God-level Hero

It’s lunchtime now at the Dragon Slayer Guild Command Center, with delivery trucks shuttling back and forth. The command center is filled with the greasy fragrant aroma of various dishes.

The Dragon Slayer Guild started out as an internet cafe guild, with the standard setup being a bucket of instant noodles, a bottle of water, and a pack of cigarettes on the computer desk. Even though the Dragon Slayer Guild has now grown into an international large guild, these deeply ingrained gaming habits are still difficult to change. Of course, this is also one of the important reasons why Dragon Slayer has never attracted any female players.

At this moment, Ma Yinglong held a bucket of braised instant noodles in his left hand and a cup of dry red wine in his right, staring obsessively at the large wall map. Over the years, when Ma Yinglong was in a good mood, he still liked to eat instant noodles. The unique sour taste of MSG seasoning in instant noodles, carrying the joy of every divine artifact victory, couldn’t be replaced by any gourmet meal.

The map on the wall is the forward route map from this week of Chang Liang’s day-and-night exploration in the Great Wilderness, as well as the progress map of subsequent troop occupation and reception.

The Great Wilderness, the barren land stretching across half the globe in the eastern Beastman Kingdom, is similar to the real Siberia. Although the scene production is very simple and rough, with nothing but vast permafrost and the Gravel Wilderness, filled with ridiculously fierce beasts, the resource distribution is not as scarce as imagined.

Currently, just from Chang Liang’s discovery, there is an unknown reserve gold mine, three low-quality crystal ore mines, one medium-quality gemstone mine, two recruitment points for Death Barbaric Bulls, four recruitment points for Petrified Lizards, with the most important discovery being a neutral Lizardman village found by Chang Liang two days ago.

This provided the exhausted Chang Liang a precious place for supply and rest. The village’s various unique poison extract weapons, bone tooth arrows, and distinctive Lizardman troops greatly increased this village’s investment and development value.

The most important intelligence Chang Liang obtained from this village was that hundreds of years ago, a huge Beastman tribe passed through here during their migration, heading east all the way.

In other words, there would be a large Beastman force east of the Great Wilderness, and the high-end Beastmen are certainly superior to these Lizardmen. So, after taking enough supplies, Chang Liang headed east again. Upon finding a river flowing eastward from the north, Chang Liang was even more determined to follow the river’s direction because a large tribe must be established in a place with water sources. And having a river means being able to greatly develop shipping, which is more favorable for transporting supplies across the vast Great Wilderness.

In fact, the biggest problem with the Great Wilderness is that it’s too vast, far exceeding players’ logistic transport limits. The time cost calculated reveals that no matter what is done here, it’s a loss-making deal. Therefore, Chang Liang must find an absolutely valuable target. As a professional player, he is confident that such a target exists.

At this time, the area marked Ring-shaped Mountain on the map had been left far behind by Chang Liang, around half the globe away. That’s right, this was the mountain range that trapped Star and Ninth Heaven’s development team with the pooping Harpies.

It must be said that the Harpy troop resources developed by Star and Ninth Heaven Bloodrose already exceeded the sum of all targets discovered by Dragon Slayer, which was a significant advantage for the Bright Alliance given the convenient transport threw by World Window.

This made Ma Yinglong envious, but also a bit psychologically unbalanced. Hence, the established cooperation for internal and external efforts to break through this mountain range resulted in Dragon Slayer contributing little effort. Ma Yinglong hoped this Ring-shaped Mountain would keep Star and others trapped here for as long as possible, unable to move forward.

How could the Bright Alliance team easily venture into this unknown area? Dragon Slayer was still considering using a large number of sealing orders for ordinary level 50 players here, thus avoiding the risk of going to the New World.

At this moment, the coordinates and latitude of where Chang Liang was located had probably reached the world’s end, with further progress likely leading to the sea. And the probability of a large city appearing at the river mouth was as high as 90%. Ma Yinglong had already started the countdown celebration for discovering the hidden large new force.

Just then, a team member reported, "Chairman, Star Ninth Heaven’s Desert Ruins expedition team was wiped out."

Ma Yinglong couldn’t help but laugh, "Not bad, they lasted for 4 hours this time."

Chang Liang’s laughter also chimed in from the big screen, "Since they’re all World Window exits, the difficulty must be similar. They’re dawdling for a week at Ring-shaped Mountain and at least two to three days in the Desert Ruins. Only 4 hours is far from enough."

Ma Yinglong shook his head and laughed, "With the passing difficulty of World Window, they’re really spending money foolishly with simultaneous three-line development."

Chang Liang sneered, "Frankly, waiting for Da Fei to save the day, but if even Da Fei can’t handle it, I’d like to see how they cry!"

Just then, Ma Yinglong’s phone rang, it was Eternal Star, "Hey, Brother Ma—"

Ma Yinglong furrowed his brows and immediately hung up the phone!

A nearby team member exclaimed, "Chairman?"

Ma Yinglong snorted, "That kid must’ve gone bankrupt and is borrowing money, no need to think."

At this moment, Ma Yinglong’s in-game friend information rang, and the substitute team member called out, "Chairman, the Star boss sent a message looking for you!"

Ma Yinglong replied irritably, "Just say I’m out, not here."

A moment later, the world channel in the game chimed with a ding:

——World Channel[Eternal Star]: Chairman Ma, we’re out of money, show some mercy, lend us 500 million gold coins, 300 million will do...

The World Channel was filled with astonishment!

"What the hell!" At this moment, the Dragon Slayer Command Center erupted in chaos!

"I’ve never seen such a shameless person!" Ma Yinglong shouted in anger, "Reply to him, ’Your mother blew up!’"

...

The World Channel was bustling with noise, but Chang Liang ignored it as he once again focused all his energy on searching. For Chang Liang, the pioneering exploration work this week wasn’t just overwhelming—it was akin to the weight of Alexander!

Because he couldn’t die! If he were to die, Chang Liang would resurrect back home, and this arduous exploration task would fail, especially at this crucial moment of discovering a large Beastman tribe.

Soon, Chang Liang noticed something unusual: a vast expanse of dark clouds loomed over the sky ahead, yet there were no monsters in sight anywhere around!

It was too abnormal! Throughout this journey, no matter how desolate the environment, the monsters embellishing the landscape were always dotted around, never absent! Gazing at this expanse of eerie dark clouds, Chang Liang keenly sensed a crisis; the world’s edge must be guarded by a world-class BOSS.

After pondering for a moment, Chang Liang made the boldest decision: to send his Shadow Wolf troops, essential for his exploration, on an independent expedition into the land shrouded in dark clouds. These Shadow Wolves possess Stealth, scent tracking, extraordinary endurance, and superior night vision—perfect special skills, making them the pinnacle reconnaissance troops among the Beastmen.

As for Chang Liang himself, he submerged in the river onshore, activating Stealth while drifting downstream with the current. In this wilderness, the river was the only barrier capable of hiding.

Just as Chang Liang drifted into the dark clouds, his vision suddenly dimmed, and a system prompt rang out with a clang:

——System Prompt: Warning! You have entered the Slaughter Domain, and your Morale Defense will deteriorate as your stay prolongs. When your troop’s morale drops to 0, the troop will be unable to act due to fear!

Domain! It surely is a super BOSS! At this moment, Chang Liang became exceptionally tense, firmly clutching the Divine Artifact Invisibility Cloak on him, ready to use it at the slightest unexpected event! No matter what, he must break free from this domain!

As time passed by minute by minute, Chang Liang gritted his teeth, seeing what appeared to be the sea at the far end of his vision under the dark clouds. Indeed, it was the sea, with a faintly visible massive fortress by its shore—a Beastman City! Could this be a domain arranged by the Beastmen?

Just as Chang Liang thought so, lightning flashed through the dark clouds, and a bolt of lightning struck down with a crash. In the next moment, Chang Liang couldn’t believe his eyes, and the entire Dragon Slayer Command Center was dumbfounded with shock!

Suddenly, under the dark clouds amid the thunderlight appeared a "giant gorilla" as tall as a building; with a loud roar, Chang Liang’s front-probing Shadow Wolf troops instantly manifested! Then it took a deep breath, and a gust of wind rose from the ground, sweeping up all the Shadow Wolves and flying them into its gigantic mouth!

——System Prompt: Your independently deploying Shadow Wolf troops have been swallowed and killed by the Ancient Divine Beast Behemoth!

Divine Beast Behemoth!?

In that instant, the Dragon Slayer Command Center was in a frenzy: "An Ancient Divine Beast on par with Leviathan?"

Ma Yinglong was even more stunned, dropping his instant noodles on the floor, with a thousand Divine Beasts racing through his mind: "Are you kidding me! We encountered both Divine Beasts during our dragon-slaughtering expeditions!"

According to Biblical legend, God created the world in seven days, making heaven and earth and all things on the first six days, and on the seventh day, creating two colossal beasts—the female beast being the Ocean Dominator Leviathan (Leviathan), and the male beast being the Earth Dominator Behemoth. When Doomsday comes, humans can hunt these two beasts simultaneously to sacrifice to the gods for redemption!

"Invisibility Cloak, activate!" Even when facing a Divine Beast, professional player Chang Liang wouldn’t give up the last glimmer of hope!

But in the next moment, amid the flashing lightning, Behemoth’s gigantic figure started blurring then vanished. Afterward, the dark clouds in the sky also disappeared, and sunlight began shining on the earth once more.

Only when the system prompt signifying the domain’s disappearance appeared did Chang Liang come to his senses: "Gone?"

The Dragon Slayer Command Center was astonished: "Could it be a Divine Beast appearing at a random location?"

Ma Yinglong’s legs weakened, and he slumped back onto the sofa: "Okay, surviving is good~ Enter the city! The city is right ahead! Please, let there be no accidents!"

At that moment, a few black dots appeared in the sky—it was several neutral yellow-named Beastmen riding Two-legged Flying Dragons: "Welcome, brave warriors traveling from afar, to our War Soul Clan!"

At this moment, the initially startled Chang Liang finally extended his thumb in relief! The next moment, the entire Dragon Slayer Command Center erupted into a thunderous applause and cheers... (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you’re welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation votes or monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)