Traveling through the game world

Huttonmar Ruins

After passing through the Mushroom Manor of the Mushroom People, in a more central part of Huttonmar City, as expected, swarms of giant ants appeared in front of Lian Yang and his companions from time to time.

"Wow..." Looking at the army of ants in front of him, Lian Yang exclaimed in amazement, "Insects without natural enemies are indeed terrifying. Ants with such a high reproductive rate can grow to this size and even have intelligence. It's a disaster for the world."

Shrugging, Baron said, "If it's not dangerous, why would we take any risks? Honestly, I really want to know what the Black Nightmare is." Baron, who had always only ever strived for survival, met Lian Yang and learned about friendship. Through his adventures, he discovered that not everyone discriminated against those with Kazan Syndrome. From then on, only one thought ran through his mind: he would strive to prove himself and gain more recognition and friendship.

"Bang bang bang..." Alice casually blasted a grenade launcher into the air, wiping out a small group of ants. She exclaimed, "Stop talking nonsense! I think I can see white ant eggs in the distance. They're huge!"

Originally just ordinary ants in Huttonmar, under the influence of the Black Nightmare, they suddenly gained immense power, grew to enormous size, and acquired intelligence.

Sometime during this time, these intelligent ants came up with the idea of ​​establishing a nation. So, they named themselves the Namlun tribe. In the ants' understanding, Namlun means conqueror.

Despite the ants' vast numbers, the mushroom people, mutated under the influence of the Black Nightmare, still came into their sights. They then joined forces with some equally ambitious mushroom people to relentlessly oppress the cowardly and kind-hearted mushroom people.

However, the Nam**** ants haven't been having a good time lately, because the adventurers of the City of Misfortune have learned about their enslavement of the kind mushroom people. So, there are always troublesome adventurers coming to rescue their natural slaves, the Karu tribe.

Alice didn't care whether Namlun was happy or not; whatever the reason, the mushroom people had gained intelligence. If they were as evil as the previous mushroom monsters, that would be one thing, but seeing the weak mushroom people being whipped by giant ants, Alice was truly enraged.

"Laser cannon!" Alice raised her hand and unleashed a powerful laser cannon. In an instant, the two Namlun warriors of the Karu tribe who were out of position were both burned through the head by Alice.

"Phew! These must be their eggs? Flamethrower! Burn them!" Seeing that the Karu tribe had indeed fled quickly, Alice casually burned the densely packed, half-person-high ant eggs in front of her.

"We can't let humans destroy our eggs! She released the Karu slaves!"...

Seeing Alice not only release the slaves but also burn their eggs—the very eggs that were the continuation of their race—from afar, Namlun rushed madly towards Alice.

"Hmph! Gatling gun!" Seeing the ant army rushing towards them from afar, Alice raised her hand, and the hand cannon in her hand instantly transformed into a machine gun.

“Da da da…”

The Namlun warriors, wielding their claws, didn't even have time to reach Alice's side before being devoured by her machine guns under the immense level suppression.

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At this time, Baron was still with Lianyang. Because the queen ant's nest was in the deepest part of the Namurun tribe, Baron and Lianyang continued to go deeper and finally saw the ant nest in front of them, which was the size of a small mountain.

"My God!" Lian Yang exclaimed in surprise, "Is this an ant nest? It's practically a small mountain! How many mutated ants must be underneath?"

"Blood Blade!" With a wave of his hand, Baron destroyed the huge ant nest in front of him with a Blood Blade, saying calmly, "For now, we can only destroy their ant nest at the surface exit, otherwise the endless ant army will be a real problem."

"It's not that easy!" Lian Yang casually drew his sword and killed a nearby Namlun fighter. "Look at that horde of ants attacking like crazy, and the number of ants swarming out of that anthill in the distance has clearly increased."

Sure enough, as Baron destroyed the ant nest in front of him, the Namlun warriors in the distance were all awakened and rushed over frantically. At the same time, several ant nests not far away also began to send out their troops in a frenzy. The ant army, with its overwhelming momentum, now seemed to stretch endlessly.

"Mountain Crushing Strike!" Lian Yang casually used Mountain Crushing Strike to destroy an ant nest, then asked Baron, "Do you have enough medicine?"

“That’s enough!” After destroying another anthill and looking at the increasingly dense anthills nearby, Baron replied, “Besides, I still have 100 million gold coins here, enough to last a week.”

"That's good!" Lian Yang nodded and said, "Then make a bigger commotion on your side. You know Alice's side; if she gets surrounded, it's definitely not as easy for her to break out as it is for you." He paused and then added, "Looking at how dense the ant nests are, I estimate we're not far from the queen's nest. I'll leave this place to you!"

Lian Yang had Baron pull more monsters so Alice could save more people. Gunners have a significant advantage over swordsmen in offense and wide-area damage, but they're less effective at breaking through enemy lines. Once monsters get close, their various heavy weapons aren't very useful at medium to long range.

As Lian Yang continued his journey away from Baron, he casually destroyed ant nests and some huge white ant eggs around him. Looking at the Black Hat Thieves not far ahead, Lian Yang couldn't help but chuckle: "They really are right about how it's always bad luck to run into these guys again."

It wasn't just Lian Yang who discovered the Black Hat Thieves; in fact, someone from the Black Hat Thieves group also spotted him. This group is just a bunch of new, inexperienced thieves who have just joined; their individual strength isn't particularly great, but their numbers are quite large.

Unfortunately, with the arrival of the Cataclysmic Era, many people were swept away by the terrifying disaster before they could even escape. Huttonmar, the former capital of the Belmar Principality, was also once the economic center of the Arad continent. Of course, it wasn't just the poor who couldn't escape; many of the once-wealthy, renowned figures of Arad also succumbed to the calamity. But while people die, the wealth they left behind never truly disappears.

The leader of the Black Hat Thieves, who first discovered this fortune, used this initial wealth to frantically recruit new followers, then went on to dig for more treasure, recruiting even more people. Then they stopped simply digging for wealth and began robbing adventurers who came to the ruins of Hutton Myre and plundering the remaining inhabitants of Hutton Myre. Then they recruited even more people again.

Enough of the digression. This newbie leader of the thief gang isn't actually the top leader; he was just promoted to mentor newcomers after spending a lot of time with the real Black Hat Thieves. He also survived several battles between Lian Yang and his group and the Black Hat Thieves.

Having survived many close calls, he knew all too well just how terrifying this young man with the large, yellow, dog-like pet was. His legs trembled slightly, but he said fiercely, "Brothers, look over there, a fat sheep is coming. Let's test the results of your training! Let's see who can snatch the money from him!"

The inexperienced thieves, of course, did not recognize Lian Yang. Seeing that there were about a hundred people around them who were going to rob an adventurer, they immediately rushed towards Lian Yang in a frenzy, and were about to surround him as they spoke.

The thief who knew Lian Yang's strength exchanged glances with several other thieves who also knew Lian Yang's strength and quietly left.

Lian Yang watched the thieves charging towards him with amusement. Of course, he also saw the fleeing thieves, but his purpose today was not to suppress bandits. Since they were so clever, he couldn't be bothered with them.

"Little one, go ahead!" Patting Little One's head, Lian Yang was too lazy to even fight these newbie thieves who were not even level 30.

Seeing that Lian Yang had only sent his pet to charge, the thieves went even crazier, roaring, "This idiot actually thinks he can stop us with just a big dog? Charge... ugh!" The thief was about to shout "Charge!" but before he could even utter the word "ah..."

"Crack!"...

The tiny lightning bolts surged forth, striking one thief and scorching him, then immediately striking another thief nearby. For a moment, the lightning seemed to be playing a game of connect-the-dots. In just an instant, a tenth of the thieves were wiped out.

The charge abruptly halted as the bandits, facing the deadly yellow dog (Qilin) ​​in front of them, pleaded for help, looking for the instructor who had brought them there.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "The instructor has run away!" Everyone turned around and saw their instructor's figure disappearing around the corner not far away.

"Run! Run!" Nobody's stupid. This instructor tricked them into charging while he ran away himself. Why? He must know this guy is terrifying and he's afraid he won't be able to escape, so he's using them as cannon fodder to buy himself time. Nobody wants to die, so of course they'll run for their lives!

The thieves wanted to run, but the little one certainly didn't dare. In an instant, several more chain lightning bolts struck, easily reducing the number of thieves by one-fifth, but enough to send the terrified thieves far away.

Stopping the little one who was about to chase after them, Lian Yang said, "Let's go. Our goal is to kill the Queen Ant Melena." To Lian Yang, the scene before him was utterly farcical; killing the Fallen Queen Ant Melena as quickly as possible was far more important.

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