Arc 16Advance on the Main Brood

[Tom Pie] and the Fourth Calamity joined The Ancient’s forces to reclaim the Liver Region, destroy the Black Pool’s supply network, and recover the Titan Divine Body’s True Blood. The advance reached the Main Brood, where [Vanguard Across the Realm] killed the Myriad-Egg Broodmother and ordered the remaining eggs destroyed.

  • Yi'er led Anemia's team along a newly secured shortcut to the Northern Repair Zone, then helped establish a medicine preparation site at the Seventh Transfer Station.
  • [Tom Pie] guided the Vanguard to the Black Pool, where they destroyed its hatching grounds, killed the Pool Guardian Beast, and secured a route into the Liver Region.
  • The Fourth Calamity and The Ancient’s army cleared monster nests and pushed through the Liver Region as [Tom Pie] trained until he reached Tier Three.
  • [Tom Pie] helped bring down the Gray Embankment, and the allied forces advanced to the Black Pool’s northern shore and severed its flesh tubes.
  • The players demolished the Mother Altar and followed its underground fissure, where they defeated a hauler carrying black stones that were poisoning the water.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and the Divine Body Weavers restored a vessel to the Titan Divine Body, allowing True Blood to enter its veins and flow through the cleared shoreline.
  • The Fourth Calamity established a respawn point near the basin of Meat Nests, then fought through its defenses and opened a route for supplies.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] killed the Myriad-Egg Broodmother with [Origin Fang] and ordered the forces to advance into the Main Brood and burn every remaining egg.
Chapters 376–400 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 376Leave a path for those who come after

Anemia, Yi'er, and their team reopened an ancient cliff route from the Seventh Transfer Station to the Northern Repair Zone, creating a shortcut for medicine deliveries. The station began producing neutralizing solution, and the first collection team set out along the newly marked path.

  • Anemia's team discovered that the mapped lower path had collapsed, then climbed the dangerous Artisan's Auxiliary Path and killed a Riftback Lizard blocking their way.
  • Yi'er and the team reached the Northern Repair Zone, confirmed the ancient route connected to it, and marked the cliffside passage as a shortcut for lightly equipped teams.
  • Yi'er explained to Anemia that he had explored the old road to document the hardships and wayfinding marks left by refugees for those who followed.
  • Anemia's team returned to the Seventh Transfer Station, where Yi'er and the artisans established a medicine preparation site and began producing neutralizing solution.
  • The first collection team arrived for medicine to treat injured Mechas, then departed along the newly secured route as the station recorded its destination.

Ch. 377Mobilizing the liver

Gu Yuan completed a self-sustaining circulation through the Liver Region and launched a campaign to reclaim its interior. After [Tom Pie] shared his hard-won map and warned the Vanguard about the Abyss and its corruption, the Crimson Boat brought an army to his outpost, where the players prepared to blockade the Abyss.

  • Gu Yuan closed a broken circuit around the Magic Heart, redirected the golden flow into the Liver Region, and called his Kinfolk to reclaim it.
  • Emerald City launched a campaign into the Liver Region Interior, while [Tom Pie] continued hunting Calamity Kin and watched the Black Pool's corruption spread.
  • [Tom Pie] sent the Vanguard his map, a route to the Black Pool, warnings about its huge guardian, and instructions to avoid the three friendly Ancients.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] reviewed [Tom Pie]'s footage and quests, then ordered the Vanguard to follow his surveyed route and attack the Black Pool.
  • Four days later, the Crimson Boat landed at H-114514 and deployed the Vanguard and thousands of players.
  • [Tom Pie] warned the arriving players to keep their distance, then declared that they would blockade the Abyss.

Ch. 378Cutting off the retreat

The Fourth Calamity destroyed the Black Pool’s shore-side hatching grounds and killed the Pool Guardian Beast, securing a foothold in the Abyss. With the remaining routes mapped and the inner ring marked off-limits, Tom Pie led the army onward to clear the bone trenches.

  • Vanguard Across the Realm and Thunder King fought the Pool Guardian Beast while the Fourth Calamity’s forces attacked the southern hatching grounds.
  • Tom Pie killed a Tier-Two Kin, ruptured the flesh supply tube in the Shallow Trough, and destroyed an unopened cocoon.
  • The players cut apart the main conduits and hatching pods, stopping the shore-side supply of new monsters.
  • Thunder King blocked the Pool Guardian Beast’s retreat into the Black Pool, and Vanguard Across the Realm decapitated it.
  • The Fourth Calamity burned the remaining cocoons, secured a forward Biological Beacon, and prepared to advance along the bone trench.
  • Tom Pie shared the remaining monster routes with Vanguard Across the Realm, marked The Ancient’s patrol area off-limits, and led the army onward.

Ch. 379Rebirth

The players and The Ancient joined forces to defend the Resurrection Points and clear the surrounding wastelands as Bone Valley began to awaken. When the living divine membrane expelled a colossal Abyss monster from the earth, [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered everyone to retreat and [Tom Pie] watched the fight begin.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] organized the players into an outer defense, and they killed monsters attacking the divine membrane without letting their blood reach the cave.
  • The Warlord of The Ancient led his brother north to destroy nearby beetles, while the players followed and helped clear the wasteland.
  • Over four days, the Guild's forces swept monster nests around the three Resurrection Points, and [Tom Pie] reached LV.59 before his advancement stalled at Tier-Two Peak.
  • At the construction site north of Bone Valley, the ground split open to reveal a vast expanse of living primordial divine membrane, and The Ancient celebrated as the land began to revive.
  • A colossal Abyss monster tried to burrow back underground as the awakening divine body forced it out, and [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the players to retreat while [Tom Pie] watched eagerly.

Ch. 380Vein-Devouring Worm

[Vanguard Across the Realm], [Thunder King], [Tom Pie], and the defenders forced the Vein-Devouring Worm out of the fissure and killed it as the Divine Membrane surged. With the valley cleared and the living tissue pushing back the infestation, the players prepared to scout farther along the ancient road.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] attacked the Vein-Devouring Worm as it tried to retreat underground, while the defenders fought off the smaller worms spilling from its body.
  • [Tom Pie] killed a Tier Two Parasitic Slender-Legged Worm, then warned the salvage teams to retreat as the Divine Membrane began to heave upward.
  • The Divine Membrane thrust the Vein-Devouring Worm out of the fissure, allowing [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] to expose its weak points and kill it.
  • The Divine Membrane continued expelling debris and healing the valley floor as the players cleared the battlefield and secured the carcass.
  • [Thunder King] asked where to advance next, and [Tom Pie] directed the scouting team toward the broken span along the ancient road.

Ch. 381Escape plan

Tom Pie and the Vanguard discovered that the insects had evacuated their nests and were moving their eggs north to establish a new nest. They intercepted one carrier herd, but scouts reported more herds heading toward Sinkhole Rift as the Vanguard prepared a second defensive line.

  • Tom Pie found the caves empty and spotted an insect convoy hauling hundreds of egg sacs under guard.
  • Vanguard Across the Realm and Thunder King learned that the insects were relocating their species and ordered the Vanguard to intercept the carrier herds.
  • At North Gully Main Pass, Vanguard fighters blocked the convoy, killed several Sackback Beasts, and fought off larvae and a Long-Jawed Nestguard.
  • Tom Pie stopped an escaping Sackback Beast, destroyed its egg sacs, resisted his hunger, and ordered the larvae burned.
  • Scouts reported more carrier herds moving toward Sinkhole Rift, and Vanguard Across the Realm ordered all units to seal the valley.

Ch. 382The front advances

The players connected the defenses around all three Resurrection Points after twelve days of hunting down the migrating egg-carrying beasts. With the northern advance moving toward the Sinkhole Rift, [Tom Pie] remained stuck at LV.59 and resolved to find his own way to overcome the Abyss’s influence and reach tier three.

  • The flanking regiment trapped and destroyed the last marked Sackback Beast herd in North Gully, joining its vanguard with the main force and connecting the three Resurrection Points.
  • The players and Divine Body Weavers spent twelve days clearing nests, repairing the divine body, and pushing the defensive line dozens of kilometers toward the core of the Liver Region.
  • After the campaign milestone was achieved, [Tom Pie] saw that his experience remained capped at LV.59 despite the victory.
  • [Thunder King] advised [Tom Pie] to stop copying other players’ tier-three methods and study how his own attempts failed, then departed for the northern front.
  • [Tom Pie] rejected the [Hunt the Ancient Warlord] quest’s promised evolution guidance and began reviewing advancement records to carve his own path to tier three.

Ch. 383Self-control!

[Tom Pie] struggled to control his Abyss-tainted body and circulate nirvana energy without triggering his violent, hungry instincts. After six days of painstaking practice, his right arm finally learned to restrain the power on its own, just as [Thunder King] reported the discovery of a vast brood-sac network beneath the Sinkhole Rift.

  • [Tom Pie] reviewed his failed Tier Three breakthrough attempts and realized his Abyssal instincts kept turning nirvana energy into an uncontrolled attack through his right claw.
  • [Tom Pie] followed Dharma King's advice and trained with tiny amounts of energy, gradually learning to guide the flow back through his forearm instead of fighting his muscles by force.
  • [Tom Pie] resisted his urge to gorge on raw Tier Two rot beetle meat and continued practicing despite hunger, pain, and repeated failures.
  • Over several days, [Tom Pie] improved his control while [Thunder King] and the allied forces fought at the Sinkhole Rift, where they found brood sacs fed by regenerative flesh tubes guarded by Tier Three creatures.
  • When [Thunder King] called with news of the discovery, [Tom Pie]'s right arm automatically stopped a surge of deathlight, proving that his muscles had learned to control the power without conscious effort.
  • [Tom Pie] celebrated reaching the threshold and vowed that his body would obey him despite the Abyss's influence.

Ch. 384Tier Three Calamity

After four days of training, [Tom Pie] completed his advancement to Level 60, Tier Three, and gained control over his Nirvana Energy. He helped the vanguard destroy a brood-sac hatchery on the Sinkhole Rift’s southern rim, then set out toward a newly revealed passage deeper into the northern front.

  • [Tom Pie] connected his Annihilation Circuit, advanced to Level 60 and Tier Three, and learned to control the release and recovery of his power.
  • [Tom Pie] answered Dharma King's call and joined the vanguard assault on the brood-sac fields at the Sinkhole Rift.
  • [Tom Pie] drew the Level 62 Flow-Severing Scorpion away from the eastern outlet and killed it by tearing through its armor and tendons.
  • [Tom Pie] resisted the urge to eat the scorpion’s flesh and told the craftsmen the eastern outlet was clear for their equipment.
  • The vanguard cut and burned all three Pulp Feeders, starving the brood sacs and destroying the hatchery.
  • [Tom Pie] saw a newly exposed passage leading deeper into the gray mist and strode toward the northern front.

Ch. 385Backstab!

[Tom Pie] and two scouts discovered a Native Immune Legion battling Abyss creatures behind a fortified embankment in the Sinkhole Rift. After [The Ancient · Warlord] spotted them and attacked, [Tom Pie] sent the battlefield footage to the main force, which planned a strike on the embankment’s exposed supports.

  • [Tom Pie] led two elite scouts down a newly exposed passage and found a severed biochemical leg and signs of a fierce battle below.
  • [Tom Pie] spotted [The Ancient · Warlord] and its Native Immune Legion fighting Tier Three Abyss creatures around a fortified Gray Embankment.
  • [Tom Pie] identified the embankment’s exposed rear support cables, then dodged a boulder hurled by the Warlord after it sensed him.
  • [Tom Pie] sent the recorded battlefield model to the main force and directed them toward a safer inner passage.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] arrived, studied the support frames, and ordered a coordinated attack to cut the Abyss forces’ ground anchors.

Ch. 386A pincer attack

The Fourth Calamity and the Native Legion brought down the gray barrier in a coordinated attack, with [Tom Pie] severing its final load-bearing cable. The Warlord of The Ancient opened a passage for the players, who began moving supplies through as both forces advanced toward the next fallen position.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] drew away the barrier’s tier three sentries while the Fourth Calamity’s craftsmen cut its flesh-roots and exposed the inner supports.
  • [Tom Pie] severed the main tension cable, but a collapsing support pulled the winch and nearly threw him from the cliff; he then cut the final cable as the Warlord of The Ancient continued pushing from the front.
  • The gray barrier collapsed, and the Warlord of The Ancient tore away the remaining wreckage as the Native Legion poured through the breach and trapped the Abyss swarm against the players’ shield wall.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm], Dharma King, and the Native Patrol defeated the remaining monsters while the craftsmen cleared and collected barrier materials.
  • The Warlord of The Ancient led its guards away and left the outer road open; the Fourth Calamity moved supplies through the breach, and [Tom Pie] prepared to continue along the outer ring as the advance team explored ahead.

Ch. 387Devouring Their Own to Survive

The players and The Ancient pushed through the divine body’s tissue folds, where [Tom Pie] discovered a Tier Three Swarm-Eater Beast healing itself by devouring its own routed troops. The advance also brought the army around to the northern shore of the Black Pool, where [Tom Pie] spotted the southern garrison and vowed to destroy the Kinfolk there.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm], [Thunder King], and the players pressed forward after the Gray Embankment fell, keeping their supply lines and formations intact as The Ancient fought ahead.
  • Over three days, the Guild’s vanguard coordinated with The Ancient’s army and advanced through the Liver Region, killing fleeing Tier Two Kinfolk and clearing a route.
  • [Tom Pie] spotted a Tier Three Swarm-Eater Beast eating its own wounded Kinfolk to heal, and [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the army to block its access to fleeing creatures and avoid damaging the living membrane.
  • A Warlord charged the Swarm-Eater Beast, while [Tom Pie] recognized the South Slope Bone Platform and realized the army had reached the northern shore of the Black Pool.
  • [Tom Pie] contacted the southern garrison, whose captain confirmed they could see the northern lights, and [Tom Pie] declared that he had brought an army to wipe out their enemies.

Ch. 388Void Control: Blade of Annihilation!

[Tom Pie], [Vanguard Across the Realm], [Thunder King], and the Ancient Warlord defeated the Swarm-Eater Beast and secured a foothold on the Black Pool’s northern shore. With the shore’s pipelines mapped and reinforcements connecting from the south, [Tom Pie] prepared to lead his comrades into the Black Pool.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and the Ancient Warlord attacked the Swarm-Eater Beast while [Thunder King] struck its feeding limbs with lightning, and the players cut off its access to food.
  • [Tom Pie] used [Corrosion Claw] to sever the beast’s last feeding limb and save the creature it had hooked from being eaten.
  • The Ancient Warlord broke the beast’s foreleg, [Vanguard Across the Realm] cut off its remaining feeding limb, and [Thunder King] struck its heart with [Fa Wang's Wrath] before the Warlord killed it.
  • [Tom Pie] received experience from the battle and reached level 61.
  • The players secured the northern shore, raised their war banner, and traced seven flesh tubes pumping black slurry into the shore’s channels.
  • [Tom Pie] told [Thunder King] he would lead his comrades into the Black Pool and tear it out by the roots.

Ch. 389Joining Forces!

The north-shore forces severed seven supply tubes feeding the Abyss army and linked up with the south-shore vanguard, opening a shorter route for troops and supplies. After [Tom Pie] revealed that the Mother Altar at the center of the Black Pool remained active and was hatching new creatures, the army advanced to attack it.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] directed the Mecha crews to sever all seven north-shore flesh tubes while the troops fought off attacking Kinfolk and Fiends.
  • Two days later, the north- and south-shore vanguards broke through the blocked eastern pass and joined forces, opening a route for supplies and wounded soldiers.
  • [Tom Pie] shared reconnaissance images showing that the Mother Altar was still pumping black water and that monstrous creatures were emerging from its cocoons.
  • [Thunder King] and [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the army to advance on the altar, and the Ancient Warlord charged ahead to smash a guard.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] organized the assault as the heavy shield regiment advanced toward the altar, while [Tom Pie] climbed onto an outer beam beside a cracking cocoon.

Ch. 390Topple the Altar!

The players and Ancient Guardians destroyed the altar’s incubation beds and defeated the Nest Guardian Matriarch, but the collapse exposed a fissure pouring up endless black water. [Vanguard Across the Realm] sealed off the fissure, and [Tom Pie] resolved to investigate the source of the Abyss poison.

  • The players fought through the hatchlings while the Ancient Guardians held back the outer threats, and [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] killed the Nest Guardian Matriarch.
  • A shield-bearer sacrificed himself to save a trapped machine gunner as poisonous slurry swept across the beams.
  • [Tom Pie] killed a Tier-Three guard on the outer beam while the squads cleared the altar’s demolition zone.
  • The players sawed through the altar’s supports, and the Warlord of The Ancient tore down the remaining cultivation rack, sending the incubation beds into the Black Pool.
  • An engineer discovered a fissure beneath the rubble that continued gushing black water, so [Vanguard Across the Realm] stopped the hunters and ordered the area secured.
  • [Tom Pie] decided the Fourth Calamity would follow the fissure to find the source of the Abyss poison.

Ch. 391Abyssal Corrosion

Vanguard Across the Realm’s party discovered the black stones that transformed underground water into Abyss slurry and found the Kin trying to transport them to a new location. They attacked the giant hauler carrying the stones, beginning a battle to stop the contamination from spreading.

  • Vanguard Across the Realm found a dry ledge leading into the flooded passage, killed a Tier-Two parasite, and led the players underground while Tom Pie followed the widening drag marks.
  • The party reached an ancient chamber where the Ancient Warlord and two Ancient Guardians were attacking Abyss growths.
  • Thunder King and the others saw a black stone turn pale-yellow water into deadly black slurry, while Tom Pie recognized its aura from the Oblivion Black Spring and his Corrosion Claw.
  • The Kin lifted the stone from its trough and loaded it into an Abyss-Eroded Hauler carrying two other black stones, preparing to escape through a newly opened passage.
  • Vanguard Across the Realm and Thunder King attacked the hauler with a lightning strike and a blade thrust as the players opened fire.

Ch. 392Judgment!

The Fourth Calamity killed the Tier Three Abyssal hauling behemoth and secured the three black stones, cutting off the underground source of black sludge. The chapter ended with [Vanguard Across the Realm] sending a recording of the stones’ unusual fractured surfaces to command for identification.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] crippled the Burden-Slot Behemoth while [Tom Pie] blocked the escape ramp and stopped its workers from hauling away the bone trough.
  • The Warlord of The Ancient joined [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] in killing the behemoth, and the fighters sealed the dangerous stones inside the trough.
  • [Tom Pie] watched the black sludge drain from the troughs, and a commander reported that the water flowing from the opening had begun to lighten.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] examined a recording showing curved, unusually smooth fractures on the stones and sent it to Emerald City logistics command for identification.

Ch. 393Corrupted Titan Blood

Vanguard Across the Realm discovered that the black stones beneath the bone trough contained surviving divine blood, whose power could reshape flesh and consciousness despite the surrounding Nirvana Erosion. The Warlord of The Ancient revealed a living capillary in the Titan Divine Body, and Vanguard Across the Realm called for a repair team to connect it to the blood supply.

  • Vanguard Across the Realm ordered the searchlights off and spotted a golden-red glow inside a crack beneath the bone trough's lid.
  • Vanguard Across the Realm experienced a violent displacement of consciousness near the glow, while a severed Abyssal flesh cord briefly regenerated before Nirvana Erosion destroyed it.
  • Mind Storm identified the power as Chaos Psionic Energy from a god's true blood and warned Vanguard Across the Realm and the others not to approach or use it recklessly.
  • Tom Pie withdrew to the surface because the nearby Abyssal death energy and divine blood intensified his hunger and threatened his control.
  • The Warlord of The Ancient uncovered a surviving capillary in the Titan Divine Body, and the glow inside the black stone flickered toward it.
  • Vanguard Across the Realm contacted Emerald City's frontline logistics and requested that repair and escort teams be sent to the active blood-supply branch.

Ch. 394Channeling the flow

After five days of fighting and repairs, [Vanguard Across the Realm] and his allies cleared a path for a remnant of divine True Blood to rejoin the Ancient Divine Body's veins, restoring the shoreline channels. The advance force then set out toward the deeper Liver Region as the reclaimed land awakened behind them.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm], [Thunder King], and the Divine Body Weavers watched the repaired vessel reconnect with the golden-red radiance inside the bone trough.
  • When a collapsing sewage diversion frame threatened the vessel opening, [Vanguard Across the Realm] cut the contaminated membrane while [Thunder King] and the Ancient Warlord fought off larvae and held back the frame.
  • The freed True Blood broke away from Nirvana Erosion and entered the Divine Vein, which carried it into the body's bloodstream.
  • The Divine Vein surged through the cleared shoreline, and [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the forces to remove the remaining partitions and let it flow.
  • That evening, the Ancient Legion led by the Warlord marched east into the Liver Region, while [Tom Pie] and [Thunder King] joined the advance.

Ch. 395Seizing the Respawn Point from Above

At the edge of an immense insect-breeding basin, [Vanguard Across the Realm] found a concealed cliffside cavern and led a force to establish a respawn point inside it. As the beacon began activating under attack, a Level 67 Tier Three Wall-climbing Hunter Beast emerged, and [Vanguard Across the Realm] moved to face it.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] discovered that the endless newborn insects came from a vast basin full of Meat Nests, while The Ancient's forces fought to hold a narrow pass nearby.
  • [Tom Pie] found a concealed cavern and platform beneath an overhanging shell, and confirmed the cavern was dry and free of visible contamination.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered a squad to rappel down with two Biological Beacons and supplies, planning to create a respawn point and fortify the platform.
  • [Thunder King], [Vanguard Across the Realm], and the squad descended to the platform, fought off attacking insects, and began setting up the beacon.
  • A shield-bearer sacrificed himself to hold back an attacker while the artisans activated the beacon with high-purity culture medium.
  • A Level 67 Tier Three Wall-climbing Hunter Beast emerged from a cavern fissure and fixed its attention on the beacon, so [Vanguard Across the Realm] stood between them and told the artisans to keep powering it.

Ch. 396Half an hour later, a fighting man again!

[Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] killed a Wall-climbing Hunter Beast as the beacon came online, then the Vanguard Team held the ledge until reinforcements respawned. With the position secured and supplies arriving, [Vanguard Across the Realm] led the first melee battalion toward a nearby flesh nest while the rest guarded the beacon.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and [Thunder King] killed the Wall-climbing Hunter Beast before it could cut the supply cable, and the two rappelling players saved their cargo of bone spears.
  • The craftsmen activated the beacon, opening a temporary respawn point, but Tier Two Soldier Bugs soon broke through the left defensive wall and forced the Vanguard Team to fight on.
  • [Tom Pie] battled the bugs while resisting the Gluttony Demon’s urge to attack his allies, then lured parasites away from the ledge with a dead bug’s body.
  • After half an hour, the fallen main tank respawned and returned to the front, followed by waves of Guild reinforcements who rebuilt the shield line and pushed back the bug tide.
  • Over the next two hours, the players secured the ledge and received more supplies; [Vanguard Across the Realm] then led the first melee battalion toward a nearby flesh nest while the others defended the beacon.

Ch. 397Overseer Insect

[Vanguard Across the Realm] and the assault team destroyed a Meat Nest with planted explosives, forcing the western defenders to turn back and expose their rear. The team broke through the flesh bridge and reached the enemy logistics platform, where [Vanguard Across the Realm] attacked the Blackspine Overseer Insect.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] led the attack on the Meat Nest while a shield bearer held its opening and sappers planted incendiary bombs inside.
  • The bombs destroyed the Meat Nest and its eggs, but the shield bearer died and lost his enchanted Tower Shield.
  • The burning nest panicked the western defenders, prompting [Vanguard Across the Realm] to leave guards on the return route and lead the others west.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] urged the assault team to break through the western chokepoint so the heavy convoy could enter the basin.
  • [Tom Pie] marked the outer ridge as [Vanguard Across the Realm] led the team across the flesh bridge to the enemy's rear logistics platform.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] struck at the Blackspine Overseer Insect as it whipped its retreating troops.

Ch. 398Myriad-Egg Broodmother

The Fourth Calamity and the Ancient forces broke through the pass, killed two Tier Three bugs, and linked the vanguard to its supply line. As the troops prepared to advance into the Breeding Basin, the Myriad-Egg Broodmother emerged from the Meat Nest, and [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered everyone to prepare for battle.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm], [Thunder King], and [Tom Pie] worked together to expose the Blackspine Overseer Insect's neck and kill it.
  • The Ancient Warlord and Ancient Guardians broke through the pass, opening a route into the basin for the Fourth Calamity.
  • A logistics transport crossed the pass, delivering armor, shields, spears, and grenades to the vanguard.
  • [Tom Pie] reached LV.63 after participating in the Overseer Insect's kill and asked for the next target.
  • The Meat Nest split open, and the LV.79 Tier Three Lord Myriad-Egg Broodmother emerged from the basin.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the troops to regroup and prepare their newly delivered heavy weapons.

Ch. 399Meatball Impact!

The Myriad-Egg Broodmother stormed the human defensive line, forcing the players to abandon attempts to damage its armor and fight the hordes of bugs it released. [Vanguard Across the Realm], the Ancient Warlord, and [Thunder King] wounded the Broodmother, but it cut off its brood sacs and launched a direct charge at the position.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the gunners to target the Soldier Bugs spilling from the Broodmother’s ruptured brood sacs while the defenders held the convoy route open.
  • A wounded gunner and his companion turned a heavy cannon against the attacking Fiends, and the Ancient Warlord arrived to strike the Broodmother’s left foreleg.
  • [Thunder King] supported [Vanguard Across the Realm] as he used the Ancient Warlord’s attack to expose and sever the Broodmother’s leg tendon, then struck a wound behind its neck with [Origin Fang].
  • [Tom Pie] kept the ammunition corridor clear while [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the units to maintain formation and attack the Broodmother’s existing wounds.
  • The Broodmother severed its brood sacs, discarded its offspring, and charged the human position through the cannon fire.

Ch. 400A life for a life

[Vanguard Across the Realm] led the assault that killed the LV.79 Myriad-Egg Broodmother, sacrificing his life to sever its primary nerve cord and protect the convoy at the Western Pass. After respawning and rejoining the battlefield, he rallied the forces to advance on the Main Brood and destroy the remaining eggs.

  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] and the defenders held the Western Pass as the wounded Myriad-Egg Broodmother charged, while [Tom Pie] protected the ammunition convoy from ambushers.
  • The Ancient Warlord and the one-armed Ancient Guardian restrained the Brood Mother's damaged leg, allowing [Vanguard Across the Realm] to sever its tendon and bring the creature crashing down.
  • [Thunder King] blasted open the Brood Mother's head, but its primary nerve bundle began closing the wound with its mouthparts.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] plunged into the Brood Mother's brain and drove [Origin Fang] into the nerve core, then sacrificed himself to sever it completely and kill the Brood Mother.
  • After respawning, [Vanguard Across the Realm] recovered [Origin Fang] from [Thunder King] and saw the Ancient Warlord acknowledge him.
  • [Vanguard Across the Realm] ordered the forces to assemble and advance into the Main Brood to burn every remaining egg.
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