Why can't humans do it too?

As he tried to recall, Lenny realized that it seemed to have been a long time ago, and the memory was no longer clear.

Is he almost there too?

He was aware of this, but he felt no fear whatsoever. In fact, what surrounded Lenny's heart most at this moment was an unsatisfied desire; he wanted to continue fighting.

He wanted to reach the level described by Suer—the most valuable death.

Seventeen breaths have passed.

boom!

The rock cloak covering them was thrown aside, and the four people, including Lenny, immediately got up from their crawling position and ran with all their might towards the cave below.

They must reach the target location before the lured vampires return.

Chapter 239 Infiltration

Although it was unclear how Suer knew this, when he confidently announced to the others that the orcs had left the continent and would not reappear for at least several decades, everyone felt a sense of joy and relief.

After all, the orcs are the only race besides those mindless beasts that would include humans in their diet and even hunt them with a plan and purpose. Combined with their superhuman strength and keen senses, the orcs have been a nightmare for countless human settlements in their search for food and expeditions for a long time.

There was nowhere to escape, and no power to fight back.

According to Suer, all these bloodthirsty butchers have now left the continent because of the vampires' attack. Although it sounds ridiculous, at that moment, many people did send their thanks to the vampires from afar.

The disappearance of the orc race has further increased the safety of human activities across the continent. For other races, the only ones they need to be wary of are those who carry elves. Even vampires, a race that needs blood, don't have too many ideas about humans. After all, with food guaranteed, they wouldn't do things like a traveler who has been walking for days in the desert without water and would drink even the blood of rats to quench their thirst.

Therefore, although Lenny's team knew they had to speed up their operation, to be honest, they didn't feel much tension, although things certainly couldn't be left behind.

The target is Wuyan, the former capital of the orcs, a city that once belonged to the orc race but is now occupied by vampires.

Infiltration complete.

After successfully conquering the city of the orcs and obtaining enough blood, the vampires did not completely occupy the place. These creatures, who always sought powerful blood, once again set out. In fact, after many of their people completed their growth rituals with the blood of the orcs, the vampires, feeling their power had increased, set their sights on the forest elves, striving to grow in large numbers into beings that even the gods would marvel at. This is something that Xin Ke is now slightly troubled by after receiving many reports.

He would never feel sympathy for the death of any enemy, abandoning all illusions of goodwill from the very beginning. All the plans that Suer devised with the help of Xinke were based on weakening the living forces of other races as much as possible. After all, the fewer threats there were, the less danger the humans who followed him would encounter when carrying out their plans across the continent.

Of course, there is some restraint towards those races that, if pushed to the limit, would actually fight to the death with everyone, and the overall balance is maintained so that one side does not really overwhelm the other.

The tall wooden buildings, the largest of which leaned against a massive mountain wall, resembled the architectural style of a certain island nation in Suer's previous life. It was a wonder built when the orc gods were still around it, and it was also the very center of the city. All the other orc buildings extended outwards in a circle around it—but now it had all become the territory of the vampires.

Although they did not intend to make the capital of their defeated adversaries their main stronghold, and most vampires still roamed the continent, the power of the vampires in this city was still not to be underestimated.

Weaving through the streets and alleys and the ruins of dilapidated houses, Lenny and his three companions moved through the shadows like a line of tiny ants. They would even stop from time to time to rummage through drawers and cabinets, searching out some food that had not yet spoiled and reusable supplies and stuffing them into the bags on their backs, as if they really knew nothing and were simply there to collect resources.

Unless they conspicuously wander past the vampires, these lazy creatures are too lazy to bother with humans, who are like ants. This is why they needed to coordinate to lure some of the vampires away earlier. The area that Lennie and his group were rushing to was too open, and Lennie and his group were also carrying some rather unpleasant items.

Suddenly, Lennie, who was walking cautiously forward, froze in his tracks. However, this unusual behavior did not cause the other three to feel any tension or fear. They simply walked quickly and skillfully to Lennie's side to keep watch. It was clear that this was not the first time such an anomaly had occurred.

The abnormality in Lennie's body did not last long. After only a moment of stiffness, he straightened up again and looked around at the huge buildings and the sky in the distance. His black pupils had turned gold at some point, but soon faded back to gold.

[Not an illusion]

When his consciousness returned, Lennie could still hear Sull's voice lingering in his mind.

"Received, continue," Lennie silently replied in his mind, making a few hand gestures to his companions who were looking over, indicating that everything was normal.

They didn't know if any vampires, bored out of their minds and wanting to flood the anthill, were secretly watching them, nor did they know if they, burdened with a heavy responsibility, had already fallen into the vampires' environment. Since they couldn't use the elf-infused items created by Xinke to confirm, the only way was for Suer to project his will onto Lennie, observing everything from his extra perspective and comparing it with the scene in Lennie's consciousness to confirm whether they were safe.

Even though they were somewhat nervous and worried after stepping into the city, on the surface, Lennie and the others still leisurely searched in one direction until they reached the edge of the city where they could vaguely see the distant sea. There stood a very simple-looking building, which was their destination.

Named Zhenhai Tantifu, it was originally a military institution established by the orcs to deal with calamities coming from the sea. Now that all the orcs have withdrawn, it has become an empty building. In a few decades, it may become a paradise for various wild beasts, flowers, and insects, but for now, it still maintains its dignity as a military institution.

Because Zhenhai Tanti Mansion is too close to the ocean and located on the edge of the city, vampires obviously have no interest in such a place. Therefore, when they finally arrived here after a long period of anxiety, Lennie and the others visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

It doesn't matter what the orcs build here or what they use it for. The only reason that truly caught Sul's attention was that this was the last place the orcs' creator had been before returning to eternal slumber.

It was also here that the deity unleashed his final, most powerful attack before his death, an attack aimed at destroying everything.

Chapter 240 Laying the Foundation

One can roughly deduce the personality of the divine race that created them simply from the personality traits exhibited by the orcs. Like the most fragile and easily broken glass, the spirit of all orcs seems to be a combination of inferiority and pride, contradictory in each individual, fragile and easily hurt.

This personality trait is certainly related to the difficult survival they face after losing the protection of the divine race, but these factors are deeply buried in the bodies of every orc. Therefore, they prefer to vent their frustrations on things weaker than themselves and are also very prone to going to extremes.

To be honest, if it weren't for their inherently desperate and obsessive nature, it would be difficult for the Beastman race to possess such a special ability that breaks through the physical limits of blood corruption.

To get back to the point, the creator of the Orc race is essentially an amplified and intensified version of the Orc race. And because of this, just before He was about to be defeated and have His divine essence destroyed, returning to a higher dimension in peaceful slumber, He almost destroyed everything here with a ferocity that was even more violent than the most violent, as if He wanted to drag the entire world down with Him.

Well, you can interpret it as being unable to accept defeat.

After all, for the divine race, the destruction of their divine essence is far from being considered death. However, the appearance of the creator of the orc race made the being who defeated Him have no doubt that if it weren't impossible, this guy would have destroyed the planet beneath his feet without hesitation.

Not all gods possess the near-invincible power of the God of War, Artesu. The special thing about the God of War, Artesu, is the concept he represents—the concept of near invincibility in this endless war. If it were a peaceful world without any disputes, Artesu would probably be the weakest god—does such a world really exist?

In short, setting aside the insane actions of the Orcs' creator, His self-destruction at the end of His life, which catalyzed every bit of power in His divine essence and vowed to drag everything down with Him, even if it didn't actually destroy the entire planet as He wished, still had a real impact. Even after being restrained by His defeated adversary, it still caused substantial damage to the world.

Or perhaps it is precisely because the power is confined to a certain space that the power actually increases significantly within that space?

This is precisely the weak point of the planet that Suer has been searching for, or rather, the crucial point where the elven corridor, which exists everywhere in the world, manifests in the present world—unlike the points that have existed naturally since the beginning of life, this point was forcibly created by the power released by that deceased divine being.

Unlike the sea of ​​spirits that appeared after the death of the fantasy species Krila Tetinie, this place still maintains a fragile membrane, and all Sull wants to do is gently puncture that membrane.

Taking out the Shining Stone from his backpack, which could sense strong elven reactions, Lennie could clearly see that the closer they got to the building, the stronger the light and vibration emitted by the Shining Stone became. When they actually stepped into the underground part of the building, the pressure from the elves, as if pressing on their blood vessels, further proved that they had found the right place.

Following the passageway built by the orcs, Lennie and his group quickly arrived at the bottom floor of the building—but that was still not enough.

Simply unleashing powerful energy is clearly insufficient to make a portion of the Elven Corridor truly manifest in the mortal world. It's not a matter of the strength of the energy, but rather a conceptual rule. Even the Elven Sea that appeared in this world for the first time after Krilattini's death was due to the unique nature of his energy, a blurred conceptual boundary that broke through the conceptual rule.

It was precisely for this reason that, after discussing with the God of Suspicion and Xinke, Sull suddenly discovered that the broken core left behind by Krilattini had become a crucial item, containing the unique power of that fantasy species, which could be described as a materialized concept.

Stopping thinking about the jumbled information Suer had given him, Lennie solemnly took out a white object from the bottom of his backpack. It was so obscured that its entirety was no longer visible. It looked like a large part of a complete sphere had been cut off from the top, leaving only about one-ninth of the bottom part. It was disc-shaped and not solid. Some water-like patterns could be seen on the bottom surface, but it was cut off at the top. He could only imagine what it looked like.

It is a fragment of the last legacy left by Crilattini.

To be honest, if it weren't for that kind-hearted fantasy creature leaving behind such useful help, just figuring out how to reasonably lure out the Elven Sea at various points across the continent and carry out subsequent plans without arousing the vigilance and attention of other races would have given Suer and Xinke a huge headache.

"Is it okay to just leave it here?" Unlike Leni, who knew a lot of information from Sue, it was one of the team members who asked the question. He curiously reached out and touched the fragment. It was cool to the touch. After entering the ground floor of the building, they no longer needed to be as careful as they were outside, not being able to say a word.

Although we don't know what it is, the fact that Suer sent out a team of battle-hardened warriors to escort it to this place shows how important it is.

“Ah, that’s enough,” Lenny nodded and replied. “The rest is beyond our control. Let’s evacuate first.”

"Got it, so is it still Shubi this time?" someone asked casually as they followed Lenny up the mountain.

"I think so? I'm not sure. These things are all decided by Riku, but it's probably her."

"That's true, the machine race... I never thought we would live in harmony with such a race and work together for the same goal. To be honest, I was really shocked when I first saw them."

"Who isn't? The cute child who has stayed in the settlement for so long is actually a machine race or something... Don't even mention you, I was shocked too."

"Pfft, if we're talking about being scared, we should look to Miss Xin Ke, right?"

"Haha, that's true. Compared to Hugh, Miss Xinke is indeed a bit... difficult to get along with..."

"Well, they are forest elves after all. Who would have thought that even forest elves would come to our aid? I don't know how Suer managed to do it."

“Sur…”

The conversation, which had started to become cheerful, suddenly became subdued the moment Suer was mentioned. However, it wasn't because of disgust or aversion, but rather an indescribable heaviness.

"Enough talk, let's go."

"Well, let's go."

They shut their mouths again and quickly retreated.

Chapter 241 Hughie in Action

Unlike their cautious approach when they entered, the four of them, including Leni, were running as fast as they could to escape from Zhenhai Tanti Mansion. Having successfully delivered the goods, they no longer needed to worry about being discovered and affecting the progress of the entire plan. In fact, the safest thing to do at this moment was to escape as quickly as possible to the other side of the secluded cliffs close to the sea.

After all, apart from their own actions, no one can guarantee that the other races they are using will arrive at the target location at the scheduled time.

Running with all their might, their undisguised movements were completely contrary to the old rules for expeditions established by the settlement, but no one had time to care about that at the moment. Knowing the subsequent plans, if they wanted to avoid getting involved, the best thing to do was to run as far as possible.

Even with this anticipated escape, time was still far from enough. Before long, it was as if the four of them had been struck by a giant hammer at the same time. They staggered a few steps and almost fell over. It felt as if someone was pulling hard on their abdomens, causing them to fall heavily downwards. Several seconds later, they finally realized that it was just an illusion.

But something really did happen.

Having roughly guessed what had happened, the four of them immediately turned around and looked back in the direction they had come from. After turning past the cape they had just passed, a protruding cliff completely blocked out the abandoned building built by the orcs. Undoubtedly, the feeling of being truly oppressed was coming from that direction.

The intense light was almost blinding. Even though the cliff blocked the direct view of the light, Lenny could clearly see that the cliff, made of rock and soil, seemed to be gradually disappearing. The intense light almost pierced through solid objects. No, he couldn't look any longer!

"Get down! Get down now! Don't look!!!"

He suddenly turned and fell in another direction, desperately shouting as if afraid his warning wouldn't be heard.

It has to be said that these are indeed carefully selected veterans. Almost at the same time as Lennie spoke, the other three also fell backward to the ground, covering their ears and opening their mouths. Being close to the ground, they could clearly feel as if the whole world was trembling and shaking.

boom! ! !

The explosion was so powerful that it seemed to reshape the world. If viewed from above, one could clearly see an invisible ring spreading outwards from the center of the explosion, with gusts of air carrying sand and gravel pushing outwards. But what could not be ignored was the enormous ocean wave generated by the violent explosion.

As if in retaliation, the seawater, pushed away by the shockwave towards the depths of the ocean, surged back with even greater force and speed, its surging waves even surpassing the cliffs before crashing violently against a corner of the continent.

From head to toe, from every strand of hair to the toes, they felt pain and immense pressure, as if thousands of pounds of weight were pressing down on them, almost squeezing out all the air from Lenny and the other three's lungs, along with their internal organs. The towering seawater swept over their bodies, engulfing them completely.

Pain, agony, but more deadly than the pain that made their vision go black was the seawater that swept them in. Unable to breathe or get oxygen, one of the four even fainted, gurgling and bubbling. The remaining three, even if they didn't die immediately, were also standing on the line between life and death.

Submerged beneath countless seawater, even the already scarce light was swallowed up. Lennie's eyes were bloodshot, his vision a deep crimson. He could hear Sull shouting something at him, but his fading consciousness couldn't piece together each word. In this near-death moment, he saw the light that should have disappeared reappear in his hazy vision.

Have all the seawater disappeared?