Silver Wing Sentinel

Blue Star, a tactical training base residential compound in the Dragon Kingdom.

Late at night, in a smoke-filled living room.

Lei Zhen (Thunder King) sat on a worn-out sofa, fiddling with a gleaming 7.62mm bullet. Sitting opposite him was his old squad leader, Ban Jianguo, the current mid-level operations captain for the security department. Coincidentally, he was a "squad leader" in both senses of the word.

"Lei, you called me out in the middle of the night just to watch you space out?" The captain stubbed out his cigarette.

"Captain, look at this." After much deliberation, Lei Zhen decided to report to the organization. He believed that the previous assessment by Feng Xing Tian Xia was flawed, as it was trapped in the mindset of a professional gamer focused on individual advantages. Given the current progress of the players, secrecy was actually meaningless! Soon, the first batch of players would begin changing classes in large numbers, gaining the opportunity to purchase Titan Blood. Such public information was like trying to wrap fire in paper!

He signaled for the captain to watch his right hand, exerting force through his fingers, relying solely on the flick of his wrist and the explosive power of his fingertips.

"Go."

Whoosh—!

A shrill, piercing sound exploded through the air. The bullet, as if fired from a weapon, instantly crossed a five-meter distance and embedded itself deep into the mahogany cabinet behind the captain with a thud, a wisp of smoke trailing from its tail.

The captain's pupils contracted instantly. Throwing a bullet by hand? The instantaneous explosive power and finger-joint strength required for this had long since exceeded the limits of humanity.

"Damn... did you... did you take some kind of biochemical serum?"

The captain's eyes widened in an instant.

"If I told you I trained this by playing a game, would you believe me?" Lei Zhen opened his palm, revealing only a thin layer of calluses.

"Cut the crap! Tell me the truth!"

Under the captain's suspicious gaze, Lei Zhen spoke with a serious expression: "Titan: Genesis. Captain, I know it sounds absurd, but over the past few days in the game, my physical functions have indeed been breaking through their limits. And it's not just me, and it's not just about strengthening abilities—it can even heal!"

He briefly explained the situations of Chen Feng and Li You.

"Soon, our front lines will continue to advance, and a large number of players will begin changing classes and scrambling for Titan Blood. It won't be many days before this news becomes public knowledge."

After a long silence, the captain said in a deep voice: "This matter is too big. I can't handle it alone; it must be reported. Before that happens, you... along with your teammates, need to make a name for yourselves in there and try to stay in the first tier. If the country needs to intervene, you will be our vanguard."

"Yes!" Lei Zhen stood at attention and saluted.

In-game time, the fifth day after the third beta test began.

Bronchial Terminal - Blackstone Fortress.

Players rode the Crimson Boat directly behind enemy lines, occupying an open area after the Feng Xing Tian Xia squad decapitated a Level 15 Lava Troll. It could be said that they had planted a respawn point deep in enemy territory and built a fortress, advancing in tandem with the front line.

This place had already become a true frontline city. And at the very top of the fortress, a meeting that would determine the landscape of the entire server was underway.

Feng Xing Tian Xia sat at the head of the table, watching the bustling flow of players outside the window. Sitting opposite him was Data Maniac.

"Brother Feng, the statistics on the flow of the serum are out." Li Zihan pushed up his holographic glasses and pulled up a set of data. "The shop has currently unlocked a total of 8 [Titan Blood] vials. Our five core team members each took one, consuming 5 vials."

"What about the remaining 3?"

"One was taken by the guild leader of Imperial Dynasty, one was bought by Dragon Fighting in the Wild, and the last one was sniped by a solo player called Ou Huang." Li Zihan gave a wry smile. "The forums are already exploding. All three buyers are sharing their experiences; words like 'curing hidden ailments,' 'surging energy,' and 'disappearance of sub-health' are enough to drive everyone crazy."

"Too many wolves and not enough meat." Feng Xing Tian Xia tapped the table. "I checked, and the shop page says there is a 1,000-vial limit for this campaign. Not everyone can buy the serum; it's first come, first served. We want to form a guild, but without real-world funding, we can only rely on our in-game advantages to attract people."

"I suggest we monopolize the class-change materials for the Flame Prison Guard." Dali Chu Qiji interjected. "After all, that stuff is a necessity for the Divine Guard."

"We can't monopolize it." Li Zihan shook his head. "[High-Energy Amber Essence] is a byproduct of the environment. As long as players are willing to spend time rubbing things to generate heat or go to specific areas to mine, they will always be able to get some. We can't guard the map 24 hours a day to kill people."

"Then what do we profit from?"

"We profit from efficiency." Feng Xing Tian Xia set the tone. "We won't monopolize materials; instead, we will leverage our advantage in levels and equipment to monopolize safety and speed."

"We will establish the guild Dawn. We'll form the strongest power-leveling groups and class-change mercenary squads, taking only the elite of the elite. I've tested it; the group combat experience in this game is awarded based on combat contribution, so we never have to worry about being surpassed by our clients." "Ordinary players can't beat elite monsters? Pay money, and Dawn will help you kill them. Want to mine materials in high-risk zones but afraid of losing levels? Pay money, and Dawn's Divine Guards will tank the damage for you. Want to pass class-change quests? Pay money, and we'll provide the walkthroughs."

"We aren't going to be the public enemy of the server; we are going to be the server's largest service provider. We'll earn the biological energy of all the players, and then use our speed to snatch up every little bit of stock that refreshes."

High-dimensional perspective: Titan Divine Body.

Gu Yuan watched the players busily working on their guilds and economy without interfering. The more active the players were, the more biological energy they produced.

[Current biological energy reserves: 85,000,000 points (eighty-five million).] [Core Shield: 0.25%.]

"Finally, some wealth." Gu Yuan looked at this massive sum in his hands and let out a long sigh of relief. Although it was a drop in the bucket compared to repairing the entire divine body, it was enough for him to perform a small-scale "immune reconstruction."

"Relying solely on player advancement is still too slow. Moreover, quite a few casual players wandering around have started guessing the game's backstory, and some have even speculated based on clues that the world they are in is a giant biological organism. I might as well make them realize the essence of this world more clearly." Gu Yuan cast his gaze deep into the bone marrow. There, the immune army that the Titan was once proud of lay dormant.

"System, reconstruct the first batch of the immune defense line." "Summon unit: Silver Wing Sentinel (Prototype: Specific T-cell/Ranger)." "Quantity: 5,000." "Cost: 10,000,000 points." "Setting: Enable 'High-Intelligence Interactive Mode'."

Boom! With a wave of Gu Yuan's hand, ten million biological energy points evaporated instantly.

Blackstone Fortress Plaza.

The players who were busy setting up stalls and bragging suddenly felt the ground tremble. The massive portal (Biological Beacon) at the rear of the fortress suddenly flared with light, even outshining the surrounding flames.

"What the hell? Is it a monster siege?" "No! They're green names! They're friendly units!"

In the shocked eyes of countless players, squads of NPC soldiers wearing silver-white streamlined light armor and carrying light-energy dual blades emerged from the portal. Unlike the clumsy and silent "Colossi" from before, they were slender, agile, and wore full-coverage tactical visors, revealing only a pair of electronic eyes flickering with cold light.

[System Notification: Immune system recovery.] [Reinforcements arrived: Silver Wing Sentinel (NPC)] [Level: LV.15] [Quantity: 5,000]

A bold player stepped forward, trying to strike up a conversation with the leader of a Silver Wing Sentinel squad. "Hey, buddy, where are you guys from?"

The Silver Wing Sentinel stopped in its tracks, its electronic eyes scanning the player.

It turned its head, its voice carrying a unique metallic texture: "Accessing permissions... Identification code: Symbiote-Fourth Calamity sequence."

"Symbiote?" The player blinked, "What does that mean?"

The Silver Wing Sentinel raised a hand, pointing to the gray, hazy dome above (the alveolar wall), then pointed to the ground beneath their feet. "What you are standing on is the right lung lobe of a Titan. The air you breathe is the Titan's breath. We are the guardians here, and you are the Titan's kin, carrying a trace of the Titan's flesh and will."

"What?!" The surrounding circle of players was stunned. "We're in a lung? This is a giant's lung?" "I knew there was a reason this map had so many strange places! Could that Crimson Boat be a red blood cell?" "Then what are those fire monsters?"

"Those are lesions." The Silver Wing Sentinel's tone carried a hint of killing intent, "They are viral aggregates, and they are burning the respiratory organs of a god."

"Assist us in clearing the lesions. This is the purpose of your existence."

This conversation was instantly recorded and posted to the forums, triggering a massive uproar. <Confirmed! We're fighting bacteria inside a giant's body!> <Just how big is the Titan? Is a single bronchus an entire map?>

This novel world-building setting left everyone feeling quite amazed. But for the players who had already used Titan Blood, the shock they felt was on another level.

"A Titan?! No way, right?"

Crimson Route - Aorta Main Flow.

Just as the main force was learning about the world-building from NPCs in the lungs, a three-person exploration team led by Star River Wanderer had drifted along the "Crimson Boat" to a completely unfamiliar place.

This was no longer a narrow blood vessel, but a vast red space that felt like an ocean. Above them was an invisible, dark red dome, and beneath their feet was a surging sea of blood.

"What... is that?" His teammate, Bei Ye Fu Ti, pointed into the distance, his voice trembling.

In the center of the sea of blood stood a black, web-like giant pillar that pierced through heaven and earth. It didn't look like biological tissue; it looked more like some kind of cold metal, covered in ancient and obscure runes (actually the texture of some kind of nanomaterial), currently emitting a faint blue light as it supported this section of the blood vessel that was on the verge of collapse.

[System Warning: Entering high-risk area "Aorta Intervention Point".] [Warning: Detected "Ancient Civilization" residue (vascular stent).]

"Artificial Intervention Point?" Star River Wanderer frantically pressed the screenshot key, "This game has sci-fi elements? This pillar looks like some kind of... super metal stent?"

"Did this Titan have surgery before?" Screenshot Maniac exclaimed, "The world-building is so detailed!"

Before they could see clearly, a [Abyssal Devourer] (a mutated, contaminated giant white blood cell) the size of a whale suddenly swam past the giant pillar. It opened its massive mouth and swallowed the three of them, along with the red blood cell boat beneath their feet, in one gulp.

[You have died.]

Although they died, that screenshot and the NPC's dialogue corroborated each other, completely igniting the enthusiasm of the entire server. This world was not just about grinding monsters and leveling up. This was a god that was dying and waiting to be saved.

Back at the A7 District front line.

With the addition of 5,000 Silver Wing Sentinels, the speed of the advance skyrocketed once again. These high-intelligence NPCs were not only powerful in combat, but they also actively directed the players.

"Symbiotes on the left flank! Raise your shields! The fire is coming!" "Casters over there, cast lightning at this coordinate; it will cause maximum conduction!"

Under the tactical guidance of the NPCs, the players' casualty rate dropped significantly.

"The opportunity is here!" Feng Xing Tian Xia stood on high ground, watching the formation being disrupted by the NPCs.

"Dawn Guild, all units listen up!" "Target: All Living Flame and Lava Troll ahead, leave none alive!" "The Silver Wing Sentinel says that once we take out these gatekeepers, the lesion core is right behind! Let's strive to get the final boss first kill!"

"Data Maniac, keep an eye on the progress of the other front; grab the Titan Blood as soon as it unlocks!" "Charge!"

While the army of twenty thousand was locked in a fierce battle on the front lines, the ten thousand troops in the rear launched an all-out assault under the cover of the Silver Wing Sentinels.

You ask what the other twenty thousand are doing? There are always casual players! The flames of war finally reached the doorstep of the Flame Demon.