170: Chapter 170 Guarding the Ruins, A Stormy Era Begins

[Players will be deployed to the same sea area by district.]

[Players can choose an island as a base to build a city and defend against enemy attacks.]

[In the first stage, the system will send NPCs to attack the city. Regions that successfully defend will receive massive material rewards.]

[In the second stage, the regional air wall will be closed, and Players may face attacks from NPCs, Players from other regions, and unknown units. Regions that successfully defend will receive massive rewards.]

[Press the exit button within the dungeon, and you will be teleported back to the Mainline World after three minutes. Dying within the dungeon will result in logging out immediately.]

[Beta test duration: three days. After three days, all Players will be teleported back to the Mainline World.]

[Please enter the dungeon and start a new adventure!]

A series of voices left all the Players dazed.

In the regional channel.

small boat: "Boss, are we going in or not?"

earth burrowing ship: "So it's a group dungeon, I can just lie back and win by following the Boss again, hehe."

husky ship: "Lie back and win! Lie back and win!"

"..."

Chen Fan smiled slightly, "Of course we're going in. But once we're inside, wait for my command and don't run around."

"Alright, waiting for Boss's command!"

"Woof woof woof, dog tired!"

Chen Fan controlled the annihilation ship to dive, and then the three main warships entered the vortex one after another.

After all, this involves Player battles, so it's better to hide trump cards like the annihilation ship.

Passing through the vortex, the sea area before their eyes gradually changed.

Before long, a sea area that didn't look much different from the Mainline World gradually appeared.

[Ding!]

[Congratulations, Players, on entering the dungeon. The first wave of NPC attacks will arrive in 24 hours. Please build a city as soon as possible.]

Chen Fan narrowed his eyes, subconsciously opened Exploration, and turned around in place.

Densely packed islands of various sizes appeared one by one.

Some islands were entirely land, while others had rivers flowing through them.

As for resources, there was more or less variation.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Fan released Aurell and hung a camera around his neck:

"Old man, go south and help me scout the path, mark the largest island."

Aurell fiddled with the camera with disdain:

"Considering you're a sensible kid, This Great Master will go take a look."

With that, he took off and flew towards the south.

"Kuka, drive the fortress north to scout."

"Yes, my master!"

Kuka accepted the order and quickly headed north.

Nodding slightly, Chen Fan opened the group chat: "You five, head west to search for islands. I'll handle the other three directions."

"Alright!" The Five Women readily agreed.

Opening the sea chart, many white dots were scattered across it; presumably, those were the Players from District One.

Chen Fan pondered for a moment and began to command: "Everyone, explore the surroundings, look for large islands, and if you find any, take a screenshot and send it out."

"Yes, Boss!"

"Boss, there's an island next to me, but it's too small."

Chen Fan shook his head, "Too small definitely won't do. It needs to have at least an inland river so our warships can dock inside."

The Players immediately understood and began to search.

Chen Fan opened Exploration and carefully searched the east.

Several hours passed, still with no results.

The largest island Chen Fan found was only about 200 square kilometers.

An island of this level could only accommodate the warships of over a thousand Players.

The other Players had it even worse; the largest they found was only 100 square kilometers.

Until the sun was about to set, the group from District One had been searching for over six hours and still hadn't found anything.

"Boss, how about we take a break, find a place to meet up, and search again tomorrow?"

"Yeah, Boss, this place is so unfamiliar, there might be danger at night."

"Boss, I'm scared!"

"..."

Chen Fan pondered for a moment and felt what they said made sense.

After all, this was the first time entering a dungeon after the update, and no one knew what would happen.

But he had another concern: the first NPC siege was tomorrow at 12 o'clock.

If they didn't search hard at night, they might face an attack immediately upon waking up.

By then, if they hadn't even built a city, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"How about I have them come to this 200-square-kilometer island? We'll build a city first to defend against the attack, and figure out the rest later."

Chen Fan thought it over, and this was the best plan.

Taking a deep breath, he was just about to issue the notification.

"Wait a minute, Aurell found something!"

Aurell's strange cry came from the Crew Member channel.

Chen Fan's eyes lit up, and he immediately clicked on the surveillance screen.

In night vision mode, a massive island appeared before his eyes.

Aurell was hovering above the island, looking down with satisfaction.

Chen Fan made a rough estimate; this island had a total area of about 900 square kilometers, with the sea area accounting for 350 square kilometers.

It was more than enough to dock over two thousand warships!

Chen Fan waved his fist in excitement and opened the regional channel:

"Everyone, sail towards coordinates XXX.XXX. There's a 900-square-kilometer island there."

The Players were stunned for a moment, then cheered:

"Boss is awesome! You found an island so quickly."

"It has to be the Boss; if we relied on ourselves to find it, who knows how long it would take."

"900 square kilometers, enough for us to develop!"

Chen Fan smiled slightly, "Stop talking nonsense, hurry over and build the city walls overnight."

"Alright, the bricks we moved back earlier will come in handy, haha."

"..."

Inside the dungeon, in a certain sea area.

"Boss, we still haven't found a suitable island. Should we occupy a smaller one first, or keep looking?"

A Middle-aged Man, about 1.7 meters tall with an average appearance, looked up:

"Keep looking."

"But... we have to face the attack by tomorrow noon."

"Then find an island before noon."

"This... yes, Boss."

The Middle-aged Man turned his gaze towards the sea, a faint light flickering in his eyes.

Suddenly, another voice sounded in the channel:

"Boss, we've found the location of District 50."

The Middle-aged Man lifted his eyelids, "Notify them to bring one hundred thousand elites and prepare to rendezvous with us."

"Yes, Boss!"

The Middle-aged Man did not reply, but continued to look at the sea.

His right hand was repeatedly playing with a super energy nova, and an invisible energy connected the super energy nova to his eyes.

After a long while, his eyes paused, and he opened a private chat:

"Found you. Go to coordinates XXX.XXX to assemble. District 50 is already on its way."

Soon, the other side replied: "How many people to bring?"

"One hundred thousand, elites."

"Okay."

On the other side.

Xiao Luo hung up the voice call, gritted his teeth, looked at his friend list, and clicked on Mad God's avatar.

"There's news from over there. We need to assemble at coordinates XXX.XXX. At a time like this, let's not engage in infighting, right?"

Mad God sneered: "Fine, but I'm not taking orders from you."

A cold glint shot from Xiao Luo's eyes: "I'm not ordering you around, but don't let other districts see that we've split up, otherwise it won't be good for anyone."

"Don't worry, as long as you don't keep nagging me, I can't be bothered with you either."

"You'd better be."