Chapter 522: Internal Circulation Ecosystem
People are no longer just talking about equipment and monster spawn points; everyone is talking about the same thing: the warning message that is synchronized across the entire Nightmare World.
Nightmare Clan, Six Demon Kings, Twenty-Four Hours!
"The Nightmare Clan is coming in a day..." A middle-aged Awakened One's face was filled with despair, and his voice was trembling. "This time the scale is so large, can we really hold them off?"
"What's the panic!" A burly man carrying a giant sword sneered, patting the shield bearing the emblem of the Beacon Fire Territory on his back. "With the Great Wall and Lord Lin here, even if the sky falls, it won't hit us!"
"Easy for you to say..." someone retorted in a low voice, then changed the subject and asked in a low voice, "By the way, do you know which H5-307-03 Demon King-level dungeon it is? The system announcement didn't say where it is."
The person next to him looked at him like he was an idiot, and gestured with their chin toward the west: "Which one? Isn't it the one right in front of us?"
"Huh?" The man's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. "But not long ago, Lord Lin led a large number of experts in... Could it be that... could it be that he has already killed the Demon King?"
"Aren't you going to talk nonsense?" The burly man rolled his eyes, his tone full of pride and smugness. "Lord Lin is practically the king of our Beacon Fire City! Even the Demon King is his experience point generator, so what are you worrying about!"
The surrounding crowd burst into laughter. The previous despair and anxiety were completely replaced by a blind, almost fanatical trust.
While suspended in mid-air, Lin Feng listened to these discussions with a calm heart.
He didn't stop. Power surged from his feet, and he transformed into a streak of light, speeding towards the direction of Beacon Fire City.
The most important thing right now is to upgrade the Great Wall to a high-level wonder, and then immediately return to Hangu Pass.
The real storm is yet to come.
...
Fenghuo City is only about two hundred miles away from Haoyun Town.
At Lin Feng's current speed, he arrived at the southeast corner of the inner city of Fenghuo City in less than half an hour.
He stopped in front of the stone gate of the Qin elite camp, placed his hand on the cold stone wall, and with a slight thought, chose to upgrade the Great Wall to a high-level wonder.
He took out the heart of the ancient builder and slowly approached the stone gate.
A golden ripple appeared on the surface of the stone gate the moment it came into contact with the stone. The gear-shaped heart of the ancient builder melted into the stone wall like ice and snow, leaving no trace.
The next second, golden light spread wildly along the Qin seal script on the stone gate, and the ground of the entire Beacon City trembled slightly.
At the edge of the horizon, the gray city wall that stretched across the border of the Beacon Fire Territory began to glow.
The light grew brighter and brighter, turning the outline of the city wall from gray to a dazzling gold, and then from gold to a blinding white-gold.
A translucent golden light barrier peeled off from the city wall, transforming into an invisible barrier that slowly advanced outwards.
It swept across farmland, villages, wilderness, and hills, bringing life to everything in its path.
Then, it started to rain.
That was golden rain.
Countless tiny specks of light drifted down from the sky, landing on the bluestone slabs, on the parched farmland, and on the rooftops of every river, every grove of trees, and every village within the territory of the Beacon Fire Territory.
Where the rain touched, the soil changed from barren gray-yellow to fertile dark brown, and wild grass sprouted miraculously from the cracked riverbed.
The perennial dry, dusty smell in the air is being replaced by a warm and sweet vitality.
The Great Wall has been upgraded to a high-level wonder.
【Effect 7: Activation of the Internal Circulation Ecosystem】
Lin Feng stood in front of the stone gate, looking up at the golden rain.
Raindrops fell on his shoulder armor, slid off, carrying the long-lost breath of life.
...
Fifty li east of Fenghuo City lies Canglang Plain.
Five figures were trudging across the wasteland, their steps uneven.
The soil in Canglang Plain is dry and rough, it hurts your feet when you step on it, and the dust that it kicks up sticks to your trouser legs and you can't shake it off.
Only a few scattered clumps of drought-resistant shrubs clung to the ground, barely clinging to life. In the distance, the gray-black outline of Tianji Mountain appeared sharply defined in the afternoon sun, with the mountainside above shrouded in gray mist, obscuring the summit.
Leading the way was Captain Batel, twenty years old, of Mongolian ethnicity.
He had broad shoulders like a door panel, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and carried a two-handed sword with a rolled edge on his back.
He walked with a brisk pace, each step firm and solid, as if the perilous, nightmarish wasteland beneath his feet was merely a meadow in front of his house.
"Keep up close! The map says there's a marker ahead, a huge rock split in two. We'll rest when we get there."
He glanced back at his teammates, his voice booming and carrying an innate charisma.
The little deer following behind him was a worryingly thin girl, carrying a short bow on her back.
She asked, panting, "Captain, did we really receive the right mission?"
"Captain, this mission is to clear out cave nests. There are only five of us, all of whom are level 5."
Walking in the middle of the group, Ajiu lowered his voice. He was thin and his steps were unusually light. His eyes were always scanning the surroundings warily.
“I thought about it for half the night and I think we must be crazy to have taken on this mission.”
"What's wrong with you!" Stone, the only shield bearer in the team, glared at him.
He was stocky, with arms thicker than a deer's thighs. "If we can't beat them, we can't run away, right? Besides, do you know what this place under our feet is called? Canglang Plain!"
Lord Lin's first appearance was nearby! He rose from nothing in this wasteland to become the strongest on Earth, and we're dawdling over clearing a cave?
"Who is Lord Lin? Can he be compared to us?"
Fang Yuan, walking at the very back, wiped the arrow groove of the crossbow without looking up.
He served in the army for two years but never saw a real battlefield, but his inherent pragmatism made him appear exceptionally calm.
"He can take on the Undead King one-on-one. The five of us combined can't even beat an elite monster. Recognize the gap before talking about confidence."
“The gap is a gap, but we can’t let that stop us from taking action.” Batel said without turning his head.
"When Lord Lin first arrived, he only had one person and a wooden stick. We are much better off than him, with a full set of white-quality equipment. Just think about his situation back then."
The group remained silent for a moment, the sand beneath their feet making a soft crunching sound.
"Captain! There's something ahead!" Little Deer suddenly pointed ahead and whispered.
Everyone stopped in their tracks at the same time.
About fifty meters ahead, a gray shadow leaped out of the dry ravine, landed on the hard earth of the wasteland, and let out a low roar.
It was a nightmare creature resembling a wolf, but larger than a wolf, with prominent shoulder blades and the outline of its spine clearly visible through thin gray scales.
Its pupils are a cloudy, dark yellow.
【Steppenwolf, Level: 7】