The mass teleport triggers a live-announced boss event involving crawlers, armies, zombies, demons, and Madre de Aguas.
The world freezes as the charm-broken factions awaken around Carl and Donut. Kevin and Magnificent Troy interrupt coverage of Lucia Mar's Beijing fight to explain and open betting on the new event.
The hosts identify the Royal Court, Sister Ines, ordinary zombies, demon-possessed zombies, living land crabs, living monk seals, and Madre de Aguas as separate combatants. Quan Ch's Voodoo entry then appears, exposing an eighth party not included in the initial count.
No non-crawler group has a card deck. Squad leaders must independently choose whether other crawlers are allies or enemies; allied crawlers may avoid deck use. Battle begins as soon as the selections finish.
A time-frozen battlefield under giant orbital broadcast screens, divided into eight colored combatant groups.
The event formalizes a chaotic environmental disaster into a wagered multi-faction combat spectacle.