Life Dungeon Game

Now, with the family dwindling in numbers, they've been brought to their doorstep by a C-rank opponent and need outside help to resolve the situation.

Judging from the old chieftain's relieved expression after Kaja's death, even if he had a way to deal with Kaja, it would have come at a huge cost.

Now, the entire Andavi family, like this aged patriarch, is shrouded in twilight.

"I don't know when it started, but fewer and fewer new children are being born into the family, and fewer and fewer people are successfully advancing to the level of extraordinary beings. One by one, the powerful figures of the past are dying."

The old patriarch watched the children playing outside the door. "That's why I rarely mention those secrets to the children anymore. We know too much. Sometimes, living a long life in ignorance is also a kind of happiness."

He looked at the children playing a farming game in a circle.

Annie joined in and had a great time.

He pulled out a half-smoked pack of cigarettes from his clothes, flicked one out, and handed it to the old clan chief.

"I'm too old to smoke."

The old clan chief slowly shook his head.

He Ao put the cigarette to his lips, pursed his lips, and slowly pulled the cigarette out of the cigarette pack.

The old clan chief raised his hand, handed over a lighter, and lit the fire.

These lighters filled with liquid fuel are popular in the wilderness. They are purely mechanical, not easy to break, and easy to light.

He Ao bowed slightly, using his hand to shield himself from the breeze, letting the cigarette fly up with bright sparks along with the dancing flame.

He straightened up and looked at his daughter in the distance.

The wind in the wilderness blew through the smoke, lifting the hem of his clothes.

-

Another day has passed since He Ao woke up.

The Merck family surrendered immediately after the ceasefire, knowing full well that they could not defeat the Andavi family without the Khajah.

In fact, this was one of the dying wishes left by Kaja: that once he died, the Merck family should surrender immediately to reduce casualties.

The Andavi family has extracted all four talent sequences from Kaja.

They are, respectively, 'Talent Sequence 1: Farmer', 'Talent Sequence 10: Land Surveyor', 'Talent Sequence 37: Seed Cultivator', and 'Talent Sequence 65: Rain Master'.

These talent sequences are not combat-oriented; rather, they are more like a farmer leveling up various skills.

Of course, it can be very powerful if used well.

For example, Kaja's rain field bonus greatly weakens the enemy and strengthens his own side.

All four of these talent-sequence-granting elixirs were white, and the old patriarch kept his promise and gave all four of them to He Ao.

However, He Ao did not decide directly what to do with these secret medicines; he simply put them all away.

Kaja's body was returned to the Merck family by Hoo, and the little boy also returned to the family along with his high priest's body.

While Kaja was alive, the Merk family had offended too many people in the area, and they gave most of their weapons and equipment to Anda as compensation.

The Wei family then migrated south as a whole.

Before leaving, the little boy came to find He Ao and asked him about information about Chenxi City.

However, the sheer number of weapons the Merck family possessed shocked Heo.

Because of the special relationship between the Merck family and the city, they had the opportunity to obtain a large number of weapons through the conglomerate's channels, and Kaja seemed to be a person with a strong sense of crisis and liked to buy weapons.

The end result was that the Merck family had so many weapons and vehicles that they couldn't be moved, so the Andavi family had to go to the Merck family's camp to receive them.

After the Merck family surrendered, the Andavi family once again became the leader of the wilderness wanderers in this area. The old patriarch summoned the patriarchs of all the nearby families and the leaders of the wilderness wanderer camps to discuss the Ghost Mushroom issue with them.

To fight or to run.

Many nomadic families in the wilderness are unwilling to leave their long-established homes.

During this time, He Ao also explained the Dawn City Wilderness Wanderer Immigration Act to them in detail, but most of the wilderness wanderers were hostile to city dwellers, so they were skeptical of the act and unwilling to take the risk.

During the introduction, He Ao was shocked to discover that several families in the vicinity had also had members taken away by Kyle's sweatshop, and those family members naturally never returned.

These families harbor the deepest animosity towards Dawn City and the people of Fortress City.

He Ao never imagined that his imposing figure would cause these wilderness wanderers to bow down and believe everything he said.

Authority and prestige are always earned through one's own efforts. Only when one proves their strength will their words be heeded.

Although he killed Kaja, this only instilled fear in these people, not respect.

The meeting lasted for several hours, and the final result was that most of the wilderness wanderers wanted to stay and support the fight against the ghost mushrooms.

However, they are unwilling to contribute too much manpower and effort, and even prefer not to contribute at all, preferring to simply wait for the outcome.

The old patriarch had clearly considered this long ago. He directly distributed some of the weapons and equipment of the Merck family, instructing each of the wilderness wanderer family camps to clear out the small alien beasts around the outermost circle of the Ghost Mushroom.

The Andavi family members stood guard at the edge of the Ghost Mushroom, performing a second cleanup.

The weapons and equipment that were distributed could not be taken back, so each family could get some benefits. The more effort they put in, the more they would reap the rewards.

This is equivalent to the Andavi family relinquishing a portion of their own interests.

Suddenly, these old wilderness wanderers, who had previously been shirking responsibility and only wanted to hide in the back, became excited. The patriarchs of two families even fought over the right to take charge of a certain area.

“What if we encounter a Class C alien beast?” The patriarch of a small clan raised his hand. “We have no ability to withstand a Class C alien beast.”

The moment he asked the question, the entire room fell silent.

The huge conference hall was completely silent. Everyone was waiting for an answer that would determine whether they would continue to participate in this 'battle'.

"Just let it in."

A voice rang out from the corner.

Everyone turned their heads, and there sat the person who had been introduced at the beginning.

After the Wilderness Immigration Act, Heo sat in the corner and never spoke again.

-

On the fourth night after Heo arrived in the wilderness

With stars shining brightly, it took more than a day for the Wilderness Wanderers to complete the encirclement of the Wilderness Wanderer camp, which had been swallowed by the Ghost Mushroom.

The bustling crowd was arranging the final formation. This was the outermost encirclement, and the people who came were all from nearby families or tribes. They were close by and arrived quickly.

They were driving the original Merck family SUV, shouting excitedly.

In the past, these wilderness wanderers walked these roads with trepidation, but now that there are more of them, it's the strange beasts around them who are trembling with fear.

He stood on a mountaintop not far away, holding a pair of binoculars and looking at the area where the ghost mushrooms gathered under the night sky.

"Dad, can't we use those remotely deployed incendiary bombs that explode with a bang? There must be such things, right?"

Annie stood beside He Ao, "I've seen it on TV. Those superheroes pilot planes and burn hordes of alien beasts to death. We could call in a plane or a cannon and drop incendiary bombs there, so you wouldn't have to go to such a dangerous place..."

"Of course we have incendiary bombs."

He Ao turned around and walked to the small truck parked not far behind him. He lifted the tarpaulin covering the truck, revealing rows of black shells more than 30 centimeters long. "These shells can easily set the entire valley ablaze."

"Then why don't we just use these shells..."

Aini looked somewhat bewildered.

He Ao turned around and waved to signal her to follow him.

The two quickly reached a ravine.

"Watch."

He Ao pointed to the clear blue sky above, where stars twinkled, took a grenade from his waist, and threw it directly into the sky.

Then, without looking back, he grabbed his daughter and rolled into the bushes nearby.

He Ao exerted tremendous force, and the speed of the projectiles thrown by the superhuman was terrifyingly high.

Annie only saw the grenade turn into a tiny dot in an instant, and then it disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, the bright sky was covered by a 'dark cloud' in an instant, which seemed to gather in the direction from which the grenade was thrown.

Then, in an instant, a gap was blasted open, which seemed to indicate that the grenade had detonated at the designated time.

Wow--

A sharp bird cry echoed across the entire sky in an instant.

In an instant, more 'dark clouds' gathered, and the massive clouds began to press down rapidly, appearing in sight within minutes.

After several days of martial arts training, Aini's physical condition has improved somewhat, and He Ao handed the binoculars to his daughter.

Only then did Annie see the shape of those 'dark clouds' through the binoculars. They were large, jet-black birds, each about half the size of her body. These birds gathered together and circled around where the grenade had been thrown, completely obscuring the starry sky and leaving only darkness.

These birds all have jet-black feathers, sharp beaks, and red eyes filled with savagery and madness.

He Ao gently covered his daughter's mouth, signaling her not to move or speak.

Annie held her breath, watching the birds with fear from behind the bushes; she had a feeling they might suddenly fly down.

It pierced her heart.

After a long while, the birds slowly disappeared.

"These birds are called night crows. They don't have good eyesight, but they are sensitive to heat and moving objects. They live high in the sky and feed on other birds and flying creatures. Sometimes they will also go down to low altitudes to hunt. They will attack both airplanes and cannonballs from long-range artillery as their prey."

"These birds will multiply as you hunt them, seemingly endless, until they completely exhaust their prey. Even C-rank birds will find it difficult to escape their siege,"

Once the birds had completely dispersed, He Ao released his hand from his daughter's mouth. "In the wilderness skies at a certain altitude, there are terrifying beasts everywhere. They are the rulers of the sky. So even the Federation's mechs mostly fly at low altitudes. And at low altitudes, they will encounter powerful beasts on the ground."

"And those airships and airplanes..."

"Aini murmured."

"Airships and airplanes have fixed safe routes. They can ascend to a relatively safe altitude within the safe city. At this altitude, they generally will not encounter a large number of alien beasts. In addition, airships and airplanes also carry a lot of equipment to drive away and fight against alien beasts."

He explained slowly.

However, in reality, if the city's defense forces wanted to, they could still send fighter jets into this wilderness at the cost of their lives.

However, doing so would be too costly and would result in the loss of a large number of aircraft.

Unless the Ghost Mushroom truly threatens the city, the city defense forces will not do this.

However, the allure of the Ghost Mushroom might not be ineffective against pilots at high altitudes.