"Then my teammates..."
Forde spoke up somewhat nervously; he couldn't just abandon the group of partners who had supported him all this way.
Leah glanced at the four Reincarnators behind him and nodded slightly.
"Apocalypse welcomes everyone who joins sincerely. As long as you can show enough sincerity and value, Apocalypse is willing to provide you with a safe harbor."
She paused, recalling William's strikingly handsome face, and her tone took on a similar cadence.
"In this era, power is the capital for survival, but order is the foundation for long-term existence."
"What Apocalypse wants to establish is precisely that order."
These words were like a giant boulder thrown into a calm lake, stirring up massive ripples in the hearts of those four low-level Reincarnators.
Order.
Since the arrival of the Main God Game, the laws of the old era had collapsed, morality had decayed, the strong preyed on the weak, and Factions exploited one another.
Reincarnators like them with weak talents lived every day in the fear of uncertainty, being squeezed, driven away, and treated as cannon fodder.
What they wanted was never to become superior to others.
Just a stable corner where they could sleep peacefully without having to constantly guard against a bullet in the back.
And now, someone was telling them that Apocalypse wanted to establish such an order.
Almost simultaneously, the four of them knelt on one knee, right hands over their chests, their voices filled with long-suppressed excitement and devotion.
"We are willing to pledge our lives to Apocalypse and contribute all our strength to this order!"
Leah nodded slightly, her gaze filled with approval.
She didn't tell them to rise, but instead slowly shifted her gaze to the other four people nearby.
Those four were the Reincarnator team that had been with the Black man earlier; from their appearance, they clearly belonged to their own original Factions.
Now, under Leah's gaze, the four looked at each other, their faces filled with struggle and embarrassment.
Their talents weren't bad, and they already had a certain status and accumulation in their original Factions.
Giving up everything they had to join a completely unfamiliar new Faction required immense courage and came at a great cost.
Although this Faction was powerful, it was precisely this power that made it difficult for them to stand out or maintain their current status and treatment.
This was the root of their hesitation.
But they also knew very well that once they left this ridiculously powerful little loli, with their combat strength, the chance of surviving in this park that was about to go wild was miniscule.
"We..."
One of them gritted his teeth and finally made up his mind to speak.
But at that moment, Leah gave them a faint glance.
Her gaze was calm, without disdain or anger, only a business-like manner based on order and principle.
"You hesitated."
The expressions of the four instantly froze.
"Hesitation means that your joining Apocalypse is not based on identification, but on short-term interests."
Leah's voice was neither fast nor slow, but every word struck their hearts.
"This kind of uncertainty is something Apocalypse cannot accept."
"Today you can join to save your lives; tomorrow you could betray us for greater gain."
"Apocalypse does not accept such people."
She paused, her tone devoid of regret, only the calmness of stating a fact.
"You missed the opportunity yourselves."
The four turned pale, their lips twitching, but they couldn't make a sound.
They wanted to argue, to say they just needed time to consider, to say they actually longed for Apocalypse's ideals.
But as the words reached their lips, they realized that at the moment Leah spoke, their first reaction had indeed been to weigh the pros and cons.
This wasn't loyalty; it was a transaction.
And Apocalypse did not want vacillating traders.
"Let's go."
From a distance, Lilith's cold and youthful voice drifted over.
She had already turned around, stepping out with her feet clad in small black leather boots, preparing to leave the area.
Her silvery-white long hair fluttered gently in the breeze, and the dark red bracelet on her wrist swayed slightly with her steps.
Leah immediately fell silent, nodded slightly to Forde and the other four to signal them to follow, and then walked quickly to a position slightly behind and to the side of Lilith.
The four rejected Reincarnators stood frozen in place, their faces full of regret and bewilderment.
As Leah passed them, her footsteps paused slightly.
She didn't look back, only indifferently dropping a sentence.
"While that Brachiosaurus Xenomorph is still under my leader's suppression, you'd better find a way to escape quickly."
"At least you can live a little longer."
Hearing this, the four looked at Lilith's petite back and then at the Alien Brachiosaurus quietly crouching not far away.
Finally, they gritted their teeth and sprinted off in the opposite direction of Lilith.
Behind them, the ordinary tourists who had been watching from a distance and dared not approach looked at the direction where Lilith had disappeared, and then at the departing backs of the four powerful Reincarnators.
After a brief hesitation, most of them chose to follow the four Reincarnators.
After all, although that little loli was ridiculously strange, she was also too ruthless; in comparison, these four Reincarnators at least looked like normal human powerhouses.
What they didn't know was what kind of ridiculously thick 'thigh' they had missed... After passing through a patch of trampled ornamental shrubs and confirming they were far from tourists and high-surveillance areas, Lilith came to a halt.
She turned around, her crimson eyes calmly scanning the five new members behind her, whose expressions still carried excitement and awe.
"To ensure your safety, I will invite you to form a team directly."
Lilith's voice was flat, without any emotional fluctuations. After a pause, she glanced at the five of them and added.
"The goals for this dungeon mission are consistent. Under the Main God's rules, Hunters and Reincarnators can form teams across different ranks."
She didn't need to explain more. Forde and the other four nodded repeatedly, not daring to ask further.
But the other four knew that she was forming a team because she was concerned about Forde's safety.
Soon, they received a system notification from Lilith.
[Player "Night" invites you to join the party.]
[Confirm/Decline.]
At this moment, the breathing of all five people stopped in unison.
[Night]!
Rank 1 on the hunter leaderboard!
None of them expected that the 1.3-meter-tall silver-haired little loli before them...
Was, in the current version of this planet—
The strongest individual life.
The five of them suddenly felt their knees go weak, nearly kneeling on the spot.
Lilith, however, seemed not to notice their expressions, maintaining her aloof and indifferent demeanor.
"Let's go."
She turned and continued walking deeper into the park.
There, a familiar aura was vaguely awakening.
The five new members snapped out of it and hurried to follow that petite back that made them feel incredibly safe.
Leah walked at the end of the team, looking back at the direction they had come from.
The four rejected Reincarnators were nowhere to be seen.
The ordinary tourists were also fleeing in all directions.
Only the Brachiosaurus Xenomorph remained quietly crouching in place, its long, slender neck slightly raised, as if watching its ruler depart.
Or perhaps, waiting for the moment to start its meal...