As Wang Qianqian brought back the intelligence, the meeting drew to a close, and everyone dispersed.
Lin Yi leaned back in his chair, watching his leaderboard points continue to grow, a bewildered expression on his face.
Is this right?
Even if his was a Level 4 territory, the respawn rate of these trial beasts was too abnormal.
Was the system still going strong?
As he was idly guessing, Wang Fugui suddenly returned, his brows tightly furrowed, his expression extremely solemn!
"Something happened?" Lin Yi sat up straight.
He had never seen such an expression on Old Wang's face before.
"A major incident!"
Wang Fugui took a deep breath, "This old subject just intended to purchase some Niu Ma and have a few warriors clear out the trial beasts, and that's when he discovered the problem!"
"My Lord, please look at the price of the Niu Ma!"
Lin Yi's heart stirred, and he quickly opened the interface.
He quickly noticed the anomaly.
In the exclusive slaves section, the gold coins required for purchase flickered on and off, constantly fluctuating between 20 gold coins and 2 gold coins.
"This is..." Lin Yi's eyes widened slightly, and he quickly opened his territory panel.
Sure enough, the system text at the bottom, visible only to him, had undergone some changes.
【System Notification: Current enemy count x3? Effect bonus is 200%.】
He quickly browsed other construction-related information.
Without exception, all resource demand values were flickering strangely.
There were new enemies!
Lin Yi's heart filled with joy, but he quickly became confused again.
The actual consumption remained unchanged.
No, buddy...
If you're going to increase it, just increase it straightforwardly. What's with this dying, living, like an ICU electrocardiogram? What's going on?
Are the enemies dying?
Moreover, he hadn't had any contact with anyone today!
The good news was that the bonus effect in the system notification also began to flicker, indicating that it was only a matter of time before it became 300%.
"Old Wang."
Lin Yi pondered for a moment, "For now, don't recruit or build in large quantities. Just enough to get through this battle. Also..."
He pulled out a pen and paper, looked through the battle log, and wrote down the information of the several lords he had killed tonight.
"Keep a constant watch on these four people using surveillance...."
Aside from these four unlucky individuals who came to slay the dragon, he had indeed not had any contact with anyone else.
"Alright, if there's nothing else, this old subject will take his leave."
"Mmm, go."
Wang Fugui carefully folded his notes and left the hall, deep in thought.
Soon, Lin Yi was the only one left in the vast hall.
"Six hours..."
"The Undead Legion's marching speed is slower than imagined... I can get a good night's sleep."
Lin Yi stretched, dragging his slightly tired body towards the stairs.
.....
The next day, 12 hours remained until the barrier was lifted.
The sky was overcast.
At the border between the basin and the forest, a young lord in thick cotton armor, leading the only dozen or so remaining residents of his territory, tried to unearth a hidden treasure chest that had not yet been discovered.
"I've gone far from the territory, and I still haven't found it..."
The young lord felt a bit desperate.
The fortune he had painstakingly accumulated in the early stages had been completely depleted by the trial beasts overnight.
If he couldn't find a profession scroll, it would be almost impossible to survive this trial.
"Click..."
"Caw caw..."
Suddenly, a faint anomaly reached his ears, and he immediately became alert, grabbing his spear and looking sharply into the depths of the forest.
He scanned around but found nothing unusual.
"Did I mishear?"
Just as the young lord relaxed.
The strange sound came again, even denser and more chaotic, making one's skin crawl.
The good news was.
He could hear it more clearly now and could discern the direction.
The bad news was...
The young man looked towards the source of the sound.
And saw a horrifying scene that made his hair stand on end.
"What... what in the world is that..."
The young man's face lost all color, his lips turned white, and his teeth chattered uncontrollably.
Several hundred meters outside the basin.
Under the shadow of dark clouds, several pale skeletons struggled to climb over rocks and fell to the ground. After struggling to their feet, they picked up their weapons and continued to advance eastward.
With their appearance.
Behind the not-so-tall pile of rocks, bone hands emerged one after another, gripping the edge of the rocks and climbing up.
Ten...
A hundred...
More and more skeletons climbed over from behind the rocks!
Until dozens of knights riding bone horses directly leaped over the rocks.
As far as the young lord could see, it was a terrifying tide of undead.
"Oh no!"
Suddenly, the young man noticed a few large skeletons in the Undead Legion looking at him.
Before he could react.
Those skeletons raised their bone bows, and with a "swish swish," pale bone arrows shot through the air.
The young lord instinctively retreated and dodged.
Pfft!
The bone arrows, which should have all missed, precisely pierced his chest!
Seeing their lord die, those dull-witted residents just tried to flee.
Hundreds of bone arrows formed a rain of arrows, completely covering them.
In just a few breaths.
They became corpses lying on the ground.
Until a hazy gray cloud of death energy drifted over.
The young lord's warm corpse twitched violently, his flesh decaying at a visible rate, revealing his stark white bones mixed with muscle fibers.
"Caw... caw caw..."
The "young lord" staggered to his feet, leading the dozen or so skeletons behind him to merge into the Undead Army.
At the same time.
In the chat channel, a photo taken from a treetop overlooking the scene caused a sensation.
"【Undead Legion Picture jpg】, Oh my god, how can there be so many undead! Isn't the barrier still not lifted? If it's a stronghold force, isn't that a bit too exaggerated?"
"Holy crap, brother, where are you? So many skeleton monsters, anyone who runs into them is doomed! Please don't come near me!"
"They're all low-level skeletons, there aren't many Tier 2 Bone Servants. Those knights' levels are unknown, and no undead above Tier 3 have been found on Blue Star yet, so their strength should be considerable."
"Even if they're all low-level, the numbers are terrifying. Anyone who encounters them is dead."
"I... I just saw them too!! Those big skeletons can use bows and arrows. Luckily, they were far away and their aim wasn't great, otherwise, I wouldn't have made it back alive..."
"I have a friend who also sent me detailed pictures. According to his description, I feel that there's a more powerful guy controlling this Undead Legion from behind. I don't know what their target is, or which unlucky soul will suffer."
"Holy cow, brothers, I peed my pants! These white bones have been near my territory all along. When I explored before, I thought it was some kind of special terrain, but I didn't expect them to be undead! They just passed by my territory's gate, and I thought I was dead and fainted... I didn't expect to wake up and find myself still alive!"
"Hiss... They don't dare attack territories to increase their sin value... Could it be that this Undead Legion is controlled by an alien lord? Why is the army moving out now?"
"Judging by that, it's highly likely they have a claim and have declared war on other lords. I wonder who's so unlucky..."
"It's good if it's a lord. Those of you nearby don't have to worry about being attacked within your territory."
"Is there any brother who dares to follow them and take a look? I'm really curious about what happens next!"
"Curious +1!"
"+2!"
"Come on, brothers! I happen to be near that area, and I also have reconnaissance-related abilities. But let's be clear, filming content for you guys is also taking a huge risk, so you have to show some appreciation, right? Tips, understand?"
"Understood."
"Understood +1.."
"Understood +8008208820."
"..."
Long Tao looked at the pictures in the channel, a smile on his lips harder to suppress than an AK.
That lich finally made his move!
"Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi, although it's a pity I can't personally send you to the abyss, this ending is not bad either."
There was no lord in the Blue Star region who could unite with Lin Yi to crusade a world boss.
The latter, solo, was indeed strong, but he must have suffered heavy damage and lost much of his vitality.
The lich's move this time was like the last straw that broke the camel's back.
"Hmph, no matter what method you used to farm points! The Blue Star Newcomer King will ultimately be mine! A bright future awaits me!"
Long Tao closed the leaderboard feeling refreshed, stepped into the rice paddies, and felt full of strength.
...
"This direction..."
Li Xue looked at the departing Undead Legion in the distance with lingering fear, but her brows furrowed slightly after she came to her senses.
She clearly remembered that last night, Lin Yi had flown in this direction on his giant dragon!
If Lin Yi's territory was in that area...
"Oh no!"
"The big shot is in danger, I need to notify him quickly!"
Li Xue quickly composed a private message and sent it to Lin Yi.
Without waiting for a reply, she thought for a moment, then deployed her territory's army, trailing far behind the Undead Legion.
"I have to follow and see. I still have a profession scroll that can cover a lord..."
"Maybe it can help him escape danger."
"If something truly unexpected happens... cough cough, inheriting the big shot's legacy wouldn't be bad either."
....
PS: My wife is out today, and this little author on vacation was caught taking care of the baby all day... sobbing ~ I haven't even started on tomorrow's two chapters yet.