I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

No one responded, because the plan Arthur described was clearly the worst-case scenario. Arthur was especially aware that there was already a person on the Forbidden Wall in Bronze City who had existed for an unknown period of time.

If there is another taboo among the seals below, then it might be worthwhile to change the location of the sea of ​​knowledge fishing plan.

Of course, this is highly unlikely.

The guys in the central command paid a price that was beyond what ordinary people could imagine for allowing me to use Bronze City as an experimental site. If I were to conduct the experiment in another city, it would most likely be terminated.

"After all, I wasn't the only one who achieved results..."

Arthur sighed helplessly.

But no one could discern Arthur's inner thoughts.

After a brief silence, the conference room fell silent.

"Who's taking it?" Margaret asked lazily.

"I'll do it." The Blue Knight reached out, picked up the box, and hoisted it onto his shoulder cleanly and efficiently.

Klaus had no objection and turned back to the remaining items on the table.

A small bronze bell, engraved with some strange patterns, and from a distance, one can vaguely seep out aura from it.

"The Night Watchmen have also prepared some things. This is the Ghost Bell. Ringing it can dull nearby ghosts and corrupted entities. It is especially effective against ghosts of level five or lower."

Klaus's subtext was clear: if that thing was above the fifth rank, then the so-called hunting plan would be utterly ridiculous.

Then Klaus picked up a stack of palm-sized thin pieces, the Holy Light Amulets.

The one-time Holy Light Shield can help withstand damage and save lives. One was given to each person, and Lu Yuan was also entitled to one, which he casually put into his pocket.

Adrian didn't touch those. The old bishop tucked several scrolls of blessings into his sleeve and added in a casual tone, "I brought some other things; we'll see how things go later."

As for anything else, no one needed it; all they had to do now was wait to set off.

Klaus looked around, about to speak, when the communication crystal at his waist suddenly lit up, its red light dazzling.

He picked it up to listen, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper.

The light from the crystal went out.

"Old Parliament Square." Klaus's voice wasn't loud, but it instantly silenced the entire hall. "The main sinkhole has collapsed a second time, doubling in size, destroying all the bronze defenses we set up. Now, ghouls are surging up, and the Night's Watch is about to collapse. We need reinforcements."

That was the dive site they were supposed to go down to tonight, but before they even got down there, they actually launched an attack.

"Let's go." Klaus took the lead and rushed out.

Old Parliament Square.

The sky was mostly dark, with the last rays of sunlight squeezing out from above the western city wall. Torches and sandworm oil lamps had already been placed around the perimeter, their warm yellow light shining on the swirling gray-green ground.

When the seven people arrived, the place was already in complete chaos.

The main collapse opening was much larger than before Lu Yuan left. The opening, which was originally about ten meters in radius, was doubled in size by the secondary collapse. The silver rivets and copper sealing lines on the edge were scattered and broken in several places, with dense teeth marks covering the broken edges, which were gaping open and dark.

Grayish-green fuzzy fungi spread wildly from the edge of the breach, spreading outwards along the ground, making a squeaking corrosion sound as they passed over the copper blockade.

Clearly, they too have been eroded. Even the bronze is being gradually softened by it. The repeatedly reinforced protective barrier has been completely destroyed, and the collapse has widened again. The root cause lies here.

Ghouls surged upwards through the collapsed opening, their eerie green eyes peeking out in clusters, their gray-brown bodies piled one on top of the other, their roars merging into one.

The Night Watchmen frantically threw mithril around the breach, and clusters of silvery-white alchemical flames rose up one after another, but there were too many ghouls, and as one batch burned away, another batch would rise up.

Caught in the middle was a massive ghoul, corrupted by the forest seed. It was more than a size larger, its grey-green carapace riddled with woody fibers and sinews, charging forward against the backdrop of silvery-white mithril flames, each step carving shallow craters into the stone slabs. The Night's Watch's defensive line was being pushed back inch by inch, and it looked like it was about to collapse.

A large amount of gray and white text appeared in the corner of Lu Yuan's field of vision.

[Environmental awareness: Numerous sources of pollution...]

This was a counterattack that you could feel; the giant ghoul was clearly attacking the ground.

"Kill them all." Klaus's voice was cold and flat, the bone ring writhing in the firelight.

At the same time, the seven people rushed out almost simultaneously.

The attendant made the first move.

Purple light erupted from between his hands, converging into two giant, curved blades that swept across the densest horde of ghouls.

Where the arc passed, more than a dozen ghouls were neatly severed. Their upper halves were still thrashing about, while their lower halves lay on the ground convulsing. The cut surfaces were charred and smoking, but not a single drop of blood could be left behind.

A halo of light splattered everywhere, and without exception, all the ghouls that escaped before the servants were snapped in half at the waist.

A faint glow gradually emanated from Adrian, and the scriptures in his hands opened without any wind.

Unlike Agnes's chanted prayer, the archbishop made no unnecessary movements. The scripture floated randomly in front of his chest, the pages turned on their own, and golden words rose from the paper, transforming into a soft yet scorching holy light that spread outwards.

Wherever the holy light passed, large swaths of carrion fungi withered and turned black, their hyphae shrinking, curling, and crumbling into ashes.

The ghoul, enveloped in holy light, suddenly stopped in its tracks, its roar becoming muffled, clearly suppressed.

The area covered was more than twice as large as Agnes's.

Adrian's face was calm, his lips moved slightly, and the intensity of the holy light continued to rise steadily.

Margaret didn't seem to have much desire to fight, because the group in front of her was just too weak.

With a flick of her fingertip, a nearly transparent light blue water film spread from her palm, randomly enveloping her entire body.

The next moment, Margaret charged directly into the ghoul horde, punching them one by one, attacking from both sides. The ghouls that charged at her were like watermelons, splashing juice everywhere, but all of them were blocked by the water film covering Margaret's body.

The Ascended One's breastplate split open from the center, and he flashed to the edge of the collapse. The next moment...

The silvery-white halo expanded to its limit, and a thick beam of energy shot out from the chest. The scorching white heat blasted from the collapsed gap in the center of the square all the way to the deepest part. The ghouls and giant ghouls along the way were evaporated, and a white scorch mark was burned on the ground.

As the beam of light dissipated, the alloy shell at the severed right arm popped open, revealing the cannon barrel. The eerie green alchemical flames swept towards the giant ghouls still emerging near the breach. The wood fibers crackled and exploded upon contact with the flames, and the entire body was burned to charcoal within moments.

Klaus stood in the center of the seven people, without making a move, the bone ring constantly changing shape between his fingers.

His gaze swept across the battlefield, as if he had noticed something.

The attendant's purple light severed all the ghouls that had leaked out from the left flank. Adrian's holy light almost completely enveloped the collapsed opening. Margaret didn't attack much, killing listlessly, as if taking the opportunity to stretch her muscles. The Great Ascended One alone blocked back the ghouls surging out of the collapsed opening.

The Blue Knight, wielding a rapier, stood half a step to Adrian's side. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she stared into the depths of the collapse, her hand unconsciously resting on the hilt of her sword.

She noticed it too.

Lu Yuan huddled directly behind the seven people. He wasn't needed in this situation; all he needed to do was ensure his own safety.

In the corner of my field of vision, gray and white text appeared one after another.

[Environmental awareness: Low-level pollution sources.]

The arena was filled with ghouls, almost every one of them had a notification above its head, and they were so densely packed together that even Lu Yuan was a little dizzy. It was only after his improvement that he could see them clearly.

If I were still the person I was when I first arrived, I probably wouldn't even be able to roughly confirm all this text.

This is the shortcoming of gray and white text, and of course, it could also be a problem with the text itself.

As soon as Klaus and his men pressed forward, the pressure on the Night's Watch suddenly eased. Glock and his men wisely retreated around the collapse, making room and adding more bronze protection to the openings in the secondary collapse.

The efficiency of killing these things at the fourth level is far superior to theirs. Unless you bring heavy equipment like alchemical cannons... but Bronze City only has a few alchemical cannons, and of the few that were finally gathered, two were broken and lying underground.

On Klaus's side, the servants and the Ascended seemed to be addicted to killing.

No wonder, one of them was injured while fighting the thing below, and the other lost his entire right hand in close combat. Both of them were already furious with these giant ghouls, and now that they had the chance to slaughter them without restraint, neither of them intended to hold back.

The purple light swept back and forth, and the ghouls that climbed up one after another were all wiped out by the servants.

Where the holy light shone, the wounds on several Night's Watchmen were slowly closing up.

The alchemical flames of the Great Ascended were still scorching the collapsed cave walls, the eerie green tongues of fire licking the stone walls, and hordes of ghouls falling down the edges in strings.

Before long, the old parliament square was covered with a layer of minced meat and ashes, the aroma of burnt meat mixed with the stench, making people's noses ache.

The momentum of the counterattack was about to be suppressed.

Just then, a deep roar suddenly came from the depths of the breach.

It's completely different from the hoarse howls of ghouls.

The roar, with its powerful penetrating force, surged up from the ground, making the earth vibrate and hum.

Suddenly, an even longer line appeared in Lu Yuan's gray and white text.

[A strong source of pollution has been detected and is approaching. Please be careful.]

The next moment, the edge of the gap seemed to be torn apart by something huge, and a huge claw emerged from below, grabbing the ground of the square.

With his other hand, he slapped directly at the edge, at the Ascended One who was clearing out ghouls downwards.

Steam billowed from the legs of the Great Ascended One, and he vanished from his spot in the next instant, having dodged the attack.

Everyone then got a clear look at the claw.

It was a huge, human-hand-like claw, densely covered with wood fibers and strange carrion fungi. The claws were sharp and pointed, carrying a sticky, salty smell. When pressed gently against the collapsed edge, they carved deep marks into the bronze plate.