219 to the Abyss (Part 1)

Green plasma filled the field of vision, and the icy body, rendered by the snow-capped mountains, was instantly disintegrated and disintegrated. A player threw out a dimensional Dimension Reduction Ring, and before they could even see the explosion, the Implant Equipment Vanguard was rushed up by mechanical soldiers and sawed to pieces.

"Retreat! Retreat! They've spotted us!"

"Damn it! These Social Citizen are never going to stop!"

"Those who have died twice, log off now to save your account—how much longer until Li Aoz wakes up!?"

Players controlled their Implant Equipment Vanguard, retreating while engaging in guerrilla warfare, escorting Li Aoz's body away from the attack point. A barrage of artillery fire and loitering munitions bombarded the area, while cloaked four-legged mechanical spiders could emerge from blind spots at any moment. Furthermore, swarms of nanobots descended, forming a white wave that completely cut off their escape route.

The initial enthusiasm for mowing down enemies gradually cooled down as the repeated high-intensity battles continued. The number of players around them decreased one by one, and the new weapons that were used in turn gradually offset the advantages of their elite armor.

Dragon Land City, the guild Guild Leader of the [Tabletop Game Club] and currently serving as the team commander, glanced at the team roster.

Remaining players: 9.

At this moment, there are still 2 hours and 18 minutes until the arrival of the [Machine World Society] Mash Gergang.

The remaining nine men hid in the tunnels of Waveform Mountain, using their Aoneng to dig caves. Even the most powerful artillery fire could not currently breach the solid rock face of the Ostro Mountain Range.

This wasn't their idea.

Dragon Land City glanced at the live stream interface and sincerely thanked the viewers for their comments scrolling across the screen.

"Thanks for the suggestions, guys! Digging tunnels really worked! Folks, we're probably going to be stuck here, but everyone knows how Combat Power [Machine World Society] is. We're out of ammo and supplies, almost done for, and our accounts are probably gone. But the experience is still useful. I'll download the live stream recording, get some guys to edit it, analyze it, and hopefully help everyone avoid this pitfall."

Messages scrolled across the screen.

There were keyboard warriors who mocked, "Is this all professional players are capable of? I would have already overtaken them."

There were enthusiastic people encouraging them, saying, "Don't give up! Everything will get better as long as Li Aoz launches an offensive."

There were fans and viewers who quietly donated money to support them, thanking them for sharing their experiences and trying to help them recover their losses.

After "Star Abyss" entered its open beta phase, an overwhelming number of players joined, with the Summer Yanxia Zone server alone estimated to have over 600 million users. With such a massive influx of players, even in the early morning hours, their livestream received significant attention, attracting a full 15,000 online viewers who actively participated in the chat, offering various suggestions.

For some reason, at this moment, everyone in Dragon Land City felt an indescribable sense of emotion.

They initially just wanted to fight with their Fight with One's Back to the River, since the account would most likely be deleted anyway, so they might as well give it a shot.

As a result, more and more people are joining their ranks, supporting them in various ways even when they are not physically present. Those who cannot offer material encouragement will offer verbal support.

This feeling... is like when a natural disaster strikes, people are united as one, overcome all difficulties, and work together to cope with all crises.

Hilfa N4: Ah, actually you've done very well. Don't forget you only have Alpha Rank.

A corner shattered and the edge rounded: Yes, this is obviously a plot device. The official knows that players in our Yanxia Zone are too high in space, and they want to take action to punish us and prevent the gap between us and other servers from becoming too large.

Chen Yu Modijin: No matter how much they sanction us, we will be the first to break out of our home planet! We will use our own abilities to defy gravity, and ruthlessness cannot kill us.

The Thing of Truth: Years later, when facing referees in the Star Abyss professional league, players in the Yanxia Zone will recall that distant afternoon at the end of version 1.0 of "The Whispers of Contempt." The first batch of Alpha Rank warriors set foot on the land of White Candle Star. Originating from an uncivilized civilization, they sacrificed their lives for the peace and tranquility of this foreign land...

Crazy Thursday VIVO50: Upstairs, V you 50, hurry up and finish writing "Lonely Star Abyss" for me.

Clever Potato: What is Li Aoz doing? Checking Li Aoz's status? [Society] Li Aoz has been captured, step forward! ...

Although the audience's comments were often rambling, seeing these things still brought a lot of comfort to the players present.

"During the Internal Test Version, 25 players from our Yanxia Zone went to space, while at the same time, players in Agincourt were farming, and players in Hastings were fighting against curly sheep."

A player with the ID "Magdeburg Basketball" suddenly spoke up:

" In the Open Beta Version, while players were still immersed in the ground operations of the Alpha Rank, we piloted the Delta-rank Implant Equipment Vanguard, traversing dimensions, using gravity to suppress evil mechs, and the power brought by our bloodline allowed us to fight hand-to-hand with steel alloys."

"Perhaps we are destined to fail, perhaps we are indeed too ahead of our time, perhaps the authorities cannot tolerate our actions, but everything we do now is an act worthy of being remembered."

"It's just an account. It's gone, it's not like we're dead. We can just level it up again. That thing isn't important at all. What's important is that we relied on our skills and went through countless hardships to take root, sprout, and grow here, building our own foundation. And because of the invasion of [society], all our previous efforts have been in vain..."

"Yes, this incident has dealt an almost irreversible blow to the professional league players in our Yanxia Zone, and it will take a long time for them to recover. But I still want to say:"

"Bring it on, such things cannot break us. When we step into the stars, we will already be ahead of those trapped on the ground."

"We will never stop in the face of any difficulties."

"Good!" "Awesome!" "You've got guts! You're a real man!"...

Magdeburg Basketball took a puff of the e-cigarette he brought back from Azure Planet, and in the face of a series of flashing comments, he wanted to say something.

Boom! A Bunker Buster instantly pierced through the rock layer above, the drill bit scattering and splashing out in all directions. The warhead immediately unleashed a fierce, scorching laser, burning the Magdeburg Basketball and its armor to ashes on the spot, leaving only a humanoid black shadow on the ground.

"Retreat! Mash Gergang is attacking again! Those laser bullets are incredibly powerful!"

"Old Ma! Hey, Old Ma!"

"Stop arguing with Lao Ma. If things don't turn out well, you silly kid will be going to see Lao Ma too!"

"Damn it, Niang, my character died, not that I'm really gone."

— Remaining players on White Candle Star: 8.

The emotional atmosphere that had been painstakingly built up in the live stream was instantly destroyed by a barrage of insults from all corners of the world. Everyone could clearly feel that the firepower from [Machine World Society] was even more ferocious.

Dragon Land City glanced at the bomb's blast radius and bullet holes and exclaimed in surprise, "The shrapnel will have an incendiary effect, and the explosive charge will release poison gas... These Social Citizen, are they evolving?"

"Their weapons are more accurate, and we are all from the Tech Side, so we can't beat them."

"Keep digging! If it doesn't work, we'll dig the whole mountain down, damn it, nobody survives!"

At this point, the players had no choice but to dig deeper. They picked up their tools and continued to dig forward. The solid granite was no match for their Delta-rank armor. The digging depth increased, but the explosions behind them showed no signs of abating.

The cannons roared louder, and the smoke of battle drew ever closer.

Click!

A player swung a shovel, planting it into the rock. The immense force instantly destroyed the structure. He flicked his wrist, breaking off a large chunk of rock in front of him. As he turned to continue digging, an energy blade pierced his chest in an instant!

"It's over, you bunch of weak charcoal blocks."

Coulomb Torque's body fully manifested from the Quantum Realm. With a casual flick of its wrist, the remaining power completely reduced the player's health to zero. Before the player could even enter a near-death state, it raised its palm and delivered a finishing shot, blasting the player to death.

— Remaining players on White Candle Star: 7

"Phew... It wasn't easy to find you little mice."

It shook its neck, its heat sink slightly open, and its Zeta-rank aura immediately pressed everyone to the ground. Even looking through the bio-engineered eyes of the suit, it was as if they were looking directly at the blinding sun, and even looking directly at it would cause their eyes to sting.

"And you all too."

Coulomb Torque flicked his hand, recalling two cards from Li Aoz's body. He glanced at the cards on them Watt Rivet Steel" and "Turing Hexadecimal," and scoffed, "How pathetic, you two councilors."

Having said that, it immediately tore up the card that sealed its companion.

The next moment, the two councilors landed and revived instantly. Watt Rivet Steel's massive body was immediately formed, the mechanical skeleton bursting through the mountain, the cylinders roaring and spewing out waste heat, instantly burning a nearby player to a crisp.

"Hooray!"

Watt Rivet Steel, its entire metal armor bursting with magical light, caught Dragon Land City and the others off guard. Its enormous pupils, as large as a mansion, instantly emitted blazing magical rays, and the violent light poured into the underground passage.

"A mere Delta-rank ant, I thought it was something special..."

Watt Rivet Steel spread his arms and, after receiving the power of Mash Gergang, his body continuously absorbed the mechanical units that approached him, merging and combining like an organic organism, eventually expanding into a terrifying behemoth the size of a mountain.

"With Mash Gergang here, we will live forever."

Coulomb Torque stepped out of the Quantum Corridor, followed closely by Turing Hexadecimal. It kept operating the surrounding projection panels, seemingly lost in thought, "So that's how these attackers got here."

"You've already cracked the Planet Consciousness of White Candle Star?" Cullen Torque asked casually.

"I'm almost there. If I evolve to around the Zeta-rank, I'll be able to take it down completely."

Turing Hexadecimal nodded:

"This planet is a bit different. Gaia's subordinates from the Hidden Society seem to have attacked this place repeatedly, and there are even quite a few descendants of the C3 Luca-type Cosmic Human Race."

"Huh? Could this be a survivor from Haynes back then?" Coulomb Torque was slightly surprised. "No wonder Mash Gergang took a liking to this place. We were about to descend into the Star Abyss when Mash Gergang suddenly decided to turn around and head straight for White Candle Star."