Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

  “Phew. Fortunately, the boss finished off Old Demon Black Mountain, or we might all have died with it!”

  In the Lanruo Temple outside of Guobei County……

  Mister Bug tossed down a long spear to which a lot of yellow talismans were stuck.

  Then, he laid his hand on a bloody hole on his chest and breathed heavily against the stone tablet outside of the Lanruo Temple.

  This artifact, which was personally crafted by Ninth Uncle, was quite destructive to ghosts. Also, his combat ability had reached Extraordinary Rank-9, and he finished off almost a hundred Yellow Turban zombies the previous night.

  However, in the Lanruo Temple, which was the only place outside of Guobei County that Old Demon Black Mountain’s forces attacked vehemently, Mister Bug wasn’t the main warrior.

  In fact, the main warrior was the “Thousand-Year Tree Demon”, which was so large that it shadowed the entire Lanruo Temple. The broken bodies of the Yellow Turban zombies were falling from the branches and leaves.

  To be more exact, it was the Thousand-Year Tree Demon’s blood!

  Similar to Old Demon Black Mountain that suffered the attack of retribution fire, the Thousand-Year Tree Demon left its “demon body” behind too after it died.

  Because they were of the same origin, the Bloodsoul Vine Tree, as a creature that Ji Ye had contracted, was able to melt into the body of the Transcendent tree.

  It indirectly broke into the Transcendent level and mastered certain special techniques that belonged to the Thousand-Year Tree Demon.

  For instance……

  “Caw!”

  Far away, from where the golden chariot flew close, the caw of a crow came.

  Very soon, a crow that carried a great amount of soul power and had red light beaming in its black eyes came from the sky and landed on the Thousand-Year Tree Demon in the Lanruo Temple. Then, its legs became branches and connected to the trunk.

  [Crow Messenger]

  [Level: Special]

  [Rarity: Refined]

  [Description: A special communication item made from Black Blood Crow’s soul by Granny Tree Demon. It can deliver information quickly within a hundred kilometers!] ……

  Let’s wind the clock back a little bit.

  In the conference room in Dragon City.

  “I wonder, what’s the situation in Guobei County?”

  “Everything should be fine. Old Demon Black Mountain can’t be stronger than Transcendent Rank-3. The City Master has already left for the battlefield. He can certainly defeat the enemy, but the casualties might be heavy……”

  Dragon City was ablaze with light even though it was night.

  Su Nongying, Elder Meng, An Quan, and the other players, as well as the heroes such as Cao Cao and Li Chunfeng, were all present. They waited for the news from Guobei County, which was a hundred kilometers away.

  Beep! Beep! Beep!

  At this moment, the tall device in the middle of the room, whose pedestal was purely made of silver and whose upper half were three pointy branches, suddenly spun faster.

  Also, whenever they were spun in a specific direction, the warning red light would be glittering.

  \r \r \r

  “It’s the Mind Detector! Creatures that are strongly hostile have entered the range of our settlement from the north.”

  An Quan rose abruptly and looked at the direction that the red light was pointing.

  “Mind Detector!”

  On his opposite side, Cao Cao, who wore a red cloak and a piece of golden-and-black armor, quickly narrowed his eyes and turned around.

  After noticing the direction that the device pointed out, he was somehow relieved.

  “Isn’t there a sea in the north? Are sea monsters invading?”

  Then, Cao Cao became solemn and opened a map that was projected by the SkyNet.

  As the only Legendary hero in the entire settlement, Cao Cao was left to defend Dragon City after Ji Ye left.

  He was no longer as interested in mature women as he used to be when he just arrived.

  It was not just because of the Mind Detector. It was also because he had learned from the players what happened in history after he passed away. He knew that his son forced the emperor to give the crown to him, and then the Sima family forced his son to do the same and established a new dynasty……

  In a way, Cao Cao had complicated feelings.

  He was ashamed and disappointed. He was also angry at the Sima family, so it was unlikely that any member of the Sima family would come to Dragon City.

  “Contact the Water Demons. I want to know what’s happening in the north!” Elder Meng looked at the red spot on the map and said.

  “The command center of the Water Demons replied that the patrolmen last night all went missing!”

  An Quan picked up a laptop that was transformed from a Stone of Civilization with a SkyNet mark and operated it for a moment. Then, he shook his head with widened eyes.

  “Something is seriously wrong!”

  Everybody in the conference room thought the same.

  On the continent forged after the “A Hundred Vying Barges” quest, Dragon City was essentially faced with enemies in all directions.

  Guobei County, the Yakshas, and the Dense Fog race were in the east, west, and south respectively, while a humanoid race that was similar to the mythical mermaids were in the north.

  Because of Old Demon Black Mountain’s assault, most of the strong warriors of Dragon City had been mobilized to Guobei County.

  It was safe to say that this was the weakest moment of Dragon City.

  Therefore, in case of an accident, none of the leaders of Dragon City slept. After all, they had learned a lesson from the Dense Fog race’s invasion when they attacked the yakshas.

  “So, are the sea monsters taking action?”

  The sea monsters were as strong as the yakshas and the Dense Fog race. They were also good at enchanting the enemy with soundwaves, and they had the sea as their cover.

  Earlier, Zhou Yu was only able to defeat the scouts of the sea monsters with his guqin performance.

  However, Dragon City didn’t attack the sea monsters further, mainly because Dragon City’s navy forces weren’t large enough and didn’t have obvious advantages against the enemies that lived in the waters. To be clear, they didn’t have any advantages at all.

  Also, even if the sea monsters were defeated, the victory wouldn’t be very significant. After all, human beings mainly lived on the ground, and it was hard for them to develop or defend the ocean even if they were to occupy it.

  Therefore, the navy forces of Dragon City had only been defending instead of attacking. Usually, the Water Demons were always on patrol on the submarines that had recently been created.

  However, all the patrolling Water Demons went missing!

  “According to the command center of the navy forces, four submarines and almost two hundred soldiers are missing.”

  “Chief Li, can you detect the position of the Water Demons?”

  Elder Meng turned his teacup’s lid nonstop while he spoke to Li Chunfeng who was holding a book in his hand.

  “The Celestial Seismograph can monitor the quakes in the air and on the ground, but it cannot see the sea clearly.”

  Li Chunfeng, who was standing in front of the Celestial Seismograph that was also set up in a corner, shook his head.

  It was not exactly a flaw in Dragon City’s defenses because the sea creatures were never a great threat to Ji Ye, who had the True Dragon bloodline.

  However, the problem was that Ji Ye was reinforcing Guobei County and not in Dragon City.

  “If the sea monsters had really taken action, they must’ve noticed the City Master’s departure, so they removed the Water Demons who were responsible for patrol first.

  “Next, they will likely attack the navy base and finish off our navy forces once and for all. Then, they will rule over the ocean and let us control the continent,” Cao Cao said.

  Same as Zhou Yu, Cao Cao had adapted to modern culture quickly. Although he wasn’t good at battles on the sea, he was quite familiar with the situation. After all, he had learned a lot from the Battle of Chibi.

  “Can you reach out to the City Master?” Elder Meng asked An Quan.

  “No, there seem to be disturbances out there. I cannot connect to the City Master’s communicator.”

  An Quan operated on his laptop for a while and then shook his head.

  “Before the City Master left, he had specifically left a messenger crow for me. We can inform him of emergencies with this crow, and the information it carries cannot be intercepted.”

  Su Nongying opened a metal chest that had a password lock and took out a branch that was surrounded by a black mist. She bit her finger and dripped her blood on it.

  “Caw!”

  Very soon, a red-eyed crow that was shrouded in a black mist flew out towards Guobei County.

  Whoosh!

  In the north, outside of the range of the Mind Detector.

  A creature, hidden in the dark water, stared at the flying black crow with its vertical bloodshot eyes while being deep in thought!

  Whoosh!

  Then, its eyes gradually split up into two pairs.

  After that, a transparent streak of light rose from the sea and tailed the black crow far behind.

  On the other hand, illuminated by the sun that had revealed one corner, countless shadows could be seen on the surface of the water.

  There were thousands of them, or maybe even more. ……

  “It’s an urgent message from Dragon City.”

  “Huh, some enemy has broken into our settlement from the sea in the north and triggered a reaction in the Mind Detector. Two hundred Water Demons and four submarines are missing.”

  In Guobei County, after reading the letter that Mister Bug brought back, Ji Ye, Zhou Yu, and the rest all changed their expressions.

  After acquiring the setting of Red Alert, Dragon City had set two targets for the heavy treasure—Mind Detector.

  One was the settlement core and the other was Ji Ye himself.

  Anything that was hostile to the settlement core or Ji Ye would be detected the moment it entered the range that was covered by Dragon City’s power of providence.

  Also, the more hostile it was, the more intense the Mind Detector’s reactions would be.

  “Judging from the intensity of the Mind Detector, it’s certain that they’re highly aggressive and hate us greatly…… However, to avoid fighting enemies on four sides at the same time, I simply forced the sea scouts to retreat and didn’t kill them. The sea monsters shouldn’t have hated us so deeply, right?”

  Zhou Yu waved the fan in his hands and was rather confused.

  Ji Ye, however, already thought of something. He rose and spoke solemnly.

  “Leave some people to clear this place!

  “The rest of you, especially those above the Transcendent level, come back to Dragon City with me right now!”