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

A day later, the first group of Gnomeregan's engineering gnomes began their journey to the Maw.

Under Mechagon's command, three thousand of the most skilled engineers and craftsmen entered the Abyss in batches via Liu Nian's colossal machine. Accompanying them were a large amount of engineering equipment, raw materials, and blueprints.

Mechagon reviewed Gnomeregan's existing inventory and found that the Engineering Gnomes' reserves were sufficient to build at least two Perpetual Engines.

However, when McCagon was explaining the structure and principles of the perpetual engine, he found that no one could understand it at all!

The knowledge gap is too severe; in the hundreds of years since his disappearance, much knowledge has been lost and untaught…

So although he wanted to leave behind the method of making the eternal engine, unfortunately no one was able to learn it.

And he couldn't possibly stay here to personally build the Eternal Engine, since he was now Liu Nian's pet and didn't have time to stay here for decades.

Liu Nian saw through Mechagon's thoughts. He suddenly remembered Morse, the engineering gnome who was kidnapped by Gamir. He had also been searching for the legacy of the Star Gnomes and eventually found the Omnic Chariot. Unfortunately, the Eternal Engine was stolen by Gamir in the end.

If there's anyone among the Engineering Dwarfs who can understand Mechagon's lectures, it's probably Morse.

Previously, the relationship with Gamir was not good, but now the two sides have eased up a lot, and there may be a chance to get Morse back from Gamir in the future.

Liu Nian did not stay in Gnomeregan for long.

He was aware of his situation.

Although the Void Avatar has not yet been targeted by the Emperor of No Light, Liu Nian is not sure if it is truly safe forever.

If we accidentally lure the Emperor of No Light here, this city is probably doomed.

So he decided to wander around the battlefield of the heavens and kill some monsters.

Yes, it's just grinding monsters.

Although he has no combat ability in his ethereal form, he can summon pets to fight!

His pets are also powerful combat units!

It's just not as overpowered as Liu Nian's; you can't kill monsters that are too much higher level than you, but it's still better than doing nothing.

Compared to the average player, these pets are quite powerful. After all, Arachne, Karon, Mechagon, and Little Tuan Tuan are all Eternal-level, while Charmander and Giant are Legendary-level. Only Echo is of lower quality, being Mythical-level.

For the next week, Liu Nian began a long monster-hunting journey in the Battlefield of the Heavens.

Since the Void Avatar cannot use the Body of Deception and has no equipment, it naturally cannot use the Heart of Truth.

He couldn't tell whether the units he encountered were players, NPCs, or monsters, so he was very cautious in his strategy of luring monsters, only luring a small wave at a time to ensure that he wouldn't cause a large-scale siege.

This is safer, but the leveling speed will be slower. It's good if you can level up once every few days, and sometimes you might suddenly encounter powerful monsters and get injured.

This is actually the normal leveling speed for players, and this speed will slow down as the level increases.

On the afternoon of the seventh day, Liu Nian, a student from class 693, was clearing out a small camp when his communication device suddenly lit up.

It's news from Gamir.

"The Golden City has been reclaimed."

Liu Nian told his pet to keep refreshing, and he replied:

"What's the target?"

"Dracono was indeed difficult to kill. It took me a lot of effort to destroy him, but as you know, NPCs of this level have ways to save their lives. His soul abandoned his body and escaped back to the vampire world. Unless I chase after him to the vampire world, otherwise..."

Liu Nian frowned slightly: "So, the mission failed?"

"It can't be called a failure. When he fled, because he abandoned his physical body, the soul orb he always carried with him—the one you mentioned called Shams—fell out and is now in my hands."

Upon hearing this, Liu Nian was overjoyed and said, "Just destroy that soul orb!"

Gamir paused for a moment, then said, "Alright."

Soon, a system notification popped up in front of Liu Nian.

[System Notification: Shams, Speaker of the Grayskull Council and Lord of the Golden Royal City—his soul has been completely destroyed.]

[The highest-level authority in the Golden Royal City has entered an "unclaimed state".]

[Secondary privilege holder detected: Liu Nian (Dragon Descendant). Transferring City Lord privileges...]

Transfer complete.

Congratulations! You have become the new lord of the Golden Royal City.

Liu Nian looked at the system notification and breathed a sigh of relief.

Trading a full set of Eternal Armor for a level 8 main city, or even the core module of the Mechanized Ark, is definitely a worthwhile investment.

"Let's finish this quickly, Mechagon. I'm preparing to return to the Golden City; the next phase of our plan can proceed there!"

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For the next two weeks, things were in full swing at the Demon Abyss.

Under Liu Nian's orders, the Golden City initiated a leap, disappearing from the Southern Continent and reappearing within Huang Sui's body in the Demon Abyss.

A colossal inverted pyramid appeared above the ruins of the Dragon Kingdom. Mechagon led the engineering gnomes from Gnomeregan to the Golden City and began to familiarize themselves with how to operate the various facilities.

Meanwhile, the transformation of the floating city in the ruins of the Dragon Kingdom was nearing completion. Although the original dilapidated ancient city still looked dilapidated at Liu Nian's insistence, the transformation was basically complete—anti-gravity rune arrays, energy pipelines... a new floating city was taking shape.

Liu Nian also specifically asked Gamir for Morse Nomo, and she handed it to Liu Nian without hesitation.

When Morse was taken to the Abyss by Liu Nian and saw Mechgon, he was shocked.

"You are my most admired idol. It was under your influence that I resolutely embarked on the path of an adventurer!"

After that, Morse, who had been personally taught by Mechagon, said that he had become the happiest man in the world!

And Morse certainly lived up to McCagon's expectations; his engineering knowledge and understanding of perpetual engines were unmatched by other engineering dwarfs.

Another month later, in the Demon Abyss.

The restoration work on the ruins of the Dragon Kingdom has been basically completed.

Although it is dilapidated and resembles ruins, the energy network has undergone a comprehensive upgrade under Mechagon's guidance, and the main structure has been fully restored.

The remaining finishing work was left to the engineering gnomes, and Liu Nian also teleported the Ruins of Ascalon back to the Abyss to begin preparations for the fusion of the three.

During this period, Liu Nian never let his guard down.

The city in the Abyss was a crucial part of his plan, and he couldn't let any transcendent beings discover it. To this end, every few days he would use a deceptive body to appear in the Infinite Cyber ​​Continent, the World of the Dead, or the Battlefield of the Heavens, deliberately luring the Emperor of Lightless to hunt him down.

This kind of thing is very dangerous.

Each time he appeared, the Emperor of No Light would locate him within minutes, then appear and instantly kill him.

Liu Nian's Deceptive Body was destroyed five times, with his maximum health being drained three times, resulting in a total loss of 3 billion health points.