A gigantic golden dragon comparable to the blazing sun ripped apart the night and domineeringly brought light to the Primitive Star.
In just six short hours, the game had undergone a complete transformation.
First, the Phoenix Arrival guild collectively reached max level, then they achieved the first kill of a level 120 boss and pioneered a new dungeon, and finally, Tu Qinyuanhua’s artifact forging attracted divine thunder, making all the limelight in the game belong to this newly established, small-scale guild.
Leaving aside the matter of reaching max level, was it really so easy to achieve the first kill of a level 120 boss and pioneer a new dungeon? Back when the game level was 70, Sword to the Heavens struggled with the Nuwa person, and just the Nuwa’s ability to regenerate from earth baffled all players. The game company didn’t release the boss’s data, leaving players to figure it out on their own. They didn’t even know why Nuwa was invincible, and it took them three full days to unravel the mystery.
Each boss in “Voyage into the Void” was ingeniously designed based on ancient Chinese mythological characteristics. For instance, the Tiger Scaled Beast from the underworld wasn’t easy to deal with either. Its most terrifying skill was mind-reading. In Chinese mythology, Diting could hear all sounds, and as its descendant, the Tiger Scaled Beast also possessed exceptional hearing.
In the game, mind-reading manifested as prediction, where it could know which skill a player was using the moment they clicked it, taking action during the skill’s casting time, making it a particularly challenging boss. Yet, the ten members of Phoenix Arrival easily overcame it.
The same went for the Wushan Jiaolong, which could invade dreams to slay players, possibly inspired by Wei Zheng’s dream of beheading the Jing River Dragon King.
Phoenix Arrival hadn’t anticipated their rapid success in achieving the first kill. Recalling the process of clearing the dungeon, Phoenix Among Birds asked Tu Qinyuanhua, “Did you notice our health and spiritual power recovery rates were especially fast? Faster than the official data released by the game.”
“Yes,” Tu Qinyuanhua nodded affirmatively. “Faster than using potions. I feel like I won’t need to bring a healer for future runs.”
The guild’s healer kicked him, “Then really don’t bring one next time!”
“Your skill in forging is well-known, quite impressive, but not the strongest. Creating an artifact so effortlessly, could the game company have really given us such high odds?” Phoenix Among Birds inquired.
Tu Qinyuanhua said, “This Golden Scale Armor, if sold, won’t fetch less than seven figures. Usually, the chance of forging such a powerful artifact is one in a thousand, maybe even lower! I feel like our luck today is divinely blessed.”
Whether it was divine blessing or not, the entire guild hall of Phoenix Arrival was now enveloped in dazzling golden light. After the dragon’s roar pierced through the thunderclouds, it contentedly wagged its tail, flying back and forth under the ceiling of the hall. The Golden Scale Armor radiated golden light, somewhat blinding.
Phoenix Among Birds, looking up at the delighted dragon, thought of the dragon scales that had leveled everyone up. Perhaps it was the power of the dragon scales that bestowed upon them some state, enabling their rapid recovery.
During their dungeon run, they had been nearly annihilated by the Jiaolong, left with just a sliver of health. But if they managed to retreat and buy a few seconds, they could recover half their health bars, just enough to withstand the Jiaolong’s ultimate move.
Phoenix Among Birds recalled the incident at the volcano when the members of the Panlong Gang were slain by the tyrannical dragon, only to resurrect and be slain again. Indeed, the Dragon God possessed the power to heal and revive.
Phoenix Among Birds said, “In this case, it seems we can no longer rely on the game company designing a powerful boss to attract players. It might actually be a creature beyond our imagination from outside the game. I’m a bit worried that the game company might harm Yuan Cunfeng.”
“At the very least, the game company wouldn’t want such a cheat to appear in the game,” Tu Qinyuanhua also expressed his anxiety. “Even if we keep it a secret, other players will report it.”
The members of Phoenix Arrival were worried after hearing their conversation, but the Fat Dragon remained oblivious.
After having his fill of hanging from the ceiling like a chandelier, he came down and gestured to Phoenix Among Birds for a long time. After some guessing and deducing, Phoenix Among Birds finally understood that their Dragon God wanted a mirror.
Early on, when the Fat Dragon had saved the members of Phoenix Arrival, Phoenix Among Birds had used a special item to free him from the surveillance of the Void Mirror, especially since they were planning to raid the Panlong Gang’s treasure vault and didn’t want to be seen.
The Fat Dragon’s request was easily fulfilled. There was a large mirror in the Phoenix Arrival training room. She led The Fat Dragon to it, and he looked at his shimmering reflection in the mirror with satisfaction.
He even rubbed his still plump and white belly, hmm, this belly was a sign of strength in Kirates. His round belly marked him as a strong young dragon.
“Roar~” The Fat Dragon let out a satisfied cry in front of his reflection.
The female members of Phoenix Arrival were almost moved to nosebleeds by his cuteness, and the artist among them had already started drawing pictures of the Fat Dragon wearing a little golden dress.
Phoenix Among Birds, looking at the innocent and unpretentious Fat Dragon, was very worried.
They were at the mercy of the game company, and if the company decided to delete the Fat Dragon’s account, it would be all too easy.
While Phoenix Arrival was worried, and other players were marveling at the attributes of the Golden Scale Armor announced by the system, the game company issued another announcement.
ใSystem Announcement: The game will be updated with a patch from 7 AM to 8 AM tomorrow. We ask for players’ understanding.ใ
Phoenix Among Birds said with sensitivity, “An update just finished, and now another one? Isn’t that too soon? The frequency of game updates has been quite high lately. Could it be because of…”
She glanced at the Fat Dragon, her brows furrowed. She remembered that the first game update happened shortly after Panlong was annihilated, the second update was when Yuan Cunfeng faced off against thirty at the volcano’s mouth, and this time it was after Phoenix Arrival collectively reached max level.
Could it be that these frequent updates were aimed at removing the anomaly that was the Fat Dragon?
Phoenix Among Birds approached the Fat Dragon, who was admiring his reflection, and asked, “Dragon God, during the previous two game updates, did you suffer any harm?”
“Roar~” The first time I moved a mountain, and the second time someone came to hit me, but I killed him.
Due to the language barrier, Phoenix Among Birds couldn’t understand, but she inferred her answer from The Fat Dragon’s expression.
In the quiet hours of the morning, just before the dawn, Celestial Blossom expressed her concerns, “What if the game really finds a way to counter the Dragon God?”
She couldn’t care less about the game’s well-being. The Dragon God was their treasured find, a part of Phoenix Arrival, and they wouldn’t let anyone harm him.
“I’m not sure,” Phoenix Among Birds replied, “All we can do is leave some weapons, talismans, and spiritual medicines for the Dragon God.”
“No problem,” Tu Qinyuanhua chimed in, “We have plenty of materials in the gang. I’ll craft some talismans before 7 a.m. tomorrow, and the rest can go gather herbs.”
“Agreed!”
Their power in the game was minimal, but for the adorable dragon who had protected and helped them level up, Phoenix Arrival was willing to part with their treasured possessions to aid the portly dragon.
At 6:30 a.m. the next day, Phoenix Among Birds handed a golden package to the golden-clad Yuan Cunfeng, who was loitering in front of the mirror, “This contains various speed talismans, Five Elements attack talismans, control talismans, invisibility talismans, healing medicines, and a prized great axe from Tu Qinyuanhua. Take care of these. I’m not sure if game-designed items can protect you, but this is all we can do.”
The golden-upgraded Yuan Cunfeng was pleased with the color of the package and, without inspecting its contents, patted Phoenix Among Birds on the shoulder and nodded.
At 7 a.m., the sleep-deprived members of Phoenix Arrival were forced offline, leaving the golden Yuan Cunfeng alone in the gang hall, contentedly admiring his reflection in the mirror.
Meanwhile, the game’s highest-level firewall was activated. This defense mechanism, created by a cybersecurity firm for the game company, could obliterate any data not belonging to the game and was reserved for critical situations. Many in the company’s upper echelons opposed using this protective software, as the data anomaly Feng Lianzhu had been profitable for the game.
However, after Phoenix Arrival’s collective leveling up, the game company realized they couldn’t control this boss. The variable was too great, and its impact on the game was unpredictable. Following Tu Qinyuanhua’s creation of a divine weapon, the company’s executives voted to delete Feng Lianzhu’s data.
With “Voyage into the Void” preparing for financing and going public, anomalies couldn’t be afforded.
Unaware of the sweeping net outside, scanning the entire game map and nearing the main city in five minutes, the mirror-gazing plump dragon received a system message.
[Host Feng Lianzhu seeks assistance from Pang Kirates, willing to pay 2000 points for Pang Kirates to come to the interstellar world for aid.]
“No need for him to pay, I’ll cover it, roar~” declared the plump dragon, generously bearing a debt of 1257 points.
[Do you wish to carry items obtained in the online gaming world? Carrying items requires payment of 10,000 points, which can be advanced.]
The Fat Dragon looked at himself in the mirror, admiring his golden clothes and the golden purse hanging at his waist, and roared without hesitation.
“Deduct the points as you like, Iโll carry the items myself. The golden scale armor looks good.”
[Okay, initiating teleportation.]
The dizzying teleportation didn’t affect PangยทKirates’ mighty body. During the teleportation, he transformed into a glittering golden dragon, storing the package in a space inside Kirates’ body. He appeared in the sky of the primitive star, burdened with a debt of 11,257 points.
At this time, the primitive star was enveloped in night. The base established by the Atavists was under the sky, where three major powers were entangled in conflict.
Members of the “Phoenix Arrival” gang were desperately looking for herbs and items for their gang’s Dragon God. At that moment, a huge spaceship carrying 500 newly adult Atavists arrived above Primitive Star No. 419.
Dolphin 66 detected the signal as soon as the spaceship entered the atmosphere and immediately alerted the Imperial Army, the interstellar pirates, and Feng Lianzhu, preparing for battle.
The interstellar pirates and the Imperial Army hid in the forest, activating their anti-radar systems to prevent the people on the ship from scanning the planet’s information and discovering them.
After the spaceship landed, a group of fully armed people escorted 500 Atavists down. Among them, 400 looked obedient and hopeful for a new life, similar to Dog 16, while the other 100 were tall, muscular, and covered in scars.
One of the Atavists had his scales stripped off, his tail cut off, and his flesh blurred, making it impossible to discern his original appearance.
A line of warships emerged from the spaceship, their weapons aimed at the 500 Atavists. The 100 injured ones looked calm, as if they already knew they were going to die, while the other 400 huddled together in fear and started crying.
They had known that they were to be exiled and, like Dog 16, had been brainwashed into believing that they would start a new life on the primitive star. What they hadn’t expected was to be greeted by countless cold weapons as soon as they disembarked.
A voice from the warship announced: “Contestant Kirates, you must be an Atavist, right? Though I don’t know how you got the Starnet equipment, thatโs not important. Arenโt you the one who boasts of your justice and perseverance? See these Atavists? If you want to save them, come out unarmed. This is a lawless land. The Alliance has abandoned the Atavists here and won’t care about their life or death. You have 50 minutes. For every minute you’re late, we will kill 10 people.”
The image of the 500 Atavists being aimed at by weapons was projected into the air, and in the dark sky, a huge countdown timer appeared.
“Damn it! Thatโs cruel!” Linde spat, as the faces of the crying Atavists appeared in the sky, and the first wave of weapons readied, aimed at the bloodied Atavist.
“Minions, charge!” Linde, himself an Atavist, knew all too well that interstellar pirates engaged in murderous looting, and neither he nor his subordinates were good people. They felt no guilt, for they were abandoned by the Alliance; they harbored no love for the Alliance and no goodwill towards its ordinary citizens.
How could the abandoned have empathy for those living in a blissful world?
But Linde believed that Atavists were different; they, too, were abandoned by the Alliance.
Faster than Linde were the untrained battle armors. Feng Lianzhu, wanting to provide the Atavists with enough self-defense capability, temporarily armed them.
Dog 16 and the others couldn’t stand the tragic state of the newly arrived Atavists and clumsily charged out in their battle armors.
They were still a bit late. By the time they reached the location of the spaceship, the first minute had passed, and the energy cannon fired at ten Atavists. The dying lizard smiled at the light that signified death.
This was his fate.
Just as the lizard resignedly closed his eyes, a battle armor blocked the cannon with its body. With a “boom,” the armor shattered, and a Atavist fell out, his white tail, always unconsciously swaying to reveal his emotions, was charred.
A gust of wind caught Dog 16 in mid-air and gently placed him on the ground. Feng Lianzhu appeared in the air with a stern face, knowing they might face a great battle, yet he still underestimated these people’s despicableness.
The Imperial Army and pirates also charged out. Linde had his men protect the helpless Atavists, setting up energy shields while arranging for their safe relocation.
Laurie, leading the Imperial Army, completely disregarded the lives of the Atavists and opened fire before the personnel were even clear, firing the first shot of the war.
Once all three parties started fighting on the planet, it was bound to be destroyed.
Laurie looked up at Feng Lianzhu in the sky and revealed a sinister smile. “Come on, let’s see that young dragon. Vulnerabilities are most easily exposed in battle.”
Feng Lianzhu’s anger was uncontrollable; he had never felt so furious, wishing to kill Laurie and everyone in the underground arena.
โSystem, summon PangยทKirates for me,” Feng Lianzhu said with red eyes.
[Received.]
The moment the three-way battle began, a dazzling light burst in the dark sky. A giant golden dragon, rivaling the sun, tore through the night, bringing light to the primitive star dominantly.
“ROAR!!!” A roar that resonated across the entire planet reached everyone’s ears.
Author’s Note:
The Fat Dragon: A’Zhu is crying! I’m going to kill you all!!
We’re just a bit short of 27,000 nutrient solutions today, so it looks like there’s no need for an extra update! But we haven’t reached 6,000 words yet, so there’s another chapter tonight!
Continuing to ask for nutrient solutions, if we reach 27,000 tomorrow, there will be an extra update!
Very close call for ml.
Aaaaaa, quite the hevay battle and and, (เฉญเฅ โบฯโน )เฉญเฅ mc and ml will finally meet irl and everyone will see ml too~~~