novelinnhs Chapter 50: The official team stepped in and released the assignment.
Chapter 50: The official team stepped in and released the assignment.
The combat readiness room was so quiet that only the hum of the ventilation fan could be heard.
On the other side of the light screen, Li Tianshan and his advisors seemed to be frozen in place, their mouths agape for a long time.
Xiao Qianyu broke the silence first: "Old Li, he's right. Our trump card, whether we reveal it or not, is Lu Yan."
Zhao Leiguang slapped his thigh and shouted, "That's exactly right! Let them study the guides slowly. We'll go back and run it again, get all six pieces of the old gear, and give Sister Yunqing a fully equipped set."
Su Yunqing nodded in agreement, the faint light emanating from her Saint Healing Suit providing the strongest endorsement for her words.
Li Tianshan looked at the first squad, whose opinions were highly unified on the screen, and finally his gaze fell on Lu Yan. Ever since this young man joined the Dragon Guard, he had been shattering the higher-ups' preconceived notions about the word "support."
Li Tianshan didn't try to persuade him further. As the commander, all he needed was a reason that could convince everyone, and Lu Yan's answer was far more impactful than simply defending a secret realm.
"A single dominant power is no match for a nation in arms..." Li Tianshan pondered these eight words repeatedly, his eyes growing brighter and brighter. "What a brilliant idea of a nation in arms! I approve it! Not only should it be made public, but it should also be accompanied by an official document from the military, and promoted aggressively across all online channels!"
The light screen will flash and then turn off.
The people inside the room looked at each other in bewilderment.
Lin Chuxue muttered to herself, "They really gave away this money-printing machine."
Shen Xinglin leaned against the wall, head down checking the saddle parameters, and uttered two words: "Perspective."
Zhao Leiguang grinned: "Forget about any grand scheme, I only care about one thing: from now on, when I run into my peers, I can point at them and brag that the S-level secret realm's meal ticket was a gift from my brother Yan!"
Wen Yue cocked the crossbow and suddenly added a blow: "That's what you got for taking a punch."
In less than half an hour, a 10,000-word post titled "Perfect Walkthrough Guide for the S-019 Secret Realm 'The Lie of Eden'" appeared on the homepage of the Huaxia Awakeners' internal forum, and was pinned and bolded across the entire section.
The post was so detailed it was outrageous.
The symbiotic hatred separation of the false god twins, the coordinates for blocking and avoiding AOE; the sacrificial blood-locking mechanism of the remnant of God, the damage threshold for clearing the backlash of the dead; even the hidden judgment trap that you must not attack when facing the questioning of the white-named villagers, all are clearly marked in bright red letters.
The entire forum was in an uproar.
At first, many people thought it was some reckless gimmick trying to get clicks. An S-level secret realm guide? With a perfect rating? That's unbelievable.
But when people clicked into the post and saw the poster's bright red official certification of "Huaxia Dragon Guard Headquarters" and the words "First Squad" prominently displayed in the strategy provider section, countless people in front of the screen gasped in shock.
"Holy crap! The official team has released homework!"
"The first squad! That monster squad that went viral yesterday for being the first to clear an S-rank!"
"This strategy guide is ridiculously detailed! It even includes the fraction of a second difference in the BOSS's hand-raising motion—it's like feeding him right in front of his mouth!"
"This stuff is free? On the black market, this intelligence could bankrupt a mid-sized guild!"
Legions and guilds that had been stuck at the A-level bottleneck for years, not even daring to cross the threshold of the S-level secret realm, fell into collective madness. The previously insurmountable Wailing Wall was smashed open with a ladder that could be climbed in the face of this guide.
"Everyone assemble! Bring out all the healers in the guild and re-equip them according to the guide!"
"The tank crew isn't sleeping tonight; they're going to the training ground to familiarize themselves with those coordinates!"
"Mages, max out your interrupt skills! Anyone who makes a mistake will have their rations deducted for a year!"
"Let's go! Let's clear the land!"
The long-suppressed fighting spirit was completely ignited.
That afternoon, crowds thronged outside the S-level dungeon teleportation nodes in major cities across China. Hastily assembled or hastily equipped assault teams, each carrying a printed strategy guide, stood with solemn expressions, as if on a pilgrimage. A massive nationwide S-level dungeon training exercise had begun in a frenzy.
The one who caused this great earthquake is now standing once again at the entrance to the Stone Hall in the Garden of Eden.
The scripted deaths and villager detection during the initial exploration have been removed, and the secret realm has been downgraded to a regular resource point, making it as clean as a shooting range.
Su Yunqing stood in the center of the formation, her feet resting on a Holy Healing Domain with a radius of thirty meters. The pale green aura expanded like a breath, enveloping everyone in a thick layer of damage reduction and continuous recovery buffs.
"Old Zhao, stop hiding it, just run them over." Lu Yan gave the order in the team chat.
"Watch this!"
Zhao Leiguang roared, and the Earth Pulse Twin Shields burst forth with a strong, earthy-yellow light.
The savage charge is initiated.
He transformed into a heavily armored dump truck speeding at full speed, recklessly crashing into the newly appeared false gods Adam and Eve.
War followed one after another.
The violent impact instantly rendered the Gemini False Gods stiff.
Lin Chuxue, in the back row, raised her staff, her health bar instantly reduced to 1 point, and an incredibly thick shield enveloped her. The "1 HP, 10,000 Shield" mechanism was triggered, removing all skill restrictions for the Blood Mage.
A torrent of elements, a blend of frost and flame, pelted the BOSS's face like a torrential downpour.
The twin pseudo-gods who had nearly driven them to the brink of defeat yesterday, only managing to be defeated thanks to Lu Yan's on-the-spot decryption, have now become mere punching bags. Adam was about to raise his hand to establish a life link when Zhao Lei slammed his shield directly into his face, forcefully interrupting him. Eve's Enchanting Light was still casting when Lin Chuxue's Chain Fireball had already sent her reeling backward.
This can't even be considered a battle.
This was a brutal and inhumane forced demolition.
Before the twin false gods could even finish their first phase of skill rotation, they were reduced to two balls of experience points by the onslaught of the dump truck and the magic machine gun.
"Is that all?" Zhao Leiguang put away his shield, looking like he hadn't even warmed up yet.
"Continue, push it forward." Lu Yan said calmly.
The first squad completely transformed into bulldozers, rampaging through the secret realm.
The quick completion resulted in two golden S-rank treasure chests appearing precisely in the center of the stone hall.
"Brother Yan, touch it!" Zhao Leiguang rubbed his hands together, his eyes shining.
Lu Yan stepped forward and casually lifted the lid of the first box.
A pair of handguards, imbued with a sacred aura, floated out.
【The Touch of Compassion in Eden (4/6)】
Next is the second treasure chest.
A belt inlaid with a huge life crystal came into view.
【The Guardian's Embrace of Eden (5/6)】
The two S-grade epic items perfectly filled the gaps in Su Yunqing's equipment slots.
The moment the equipment is put on, the five-piece 【Eden Healing Set】resonates and activates.
The Holy Healing Domain beneath Su Yunqing's feet suddenly expanded outwards by a large circle, with the healing amount increasing exponentially. At the same time, an outrageous new passive skill popped up on the panel—[Holy Word Purification], which automatically dispels all negative statuses below S rank as long as one is within the aura's range.
"I feel like I could bring a dying Tyrannosaurus Rex back to life right now," Su Yunqing said, staring at her panel with a slightly detached tone.
Zhao Leiguang leaned over for a peek, then clicked his tongue and said, "Tyrannosaurus Rex is nothing! You can restore a dump truck that's been crushed into a pancake to its factory settings!"
At the same time, on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
In the encrypted section of the International Awakeners Forum, a post is rapidly trending.
Poster ID: [Richard Shield].
He is a top-tier ace of the White Eagle Empire and the captain of the "S.H.I.E.L.D." team.
The post exuded an arrogant and condescending attitude.
"I've heard that a nationwide craze for challenging S-level dungeons has recently swept across China? Your courage is commendable, but I must remind you that the threshold for S-level dungeons cannot be lowered simply by sheer numbers. When we at S.H.I.E.L.D. were conquering the Abyss Forge, we lost three peak A-level members before we could barely figure out the first phase mechanics of the gatekeeper boss."
"Using the lives of the awakened at the bottom to fill the timeline is the most foolish thing to do. I'm telling you this: even if China fills the entire nation with its population, it won't get a single real S-grade set piece within a month."
The comments below from Western awakened individuals were full of schadenfreude.
"Captain Richard hit the nail on the head! The Chinese are inherently superstitious about human wave tactics; they have no idea what elite pioneering is."
"I bet those people are all crammed at the entrance to the secret realm right now, killing monsters and scavenging for scraps. They don't even know which way the gate to Area One faces."
"I'll bet a million star coins! They won't even see the final boss's health bar!"
This post, brimming with a sense of superiority, was quickly screenshotted and directly reposted to the internal forum of Huaxia.
The awakened Chinese, who were originally immersed in the fervor of pioneering, were disgusted by these remarks.
Zhao Leiguang, who had just emerged from the secret realm, was happily browsing the forums and seeing everyone praising the first team when he came across this screenshot. His anger flared up instantly, and he almost crushed his personal terminal.
"These foreign trash! It's easy for them to talk when they're not the ones suffering!" Zhao Leiguang laughed angrily, opening the live stream's permission settings. "I'm going to start a live stream right now and slap Yun Qing's five S-grade divine gear pieces in their faces one by one, let's see who's the real piece of trash who can't even get close to the door!"