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

Secondly, there's Shams. At least two-thirds of his territory is within the Blood Array's range. Moreover, he received news that a prince might be arriving from Black Coffin Town. That prince is a powerful being who is no less than, and might even crush, the Pharaoh!

Although he was absolutely confident that his main city, the Golden City, would not be captured in a short time, what about other places besides the main city?

"Damn it! The Star Engine's repair progress has been stuck at a critical point. Otherwise, if the Golden City could be operational again, I would be confident that I could weather this crisis!"

While thinking this, Shams was constantly exchanging plans of action with the other pharaohs.

Just then, the door to the room opened, and a metal skull floated in, speaking into his ear:

"My lord, an adventurer has arrived in the city, saying he has important matters to discuss with you!"

Shams frowned.

An adventurer?

Yes, this battle does require the help of a lot of adventurers, but he has never liked those greedy guys who never get up early for nothing!

"Hmph, mere adventurers? Let Kaft handle them!"

"But Lord Kaft said... he can't decide this matter."

Hmm? Can't decide?

Shams, on the contrary, felt a surge of curiosity.

"Who is the other party?" he asked.

"A level 999 dragon general who calls himself Aurigan."

"A dragon general?" Kataf's voice carried a hint of disdain. "From the Infinite Continent? Another troublemaker!"

Shams paused for a moment, then decided to go and take a look. He then separated a wisp of his consciousness and activated one of his mechanical clones in the city.

On the throne, Shams told the metal skull, "Go to the main engine room and tell Mechagon to stop slacking off and speed up the repairs!"

"yes!"

Let's rewind to 10 minutes ago.

Liu Nian rode on the back of the little fire dragon, hovering above the Golden Royal City, his eyes fixed on the upside-down pyramid.

The more I look at it, the more familiar it seems.

Gears, springs, pistons...

"Is this the city of the dead?" Liu Nian frowned.

At this moment, the NPC flying guards patrolling the city seemed to have spotted Liu Nian, this uninvited guest, and a ghost whose body had been modified into a machine flew over.

"stop!"

A cyborg undead guard blocked Liu Nian's path. One of its eyes was a ghostly green flame, while the other was a mechanical prosthetic eye that flickered red, resembling some kind of scanning device.

The flying mount he rode was also a semi-mechanical bipedal dragon, with half of its wings made of periosteum and the other half of a metal skeleton, making a "click-clack" mechanical sound when it flapped its wings.

Liu Nian rode on the back of the little fire dragon, looking at the other party calmly.

The guard looked Liu Nian up and down, then emitted a red scanning beam from his mechanical eye, scanning him twice.

"Dragon General, level 999..." The guard's voice was hoarse, crackling with static. "This is the Golden Royal City. What are you doing here?"

Liu Nian had already prepared his explanation.

"I'm here to help," he said, his tone neither humble nor arrogant. "The vampire invasion has thrown the Southern Continent into chaos. I happen to be nearby, and I was thinking of helping you fight a few battles in return for some benefits."

The guard remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly trying to determine whether Liu Nian's words were true or false.

"Are you alone?"

Liu Nian nodded.

Just kidding, level 999 players are the most elite group, they have prestige wherever they go.

The guard's mechanical eye flashed a few more times, then he nodded.

"Wait here, I'll go report. These are extraordinary times; we must be wary of all foreign races!"

"I understand." Liu Nian shrugged. "You can go ahead and report. I'll just wait here."

The guard waved his hand, and two undead riding dragons surrounded Liu Nian, flanking him from the left and right. They were supposedly "accompanying" him, but in reality, they were just monitoring him.

Liu Nian didn't care and rode on the dragon's back, carefully examining the inverted pyramid city below.

Not long after, the cyborg guard flew back.

"Come with me, Lord Kaft wants to see you."

The process of entering the Golden City was more complicated than Liu Nian had imagined.

First, he passed through the hexagonal mesh shield—the guard temporarily added an identity marker to him so that the shield wouldn't mistake him for an intruder and bounce him away.

Then there are three city gates, each guarded by a large number of undead guards, and scanning arrays repeatedly checking whether he is carrying any items that "counter the undead".

Liu Nian thought to himself, "I have a full set of Holy Light equipment in my backpack. If they find out, you guys will probably explode on the spot."

Fortunately, the deception was well-conceived, and the scanning arrays found nothing.

Once inside the city, Liu Nian was even more surprised.

This doesn't look like a city of the dead at all.

The streets were paved with metal, making a hollow, resonant "thump-thump" sound when stepped on. The buildings on both sides were also made of neatly cut rock and metal, and were equipped with a large number of gears and spring-loaded mechanisms.

The most outrageous thing is the undead NPCs in the city.

Besides the undead players, all the undead NPCs—whether they were walking, standing guard, patrolling, or doing business—had traces of metal modification on their bodies.

Some had one hand replaced with a mechanical arm, some had half of their head replaced with a metal skull, and some had a spring-loaded shaft running through their spine, making a "click-clack" mechanical sound when they walked.

Some have completely lost their lower bodies, replaced by a set of tracks that roll around on the ground with a "creaking" sound.

The scene was incredibly bizarre—a hybrid of the undead and machines, with gears growing from the dead and light bulbs in the eye sockets of skulls; it just looked so out of place.

But these mechanical undead are all very natural, each doing what they're supposed to do, as if transforming themselves into cyborgs is a matter of course.

"What kind of undead is this...?" Liu Nian muttered to himself, "Playing with mechanical ascension?"

A thought flashed through his mind.

This style, this technology, this city full of gears and springs—the more I look at it, the more it seems like the approach of an engineering dwarf.

No, it should be said that it is even more exquisite than engineering dwarfs, and the craftsmanship in some places can even be called works of art.

A sudden thought struck Liu Nian.

Could it be that... the rulers here have inherited the legacy of the Starry Sky Dwarfs?

Kaft is the chief administrator under Shams, a semi-mechanized undead lich.

His upper body still retained the basic form of an undead lich—tattered black robes, pale finger bones, and eerie green will-o'-the-wisps in his eye sockets.

However, the lower body has been completely replaced with a set of sophisticated metal spider legs, which make a crisp "clattering" sound when they move quickly on the ground.

"Dragonkin General, Oregon." Kaft tilted his head, looking at Liu Nian. "I heard you want to help us fight the vampires?"

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