The development of the Golden Ruins went very smoothly.
During this time, Wei Huan and the others were on high alert, wary of being ambushed.
When developing the Golden Ruins?_[()]?'Come to $see the latest chapters$complete chapters'(), Wei Huan's undead army ambushed 15 kilometers away, and he could not hide from any movement.
The maximum range of his summons was one of Wei Huan's trump cards, which he always kept secret, confident that his enemies would not know.
"No," Wei Huan said firmly. "If this were a trap, neither side would choose to make a move now when they both know what the other is preparing."
Mu nodded: "That's what I think too."
Then Mu Zhong looked at Xu Qingqiang and said, "Brother Qiang, thank you for your trouble. I'll be at ease if the battle ends soon."
Xu Qingqiang gave an OK sign, lit a cigarette at the car door, and in the swirling smoke, transformed into a blurry black shadow, rushing into the blizzard.
Even in the brief few seconds it takes to open and close the door, the cold wind from the darkness rushes in, and the temperature inside the car drops by more than twenty degrees.
Looking again at Xu Qingqiang, who had flashed into the cave, he had transformed into a ferocious demon covered in black demonic patterns, and he charged into the depths of the cave with a snarling laugh.
It didn't even take a minute to kill the monster in the golden treasure chest.
Especially after Xu Qingqiang was specifically dispatched, they could probably head back as soon as they arrived at the ruins.
However, in order to preserve his trump card, Mu Zhong made Xu Qingqiang stay in the ruins for another ten minutes before coming out.
Even though they had deliberately extended the time, the Goose's mercenaries were still astonished and covered their heads when the entrance to the ruins disappeared before their eyes as the undead army withdrew.
"It took us half a day to get here, but you only took a little over ten minutes to develop the ruins. I heard that you developed a platinum-level ruin before and even livestreamed it. It seems that after completing this assessment, I really should see how you did it. Even with my personal involvement, this speed makes me wonder if I'm dreaming."
Mu Zhong smiled as he distributed the spoils with the goose's mercenaries, while also observing how deeply they were involved in the matter.
So, without thinking, Mu Zhong asked, "This information was very accurate. How did you manage to do that?"
The goose's mercenary said, "There are many professions that can predict the future, but in the past, developing advanced ruins was very difficult, so this kind of prediction wasn't very useful. Besides, people in our line of work definitely have many sources of information."
After saying that, the goose's mercenary revealed his row of large front teeth: "Looking forward to the next collaboration."
The goose's mercenaries had no intention of turning back; they wanted to continue exploring.
While they cannot develop high-level ruins, they can still open basic treasure chests and low-level ruins.
While following the main force was safer, the income was also lower, so the mercenaries chose to live a more dangerous but rewarding life.
Wei Huan's car headed back.
In theory, getting even one golden treasure chest from this assessment would be a good outcome, since the main goal is to complete the assessment and successfully enter the Level 4 world.
The return trip was faster than the journey there, and they were back in the convoy by 3 a.m.
With their return, the heavily guarded convoy finally returned to normal; this period of tension and relaxation...
Even ordinary challengers could sense the unusualness.
Those who had been watching the convoy's movements naturally figured out the truth.
"They didn't choose the people we arranged. It seems they made a deal with those Russian bears in the Goose Country. It looks like they knew we were there and were being very cautious."
"It doesn't matter who takes them there, as long as they reach the trap area."
"We need to hurry and get there in advance to make the arrangements."
"The final plan is starting a little slower. I've already encountered the third Dark Beast territory. Why are these guys building cities on my path? I've been going around them the whole time. Damn it! This assessment is too difficult. Not only do we have to make trouble for Wei Huan, but these Dark Beasts won't let him off the hook either."
"This is the price of arrogance."
The last sentence made Osama's young leader frown. He barely managed to refrain from rebuking him, but his displeasure was very obvious.
What does "the price of arrogance" mean? Does killing more dark beasts mean paying a "price"? Wei Huan did something beneficial for all mankind, but was ridiculed by some humans. Looking at the arrogant and smug looks of the few people speaking in front of him, this young leader of Osam felt an overwhelming sense of nausea.
He had always felt that the hostility of the national leadership towards Great Xia was too superficial. Under such circumstances, what was wrong with bowing down and unifying the command? They were always nostalgic for the glory days of the past, always thinking that the world was still ruled by Osham as before, like an old man who was clinging to life and still insisted on wearing the crown that was about to crush him before he died.
He is deeply dissatisfied with the current state system in Osama, the attitudes of the higher-ups, and many of the decisions made.
But there was nothing he could do.
He schemed against Wei Huan, and every step he took to harm him made Wei Huan suffer terribly.
He is an Osama, he is an Osama soldier, he is nurtured and trusted by the country, and he should do what is in accordance with his identity and position.
The petty squabbles in the corner did not dampen the celebration of Wei Huan's return.
When Captain Xue and Mu Zirui returned to the car with their men and saw the extra golden greatsword in the warehouse, all the farmers went crazy.
A golden greatsword!
Firstly, equipment from the Farmer's Sequence is already extremely rare and expensive, with weapons being even more scarce and priceless. Even strange alien weapons would fetch astronomical prices on Earth. Those who acquire them are willing to change their fighting style and wouldn't blame the weapon for its strangeness.
Among them, swords and knives are even fewer, not to mention the "golden greatsword" that perfectly fits the farmer's self-definition, which is simply everyone's dream sword.
With Zhou Yong and Lin Xu making up the 13 farmers in the series, their mouths watered with excitement.
Team Leader Xue was practically ready to fight: "I'm going to risk my life! I'm going to get that golden greatsword!!"
Xu Qingqiang used a platinum glove to pick the flesh off his teeth and walked away unsteadily.
Write this sentence with your butt: You ignorant fool!
The next day, the goose's mercenaries contacted Mu Zhong again, saying they had reliable information about another golden ruin and asked if they still wanted to cooperate.
Wei Huan's car set off that very night, and when it returned at dawn, there was another gold-grade staff in the car's storage compartment.
This time, even the wise man in the car went mad.
On Wei Huan's carriage, the most numerous were farmers, followed by wise men; including the twin brothers, there were a total of seven wise men.
If we also include the shaman Mu Zhong, the prophet Dou Lin, and the two chariot healers who have the same competitive needs, there are a total of 11 competitors.
Of course, the four people mentioned later did not have much need for the staff.
Mu Zhong has a platinum staff, so Dou Lin and Che Yi don't need to compete with the top players for equipment since they're not on the front line.
Even so, when have these ordinary challengers who follow the legion or just private forces ever seen a day when they open their eyes every day and find an extra piece of gold equipment in their vehicle?
This is gold-tier equipment!
Even in a family like the Mu family, it's considered good if the leader's vehicle has three or four pieces of gold equipment. And these are either piled on the main warriors or placed on the leader. Ordinary vehicle crew members can't even check the attributes.
But what about now?
These items are kept in the warehouse, with clearly marked prices indicating that anyone with enough DKP is eligible to obtain them.
Nothing could be more motivating than this.
The already excited crew members practically wanted to fight every day, rushing to the front lines to kill all the dark beasts.
It's this kind of challenging life that gives us something to strive for.
Moreover, I've heard that the car not only has platinum equipment, but also hidden diamond equipment.
Hiss~ Hiss~ As long as you have it, you can strive for it, right?
It's hard to define cohesion. When it's absent, it's difficult to build cohesion. Even a small setback can cause it to fall apart again.
But on Wei Huan's train, cohesion was never an issue. When the leader was strong enough, when the system was fair enough, and when unimaginable benefits were right in front of them, attainable through hard work, then even if Wei Huan said nothing and did nothing, the cohesion on the train was already as solid as steel!
After two consecutive days of adding advanced equipment to the vehicle, everyone was already looking forward to the third night.
However, today is already the fifth day of the challenge world.
According to the progress of the challenge, they have now completed more than half of the assessment.
The Dark Beast Lord's territory has visibly increased.
During the day, Wei Huan pacified two territories that blocked the march. Later, he was informed that there was another territory not far away. Considering that there were rare minerals in that territory, Wei Huan led his troops to pacify it as well.
In such frequent battles, Wei Huan's intelligence, like snowflakes, fell into the hands of that likely level-five lord.
But now, the people in Wei Huan's car are thinking about whether they have contributed enough during the day and when they will be able to accumulate enough DKP.
Also, we've already fought three battles during the day, will Boss Wei still go to develop the ruins today?
Why don't you save your energy, boss? Let them do the development, for the sake of the Human race! For the sake of the boss! For the sake of DKP!
What? Thinking like that is too utilitarian?
Then ask them, when they encountered the dark beasts, did they charge forward? Did they treat Boss Wei's words as an ironclad order? And ask them, are they, in the eyes of others, the most valiant and skilled warriors?
So what they're fighting for isn't important; what matters is whether they actually do it.
"Dreamers" have no right to mock "doers".
The enthusiasm of the people in Wei Huan's car far exceeded that of any other car; they were practically a group of hot-blooded fanatics.
So when Wei Huan's car was about to leave the convoy again that night to develop the advanced ruins, all the crew members left behind to guard the area watched the departing vehicle with a mixture of excitement and regret.
"Is this another golden ruin?"
"I want a set of golden daggers, or if that's not possible, agility gloves like Brother Qiang's will do."
"When can I go on an adventure with Boss Wei? I don't care about loot or DKP. It's so much fun to cooperate with the undead army. They can provide cover, take bullets, and kill everything in their path with me. Once you have a teammate like this, you won't want to part with them."
"Yeah, yeah, me too!!"
However, compared to the crew members who stayed behind to guard the area, many of the older members who left with Wei Huanche had slightly unpleasant expressions.
It wasn't anything else, but after deciding to set off, Xu Qingqiang suddenly said, "It smells good."
No one knows exactly what Xu Qingqiang's talent for predicting good and bad fortune is. But everyone has great faith in Xu Qingqiang's nose, believing it to be absolutely accurate.
In the past two days, Mu Zhong had some free time and talked to Xu Qingqiang about the current situation, and also shared the intelligence he had gathered about the enemy.
With more detailed information, Xu Qingqiang's amazing talent finally began to take effect. Just now, he uttered a word that everyone had been waiting for a long time, but also didn't really want to hear—"fragrant".
So, are those people finally going to make their move?
Just this morning, they destroyed three Dark Beast Lords and led over 60,000 human brethren to survive this arduous trial until now.
Even with such a huge contribution, in those people's eyes, is it still not as important as their own selfish desires?
It's truly heartbreaking.
Then, a strong urge to kill arose within him.
Leaving aside Wei Huan, Mu Zhong, Xu Qingqiang, and others, even Liu Chengzhi, who never rushed to the front, had a gloomy face, and his cheerful face also turned gloomy and ugly.
"People like this don't deserve to live," Liu Chengzhi said. "Besides dragging others down and being a black sheep, what contribution can they make? They're just wasting air by living."
Then Liu Chengzhi raised his hand, revealing his silver dagger, "Tell me when you're about to kill someone, my little knife is itching for a fight."
Although Liu Chengzhi's words sounded funny, his anger was genuine.
No one would laugh at him, because at that moment they felt exactly the same.
The car was heading in the same direction as Xu Qingqiang had pointed out, which meant there was indeed a trap ahead aimed at them.
The atmosphere was heavy all the way there, a heavy atmosphere of murder.
Mu Zhong's brow remained furrowed as he said to Wei Huan, "It seems even the people from Da'e can't be trusted."
The location of this golden ruin is very far away. It would take Wei Huan and his team more than 6 hours to drive there one way. They are already more than two-thirds of the way there and are close to the end of the pass.
In fact, if the environment were different, Wei Huan would definitely have traveled another day or two before going to the ruins. After all, the convoy was also moving forward, and in a couple of days the distance would be closer.
As for Wei Huan, now that he knew someone was plotting against him, he was even less willing to wait. The cancer should be eradicated sooner rather than later; why let it fester and grow?
Does the swelling spread?
This trip is less about exploring ruins and opening treasure chests, and more about making an example of someone to deter others.
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The wind and snow were heavy.
The weather on the test road became increasingly harsh as the journey progressed, and even a Class 3 vehicle could not fully keep out the cold on such nights.
In the area located at the edge of the map, the snowstorm was two to three times stronger than in the central area. When the blizzard hit at night, the temperature exceeded -200°C, and everyone in the Class IV vehicles wore thick clothes.
In this environment, more than two hundred vehicles were given a white makeover and hidden in the snow.
Not far from their hiding place, you can see a magnificent ruin that looks like an ice palace.
Once the difficulty of a treasure chest reaches the Platinum level, the Great Xia Dynasty refers to the ruins where the treasure chest is located as "ruins".
Although the treasure chest ruins and the underground palace ruins that come out of the treasure are two different things, what challengers need to face is indeed the failed civilization that remains in this world.
Civilization takes many forms, such as human technological civilization, animalistic bloodline civilization, and even the spiritual civilization of some spiritual entities. No civilization chosen by the challenged world should be underestimated.
Not to mention, these civilizations all participated in the Civilization Competition as challengers, and even if they failed, their civilizations still reached the fourth level world.
If we categorize civilizations according to their level of challenge to the world, then humans and dark beasts that have broken through to level five would be considered level five civilizations.
The Bluebeard people are a Level 3 civilization.
That means the current level four civilization in the world must be stronger than the Bluebeard people.
Those people hiding in the snow, inside the car, stared at the ice-sculpted castle with awe, as if looking at it too long would cut their eyes and make them appear as if they were being discovered and hunted down.
The people in the car were gripped by both cold and fear, and spoke with deep doubt: "Will Wei Huan come here? We're already close to the border. If it weren't for Colonel Jacques's tanks protecting us, most of our vehicles wouldn't be able to stay here at all."
"The people who stayed there sent word that Wei Huanche has indeed left. He set off before dark and should be almost there by now. He is a level 5 vehicle, so even the worst weather during this assessment shouldn't stop him, given the natural environment."
However, we're worried he won't dare come. The news that's been sent out hasn't mentioned this is a platinum-level ruin. Now we can only gamble on Wei Huan's greed, on the fact that he'll definitely develop the ruin."
"What if he doesn't go in? Should we just abandon this operation?"
"No, based on my understanding of him, he will definitely make a move. There's a saying in the Great Xia Dynasty:'Since we're already here.'"
"Since he's already here, he'll pay the price for those words."
"In order to kill Wei Huan, General Ōmura has put up 200,000 points, plus points from countries such as South Korea, the Three Kingdoms, and Osama. Colonel Jacques has already purchased scrolls worth 500,000 points. As long as his vehicle enters the attack range, we can bypass his undead army and attack his vehicle directly. No matter how strong his undead are, they will eventually die."
"Speaking of which, this scroll only appeared after the Level 5 world was officially opened. If he dies from an attack by this scroll, will he regret taking out that Star Beast hide in the first place?"
As he listened to the unrestrained conversation on the video call, Colonel Jacques' brow furrowed once more.
Jacques
The colonel is Osham's young leader. He is only 25 years old this year. Five years ago, he passed the preliminary assessment in the fastest time, breaking the dream of the Great Xia's three-peat and winning the Platinum Treasure Chest reward that year.
After that, he spent five years making countless enormous contributions to Osama, but that's all he's achieved so far.
Perhaps because he was always unwilling to deal with those old guys and had no background, he earned a distinguished military rank and a prestigious title, but he had to painstakingly collect everything himself, from vehicles to training supplies.
They didn't want him to be too strong, but they always sent him out when a battle was needed.
Jacques flipped his wrist, revealing the scroll in his hand. He stared at it for a long time, his eyes filled with hesitation.
"It's coming!" someone shouted in the video call. "A car is coming! I see it!"
Jacques hurriedly looked up and saw his deputy commander turning away with a watchful, wary gaze.
Then, in those evasive eyes, Jacques sensed a faint sadness rising from the depths of his heart.
"Should we use it directly? Is the distance enough?" A high-pitched, excited voice rang out, "Quick! Don't let him get away!"
But then another equally shrill voice shouted, "Wait! Wait! This is a convoy, not Wei Huan's car. He never brings so many people. He's too arrogant!"
"Yes, not Wei Huan, damn it, it's those geese!"
Jacques loosened his grip on the scroll, and in a slight twitch, he felt the sweat on his palms almost soaking through the parchment.
He held the magic scroll, worth 500,000 points, in his hand. He could kill Wei Huan with just a flick of his finger.
But then what? It satisfies the greed of those treacherous politicians and unscrupulous capitalists, and pleases these distorted, wicked people. What else can it bring besides that?
He must constantly remind himself whether he has personally killed "humanity's hope."
It's too painful. Maintaining a normal sanity in this distorted environment is a painful thing.
Jacques silently prayed that Wei Huan wouldn't come...
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"Boss, there's something that's been bothering me."
Nine vehicles were driving through the snow, their protective covers overlapping each other to shield them from the blizzard.
Inside the car were a group of burly, bearded men dressed in thick winter clothes, and some women whose eyes were often sharper than the men's.
The mercenaries from the Goose had planned this assessment a year in advance. They gathered 12 like-minded vehicles and prepared to join forces to enter the Level 4 world.
It was purely coincidental that I was in the same assessment as Wei Huan.
But it wasn't entirely a coincidence, because when the news came out that Wei Huan was going to participate in this highway assessment, they also discussed whether or not to get involved.
It was arrogance, I suppose, but they still chose to come in.
Now the number of vehicles has decreased from 12 to 9, and one of them is on the verge of being scrapped and is being repaired.
This loss has nothing to do with Wei Huan; it's simply a normal occurrence when they risk opening treasure chests.
In a level four world, even a silver treasure chest carries endless risks for them. Therefore, their greatest expectation is...
They still wanted to cooperate with Wei Huan.
You can get 30% of the resources just by providing information, and they're all gold-grade.
Makes a fortune!
After tasting success the first time, they actively gathered information for the second and third time, and successfully cooperated with Wei Huan a second time.
Today marks their third trip to the intelligence location.
However, during the journey, everyone was not as happy as they had imagined, all because of the intelligence they had inadvertently gathered. The clues all pointed to someone wanting to harm Wei Huan, and they seemed to be being used.
These goose mercenaries had no connection with Wei Huan, and the diplomatic status between the two countries was none of their business. Logically, all they needed to do was provide intelligence, and what subsequent problems were their concern?
But what is rationally understood is difficult to accept emotionally.
The proud Goose People would never be a pawn in someone else's hands! Moreover, they admired Wei Huan for his strength, and in the competition with the Dark Beasts, every strong person was a guiding star for humanity's victory.
Without hindering their own growth, these goose people would rather witness Wei Huan's strength, even if they suffer a loss in this transaction.
However, that Captain Mu was exceptionally capable and never acted unfairly in the distribution of benefits.
This made them even more convinced.
Now that all the clues point to something being amiss with this operation, someone in the Goose mercenary vehicle finally spoke up.
"I feel like something's not right."
After speaking, the man hesitated for a moment and then said, "It's not too late to evacuate now; I can already smell blood!"