The Four Great Families Unite

Outside the Dungeon.

After Zhou He went to Crystal Mist Peak for rescue and also went missing, Dragon City was in complete panic.

This is truly terrifying.

Because of the disappearance of the genius Jiu Chen, Jian Qingfeng personally led a rescue team but disappeared as well. In order to save Jian Qingfeng, Zhou He personally led a rescue team but also disappeared.

It's safe to say that the most promising, strongest, and most powerful players in the entire game have all disappeared.

Xu Shengguo was extremely anxious, even suspecting that someone was using a nested doll technique.

What exactly is that thing over there at Crystal Mist Peak? Why do people who go there always disappear?

Xu Shengguo hadn't slept all day, and he was pacing back and forth anxiously.

With the disappearance of Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng, two pillars of the Military District, it felt like half the sky had fallen.

If Zhou He hadn't sent him a message before entering the Dungeon, he might be on his way to rescue him right now.

"Zhou He is the same; he didn't explain anything clearly! He made me worry here!"

Xu Shengguo couldn't help but complain.

Before Zhou He disappeared, he only told him that they would be missing for a while, and then he asked him to finish building the city as quickly as possible.

Finally, he left behind a strange task.

Let him tell all the players in both the game and real-world Game Forum.

If the game requires server maintenance, players must log out of the game before the maintenance stops!

"Why did Zhou He ask me to do this? Could what happened at Crystal Mist Peak be related to the game update? If that's the case, how did Zhou He know about it? He knew nothing about it before he left Dragon City?"

Xu Shengguo never expected that Zhou He would receive a message from Xiao Fan on the road and learn about Luo Yi's plan.

Zhou He didn't tell Xu Shengguo directly mainly because he wasn't sure if it was true or not; after all, the idea of people from other planets being stranded on Blue Star sounded too unbelievable.

Despite his doubts, Xu Shengguo followed Zhou He's instructions, posting a pinned thread on the forum and posting daily updates in the game.

<Cloud Sea> has only been shut down and updated once in the ten years since its debut.

Only a few months have passed, how could there be any new information?

However, since this message came from the Military District, players still believed that their country wouldn't release such a message without reason.

Now, all players on the server know that the game may be undergoing maintenance for an update soon, and everyone is excitedly speculating about the update content.

The last maintenance update for the Cloud Sea added many new gameplay features, which greatly impacted in-game life and interpersonal relationships.

Most players are quite looking forward to this update, and they often chat in the world chat speculating about its contents.

Xu Shengguo opened the game interface and sent messages to Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng, the missing people, again. After still not receiving a reply, his heart was in his throat.

"Reporting, Chief! Only one more task remains in the construction of the Level 3 city; it is expected to be completed tonight."

A soldier ran in to report to his superior.

"Um."

Xu Shengguo responded lightly, then, recalling Zhou He's instructions before his disappearance, spoke again.

"Be as quick as possible. If you encounter any difficulties, tell me and I'll help you solve them. Don't drag it out and try to figure it out yourself."

"Rest assured, Chief. This time, many gangs, teams, and Freelance Player have enthusiastically come to help with the city construction. The progress is even faster than when we built Level 1 City last time. The last task will be completed soon."

The soldier player said with a smile.

The location for this level 3 city construction is in the level 60 area of Cloud Dream Marsh, which is the result of their careful consideration.

Cloud Dream Marsh boasts beautiful scenery and a comfortable temperature. There are no particularly dangerous Fierce Beast nearby, so even low-level players won't face any danger.

Dragon City is already in high-level areas; it's time to consider lower-level players as well.

There's been a lot of activity surrounding the construction of the city, and players in the areas near Cloud Dream Marsh are incredibly excited to hear that the nation is building a city there.

I stopped leveling up and running dungeons every day; I just waited to help out in the surrounding area.

No matter how difficult the task, it can't withstand a large number of people.

"That's good."

Xu Shengguo nodded.

He was deeply shocked by the Level 3 City Construction Token Zhou He had brought back before his disappearance.

They mobilized all their forces and fought for a long time, but they didn't even see a single city construction order.

Later, Jiu Chen obtained a City Building Token, which they bought with Core Power. Only a week later, Zhou He had someone bring back a Level 3 City Building Token on his way to the rescue.

"Where did Zhou He get the token?"

Xu Shengguo's doubts grew.

Something else happened in the game yesterday that really annoyed him.

The Four Great Families have officially united, establishing their permanent base at the King Base and inviting players to join them.

It's important to know that the Four Great Families each had their own power in the game. Although they cooperated, they also competed with each other.

According to the information brought back by their spies, the Four Great Families joined forces mainly because of two things.

Firstly, Shen Long built the King Base, creating a formal Safe Zone in the game.

The other three major families covet the safe base because it provides a true Safe Zone, allowing their power to grow more effectively.

Currently, only the Dragon City of the nation and Shen Long's King Base are Safe Zone in the game.

There are requirements for settling in here, which will restrict their development, while the King Base offers more freedom.

Shen Long also wanted to leverage the strength of the other three major families to help him upgrade his base and eventually turn it into a city.

The two sides hit it off immediately.

Secondly, it's because Shen Long created his first Profession Hook Master a couple of days ago.

Although it was a low-level Profession, it meant that he had completed the last task of leveling up and became the second player to reach level 100 on the Dragon Nation Server.

The Shen Family's Skill Chain was created based on their weapon, the chain hook, and now the Profession Hook Master also aligns with their skills and weapon.

Shen Long generously opened up the Profession he created in the King Base, but he did not immediately switch professions himself.

Xu Shengguo guessed that he looked down on Profession without ranks.

Jian Qingfeng was the same way. Although the Profession Sword Master he created perfectly matched his weapon skills, he just wouldn't switch to it.

Knowing that Jiu Chen had created ranked Profession, he was even less likely to switch to an ordinary Profession.

All I can say is that experts have a different perspective.

While things are bustling at the King Base, they are filled with worry over the disappearance of Jian Qingfeng and Zhou He.

Xu Shengguo looked out the window and sighed, "What happened to them? When will they be back?"

King Base

Shen Long's spies in Dragon City also sent word.

Upon learning that the Military had somehow obtained another Level 3 City Building Token, Shen Long was so enraged that he smashed several tables.

Especially when he thought about how Xiao Fan and Zhou He had tricked him out of so much Core Power in the Glazed Gathering Place, his anger almost materialized!

If it weren't for the three major families joining the King Base this time, let alone upgrading the base, he wouldn't even be able to survive!

However, Shen Long's mood improved after hearing about Zhou He and Jian Qingfeng's disappearance.

They'd better never come back!

"But what exactly is going on with Crystal Mist Peak? Why are so many people going missing there?"

Shen Long was very curious, so he opened the game panel and sent a message to Yu Feiyu, the branch manager of the Shen Sect in the Never Setting Sun Gathering Point, to inquire about the situation.

As it turned out, Yu Feiyu told him that someone from their Shen Sect had also gone missing.

Shen Long: If these people come back, send me a message immediately.

Yu Feiyu: Yes.