In just two short days, the once-dead Hepa Ruins had been transformed by the Fourth Calamity into a war fortress blending steampunk and wasteland styles!
It was named Emerald City, after the gemstones the Hepa Race was so fond of!
After careful consideration, Data Maniac and Tian Ce, who were in charge of urban planning, decided to make full use of the city's most valuable resource—
Not the ancient texts or reliefs, but the Thunder Messenger!
That was right. At this stage, they believed this NPC was the most helpful thing for players in the game...
The world-destroying strike that had instantly wiped out tens of thousands of Withered Lurkers was something the players who witnessed it could never forget.
With the impossibly powerful Thunder Messenger—their toolman—at its center, craftsmen from the major guilds feverishly repaired the surrounding defenses. Turrets, city walls, chevaux-de-frise, trenches, traps... Within the city, toppled gear towers were erected again and fitted with signs made from Fluorescent Moss and Light Energy Crystals—"H-77 Supply Station," "Dragon War Guild Office," "Buying Bile Crystals at High Prices (Fair to Young and Old, Scammers Fuck Off)."
Thousands of high-level players bustled in and out like industrious worker bees around this hub. High-level players worked far more efficiently than newbies, and Emerald City, built upon the Hepa Ruins, far surpassed other player cities, camps, and outposts in scale.
However, the moment one stepped outside the city, the world instantly fell from civilization into hell.
The experts of the first echelon had long since left the main city and pushed deep into the heart of the wasteland, using Mechas modified with active fibers to battle terrifying LV.40 creatures. Meanwhile, countless ordinary players struggled to advance through the nearby areas.
"Watch out! Three o'clock! A group of Crystallized Executioners just spawned!"
Tian Xiao,