I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

Sia sighed.

"Moreover, these marks are not just legends. The actions of the parties involved must be observed by a high-ranking being, at least a chosen one. Otherwise, myths that circulate only among ordinary people cannot produce gods."

If it's just the faith of ordinary people, then all that's needed is to kill all the ordinary people in that foreign land, and the myth will naturally collapse.

To truly become an Old One, one must leave the same mark in different alien realms, and be accurately observed by at least one Old One as an anchor point. In the meantime, one must also find a way to deal with the contamination that the body can no longer withstand.

Becoming a god is no easy feat.

Just as they were worrying, Lu Ban felt that something was wrong.

Because one of his previous missions was to leave his mark in a foreign land.

So, Sia and the others didn't have similar requests?

However, the only mark Lu Ban has left behind is his own world. If that world is destroyed, then Lu Ban will ultimately be nothing more than a fleeting dream.

Of course, Lu Ban now knows at least one or two incarnations of the Old Ones, but he is not sure how deep the imprint is.

Could it be that the mission of the Night Kingdom, the "god" to be burned as kindling, is myself?

After thinking about it, Lu Ban decided to share his guess with the others.

"Impossible. If that's the case, your mission has no chance of being completed at all. Such a mission wouldn't appear in the Silent Land."

Xia was the first to object.

"Besides, you don't have that much knowledge of magic. If you become the center of the magic network, I guess everyone will just be playing the suona."

Drizzt even made a joke.

"Our goal should still be to find the Ancient Ones sealed away in the Night Kingdom, right? Sacrificing our comrades is such a trivial matter..."

Stone glanced at Drizzt but didn't continue.

"If one person's life can be exchanged for the survival of an entire civilization, then that's a very good deal."

Lu Ban didn't seem to have any particular feelings about it.

As chosen ones of the Silent Land, we may one day face such a situation.

He gazed at the sky; the dark clouds had dispersed, and the sky had returned to its azure blue. Lu Ban knew that beneath this dome, there was a crimson blood moon, which imprisoned an ancient ruler. Whenever the planets rotated and the stars returned to their places, it would turn towards the Night Kingdom, causing a demonic tide.

"Hmm? Wait a minute."

Lu Ban seemed to remember something, and he pointed to the sky.

"Speaking of a god imprisoned, isn't he right before our eyes?"

At least during the time when Lu Ban fought against the demonic tide in the Night Kingdom, a great being was indeed sealed above the Blood Moon.

No one knows when that guy went up there.

Now, the magic network needs a bound god to act as a switch, and there is a sealed god on the moon.

So the problem becomes as simple and clear as how to put an elephant in a refrigerator, right?

The biggest problem with the magic network architecture can be solved by finding a way to pull that guy down from the moon, or by having him surf in the magic network.

"So... the answer to everything is farming and cosmic exploration?"

Lu Ban looked at the fields that were in ruins and needed to be rebuilt.

It seems there's a giveaway going on, so I wrote a little more and the update is a bit late.

Chapter 720 Second Playthrough Speedrun

At this moment, Lu Ban's gaze pierced through the clouds, as if he could see the Great Old Ones above the moon.

He was firmly bound to it, and his crimson blood soaked the lunar soil, turning half the moon blood red.

The blood pierced through the space of the universe, dripping onto this planet and becoming soil that nourished monsters. Even the mere gaze of the ancient rulers could cause pollution and mutation.

Lu Ban wasn't sure if He could become a node in the magic network.

But he knew that what he needed to do now was to establish a suitable defense system as soon as possible, gather more players, and solve the problem of the magic network.

He first approached the players.

In the simple town square, the players who had just experienced a small-scale monster attack felt like they had survived a catastrophe. Although most of them had died in the attack, and some who were quick to run away from their corpses might have died twice, the feeling of being torn apart, gnawed, and stabbed by the insects still lingered in their minds.

In this alien realm, witnessing the corpse of one's own kind would normally cause one or two points of sanity to be lost, and being killed by a monster would likely reduce sanity by even more. Of course, generally speaking, once someone has already been killed, sanity becomes meaningless, but it's different for players.

Players can experience an unlimited number of deaths and learn combat skills and experience from each death, figuring out the patterns of the monsters.

When it comes to the possibility of resurrection, humans can sometimes be far more absurd than imagined. Players might try every possible method out of curiosity to see what's on the other side of a cliff, dying hundreds of times just to jump across. They might also endure being brutally killed by a boss for over ten hours just to curse "FNNDP" after the fight. They might also research various shortcuts, mechanisms, and ways to skip classes in pursuit of speedruns.

There are many videos online of speedrunning the game on New Game Plus. Playing the game again will always be faster than before.

"Everyone."

Lu Ban spoke.

"We were just attacked by monsters and suffered heavy losses. According to the mages' observations, an even larger wave of monsters will arrive in six months. If we cannot establish an effective defense by then, we may be completely swallowed up by the monsters."

Upon hearing Lu Ban's words, the players exchanged bewildered glances.

Recalling their experience, they all felt that Lu Ban's words made a lot of sense.

The Demon Tide should be the main storyline event in this game, and the events in this game seem to genuinely change the scenery and terrain.

In some games, no matter what major events occur in the story, the game scene will not change. Even when the world is about to end, the game will still ask players to find cats and dogs, deliver messages, and repair houses.

In some games, the environment isn't completely destroyed. Buckets can roll and break, but walls won't be damaged no matter how you chop them. Even the small animals in the environment will still be alive and kicking after being chopped up.

In the [Cage] map, everything is destructible.

The Black Forest can be burned, and the monsters in the flower bushes don't respawn after being killed. Players have reason to believe that if the NPCs are killed by monsters, they certainly won't respawn either.

For many players, items that cannot be refreshed or resurrected after death are very valuable.

In some games, if you accidentally kill an NPC, not only will the entire village come after you, but you might also lose your save file, meaning you won't be able to buy items, upgrade weapons and equipment, or the storyline will be cut off, preventing you from progressing further.

Therefore, players can die an infinite number of times, but NPCs who only have one life are all the more precious.

No one knows which NPC might be hiding clues to a side quest. It would be a huge loss if you died before you could uncover the NPC.

At the same time, if the map here is destroyed, everything that the players have worked so hard to build will be lost. As a base for the closed beta testers, Dusk Town is no longer just a small border town in the Night Kingdom.

"In response, I plan to build a tall tower to observe the movements of the Black Forest and construct fortifications around the town. I hope everyone will participate actively, and I will reward you handsomely."

Lu Ban said.

First, the gray tower must be built.

Furthermore, they must protect this remote town from monsters. Players can be resurrected after death, but the townspeople cannot be resurrected after death.

As for trenches and fortifications, we need to take initiative and be proactive.

The players became excited upon hearing Lu Ban's words.

"Holy crap, is this the start of the next phase of the plot?"

"Are we really going to start building the house? Are there any spells or magic spells that can speed up the construction process?"

"Yes, three farmers can speed up the demolition of a house, but the farmers are ourselves."

"In this day and age, are we building gray towers instead of tall towers?"

"Is there any way to unlock the artillery tech tree? I really want to blow the hell up."

"The second phase has begun. I remember in the games I used to play, there were world quests where all players on the server collected materials to advance the progress together. When the tower is completed, Lu Ban will probably have to give a speech."

“I’m good at building houses, I’m a veteran player of Civilization, let’s start with some wonders first.”

Lu Ban was very satisfied to see the players so eager to try it out.

He also acquired some old farm tools and wrote words on them one by one.

[Can turn soil into cement; use with caution]

[It can easily shovel up stones far exceeding their maximum weight!]

[Fully automatic carving knife; simply pick it up and you can master the most exquisite carving techniques.]

The fortresses built with it are indestructible.

They transformed these farming tools into extraordinary items, which were then distributed to the players as rewards.

Old Eggplant also got a shovel.

He picked up the shovel, and for some reason, the method of using a shovel appeared in his mind, as if he had been a weathered shovel in his past life, and even his bones were shaped like a shovel.

Old Eggplant took a shovel and quickly scooped up a pile of mud.

He saw that the soft mud began to thicken and gradually solidify when it came into contact with water, just like cement in the real world.

"That's outrageous?"

Old Eggplant thinks our magic is really amazing.

Old Eggplant originally thought that if it were a mud house, it would probably collapse as soon as the swarm of insects rushed over, and it wouldn't be able to stop any demonic tide, let alone build any tower. But now, with this shovel, anything is possible. No matter how strange the building or how complicated the structure, as long as it's given to the player, they can build it in no time.

But before he could even begin to imagine more, he heard the players on the other side of the field arguing.

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Old Eggplant found it a bit strange. What were these people chattering about? They'd all gotten their tools, so they should hurry up and start farming. Why were they dawdling around like this?

He went over to join in the fun.

One of the basic human instincts is to join in the fun and listen to gossip. Even if it has nothing to do with us, we can still chime in with something like, "I knew he was like that all along," just to satisfy our craving for gossip.

Old Eggplant discovered that the core of the players were two people.

Old Eggplant knew one of them; he was also a veteran player named "Old C," who liked to play some unusual games and do reviews.

The other old eggplant didn't recognize him, but from a few words from the others, he learned that this person was called "Tanuki".

"Let me tell you, when facing such a large number of monsters, we need to build fire positions and use firepower to sweep the area, so building dispersed artillery emplacements is better!"

[The Tanuki] said.

“Scattered emplacements are too easy to be taken down one by one. I think we should build a sturdy fortress. Look at the movies, it’s a fortress.”