“Don’t rush. The humans haven’t gone in yet!”
“Heh heh heh. They’ll definitely go in. The Origin-level dungeons from this phase have fattened them up nicely, so they’ll surely think this is their opportunity.
“Besides, the chosen pieces always believe they’re the saviors and rulers of humanity. Hmm… they’re accustomed to calling themselves the male and female leads.
“Wasn’t that how Chu Feng died in the previous game?”
Their opponent had enjoyed one stroke of good fortune after another, becoming the strongest human alive. But once he entered an Origin-level dungeon, he was besieged by countless divine envoys.
In the end, he was cursed to death by one of the Death God’s curse-bearers.
However, as the three games progressed, the gods invested more and more into the human side.
For example, the profession obtained by the currently chosen heroine had already begun to counter curses.
So the Death God’s side had sacrificed a Lich Divine Envoy, making this “heroine” even more arrogant.
This had laid down the killing move for the next wave of Origin-level dungeons—the siege of Army Soul City.
Unexpectedly, before the second wave of Origin-level dungeons descended, the Werewolf Tuge was summoned first.
Sometimes, even the gods couldn’t control an entire game. They had to invest pieces of their own.
Every god on the attacking side had a piece.
Everyone on the defending side was a piece as well; some were simply stronger, while others were weaker.
Pieces would always be captured.
But no one had expected the Werewolf Tuge, an important piece meant to divide humanity, to die.
There was no choice. They could only set another trap.
After all, even the gods were restricted in how they could interfere with this world.
That restriction was divine power.
The amount of divine power they invested was fixed. Suppose it was ten thousand units—every interference would consume some of it.
Attacking villages, towns, and cities was the result of their manipulation of divine power.
The amount of divine power used for those actions was small, however.
Most of it was invested in the divine envoys and the Origin-level dungeons.
This time, it was the Mechanical God who took action.
Shen Chi’s abilities were already threatening his divine nature.
He had to be eliminated in advance.
While the humans worked desperately to find and hunt down the divine envoys, the gods were also eliminating humanity’s hopes…
On the Longxiang Jiuzhou Shelter in the Future Map, Chu Fu and the others looked up at the rift, all of them letting out startled cries.
“Could the Future Map already be capable of detecting Origin-level rifts without waiting for a city siege? What are we waiting for, then?”
Jiaojiao Bu Jiao was eager to give it a try.
“Could this be the future city siege?” Xie Lin analyzed.
“The difference is that the players haven’t arrived yet. If a city siege means that, during the first hundred days after the game opens, they’ll continuously dispatch monsters to destroy human cities according to a set pattern…
“For the level 30–40 map, the Titans will come after two hundred days.
“For the level 40–50 map, the Elementals will come after three hundred days.
“For the level 50–60 map, the Mechanical forces will come after four hundred days?
“Of course, judging by the experience requirements at our current levels, things won’t progress this quickly. The timeline may be extended.”
Chu Fu nodded.
In the story, Brother Chu Feng had also constantly recalled his past life. During the first life, every version’s invasion lasted a year, and Brother Chu Feng had struggled to survive for seven years.
During his second life, Brother Chu Feng’s level had risen to seventy, but in truth, not much time had passed in the book.
Brother Chu Feng had always crushed the monsters from the Future Map. When he reached the level 70 dungeon featuring the servants of the gods, only a year had passed since the game descended.
Millions of words had been written, yet only a single year had passed.
The Origin-level dungeon before them was a level 50–60 dungeon.
It had appeared even earlier than the dungeons Brother Chu Feng had encountered.
And since Chu Fu had transmigrated into this world, only two and a half months had passed at most.
Chu Fu took a deep breath. That intense sensation rose within her once again.
That was it. This was definitely a trap.
She even faintly sensed that something seemed to be watching them.
In that instant, countless thoughts flashed through Chu Fu’s mind. In the end, she made her decision:
Put on an act!
She didn’t know whether the evil gods were watching them, but since the trap had already been set, Chu Fu decided to turn it to her advantage.
So she said, “Every monster in an Origin-level dungeon is a boss-level monster for the current version—in other words, level 60.
“With our current strength, dealing with one won’t be a problem. Ten won’t be a problem either. The only thing we have to worry about is the sheer number of them.
“So let’s level up here first and see if we can upgrade Wheelchair Brother’s mecha by another level!”
Shen Chi nodded seriously as well.
“It’ll be very difficult for my mecha to reach Legendary rank. The gap is simply too large. But there’s an enormous amount of metal here, as well as chips and energy crystals.
“If we use them, I can build more mechas.
“And I can have AI control them by setting commands, making all the mechas attack together like robots.”
Jiaojiao Bu Jiao nodded from the side. “I get it now. The Sword Saint wants to make ten thousand diamond swords, and you want to make ten thousand diamond robots, right? You two are such money pits!”
Jiaojiao Bu Jiao was a wealthy woman and even something of a patron saint of reckless spending. But compared with the two of them, she couldn’t invest nearly as much of her own money.
Those two were the real gold-devouring beasts.
Chu Fu made the final decision.
“Then do it. Not ten thousand—if we’re doing this, we might as well make a hundred thousand! Better yet, let’s aim for a million and sweep across the Mechanical Star!”
After discussing the plan, the group began farming monsters under the protection of the Longxiang Jiuzhou barrier.
Suppose the number of monsters attacking a player settlement increased tenfold each time.
By this version, that meant a hundred billion monsters.
There was no way to finish them all. They simply couldn’t be finished.
They farmed for more than ten hours straight. By two in the afternoon, the Future Map needed maintenance.
Even then, everyone was still reluctant to leave.
All of them had gained one level.
“Let’s come back tomorrow!”
Chu Fu and the others exited the Future dungeon.
In the high-dimensional dimensional space, all the gods fell silent.
The plan had failed. Instead, it had allowed the humans to enjoy an effortless monster-farming session.
The Mechanical God, however, was not discouraged.
“Based on the data projections, she will definitely enter the Origin-level rift.”
Indeed, once Shen Chi had made enough mechas—one hundred thousand of them—Chu Fu would definitely go and take a look inside the rift.
But for now, she would pass.
After exiting the Future Map, Chu Fu logged out and headed to Primordial University. She began mutating plants into poisonous flora, using giant man-eating flowers to devour them.
Improving herself outside the game would save the coins required for stat extraction.
Shen Chi and Xie Lin went with her as well. Everyone had agreed to improve together.
Some people, however, had not logged off.
Eighteen Stabs opened the wanted list and found a name on the crime-value rankings.
[Young Master Wandering Dragon: Level 38. Class: Ranger.]
A cold smile curled the corners of Xu Can’s lips.
After the Werewolf Tuge’s death, her class had not advanced to the divine level. Instead, it had changed once again, transforming from Blood Vengeance Assassin into a Blood Revenant.
As long as she identified someone as an enemy, she could lock onto the target and combine it with the Vengeful Spirit to teleport instantly to that person’s side.
The prerequisite of having seen the target in person had been removed.
Skill activated.
[Activation successful.]
Like an evil spirit, Xu Can crawled out of a bloody vortex.
