Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 813 Nightmare Creatures, Exploring the Dream Path...

Cao Xing stared at the winding passage before him, one of the more than forty correct routes found by the light mirror.

"Come on, let's go in too."

After he gave the order, Brûlé immediately stepped to the front of the group, holding the Shield of Origin: "My lord, let me clear the way for you."

Beside her, Liu Muxue also raised her small round shield, the silver-white armor gleaming in the dim environment.

"Then I'll walk at the very back of the group to ensure the safety of those behind."

Cao Xing nodded and replied, "Okay, let's go in according to this formation."

"As ordered!"

The next moment, Brown strode into the passage.

The group followed the large man, slowly advancing along the narrow aerial path.

Because all flight abilities are disabled in the [Dream Fragment], even legendary-level powerhouses are no exception.

In addition, if you accidentally fall, it will be considered death, and you will be teleported directly back to your territory.

Therefore, they could only move step by step, taking it one step at a time.

Even so, the marching speed of the group was still not slow.

In just a minute or two, they had advanced nearly a kilometer.

Cao Xing turned around and saw that the wide platform where he had just been born had disappeared from his sight.

They are now completely immersed in the dream.

Moreover, the environment becomes even more bizarre as you go deeper.

Originally, their field of vision was very wide, and they could see the scenery several kilometers away at once.

Now, the fog around us is getting thicker and thicker, and visibility is less than 100 meters.

It was as if a large number of dark purple clouds were surrounding them, pressing down on the team.

They could only see an area a few dozen meters in front of and behind the passage.

Seeing this, Sarah gripped the Death Dagger in her hand, its sharp blade gleaming coldly: "My lord, shall I go ahead and scout ahead first?"

Her figure almost blended into the surrounding shadows, as if she might disappear at any moment.

Cao Xing pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No need. Our route is correct, and we haven't encountered any branching paths yet."

"So just keep the formation and keep moving forward."

The dark elf assassin nodded slightly. "Yes."

Her figure disappeared back into the group, like a silent ghost.

The team continued to advance, remaining vigilant.

Just then, everyone on the field stopped in their tracks.

Among these six people, even Bai Zhi possesses hero-level combat power and is extremely sensitive to danger.

They all sensed that some kind of creature with a strong intent to attack was rapidly approaching them!

Cao Xing whispered, "Be careful from now on."

Upon hearing this, everyone gripped their weapons tightly and assumed fighting stances.

Bloom's massive shield slammed heavily into the ground, causing a tremor.

Marlena drew the Bloodthirsty Blade from its sheath, emitting a dull hum.

Cao Xing also gripped his staff tightly.

The next moment, a sickening scratching sound came from under everyone's feet.

"Crack...knock..."

The sound was like countless claws tearing at rocks, or scratching at a door panel.

And the source of the sound was right on the road beneath their feet.

In other words, somewhere they can't see, there's a group of creatures walking right up to their feet.

"Gulu...Gulu..."

As the wriggling sound arose, dark purple, twisted arms stretched out from both sides of the suspended road and clung to the edge of the path.

Their knuckles were unusually long and thin, and their nails gleamed with a metallic sheen, digging deeply into the ground!
And it was frantically scratching at the ground, seemingly trying to climb up from the dark purple clouds below.

In no time, half of its body emerged.

At this point, Cao Xing could see the faces of these monsters more clearly.

They had human-shaped outlines, but were twisted beyond recognition.

The spine was bent into an eerie arc, the joints of the limbs were twisted in the opposite direction, and the head was tilted at an impossible angle.

The skin had an eerie dark purple color and was covered with writhing blood vessels.

The most terrifying thing was the face, which had no features, only a gaping maw full of sharp teeth, roaring at them.

"Hush-hush-"

The sound was like the harsh, high-frequency scraping of a sharp object against glass, interspersed with a trembling sound as if air was being torn apart.

Just hearing about it sends chills down your spine!
However, Cao Xing ignored the terrifying screams and focused his gaze on the monsters, quickly glancing at their attributes.

Nightmare Crawler

[Race: Nightmare]

[Level: 70 (Seventh Tier)]

[Potential: Elite]

[HP: 702385/702385]

[Attack power: 19932~21524]

Armor: 3912~4152

[Skills: Nightmare Bite, Twisted Regeneration, Nightmare Assault]

[Talent: Dream Affinity (In dreams, Nightmare Creepers gain 30% movement speed and attack speed, and 30% evasion rate)]

...

Cao Xing wondered to himself, "Did I encounter a level 70 elite monster as soon as I entered the passage?"

"This is just the beginning. There are definitely more and more powerful monsters hidden deep within this mist."

"This dungeon seems to be quite difficult for those survivors."

After all, although most survivors have master-level leaders, it is still quite challenging for them to deal with monsters of the same level.

In addition, due to the terrain, one cannot unleash their full potential here.

Therefore, there will definitely be survivors who suffer considerable damage when they encounter this first wave of monsters.

"However... for other survivors, these monsters could cause quite a bit of trouble."

"But with my current strength, I am completely vulnerable."

Cao Xing ordered, "Marlene, make your move."

The moment she received the order, the Valkyrie drew a blood-red longsword and casually slashed out.

"Om-"

A crimson sword aura slashed horizontally for over a thousand meters, leaving a thin crack in the space along its path.

Those distorted and bizarre-looking 'Nightmare Crawlers' experienced a momentary sluggishness upon contact with the sword energy.

The next moment, a line of blood appeared on their bodies.

"Crash..."

With a sound of flesh writhing, the nightmare crawlers were torn in two before they could even get a step closer.

Immediately afterwards, a series of kill notifications appeared.

[Your territory member: Malenina has killed 12 Nightmare Creepers (level 70), gaining 450 million experience points (Pale Guidance)]

Combat personnel gained 225 million experience points.

...

Seeing the notification, Cao Xing nodded slightly: "Not bad, I got a lot of experience points from killing these monsters."

"Although it has been two or three months since the Blood expansion ended, the experience bonus effect of [Savior Star] has disappeared."

"But this time when I went back, I used three Jade Elephant Hearts to add five hundred years to the age of the Pale Sacred Tree, which gave me a 50% bonus."

"It's now equivalent to a permanent 80% experience boost, and the leveling efficiency hasn't slowed down at all."

At the same time, Cao Xing looked at the area behind him.

After the Nightmare Crawlers died, their scattered corpses fell directly into the Nightmare Clouds below and disappeared without a trace.

At the spot where they died, several dark purple crystal fragments appeared, floating in mid-air.

Cao Xing counted them; there were about four in total.

He thought to himself, "These crystal fragments must be the 'Dream Fragments' used to exchange for rewards, right?"

With that thought, he waved his hand and put all the fragments into his backpack.

[Obtained: Dream Fragment * 4]

...

Upon seeing the notification, Cao Xing nodded in realization and said, "It really is a fragment of a dream."

He calculated in his mind: "This time we killed 12 monsters and got 4 [Dream Fragments], which is about 30% drop rate, which is pretty high." "Moreover, based on the exploration efficiency of the dozens of teams I divided up, they should have all encountered monsters in the 'Dream Fragments' by now."

Thinking of this, he opened the system notification interface and checked the information.

In an instant, a bunch of kill notifications appeared.

[Your territory member: Assam successfully killed 15 'Nightmare Rippers' (level 70), gaining 570 million experience points (Pale Guidance)]

Combat personnel gained 285 million experience points.

...

[Your territory member: Dragon Speaker Ice Orchid successfully killed 'Nightmare Apostle' lv70*3 (boss-level creatures), gaining 420 million experience points (Pale Guidance)]

Combat personnel gained 210 million experience points.

【your……】

...

Just as Cao Xing had predicted, most of the other teams had already made contact with the monsters in the dream and ended the battle.

He did a quick count: "A total of 32 squads just encountered battles and killed more than 300 monsters."

"Based on a 30% drop rate, I should have obtained approximately one hundred [Dream Fragments]."

"It has been less than 20 minutes since we entered the dream fragment."

"Based on this effect, once the [Dream Fragment] closes in 99 days, it will be more than enough to collect two or three million 'Dream Fragments'."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing couldn't help but smile, and his anticipation grew even stronger.

Then he ordered, "Let's go, let's continue."

"Bron, lead the way."

"No problem, my lord!"

The big guy picked up the Shield of Origin and charged forward.

Next, everyone continued to move forward according to the order of the team.

Before long, they had walked about 500 meters along this narrow path, which was less than a meter wide.

However, they stopped again and looked up at the sky ahead.

"Huh-huh-"

A loud whooshing sound came from the air, as if some enormous creature was rapidly approaching them.

As everyone stared intently, a huge, dark purple meteorite, over three meters in diameter, tore through the clouds.

The meteorite, trailing a long, fiery tail and radiating a suffocating sense of oppression, hurtled toward the narrow path where they were!

Cao Xing's pupils narrowed, and he said in a deep voice, "Good heavens! With such a huge meteorite falling down, and the road being so narrow, we could all be crushed if we're not careful!"

"It seems that the Nightmare Monsters are not the only danger in this dream fragment."

"We also need to be careful of the traps we encounter along the way."

Liu Muxue behind him also felt the power of the meteorite.

She was just about to use her newly learned legendary skill, Aurora Barrier, to block the meteorite.

At that moment, Brûlé, who was walking at the front, shouted: "Power of the ancestors, grant me strength!"

The next moment, his body began to expand rapidly, his muscles bulged like steel, and his bones made a thunderous cracking sound!
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a giant with a height of 100 meters!

The [Shield of Origin] in his hand also magnified, with deep green patterns appearing on its surface, radiating a strong life force.

The meteorite was rapidly approaching and magnified in the field of vision, causing visible ripples in the air!
"boom--!!!"

With a deafening explosion, the meteorite slammed into Bron's giant shield!
The purplish-black flames exploded like waves, but could not shake the mountain-like figure.

The violent shockwave spread outwards, causing Cao Xing's robes to sway slightly in the air.

Just moments later, the noise from the meteorite explosion dissipated, having no effect on the people behind them.

After resolving the crisis, Brown quickly shrunk his body, restoring his height to about two meters.

Otherwise, given that giant's size, he wouldn't even be able to put one foot down completely in this narrow path that's only one meter wide, let alone stand firmly.

The big guy tilted his head, grinned, and revealed a simple and honest smile: "My lord, with Braum here, nothing will be able to hurt you."

Cao Xing smiled gently: "Well done, let's keep going."

"no problem!"

After saying that, Bloom continued walking forward.

The large shields covered the entire road, blocking any attacks coming from the front.

I have to say, following behind such a shield guard gives you an overwhelming sense of security.

...

...

Meanwhile, other teams also encountered trap attacks in the [Dream Fragments].

Assam rode his Frostwolf Winter, striding forward.

At that moment, a dark purple mist rose up without warning, completely enveloping the man and the wolf.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of dark purple vines suddenly grew from the path beneath their feet, completely entangling the frost wolves' four hooves!
"Splash... splash..."

These vines grew wildly and with tremendous force, as if they wanted to drag winter down with them.

Seeing this, Assam simply drew the Lake Maiden's sword.

"Keng——"

With a clang of sword energy, all the vines were chopped into pieces.

Then, he gently patted Winter's neck. "Winter, keep going."

"Roar……"

The frost wolf let out a low growl, as if responding to its master's command.

Meanwhile, Elisa's fifty-person team also encountered an unexpected situation.

Suddenly, numerous cracks appeared in the narrow path beneath their feet, and it began to shake violently, as if it were about to collapse at any moment!
The little girl's face showed panic, and she quickly shouted a warning: "Waaah! The road is about to collapse!"

"Everyone, run faster and get there!"

The next moment, she leaped and jumped more than a hundred meters away.

Behind them, the dozens of soldiers quickened their pace and ran swiftly forward.

At the same time, the two wind mages in the team raised their staffs in unison and cast a high-level spell: Wind Walk.

"Whoosh-"

A powerful gust of air blew from behind, and everyone felt their bodies lighten, their movement speed increasing dramatically!
In addition, the fixed 220% movement speed bonus from [Eternal Power] allows them to dash forward like arrows released from a bow.

Just as the last person leaped over the cracked area, the road beneath their feet collapsed with a deafening roar, and countless fragments fell into the endless clouds below.

Seeing this, Elisa patted her flat chest and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "Phew... thankfully Captain Elisa gave timely instructions."

"Otherwise, everyone would fall down."

After saying that, she put her hands behind her back and said in a pretentious manner, "Sure enough, this team can't do without Captain Elisa."

The other members of the team couldn't help but smile as they looked at the quirky little girl.

Besides Elisa and Assam, the other squads also encountered various traps.

The Star Kingdom swordsman Xiao's team encountered a surprise attack from the 'Dream Rift'. A rift suddenly appeared in the middle of the team and continued to expand, as if it would devour everyone.

But with astonishing reaction speed, this swordsmanship prodigy leaped across the crevice with his team the instant it appeared.

Commander Bojie encountered interference from the 'Dream Torrent,' with a massive amount of dark purple energy surging towards them like liquid.

Caught off guard, everyone was swept away by the torrent and plummeted into the sky below.

But this Dragonblood Warrior unleashed several earth-shattering giant axe strikes, forcefully shattering the 'Dream Torrent,' leaving everyone unharmed.

The Blood Spider Queen, Hilda, also encountered a strange mental attack.

Numerous blood spiders burst open with a series of "poof poof poof!" sounds.

However, because of her faith, she completely ignored the attack and passed through safely.

So far, none of the more than 3,000 soldiers brought by Cao Xing have lost their lives due to the traps.

Of course, while Cao Xing's powerful subordinates were able to successfully navigate these deadly traps, the other survivors were not so fortunate.

Many surviving lords and their legions suffered heavy losses in the face of these unpredictable traps.

This time, the level restriction for the dungeon is the same as that for the Lost Royal City; the minimum level to enter is 50, which is Master level.

However, although the survivors' strength has improved somewhat over this period, there are not many master-level experts in their territory.

Now, having been caught off guard by the attack, they have lost a number of capable officers.

Some lords even suffered total annihilation.

The entire team plummeted into the endless sky like a kite with a broken string.

At this moment, screams and sounds of falling echoed from every corner of the dream's fragmented layers.

A large number of complaints also emerged in the chat channel.

"Damn it, this is outrageous! Not only is the road so narrow, but there are also monsters and traps. It's practically impossible for anyone to survive!"

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(End of this chapter)