The cruelty of civilizational warfare!

"Stop right there!"

As soon as Chen Ming approached the ten major dungeons, he was stopped by two guards.

Simultaneously, a prompt popped up out of thin air before his eyes.

[Ding-dong! Please select the dungeon you wish to challenge.]

[Dungeon One — Rise of the Orc Dynasty.]

[Dungeon Two — Serpent of Vines.]

[Dungeon Three — Darkness Crisis.]

...[Dungeon Six — Cave Disaster.]

..."I choose the sixth dungeon — Cave Disaster."

Chen Ming made his choice directly.

In his previous life, it was in this sixth dungeon — Cave Disaster — that he had inadvertently obtained the unique hidden class, Martial Ultimate.

[Prompt: Based on your level evaluation, the dungeon you have selected is excessively dangerous. Do you wish to continue the challenge?]

The sixth dungeon — Cave Disaster — was a Rank 4 dungeon, meaning it was for levels 60 to 80.

For ordinary players, challenging a dungeon across ranks was no different from seeking death.

But for Chen Ming, a Rank 4 dungeon was nothing more than a walk in the park.

"Continue the challenge."

[Please pay the entrance fee: 100,000 Gold Coins.]

Chen Ming paid the gold coins decisively.

[You have obtained the entrance ticket. Please select the difficulty level for the dungeon challenge.]

[Currently available difficulties: Normal, Elite, Hard, King, Purgatory, abyssal level.]

"abyssal level."

Chen Ming spoke indifferently.

As soon as he finished speaking, the light portal corresponding to the sixth dungeon — Cave Disaster — suddenly erupted with an eerie glow, forcibly pulling Chen Ming inside.

Chen Ming felt his vision go dark momentarily. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived in a dim underground world.

[Dungeon: Cave Disaster]

[Dungeon Details: Underground creatures lurking in the crypts have been eyeing the Orc Dynasty with greed. To fight for survival, the Crypt Race players launched a civilizational war against the Beastman Civilization. Unfortunately, they were ultimately defeated, and the entire Crypt Civilization became slaves to the Beastman Civilization.]

[Clearance Reward: None.]

[Clearance Objective: Kill the Crypt Race Captain — Level 75 Platinum-grade Boss.]

[Prompt: In this dungeon, you will receive a 10% bonus to experience gains.]

...Looking at the dungeon information prompt that popped up, Chen Ming couldn't help but fall silent for a moment.

The ten major dungeons corresponded to ten civilizational races.

Unfortunately, all ten of these civilizational races had lost to the Beastman Civilization in civilizational wars.

The outcome was predictable: every creature from these ten civilizational races had become slaves to the Beastman Civilization. Their player status was stripped away, and they were relegated to being monsters.

Now, they had even become a means for the Beastman Civilization to amass wealth.

Acting as monsters and experience fodder in dungeons to be killed by others.

Of course, Chen Ming's silence was not out of sympathy for these ten civilizational races.

After all, the winner takes all.

To be fair, if he were the ruler of the Beastman Civilization, he would also enslave these defeated civilizational races without any psychological burden.

The reason he was silent now was simply because a unique idea had formed in his mind.

"Demi-human Civilization, Ghost Envoy Civilization, Goblin Civilization..."

"These were all civilizational races that were hostile to the Blue Star in my previous life."

"In the future, when the civilizational wars break out, perhaps I can follow the Beastman Civilization's example and transform all these defeated civilizational races into dungeon realms to earn gold coins."

"Or perhaps use these civilizations as slaves to mine resources in the mineral zones."

Muttering softly to himself, a hint of a smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of Chen Ming's mouth.

Of course, for now, he was just thinking about it.

After all, the vast majority of players in the Blue Star Civilization were still in the Beginner Villages.

According to the memories of his previous life, the first civilizational war Blue Star would face was at least a year away.

"Now, what I need to do is improve my own strength."

"Only when you yourself are strong is it true strength."

Muttering softly, Chen Ming shook his head and quickly charged toward the underground world before him.

After only a few steps, a crypt monster abruptly appeared before his eyes.

[Crypt Warrior]

[Level: 68.]

...These [Crypt Warriors] looked somewhat similar to humans, except their bodies were covered in earthy yellow scales and a single horn grew from their foreheads.

However, after losing the civilizational war against the Beastman Civilization, all players of the Crypt Civilization had their intelligence forcibly erased by the Orcs, falling from players into monsters that knew only slaughter.

"Roar!!"

At that moment, with a roar, a [Crypt Warrior] suddenly charged at Chen Ming.

"Seeking death!"

Chen Ming didn't waste any words, directly pulling his bowstring and killing it instantly on the spot.

[Ding-dong! You have successfully killed a Crypt Warrior. Experience +6,700 points.]

[Title 'ill form the head' effect activated. Received tenfold experience boost. Experience +67,000 points.]

A bright red kill prompt popped up before his eyes.

Thoughts surged in Chen Ming's mind along with it.

According to the memories of his previous life, the owner of the [Martial Ultimate] class was originally a certain player from the Crypt Civilization.

After the Crypt Civilization was defeated, the classes of all Crypt Civilization players were forcibly stripped and reclaimed by the Beastman Civilization, turning into racial fortune.

However, the [Martial Ultimate] class had luckily been lost and remained behind in the dungeon.

"If I remember correctly, the class token for [Martial Ultimate] is right here in this Cave Disaster dungeon."

While speaking, Chen Ming followed the memories of his previous life and walked quickly toward the depths of the dungeon.

Along the way, [Crypt Warriors] would occasionally rush out and launch attacks at Chen Ming.

Unfortunately for them, even though these [Crypt Warriors] were a good deal higher in level, they were still instantly killed when facing Chen Ming.

[Ding-dong! You have successfully killed a Crypt Warrior. Experience +7,200 points.]

[Title 'ill form the head' effect activated. Received double experience boost. Experience +14,400 points.]

[Ding-dong! You have successfully killed a Crypt Warrior. Experience +6,600 points.]

...Bright red kill prompts popped up densely before his eyes.

Chen Ming's experience bar also rose rapidly as a result.

When Chen Ming reached the depths of the [Cave Disaster] dungeon, a golden light erupted from his body.

[Ding-dong! Your experience bar is full. Level increased to 51...]

At the same time, Chen Ming finally arrived at the place where he had obtained the [Martial Ultimate] class token in his previous life.

Looking up, he saw the ruins of a dilapidated palace appearing before him.

And at the end of the palace ruins, in an inconspicuous corner, a wooden treasure chest lay quietly.

"That's it!"

In his previous life, Chen Ming had unexpectedly obtained the [Martial Ultimate] class token from this unremarkable treasure chest.

However, at this moment, Chen Ming did not blindly step forward. Instead, he turned to look at the palace ruins before him.

"Stop hiding, come out!"

The moment his voice fell, a violent movement suddenly came from the palace ruins. Then, a tall figure slowly walked out from the darkness.

[Crypt Princess Nalia] (Gold-rank Boss)

[Level: 80.]

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