My players are so fierce.

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The players had already anticipated the Zerg's attack, so when faced with the swarm of Zerg blocking the road, Happy Stick, the commander of the Gray Expeditionary Force, immediately issued a battle order.

Guild-based combat units quickly transformed a force of more than 5,000 people into a counterattack formation and set up positions on the spot.

Without heavy firepower support, it is basically impossible to break out of such a large swarm of insects, even for players. Although an individual can defeat a thousand, group battles require strategy.

The good news is that they don't need to annihilate the swarm of insects blocking their way. They just need to hold on here until the Light Chaser comes to support them.

Therefore, players generally regard the battle in front of them as a scene battle of the main storyline of the Grey Expedition. When Happy Stick gives the order, the gunners in the player group immediately take action to form firepower positions, while the soldiers who charge into battle are happier to fight in such an open area.

This means they can finally have a good kill.

Although the Eternal Rift map is full of the unique decadent style of the Shadow Elves, not all players like to stay in the shadows for a long time. Many people think that staying in the depressing environment of Deep Shadow for a long time is very uncomfortable. Therefore, after returning to the surface covered by sunlight, the morale of these guys has become strangely high.

The slashing kings, led by the giant shark, drew their swords and strung their bows, shouting and forming an attack formation at the front line. When the power armor knights appeared, Ms. Drusilla, who was participating in the player combat system for the first time, asked Murphy beside her in astonishment:
"Does every one of your 5,000 men have an exoskeleton?"

"Yes, they found their own way to get them. Some of them are from the Creator's legacy, and the rest are imitations from the Songhai Empire."

Murphy had no intention of fighting the Zerg himself. While using the calculation orb to check the time and location of the Light Chaser, he issued different task prompts to players from different camps with the assistance of Rose.

Facing Grandmother Youying's surprise, he said without even raising his head:
"I dare to lead 5,000 people to Hive Zero not only because they are immortal. This 5,000-man regiment represents the most elite infantry force on the continent. I know where your surprise comes from.

Yes.

In the battle of Deep Shadow City, these guys didn't take it seriously at all. This battle is just a warm-up for them, so let your dragon guards be patient, they don't need to fight in this battle.

However, Ms. Runar and Mr. Apolis can provide a cool support and announce the debut of the 'Dragon Island' camp.

Trish will tell you what to do.”

At his reminder, Ms. Runar and Lord Apolis nodded and followed Tris forward.

By the way, the human form of Apolis is quite interesting.

This guy didn't choose the elf template but gave himself a barbarian appearance. Murphy also noticed that the bald barbarian had the holy emblem from Wam on his transformed body. It was hard to say whether the black dragon had reached some strange agreement with Wam. Considering that Wam was already on the road to self-destruction, perhaps Apolis also wanted to compete for the symbol of the berserker?

Tsk tsk, he is worthy of being the gloomy black dragon. He has already started to think about the future.

"The special support force 'Light Chaser' will arrive at the battlefield in thirty-six minutes! Soldiers of the Gray Expeditionary Force please defend your positions until the support arrives!"

This prompt that appeared on the player interface announced the beginning of this encounter. When the vampires dropped gold-burning cluster bombs from high altitude, the wind blowing over this rough desert became fierce and violent.

The giant shark took the lead as the vanguard. When the dragon beetle appeared in front of the player's position, spewing dragon fire, the Wam Beheader, which flew out with anger and armed, accurately chopped into the opponent's skull. The dragon beetle roared in pain, but the next moment, when a huge black dragon with a broken horn flapped its wings and flew up from behind the player's position, the situation of the battle changed subtly.

Lord Apolis sprinkled real world-burning dragon fire on the sea of ​​insects, and the disdain and sarcasm contained in his roar that shook the whole area were clearly felt by the players.

"Damn it! You ruined my grand entrance, Black Dragon! I'm going to chop you to death!"

The giant shark on the ground looked at the prey he chose being covered by dragon fire, and he was so angry that he shouted in the Gobi Desert. The good news was that the dragon beetle was not that fragile. It rushed out against the dragon fire, allowing the giant shark to find another target to vent his anger.

Unfortunately, the soldier bugs and elite bugs that followed it had turned into charcoal, causing the giant shark to complain that this challenge was too easy.

"die!"

The players roared and charged towards the burning land in front of them. The roar of field artillery and the accompaniment of the bard made this encounter poetic.

Thirty-six minutes later, when the Light Chaser was preparing to arrive at the battle site and begin using solar bombardment to support the surface, four of the Zerg's six dragon worm lords had been killed by vicious players, and the remaining two were retreating.

Unfortunately, there were still casualties in this battle. Although the number was not large, it also proved that even elite players can still fail if they are unlucky.

"They really need to change their overly rough fighting habits."

Tris held the little dragon and whispered to Murphy:
"If they continue to act recklessly even though they have alien entities, their losses will reach a rather exaggerated level in a short period of time. After all, in your design, the penalty for the death of alien entities is too harsh.

I still think you should reconsider this.”

"I've thought about it, Tris, and I think necessary death in battle punishment is appropriate."

Murphy waved his hands and said:

“Players have already passed the stage of numerical advantage, especially those who have reached the golden realm. What they need to do next is to climb the road to power.

This path requires more than just courage and talent.

From the experience report submitted by Mr. Qin, it can be seen that Lao Qin also believes that only after possessing an alien entity can players truly understand the true interpretation of the power they possess. They will have new insights into this, and this requires time to settle and the accumulation of real combat experience.

in other words
The good old days of self-destruction at the slightest disagreement are over."

As he spoke, Murphy waved to the Light Chaser, which was lowering its altitude in the sky and carrying out the airdrop of the Power Knights, signaling them to start clearing the battlefield. He couldn't wait to see the Creation Matrix under the Castle of Sin.
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Sinburgh, the city of the Sin Dwarves, is a settlement built by the three original exiled dwarves on the Gobi Desert adjacent to the Gray Desert.

This peculiar karst landform area is filled with rugged rocks and ancient caves, and the Castle of Sin is built on top of a cave. The dwarves are indeed natural architects, and they have a keen eye for selecting cities.

This cave happens to be the area where two underground rivers meet nearby, allowing Sin Castle to solve the most valuable water source problem in the desert terrain.

It is a traditional dwarf city style. The landmark buildings built around the stone pillars are only a small part of the city. Although there are thick city walls, defense towers and an exaggeratedly large slave market, the real essence of the city is in the underground area. This is a common feature of all dwarf cities. They like to live on the earth, which allows them to better feel the tolerance and care of Mother Gaia.

However, due to geological reasons, Sinburgh does not have the exaggerated seven-story underground structure like Abyss City. There are only two floors underground in Sinburgh. One is the residential and commercial area, and the other is the forging area. Here, the dwarves use the power of Gaia to attract magma from the mantle layer as the heat source of the forge, helping them build a complex and magnificent forging workshop.

Although the scale of this forging workshop is not as large as the industrial area in Shardor Port, it is definitely not smaller than the forging area of ​​the dwarf craftsmen in Silver Castle.

When Murphy and the players walked in, they couldn't help but imagine the scene of these giant devices full of industrial beauty in operation.

More importantly, when it was operational here, it basically took on the responsibility of producing fine weapons and protective gear for most of the Dark Mountains, and the Shadow Elves also had many elite weapons from the Sinful Dwarves.

The principle that products produced by the dwarves must be of high quality is obviously the same in the Dark Mountains.

Unfortunately, after occupying this place, the Zerg destroyed this area. They used the heat from the forging area to provide a more comfortable environment for the Zerg nest hatchery, which directly caused the entire forging layer to become an enormous Zerg nest.

“It took us a lot of time to clean this place up.”

Lord Paying, with his hands behind his back, introduced Murphy:
"The accompanying sin dwarves even went so far as to detonate the heat core of the forging layer, using the erupting magma to destroy the interior of this giant insect nest, which means that the core building of the Sin Castle was severely damaged.

According to Fenris Wildfist's estimate, even if the city is recaptured, it will take many years to restore it to its former prosperity. However, the Sin Dwarves did not intend to give up here. Under the great pressure of the war in the Abyss City in the rear, the Wildfist and the Burning Heart of Sin still sent an elite slave-hunting team back here, and they brought the gnoll war slaves as the defense force of the city.

But this is clearly not enough.

The first stop of the Grey Desert's Zerg swarm was Sinburgh. After we left, this place couldn't withstand the Zerg's counterattack at all."

"I have sent a message back to Frostburg!"

Balder, the frost dwarf lord carrying Winter's Strike, said loudly:

"The Ironfoot Army of Frost Fort has been fully mobilized. We will defend this place to the death. The dwarves will not allow our city to be taken away by insects again. The dwarven compatriots who followed me to break out will also stay here.

We are going to fight the Zerg to the death here."

"Well, there's no need to be so extreme, Balder. I didn't rescue you to let you continue to risk your life here."

Murphy glanced at the Frost Dwarf Lord, who was even more irritable than before because of the "ultimate insult" from the Shadow Elf Black Bean Sprout, and he complained:
"If we have to retreat, we should retreat. Gaia doesn't want to see you all die here for a ruined city with no obvious strategic significance. As for the future of this city, perhaps Fenris Wildfist should go to the Eternal Rift and cling to the Shadow Elves to become a vassal of the Dragon Emperor. After all, after this battle, the influence of the ancient country of Callum will extend to this area."

"Humph, the slave owner Fenris Wildfist has no idea how to lead the sinful dwarves, and the Burning Sinheart has decided to step down because of family reasons. I guess the three tribes of dwarves will jointly manage this city in the future."

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Balder leaned on his ice spear, which was filled with cold air. He said:

"So we are not protecting the property of the sinful dwarves, but the common interests of the dwarves. I think Lord Ovger will agree with my decision this time. After all, he has sent the earth priests to help defend the city."

"Okay, okay, this is your business, you stone-headed dwarves. I'm just making a suggestion."

Murphy and the Lord looked at each other, and found an excuse to send Balder away. Then, under the leadership of the Lord, Murphy, Tracey and Adele followed a secret door in the forging area and entered the "third floor" of the Castle of Sin, which theoretically did not exist.

Connected by a mechanical elevator, the vampires went down all the way to an underground area of ​​nearly 150 meters, where they saw the ruins of a laboratory that looked very much like the Creator.

"It's here."

The Lord led the way with a gas lamp in hand. He said:
"Brute Fist took me to see it himself. The Sinful Dwarves consider this place sacred, so they haven't made any changes to it in the past few hundred years.

The collected samples will be sent here to be created by mechanical masters, and the newborn dwarves will be implanted with unreal memories using special drugs and sent directly to the surface. Therefore, in the eyes of the dwarves, this is just an abandoned mine with frequent accidents.

I have to say, those guys are really good at keeping secrets.”

"It's impossible for them not to notice the population problem in this city, so I guess the Sin Lords have also implemented information control."

Murphy said:
“However, the Sinful Dwarves have a special origin. As long as the tradition of the three tribes of dwarves to exile prisoners does not change, at least the outsiders will have fewer questions about this city. In addition, the Sinful Dwarves have a bad reputation as slave owners, so no one will take the initiative to come here to explore the secrets.

Eden, can the power here be restored?"

He asked, and the gray bracelet on his wrist vibrated for a moment and responded:

"Please go to the power room on your left and connect the bracelet to the console in repair mode. The next repair work will be taken over by this machine. This machine will temporarily write a set of operating programs for you to temporarily activate the creation matrix here.

But if you want to keep it running for a long time, you need to copy a copy of the "Creation Book" program written by the Creator himself from the Greenhouse of Life.

In addition, by interpreting the hardware information of this creation matrix, the machine was able to determine its origins.

Your previous guess was correct. This Creation Matrix is ​​a peripheral component of the greenhouse system of life. It was thrown into this natural cave due to the geological changes caused by the chaos invasion during the disaster in the Eden zone.

Its body suffered irreversible mechanical damage.

But the dwarves were lucky, and its core functions still worked.

Unfortunately, this creation matrix does not have the ability to "create" in the true sense. It can only copy biological information for large-scale cloning. According to the rules of the Creator System, this level of creation matrix should not be mastered by mortal races. Therefore, this machine suggests that Commander Murphy should dismantle the core of the creation matrix and transport it to a safer area.

Or send it back to the greenhouse of life to resume its designed mission. "

"Well, let's get it moving first."

Murphy stroked the cold, seemingly dead machine in front of him and said:
"The little players up there are still waiting. Please understand, Eden, but I really don't want to disappoint them."

A few minutes later, as the Eden program took over the ruins of the laboratory, the energy system that was damaged by the Zerg invasion came back online, and the lights in the ruins lit up, exposing the entire Creation Matrix to the group.

It was a very sophisticated mechanical structure, with its core area structured like an energy reactor, and further away was the cultivation area, with thousands of standard biological cultivation tanks lined up in the cultivation area.

According to the term left by the Creator, this thing should be called a "mechanical womb". After extracting the correct biological information, they can complete the cloning of organisms from scratch through molecular reconstruction technology.

It is not to reproduce it in the form of an embryo, but to directly clone an adult individual.

"It is equipped with an independent black hole-type cold fusion core. No wonder the dwarves have been able to use it for hundreds of years."

Murphy recognized the model of the energy reactor at a glance. He shook his head and said:

“These short people are so lucky”

"Do you really think they were just lucky?"

Trish whispered beside her:

"The sinful dwarves obviously embellished the process of their ancestors finding this place, but you have to remember their origins. To be honest, I don't think the sinful dwarves could have activated such a complex creation machine by their own exploration without guidance.

Mother Goddess Gaia may have once tried to spy on the secrets of the Creator, and this Castle of Sin was the result of her spying.

Unfortunately, the path she took was completely contrary to the Creator's technology, and she could not master this great power."

"Perhaps, but I have no intention of questioning Gaia."

Murphy rubbed his hands and walked towards the control panel of the Creation Matrix. He said:

"Just preserving this area is a big deal. Now, Tris, let's build someone to play with!"

(End of this chapter)