The Fourth Disaster: People become gods through high martial arts and gaming

Chapter 280 The Techniques of Advanced Civilization

"Do you have any idea?"

Shefina looked at Lin Qi and felt that he had no idea of ​​the difficulty before he made such a bold statement. She then took a deep breath and calmly explained, "That prisoner is not someone that a group of ordinary Bone Forging Realm experts can fight. Without more than ten experts comparable to the early stage of Blood Condensation Realm, plus two or three experts whose strength is no less than the middle stage of Blood Condensation Realm, there is absolutely no chance. Are you still sure you have a way?"

She was willing to cooperate with Lin Qi because she saw that Lin Qi had killed Bert and thought that Lin Qi should have the strength to rival the middle stage of the Blood Condensation Realm.

With the addition of another deputy leader and herself, the three of them working together, along with more than ten experts from two large teams comparable to the initial stage of the Blood Condensation Realm, only then did they have a 60-70% chance of capturing the prisoner.

Now that the other deputy commander is gone, and the dozen or so experts from Misty Mountain City who are comparable to the initial stage of the Blood Condensation Realm are also gone, there is absolutely no chance.

After listening, Lin Qi thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, we should be about 70 or 80% sure."

"Seventy or eighty percent certain? Are you sure?" Xie Feina looked at Lin Qi with disbelief in her eyes, as if Lin Qi was joking.

Even according to her original plan, she was only 60-70% confident. Now that the team from Misty Mountain City is gone, Lin Qi is still 70-80% confident. It's impossible no matter how you look at it.

"Confirmed." Lin Qi nodded and said with a smile, "I just don't know if Miss Shefina is willing to cooperate?"

Now that everyone else has arrived, if the cooperation is canceled, the nine hundred slots will be gone. Besides, he can't find anyone else who can provide that many prison slots.

Capturing prisoners in the lower levels isn't actually difficult for him; it's just a matter of how long it takes. After all, players have unlimited respawns, while prisoners have limited energy, so he can eventually deplete their energy.

The only problem is that we can't let others see that too many players have died, so that the number of players doesn't match the number of available spots.

“If we can capture that prisoner, of course, there’s no problem.” Shefina looked at Lin Qi, not expecting that Obsidian Martial Arts Academy had such a foundation, and couldn’t help but smile bitterly. “I just don’t know what conditions Master Lin has? If you want me to completely stop Earth Star Pharmaceuticals from retaliating against Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, I can’t do that. What I can do, as I said before, is at most to prevent Earth Star Pharmaceuticals’ Blood Condensation Realm cultivators from setting foot in the Mist Mountain area.”

In her view, Lin Qi's proposal of a new cooperation was likely intended to permanently prevent retaliation from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. After all, any top power in the Four Domains, except for Domain City, would have a headache facing a first-rate force like Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, let alone Obsidian Martial Arts School.

“That’s not necessary. As long as Miss Shefina follows the original agreement and prohibits the Blood Coagulation Realm experts from Earth Star Pharmaceuticals from entering the Mist Mountain area for a period of time, that will be enough.” Lin Qi shook his head and went straight to the point. “My only additional condition for this cooperation is that you provide me with machine tools for processing C-grade alloys. I believe that shouldn’t be difficult for Miss Shefina.”

Machine tools for processing C-grade alloys have always been restricted items in the domain city, and can only be purchased in limited quantities in major cities, used to make the most basic Tier 2 battle armor.

Now, the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy is not only recruiting more and more disciples, but the number of players advancing to the Bone Forging Realm is also increasing.

Although players have acquired a lot of Tier 2 armor from the battlefield, those Tier 2 armors are purely consumables, and he simply doesn't have the ability to repair them. This isn't due to a lack of skill, but entirely because he lacks the necessary equipment.

In particular, the super electromagnetic weapon designed by Yi Ye Fu Yun, which imitated Ye Qing Lu's latest creation, Nine-fold Thunder Fang, using energy crystals, was not strong enough with B-grade alloys and was prone to exploding. Only C-grade alloys could make it possible. Therefore, Yi Ye Fu Yun repeatedly told him that better machine tools were needed to process C-grade alloys.

He was actually quite helpless about this, because machine tools that can process C-grade alloys are restricted products, and you can't just buy them whenever you want.

Xie Feina's status in the city is clearly not low, so she should be able to get him a few.

"A machine tool for machining C-grade alloys?" Shefina looked at Lin Qi in astonishment. "Are you sure you only want this?"

At this moment, not only Shefina was somewhat taken aback, but Precia, who was standing to the side, also looked at Lin Qi with great surprise, not understanding what Lin Qi was thinking.

She had originally thought that Lin Qi would offer a sequence-level martial skill or a training method above the Blood Coagulation level, since cultivation is the top priority for any martial artist. She never expected Lin Qi to offer such a new condition.

Although machine tools for processing C-grade alloys are precious, with each machine worth five thousand energy crystals, city lords in major cities are qualified to purchase them, and each city can buy ten machines. Therefore, compared to the conditions that can be negotiated with Sixth Senior Sister Xie Feina, this matter is not worth mentioning at all.

"Otherwise what?" Lin Qi looked at Xie Feina strangely.

“No problem. As long as we can capture that prisoner this time, I can ship twenty machine tools for processing C-grade alloys directly to you,” Shefina said without hesitation.

She was prepared to have a major hemorrhage, but this is what happened.

Subsequently, Xie Feina reached a new cooperation with Lin Qi and joined Lin Qi's large team, which made many teams present envious.

As a master who has entered the Fog Mountain Prison many times, Shefina is known to most of the major factions. In particular, the clash of blood energy between Shefina and Paris just now has made everyone realize how powerful Shefina is.

With the addition of Shefina and others, the strength of the entire Obsidian Martial Arts School team has been elevated to a higher level, even rivaling top-tier teams.

"Still not giving up?" Paris, who was not far away, couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at Shefina, who hadn't left.

He had his men investigate the situation at the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy thoroughly. Although the team was quite strong, their overall strength was still far inferior to that of the top teams that had entered the prison.

Although Shefina made a breakthrough, even after joining such a team, she could only wander around the lower levels of the prison and couldn't do anything at all.

After the various teams waited for two or three hours, and as some teams arrived at the Fog Mountain Prison one after another, the fog covering the mountain range suddenly thinned, and a mountain road leading deep into the mountains slowly appeared before everyone.

"The prison gates are open! Everyone, get in!"

Seeing this, all the teams present also headed into the mountain path.

“Let’s go in too. The prison is only open for three days, and it will close again after that. That prisoner is in a very remote part of the lower area, and it will probably take us quite a while to find him.” Shefina looked at the open prison and handed the agreed-upon nine keys to Lin Qi, sharing one with Precia’s group. She then glanced at the army of players behind Lin Qi and explained, “Only two thousand people can enter the lower area. Once it’s full, the entrance and exit will automatically close. It’s impossible for all of you to go in. Each team can probably only accommodate a maximum of one hundred people. If I form a team of one hundred, it shouldn’t be a big problem.”

"That means you can only bring a maximum of 198 people into the lower area. If you bring more, not only will the major teams attack us, but even the top teams will. You need to select two teams as soon as possible, and they will come in with me."

"Less than two hundred people are going in?" Lin Qi thought for a moment and asked, "If someone in the lower level dies, can someone in the middle level still enter?"

“That’s feasible. Many team members from the middle level have entered the lower level this way before.” Shefina nodded, roughly understanding what Lin Qi was thinking. This time, Lin Qi’s group has a full thousand people. With the Obsidian Martial Arts School and her reputation, entering the middle level shouldn’t be a problem, but for them all to enter the lower level is a pipe dream. However, if anyone who enters the lower level dies, others can fill in, which is an advantage.

"Okay, then I'm relieved." Lin Qi couldn't help but smile.

He had been worried about how to solve the problem of too many player deaths, but if only less than two hundred people could enter, and the other players were scattered in the middle area, then as long as the players who entered the lower area did not die too dramatically in front of others, the others would not discover the secret of the players constantly resurrecting.

Lin Qi then arranged for nearly two hundred of the strongest players. As for the other players, they could move freely in the middle area, but they were absolutely not allowed to provoke the teams of the major forces.

This caused dissatisfaction among many players, who felt it was unfair that only a small number of people could enter the monster-infested area after finally getting into the super dungeon. However, since Lin Qi, the NPC with the highest authority, had said so, they had no choice but to comply. After all, if they disobeyed the Guild Master's orders, they could forget about playing the game.

Soon the players split into two large groups, and together they followed Lin Qi into the Fog Mountain Prison. One group followed Lin Qi to the lower level, while the other group explored freely after binding their resurrection point in the upper level.

Wushan Prison, Lower Section.

In a courtyard deep underground, surrounded by towering statues, flowing streams, and lush greenery, Shefina and Lin Qi had barely approached a kilometer when they saw a group of people attacking a tall figure in the distance. The leaders were none other than Paris and the Beast Karad.

Under the combined pressure of Paris and Beast Karad, the humanoid guard robot, over three meters tall and made entirely of mysterious metal, was forced to retreat steadily and was unable to break through.

"Damn it! We were still a step too late." Shefina looked at the guard robot that was being attacked, her face grim.

After she led Lin Qi and the others into the prison, although Lin Qi said that he had discovered something in the prison and spent some time exploring it, only she knew the exact range of the prisoners' activities and never told anyone else. Despite rushing straight here, she was still a little slower than the group leader, Paris, and the others.

"Is that guard robot the prisoner you mentioned?" Lin Qi asked curiously, looking at the mechanical figure in the distance wielding two life-sized greatswords.

The guarding robot being besieged was wielding a jet-black, life-size greatsword in one hand. Each swing of the sword seemed to suppress even the space itself, causing the people inside to react much slower, as if they were stuck in a quagmire. Their movements were greatly restricted, and they were lucky if they could unleash half of their full strength.

If it weren't for Paris and Beast Karad, one appearing as a monster in the shape of a falcon and the other as a five-headed giant snake, taking turns attacking the guarding robot with absolute power, thus hindering the robot's attacks, those with the strength of the initial stage of the Blood Condensation Realm would have been killed with a single sword strike long ago.

“Yes, that’s the prisoner.” Shefina nodded, her eyes filled with anger.

The prisoners in the jail varied in strength. Although most of the prisoners were at the Blood Coagulation Realm in their previous lives, the prisoner she discovered was a genuine Blood Coagulation Realm expert, so he was very strong.

It's fair to say that if it weren't for the limitations of their mechanical bodies, even if this being was only at the Bone Forging Realm, they could easily defeat these people.

But now it's impossible for her to capture the prisoner.

Although she could have gone over there now, Paris and the others weren't fools. They would definitely have dealt with them first. Besides, the major powers had an agreement that all teams were absolutely forbidden from fighting in the lower areas. Once discovered, regardless of which power they belonged to, they would all die.

So now she can only watch and can't do anything unless she's confident that she can keep everyone here and prevent others from finding out, otherwise going out means certain death.

"Is that so? Then let's wait here for a while. That robot shouldn't be so easy to capture." Lin Qi looked at the guarding robot and couldn't help but smile.

"What do you mean?" Shefina looked at Lin Qi with some confusion.

“That robot is quite powerful; your commander probably can’t defeat him,” Lin Qi said calmly.

"Extraordinary strength?" Shefina looked at Lin Qi, even more puzzled, not understanding how Lin Qi was so sure that the leader and the others couldn't win.

Lin Qi did not explain, but simply watched the guarding robot quietly.

Others may not know what the guard robots and prisoners are, but Lin Qi was pretty sure of it on his way to the prison.

The civilization that created this prison is the Star Energy Civilization.

The information about the Star Energy Civilization was provided on the Inheritance Metal Plate, so he was quite certain that the prisoner's strength was not something to be trifled with.

In the Star Energy Civilization, beings who have reached the level of Blood Coagulation can transform external energy into a domain, or energy domain. Within the energy domain, they can easily mobilize two or three times the energy, which means they can increase the power of energy-based martial arts by two or three times.

The ability to transform external energy into a domain is a fundamental skill acquired after reaching the third level of spiritual mysticism.

Although the current guarding robot is no longer a living being, it still possesses the power of mental manipulation after its spirit and will have been transferred. Otherwise, the martial arts techniques it uses would not be able to manifest energy and suppress a certain space.

Lin Qi had only been waiting for a short while when...

"Give it your all, make him use his martial arts as much as possible to increase his energy consumption!" Parish said, looking at the guard robot that had suddenly started to focus on defense, and commanded the others to launch a fierce attack.

The guard robots have limited energy. The more they use martial arts techniques, the more energy they consume. Similarly, if their bodies are hit, the guard robots will automatically activate energy barriers to protect their internal functions, which also consumes a lot of energy. This is why various teams have the opportunity to capture the guard robots.

As long as everyone continues their relentless attack, it will be impossible for the guarding robots to hold their ground. The only option is to counterattack using martial arts techniques.

However, just as the two hundred men were preparing for a frenzied attack, the guarding robot's eyes glowed red.

"You little rats who ran into my house, do you really think that just because I live in seclusion here, I'm weaker than those lowly people?" The guarding robot couldn't help but speak, using the language of the Demon Race, its voice filled with murderous intent. "Now I'll show you just how weak you lowly civilizations are in front of high civilizations!"

As soon as the guard robot finished speaking, the energy within a 200-meter radius centered on the guard robot seemed to come alive at that moment, even becoming hostile, and began to frantically erode everyone within the area.

(End of this chapter)