The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

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Centered on the main city of Glory City, every ten kilometers, in the four directions of east, west, south, and north, space suddenly shattered like a mirror.

The fragments transformed into a series of colorful, turbulent currents, intertwining and constantly entangled.

The gap gets bigger the further away from the main city, even at a distance of ten kilometers, it can be hundreds of meters high!

The gap at the tenth lap, the furthest point, is several kilometers high, as if the sky had been split open!

These gaps will soon transport abyssal creatures.

There are ten tiers of abyssal creatures. The higher the tier, the larger the gap to pass through and the farther away it is from the main city.

This is not a good thing, as it means that high-level abyssal creatures will prioritize attacking the secondary crystals of the guarded city that are closer to them.

Each secondary crystal provides 20% damage reduction to the primary crystal. If all of them are destroyed, the primary crystal's defensive pressure will increase exponentially.

No abyssal creatures will leave the territory of Glory City until the main crystal of Glory City is destroyed.

Once the main crystal is destroyed, they will be teleported globally through the gap!

That will be a global catastrophe!

The Abyss Invasion consisted of ten waves of attacks.

The first wave of abyssal creatures teleported through the first gap in the ring were all at the first tier of strength.

The second wave teleported through the gaps in the first and second circles. The abyssal creatures in the first circle gap were still Tier 1, while those in the second circle were Tier 2.

The third wave teleported through the three gaps in the first, second, and third circles, with strengths of Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 respectively.

The fourth wave, the fifth wave... all the way up to the tenth wave, all follow the same pattern.

The monsters will become more numerous and stronger, and their attacks will become more and more fierce.

However, as long as these ten waves of attacks can be blocked, the Abyss Invasion will just be a way for professionals to farm reputation, and it will not be fundamentally different from fighting Star Beasts.

Anyway, quite a few people have died while fighting for Star Beasts.

It can even be seen as the reputation that the game gave to the weaker races after their defeat in the Ten Races Battlefield, in order to balance the game.

But if it's not blocked, the nature of the matter changes.

When the spatial turbulence appeared, the first wave of attack began.

"Quickly! Activate the defense towers! Raise the barrier array!"

"Everyone! Get to the city walls! Prepare for battle!"

"Where are the guards on duty at the city gate?! Quickly raise the rope bridge over the moat!! The abyssal creatures are about to break through the breach!!"

"Calling China Regional Headquarters! Calling China Regional Headquarters! Request immediate support! Request immediate support! The Abyss invasion came too suddenly; we were completely unprepared. The situation is dire! Dire!"

After a brief moment of confusion, all the professionals in the main city quickly entered a tense combat state.

The city gates began to close, the moat bridges rose, and faint array light curtains activated one after another along the city walls. Near the base of the city walls, defensive towers emerged from the ground.

All the professionals in the city, regardless of whether they were on defensive duty or not, began to gather and climb onto the various defensive positions on the city walls.

A large number of professionals are being mobilized by the Garrison Administration and have gathered around the main crystal to set up a defensive line as the last line of defense.

The entire city was filled with the clanging sound of gear rubbing against each other as professionals ran.

With a chilling scream, the first abyssal creature crawled out from the first gap in the ring.

The creatures of the abyss have very peculiar appearances.

They didn't look like normal living beings with flesh and bones; instead, they were composed of a mass of black fluid, emitting a faint black aura.

It is often mixed with various colored crystals of different quantities and irregular shapes.

The size of the abyssal creatures and the color of these crystals are often used as a basis for intuitively judging their rank.

A first-tier abyssal creature, roughly the size of a cow or horse, with gray crystals on its body.

Their appearance varies; some are quadrupedal creatures that walk on all fours, some are legless reptiles that wriggle like snakes, and some are flying creatures that can spread their wings like birds.

The variety is abundant and too numerous to list.

The first wave of attack began, and the breach, like a dam bursting open, unleashed countless first-tier abyssal creatures.

They emitted eerie cries, their gray crystals flickering on and off, as they raced toward the main city of Glory.

Tong Zhan and the other hundred trainees standing on the city wall are still mostly bewildered.

Come on, let's do it for real.

"My God, I've only ever seen scenes like this in short videos from marketing accounts in my entire life..."

"We're doomed, we can't escape! There are abyssal creatures all around us, we're surrounded!"

"Strictly speaking, as long as you move skillfully enough, it's not impossible to get out. The gaps don't completely cover Glory City; the gaps on the outermost layers are larger."

Tong Zhan was the first to cheer up.

"Stop talking nonsense! There's no way we can get out now. We only have one choice—fight!!"

Tong Zhan, the little tyrant of the capital and a battle maniac, is not afraid of fighting at all.

Although the others were afraid, Tong Zhan was right; they had no other choice at this moment.

Once you're in Glory City, you can only fight to defend it. This is both a federal regulation and the awareness of every professional.

Song Gua's clone, seeing the army of abyssal creatures rushing in like a flood, was inwardly panicked, but outwardly had to appear calm and composed.

"I'm the rising star of Beijing, the spokesperson for the mysterious Song family. I can't panic. I'm awesome, I'm calm. I can't mess this up, or I'll be cannon fodder..."

Before the entire city was fully prepared, the first batch of abyssal creatures had already entered the attack range of the main city's defensive towers.

"All defense towers, fire!"

"etc!"

The on-site commander on the city wall had just given the order.

However, one person released frost, freezing the hands of the construction professionals who were controlling the defensive towers, preventing them from activating the towers.

The person who came was Wang Miao.

The commander was puzzled.

"Team Leader Wang, what are you waiting for?"

"Wait a little longer!"

"Wait? They're almost at the moat! Our forces aren't all here yet; we have to push them out from under the towers!"

"Don't forget, it's March now. The energy crystal reserves the Federation is allocating to Glory City are the standard amount, not wartime amounts, and certainly not the standard for an Abyss invasion! Our energy crystals... are insufficient!"

"so what?"

"Wait a little longer!"

Although the commander didn't want to wait, he had no choice but to endure it for the time being, considering that Wang Miao was someone personally assigned by Wan Jianyi.

And what he said does make sense.

Defense towers, formations, and barriers—these large-scale strategic resources all require energy crystals to activate, and once activated, they need a continuous supply, just like a car consuming fuel.

The main city's current energy crystal reserves are indeed very low.

The first wave of abyssal creatures reached the moat, and they all fell into the water.

The abyssal creatures behind continued to surge forward, stepping on the abyssal creatures in front, and continued to fall into the water.

They clearly lack intelligence; they're planning to fill in the moat.

Of course, some could fly, but not the majority; they all crashed into the protective barrier surrounding the main city.

At that moment, Wang Miao shouted.

"Fire!!"