He was imprisoned in Nibelungen for a thousand years, only to find out upon his release that he was

Book 1: Chapter 31 Typical Downward Thinking

"This is just the tip of the iceberg of Odin's power! It's terrifying!"

Lu Ming stared at the vast, endless black shadow. Although this scene should have been commonplace for him, he was still terrified.

For decades, I have been fighting against such a behemoth!

But he had no other choice.

Lu Ming was acutely aware of his weakness and powerlessness, yet he could feel the unwarranted malice emanating from Odin and his allies. If he didn't resist, he feared he would only end up with nothing but ashes and his soul scattered to the winds!

Even today, this situation has not fundamentally changed.

He has managed to gather a few companions around him, but none of them are yet strong enough.

He also attempted to expose Odin's conspiracy to the outside world, but the effectiveness remained to be seen. Moreover, what he knew was only a glimpse of the whole picture.

Who knows about the long history of Odin's intrigues that weren't mentioned in the original text?

The future is long, and the task of collecting evidence of Odin's crimes is arduous and far-reaching!

With a heavy heart, Lu Ming had already left the battlefield.

Odin, who had been frequently encountering "bugs" during the battle, seemed to have disappeared from the spot after a relatively long period of "program freeze" and once again interfered with space.

Lu Ming had no other choice but to retreat, as he couldn't keep up with Odin.

He was still too weak to reach the level of "Space Creation" of the "Seven Kingdoms"... no, I mean the level of "Space Creation".

Lu Ming gazed at the scattering army of black figures in the distance, exhaled a breath of hot air with slight fatigue, and the scabs on his skin fell off naturally with his movements.

"Lu Ming, how are you feeling?"

As soon as they approached the ley line, Ai Lei rushed over, but judging from her travel-worn and disheveled appearance, she didn't seem to be in much better shape than Lu Ming himself.

Lu Ming walked up to Ai Lei and the others, and facing the pairs of eyes that were watching him, he shook his head with a heavy expression:

"You cannot comprehend Odin's power at all! He has never used his full strength. This time, he has revealed a new power, and the strength he displays is vastly different from before!"

Yes! There's a big difference between having one more or one less layer of rune enhancement.

“I can hardly confront Him directly. I want to imitate His skills, but the effect of learning and imitating after switching to the ‘Odin personality’ is less than satisfactory.”

Yes! Since it's the "Odin personality," he can't immediately master and replicate Odin's new skills upon their first meeting, which would naturally disappoint Lu Ming immensely.

"What's more, after an hour or two of high-intensity combat, my body is severely overloaded, and my condition has declined drastically. Ugh! I feel like I can't go on..."

Yes! Lu Ming felt soreness in his back and body, and his whole body ached. Although there were no visible wounds or bloodstains, he believed that the accumulated hidden injuries could be just as deadly!

In short, after Lu Ming said this, the naive Ai Lei immediately started shouting and worrying about this and that, saying she wanted to help treat the injury.

But Ishtar couldn't help but have some doubts.

When she thought about Lu Ming's previous performance, such as saying he would recover in three minutes but actually his injuries disappeared in one minute, she habitually suspected that this amazing person was faking it again.

Actually, Lu Ming was perfectly fine!

They might claim to be severely injured, but once they engage in combat, they can instantly recover and become lively and energetic again.

But Ishtar suddenly felt something was wrong. She thought about it carefully and then considered it again:

This is a good thing!

Lu Ming felt that if she needed to rest, everyone else would definitely need to rest too, which would give her the opportunity to slack off easily!

The war ended, the earth's veins stabilized, and the little Holy Grail in her belly finally stopped causing trouble and making her feel uncomfortable.

Ah, this is what life is all about – so comfortable and pleasant!

Gazing leisurely at the temporary stronghold built by Ereshkigal and her main force on this ley line, Ishtar sat down with a clear conscience and did nothing.

However, before she could even settle into her seat, Lu Ming's loud voice rang in her ears:

"No! Everyone, get up!"

"We can't just relax and rest now."

"An even more important battle awaits us!"

Huh?! Lu Ming, are you crazy?!

Ishtar suddenly looked up at the other person, her expression one of gritted teeth, and heard Lu Ming begin to speak loudly:

"Gentlemen, what do you think of our current situation? Have we achieved a resounding victory?"

Eresh blinked. "Isn't that right?"

"Wrong, terribly wrong!"

Seeing his teammates' naivety, Lu Ming felt deeply pained. "If we become complacent because of our lucky small victory, then defeat in the next battle is not far away."

Ishtar felt it necessary to stop Lu Ming's crazy talk, at least for the sake of her precious rest time:

"But we've fought such a long and arduous battle. Even if we're going to continue fighting, we need to get enough rest, right?"

Lu Ming shook his head in disappointment when he saw that it was Ishtar who spoke. "Hmph, that's typical lower-level thinking! A lower-level cultivator like you isn't qualified to talk to a higher-level cultivator like me!"

Ishtar: "..."

What is this "upper repair, lower repair" slang from? Where did it come from?

"Let me put it this way: we may seem to have become stronger with the support of the dragon vein, but in reality, this has also become our weakness and a constraint."

"We must hold this position. If we fail to hold off the enemy's offensive from behind, all our previous efforts will be in vain."

"On the other hand, the enemy has a far greater number of ley lines than we have just won a battle, and they can deploy far more troops than we can. They will undoubtedly be defeated in the next battle!"

The reason for this is that it has moved away from guerrilla warfare and returned to traditional positional warfare.

Moreover, in order to seize all control of Nibelungen, it will be necessary to conquer these ley lines sooner or later and use them as core territories for development and expansion.

Seeing that the others had somewhat understood what he meant, Lu Ming continued:

"To avoid a future disastrous defeat, we must take the initiative now!"

"While the enemy is exhausted and Odin is away, let's seize the advantage in one fell swoop and eliminate the threat once and for all!"

Ishtar was speechless. "If you have such a foolproof solution, shouldn't we be thinking of ways to assassinate Odin?"

Lu Ming ignored Ishtar, that "despicable and lowly cultivator," and instead asked Ereshkigal:

"Can we determine the ley line points that the enemy is heading to based on their retreat location?"

Ailei rubbed her sore eyelids. "It's nothing serious, but if we just keep chasing after them like this—"

"Who said I was going to kill the enemy? Don't you know the saying 'Don't pursue a desperate enemy'? What I'm saying is that this enemy army is now slow to move without Odin's command."

Lu Ming pointed to the horizon.

"Although we don't know where Odin is, this is a golden opportunity! As long as we pinpoint their hideout, we can overtake them in our vehicles and strike right at their heart!"

Lu Ming wasn't stupid; there were so many monsters on this road, stretching as far as the eye could see, numbering in the tens of thousands.

Let alone tens of thousands of heroic warriors, even tens of thousands of pigs couldn't be killed in three days and three nights!

Hunting you down? Better to raid your base!

P.S., I'd like to recommend a Type-Moon fanfic.

Speedrunning the Holy Grail War? Basic Grand Master mechanics.

Synopsis: The singularities have been repaired, the Lostbelts have been trimmed, and Fujimaru Ritsuka, who lost her memory in the dream ending, enrolls in the Clock Tower.

People in various magic classrooms were speculating about the background of this guy who was awarded a rank upon entering the school.

Before he could even adjust to academy life, he was assigned by the academy to participate in the Holy Grail War to be held in Snowfield City...

The Chaldea Master, who had lost his memory, was unaware that during the summoning ceremony on the eve of the Holy Grail War, the Hall of Heroes was packed with all sorts of beasts and gods incarnate.

"Hey, who are you all?! Don't just come at me with talk of friendship and love and try to make a pact with me!"

This book is also known as: "Kids, Look Who I've Brought to the Holy Grail War" and "I Don't Know, Humanity Said He Wanted to Come in a Wheelchair, So I Came."

Currently completed: Snowfield City Holy Grail War, Fourth Holy Grail War, Imperial Capital Holy Grail War in progress, Fifth Holy Grail War to be continued...

Volume 1: Chapter 32 Becoming a Rune Domain Master in a Quick Way

On this day, the sky over Nibelungen was overcast, the rain was heavy, and the moving shadows seemed lost.

Lu Ming sat in the spacious back seat of the military jeep, looking quietly through the window at the undead who had become rigid and inflexible again after losing Odin's command.

Like the zombies that flood B-movies at midnight.

"It's raining in Nibelungen."

Lu Ming seemed to sense something and said something.

Perhaps many years later, when facing the final battle against Odin himself, he will recall that rainy night on the first day of his journey when Odin led his army to surround him and charged in with his spear.

In the torrential rain that night, Odin, as if facing a formidable enemy or swaggering with triumph, led those endless, indifferent black shadows, some high and some low.

In the misty rain, they appeared as if they were a continuous mountain range, just as they do now.

Unlike then, Odin seems to have vanished. They have lost their spirit and energy, as if they have lost their souls.

"what--?"

"Is there ever a day in this godforsaken place that doesn't rain?"

Ishtar couldn't empathize; she just kept clutching her stomach, looking worried.

She sincerely hoped that when this operation was carried out, it wouldn't cause too much disturbance to the ley lines.

For reasons unknown, those people outside have been relentlessly harassing her with their communications. If the intensity of the battle here escalates to the point of impacting the earth's veins, she might feel nauseous again.

Although Ishtar really wanted to "collude with the enemy" and find an opportunity to leave Nibelungen and get rid of this amazing team... she couldn't very well openly plot in front of Lu Ming and his group.

If she can't get out for the time being, she'll have to stay with this group of people. After all, given her current situation, her chances of surviving alone in Nibelungen are really not high.

That despicable Lu Ming, just you wait!

Once she has the chance to leave this awful place, she will immediately shake off these mentally ill people and return to the normal community.

Ishtar, who firmly disbelieved that outsiders were also infected by the mystical Odin conspiracy theories, was a person who resolutely did not believe that outsiders were also infected by Odin's rambling conspiracy theories.

“Hey, don’t be silly, Ishtar! When I say ‘it’s raining in the Nibelungs,’ you should reply ‘it’s normal for it to rain in August.’”

Lu Ming said this with a low sigh, as if to say, "Son, you've disappointed your father."

Even the dumbest person wouldn't be so stupid as to miss the famous tropes of "One Hundred Years of Solitude."

He has absolutely no artistic talent.

I reckon that's all she'll ever achieve in her cultivation journey.

"..."

Feeling utterly bewildered, Ishtar clenched her fist, then quickly relaxed it again, remembering the difference in their fighting abilities.

I can't take it anymore.

I almost had the urge to jump out of the car window and run away on the spot.

At this moment, Lu Ming and his group had already quickly left the temporary stronghold constructed by the earth vein support.

They first drove to fill up the gas tank—there were no other living people in Nibelungen, so it was basically a zero-cost world, with the most minor additions being random monster spawns and encounters.

It can be said that birth is random, and death is free.

They quickly followed the route Ai Lei had navigated, avoiding the advancing ranks of the shadowy figures and taking a shortcut directly to the enemy's stronghold.

Boom boom boom!

"Open the door! Come and get your free eggs!"

The vehicle stopped in front of a building that looked like a medical institution. After confirming that the place was indeed built on a ley line, the group got out of the car, and then Lu Ming started shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Um... is there some deeper meaning behind the free eggs?" Even Ellie, a veteran member of the team, was stunned for a moment.

Francesca is knowledgeable and experienced; no wonder Lu Ming personally recognized her as his top advisor.

"I heard that if you shout this in China, a large number of people will appear one after another... But recently, it seems that the price of eggs in America has also gone up."

After a long while, no one was seen coming out of the building.

Lu Ming frowned deeply.