Wasteland Hideout: Upgrading from the Sewers

Chapter 301: The Invasion of the Moss Hut, Coordinates of the Vanished Hideout

"ROAR~~~"

The Subterranean Stone Lizard raised its head and let out an ear-splitting roar.

In front of it stood forty to fifty Subterranean Bat-People, fully geared and ready for battle.

Their skin was deathly pale, showing no trace of blood color. Only the two bat-like ears on their heads and their sharp fangs revealed their difference.

They all looked towards the figure on the raised platform ahead—Xiao Wu.

They were waiting for the final command.

Three minutes remained until the invasion war. Xiao Wu nodded with satisfaction.

His gaze swept over the Blood Slave Guard below, taking in their bulletproof armor, helmets, and firearms that armed them to the teeth.

A bloodthirsty impulse stirred in the depths of his eyes.

"Hmph~ Even if Yu Yuan's shelter is in the city area, with my Blood Slave Guard and the Subterranean Stone Lizard, I have the strength to put up a fight against those Thug factions."Xiao Wu was absolutely certain of this. Among all the players on the Civilization Ladder right now, the Blood Clan was definitely considered a popular race. The Blood Clan had many advantages.

But there was only one ability that players truly valued, and that was the ability to develop absolutely loyal Blood Slaves.

Having Blood Slaves meant possessing the foundational condition for developing a faction. The development of a shelter would immediately enter a snowballing expansion period.

"However, the goal this time is still to confirm what exactly is going on with Yu Yuan. If he hasn't transformed his race or has transformed into another race, then I can still perform the Embrace on him and bring him into the Blood Clan."

"But if he really transformed into the Wolf Clan..." Xiao Wu's mind flashed with his older sister's instructions, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Then I can only send you to your death!"

Xiao Wu rubbed the Blood-colored Badge on his chest...

One minute remained until the invasion began. A prompt appeared before Xiao Wu.

[Invasion in 60 seconds. Please select items and troops to carry. The free carry limit is 30,000 survival points.]

Xiao Wu directly selected all the Blood Slaves, followed by that Subterranean Stone Lizard.

[Selection of items and troops to carry is complete. This invasion requires 285,000 survival points. After deducting the free carry limit, an additional 255,000 survival points must be paid. Confirm payment?]

Seeing this number, Xiao Wu's eyelid twitched slightly.

This amount of survival points was not a small expense even for Xiao Wu. Just bringing the Subterranean Stone Lizard into the battlefield required 50,000 survival points.

If this invasion wasn't ordered by his older sister, and if Yu Yuan's shelter wasn't so bizarre, Xiao Wu really wouldn't have spent such a huge price to go all out.

But considering that Yu Yuan's shelter was very likely located in the city, with the risk of encountering Thug factions,

Xiao Wu accepted this expense.

"Yu Yuan, I hope you don't disappoint me!"

—[Yes]

As Xiao Wu made his choice, 255,000 survival points were immediately deducted.

The countdown ticked down its final second.

The entire underground mine platform instantly became empty.

Xiao Wu, the Blood Slave Guard, and that giant Subterranean Stone Lizard all vanished without a trace.

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In an underground parking lot in District 13 of Green Forest City's eastern city.

A trembling scavenger was hiding in terror between two cars.

"Damn it! Is there going to be another war? Why did the Black Shield Police Department suddenly appear here..."

Due to the sudden drop in temperature, this scavenger had been forced to come out to search for warm supplies and food.

Then he saw vehicles from the Black Shield Police Department suddenly appear, patrolling and searching the streets.

In a panic, the scavenger could only hide here, praying that the people from the Black Shield Police Department would leave quickly.

Not far away, he could still see two rats scurrying about. They would stop from time to time, looking in his direction as if sizing something up.

The scavenger looked at the two rats and licked his lips.

It had been a long time since he had eaten any meat.

But he knew very well that trying to catch these slippery rats with the axe in his hand was simply impossible.

"I really miss the barbecued meat, burgers, and pizza I used to eat!"

Just as this scavenger was immersed in memories of the past,

he felt a rush of air behind him, followed by a strong, foul stench.

He subconsciously frowned and turned his head to look behind him.

But before he could clearly see what it was, a gaping maw had already appeared above his head.

Before the scavenger could react, it had already swallowed him whole in one bite, followed by the sound of bones being chewed.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Squeak squeak—

The sudden disturbance made the two rats observing from a distance let out short cries as they ran away.

[You have successfully entered the area where the shelter of player ID: Yu Yuan is located.]

[『Moss Cottage Shelter』VS『Yu Yuan Shelter』, player invasion war officially begins!]

The mechanical prompt sounded in his ear.

"Huh?"

Xiao Wu had just opened his eyes when he heard the chewing sound and smelled the blood in the air.

He frowned and looked in the direction of the Subterranean Stone Lizard.

"What happened?"

"Great Lord of Blood, a person happened to appear right at the mouth of the Subterranean Stone Lizard and was swallowed by it in one bite."

Xiao Wu nodded slightly.

"Control it! Don't cause too much commotion and attract the attention of Thug factions..."

"Yes!"

The Blood Slave answered respectfully.

Only then did Xiao Wu turn his attention to the Virtual Light Screen.

"Let me see where Yu Yuan's shelter is!"

But when Xiao Wu saw the information on the Virtual Light Screen, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"This... what's going on? Where's the shelter coordinate guidance?"

When launching an invasion war against another player and entering their world, the invading player can receive guidance to the defending player's shelter, which roughly displays the shelter's location. The guidance lasts for one hour.

But now, this guidance was gone.

This was really hard to swallow.

Without guidance, finding the opponent's shelter location in such a large city was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Xiao Wu closed and reopened the Virtual Light Screen in front of him. Even after several attempts, he still didn't see the shelter coordinate guidance arrow that should have appeared.

He finally realized this wasn't an illusion. The coordinate guidance was truly gone.

"This is troublesome now!"

Xiao Wu understood that no matter what method Yu Yuan used to hide the shelter's location, it already counted as a bad start for him.

The rules of the invasion war were like this.

The defending player had the home-field advantage. The invading player could roughly determine the direction of the opponent's shelter.

This was the rule's balance for both sides of the fight.

But now, this balance was broken.

He had to quickly confirm the enemy shelter's location to proceed with the next step of his plan.

"Damn it!" Xiao Wu checked the time.

2:30 PM. It wasn't long until dark.

"Only this way now. Invasion wars generally teleport the invading player to within a two-kilometer range of the defending player's shelter. Although Yu Yuan has obscured the shelter coordinates, his location must be somewhere in this area."

"In that case, I can only try the ritual. Luckily, I came prepared..."

"Damn Yu Yuan Shelter, truly troublesome..."

Thinking this, Xiao Wu looked at the Blood Slaves.

"Send a few people to scout the surroundings. Also, bring the sacrificial offering over..."

"As you command, Great Lord of Blood."

Immediately, five Blood Slaves scattered and ran off in different directions...