Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

Taking this opportunity, he shared his thoughts with Arachne.

After listening, Arachne thought for a while and said, "I don't think the Silverscale Naga are very suitable. They are mainly good at underwater environments and probably wouldn't be very adaptable to underground spaces. In this respect, I think the Giant is more suitable than the Naga."

"But the giant is too big. How big of a tunnel would we need to dig to allow it to travel underground?"

"Has its master forgotten that it possesses the ability to summon floods!"

"You mean..." Liu Nian's eyes lit up.

"That's right. We can have it activate this skill in some areas we suspect, and then see where the water seeps downwards faster than normal, which would indicate the possible existence of underground spaces!"

Liu Nian nodded; that was a good idea.

"However, I think there are better ways, such as: we should look for creatures that can move quickly underground!"

"You mean earthworms or pangolins?" Liu Nian asked.

"Yes! But much faster! I know of a giant, python-like hellworm that can dig underground at an astonishing speed; the ratmen's digging speed is nothing compared to that."

"There's such a thing? Where is it?" Liu Nian asked hurriedly.

Liu Nian is a player, so he's used to thinking and solving problems from a player's perspective. However, Arachne is a game character, and she's more accustomed to solving problems using a game-like mindset. Therefore, her first thought wasn't about infiltration and reconnaissance like Liu Nian's, but rather, "Since you're good at digging, I'll just find something even better at digging than you. After all, there are always all sorts of strange creatures in the game."

"These hell worms prefer high temperatures and iron ore, and generally live in volcanic areas."

"The volcanic region..." Liu Nian thought for a moment and came up with two places, both of which were in the Dark Region.

The first one is the former territory of the fire lizards, where there was a lava river.

The second one was the original goblin fortress, which he later sent flying into the sky with a bomb, turning it into a passage to the fire elemental plane.

However, neither of these places has these hell worms.

After thinking about it, Liu Nian decided to ask Wang Mian, Wu Zhan, Yang Lawei, Shi Ri, and others for help, asking them which map had a volcano.

After searching for a long time, no one knew the answer. Liu Nian was stumped; it seemed there was no way to catch this thing.

Just then, Mosh sent an urgent message.

"My lord, I've spotted Zul'jin and Manko!" Mosh's voice came through the communicator, tinged with excitement and a hint of boasting. "They're attacking the amphibious merfolk's capital city—Tide City!"

Liu Nian raised an eyebrow and asked, "They've joined forces?"

"Yes!" Mosh said. "According to my men's reports, they have about 3,500 troll players under their command, and they are launching a fierce attack on Murloc City. The Murloc defenders are putting up a very tough fight; I reckon they want to seize the Murloc city and make it their main city!"

Around three thousand five hundred?

Liu Nian felt something was off as soon as he heard the number.

Because there are only about 5000 trolls in total, and he stole 1600 of them, and just now at least another 700 or 800 trolls entered the Demon Abyss.

He destroyed the portals; those trolls should be trapped inside.

In other words, all things considered, Zul'jin and Mankor should only have less than three thousand trolls under their command.

What's the deal with these extra ones?

Could it be that those trolls from the Abyss have escaped?

Liu Nian felt that this was wrong. If it were that easy to enter and exit, why would Manco need to go to the trouble of building such a teleportation array?

Or is it that getting in is difficult, but getting out is easy?

That's possible. Of course, there's another possibility: that Manko made all the trolls in the Abyss commit suicide and resurrect them!

So here's the question: now that the people are out, what happened to the supplies they brought in?

It's important to know that not all supplies can be stuffed into a backpack. Liu Nian also relied on the Giant Bag to help the Abe Bees move their house, and the spoils of war captured in the South City were also obtained with the help of the Giant Bag.

So, if those trolls escaped the Abyss by committing suicide, it means that... there are no troll players inside now, but there are a lot of "unclaimed" resources!

That's the supplies for an entire city! Liu Nian only managed to seize less than a fifth of it back then, but that alone was enough to sustain the floating city's repair progress for a long time. If you add all the other supplies... wow! It would probably be enough to last until the floating city is fully repaired!

Liu Nian immediately had an idea!

He wanted to find a bargain!

Tell Arachne to quickly construct that Abyss portal; he wants to investigate it!

Arachne has a lot of work to do, the most important of which is to repair the floating city and the psionic core.

However, since the floating city now has Mia and the Abe bee people, as well as a large number of dwarf and gnome slaves, we can temporarily let her handle things, only letting her deal with some key technical issues.

As for the psionic core, it was mainly the Silverscale Naga who helped repair it. She only played a supervisory role. This job could also be handed over to others, such as General Pendra, the spider elf.

At Liu Nian's request, Arachne began constructing a portal to the Abyss in a room on the second floor that possessed powerful sealing capabilities.

This portal won't be completed quickly; it will probably take at least until tomorrow, barring any unforeseen circumstances.

After praising Mosh for a couple of minutes, Liu Nian was about to hang up when he suddenly remembered that Mosh was in another competition area and wondered if there were any volcanic-like terrains there.

Mosh paused for a moment after hearing Liu Nian's question and said, "There are no volcanoes on land."

"What do you mean by 'not on land'?"

"What I mean is, it's in the sea! The island that the amphibious fish-men occupy is a volcanic island!"

Liu Nian: "Wow, what a coincidence!"

Zulkin and Manco: Can't we find someone else to do it?

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The behemoth lurked in the deep sea, its enormous body cutting through the dark water, leaving only a trail of slowly rising bubbles behind it.

Standing inside the behemoth's unique observation chamber, Liu Nian could clearly see the external ocean view.

Through the crystal-clear observation port, he could see the seabed ahead beginning to rise rapidly.

The underwater mountains rise like the spine of a giant dragon, their rocks covered with dark red coral and glowing deep-sea plants.

The water temperature is rising, and fine bubbles are beginning to appear in the water; these are gases released by underwater volcanic activity.

"Are we almost there?"

Liu Nian thought to himself.

The seabed slope became increasingly steep, and eventually, a massive underwater mountain broke through the surface, rising as an island in the azure ocean.

It is a typical volcanic island.

At the center of the island stands a cone-shaped volcano hundreds of meters high, its body dark brown and covered with rugged volcanic rocks, with wisps of white steam rising from its crater.

The island's coastline is lined with steep, black cliffs, upon which waves crash and splash up to several meters high in white spray.

Only on the east side of the island is there a relatively flat beach, behind which the outlines of buildings can be vaguely seen.

At that moment, a fierce battle was raging on that beach.