According to Amber's report:
During the recent period, nearly all of Ling Ke's combat operations around the world have leaned toward "guerrilla warfare."
In this process, he took full advantage of the convenience of his own space gate. At first, he ordered the Dominator Dolls to load character templates from games with high mobility and dispersed the ability to open gates everywhere.
Under these favorable conditions, large numbers of Dominator Dolls would often emerge from space gates, executing massacres one after another in the presence of "Karen Kaslana." By the time rescue forces arrived, the areas were already stained red.
All the Dominator Dolls bore the hatred of the survivors, and by then, they had long vanished.
This method has been fraying the nerves of the upper echelons of all factions.
Otto, in particular, bloodshot eyes within his soulsteel body.
However, everyone had overlooked one crucial fact:
The reason Ling Ke had his Dominator Dolls engage in guerrilla warfare wasn't because of a lack of frontal combat power.
Simply put... it's because this way, he accumulates points faster and more easily.
With over 10,000 Dominator units scattered across the globe, population density gets fragmented no matter what.
But if today they demolish buildings, tomorrow blow up bridges, assassinate political figures in broad daylight with one forelimb, and attack critical installations in various cities with the other...
And the governments of the world can do nothing against these killers—
Then the world will inevitably spiral into chaos.
Because the population will stop trusting their governments.
And the governments, in turn, will stop trusting anti-Honkai organizations.
This effect is progressive.
The age of overdeveloped internet has become a double-edged sword.
Because events spread rapidly and trigger irreversible waves of public opinion.
At that point, Ling Ke won't even need to act directly. The various forces, accustomed to blaming one another, will begin to fight among themselves.
Eventually—
Ling Ke, the Herrscher of Domination hostile to all mankind, will be expelled by Destiny and Anti-Entropy alike.
And those last two have plenty of skeletons in their closets.
No matter how hard they try to cover them up, they'll face punishment in the form of words.
Thus, they will become targets of resentment from the innocent who feel harmed.
As the "world-ending player," Ling Ke gains points whenever intelligent life dies—directly or indirectly—because of his actions.
In short: this is merely his ongoing phase of action.
And when the time for confrontation comes—
North America, Anti-Entropy Salt Lake Base
"唪唚~"
For the first time ever, a massive space gate opened dozens of kilometers away.
Its appearance was instantly detected by the Salt Lake base's surveillance systems.
What followed was total panic inside.
Sirens wailed.
—Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Level 1 alert!
The broadcast echoed through every corridor, every storage facility in the base.
Walther, Einstein, Tesla, Kiana, Bronya, Xier, Delisa, Fu Hua...
All were on edge.
At the same time—
—Switch to siege mode——
A cold order echoed around the base.
Clank—
One after another, heavy machines rolled out of the space gate, baring their fangs.
[Game Character Template: Siege Tank]
[From: "StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty"]
[Features: Mechanical body with HP, unlimited energy, infinite ammo, intact equipment, heavy armor unit...]
[Skills: Whirlwind, Direct Impact, Tank Mode, Siege Mode...]
[Talents: Dual 90mm artillery, 180mm concussion shell, high-temperature tungsten bombs, high-intensity cabin climate adjustment system, holographic video navigation...]
[Description: Penetration Siege Tank, upgraded after replacing the Empire's arc tanks. Widely used in swarm wars...]
Clearly, in Ling Ke's most recent "gacha pull," he didn't just get humanoid templates.
Although he hasn't yet used combat power on par with a Herrscher—
The Siege Tank... is a weapon designed for interstellar warfare in its native world.
Meant to face off against swarms numbering in the hundreds of millions.
And now—
—Fire!
BOOM!
BOOM!!
BOOM!!!
The roar of artillery was deafening.
The earth trembled as precise coordinates targeted the Anti-Entropy Salt Lake Base.
Amid the siege tank ranks stood a "Dominator Doll Ambi" with black headphones, completely unfazed by the surrounding explosions.
The shockwaves blew her long silver-white hair into the air, and her black skirt fluttered wildly.
Her expression: emotionless.
The bombardment lasted more than half an hour.
The game character template, with "unlimited ammo," kept firing non-stop.
By then, the former Salt Lake base was completely obliterated.
Everything happened too fast.
From the arrival of the tanks to their transformation and the start of bombardment—
The whole cycle took less than thirty seconds.
In that span, the base didn't even manage to activate its protective shield.
The fighters had no time to organize or deploy their Titan mechs.
The hangar exploded.
It was like blitzkrieg: sudden, unstoppable.
Defeated before even being able to fight.
And in the ruins that remained—
No life remained. Not a single living soul.
However—
Buzz~
The "Dominator Doll Ambi," field commander, stepped through a space gate near the ruins of the base.
Just as she arrived, another gate opened beside her.
Out stepped a tall figure with a single ponytail and dark purple skin.
[Game Character Template: Widowmaker][From: "Overwatch"]
[Features: Mechanical body, infinite ammo, full gear, immune to fall damage...]
[Skills: Widow's Kiss, Venom Mine, Grappling Hook, Infra-Sight...]
[Talent: World-class sniper, living weapon of Black Claw...]
[Real name: Amélie Guillard. After intensive neural reconstruction, now the top assassin of "Black Claw."]
As soon as she appeared, she pressed a button on her high-tech visor.
—No one can hide from my sight!
Her iconic line upon activating her ultimate in the original game.
Afterward, both she and her allies gained infrared vision revealing all enemy positions.
And now—
—So it really wasn't that easy to kill them...
Thanks to the infrared vision provided by the "Dominator Widowmaker," Ambi narrowed her eyes, looking toward a section of the underground.
There, many red humanoid silhouettes were fleeing.
Beneath the Anti-Entropy base was an escape route.
And where did it lead?
—To the Great Salt Lake.
Northwest of Salt Lake City. That's where the base's name came from.
Since the survivors were fleeing in that direction... the implications were clear.
—So that's why I didn't see the Huberian.
—They hid it here.
Overseeing the entire battlefield, Ling Ke—the main body—silently watching from the shadows, slowly opened his eyes.
Not long ago, he had told Bronya: his revenge would be to make her feel what it means to be alone.
And the first step in that plan... was to completely eliminate Anti-Entropy.
And hunt them relentlessly.
In recent days, many had defected after Walter Young's revelations.
The Anti-Entropy organization had shrunk to less than a third.
However, even under such pressure, some chose to stay and fight to the end.
But truthfully, their choice was... meaningless.
From the beginning, Ling Ke had no intention of leaving anyone alive on this planet.
Those who defected won't live much longer either.
At any moment, amid the indiscriminate slaughter carried out by the "Dominator Dolls: Symphony of the Sixth Night," those nameless characters might die—becoming points for Ling Ke, the world-ending player.
But those who chose to stay... will not escape tragedy either.
Just like now. The death toll at the Salt Lake Base... is incalculable.
—Damn you!
In the newly discovered underground escape tunnel, "Widowmaker"'s infrared scan had revealed the fleeing survivors.
Dr. Tesla rushed into an underground train with Walter, Bronya, and the others.
She hadn't even sat down when she slammed her hand against the side window.
In just half an hour...
Too many lives were lost before her eyes.
And she... and her comrades couldn't save them.
Looking around, many were bleeding, exhausted.
Two soldiers in standard armor had lost an arm.
They didn't even have time to bandage up—just pressed cloth against their stumps to stop the bleeding.
Even Heavy Bunny, Bronya's quantum robot, was helping transport the wounded.
Inside the carriage were many familiar faces.
Kiana, Fu Hua, Delisa...
Also girls like Xier, Rosalia, Lilia... all silent.
For some of them, this was the first time witnessing such tragedy.
Among all of them, Fu Hua was the most experienced.
After all, in the pre-civilization era, nearly every Herrscher brought about tragedies like this.
Even Captain Himiko, whom she respected, destroyed the entire Australian continent after becoming the Herrscher of Fire.
The only exception.
—Quick! Get us out of here!
Everyone's thoughts were interrupted.
With a dark expression, Walter Young spoke:
—I have a bad feeling.
—We must reach the underwater hangar where the Huberian is docked.
—As long as we escape, there's still hope to turn this war around.
No one objected.
And so, under Einstein's control, the train slowly began to accelerate.
On the rails of fate, they moved forward.