Outer Gods invade, stuff them all into your equipment inventory.

"So what should we do now?"

Sean glanced at the entrance to the monster's lair.

He's already here...

"Now that we're already at the door, it wouldn't seem right not to go in and take a look, would it?"

Sean stroked his chin and answered his own question.

"However... judging from the situation at the entrance... it seems that someone has already entered this monster's lair to explore it. The monster's lair has now entered one-way mode."

Newly created monster lairs will activate a one-way mode the first time they are invaded by a hero.

When the entrance to a monster's lair is not triggered, it remains an unstable link to another dimension. However, once a hero ventures into the lair, the lair's underlying rules are activated.

Specifically, the energy structure at the entrance will instantly stabilize, at which point the monster's lair will be open to entry but not exit.

Unless the intruders can completely conquer this monster's lair, defeat the guardian of the lair's core area, destroy the energy nodes within, or meet other specific "conquest conditions".

Otherwise, all the heroes who enter during this period will be trapped inside the monster's lair and unable to return to the main world through normal means.

"Someone is currently inside working on a strategy guide."

Sean never expected that his first encounter with other heroes on the Silver Plains would be in a newly formed monster's lair.

........................

"Damn it! There are way too many monsters!"

Cheng Jiyuan watched in horror as the Silver Race warriors surged toward him from a distance.

Cheng Jiyuan is 46 years old this year and is a peak C-level warrior.

His hero ability is beast taming, which allows him to control monsters to fight for him using his mental power.

This is a very impressive ability.

Using specially forged spiritual power, establish a deep spiritual connection with monsters.

In this way, one can suppress, guide, and eventually completely control the monster, transforming it into a fighting partner who obeys one's commands.

Without the need for a long period of training, as long as one's mental strength is strong enough, one can quickly "recruit" monsters on the battlefield and instantly change the balance of power between the enemy and oneself.

Depending on the environment and the enemy, you can flexibly choose to control different types of monsters and combine them into a variety of tactics.

Not only can he control them, but he can also strengthen the controlled monsters to a certain extent by feeding back his mental energy.

Some specific monsters can be transformed into stable "Beast Tamers," which are then stored in the Beast Tamer Space and grow together with the player over the long term.

Initially, Cheng Jiyuan could only control weak monsters like Fallen Demons.

However, as he developed his abilities to a greater extent, the monsters he could control became stronger and more diverse.

Not long ago, he suddenly had a feeling that he was about to be promoted to B-rank hero.

To advance to the B-rank hero level, he needs to train a beast-taming team with sufficient combat power.

To achieve this goal, his first thought was of the Silver Human Demons on the Silver Plains.

First of all, the Silver Human race monsters are of a high level.

The vast majority of Silver Human monsters are above level 20, with the most powerful Silver Knights even reaching level 29.

This is already much stronger than his previous beast taming abilities.

In addition, the Silver Human race monsters are quite adept at cooperating with each other in battle.

The combined combat power of several silver-ranked human monsters of different professions is definitely not as simple as 1+1.

That was a "miniature combat unit" capable of producing a transformative team effect.

A well-coordinated squad of silver warriors under his command is far more valuable than an equal number of other types of monsters.

So he found a few partners and formed a temporary team to come to the Silver Plains to collect beasts to advance his level.

When they first saw the entrance to this new monster's lair, they all thought they had struck gold.

Generally speaking, the monsters in newly created monster lairs are not too strong.

Even with a boss-level monster in the way, it couldn't stop their team, which consisted of multiple C-rank heroes.

Cheng Jiyuan also had a little scheme in mind—

He wanted to defeat that BOSS and turn it into his tamed beast.

If he can do that, his promotion to B-rank hero is practically guaranteed.

Moreover, after advancing, they can quickly gain sufficient combat power to establish a firm foothold.

The wish was beautiful, but the reality was cruel.

Cheng Jiyuan now wished he could slap himself a few times.

"Serves you right for being greedy and never satisfied! Now you're almost dead!"

Not long after entering the monster's lair, they were driven back into a cave by a constant stream of monsters and were trapped, unable to get out.

In fact, if it weren't for this natural cave that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, allowing them to deal with enemies from only one direction, they would probably have been dead long ago.

"This is a fucking meat grinder, a trap!"

Behind him, Sun Shuo leaned against the cold rock wall and cursed loudly.

Sun Shuo is Cheng Jiyuan's childhood friend and an old friend with whom he has been friends for decades.

That's why he personally led his team to follow Cheng Jiyuan on this trip to the Silver Plains.

I thought it would be a simple matter, but I never expected that I would almost lose my life.

Sun Shuo is now covered in injuries. His ability is physical enhancement, a rather pure physical ability.

This ability can passively and significantly enhance the user's muscle density, bone hardness, nerve response, and self-healing speed.

Logically speaking, his body should have a very strong ability to withstand injuries.

But now his injuries are so severe that he can no longer fight.

His body was covered in deep gashes, the flesh torn open, and blood soaked through half of his clothes. His right arm was twisted unnaturally, clearly broken.

Besides him, the remaining teammates were also all injured and unable to fight.

Now, only the dozen or so silver-ranked human demons that Cheng Jiyuan previously controlled are guarding the cave entrance.

Most of them were silver swordsmen, interspersed with two silver axemen, together forming the last crumbling line of defense.

Because they had only recently acquired them, these monsters had not yet completed the beast-taming process, so Cheng Jiyuan's control over them was not strong, and he had no way to strengthen them.

However, he could still use the healing skills he had learned before.

In fact, if it weren't for these healing skills, these silver-level human monsters would have already been wiped out in the previous battles.

However, Cheng Jiyuan knew that this was nearing the limit of his abilities. He was now at the point of exhaustion, both physically and mentally.

The attacks outside the cave entrance never stopped; the silver monsters had to constantly take damage, and his healing had to keep up.

"But how much longer can I hold on?"

His face was deathly pale, veins bulged on his forehead, and his hands were trembling violently.

He knew that each release of that faint healing light might be the last.