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Chapter 634: Chapter 363: Coming out of Seclusion (First Update)_1 Chapter 634: Chapter 363: Coming out of Seclusion (First Update)_1 After settling, Liuzi conscripted Scouts, then scouted, and decisively started constructing a new settlement upon confirming the next location before proceeding to expand his territory.

In the first ten turns, Liuzi’s operations were incredibly fluid, with muscle memory from hundreds of repetitions allowing him to execute early-game tasks even with his eyes closed.

However, during the eleventh turn, something unexpected happened.

One of his allies issued a plea for help, but Liuzi paid it no heed.

His second settlement had just been completed, the massive mobile base vehicle was ready to depart, and at that moment, he had no troops to spare for support.

Nevertheless, he still sent a batch of resources in response to the request.

Watching the huge transport aircraft take to the sky and head towards his ally’s location, Liuzi felt there shouldn’t be any problems and all would be well soon.

But the situation took an unimaginable turn.

In a mere three turns, one of his Emperor allies was completely annihilated.

Before being destroyed, the ally chose to self-destruct, obliterating two settlements and wiping out the Holy Monarch’s troops in their territory in an explosive send-off.

Then, the ally sent over his remaining resources to Liuzi without any final words before disappearing from the annals of history.

“Poquita, ah!” Liuzi cried out in agony, “Why did you just leave like that!”

But as he was about to mourn the departure of the Poquita civilization, the Holy Monarch civilization proceeded to launch an attack on another Emperor.

This time, Liuzi chose to engage in coordinated combat.

With the resources left by the Poquita civilization, he established a new settlement, used his accumulated virtue to open a portal, then led his troops to the battlefield to join forces with his ally against the enemy.

There, he encountered the new generation of Holy Monarch spoken of by the Goddess of Art.

The adversary wasn’t burly nor handsome; he was just an ordinary-looking middle-aged man with no distinguishing features.

Yet it was this common man who, in just three turns, brought an ally to their knees, with a strength so formidable it was hard to imagine.

As the leader and Cultivator of the Holy Monarch civilization, he was protected in the center by a dozen Guard Army soldiers, preventing Liuzi’s assassination attempt.

In the game, Cultivators are the most crucial component of every civilization, and the death or capture of a Cultivator signifies a civilization’s defeat.

Therefore, strategies targeting the decapitation of Cultivators were numerous, but against Virtue Monarch-level AI, such tactics were difficult to succeed.

Upon noticing Liuzi’s presence, the adversary even waved friendly and called out across the space, “Hello there, opposing leader.”

The sudden greeting took Liuzi by surprise.

AI leaders of other levels seemed somewhat daft, and you could tell from one look at their low intelligence that although their tactical arrangements might be sophisticated, they didn’t feel like living beings.

But the Holy Monarch before him seemed vividly lifelike; there was an air about him that other AIs lacked, the essence of a living being, making Liuzi feel as though he was facing off against a very real, living NPC.

Of course, AI technology has always been a specialty of Fang Cheng Studio, but leader-type AIs undoubtedly require stronger technical prowess, and the facilities needed to implement them are that much more advanced.

Putting everything else aside, the technical capability of Fang Cheng Studio in artificial intelligence is frightfully high.

After hesitating for a moment, Liuzi returned the gesture and said, “Hello.”

The Holy Monarch gave a slight smile and then nodded towards Liuzi, saying, “Thank you.”

“Why?”

Instead of answering directly, the Holy Monarch looked over the battlefield before saying, “It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand. All you need to know is that we are very grateful for everything you’ve done for us. To express our gratitude, I will do my utmost to provide you with a battle that leaves no regrets.”

Liuzi carefully analyzed the Holy Monarch’s words but found himself somewhat at a loss.

Some have analyzed the storyline of “Immortal Road” and discovered that the game’s plot isn’t as simple as it appears.

Fang Cheng Studio seems to be purposely creating an environment of fragmented narration, with a wealth of text hidden within the memories recalled by different races, yet upon careful assembly, the omnipresent narrative threads within the game become evident.

Liuzi also found this part of the game intriguing, but as he was about to ask further, the Holy Monarch had already returned to his base, making ready to wage war.

The war began.

Despite it being a two-against-one scenario, and even with the inheritance from another Emperor, Liuzi still felt uneasy.

When the battle officially commenced, he finally understood where that unease stemmed from.

The enemy’s strength was beyond imagination, reaching almost artistic levels.

Each troop type was used in its proper context, every maneuver had profound intent, and the opponent’s performance made Liuzi feel as though the battlefield was a high-dimensional chessboard, with the opposing Holy Monarch as its master. Liuzi and his ally’s every move was transparent to him.

In just seven turns, the coalition forces of Liuzi and his ally were shattered, and although the Holy Monarch temporarily withdrew his troops, the battle had taken place on his ally’s turf.

The ally’s domain was left in tatters, with virtually all structures destroyed, their resources completely looted, and their future potential nearly obliterated.