Collaboration

Liver - H-124 Joint Camp.

If H-124 had once been a death fortress that struck fear into everyone who heard of it, it had now become a thoroughgoing "sweatshop."

As an important gateway leading into the depths of the liver, the fortress's strategic significance went without saying. It was like a pass guarding a tributary of the Portal Vein.

Under the control of the [Transcendental Alliance] formed by the three major Guilds, this newly conquered stronghold displayed astonishing operational efficiency.

On the moat that had once flowed with deadly venom, hundreds of [Flesh Artisans] worked day and night. Using the mountains of monster corpses piled across the battlefield as raw materials, they erected stark white bone bridges, thoroughly connecting the fortress to the external resource points.

If you wanted to get rich, what came first?

Dragon Kingdom players had their own answer.

The core building, the "Bile Salt Refinery," belched thick white smoke, its roar never ceasing day or night.

[Regional Announcement: Batch 108 of "High-Purity Bile Crystals" has been refined! Added to storage!]

"Move, move, move! Where's the transport team? Stop dragging your feet!"

Mind Hacker, temporarily acting as the Workshop foreman, waved his staff as he directed traffic.

Dozens of [Berserk Behemoths] had put down their weapons and carried enormous bone containers on their backs, filled with raw materials freshly gathered from around the fortress.

"Out of the way! Don't block me from hauling bricks! This run alone is worth several hundred Bio-Energy!"

But this was only the tip of the liver's iceberg.

From the fortress's highest point, one could look into the depths and see an endless world glowing green. Countless enormous fleshy columns—the Hepatic Lobules—towered in the toxic mist like skyscrapers, each one as massive as a mountain.

That was the deeper region, still shrouded in the fog of war and filled with even more terrifying monsters. H-124 was merely an outpost before the gates of this vast Liver Nebula.

Coordinates: Right Lower Lobe - B4 Bronchial Outpost.

Compared to the noisy industrial operations in the liver, this place exuded a suffocating atmosphere of grim discipline.

The thousand recruits of "Great Wall Watch" were currently stationed within a vast ciliary forest as immense as a primeval jungle.

From the players' miniature perspective, the tiny cilia on the tracheal wall that swept away foreign matter had become translucent giant pillars dozens of meters tall, slowly swaying in the airflow. In the dark Abyss ahead, Titan's faint breaths became perpetual howling hurricanes, their wind speed exceeding Force 12 as they swept past with huge dust particles like meteors.

There was no marveling, no whispering. Only orders as cold as steel echoed through the communication channel. Everything was solemn.

"B4 area, Sector Three clearing operation begins."

The commander with the ID "Great Wall No. 1" stood atop a massive cilium and surveyed the battlefield. "All formations, the monster tide will arrive in thirty seconds."

Across the pink mucosal plain ahead, a vast horde of disgusting gray-green soft-bodied creatures wriggled toward them. They were [Purulent Slimes (LV.8)], dividing and multiplying in a nauseating fashion as they moved.

"First echelon, Divine Guard formation, deploy heavy-shield cheval de frise formation!"

Whoosh—!

The warriors clad in standardized bone armor stepped forward in unison. Their bone Tower Shields slammed heavily into the mucosal ground, special bone hooks locking tightly onto the epithelial tissue. The shields fit together seamlessly, instantly forming a white Great Wall of steel along the edge of the ciliary forest.

"Second echelon, Hunter formation, climb the trees! Seize the high ground on the cilia!"

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Hundreds of agile warriors used grappling claws to scale the ciliary pillars dozens of meters high in just a few movements. They moved nimbly among the swaying "canopies," waiting for opportunities.

"Monsters entering range! Three hundred meters!"

Countless piercing shrieks merged into a tsunami as the monster army crashed against the defensive line like ocean waves, trying to drown the players with sheer numbers!

"Hold!" the squad leaders on the front line growled in the channel. "Tilt shields thirty degrees! Prepare for impact!"

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dull impacts rang across the defensive line. The tremendous force traveled through the shields, making the front-line warriors' health bars tremble slightly, but the entire battle line remained unmoving, as though nailed to this divine body. Whenever anyone's condition worsened, the Life Weavers in the rear immediately acted with precision.

"The wind is coming! Use it!" Wei Guo ordered.

At that moment, Titan was in the middle of a breathing cycle. A Berserk current of air surged out from deep within the trachea.

The Great Wall Watch warriors, having long since anchored themselves securely, stood firm. But the round Slimes lost their balance in the gale, blown tumbling in every direction, some even swept into the air.

"Now! Full coverage! Throw! Fire!"

Boom—!

A sky full of bone spears and poisoned spikes accelerated on Titan's exhaled gale, carrying terrifying kinetic force as they instantly pierced the minor monsters struggling in midair.

Splurt! Splurt!

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Green pus exploded through the air, like a rain of acid.

"Charge!"

Taking advantage of the monsters' chaotic formation, the Hunters leaped down. Their blades stabbed precisely into the viruses' cores—harvest, pull out, stab again. Their movements were perfectly synchronized, like a precision meat grinder.

Several dozen minutes later, the battle was over.

The ground was covered in a thick layer of viral remains.

"Clean up the battlefield. First Company will collect Bio-Energy, Second Company will clear the battlefield, Third Company will stand guard."

Great Wall No. 1 checked the time, his tone entirely without fluctuation.

"Rest in place for five minutes. Check equipment durability."

"Continue advancing in five minutes. Within one week, everyone must complete their class advancement and reach the main quest threshold as quickly as possible."

Unknown Hepatobiliary Region.

Far from the H-124 core area, this was a wild land filled with mist and unknown dangers.

A player squad of more than twenty people was carefully climbing along an enormous blood vessel wall. Their equipment was a hodgepodge, and every one of them had a fierce glint in their eyes.

Leading them was Zhang Kuang of "Greedy Wolf."

"Brother Wolf, are we really not going to H-124 to get in on the action?" One subordinate scrolled through the profits everyone was showing off on the forums, his eyes full of envy. "I heard money's everywhere over there now. You can get rich just hauling bricks."

"Get rich, my ass! Did a donkey kick you in the head?"

Greedy Wolf spat and stabbed a Blood-Sucking Leech that had tried to ambush him to death.

"Do you have no idea what our situation is? Those people from the three major Guilds have H-124 surrounded like an iron barrel. If we go over there now, we'll get insta-killed the moment we show our faces!"

"Take a look at how huge this map is."

Greedy Wolf pointed at the endless Flesh Wall around them and the Abyss-like Bile Ducts.

"This one bile duct tributary is probably tens of thousands of kilometers long—bigger than Earth! Without using the Crimson Boat for high-speed travel, it's impossible to traverse it all. It's perfectly safe for us to develop this place. No matter how strong those three major Guilds are, they've only occupied the toll booth at the entrance. The sky is high and the emperor is far away!"

Greedy Wolf said sinisterly.

"We'll build a base here along the edge and develop quietly. Kill monsters, level up, stockpile equipment. The monsters here may be tougher, and supplies may be scarce, but we have freedom."

"Once we're all Level 20, even if we don't fight them head-on, taking these abilities back to reality will make us local kings in the Golden Triangle!"

"Stay sharp! Don't cause trouble, don't show yourselves, and level up quietly!"

Time passed, and another week went by.

Through the tireless efforts of players across the entire server, Titan Armory's Bio-Energy progress bar finally crossed an important milestone.

[Server Announcement: Titan Armory Bio-Energy collection progress has reached 50%!]

Around the H-124 Joint Camp.

Vanguard Across the Realm cut down a minor monster with a single strike and brought up the quest panel.

Looking at the progress bar, he let out a long breath.

"Fifty percent. Faster than expected."

"But it's still not enough." Data Maniac poured cold water on the mood from the side. He pointed at the vast stretches of black fog on the holographic map. "The shallow resources around H-124 have almost been completely mined. To gather the remaining five hundred million, we must continue pushing deeper."

The current map was as follows:

Lung Region: A7 District has cleared the lesions but has not eradicated all monsters. Large numbers of players are currently concentrating their assault on B1 and B2, while scattered players are present in every other district.

Liver Region: There is a Detoxification Camp at the entrance, with several scattered Guild strongholds and small independent-player bases. H-124 has established a joint camp.

"We can now advance on multiple fronts. The danger level ahead is extremely high. I nearly died while scouting alone before. If everyone goes now, the losses may outweigh the gains. We can send some people back to clear the smaller bronchi and the Hepatic Lobules in the rear."

"Level 20 players can form squads and operate independently. Everyone else, stay with the group!"

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