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

Chapter 283: The Forbidden Zone is for grinding.
Wushan Prison, Lower Section.

Inside the dilapidated complex of buildings constructed entirely of mysterious metal, a team of dozens of high-level martial artists at the Limit Bone Forging Realm carefully explored each room, their every movement incredibly gentle. Meanwhile, more than ten people stood guard outside the buildings, intently watching their surroundings.

“Brother Fan, we’re really lucky this time. A lot of our team members who went into the lower area died, which allowed us to enter the lower area. If we can find some training methods or martial arts techniques left behind by prisoners here, our strength might be able to break into the top ten in the next Four Regions Youth Competition.” A young man with two pairs of pure white wings looked at the buildings in front of him with great joy.

“Yes, I’ve heard that the prisoners in the lower level are quite special. Although they are imprisoned, their lives are much better than those in the upper and middle levels. They not only live in big houses, but also have living and entertainment areas. They are just confined here. There must be a lot of good things left behind by these prisoners before they died.” Vansen’s eyes were shining as he looked at the buildings.

Originally, their team was not qualified to enter the lower area, but they accidentally discovered at the entrance that the previously closed passage to the lower area had somehow been opened.

This gave them an opportunity, and they rushed in immediately before the other teams in the middle layer noticed them.

However, the middle and lower sections of Wushan Prison are completely different.

If the upper and middle sections are like a standard prison, then the lower section is practically a small city, specifically for the prisoners to live in, except that they are not allowed to leave this small city.

The significant difference in treatment among prisoners indicates that these prisoners are not ordinary individuals. Compared to prisoners in the upper and middle sections, their chances of finding valuable items are far greater.

“However, we should still be careful. According to the information I have, the core area of ​​the lower district is just ahead, where many prisoners usually roam. If they discover us, we will have no choice but to escape back to the middle district.” The young man from the Feather Clan, Lan Yu, cautiously looked at the towering cylindrical building complex that was over a thousand meters tall not far away. His eyes showed both fear and a deep longing.

In the entire lower level, the most valuable place is undoubtedly the huge cylindrical building complex in front of us. In addition to powering the guard robots, it was also the training place for the prisoners.

Even though the prisoners have now transferred their mental will to the guard robots, more than 80% of the prisoners in the lower level still stay there for extended periods.

Just thinking about a place where prisoners cultivate, you can imagine that there must be a lot of training methods and martial arts techniques there. Unfortunately, there are too many prisoners gathered there. Even the two thousand people from various forces who entered the lower area together could not put up a fight.

Of course, there were also some lucky ones who went in and came out alive, and even obtained training methods above the Blood Condensation Realm. Some even received the inheritance of martial arts skills that surpassed the extraordinary level, and became the pride of an era, with no genius able to compete with them.

However, such things can only be thought about.

Because of the fact that out of every thousand people who enter that place, not even one will come out alive, it's considered good if they can find any traces or records of the prisoners' training methods and martial arts techniques learned during their lifetime outside.

Especially the combat records in front of them. In the prison where many prisoners were held, the only fun for these prisoners was to fight each other. Some prisoners would record these battles for reference and study.

If they can obtain these records, they might be able to learn directly from them and significantly improve their skills.

Vansen nodded, then carefully surveyed his surroundings.

Exploring the lower level is completely different from exploring the upper and middle levels. Because of the prisoners, the team, which is not strong enough, must avoid each prisoner in order to explore better. Therefore, they must find the prisoners before they find them and avoid them as early as possible.

Just as Fansen and Lanyu were carefully sensing their surroundings, a series of explosions suddenly came from afar, clearly indicating that someone was fighting.

"Such powerful battle fluctuations! Which top team is fighting the prisoners? They've managed to fight all this way without giving up." Lan Yu sighed as she watched the increasingly loud sounds in the distance.

In the lower levels of the prison, many top teams are eyeing the prisoners. After all, compared to venturing into the prison's training grounds, the chances of directly capturing prisoners and obtaining their inheritance are much higher and safer.

Once they capture prisoners, although their current technology cannot access their memories, they can obtain 100% of the important information stored in the guard robots.

At this moment, Vansen also looked curiously towards the direction from which the battle fluctuations were coming from.

Within seconds, a group of humans dressed in silver-gray clothing were seen besieging a guard robot wielding two greatswords.

This guard robot, wielding two large swords, was enveloped in an incredibly dense energy field with a radius of two hundred meters. With just one slash, the gray-clad man within two hundred meters was instantly cleaved in two, the sword energy so fast that he couldn't even react.

However, these gray-clad men were also quite terrifying, especially one giant human, over eight meters tall, who fought in the energy field and was able to confront the guarding robots head-on, holding his own in terms of strength and reflexes.

In addition, there were two gray-clad men with terrifying life force, who frantically shot out bolts of lightning from two hundred meters away. Each bolt of lightning was so fast that even a high-level martial artist in the Limit Bone Forging Realm would have difficulty dealing with it. When more than ten bolts were fired at once, even super geniuses like them felt their scalps tingle.

With both of them firing dozens of arrows at once, it seemed that neither Fan Sen nor Lan Yu could hold out for more than a few rounds before they had to flee for their lives, or they would surely die.

Although the arrows fired by the two men could not harm the guarding robot, they forced it to use its two swords to block them, disrupting its original movements and making it difficult for it to use its martial arts skills, let alone escape.

"Who are these people? They're amazing! They can actually fight against such powerful prisoners head-on. Even the top ten teams are probably no better than this." Lan Yu looked at the gray-clad men who were constantly delaying the guard robots, full of amazement.

The strength of the guarding robot was obvious at a glance; it was definitely not a weak prisoner, but most likely a prisoner above the Blood Condensation Realm.

Being able to confront such a prisoner head-on means there's a chance to capture him, especially with more and more gray-clad men chasing after him, making the chances quite high.

The capture of prisoners is something that no major power in the four regions has accomplished so far, yet this group of gray-clad men has such an opportunity, which is simply unimaginable.

“Obsidian Martial Arts School? How could it be them!” Vansen stared at the familiar attire, his deep green eyes almost popping out of their sockets, unable to believe it was real.

"Obsidian Martial Arts School?" Upon hearing this name, Lan Yu seemed to recall something and exclaimed in surprise, "Is this the Obsidian Martial Arts School that wiped out Earth Star Pharmaceuticals before?"

He remembered that it was he who had reminded Vansen not to continue cooperating with the Obsidian Martial Arts School, since the wrath of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals was something that ordinary super geniuses like them could not withstand.

But they didn't expect the Obsidian Martial Arts School to be so strong, actually managing to hold off a prisoner with considerable strength, whose power far surpassed that of their team.

“That’s right, it’s them.” Vansen nodded, looking at the players with a complex expression in his eyes.

He originally had the opportunity to enter the lower district with Obsidian Martial Arts School, but considering the wrath of Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, he had no choice but to give it up.

After all, no matter how strong Obsidian Martial Arts School was, it couldn't be that strong; in the end, it would still be dealt with by Earth Star Pharmaceuticals. But now, seeing the strength that Obsidian Martial Arts School had displayed, he was truly starting to regret his decision.

If he could join forces with Obsidian Martial Arts School and capture a prisoner, he would be willing to go against Earth Star Pharmaceuticals, let alone offend them.

"Brother Fan, don't be too sad." Lan Yu looked at Fan Sen, whose expression was complicated, and comforted him. "Although it's a pity that we didn't cooperate with the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, it's unlikely that the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy can capture that prisoner. After all, we've fought our way here, and it's almost certain that the prisoner will enter the core area. Once the prisoner is inside, the people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy will have no chance. After all, there are too many prisoners in the training grounds. Although those prisoners usually have some conflicts, they are all united against us outsiders."

“That’s true.” Vansen’s mood improved considerably as he watched the prisoner getting closer and closer to the core area.

Although the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy could indeed deplete the prisoner's energy if it delayed any longer, the prisoner could reach the prison's training area in less than two kilometers, and there was no doubt that the prisoner would enter the training area.

Once they enter the training grounds, not only the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy, but even if all two thousand people from the lower district came, they wouldn't be able to do anything to the prisoners who had entered the training grounds.

Just as Fansen and Lanyu were talking, the prisoner was about to step into the training grounds. However, the players chasing the prisoner did not hesitate at all and continued to surround and kill the prisoner, showing no intention of leaving.

"That's where those prisoners train. Why aren't they leaving? Have they all gone mad?" Vansen stared in disbelief at the players still locked in combat.

The training grounds in the lower district are absolutely forbidden areas in the entire lower district. Even if the top teams from the four major domain cities joined forces, they would never dare to set foot there, let alone stay nearby. Unexpectedly, these people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Academy did not hesitate at all and directly surrounded and killed prisoners next to them. They simply do not know the meaning of death.

Beside the training ground, as the guarding robot landed like a cannonball, the players followed closely behind, unleashing a barrage of ranged attacks.

"You damn lunatics! Don't think you've won. This place is now a training ground. Even if I run out of energy, don't think you can leave alive!"

The guarding robot looked at these gray-clad figures who were like leeches, and at its dwindling energy reserves, and was speechless with frustration.

Along the way, he had already killed hundreds of gray-clad men, which would be a huge loss for any outside force, and they might have already given up on capturing him.

But these men in gray were like madmen; they wouldn't let go of him, determined to capture him no matter how many people died.

He couldn't understand what kind of grudge or resentment he had against these men in gray that made them chase after him so relentlessly.

The guard robot, struck by more than a dozen arrows that struck from afar like lightning, exhausted its last bit of energy and fell to the ground in great unwillingness, unable to move an inch.

"It's finally over. This BOSS was really tough." Fang Zhen looked at the guard robot that had run out of energy and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

They spent several hours on the journey, dying five or six times before finally defeating the story boss. After that, they were free to explore the entire dungeon.

"It's a pity this is a story boss, there aren't many rewards. Who should carry this boss back later?" Ragnarok looked at the immobile guarding robot and couldn't help but sigh.

"But this BOSS is really stingy. Apart from dropping two greatswords, there's nothing else. This is truly the stingiest BOSS I've ever seen." Yi Ye Fuyun walked up to the guarding robot, speechless.

Previously, the loot from bosses was quite good, but this time the boss loot is simply pathetic.

Although the two greatswords are good, and their level is comparable to second-tier weapons, it's unreasonable that they dropped them after more than a hundred people besieged them for so many hours, even if they are story bosses.

Just as Yi Ye Fuyun was speaking, several guard robots suddenly emerged from the cultivation area not far away, constantly probing the surroundings, as if searching for the person who caused the disturbance.

"Holy crap! There are five guard robots over there!" Yi Ye Fuyun exclaimed, his eyes shining as he looked at the five guard robots emerging from the training grounds. "Could the real reward for this story boss be the lair where we're guarding these robots?"

He was initially worried about how to divide the rewards from this BOSS fight, since everyone had fought together and the two dropped weapons were hard to split. But unexpectedly, five guard robots suddenly appeared in front of them, saving them the time of searching for monsters.

"I knew this BOSS was so hard to deal with. We fought all the way here without running out of energy, but it died as soon as we got here." Fang Zhen also realized something. "So it was to lure out the nest we were going to conquer."

"But how are we going to fight these five guard robots?" Ragnarok said with a headache. "The guard robots are probably made of the same material. If these guard robots are as strong as the previous BOSS, even if we all attack together, we probably won't be enough."

“That’s easy,” Fang Zhen laughed. “To defeat multiple bosses in a dungeon, all you need to do is kite them. I’ve already watched the battle carefully. The guarding robots are only about the speed of sound and can’t fly. We just need to kite them in mid-air. Let four people lure away four of them, and then we can focus our attacks on the remaining one.”

“That’s one way, but how do we distribute these bosses?” Yi Ye Fuyun nodded, thinking that the guarding robots like Feng Zheng were indeed the best strategy. “There are so many of us, and quite a few free players. The bosses drop so few loot, but we need so many people to take them down. The loot is simply not enough to go around.”

“That’s simple too.” Luo Wushang stepped forward and said, “In team auctions, whether it’s dropped items or bodies that need to be handed over, we can use points or items to bid. The highest bidder wins, and everyone will split the points or items equally in the end, how about that?”

"That's a good idea, I agree, this way everyone can make a profit," Fang Zhen nodded.

For these teams, the most important thing is to guard the robot's body. It's a valuable item that can be handed over to the martial arts school, which will directly earn them merits and rewards. If they were to take it away directly, the free players participating in the battle would definitely not be willing. Similarly, if each team takes one, each team would certainly not be very willing either.

Conversely, if everyone bids, based on their respective financial resources, that would undoubtedly be the best option.

The players present quickly discussed the matter and ultimately agreed to hold a team auction.

"Since there are no problems with the assignments, let's begin." Fang Zhen looked at everyone who had made their decisions and began assigning tasks to deal with the guard robots.

In a short time, the personnel guarding the five robots were all arranged. Five players, including Li Tianxing, who were skilled in aerial flight, were to attract the five guarding robots first.

As expected, the five guard robots that emerged from the cultivation site immediately gave chase to Li Tianxing and his companions upon discovering them. As the five split up, the five guard robots also dispersed, each chasing one of them.

"The five have been separated. Let's move!" Fang Zhen ordered, looking at the five guard robots that had been pulled far apart.

This scene also caught the attention of Fan Sen, Lan Yu, and the others who were exploring the complex from a distance, leaving them all stunned.

(End of this chapter)