has experienced two."

"And as far as I know, the main world has been destroyed at least seven times before that!"

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