The first issue was timing.
The cities had to stagger the start of their battles. Every dungeon had to be entered at precisely the right time, and at least fifty Origin-level dungeons had to be cleared within a single day.
Each dungeon had a maximum time limit of thirty minutes.
And that was only for the nine hundred Origin-level dungeons.
The remaining one hundred would be delayed, since the city-defense battles lasted three days.
The second issue was how to control which city would begin its defense battle first.
To put it another way: how could they precisely control the timing once one hundred thousand Level 30 players had gathered?
Without Huaxia's powerful coordination abilities and its comprehensive investigations into every player's data, this would have been impossible.
Chu Fu raised her concerns.
Long Zhantian answered.
“That is also the second point we wanted to bring up, but we're not sure whether it will grant us attribute points.”
“Recently, we've been investigating every aspect of Goblin City. Based on the data we've observed and collected, the entire goblin world is actually a planet.
“So the Land of Death may also be just one of their strongholds—the place we entered could be one of them. If that's the case, might there be other similar strongholds nearby?
“If we can deduce the locations of those strongholds, could we counterattack directly without having to launch a city-defense battle?”
Chu Fu fell into thought.
“We can give it a try!” Chu Fu agreed.
Not only that, Chu Fu also revealed the details about the future map and the Origin-level dungeon, Mechanical Star.
The machines were equally important.
Thus, they decided to work on both fronts at once.
Shen Chi would remain in the future map and continue clearing out the machines.
Chu Fu and the others would enter the Origin-level dungeons to clear the weaker monsters. When it was time to fight the boss, Shen Chi would come over and leech ten points to all attributes.
The plan was perfect!
Once the cooperation had been finalized, there was no time to waste.
Without lingering, Chu Fu used the Plant Spirit she had left at home to return to Linjiang City.
She also left a Plant Spirit at the Analysis Bureau.
Long Zhantian had even prepared a room for Chu Fu, making it her exclusive office. Plants had already been arranged inside, so the Plant Spirit would not dissipate over time due to a lack of wood element.
The group soon returned to the game.
…
The Thorn Guild.
Inside the Mechanical Workshop.
This was a massive factory belonging exclusively to Shen Chi.
At this moment, countless piles of metal were stacked inside, along with densely packed mechs.
Chu Fu placed all her Plant Spirits inside the mechs.
Shen Chi entered spatial coordinates into each mech and then activated them.
In an instant, spatial rifts opened one after another, and the mechs entered the designated coordinates.
Every coordinate belonged to a guild established by the authorities, much like Soul of the Army Town.
Feng Huimin was assisting from the side as well.
For such a large-scale operation, communication and preparation were the most important factors.
“The mechs for Shanhai City are in position. Everything is normal, and the liaison is ready. We have a Level 8 tinkerer from a life profession who can operate the mech.”
“The mechs for Cangsong City are in position. We have a mechanic who can operate them.”
“The mechs for Wujin City are in position…”
“Yungang City…”
“Qiutan City…”
“Baizhou City…”
The positions in every city were confirmed.
Chu Fu felt that, at this moment, her contracted plants had formed a gigantic network, occupying an enormous territory that was clearly displayed in her mind.
After a full three hours of preparation, all the mechs had been deployed.
However, the invading gods from the higher dimensions knew nothing about this.
They only observed humanity when the Origin-level dungeons were opened and spatial rifts appeared.
When they saw Shen Chi return to continue grinding monsters, the Mechanical God assumed that everything was proceeding as before.
Meanwhile, all fifty servers in Huaxia had entered a frenzy of leveling.
The number of Level 30 players continued to rise.
[System Announcement: The Undead Reaper has sensed the prosperity of Dragon Capital's Eastern City and intends to destroy it!
All players in Dragon Capital City, prepare yourselves.
The city-defense battle will begin in one hour.]
It worked!
As expected, once one hundred thousand players reached Level 30, the city-defense battle would begin ahead of schedule.
The players in Dragon Capital's Eastern City immediately sprang into action.
Then, one system announcement after another appeared.
[System Announcement: The Undead Reaper has sensed the prosperity of Dragon Capital's Southern City and intends to destroy it!]
[System Announcement: The Undead Reaper has sensed the prosperity of Dragon Capital's Western City and intends to destroy it!]
[System Announcement: The Undead Reaper has sensed the prosperity of Dragon Capital's Northern City and intends to destroy it!]
All four cities of Dragon Capital had entered city-defense battles.
The other countries naturally heard the news as well, and they were all stunned.
“The city-defense battle has begun? Why hasn't ours started?”
“Didn't you see the announcement? Dragon Capital City was prosperous enough to trigger it first.”
“People on the forums are guessing that it requires one hundred thousand Level 30 players.”
“Damn, that many? At our current pace, we'll probably have to wait another two months.”
“What if we never get one hundred thousand players?”
“It's probably similar to the village-defense battle. Either one thousand players reach Level 10 ahead of time, or you wait for the timer. Who knows how long that will take?”
“Our small city has fewer than one thousand Level 30 players in total. Could we really fail to hold the city?”
At first, everyone believed that it was all just a coincidence.
Players from Huaxia had already experienced several major events, Origin-level dungeons, and so on. It was only natural for them to be ahead of the other servers in terms of progression.
After all, even Level 20 Dark Gold equipment had been obtained through their relentless efforts.
But two hours later, when the first wave of Origin-level dungeons was cleared, followed by wave after wave of successful clears, they finally realized that something was wrong.
Inside Dragon Capital's Eastern City.
During the first wave of the undead assault, all the players pushed aggressively forward, blocking the spatial rift and slaughtering the undead.
The undead army had not even traveled fifty kilometers before being killed the moment they emerged. As a result, the first wave of monsters was wiped out in just one hour.
Afterward, the Longxiang Jiuzhou Guild entered an Origin-level dungeon.
One of the mechs followed them inside.
After arriving in the Land of Death, the other players began holding back the undead army. The diamond-grade mech opened its hatch, revealing a Holy Light Elf inside.
The elf flew out, then instantly opened a Forest Spirit passage.
In the blink of an eye, orderly footsteps emerged from within the passage.
Feng Huimin led all the guild members and the players from Thorn City into the dungeon together.
At the very front was Chu Fu.
With a wave of her hand, Chu Fu opened one hundred enormous spatial passages.
Each passage was twenty meters wide, making a total width of two kilometers.
Chu Fu's mana began burning at a frantic rate.
However, a hundred-man priest squad was following beside her, desperately restoring her mana.
Chu Fu left the spot and sprinted three hundred meters forward, opening a second batch of one hundred Forest Spirit passages.
At that moment, countless players began pouring out of the first batch of Forest Spirit passages.
