I work as a sorcerer in the US, and my side hustle is building Gundams.

Chapter 97 Twisted Void

"Boss, come back quickly! Flood peak is coming! Forget about those people!"

Daniel DeShawn and the others behind also heard the loud noise from ahead. They were immediately terrified and shouted loudly at Lynn's back.

There is approximately one vertical shaft connecting the underground to the surface every 1 kilometer.

There happened to be an upward shaft next to them, which they could use to escape. By this time, many homeless people who had been roused by their shouts had begun to frantically try to escape upwards, but there were still some who couldn't bear to part with their "property" and continued to pack up.

Lynn was more than 100 meters away from them, and even the flashlights could only faintly make out his outline.

Hong Feng's voice was already very close, seemingly right in front of them, and could engulf them in an instant!

"Boss, come back quickly! Hurry up there!"

They shouted, but still couldn't see Lynn running back.

"It's over————"

A bitter taste filled DeShawn's mouth.

I've only been following this new boss for a few days, and I've just started to enjoy the benefits. How can I lose him now?

As Lynn ran, he realized something was wrong; the sound of the approaching flood was getting louder and louder.

It seemed to be right in front of him, about to engulf him in an instant.

"Those software engineers probably won't be able to escape either—"

next moment.

A colossal wave surged forth from directly in front, like a galloping dragon, instantly swallowing the underground waterway, which was more than three meters in diameter.

The sewage, mixed with countless pieces of garbage, debris, corpses, and slime monsters, quickly submerged Lynn's body.

It's like flooding everything else in the sewers.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Lynn, whose head was throbbing, slowly woke up.

He felt soaking wet and covered in all sorts of sticky stuff—was it sewer sludge?

I struggled to open my eyes, and immediately felt a wave of nausea wash over me. I bent over and began to vomit uncontrollably.

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He vomited and vomited until he brought up everything in his stomach. After there was nothing left to vomit, he vomited clear water for a while before finally managing to stop.

"Huff, huff—"

He struggled to his feet, supporting himself on his knees with his hands, and wiped the water from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve.

"Where did this ship land me?"

He rubbed his sore eyes with the back of his hand and then opened them with difficulty.

The sight before him made him forget to breathe for a moment, and he just stared at the sky with his mouth wide open!

This is a black world where scalding green liquid flows everywhere!

All around were terrifying figures burning with layers of green flames, and towering crimson ridges covered the land.

The sky was filled with colorful stars and ribbons of light. A huge orange-yellow planet with a huge gray halo loomed in front of us. It was so close, as if it would fall into this foul-smelling world at any moment!

"This, this is—"

He stared blankly up at the black sky filled with colorful planets of all sizes and ribbons of light.

In an instant, the words "Hellfire Peninsula" even flashed into his mind!

"Where have I ended up? Is this really Hellfire Peninsula?"

This was the most exciting new map for Warcraft players back then. The start of The Burning Crusade, with its flying mounts, represented a new era unfolding before millions of great lords.

"Hey, what's that?"

Lynn trembled all over as he took a few steps forward, feeling the desolate yet wondrous land of this other world.

Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure not far ahead.

That's a horse!

It was a horse, entirely reddish-black, with its hooves burning—

Hellfire Steed!

Wait a minute, how come there are hellfire horses on Hellfire Peninsula?

Beside him stood a creature with enormous bat-like wings, inverted goat horns on its head, and a body as tall as a three-story building.

The Lord of Fear!

Wait a minute, in World of Warcraft, high-ranking demon races like the Dreadlords (Nathrezim) are mainly active in the Twisting Nether, the main world of Azeroth, and other areas of Outland, and will not appear in Hellfire Peninsula.

Meanwhile, the home of the Dreadsteed is the otherworld Xoros, which is ruled by the dreadlord Hernuras, from which the imp Naztim he summoned was born.

"So this isn't Hellfire Peninsula, but Xornos, a world that has been conquered by countless Burning Legions across the Twisting Nether?"

As Lynn was reminiscing, suddenly, the tall and muscular figure, as tall as a mountain, shone his own light on him, and their eyes met!

"You insignificant mortal, what are you doing in my world!"

Instantly, a voice filled with malice and anger erupted violently in his mind!

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Lynn felt his brain and heart burning intensely in that instant!

He clutched his head and collapsed to the ground, rolling around frantically.

He felt himself being engulfed by a flame filled with the smell of sulfur. Within the flame, his thoughts gradually faded and disappeared, and the tall and evil figure gradually faded from his sight.

"Wake up, boss, wake up!"

Lynn opened her eyes again.

"What? I'm still alive? I wasn't burned to death by the Dreadlord's fel flames?"

He struggled to sit up and touched his face and heart.

It was completely intact, without even a trace of burning!

Then, the anxious faces of Mike, Daniel, DeShawn, and Lily came into view.

"Boss, you're alright! That's wonderful!"

The group was overjoyed to see that Lynn was unharmed.

"Where am I? Did you all escape successfully?"

He looked around; it was clear that he wasn't underground, but somewhere on the street above ground.

"Yes, thankfully there was a shaft leading to the surface nearby, and we and most of the homeless people escaped."

"That flood peak rushed in so fast! We watched it engulf you, and we thought you were doomed. But when we went down, you were lying there perfectly fine!"

Daniel grabbed Lynn's shoulders and shook him so hard he almost shook him to pieces.

"This is a miracle, a miracle, boss!"

"Huh? After the flood peak passed, I'm still lying on the ground perfectly fine?"

Lynn's little head was filled with big question marks.

"Could it be that, in the instant I was hit, my body traversed the distorted void and arrived in Xoros, the otherworld that summoned Nazdem?"

"Me, a mere level 4 warlock, actually managed to travel to the Twisted Dimension in World of Warcraft?"

Based on the dreamlike otherworldly scene he had just witnessed, Lynn subconsciously came to this absurd conclusion in his mind.