Poverty makes me capable of anything.

After the potato triple kill, many players have already given up.

The description of crows flying in airplanes still echoes in my ears; they'd be smashed to pieces the moment they landed. What's the point of playing with that?

"With a major battle imminent, we cannot waste any more lives. Goodbye, everyone."

There are those who retreat, and there are also those who forge ahead.

"There's always a way out in this game. The fact that the door is half-open is obvious enough. To enter the dungeon, we have to find a way to get through this array of robots," Langligelang offered his insight.

As a somewhat well-known blogger who has published some useful guides and shared hidden storylines, Langligelang's words are quite convincing.

"That's right!"

I should give you an award!

An Ran, who was watching the show from the shadows, was overjoyed. She had thought that the players would have to be stubborn a few more times before finding the right path, but she didn't expect someone to be so cooperative.

Writing a travel guide is a good idea.

Players are not afraid of the difficulties of the expedition.

Finally, one brave man after another jumped into the pit.

Nothing could dampen their burning passion, especially when progress was visible.

At first, everyone thought that falling into the pit meant certain death, but as the 1000 ways to die were gradually filled in, players gradually figured out the patterns.

First of all, you can't just jump into the pit recklessly, or you'll definitely die. And there's no way you can fly directly over from above.

There are three pipes along the edge of the railing. Going down the leftmost pipe will take you into the robot's first blind spot.

As for why this is a blind spot, ask Tan and Qu.

This route was originally known only to insiders, but it was discovered by players who risked their lives to find it.

Working until midnight, after everyone had died once, they finally figured out one-third of the way.

Some people tried to challenge the robot, and they soon witnessed the enormous power gap that came with the difference in level.

I just swiped it once, and that was it.

That's so hardcore!

[Keep going, keep going, I can die one more time.]

Charge!

Come on, bring these robots on!

Thump thump thump.

An Ran hid her robot in front of her. She could get at least 5 experience points for every player she killed. Little by little, it would add up and grow.

Because at some point in time, Anran simply closed the door.

"What the hell? Why can't I get in?"

"Huh? Then all our efforts were wasted?"

The forum almost crashed.

During this brief moment when all the players were unable to enter, Ella emerged from behind the door. The robots completely ignored her presence, allowing Ella to easily drag away the robots that the players had painstakingly destroyed.

They dragged him to An Ran's front.

Hehehehe—

An Ran took out her tools with a sly smile.

Don't throw away a broken robot. After repairing it and replacing a chip, it will become safe and sound again.

And so, the number of Anran mechanical puppets increased from one to four.

The gates to the City of Ether reopened, and the timeout lasted exactly one hour.

Players who had been blocking the way outside and refused to leave swarmed back in, beginning a new round of suicide missions.

It was common knowledge among players that the City of Ether would close every now and then, and no one felt that something was wrong. Even the observant Langligelang only vaguely felt that the robot standing in front seemed to have a strange look in its eyes. Could it be that it had killed too many players?

It's an illusion, it must be an illusion!

[Ha! I actually found a scimitar just like the one on the robot's arm! Level 48 equipment! Holy crap!]

Wow, there's a smart chip on the ground! I could sell it for a good price.

[Silly kids, I made over 60 pesos by picking up metal that had fallen on the ground.]

【…】

Have players who scavenge for trash already invaded Night of the Stars?

Regardless, players are coming more frequently now.

Anran was even happier.

Ding!

The intermediate mechanic has reached level 57 and still has over 500 million experience points remaining.

……

Plain Valley Base, the day after the battle.

A meeting quietly began.

"Regarding how to deal with the enemy's next attack, I'll briefly mention two points!" Number 003 said expressionlessly.

not good.

Players familiar with the situation became nervous, while players from other countries who didn't understand the cultural nuances were incredibly excited about being able to participate in a major event that would determine the fate of their factions.

Number 003 simply stated three points.

Construction of the outer defense ring.

Recruit the Mechanic from the players.

Sandworm eradication plan.

In the end, we cut the time a bit and it only lasted 2 hours.

The "Benefit" policy for players is still in effect, and the points system is being implemented smoothly. The newly opened store has a considerable number of customers, but because the underground workshop is still under expansion, the actual output is not much.

"Some players can't just not work."

After thinking it over, Anran issued two new tasks.

Mission 1: Harass the Edland settlement.

Task 2: Explore the dungeon.

"I heard that the sand-digging people have discovered an underground city. Why don't you go and... explore that underground city?"

There's actually such a good mission?

The players were moved.

They had been wanting to go check it out for a while, and now that Number 003 had issued a mission, it couldn't be better.

"Leave it to us."

EXhammer, the guild leader of Warhammer, along with Lenoras and others, happily went to their deaths.

Despite some shortcomings, Anran is still proud of her creative idea, which fully utilizes the potential of each player.

Inside the underground workshop at the Plain Valley base.

After returning to base, he never showed up again; Number 004 is located here.

Leading nearly 30 hardworking robots, half of which are producing equipment to sell to players, the other half are manufacturing airport-grade laser-cutting turrets. The robots can't handle the core precision parts, but they can easily handle the other modules.

Once Anran has finished, she can just take it over and assemble it.

The battle disturbed the sleeping sandworms, and although a day had passed, the sandworms were still causing a great disturbance.

Fortunately, no sandworms have yet managed to infiltrate the base, but this is something that must be guarded against, which is why Anran devised a plan to eliminate the sandworms.

Players are tasked with monitoring the movements of sandworms and periodically eliminating any lone sandworms that get too close.

The real trump card is this turret. With An Ran's current strength, she can only barely build it, but even so, one shot can evaporate the sandworm's nest.

The wandering sandworms are Anran's next source of experience.

They held a meeting around 10:00 AM, but I couldn't sneak into the meeting room. However, after the meeting, they sent quite a few players out.

[Try to find out what those departing players are doing. Of course, the premise is to not reveal your own identity.]

I understand.

The money has been transferred to you, don't let me down!

Please trust my professional competence.

【It's a pleasure working with you.】

Hey hey hey.

Spies are on the move.

In fact, there were spies not only in the Plains Valley base, but also in the Edland settlement, where player spies from the Alliance faction were present.

They were all players without a guild, hired by a guild to infiltrate the opposing faction to gather intelligence.

Little did they know that Heloise had already infiltrated the advance team as a spy.

That good-looking NPC was actually a spy!

Nobody expected it.

Due to the uniqueness of Heloise's stats, players wandering around Edland are very interested in her; this woman must be extraordinary!

Just like Wu Ke.

Wu Ke, who died from being pretentious, is also trying his best to get closer to Heloise.

I didn't notice anything else, but I felt that "Yartina" and Qin Shuiyan in the advance team seemed to have some kind of ambiguous romantic relationship!

That's incredible.