This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 1285 - 570_2

Mirage Energy does not continuously spread around just because it leaks from the Tower of Bravery; the natural spread of Mirage Energy has a limit. Beyond this limit, nearby active Mirage Creatures are needed to ensure that the concentration of Mirage Energy exceeds a critical value in order to continue its expansion outward, otherwise the spread of Mirage Energy will halt.

The essence of Mirage Energy is based on the sensory system of the Mirage Tapir, which can perceive the space within a certain range around it. Beyond this distance, Mirage Creatures must act as ’detectors’ to continue the outward diffusion, allowing the Mirage Tapir to gain a visual on more areas.

Of course, there is a limit to this expansion.

The sensory range of the Mirage Tapir’s body, stretching from the Teleportation Array at the lakebed of the Real World up to the server entrance, and further expanding to the outskirts of White Maple City in the Star Spirit World, is its ultimate limit. freewёbnoνel.com

Based on this, Mirage Creatures can further help the Mirage Tapir’s influence range to expand about twice as much, roughly encompassing a circular area covering one third of the Star Spirit World with White Maple City as its center.

Beyond this circular area, no matter how hard the Mirage Creatures try, they cannot maintain the concentration of Mirage Energy.

This is also why Lamp God said that Mirage Energy would only impact one third of the Star Spirit World. Once it exceeds this range, even if Mirage Energy is forcibly transported out, it will quickly dissipate naturally.

At this moment, the strategy of the mechanical beings is also clear: since the spread of Mirage Energy relies on the activity of Mirage Creatures at the edge of the Mirage Energy, targeting these Mirage Creatures to block their advancement will halt the spread of Mirage Energy in that direction.

Even as the Mirage Creatures are repeatedly defeated, the edge of the Mirage Energy can be forced back, all the way to White Maple City.

Then, by finding a way to block the leaking point of the Tower of Bravery, they can successfully intercept Mirage Energy outside the Star Spirit World.

"The position of Rainbow City is exactly at the midpoint of the line connecting White Maple City and the Great Abyss. If the mechanical beings plan to start backtracking Mirage Energy from here, then we’ll go there to support, helping the Mirage Creatures fend off the mechanical beings, allowing the boundary of Mirage Energy to continue growing towards the Great Abyss!" Mu You said.

Their strategy is simple: let the Mirage Energy cover the Great Abyss and use its cover to progressively dismantle the mechanical beings’ defensive lines until Mirage Energy infiltrates Eden, and then find a way to break their stronghold.

Once the plan of action was decided, everyone immediately went back, each controlling their own city to set off.

The ten Sky Cities lined up in a straight line in the sky, flying directly towards Rainbow City.

This journey was again more than ten hours long.

By the next morning, before arriving at Rainbow City, many people’s ’closing time’ had approached, and they had to temporarily leave the Star Spirit World.

However, as some leave, others arrive; there are currently over two thousand discovered gates on Earth, and each gate opens at different times, evenly distributed over a ten-day cycle.

So theoretically, a new group of players can come to the Star Spirit World for support every day, as long as a proper rotation system is arranged, there is no need to worry about a shortage of manpower.

Additionally, there is another problem: the issue of time-regulated sleep in the Mirage Energy.

Creatures in Mirage Energy are forced to sleep intermittently, a rule that cannot be exempted. Even true Divine Beasts like the Bone Dragon and Scorplion must endure this side effect.

Luckily, everyone had already figured out the rules of Mirage Energy early on. They refreshed Nightmare Powder frequently, taking turns to sleep. Once the minimum sleeping limit of two hours was up, they could be immediately ’awakened’ by their teammates nearby. In this manner, they could stay awake for the vast majority of the day, and the impact was almost negligible.

"Since the situation has stabilized, we will take our leave."

At dawn, Watchman, dragging Ling Long, came to say goodbye to Mu You.

Next, they were heading to the Fatima Empire to continue the tasks of the Secret Art Society.

The ensuing chaos wouldn’t change by just having the two of them; they wouldn’t be much help by staying, so they might as well continue on with the tasks they should do.

Currently, half of the Fatima Empire, including the Imperial Capital where the Secret Art Society is located, was shrouded in Mirage Energy. Unsurprisingly, during such a calamity, the state of panic within the Imperial Capital was the perfect opportunity for mischief.

The reluctantly dragged along Ling Long yawned tiredly, "Ugh, had I known, I wouldn’t have returned to Earth first; moving back and forth is so troublesome..."

"Hehe, being restricted in the game, many actions couldn’t be done. Now that we are here in person, we can finally go all out," Watchman eagerly looked at Mu You, curling his index finger and said, "I have already thought of nine ways to trick that Priest, nine! They are..."

"Alright, alright, no need to tell me, just handle it yourselves!" Mu You hurriedly interrupted, knowing letting him go on would only lead to a lengthy unnecessary talk.

After seeing off the two avatars, Mu You glanced at the situation which still seemed stable and then asked a Medicinal Plant Gatherer to help defend Dawn City, taking the opportunity to Teleport to the Abyss himself.

"""You show up near the ’Lochmaddy Abyss’..."""

Accompanying the prompt that appears in his mind, Mu You emerges in a jungle.

After taking an Invisibility Potion, Mu You flies up into the sky on a broomstick and looks down.

At this moment, the Great Abyss, still cloaked in a layer of fog, resembles a gigantic mouth opened on the earth, selectively devouring anything in its path.

However, the difference now is that around the abyss, there are four massive cavernous pits appearing on all four sides—up, down, left, and right—forming the silhouette of a ’ship’.

These four pits merge into one, causing the entire surface of the abyss to sink hundreds of meters down, transforming it into a basin.

Mu You guesses that these should be the traces left by the Steel Warships. These warships were originally hidden underground around the Abyss, only summoned by mech robots yesterday.

But what puzzles Mu You is, weren’t only three warships discovered? Why are there four pits here?

Could it be... that there is one warship that hasn’t appeared yet?

After searching around, Mu You does not find any signs of other warships, but when he gets close to the surface of the abyss, he suddenly feels an unreal sensation.

Mu You can’t help but stay right above the abyss, observing the scenery below.

At first glance, it looks exactly the same as when he visited before — shrouded in fog, bottomless, without any flaws detectable.

However, having been influenced by numerous top-notch 3A games on Earth, Mu You suddenly feels a sense of déjà vu as if he’s looking at game CG.

Mu You frowns and tries to fly downward.

"Thud!"

When he is just about to reach the surface of the abyss, Mu You suddenly feels as if he has collided with an invisible wall; the invisibility effect instantly disappears, and he is exposed.

At this moment, Mu You finally sees what’s beneath him: It turns out to be a Transparent Barrier, made of countless hexagons, resembling an inverted bowl covering the surface of the abyss entrance...

Mu You instantly understands; no wonder it felt unnatural, the scene of the abyss was merely an Illusion projected.

But that is not the main point, the focus now is what’s inside the Barrier.

Beneath this invisible Barrier, a massive Steel Warship is docked above the entrance of the abyss, its huge size acting like a lid for a cellar, completely covering the entrance of the abyss.

"Hidden unit detected, identifying as: Fool! Threat level assessment: highly dangerous. Execute command: clear, erase, expel."

Along with the broadcast, a swarm of mech robots starts pouring out from various parts of the warship, hurriedly converging towards Mu You.

Simultaneously, numerous gun ports on the surface of the warship reveal themselves, gathering white light.

The surging energy quickly consolidates, and thousands of cannons launch a familiar coverage saturation attack directed at Mu You’s location.

"Damn!"

Mu You’s eyes twitch, he quickly backtracks, and then turns his broom to swiftly distance himself from the surface of the abyss.

Fortunately, he retreated in time and did not touch the surface of the Barrier, remaining undetected for the moment.

Hidden in the distant jungle, Mu You looks at the entrance of the abyss ahead but can’t help frowning.

Originally, he thought that with all the mech robots swarming out and the army assembling at the front lines, their nest might actually be vulnerable, and there could be a chance to perhaps steal something.

Unfortunately, it turns out he was overthinking; these robots acted meticulously and didn’t neglect the protection of their home base, directly arranging a warship to stay behind.

Moreover, they did something more thorough than he expected: they actually used a warship to ’cover’ the surface of the abyss, completely blocking the path to the abyss.