The Fourth Calamity: Starting with Dungeon Slimes

Before long, Lilith and Jiang Chen arrived at the second line of defense.

"Jiang Chen...over there just now..."

Looking at the ruins in the distance, Lilith was speechless for a moment.

"How else could we blow them up? But this wave was good enough, taking away at least a hundred of their demon wolves."

As he spoke, Jiang Chen opened his control panel, in a great mood.

Name: Jiang Chen

【Race: Crystal Slime (Second Stage Evolution) - Pata】

[Faction: Chaotic Evil]

[Level: LV40 (Level Cap)]

[Materials required for rank advancement: 100 level 4 monster materials, 30 level 4 monster cores, and 100 level 4 magic crystals (Note: Different cores will determine the next stage of evolution)]

Jiang Chen was especially delighted after seeing that the next stage of evolution had begun.

"As expected, leveling up against high-level monsters is fast."

Jiang Chen leveled up to the maximum level simply by relying on the experience shared from other players, thus initiating a new stage of evolution.

"Hehe, after this evolution, my level cap has increased to LV50, while the players' level cap has jumped to LV40. I'm slowly getting better!"

Keep in mind that level 50 is only 10 levels below the average level of monsters in this dungeon.

We are one step closer to the 60th level of qualitative change.

As Jiang Chen thought about it, he felt quite pleased with himself.

However, compared to Jiang Chen, Lilith was gesturing wildly at this moment.

She panicked even more when she saw the wolves launching another attack.

"Jiang Chen! Jiang Chen! Gone... all gone!"

As she spoke, Lilith shook Jiang Chen, who was still focused on his control panel, "What are you doing! You're going to shake this whole thing apart!"

"Gone! Your Pata Legion is all gone!" Lilith exclaimed in panic.

and...

As she spoke, Lilith glanced at Jiang Chen's second line of defense.

This place is completely flat, with a large open space that looks as if it had been leveled.

In the center of the open space was a road, and on both sides of the road were square grids drawn with an unknown powder.

Lilith roughly counted, and there were four in total.

There is nothing else here besides this.

So what is the purpose of this second line of defense of the Pata?

Are we going to fight the enemy head-on here?

Look at Pata's size, then look at the demon wolf, and then look at the entire battlefield now. It's just him and Jiang Chen. How could they possibly win by going head-to-head?

"Um... Jiang Chen, do you know any escape routes...?"

At this point, Lilith had given up all hope of defeating the enemy.

"Run? Why run?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled.

"Not run? There are still over a hundred demon wolves left, and it's just the two of us. How are we supposed to fight them?"

"Who said it's just the two of us? Why don't you look behind us?"

Upon hearing what Jiang Chen said, Lilith subconsciously turned around and looked, her eyes widening immediately.

Suddenly, another group of bouncy creatures came bounding towards us from behind.

"Just how many Pata do you have under your command?!"

Lilith was shocked.

"Let me calculate..." Jiang Chen pondered for a moment after hearing this, "Currently, we should still have more than two hundred in reserve."

"More than two hundred... in reserve..." Lilith said, indicating that she didn't quite understand.

Can this thing still be described as a reserve?

However, it is clear that Lilith does not know that Jiang Chen needs to consume the corpses of monsters or the materials they carry to summon players.

These are Jiang Chen's reserves.

But none of that matters now, because the players have already reached the second line of defense.

Several players ran to a corner of the square, which was filled with various tree branches.

"Where is that?"

Lilith had some doubts.

Just as Lilith was still wondering, several players cleared away the branches, revealing a structure that resembled a bunker.

Looking at the gleaming, silvery-white bunker, Lilith was somewhat puzzled.

"What is this?"

"The shelter." Jiang Chen replied, and he and the other players rushed towards the shelter.

"What are you standing there for? Come on over!"

Upon hearing Jiang Chen's words, Lilith instantly snapped back to reality and followed.

"No, what's the use of Jiang Chen hiding in the shelter at this time? Although your shelter is very sturdy, it won't last long under the attack of so many demon wolves."

Lilith also realized that this shelter must be made of some special metal, which is very sturdy.

If they were facing ordinary monsters, there wouldn't be much of a problem, but they were facing a whole group of level 60 monsters.

No matter how sturdy the shelter was, it couldn't withstand the onslaught of so many demon wolves.

However, Lilith quickly understood.

There weren't many Pata entering the bunker initially.

Only half of them went in carrying the magic crystal.

The other half remained outside.

However, when Lilith saw that the bunker was filled with magic crystals, she couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.

"Jiang...Jiang Chen...why are there so many magic crystals in here...?"

Lilith's voice was slightly stammering.

This is a bunker! It's a complete powder keg! If even a tiny bit more magic power were supplied, the explosion here would be no less powerful than what I just witnessed.

He subconsciously swallowed.

"Jiang Chen...you don't actually want to die together with those demonic wolves, do you...?"

"Die together? What are you thinking? These are for cleaning up later."

"For cleaning?"

However, just as Lilith was puzzled, the players who remained outside made a move.

They ran at an incredible speed toward the areas marked with an unknown white powder.

Just as Lilith was wondering what was going on, she saw several Pata unleash a fireball directly at that direction.

The fireball hit the area.

Immediately afterward, to Lilith's horrified gaze, the fire began to spread within the designated area.

There seemed to be a thin, film-like material on top. As this film-like material burned, a large square crater appeared in Lilith's field of vision below.

Just as she was still somewhat puzzled, the next moment, countless humanoid creatures with bloodshot eyes and hunched backs crawled out from inside.

This humanoid monster plant's characteristics were fully revealed, with clusters of needle-like leaves growing on its body.

Looking at these monsters, which were about a meter tall, Lilith's questioning gaze fell on Jiang Chen beside her.

"Jiang Chen... what are these?"

"The Dry Needle Monster," Jiang Chen replied calmly.

"A withered needle monster?" Lilith clearly had never heard of such a creature.

"This is a common gregarious monster found in forests. It is a plant-based monster that will indiscriminately attack any living creature within its range."

"Their weapons are the needle-like needles on their bodies."

"Although their levels are not high, mostly around level 30 to 40, their destructive power is still considerable. These monsters will fall into a dormant state if they are without sunlight for a long time."

"And we also discovered that if those magic crystals are left near monsters for a long time, they will corrupt the monsters and make them bloodthirsty and brutal."

"Especially for monsters without intelligence, such as the Dry Needle Monster, we capture them, put them into a deep sleep, and then put enough magic crystals in to corrupt them."

Hearing this, Lilith subconsciously swallowed. "And then?"

"Then...."

"Do you know what it would be like if tens of thousands of infected with withered needle monsters were awakened and went berserk at the same time?"

"What...what kind of scene will it be..." Lilith's gaze was somewhat dazed.

You'll see it soon.

The next moment, when these withered needle monsters crawled out of the pit and saw the army of demonic wolves charging towards them from not far away, they roared and charged.

At the same time, the needles on its body are being fired out as if they were free. Compared to the Dry Needle Monster, which has a certain degree of rationality and can control the forest of needles it fires, the Dry Needle Monster, which is now going berserk, doesn't care about the consumption of needles.

The next moment, countless pine needles flew indiscriminately in all directions.