After speaking with Chu Fu, Li Weizheng began mobilizing all the players back to the city and then activated the city defense battle.
He had notified China’s official personnel in advance that, after the city-support mission was complete, they would let their own people enter first and then seal off the teleportation array.
However, he soon discovered that his plan had been overly optimistic.
[The city-support mission has reached its player limit. The population of War Soul Town has reached 1,000,000.
The teleportation array in this area can no longer transport players. Otherwise, it will attract the gaze of the God of Death and increase the difficulty.
Players who log out in the current map must wait before other players can enter.]
Li Weizheng immediately shut down the teleportation array.
Even if some people logged out midway, they would have to be replaced by their own people. They absolutely could not allow players from other countries in.
After all, they were also afraid that members of the evil factions might come and cause trouble.
Although Chu Fu had already killed Werewolf Tuge, they were planning to clear an Origin-level dungeon this time. Their own people had to be the ones who obtained the ten points to all attributes.
They had no intention of letting outsiders benefit.
Countless countries hoping to spy on China’s intelligence rushed to enter War Soul Town after seeing the announcement, but they were already too late.
China had far more Level 30 players than they did.
Once all the preparations were complete, the city defense battle began an hour later.
Fortunately, there were a full million players.
The defense proceeded smoothly.
A wave of monsters arrived roughly every three hours.
Since everyone was using gaming pods this time, no one was forced to log out because they could not endure the strain.
However, they soon discovered that their clearing speed was actually inferior to that of Thorn City, which had only had three hundred thousand players.
One had to understand that, at the time, the Thorn Guild had not had every member equipped with 1,000 points in all attributes.
They had relied almost entirely on powerhouses such as Chu Fu.
It was obvious that a single Chu Fu was equivalent to half the players in War Soul Town.
Still, they had to thank Chu Fu. Without her, things would never have been this easy.
“Marshal Long, we don’t have the movement speed or army coordination capabilities of Chairwoman Chu and the others, so we plan to enter the dungeon during the sixth wave.
“We’ll enter from four directions, with 250,000 players per direction. Do you think this battle plan is acceptable?”
Long Zhantian nodded.
“Fine. Proceed according to this plan.”
Having gained 1,000 points in all attributes, he felt much more confident.
Six waves of monsters later, eighteen hours had passed.
All the players entered the Origin-level dungeon.
The moment they entered, the pressure on everyone increased dramatically.
It took a full four hours to clear the monsters from the four directions.
Afterward, they rushed toward the central area.
When the four forces gathered, they saw that the central region of the Land of the Dead was actually occupied by an ancient castle.
Li Weizheng’s heart sank.
This was completely different from the guide.
It meant they would have to explore the dungeon from scratch.
“What are you afraid of? We have so many people. One spit from each of us would be enough to drown these monsters!”
Suppressing the inexplicable unease in his heart, Li Weizheng commanded the team forward.
…
Within higher-dimensional space.
Everyone stared at the game screens before them.
On one screen was the area before the mechanical Origin-level rift in the future dungeon, where Chu Fu had once again farmed for an entire day.
On the other was the Origin-level dungeon of the Land of the Dead, where Li Weizheng was located.
At that moment, ghostly fire erupted inside the ancient castle, and countless spirits drifted out.
Yet the most terrifying thing here was not those spirits.
It was the true divine emissary who had infiltrated their ranks.
Undead Apostle Vale!
Vale’s greatest advantage was his soul form. Unless one possessed Eagle Eye, Advanced Holy Light Illumination, or something similar, no one could detect his existence at all.
And so, a silent slaughter began.
Players throughout the entire formation began dying for no apparent reason. They did not even know who was attacking them before suffering massive casualties.
“What’s going on? Where’s the enemy?”
Only then did Li Weizheng finally understand that the gap between them and the Thorn Guild was not limited to Chu Fu, Shen Chi, and Xie Lin.
They also lacked the Suture Saint’s ability to revive groups of people, as well as Feng Huimin’s command of military formations.
If they had Military Unity, they would never have died without even understanding how.
Long Zhantian had done everything he could as well.
He had even purchased the basic universal skill Taunt from Chu Fu’s Thorn Printing Shop.
Using a warrior as a tank, he rushed forward to taunt whenever a team member died, yet he could not see a single monster appear.
There was simply nothing he could do.
“Retreat first! Keep your distance and bring our fallen comrades’ bodies with us!”
Li Weizheng hurriedly shouted.
If this continued, they would all end up trapped inside the dungeon.
The enemy was specifically targeting their priests.
But they could not afford to lose their healers.
Just as the entire force was about to retreat, they heard a mournful cry rise from the depths of their souls.
In an instant, they felt as though they wanted to sink into eternal slumber right where they stood.
“Thud!”
“Thud!”
“Thud!”
A full two hundred thousand players throughout the army collapsed to the ground.
Their health bars had been emptied instantly.
Skill: Vale’s Requiem. After chanting for thirty seconds, it deals massive soul damage.
At that moment, Li Weizheng, who had still been harboring the faint hope of continuing the challenge, shouted:
“No! Marshal Long, this boss is too bizarre. There’s no way we can defeat it. Let’s retreat!”
“We want to retreat too, but will the boss let us? Besides, so many people have died here. They won’t be able to log back into the game for three months. How far will that set us back?”
Long Zhantian’s eyes were bloodshot.
He did not know that this was a conspiracy.
All he knew was that he was useless. A mistake in his decision-making could destroy the entire Longxiang Jiuzhou Guild. Their hard-earned Level 5 guild would disappear completely, effectively leaving humanity with one fewer large-scale sanctuary.
He opened his communicator.
He had no choice but to admit that only one person could save them now.
[WhoWantsToBeAVegetable]
Within the higher-dimensional plane.
The gods finally smiled when they saw this scene.
Although everything had gone wrong during the process, the outcome was exactly what they wanted.
“This human named Long Zhantian seems to have been the bearer of national fortune in the first game.”
This was not the choice of the gods on humanity’s side.
He was a true hero among humanity.
Unfortunately, heroes like him found it difficult to resist an invasion. In the end, they all died tragic deaths.
Such people carried the fortune of their nations. Once they were killed, an entire country or civilization would decline.
They had not expected Chu Fu to stay away, yet they had managed to hook an even bigger fish.
If he led his entire guild to destruction this time, the invading faction would gain a tremendous advantage.
And when Long Zhantian called Chu Fu, the evil gods achieved two goals with one move.
…
“What? You’re trapped inside the dungeon? How is that possible? Even an Origin-level dungeon shouldn’t be that powerful.”
These were a million official players from China—the most important point being that every one of them had 1,000 points in all attributes.
“That’s exactly what happened. The boss is too strange. We still haven’t seen it appear. We’ve only seen its skills.
“The skill is called Vale’s Lullaby. It’s a soul-type attack.”
“Wait. You said the boss was named Vale?”
That strong scent of conspiracy was back once again!
