Gao Wu: If this BOSS isn't nerfed, is it even playable?

Chapter 13 Abandoned City
Lin Ye did not go to that garbage disposal station again.

The monsters there were too low-level for him, and the maximum amount of life points that the Soul Furnace could absorb was negligible.

In addition, the space is small, so even if you turn the entire garbage disposal station upside down, you probably won't be able to gather too many mutated beasts.

He needs to find a larger and more stable "leveling area".

Lin Ye turned on the light screen on his wristwatch, opened the map, identified the direction, and headed straight for the southern suburbs.

As Lin Ye continued walking towards the outskirts of the city, he saw fewer and fewer people and modern buildings.

Eventually, even a wilderness appeared.

He arrived at his destination.

Ruins of Dongjiang City.

This area was once the old industrial zone of Dongjiang City. With changes in urban planning and industrial upgrading, as well as a serious chemical plant explosion, the area has changed.

The entire city was affected.

The factory relocated, and the residents moved out.

The entire city gradually turned into a forgotten steel jungle.

This area has been designated as a Level 3 restricted zone by the authorities, and ordinary citizens are strictly prohibited from approaching it.

Lin Ye's figure, like a ghost, silently blended into the edge of the ruined city.

The air was filled with a strange smell of rust and dust.

Less than a hundred meters into the abandoned city, a series of dense "squeaking" sounds came from the abandoned factory buildings next door.

The next second, a dark mass, a torrent of hundreds of mutated rats, poured out of the broken windows of the factory and crossed the cracked street.

They ignored Lin Ye, this uninvited guest.

In this vast ruin, the presence of human presence is nothing new.

This is their true territory.

Lin Ye's gaze swept over the swarm of rats, and above their heads, all of them had the green lettering "LV1".

He did not make a move.

Lin Ye simply observed coldly from the sidelines.

This place is fraught with danger; even LV1 mutated rats roam in large groups.

The further you go in, the more desolate the surroundings become.

The towering chimneys, like silent giants, cast huge shadows, while the dilapidated factory buildings and residential buildings, like lurking beasts, coldly watched him.

In the darkness, occasionally a pair of eyes of different colors would light up, but after a brief look, they would quickly disappear.

The creatures here seem to possess a greater degree of cunning and caution than those at the garbage disposal plant.

Lin Ye slowed his pace, and his breathing became barely audible.

Like a seasoned hunter, he used the ruins and abandoned vehicles as cover, slowly infiltrating deeper into the abandoned city.

His eyes shone remarkably bright in the darkness.

That's the extraordinary adaptability to dark environments that comes from pushing one's mental energy to the limit.

He saw a mutated cat, the size of a hunting dog, silently crouching on the fifth-floor balcony of an apartment building, its eerie green eyes fixed on the street below.

[LV5]!
At the edge of its vision, a creature covered in bone spurs, resembling a pangolin, was rummaging through a pile of construction debris.

[LV6]!
Further away, a seemingly ordinary ivy vine was wriggling slightly, and at the tip of one of the vines was a mouth covered with tiny teeth.

[LV4]!
Here, a complete, dog-eat-dog ecosystem has clearly formed.

Lin Ye's heart raced, not only from fear, but also from the excitement of discovering a new continent. This was the place he belonged!
This leveling area has developed its own ecosystem and is vast enough for him to stay here for a long time.

Lin Ye continued his stealthy advance.

As he went deeper, the mutated creatures he encountered became increasingly higher in level.

He stopped as he walked through a completely destroyed commercial street and came to the edge of a huge circular plaza.

The map shows that it is still more than ten kilometers away from the core of the ruined city.

But the level numbers above the heads of the monsters that roam here have turned into a dazzling bright red!

A giant lizard, over three meters long and covered in dark green scales, was perched on the base of a statue in the center of the square, its scarlet tongue flicking in and out.

At the other end of the square, several strange birds that looked like vultures but had wingspans of over four meters were tearing apart the carcass of an unknown creature with their sharp beaks.

Lin Ye even caught a glimpse of a huge figure, nearly three meters tall, in the shadow of a half-collapsed department store not far away. It was impossible to tell what kind of animal it was before its mutation.

These mutated beasts are at least LV8.

That three-meter-tall monster even had LV10 marked on its head.

Lin Ye held his breath.

None of them are ones he can easily deal with right now.

Lin Ye knew that this was the limit of what he could explore at this stage.

Further ahead lies the true death zone.

However, just as he was preparing to retreat.

Roar--! ! !
A roar that seemed to come from the depths of hell suddenly came from the dark core in the far distance!

The voice was filled with endless tyranny and majesty, like an invisible hammer that slammed into Lin Ye's heart.

On the plaza, both the carrion-eating giant lizard and the three-meter-tall monster on the ruins of the high-rise building fled in panic at the roar, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, Lin Ye felt that all the sounds around him had disappeared.

Everything is quiet!

Lin Ye's pupils suddenly contracted.

He saw that in the deepest darkness of the city's core, a huge wing covered in black keratin, as if pieced together from rotting flesh and bones, suddenly stretched into the sky, obscuring the already dim moonlight!
Just half of its wings, when spread out, looks to be over seven meters long!
Lin Ye held his breath.

He didn't know what it was.

All he knew was that the thing was enormous, far beyond his imagination!
The moment those giant wings unfolded, a string of numbers he had never seen before, red to the point of being black, as if dripping blood, slowly emerged from the darkness.

【LV.20】!
No one knew that such a terrifying mutated beast was lurking in the abandoned city less than 50 kilometers from Dongjiang City!

What if they manage to escape the ruined city one day...?

Lin Ye dared not think any further. His body's instincts had overwhelmed everything, driving him to retreat silently, step by step.

Just as he retreated into the shadows, a cold system notification suddenly rang in his mind.

[Ding! The host has detected the ultimate lord of the current area!]

[Special Phase Task Released!]

[Mission: Kings Never Meet!]

[Description: In this ruin that you consider your territory, there is no room for another "king." Go forth, challenge and crush it, let its bones become the first foundation stone of your throne!]

[Mission Objective: Kill the Level 20 Area Boss!]

[Quest Rewards: 25000 Experience Points, 10 Skill Points, Unlock New Stage: P2!]

(End of this chapter)