Chapter 549 - 212: So You’re the Damn Dragon Palace? Go to Hell

Should I just unleash the Defense Towers’ strongest attack and blast it?

The thought surfaced in Shen Fei’s mind after a moment of consideration. He had come to the right place and discovered something unusual. Now, he had to figure out what to do.

Unaware of the Sea Race’s situation, Shen Fei had no intention of recklessly storming the massive structure before him. For his own safety, he wasn’t about to just waltz into a place like this.

The first thing Shen Fei considered was launching a Cluster Attack from his Invincible Defense Towers. He could blow a corner off the massive structure to probe their defenses and gauge the situation. Previously, his 500 Defense Towers, with all their abilities activated, had obliterated a planet in the Solar System, turning it into dust.

Now, after the fifth inheritance of his game abilities, his summonable Defense Tower count had reached 600 thanks to the Black Tortoise. And a powerful Cluster Attack from 600 Defense Towers... Shen Fei had never actually tested that.

He knew full well that if he unleashed the most powerful Cluster Attack from all 600 Defense Towers right now, he could shatter the massive structure before him, no matter how unique it was. What gave him pause was the risk of overdoing it. It wouldn’t be good to accidentally vaporize all the Sea Race inside. Furthermore, he was worried that if he didn’t calibrate the attack properly, it would be even worse if it affected Blue Star. After all, his Defense Tower Cluster Attack could shatter planets. Even though Blue Star had grown much larger and his Defense Towers had become countless times more powerful, he was certain that while he might not shatter the planet, carving a massive canyon across its surface was still well within his capabilities.

So, if he was going to bombard the massive structure directly, it was better to be cautious.

SWISH. SWISH. SWISH.

Frowning, Shen Fei watched members of the Sea Race, their heads resembling various marine creatures, moving in and out of the structure in the distance. His thoughts drifted back to his interrogation of the captured Intelligent NPCs. While he hadn’t learned their ultimate goal, he had gathered a fair bit of intelligence on the Sea Race. He recalled one NPC mentioning that they, the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses, were in a standoff with the Sea Race. Although the lower-ranked members of the Sea Race, NPCs, and bosses sometimes interacted, the three factions were actually hostile toward one another at the higher echelons, among the truly powerful. There was an inherent rivalry between them.

Lure the Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses here, let the three factions fight it out, and then I can swoop in and reap the rewards?

Reviewing the information, Shen Fei quickly made a decision. For him, luring the NPCs and bosses over was extremely simple. All it would take was granting more access to the [Ninth World].

SWISH. SWISH. SWISH.

Having made his decision, Shen Fei immediately opened the [Ninth World] panel and got to work. He had recently activated 400 new linking nodes for the Ninth World. Combined with the over 100 nodes located in the special region of the Pacific Ocean, he had over 500 linking nodes at his disposal.

Moreover, he had the help of the "Number 0" entity, the first being ever bound to the [Ninth World]. With its permissions, muddying the waters would be no problem at all. Soon, with Number 0’s assistance, the speed and precision of his operations reached their peak. In a flurry of actions, he revoked all [Ninth World] linking nodes within the entire special region of the Pacific Ocean.

Then, he found an area near the Sea Race’s special zone that was also accessible to Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses. Within this selected area, any creature that entered would be directly granted a [Ninth World] linking node.

He had revoked all the linking nodes from the vast special region in the Pacific Ocean, only to reassign them within a specific, designated area. Furthermore, to really stir things up, he had no intention of severing any of the nodes he granted this time. Soon, after the first new linking node was sent out, the rate at which Shen Fei distributed them began to accelerate.

It wasn’t just NPCs and bosses; even some members of the Sea Race who entered the designated area were directly granted linking nodes. As the number of granted nodes reached the triple digits, the designated area began to shrink. At the same time, he was silently shifting this zone, inching it closer and closer to the Sea Race’s massive structure.

SWISH. SWISH. SWISH.

Time passed, and Shen Fei’s plan was rapidly taking shape.

***

"What?! All the links to the Ninth World are gone?!"

On a large island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, an Intelligent NPC who was the leader of a local faction roared in fury.

"What? Even the Super Bosses’ links disappeared? They’re all gone?!"

After a quick round of communication with his contacts, the NPC leader discovered that, almost in an instant, the [Ninth World] connection channels had vanished from the Pacific Ocean region without a trace for everyone in his circle.

"This can’t be right! Why?! Version 4.7 was just updated, and the final scenario hasn’t even started! How could our access to the [Ninth World] for stockpiling resources be revoked?!"

The NPC leader had no idea that the so-called [Ninth World] trading space was built and managed by Shen Fei. Like every other NPC, he believed the [Ninth World] was a special convenience provided to them by the system.