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A ghostly blue light flickered within the bloodied, mangled crater.

A few seconds later.

[Deconstruction successful.]

[Obtained: 3 Broken Thunder Ram Horn Fragments, 1 Deformed Mutation Bone, 5 Fragments of High-Tier Scales]

Looking at the spoils that popped out, marked with damage, defects, and deformation.

Lu Xiu took a deep breath.

She knew it!

In Monster Hunter dungeons, no matter how much she attacks the monster, its complete corpse is always preserved. This is to make it easier for players to collect materials and loot the corpse; otherwise, a mangled corpse wouldn't be good enough to represent the materials.

This gave her a great opportunity to showcase her Deconstruction skills.

But in reality, there are no such restrictions.

This monster turned into mangled flesh the moment it was hit.

Using the Deconstruction skill on rotten flesh will only yield damaged materials.

Fortunately...

Among this pile of messy, broken materials, Lu Xiu still managed to find a perfectly intact piece of material.

[Item Name: Ripper Demon’s Steel Claw]

[Rating:???]

[Type: Biomaterials]

[Description: Originating from the forelimbs of the Ripper Demon, its claws underwent a Mutation process that resulted in a metallic texture, exhibiting a unique structure surpassing ordinary steel, making it indestructible and even faintly retaining the explosive power the monster possessed in its lifetime.]

[Note: Despite using all its skills and exerting every ounce of strength, it couldn't even touch its opponent, but that's not the claw's fault; the claw had already tried its best.]

"----pity."

After examining the properties of the intact materials, Lu Xiu clapped her hands, straightened up, and murmured something.

Originally, she just wanted to switch to a different shield, push the leopard monster away when it pounced, throw it off balance, and then quickly finish it off with other skills.

But eventually, I got into a rhythm and just used Super Amped Element Discharge.

Although the Azure Blade Myriad Forms cannot replicate the mechanics of the dungeon, such as the unique dungeon items like the Spirit Gauge Charge Bottle, which are impossible to replicate in reality, Lu Xiu can make the weapon's form infinitely close to that of the dungeon.

Including design variations.

In that situation, even the monsters collapsed to the ground.

With the Charge Blade in hand, who could resist unleashing a Super Amped Element Discharge attack?

It's like when you're wielding a katana and facing a large monster, you instinctively use the fighting style from Monster Hunter dungeons.

After all, this dungeon was only recently created, and muscle memory is still building.

If you land three big spins, you'll follow up with Spirit Helm Breaker, and both monsters will fall to the ground together. Then you'll want to unleash Super Amped Element Discharge.

Lu Xiu has practiced for so long that this habit is ingrained in her DNA.

But I'll have to be more careful next time.

In reality, monster battle losses also include materials that become battle losses.

certainly.

It depends on whether the materials are useful.

If it's useless, then just smash it.

Making yourself happy is fine too----

Just as Lu Xiu was planning her next strategy for dealing with the real-world monsters, a series of slightly heavy footsteps came from behind her.

Chu Huai finally snapped out of his daze and walked over to Lu Xiu, stepping on the gravel.

The moment the two Variant Monster were crushed to death, all the Crawler around them fled.

Chu Huai first glanced down at the two Variant Monster corpses.

The two once ferocious Variant Monster were now lying quietly in the crater created by the Super Amped Element Discharge Explosion. Not only were half of their bodies smashed into a pulp, but Lu Xiu's skill had also just skinned and dismembered them.

What remains now is a complete pile of bloody, mangled flesh, with even the skeleton incomplete.

Seeing this scene...

Chu Huai's eyes twitched violently. Combining Lu Xiu's monster-hunting process, which was practically a tutorial, with her words of telling the monster not to die immediately after killing it—plus the gruesome sight of the monster being skinned and ripped apart—he finally understood why Lu Xiu had such a long Title in the Monster Hunter dungeon.

There really wasn't a single person who wronged her—no, they were wrongly accused.

But soon...

He realized something was wrong.

etc.

Monster Hunter is Roleplay Instance.

The player's own skills shouldn't be usable.

--That legendary, Root Skill whose mechanics are known only to a handful of people?

"----Miss Lu."

Chu Huai's mind raced with thoughts, but it all happened in an instant. He quickly realized, "What were you just doing?"

What he wanted to ask was why the monster avoided her.

As for all the actions we just took while fighting the monster.

Although Chu Huai was initially shocked, he quickly came to terms with it—this was a humanoid taboo personally certified by an NPC in a Monster Hunter offline dungeon.

There's no logic to it.

"Items rewarded from Monster Hunter dungeons."

Lu Xiu turned to look at Chu Huai, then at the High Sequence players in the distance who were peeking out, seemingly wanting to shout something. After giving a brief explanation, she said, "Let's talk about this later. Could you do me a favor and see if you can collect some materials?"

"Ah?"

Chu Huai looked at the mangled monster, then at Lu Xiu's beautiful face, and froze.

It's already like this.

Do I need to cut it into minced meat?

"I'm going to experiment. The monster corpses on the front lines take a while to respawn, right? It feels a bit like the monsters in Monster Hunter. You guys collect some and see if the monster parts can be used as materials."

Lu Xiu explained, "Although I extracted the core material, the hardness of their other scales and bones should still be quite considerable. I discovered this when I was cutting them."

So use your knives to cut, see which part looks good and seems sturdy, then cut that piece and see if you can hold it in your hand and use it as material. I just came out of the Astera and saw the NPC in the workshop."

The soldiers behind Chu Huai looked at each other in bewilderment.

ah?

Although Chu Huai was somewhat confused, he still chose to trust Lu Xiu: "Go, go and look through it, see if there's anything that can be used as material."

Upon hearing this, the soldiers exchanged glances, then several of them put away their weapons, drew their long knives, and walked over to the two gruesome corpses, beginning to cut them open.

soon.

The clanging sounds continued incessantly.

The main difference is that the Variant Monster's flesh is harder and its scales are even harder, just like steel plates.

Many soldiers couldn't cut through it, so they started hacking at it instead.

Not far away, the High Sequence players who had been stopped by the soldiers came to their senses and saw this scene: "----"

Who's forging the blacksmith?

Oh, so they were dismembering the body.

no?

Do you really need to chop it into minced meat after killing it?

Is it really that cruel?

finally.

The soldiers worked with great effort to remove a section of bone and several thick scales.

Then, something astonishing happened.

After the refresh timer expires.

The Variant Monster's corpse has disappeared.

But the thick scales that the soldiers cut off did not disappear as quickly as the Mutation monster.

It's as if they've been fixed by the rules of the game.

The other soldier's bone, as the Mutation monster dissipated, the bits of flesh on it quickly disappeared, the bloodstains on its surface gradually dried, and the bone itself seemed to become increasingly hard, even gleaming with a metallic sheen in the morning light.

The soldier examined the bone's properties, his eyes widening slightly, before approaching Chu Huai and handing him the materials.

Chu Huai glanced at it.

[Item Name: Lei Yue’s Sturdy Bone]

[Rating:???]

[Type: Biomaterials]

[Description: This creature originated from Variant Monster deeply affected by the assimilation of the Gray Membrane. The bone was taken from the thickest part of Lei Yue's hind limb. In its previous life, this monster possessed the ability to manipulate lightning. Its bones, through a long process of Mutation, were tempered by lightning, resulting in extremely high hardness, and naturally formed conductive patterns are subtly present within the bones.]

[Note: Is bone harder or a knife harder? It seems like a knife is a bit harder----]

Chu Huai looked at the introduction with great surprise, then handed it to Lu Xiu.

Lu Xiu glanced at it, then asked, "Have you tried peeling anything off the monster before?"

"No."

Chu Huai gently shook his head. "You just saw the Monster Tide. It came wave after wave without any rest. Moreover, the corpses of these monsters are refreshed regularly after they die. It seems that the system doesn't want the corpses to hinder the progress of other monsters."

Once the Monster Tide stops, there's practically no trace left, so we've never tried it."

In fact.

They hadn't even thought about it before.

Why would you cut down monsters if you had nothing else to do?

Research?

The world has become gamified. According to the think tank's speculation, everything should be digitized. Monster corpses even respawn. How can we conduct research?

Moreover, even if the severed monster parts could be preserved, they were of little use beforehand.

Because there's no forging gameplay at all.

Is that so?

Lu Xiu seemed thoughtful upon hearing this, and murmured, "Then we can't be sure if this function was added recently or was already there—but it doesn't matter, as long as it can cut materials."

Thinking of this...

She raised her head again. "Captain Chu, could you please try to obtain the materials from the Crawler? I can't fight those Crawler."

Speaking of which...

She gently flicked her ponytail and pointed to the ribbon behind her head. "The effect of the Disaster Hunter Medal will directly scare away low-level monsters, so only you can deal with them. In the meantime, I'll go drive away the low-level monsters in other areas and kill those Variant Monster."

This is also a good test to see if scaring away low-level monsters like this will cause them to return with even greater Monster Tide next Monster Tide. If so, I'll use this method less often in the future.

After the Monster Tide subsides, we'll go back to the real-world Astera to see if the Monster Hunter NPCs can craft these materials into equipment.

Disaster Hunter Medal ----

Disaster Hunter ----

Lu Xiu's words.

This was precisely what Chu Huai was most concerned about.

But now is not the time to ask that.

"I see."

Chu Huai summoned his communication panel and pointed to the left. "Then please proceed in this direction. I'll head in the direction you came from; the pressure should be lower there. I'll instruct the others to see if they can obtain materials from the Crawler."

If the Astera can be transformed from waste into treasure, then even if the monsters in reality can only provide useful materials, the significance of the front lines will change.

At least.

This will no longer be a simple war of attrition!

Lu Xiu looked ahead. "Then I'll set off."

"Be careful, and please step down and rest if you're tired."

Chu Huai gripped his battle sword tightly. "See you later."

Lu Xiu nodded slightly, without saying anything more.

The Jump Kit at her waist emitted another deep rumble.

Laugh!

A trail of dark blue flame erupted, and the girl's lithe figure leaped into the air, gliding along the wall and quickly disappearing into Afterimage ruins on the other side of the defensive line.

Lu Xiu left.

The Disaster Hunter's oppressive aura dissipated.

The scattered Crawler finally reappeared.

Did everyone hear that???

"I heard that—holy crap, from what Lu Xiu said, it seems like the monsters on the front lines can be cut into materials!"

"What are we waiting for! Charge! Let's gather information first! We've got firsthand intelligence now!"

"Charge! Charge! Charge! Charge! Charge!"

rear.

The High Sequence players finally realized what was happening.

They were still in shock after witnessing Lu Xiu fight the monster, when they overheard Lu Xiu and Chu Huai talking about how parts of the monster could be cut off and turned into materials.

If the monsters on the front lines don't drop anything, or if the only reward is the elusive, lottery-like Profession Certificate, then players won't be very interested.

Because there's a high probability you won't get anything.

There is also a risk to their lives.

Even though Lu Xiu's storyline is agonizing, requiring countless deaths, it is still a difficult one.

But as long as players know that there will be excellent rewards after clearing the dungeon, they can all persevere.

That's the power of rewards.

But the monsters on the front lines don't drop anything, so who would want to fight them?

But what if we tell the players?

These mountains and fields are filled with tens of thousands of monsters, each of which can be used as material. As long as you can cut off certain parts of the monsters with a knife, they can be turned into real materials!

Even if the players don't know what this material is used for at the moment.

Players are very interested in farming for that item!

After all—it might just come in handy!

"Brothers! Stop using area-of-effect skills! Slash with your swords! Cut with your blades!"

"Leave me a leg! I want to try dislocating its joints!"

"Hey you, put away your wide-area skills! If you burn my scales, I'll make you pay when we get back to the safe zone!"

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In an instant.

The style of the A18 Defense Zone suddenly changed.

The players who had initially only intended to help were instantly motivated, their eyes gleaming with green light as they roared and charged into the swarming group of Crawler.

The once terrifying front line of Monster Tide.

This group of High Sequence players somehow managed to create a scene reminiscent of a frenzy at a wet market, where people are scrambling for discounted pork ribs.

Chu Huai stood there, watching the players who almost fought over the right to cut up a Crawler's corpse, his lips twitching wildly.

Nine Provinces winning the arena battle also had its downsides.

Players in Nine Provinces now have no shortage of Survival Points.

He's really starting to resemble a traditional player more and more.

He silently turned his head and began using the communication panel to contact several high-ranking captains at the front. "----When the Monster Tide weakens, try to keep the monster corpses intact when killing them, and then try to cut the scales, tongues, bones, etc. of the Crawler, but be careful, don't risk your life to cut a single scale."

at the same time.

Not all players joined the ranks of those farming materials.

A small group of players, upon hearing Lu Xiu's words and seeing her departing figure, did not hesitate to abandon the readily available low-level materials in front of them. Instead, they activated their speed-up skills and desperately chased after her in the direction Lu Xiu had left.

Compared to the ordinary Crawler materials, they were more interested in this rarely seen chief Architect of Nine Provinces.

It's important to know that Lu Xiu rarely appears in public; most players can only see her during live streams of large-scale events like arena battles.

Today, this legendary Architect not only appeared on the front lines in person, but also gave them a real-life Monster Hunter longsword tutorial.

This really piques my curiosity.

Will she use other weapons next?

The group of players hung far behind Lu Xiu's ghostly blue trail of flames.

As Lu Xiu sped through the ruins, she naturally noticed the group of followers trailing behind her.

However, she didn't pay any attention to it.

It simply accelerated again.

soon.

In other defense zones along the Jade Capital front, scenes that could only be described as magical continued to unfold.

Laugh!

A slender figure descended from the sky with a trail of eerie blue flames, the blue ribbons behind her head dancing wildly in the wind.

B12 Defense Zone.

The defensive line, which had been struggling to hold on, collapsed instantly with Crawler as Lu Xiu arrived, creating a vacuum in the air.

Lu Xiu didn't even glance at the ragtag soldiers; her gaze went straight to the Variant Monster hiding behind them.

"Found it—this time we don't need Super Amped Element Discharge, we need to be more precise."

Lu Xiu murmured something softly, then clenched her hands in mid-air.

This time, she didn't conjure a powerful Charge Blade, nor a heavy katana, but instead created two light and sharp Dual Blades.

Next.

She swept past like a Afterimage, her Dual Blades weaving an impenetrable net of blades in the morning light.

Dance wildly!

The cutting was as skillful as a butcher carving up an ox.

The monster's shrill screams rang out.

A few minutes later.

The monster collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Lu Xiu sheathed her Dual Blades and skillfully unleashed her Deconstruction skill.

Looking at the intact materials that were obtained.

Lu Xiu nodded in satisfaction and took to the air again.

Only the dumbfounded soldiers and High Sequence players were left behind.

C09 Defense Zone ----

D04 Defense Zone ----

Long sword, Dual Blades, greatsword, Insect Glaive ----

Lu Xiu pushed the [Azure Blade Myriad Forms] to its limits, testing the feel of the Monster Hunter weapon on real monsters in various ways.

On this day, at the Jade Capital Defense Line, Lu Xiu's blue ribbon, fluttering with her ponytail, seemed like a death knell.

Wherever it went, low-level monsters were all routed, while the high-level Variant Monster were all chopped into mincemeat.

The soldiers were terrified when they saw it.

Let's move the timeline forward slightly.

Jade Capital Defense Line, Command Center.

The sirens still echoed over the city, and the lights in the command center flickered, the harsh red light alternately illuminating the tense faces of every staff member.

"Battle damage reports for each defense zone!"

"C14 Zone requests support!"

"There appear to be two Variant Monster in area A18!"

Amidst the cacophony of reports.

General Zhou Zhenyue strode into the command hall, his brows furrowed and his face ashen.

Monster Tide come frequently.

Logically speaking, he should have gotten used to it by now.

--

But every time he stepped into this place, his heart remained heavy.

As he strode to the center of the command post, he opened his communication panel, preparing to check the positioning of the various Patrollers.

However.

As he scanned through the various unread messages, his gaze suddenly froze on a short report.

That was a message from Chu Huai —saying that Lu Xiu had also gone to the front lines.

I saw this message.

Zhou Zhenyue's usually calm and composed expression suddenly changed, his breath hitched, and then he slammed his hand heavily on the metal table, making a loud thud.

"Nonsense!!!"

This roar startled everyone in the command center.

Before anyone could react, the door to the command center was suddenly pushed open.

Li Shengkai rushed in, panting.

"General Zhou! Monster Tide has broken out?! What's the situation at the Monster Hunter offline dungeon entrance? Where's Lu Xiu?"

Where is she now?!

Li Shengkai bombarded him with a barrage of questions.

Zhou Zhenyue's face turned ashen. He turned to look at Li Shengkai and said, "She—went to the front lines with Chu Huai."

Upon hearing this...

Li Shengkai was stunned for a full three seconds; his brain completely shut down.

Three seconds later.

"What!!!"

Li Shengkai jumped up on the spot, his eyes turning red.

This isn't about whether Lu Xiu is strong or not!

Everyone knows that Lu Xiu Title of "Humanoid Cataclysm" in the dungeon, and everyone knows that she is extremely powerful.

But a dungeon is a dungeon! An arena is an arena! Reality is reality!

The first two still have room for maneuver.

If reality dies, it's truly dead!

Now, Lu Xiu shoulders the hope for the future of the entire Nine Provinces!

Let alone sending her to the front lines to help, even if she were just to watch a show there, Nine Provinces absolutely could not afford to risk even a one in ten thousand chance of getting injured!

"I'll fuck you!!! Chu Huai!!! Have you lost your mind?! How dare you take her to the front lines!!!"

Li Shengkai immediately activated his communication panel and launched into a barrage of voice commands at Chu Huai: "What the hell, Chu Huai! Wang Chaolema your horse! Are you out of your mind?! You took the young lady to face Monster Tide?! Bring her back to me immediately, bring her back safe and sound!!!"

In his excitement, Li Shengkai even blurted out the title that the Coordination Bureau had secretly given to Lu Xiu.

It was mainly Shen Nian who started shouting.

Those who have had basic contact with Lu Xiu seem to think that this Title is quite fitting.

They just didn't dare to shout it in front of Lu Xiu.

Zhou Zhenyue wasn't idle either; he also opened the communication panel and initiated a voice call with Chu Huai.

Compared to Li Shengkai.

He had fewer concerns.

However.

The communication was not connected.

At this moment, in A18 Defense Zone, Chu Huai was staring blankly at Lu Xiu performing a real-life Monster Hunter act with her katana.

"Go, you go to the front lines yourself."

Zhou Zhenyue took a deep breath and turned directly to the chief of staff. "Find Chu Huai and Lu Xiu."

Next.

Then came the agonizing wait.

Just as Li Shengkai and Zhou Zhenyue were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, preparing to go to the front line themselves.

"Report!!!"

The soldier stormed into the command hall, a bizarre expression on his face as if he were questioning the meaning of life. "Battle report from the front! General!"

Li Shengkai rushed over immediately. "Battle report? How is it? Where's Lu Xiu?! Is Lu Xiu alright?!"

"Miss Lu is alright----"

The soldier spoke quickly, then swallowed hard, "Not only is she alright, she—"

The soldier began reading the battle report.

Zhou Zhenyue and Li Shengkai were completely stunned.

After a while.

Only then did Zhou Zhenyue, the battle-hardened old general, speak up and ask, "What do you mean by 'wherever Lu Xiu goes, monsters retreat in fear'?"

What do you mean—she single-handedly chased after and killed Variant Monster? And even chopped Variant Monster all into mincemeat?