Lu Yu was teleported back to the mine from the Demon Hunting Plains, and the sky had already begun to lighten.
A new day begins.
If Liu Heng sends someone to the warehouse, he might end up furious.
That night, two hundred and fifty of them had just collected enough star souls to reach a hundred in total.
Lu Yu unhesitatingly took the one hundred Star Spirit Stones and approached the crystal screen, then followed the instructions to press all one hundred Star Spirit Stones into the screen.
The crystal screen devoured chunks of star-spirit stones, and instantly, a crimson beam of light shot up from the screen toward the domain crystal.
The red light lasted for nearly ten minutes before it ended.
A mechanical voice echoed directly in Lu Yu’s mind, stating, “The Slaughter Domain has advanced to level two. The domain’s hit points amount to five million. The domain’s defense is equivalent to the bones and sinews of its owner. When the Slaughter Domain is attacked, it automatically regenerates 100 hit points per second.”
“Five, five million hit points, one hundred hit points recovery per second?”
Lu Yu’s eyes widened in shock.
This upgrade to level two increased the health points by a full tenfold.
What are you talking about!
Lu Yu confirmed from the crystal screen that he had not misread it; it was definitely five million hit points.
Plus a life recovery of 100 points per second.
If ten people were to attack, they probably wouldn’t be able to break through this domain in their entire lifetime.
“Level two of the killing domain can activate ten defensive towers!”
“Construct a Level 2 Defense Tower: 20 Xingling Stones, 100 Xingling Pearls, and 20 Mutated Xingling Pearls!”
“The Level 2 defense tower possesses an attack power of 1,500 points, an upper limit of 30,000 life points, and its defensive capabilities are equivalent to the physical resilience of a Domain Master.”
“A tower is practically equivalent to a Black Magic Wolf,” Lu Yu said, hissing in cold air as he looked at the defensive tower’s attributes. “Moreover, the tower uses ranged attacks. It’s going to be extremely difficult to get close to it.”
The secondary field has already been upgraded.
All that remains is to wait for the魔猿 to mine out the星灵石 and then activate the防御塔.
At this moment, Xiaoxiao had just returned from outside.
Xiao Xiao seemed to have stayed up all night. When she saw Lu Yu, she greeted him tiredly, then fell asleep hugging her pink backpack.
“In this world, if you want to survive, no one can help you.” Lu Yu took some canned food, water, and other supplies from the food crate and placed them beside Xiaoxiao, then quietly left the mine.
Lu Yu left the mine and began searching for prey in the city.
Occasionally, one would encounter pairs of bloodshot eyes and squads of soldiers marching in formation.
There are also many solitary travelers.
Everyone merely nodded to each other without any further interaction.
Lu Yu had almost explored every part of the southeastern area of Fangang. During the daytime, there were far fewer monsters in that region.
Lu Yu decided to try searching towards the south and found that even during the day, there were significantly fewer monsters in that area.
“Where exactly do these monsters hide during the day?” Lu Yu frowned.
Even the darkest corners, like the sewers, couldn’t possibly accommodate hundreds of thousands of monsters.
What about the remaining monsters?
Lu Yu tried to enter a dark underground parking garage where there were only a dozen or so magic apes, and even werewolves were rarely seen.
But in the dark, he had seen more than a thousand monsters emerge from here.
During the day, these monsters indeed disappeared, vanishing to who knows where.
After Lu Yu killed the monster in the underground parking garage, he searched around for a long time but did not see any trace of other monsters.
Just as he was about to leave.
At the entrance of the parking lot, a group of more than ten people entered and happened to meet Lu Yu.
More than ten people immediately tightened their grip on their weapons and became alert.
“Lu Yu!”
When these people got a clear look at the lone traveler approaching from the opposite side, they couldn’t help but feel greatly astonished.
Because of the commotion caused by Lu Yu and the mysterious person at the stadium these two days, the two individuals have become widely known and talked about by everyone.
Liu Heng is an idiot for haggling over prices with someone who risks their life for money. Such stupid behavior brings shame to many people.
However, with a thousand soldiers under his command, Liu Heng’s power at the camp grew significantly, and no one dared to say much anymore.
Of course, the fact that Lu Yu managed to escape safely from the encirclement of thousands of people spread his name among the camp.
Especially yesterday, Lu Yu killed the demon ape.
Lu Yu also killed Liu Heng, who had been regarded as a great general, and seized two tons of food.
This was practically the rhythm of going against Liu Heng’s one thousand people head-on.
Many soldiers felt secretly delighted in their hearts.
It was still quite unexpected to see Lu Yu here.
They saw Lu Yu about to leave.
One of them hurriedly asked, “Brother Lu, are you still taking on missions?”
“Mission?” Lu Yu stopped in his tracks, bewildered. “What mission?”
“Didn’t Brother Lu used to accept commissions to help collect data on monsters?” asked the leader. “We happen to have a monster we’d like to deal with, but we’re struggling due to lack of information. Can Brother Lu help us?”
“Oh,” Lu Yu chuckled. “I didn’t expect anyone would come to me for monster data.”
More than ten people nervously looked at Lu Yu, uncertain whether he would agree.
Because Liu Heng went too far that time.
The monster’s information can only be obtained by inflicting damage on it.
As for some powerful monsters, they were uncertain whether they could defeat them or not.
No one would recklessly risk their life like that without a reason.
Moreover, this creature is also important to them. It would be best to obtain the creature’s data.
Therefore, they really hoped that Lu Yu would agree to this request.
“What kind of monster?” Lu Yu asked.
The faces of more than ten people immediately lit up with excitement.
Lu Yu asking this question proves that he is still willing to take on the mission.
“A bear,” the leading man said immediately. “Accompanied by dozens of wolf demons and nearly a thousand魔猿. It seems that the bear’s rank is even higher than that of the wolf demons. We can’t determine its exact capabilities, so we are hoping Mr. Lu can assist us.”
“This one is higher in rank than the Wolf Demon,” Lu Yu said after a moment’s thought. “If it’s on the same level as the Black Demon Wolf, the price would be one hundred Star Spirit Beads. If its power is doubled, we must add at least another two hundred. Moreover, the one hundred Star Spirit Beads are a deposit; whether the task is completed successfully or not, these beads will not be returned.”
This isn’t just a matter of having one times more strength and getting one times more pay. The stronger the monster, the higher the chance of losing your life.
Compensation doesn’t necessarily multiply exponentially.
“Okay, we agree.” More than ten people nodded hastily without even thinking.
The man at the front excitedly reached into his chest and pulled out a small cloth bag, handing it to Lu Yu and saying, “There are one hundred Star Spirit Beads here, please count them first.”
These people shouted excitedly.
After all, that monster is the key.
If you can’t kill him, you can always find other ways. After all, data is the most important thing.
“Then let’s go now. You just help us get the data, and we’ll handle the rest.”
The leader enthusiastically urged his companions to quickly check their equipment and prepare to set off.
“Wait, a place with thousands of demon apes during the day?” Lu Yu thought it was nighttime at first, but he didn’t expect to set off now. Such a place was truly something he had never seen before.
“Of course there is,” the leading man said. “You can just call me Zhang Tao, Mr. Lu. These are my brothers, Liu Yunyi…”
Zhang Tao introduced each person one by one, appearing very warm and approachable.
Lu Yu smiled.
In this world, is there such a thing as true brothers?
Zhou Zhen’s sworn brother, who shared life and death with him, ended up being the one who killed him in the end.
Therefore, Lu Yu had never even considered remembering these people.
This is merely a relationship of employment and being employed.
Just doing what needs to be done for the money!
Zhang Tao began walking toward the center of the underground parking garage, and his companions gathered around him as well, nervously gripping their weapons and assuming defensive stances.
Before Lu Yu could figure out what Zhang Tao was about to do, Zhang Tao raised the stone axe in his hand, took a deep breath, and suddenly swung it forcefully toward the empty space in front of him.
Boom!
The void trembled, like struck crystal, with countless fine cracks spreading across several meters of space.
Then Zhang Tao swung the stone axe again and again, chopping fiercely at the void.
The crack in the void grew larger and larger, and suddenly, the crack shattered.
A fresh, cool breeze blew out from the crack.
Lu Yu saw flowers, grass, and small trees on the other side of the void, along with a sky filled with stars.
“There are no monsters!” Zhang Tao called out in pleasant surprise. Dozens of his companions immediately crossed through the fissure to the other side.
Zhang Tao gestured to Lu Yu and said, “Mr. Lu, come in. This is the monster’s camp I was telling you about.”
“Where is this?”
Lu Yu was no longer surprised.
Lu Yu stepped across the crack and felt that this place was somewhat familiar.
“Outside Fanggang City!” Lu Yu immediately recalled where he was. He looked around in astonishment.
Although he was unfamiliar with this terrain, he knew it was outside Fanggang City.
Zhang Tao nodded and said, “That’s right, this is outside Fanggang City. Once, we were trapped here during the night. When dawn broke, we saw thousands of monsters gathering here. Then, several demon apes struck the empty space here, creating cracks, and walked through. After that, we also tried to pass through this place and discovered its connection.”
As he spoke, Zhang Tao waved his hand and said, “Brothers, with Mr. Lu helping us this time, we’ve got nothing to fear. Let’s start by clearing out the demon apes around us.”
“Okay.”
More than ten people excitedly swung their stone axes, stone clubs, and other weapons as they began to move out under the leadership of Zhang Tao.
“Oh, I see,” Lu Yu stood in place, finally understanding.
At night, these monsters enter the city through cracks, and during the day, they retreat outside the city walls.
The crack behind Lu Yu began to heal.
Lu Yu tried to touch the crack with his hand, but felt no obstruction at all.
However, when Lu Yu struck with all his might, the void immediately cracked open.
During the day, most of the magic apes are asleep.
Zhang Tao and the others were also quick in clearing the area, and by noon, they had already killed six or seven hundred demonic apes.
“Less than a thousand left; the number of demon apes around here has dropped significantly,” Zhang Tao and the others searched the area once more, confirming that there were no more demon apes before moving further away from the rift to continue their search.
“Wait,” Lu Yu said, detecting a strong smell of blood. He stopped Zhang Tao and the others, and asked seriously, “How much do you know about this bear?”
Lu Yu caught a whiff of danger.
If this is that bear, it might be on the same level as the demon ape.
When Zhang Tao noticed Lu Yu’s unnatural expression, his heart involuntarily tightened as he asked, “Is there any problem?”
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