What kind of divination am I doing?

Lu Qiao saw the whole view from above and was glad he hadn't gone down.

With so many demi-humans crawling out of the cracks, even if I could retreat, I'd probably only be caught and forced to wear the Crown of Thorns.

Lu Qiao watched helplessly as the adventurer was placed on the Crown of Thorns, initially showing signs of resistance.

After the adventurer's blood was slowly drained by the Crown of Thorns, he became lifeless and devoid of vitality.

Finally, all movement ceased. The next moment, the adventurer opened his eyes again, his eyes now completely white, just like those of the demi-humans.

The controlled adventurers then began attacking other uncontrolled adventurers.

The scene was utterly chaotic, and the ground continued to tremble.

The cracks widened, and more and more demi-humans emerged.

The Feathered People, due to their limited combat strength, were better suited to scout missions and therefore did not come in from outside.

Some flying adventurers managed to pull their teammates off the ground.

The formidable adventurers broke through the encirclement and began ascending the rotating staircase.

Some adventurers also tried to rescue their teammates who were controlled by the Thorn Crown, saving them from the demi-humans and cutting down the Thorn Crown.

But instead of waking up, his teammate fell into a coma. In such a desperate situation, it was already difficult to get out with an unconscious person.

The cracks in the ground grew larger and larger, and the cracks even spread to the walls of the underground palace.

The stone steps that originally spiraled upwards crumbled and fell down due to cracks in the wall.

The spiral staircase has a gap, making it increasingly difficult to climb up from below.

Monica whispered in Luqiao's ear, "We have to run, this place is going to collapse."

"Are we just going to ignore them?" Lu Qiao asked rhetorically.

"The strong will fight their way out, the weak will leave it to fate. It's always been this way. Go out and gather the troops to begin the general offensive," Monica explained, her words sounding weak and powerless.

Looking at the situation before him, Lu Qiao finally understood what Monica meant when she said that adventurers might not live to see tomorrow.

Lu Qiao was practically dragged out by Monica, and even after he was out, he could still feel the earth trembling.

At this moment, Lu Qiao felt a little regretful. If he hadn't discovered this place, and if he hadn't brought the adventurers here, this evil god ritual might never have been initiated.

Monica briefly explained the situation inside to the winged people waiting outside, and asked the team to lead Lu Qiao and herself back to the city, and then lead the army to attack the city.

The winged human captain was faster and went back to report the news, saying he would bring his army to eliminate these demi-humans.

An ordinary winged soldier grabbed the road and began to be lifted into the air.

An earthquake struck the city, and the castle collapsed.

The entire Winged Race took off, and Monica was also carried into the sky by one of them.

Some flying adventurers took off and followed Monica and Luqiao, waiting for instructions.

The flying Inhuman soldiers who had been searching the various residential areas of the castle also gathered here.

The tremors emanating from beneath the imperial city alerted everyone to something.

You can see that the inner city has completely collapsed, and at this moment, demi-humans wearing thorns on their heads crawl out from it.

And something seemed to be slowly rising from the collapsed area.

Then everyone in the air was startled; it was a huge ball of flesh made up of demi-humans.

The bodies of the demi-humans intertwined and gathered together, each wearing a crown of thorns.

A massive, castle-like ball of flesh floated up, hovering above the entire city within a city.

If you look closely at the outermost edge, you can see the figures of some adventurers, wearing thorn crowns on top of the fleshy ball.

These adventurers wearing crowns of thorns had all their clothes removed, as their alien appearance made them recognizable.

The corpses of demi-humans kept falling off the fleshy ball and falling to the ground. Whether they were normal or had broken legs or feet, the demi-humans who fell to the ground got up and began to march towards the army outside the city.

This is what the evil god's ritual summoned—a huge ball of flesh, or more accurately, an army of undead formed by demi-humans!

Monica spoke from the air: "It seems this thing feeds on the essence and blood of living people, growing stronger by consuming human corpses. If it really allows itself to devour world after world, it could truly destroy everything."

The black cat sensed something was wrong. Lu Qiao had been acting strangely ever since they came out. The black cat gently bit Lu Qiao's arm and whispered, "What's wrong? Are you that scared after seeing a dead man?"

The black cat naturally assumed that Luqiao was frightened by the evil god, as the thing's sanity was indeed dropping rapidly.

Lu Qiao muttered to himself, "If I had controlled that demi-human and taken the gold from his bag, there wouldn't have been any problems leaving here. These adventurers were indirectly killed by me."

The black cat was taken aback for a moment, then immediately retorted, "Fool! Even if you didn't call them today, or even if you did call them but the ceremony wasn't started, it wouldn't make a difference. Gold is scarce in this world, but that doesn't mean it's nonexistent. That's why the demi-humans are digging for gold underground; they'll all awaken sooner or later. What are you lamenting about now? Are you overflowing with self-pity? If you really want to make amends, then solve the problem!"

Black Cat's words completely woke Lu Qiao up.

Making mistakes is not terrible; what is terrible is getting stuck in mistakes and constantly making excuses.

What's done is done; all we can do now is remedy the problem and resolve the situation.

"Aini, have you ever played StarCraft? This looks like a game screen." Lu Qiao, no longer feeling down, subconsciously asked.

Lu Qiao even had a fleeting illusion that the perspective from the air was like that of a real-time strategy game like StarCraft or Warcraft.

This is the player's perspective; I am controlling countless alien armies to fight against this dead man dumpling.

In particular, the extensive network of roads beneath the castle could provide the army with the optimal route if a commander were in charge.

By minimizing encounters with enemy demi-humans, we can conserve more strength to attack the Dead Man Dumplings.

The black cat seemed to understand something when it heard Lu Qiao's words.

Monica patted the winged human who was holding her and pointed in the direction of the road and bridge.

The winged people understood and moved closer. Monica shouted, "Let's retreat to the rear watchtower and let the army launch an attack. If we can take down this monster, all the better. If not, we'll retreat at the right moment. If the watchtower is breached, we might not be able to escape."

Lu Qiao remained silent, not responding to what Monica was thinking.

Monica spoke again: "Lady Aini."

This was clearly not said to Luqiao, but rather to Black Cat.

Monica knew that if the black cat agreed, Lu Qiao would have no choice but to agree as well, and then they could leave.

Monica clearly wanted to save Annie; as long as she was alive, there was always a chance.

The black cat remained silent, leaving the decision to Luqiao.

Because at this moment, Black Cat's mind was filled with Lu Qiao's words: "Aini, have you ever played StarCraft? This looks like a game screen."

Black Cat was also thinking about what would have happened if the Chinatown incident hadn't occurred.

Without seeing the gold shop robbery, Luqiao immediately deployed a relatively reliable plan.

Without a bridge between them, Zhao Chengpeng and Liu Bo were easily fooled into trusting each other after just meeting.

Without any road or bridge, he improvised a plan to outmaneuver the two men under Lao Shen and lead them to their capture.

Perhaps Black Cat will directly approve of Monica and allow Luqiao to leave the scene.

But at this moment, Black Cat had a slightly unrealistic idea: maybe Luqiao could create another miracle, and there was still time. It wasn't that they couldn't give this young man a chance to try.

Lu Qiao shouted, "Stop! Monica, do you think we can win?"

"This is just the vanguard. Once we understand the monsters' situation, we can launch a massive attack. As long as there are enough alien races, we can even handle the early stages of the evil god," Monica explained, but her words clearly lacked confidence.

What is this? It's completely irrelevant.

But after thinking about it carefully, Lu Qiao understood. Logically speaking, adventurers were stronger than the army.

This time, the red event attracted about a hundred adventurers.

There are seventy-two races, with branches, and nearly a hundred doors have been opened. Each door has sent adventurers and provided more or less troops.

These adventurers are certainly not the entirety of the adventurer force; they represent only the combined strength that each alien leader, upon learning of this red event, could muster during this specific timeframe.

But if all 100 men were wiped out like this, it's conceivable that the army would also be no match for this giant mass of dead bodies.

This initial battle was a loss, and a complete defeat at that.

Lu Qiao looked down and realized that the city was a network of interconnected roads.

Demi-humans kept separating from the dead man dumplings, and the first demi-humans to fall were mostly injured or crippled.

However, with more padding underneath, the demi-humans that fall down will have a buffer.

These demi-humans climbed out of the deep pit and headed towards the outside of the city, their target naturally the army that was rushing from afar.

Lu Qiao realized his current location was on top of the castle and retreated. These demi-humans did not seem to have any means of attacking the air, so it was actually quite safe.

The key is my current position and field of vision. Although it is dark, the aerial view is excellent.

Lu Qiao cradled the black cat in one arm and rubbed his eyes with the other, as if he had seen something. It seemed that what crawled out of the rift was not just demi-humans...

Seeing that Lu Qiao was not making a decision, Monica ordered the winged people who were holding Lu Qiao to go back quickly.

The winged soldiers were taken aback, and naturally turned to leave.

At that moment, Lu Qiao shouted, "Wait, look over there! Fly over there! Fly over and take a look!"

In the minds of the Winged People, the tavern manager and the initiator of the Red Incident are of different ranks, with the initiator clearly holding a higher position.

The winged soldiers couldn't understand Chinese, but they knew that Monica and Luqiao seemed to be having a dispute.

Monica looked in the direction Lu Qiao was pointing and realized something. She then led herself and Lu Qiao's two winged soldiers toward the direction.

That was a city within a city, on the side of the deep pit beneath the corpse dumpling, a group of adventurers rushed out.

These adventurers were all seasoned veterans, and they rallied together in the instant of the collapse.

As they fell, strong adventurer warriors used their bodies to create gaps, stopping the falling buildings and rocks and delaying their deaths.

Then, the chanting mages erected barriers, with barriers of various attributes intertwining to surround the adventurers and provide them with a space to survive.

The collapse of the city within a city also affected the demi-humans, giving the adventurers a chance to catch their breath and a hope of survival.

Before the demi-humans could get up, the adventurers began to organize themselves, fighting their way back and crawling out of the pit from the side.

The warriors served as human steps, allowing the mages to climb up by stepping on their bodies.

Adventurers are like fish on a chopping board, greedy for treasure.

But when faced with death and a glimmer of hope, they are resilient and strong.

Pursued by the demi-humans, they fought their way back, which was then spotted by Lu Qiao and Monica.

Adventurers are adventurers no matter where they go, and their equipment remains as dazzling as ever.

Even though it's covered in dust from the collapse, it's still easily recognizable from the air.

Lu Qiao counted carefully and found that the group of adventurers were all injured, numbering about fifty or so.

A hundred people arrived, including about ten who could fly and about twenty who were controlled by the demi-humans and incorporated into the dead man dumplings.

Excluding those who might still be in the deep pit ruins, the adventurers here are the last ones to escape.

Monica then came over and shouted, "I told you, the strong ones will come out on their own!"

"When you first came here, could your ability on the watchtower illuminate the ground?" Lu Qiao shouted.

The black cat naturally knew what Luqiao was going to do, and instead of causing trouble, it climbed all the way up to Luqiao's head and put a live cat hat on Luqiao's head.

Monica understood immediately, activated her magic, her hands glowed with white light, and then projected it downwards.

Lu Qiao knew that the winged human clinging to him couldn't understand Chinese, so he patted the winged human clinging to him, pointed at Monica, and the winged human understood and leaned closer.

Lu Qiao no longer cared about the taboo of men and women touching each other. He put one hand on Monica's shoulder for support and used the other hand to grab Monica's glowing hand and throw it downwards.

The adventurers fought and fled, but having just climbed out of the deep pit, they were somewhat disoriented.

The road and bridge were clearly visible from the air, and the adventurers continued to flee in the direction they thought they were heading.

They might run into other demi-humans who have climbed out of the pit, and if that happens, they could easily be surrounded.

At this moment, Monica, the controller of the road bridge, projected a beam of light down, which shone on the adventurers and then photographed the location of the next intersection, providing a clue.

The adventurers below were on edge, unsure if they would leave alive.

A beam of light shone on the crowd and then stopped at the next intersection.

"What is that?"

"It's Lord Aini, in the air!"

"Why is he shooting at us? He's kicking us when we're down, exposing our location!"

"No, no, no, calm down, it sounds like he's giving directions!"

……

The adventurers no longer fled to the right, but followed the light to the left.

Then at the next intersection, turn right, and at the next intersection, turn left.

Under the cursor's light, the adventurers found a way to survive.

Everything seemed to have hope, and this hope was brought about by roads and bridges.

Lu Qiao yelled at the other adventurers who could fly, "Hurry up! Call the others who can fly to help rescue them!"