Chapter 143 Bathtub Smuggling, Tactical Change of Home

The official website of "Disaster Online" is in a state of chaos at the moment.

When a minotaur demon and a group of heavy sword soldiers just appeared on the fifth floor of the maze, many players speculated whether the development team was planning a big update. As expected, the dog planner did not disappoint everyone! At the end of a recent battle between the heavy sword soldiers and the ogre army, the leader of the ogre tribe suddenly seemed to have taken drugs and burst out with unprecedented combat power. He led a group of fearless cannon fodder and defeated the regular army of the minotaur demon.

The battle was so fierce that even the sky and earth lost their colors, and the road was worn out... Although the sky and the road could not be seen in the maze, all the players hiding in the distance and watching had a similar feeling.

Both sides were very strong! And they fought with all their might!

The scene was exactly the same as when they fought Chaos on the fourth floor! Unlike the natives of this world, the players didn't care about Chaos, Natural Disasters, and the like, and they didn't turn pale at the mention of them.

Seeing that the outcome of the battle was about to be decided, many players who couldn't control their hands had already reached the edge of the battlefield to pick up equipment.

However, at this moment, something strange happened! A crack like an abyss suddenly appeared on the battlefield, hundreds of meters long and more than ten meters wide! The crack was like a scar carved on the earth, emitting a scarlet breath, as if it were alive! Because the incident happened suddenly, many players who were looting fell into it and disappeared in the scarlet dust!

Then, the players who were sucked into the crack saw almost the same scene -

Above their heads was no longer the dome of the fifth-level maze, but a turbid sky.

The sun in the distance seemed to have gone out, leaving only a hazy circle of light emitting a weak light.

And right next to the sun, a dim gas giant planet floated quietly above the turbid sky, like a giant's eye overlooking the devastated surface.

That scene deeply shocked everyone.

From all the signs, almost all the players can clearly infer that they are no longer in the maze, or even in the continent of Oss, but have come to another planet that is suspected to be dead!

Due to the realism that this game has always shown, many players are speculating whether the sparsely lit sun and the giant star next to it are hinting at something.

Just when everyone was discussing the intentions of the dog planner, a post from the T0 boss of the entire server suddenly caught everyone's attention.

That post caused a huge uproar.

In just a few minutes, the post reached hundreds of replies and was listed as a hot topic on the entire official website forum!

Gou Shi: "Stop keeping me in suspense!"

Whale Falls North and South: "What did the pangolin see?"

Shark dropped something: "GKD!"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "...Brothers, please be patient! First of all, as you have guessed, the world behind the portal is on another planet! We are not sure whether it is in the same galaxy as the planet where the Aos Continent is located, but this is obviously not the same planet!"

Go to the dock to play some seagulls: "Puff!"

Turkey-flavored Guoba: "Nonsense! Do you even need me to tell you that?! (Angry)"

The comments below the post are mostly foul-mouthed.

However, Yiyezhiqiu ignored it and continued to update the post.

“…The world behind the rift is so huge that we couldn’t see the end even after walking for a long time. At first, Hu Wan and I thought the development team used repeated materials to generate the terrain in real time, but we soon found out that we thought too simply!”

"There is no duplicate landmark in the entire world! Not only that, the number of monsters here is even richer than we imagined, and their species are even more bizarre! In addition to the more common four-legged jackals, there are also arthropod insects lurking in cracks and caves!"

"Unlike the monsters we found in the maze before, these monsters can't be called monsters, but more like ordinary animals. First of all, they don't possess extraordinary powers, and secondly, they don't have the same spirituality as monsters. However, the strange thing is that they are different from ordinary animals. After death, there is no body left, and what they drop is not a magic crystal but a blood-colored crystal!"

"They are like elemental summons! But they are not made of any element we are familiar with."

"And what surprised us even more was not just this... After passing through a wilderness, we soon came across a forest!"

"That's not an ordinary forest. It's made up of towering mushrooms! The shapes of those mushrooms are quite similar to the fibrous mushrooms on the fifth floor of the maze, but in terms of quantity and size, the former are much larger than the latter!"

"I can't describe my surprise in words, because I really can't imagine that such a huge mushroom forest can be supported in such a waterless wasteland. Or... it is precisely because of the existence of those mushrooms that the nutrients of the entire planet are drained, keeping it in a dying state."

"We moved closer to the forest, and soon we found something even more amazing. Those mushrooms were not just alive, they seemed to be nurturing life?"

"We saw with our own eyes a mushroom that looked like a palm tree, and a humanoid creature spit out from the bag-like structure under the umbrella leaves!"

"That creature was extremely ugly, but its vitality was extremely strong. It was not hurt at all after falling from a height of more than two meters. Once it landed, it could walk and climb! We observed it from a distance for a while, and suddenly found its kind coming from the depths of the mushroom forest. It called out 'Kao' 'Kao' to it a few times, then tied it to its back, as if it was planning to take it to another place."

"My intuition tells me that we may have triggered some important plot. However, just as we were about to catch up, the 'Kao' carrying the baby suddenly noticed us and immediately attacked us!"

"The translation crystal couldn't translate his language, and he refused to communicate with us, so we were forced to fight back! It's worth mentioning that after we killed him, he didn't turn into a blood-red crystal like other creatures in this world, but left a visible corpse!"

"We performed a simple autopsy on his body and found that its internal structure is highly similar to that of the human body, except that the composition of bones and muscles is different. It is more likely to be composed of plant protein, plant fat and fiber!"

"It's incredible, isn't it?! A dead planet with only mushrooms left, monsters that turned into ashes immediately after death, and humanoid creatures born from mushrooms... This place doesn't feel like a copy of a maze, but more like a whole new world! Later, we moved along the edge of the forest and found a man-made structure similar to a castle. Judging from the doors, windows and other structures of the castle, the rulers who once lived on this planet were very likely very similar to us... just like those 'Khals'."

"Considering what happened on the fifth floor of the maze, I have an immature hypothesis - the dead world behind the crack is most likely a world that was once conquered by Chaos! And those khals born from plants are not only minions loyal to a certain Chaos pantheon, but also the 'conquerors' poor imitations of the 'conquered'."

Yiyezhiqiu updated a lot of content in the post.

Rather than saying this is a strategy guide, it would be more accurate to say that this is a first-person investigation report.

Some players exclaimed it was awesome after watching it, but many players and cloud players thought it was all bullshit after watching it.

So much for a gas planet... Could it be that it's just a texture?

As for those mushrooms that can give birth to babies, they sound interesting.

He drank the chemical pool in one gulp: "A humanoid creature born from mushrooms... Damn, it's a green skin!"

Gou Shi: "Good fellow, now I have encountered the power of true thinking? (funny)"

Shark drops something: "Wagggg!!!"

Xiao Wan was not full: "What are you talking about? Why can't I understand. (Dumb)"

Hu Wan: "They are playing with the Warhammer meme... Although it is a bit similar, I think the difference is still quite big. At least we didn't find any traces of my power of thought. (squinting)"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "But it is true that they also possess extraordinary powers! By the way, what is the current situation on the fifth floor of the maze? Is there anyone there?"

Ayanami Little Devil: "Me, me, me! I'm over there!"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "Can you help me see what's happening near the crack now?"

Ayanami Little Devil: "Currently, ogres and goblins occupy that place! But it's not just them, there are also some guys who look like orcs, they should be the 'Khals' you mentioned."

Gou Shi: "I feel the name 'Mushroom Man' is more recognizable. (Funny)"

Table and Stool: "I suddenly want to taste what it tastes like."

Lele: "What the hell, bro?!"

Ayanami Little Devil: "No matter what they are called, there are a lot of them! It looks like there are thousands of them! Not only that, I also saw in midair that there seems to be another world on the other side of the crack. There are messy shacks inside, and mud walls made of birch wood or mushroom stalks... Oh, and there is also an altar in the center!"

Hu Wan: "It seems that those 'Kao people' were teleported to our side through that altar."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "It would be nice if this game had a recording function, or a function to upload screenshots. If we could take a look at what the altar looks like, we might be able to find it there."

He swallowed the chemical pool in one gulp: "What are you looking for that thing for?"

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu: "Of course I'm going home... I can't come back dead."

Dragon Walk·I Eat Food Walk: "Don't look for me, brother."

Dragon Walk·Super Fierce Warrior: "Give up!"

Dragon Run·Run Club Number One: "Not much experience lost, really!"

A Leaf Knows Autumn: "..."

Hu Wan: "You are really dogs..."

“…”

The topic quickly evolved from a discussion of the new map to a discussion of the new version.

The players had different opinions, all of which agreed that the dog planner was playing a big game! However, what they didn't know was that the dog planner they were talking about only learned about the things they had just discussed after reading the posts on the forum.

After reading Yiye Zhiqiu's investigation report from beginning to end, Luo Yan was shocked and surprised.

"...It seems that the analysis of the academic community in Hell is actually correct?"

Although this world has not even completed a circumnavigation of the globe, and there is still controversy over the "spherical earth theory" and the "globe theory", scholars in the Magic City are still aware of the existence of other worlds and that chaos may come from another world.

From the players' perspective, they can naturally see more clearly. Judging from the structure of the celestial bodies above their heads, it is obviously a completely different planet.

This also proved his guess long ago from another point of view -

Subspace technology can be applied to intergalactic travel! Currently, it is speculated that three conditions need to be met.

The first is that the coordinates of the two worlds in the subspace are close enough, the second is that both worlds have the "magic power" that can respond to the prayers of spiritual entities, and the third is that both worlds have conscious entities that can reach a consensus - or believers!

To make an inappropriate analogy, Saint Sith and Bayeli are both indigenous gods on the "Planet of Oss". Apart from the creatures on the continent of Oss who are familiar with their names and stories, only the Earth players from the "Land of Magic Exhaustion" know of their existence and understand their teachings.

Chaos is different. They are more like superpowers with the ability of "cross-galaxy colonization" and are active in a fairly wide star field.

Not only the humans on "Oss" know of their existence, there are many worlds similar to "Oss" that can also hear their whispers, and may even have become their slaves - just like the "Kao" planet where Yiye Zhiqiu and the others are now.

In this way, Luo Yan has roughly deduced the principle of chaos invasion.

On the one hand, the Four Chaos Gods spread the whispers of chaos through broadcasting across the entire star field or the entire universe.

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Some worlds with strong individual spiritual energy and active magic can hear their broadcasts, such as the planet Oss. However, some worlds with weak individual spiritual energy and inactive magic cannot hear their whispers, such as Earth, Mars, etc.

The latter is not important to them. After all, even if they develop believers by chance, they cannot build a portal to invade. There is no benefit in invading. They are just a pile of rotten stones that are very common in the universe, and they don't even have the foundation for nurturing civilization.

The former is the focus of their invasion, not only because the believers there are really qualified to lead the way, but also because these planets with rich magic resources are of great benefit to them! The conquered world can not only continuously contribute the power of faith to them, but can even serve as a springboard and garrison for their invasion of other worlds!

After comprehending the secret, a bold idea suddenly emerged in Luo Yan's mind -

This bunch of damn Chaos would always slap the portal in his face, and they simply don't take him, the Demon King, seriously!

Since they are coming anyway, instead of waiting for them to attack us, why not just build a portal to the other side?

Anyway, looking at Yiyezhiqiu's post, the "Kao Planet" sent to invade them this time doesn't seem to be very powerful.

At least it was not like the previous "strange fog". Once the portal was opened, there were flying squids and Cyclops more than ten meters tall. If Sissi hadn't arrived in time, it would have been almost impossible to defend it.

I heard that the Chaos Gate can only appear in one place at a time.

In other words, as long as he blocked the door and didn't close it, no new Chaos Gates would be refreshed around the cemetery! As for shooting the teleportation array on the opposite side, it was also simple! Although few people in the Chaos territory knew his name, Luo Yan, let alone the belief in the Demon Lord, he had players over there! Especially since those two players had just helped him draw a teleportation array once, it wouldn't be a bad idea to help him draw a teleportation array exclusive to the cemetery again! Saint Sis and Bayeli didn't dare to do this, but Luo Yan didn't care.

Anyway, he is a small workshop and he is not afraid of exposing shocking information.

If we fail, we may lose a few chosen ones, but if we succeed, it will benefit future generations!

He will open up a new way to resist the invasion of Chaos, and from now on, the unkillable undead will roam in the territory of Chaos! The more Luo Yan thought about it, the more he felt that his idea was simply genius, and it was exactly the same as the bathtub smuggling with Ying to change homes in "Yehenala 3"!

Without any hesitation, he immediately gave the order to Youyou.

"Youyou, give the player 'Yi Ye Zhi Qiu' a mission and ask them to find a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and draw a teleportation array there."

Youyou was stunned for a moment and said in surprise.

"What are you doing?"

"I want to give it a try and see if we can take the initiative into our own hands..." Luo Yan laid out his plan.

First, he planned to establish a base on the planet Kao, and then send a few lizardman monks to build a replica of the Demon King's statue to see if he could absorb the power of faith from that world and in turn cut a piece of cake from Chaos.

Theoretically speaking, the dominance of Chaos Faith on the planet Chao should be 100%, but now because of his counterattack it has become 99.99...%.

Luo Yan was sure that no matter how much his side could get, the other side whose basic base had been shaken would definitely feel as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly.

After all, with the prosperity of faith on "Os Planet", it is almost impossible to snatch a little "market share" from the huge number of races. But if a group of "demon cultists" were to migrate from Os Planet to "Kao Planet", it would be a more deadly virus for Kao Planet, which has a declining population and a single faith.

"Ah?!" After hearing the Demon King's 'bathtub smuggling' method, Youyou was shocked for a long time before saying the next sentence, "This... can this kind of thing be done?!"

"I don't know," Luo Yan, who was lying flat on the bed, grinned and said proudly, "But won't we know if we try it?"

He feels that the possibility of realization is still very great!

After all, according to Senior Green, if you use the teleportation array near the Chaos Gate, you may still be sucked in even if it is not pointed at the Chaos Gate.

Now he was simply pointing to the Chaos Gate, but now he had set more precise coordinates, so it shouldn't be a big problem!

In a sense, this can be regarded as riding the wave of chaos.

Youyou was still a little worried and reminded him tactfully.

"But... Lord Demon, are you planning to invade Chaos while resisting the invasion? You don't have many people to begin with, and you have to allocate some of them to attack. Isn't that a bit too much?"

"That's not a problem," Luo Yan shook his head slightly and continued, "Whether it's invading Chaos or resisting the invasion of Chaos, it's not just the obligation of our Great Cemetery... I believe that the Principality of Campbell must be more anxious than anyone else when they learned that a Chaos Gate appeared in their territory."

Youyou looked at him in surprise.

"You mean..."

Luo Yan said with a smile.

"We have cooperated with the Knights of the Trident once, and I believe they would not mind cooperating again... unless they want to wait until Chaos takes over the entire labyrinth and then face the threat of Chaos alone."

Not only the Knights of the Trident, he can even rely on the power of the Adventurer's Guild.

For example, when his little players have established a base on the planet Kao, he can have the players open a separate back door nearby for the adventurers, connect it to the teleportation array in Misty Town, and divert the adventurers over there.

Although he initially planned to lead those adventurers to deeper levels of the maze to put pressure on the rebels who dominated the lower levels of the maze, now that the Chaos Gate is slapping at their faces, those traitors should be unable to sit still.

In the face of a life-and-death crisis, even if they are unwilling to submit to him, they have to face the threat from Chaos together with him.

Perhaps, taking advantage of this chaos invasion, he could retake the entire maze in one fell swoop! ...

Just as Luo Yan was thinking about his plan, Yi Ye Zhiqiu and Hu Wan, who were far away on the planet Kao, also received new tasks.

[Mission: Establish a cemetery base on this planet corroded by chaos!

Description: Find a safe location to deploy the teleportation array. Reward: 30,000 Hell Coins, 3,000 Contribution Points]

“Shit… is there an extra zero in this reward?!” Hu Wan’s eyes widened as he stared at the task panel in disbelief.

"It seems that my speculation is correct... We should be entering the main process of the next version."

As he spoke, Yiye Zhiqiu glanced around and fixed his eyes on a mountain not far from them.

The terrain there is dangerous, surrounded by rift valleys on three sides and steep cliffs, and only one side looks like it can be climbed.

That seems like a good location.

Especially on the hillside, there seems to be an ancient castle standing there.

The rolling sand occasionally obscured its outline. It seemed that the castle had been abandoned for many years and did not look like any human habitation.

"That's fine."

Yi Ye Zhi Qiu had just finished speaking and was about to leave when he saw the Hu Wan brothers beside him suddenly holding the dagger in their hands.

Following Hu Wan's line of sight, he soon saw a figure suddenly emerge from the wind and sand that was sweeping nearby.

He held a battle axe in his hand, and an ominous aura emanated from his whole body, causing the soul fire in the two men's skulls to shake involuntarily.

"It seems that these 3,000 contribution points are not so easy to get..." Hu Wan pulled out his dagger and muttered, "Old rules, I'll hold him back while you cast the spell."

"Wait a moment." Yi Ye Zhi Qiu suddenly raised his hand to stop him, staring at the guy holding the battle axe.

Just when Hu Wan was confused, the guy holding the battle axe suddenly stopped and turned his eyes to them.

A hoarse sound came out of his mouth, and the sound was like a traveler trapped in the desert finally seeing the smoke rising from the horizon.

"You...are the Demon King's men?"

(End of this chapter)