161: Chapter 161 Forging of Golden Divine Weapons and Territory Carnival

Day broke.

Chen Chen returned to the City Lord Tower and issued a city-wide mobilization order through the holographic panel.

When Jiang Jiuyou came down from the second floor, her steps were still a bit unsteady, but after receiving the instructions, she immediately reverted to her state as the Queen of the Hidden Department.

She and Iron Wall each led a large battalion, heading out in full force with fifteen hundred newly incorporated survivors.

Target: All Aberration nests on the periphery of the Magnetic Storm Jungle.

The dark golden halo of the Tyrant Totem enveloped all vehicles within a five-kilometer radius.

Experience gain rate +300%.

Fleet Firepower Net—all vehicle attacks carry 10% true damage.

The faith deprivation tower suppresses mental pollution.

Fifteen hundred people were divided into six combat groups, advancing in six directions simultaneously.

The Tier 2 and Tier 3 Aberration nests on the periphery of the Magnetic Storm Jungle were powerless against this legion armed to the teeth.

Jiang Jiuyou's Hidden Department was responsible for flanking and cutting, Iron Wall's military was in charge of frontal suppression fire, and the independents' echelons handled the cleanup.

Their coordination was outrageously seamless.

As for Chen Chen—

He lay on the leather sofa in the City Lord Tower, legs crossed, chewing on a piece of Mammoth tenderloin.

The experience panel hung in mid-air.

The numbers were jumping.

Every two or three seconds, they would leap up a notch.

Fifteen hundred people grinding mobs simultaneously, a fourfold experience buff, and a 10% cut—

Level 18... 73%...

Level 19...

Su Xiaoqi lay on the sofa next to him, gnawing on a pterosaur leg bone, her mouth stuffed full as she mumbled indistinctly, "Big brother is so amazing, he can level up even while lying down."

"Shut up and eat your food."

"Oh."

2:00 PM.

The experience bar broke through the Level 20 threshold.

A system pop-up exploded—

[Congratulations to the host for breaking through to Level 20!]

[After Level 20, each level up grants 12 Free Attribute Points!]

[Current distributable attribute points: 12.]

Chen Chen sat up.

perception +6. Spirit +6.

Confirm.

Spirit attribute jumped from 130 to 136. perception jumped from 55 to 61.

His brain domain expanded once more, the coverage of his mental tentacles broke through three hundred meters, and his penetration power reached a new level.

In the communication channel, battle reports flooded in one after another.

Jiang Jiuyou's voice: "The average level of the Hidden Department members has broken through 12, and three A-rank talent holders have awakened new skills."

Iron Wall's voice: "The average level of the military's first echelon is 10.7, and the firepower output has nearly doubled!"

And the women on the vehicle—

When Jiang Yanxue returned from outside, her dark red pupils were two shades deeper than before.

She stood in the center of the first-floor carriage and casually swung her blade.

It didn't hit anything.

But the air within a three-meter radius suddenly solidified for half a second.

Su Xiaoqi on the sofa shuddered, the meat in her mouth almost choking her.

Substantialized Killing Intent.

Jiang Yanxue sheathed her blade, the corner of her mouth curling up.

Su Xiaoqi jumped up, rubbing her neck, "Sister Xue, what are you doing! You scared me to death!"

She stomped her foot.

Boom.

The metal floor dented two centimeters, and the entire carriage floor shook with it.

A short sonic boom echoed in the air—it was produced by the air being compressed when her sole exerted force.

Su Xiaoqi was startled herself, looking down at the footprint on the floor, her big eyes blinking.

"...I've become stronger?"

The fifth-floor dome.

Qin Hongye lay on the shooting platform, the scope of her gauss rifle aimed at a giant floating tree twelve thousand meters away.

A Tier 2 Winged Beast was perched on the trunk.

She pulled the trigger.

The projectile traveled twelve thousand meters, accurately hitting the Winged Beast's cervical vertebrae.

Twelve thousand meters.

The effective sniping distance broke through the ten-thousand-meter mark.

Qin Hongye retracted her gun, a hint of satisfaction flashing in her dark brown pupils.

...

Night fell.

Industrial Zone.

Copper Hammer's forging entered its final stage.

The temperature of the B-rank forging furnace had soared to its limit, the furnace walls emitting a dangerous red light.

The Tier 4 Blood Source Crystal Core was fixed at the core of the blade, dark red energy overflowing wildly, violently colliding with the purple gravity patterns.

"Not good!"

Copper Hammer was drenched in sweat, "The crystal core energy is too violent! The furnace temperature can't be suppressed! It's going to explode in thirty seconds—"

Chen Chen walked into the forging room.

He reached out his right hand and pressed it against the outer wall of the forging furnace.

Substantialized tentacles from his 136 points of Mental Power surged from his palm, penetrating the furnace wall and directly enveloping the violent Tier 4 crystal core.

Under the heavy pressure of the Mental Power, the crystal core's energy fluctuations struggled violently for five seconds—

Then they were pinned down firmly.

The furnace temperature stabilized.

Copper Hammer's eyes widened, the forging hammer in his hand nearly slipping.

"Boss, you—"

"Continue."

Copper Hammer swallowed hard, swung the forging hammer, and struck the blade one blow after another.

With every strike, a layer of purple patterns faded, replaced by a deeper, more brilliant gold.

The final strike.

Clang—

An extremely crisp blade hum exploded from the forging furnace.

A golden pillar of light shot up from the furnace mouth, piercing through the Industrial Zone's dome and stabbing into the night sky.

The entire Floating City was illuminated by this golden light.

Over fifteen hundred people in the city looked up at the same time.

Copper Hammer knelt on the ground, face covered in tears: "It's done... it's done!!"

Chen Chen reached into the furnace.

The tactile sensation upon contact was completely different from before.

The hilt was warm, golden energy patterns flowed along the blade, and visible spatial distortions floated over the edge.

The system panel popped up—

[Void-Splitting Gravity Ship-Slashing Blade (Golden Legend)]

[Attack Power: 8500]

[Additional Effect 1: Gravity Pulse—each swing carries a 22x gravity shockwave]

[Additional Effect 2 (New): Gravity Collapse—upon hitting a target, generates a miniature black hole gravitational field at the point of impact, lasting 1.5 seconds. Movement speed of targets within the field is reduced by 90%, and armor structure is forced to shatter. Cooldown: 5 seconds.]

Chen Chen held the blade and gave it a swing.

On the alloy wall to the right of the forging room, a circular area half a meter in diameter suddenly dented inward, twisted, and shattered—the metal was crumpled into a ball of scrap iron by some invisible force.