Global Game: AFK In The Zombie Apocalypse Game

Chapter 3262: Gathering

Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Lenny said, "I suspect that the past Disaster was related to the fusion space we are seeing now."

The crowd was quietly discussing when, suddenly, a Licker leapt out from the edge of the fusion space passage, flying straight toward them, and stopped in front of the group. It then opened its mouthpiece, revealing a blue crystal wrapped around by barbs on its tongue.

They exchanged glances.

An Undead Council instructor stepped forward, picked up the blue energy crystal, and examined it in his hand.

"Bang!"

The instructor injected a little mental strength, and the entire crystal exploded in his hand, revealing a sealed slip of paper.

"President, it’s a note Fang Heng left for us!"

The instructor looked surprised and handed the slip to Georgi nearby.

"Yes, it’s a message from President Fang Heng."

President Georgi quickly read through the contents of the slip, then passed it on to Carl and the others, saying, "As we guessed, the formation of the fusion space was related to President Fang Heng. On the other side of the fusion is the Netherworld."

"Netherworld..."

Everyone muttered the name softly as they read Fang Heng’s note.

"We already had some suspicions before. Thinking about it now, perhaps a large part of the recorded realms of the dead were not the Death Realm, but the Netherworld that President Fang Heng has now discovered."

Carl listened to the conversation between the Dark Clan and the Undead Council, feeling utterly confused.

What Death Realm, what Netherworld?

He could not understand.

Carl clasped his hands toward everyone and said, "Your Majesty has ordered us to provide a batch of materials and to immediately seek out Miss Cleriway to assist. We have a mission, so I must take my leave."

"Wait, Prince Carl."

Georgi stretched out his hand to stop Carl, reminding him, "The Netherworld is different from the outside world. According to the letter, the aura of the death concentration there is dozens of times that of the Death Realm. Normal items cannot endure in such an environment filled with a death aura. You must pay special attention when gathering materials."

"Yes, I understand."

Carl nodded and said, "Some time ago, Mr. Qiu researched mechanicals that can operate in the Death Realm, with a lifespan of up to 50 years. I will ask Mr. Qiu about it."

With that, Carl hurriedly left.

Georgi turned back to the group and continued, "The fusion space passage will keep expanding outward. Later, the external domain affected by the Death Realm Orb will gradually weaken. We need to organize people to explore the Netherworld. Prepare yourselves."

"Understood!"

The Dark Clan members looked at each other, but in their hearts, they felt puzzled.

So what exactly was the Netherworld?

The terrifying aura of death leaking from the fusion passage was so intense that even those who had been born and raised in the Death Realm found it unbearable.

Lenny said, "The Dark Clan will also select a group of strong ones to enter the world passage."

"Good, let everyone prepare."

...

The Netherworld.

Seven hours later.

The space fusion passage stabilized after reaching a certain point.

The final mission completion rate also stopped at 56%.

Strange.

Fang Heng pondered silently.

Dozens of game Pillars of Black Fog kept releasing black fog aura outward, never ceasing. The amount released was not small.

Yet the black fog concentration in the domain had leveled off at 42% and no longer increased.

Theoretically, if an entire world kept filling with black fog aura, its concentration should have continued to rise.

Why was it different in the Netherworld?

Restricted by the black fog concentration, the mission completion rate stayed at 56%.

It seemed that unless more game Pillars of Black Fog were built, the concentration would not rise, and the Death Realm fusion passage would not expand further.

Fang Heng lifted his head again, looking at the battlefield outside.

It was difficult.

The Licker horde had managed to salvage some of the situation, pushing the invading undead creatures back about two hundred meters.

That was the limit.

If they wanted to advance further, the Lickers would suffer massive casualties.

As Fang Heng was thinking, a slight bulge appeared on the ground beside him.

"Bang!"

Two Lickers drilled out of the ground using their Stealth skill, crawled in front of Fang Heng, and opened their mouthpieces, revealing two ores wrapped by their tongues.

Oh? Special ores from the Netherworld?

Lickers were extremely fast and excelled at exploration, so earlier he had sent a group of them to scout the periphery.

As a result, they had found an open-air mining area not far away.

Fang Heng held the black ore in his palm to observe.

[Hint: The player discovered item-soul crystal (extreme).]

A soul crystal of the Death Realm?

It seemed this soul crystal contained an aura far stronger than a normal soul crystal, as though condensed thousands of times over.

Fang Heng frowned.

He suddenly had a feeling.

Could the Netherworld be the Death Realm after dozens of stages of advancement?

"Chi chi, chi chi chi..."

Fang Heng heard a scratching sound, quickly turned his head, and looked toward the space fusion between the Netherworld and the Death Realm.

He saw dark red vines slowly crawling out from the fusion passage.

Abe Akaya!

Fang Heng’s eyes lit up immediately.

Only he could set up Abe Akaya’s summoning magic array.

But as for activating the array and communicating with Abe Akaya, besides him, there was also Cleriway.

As a precaution earlier, Fang Heng had set up an Abe Akaya summoning magic array on an alchemy stone slab and entrusted it to the tree spirit clan for safekeeping, with Cleriway personally guarding it.

Seeing Abe Akaya here could only be thanks to Cleriway.

Fang Heng had already tested it before: the Netherworld environment could not accommodate teleportation passages, but the Death Realm could. So he had to take another approach—set up the Abe Akaya summoning magic array in the Death Realm, and let Abe Akaya cross through the fusion passage.

Soon after, Georgi led several Undead Council elders into the Death Realm.

For this exploration of the Netherworld, the Undead Council had selected a large team of nearly 40 people.

The dense aura of death rushed toward them. Even though Georgi and the necromancy instructors had recently made breakthrough improvements in strength, they still felt tremendous pressure.

They had no choice but to raise an enhanced defensive barrier, enveloping the team within.

Entering the Netherworld, their first sight was Fang Heng in the distance, clasping his hands and greeting them.

"President, mentors, it’s been a long time. How have you been?"

"Fang Heng, thank you for your concern."

Georgi looked at Fang Heng, clearly noticing some changes in him, though he could not pinpoint what they were.

The accompanying necromancy instructors also observed Fang Heng, puzzled.

There was something strange about the feeling emanating from him.

That’s it!

Georgi’s brows lifted.

Integration!

In an environment like the Netherworld, filled with high-concentration death aura, even high-strength metals could be corrupted in a short time. They, old men who had studied necromancy for most of their lives, could barely endure.

Yet Fang Heng was moving with ease in such an environment.

It was as if he had not been affected at all.

He was not resisting with his stamina, but rather using a special technique that allowed his main body to merge into the environment!