Chapter 161 : Discussion on Impact and Territory Dungeon
Chapter 161: Discussion on Impact and Territory Dungeon
Excitement!
Thrill!
A rare, massive benefit!
Core members of various Legions quickly rushed back to the Main City for a meeting.
The Calamity Army had already been wiped out twice in Centipede Valley and had developed a deep understanding of how terrifying it was. They were about to give up on this route and attack Wan City via White Tiger Mountain instead. But unexpectedly, at that exact moment, such an explosive event was triggered.
The reward tier was overwhelmingly generous.
No player who saw it could resist drooling with desire.
Black-Eyed Rui Ge said excitedly, “Brothers, what’s special about this event is that the Lord and NPC troops will personally take action—this means the operation is almost guaranteed to succeed!”
Ye Li Meng nodded, “Exactly. This time, Centipede Valley will definitely be cleared. How many benefits we get depends entirely on our own abilities. We need to prepare well and aim to earn more merits!”
Little Bell: “Why was such an event launched so suddenly? It’s way too unexpected!”
Toasting the Moon: “Actually, it’s not that strange. The Abyssal Wan City map is directly adjacent to the territory’s core Main City. If we can’t secure depth in this direction and build a proper defense line, the Base Camp could be exposed to a fatal threat with no time to respond.”
“True!”
“The game’s events and quests have never been pre-designed.”
“The trigger of each mission or event is tied to game exploration and progress.”
Chimera Wraith analyzed, “The reason the Lord is stepping in personally is probably because the difficulty of this place far exceeds what our Calamity Army can handle. Otherwise, he wouldn’t need to lead the troops himself and could’ve just issued a task.”
“Exactly!”
“Our strength is still too weak.”
“If our Calamity Army were stronger, there’d be no need to trouble the Lord and the Azure Dragon Guard.”
“No point in dwelling on that now. The more the Lord and Azure Dragon Guard intervene, the lower our individual evaluations will be. So this time, we have to unite and earn as many merits as we can. Rewards and benefits this good are rare!”
“……”
Over twenty core members of the Calamity Army began specific discussions.
Dawnlight: “The signup period for this event is from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM tomorrow. We only have ten hours to prepare—this is way too rushed.”
Salted Fish Thrust: “Ten hours isn’t enough time to level up or fuse new skills.”
Midnight Pig Slayer: “Exactly. Most of us are already carrying mild fatigue debuffs. We’ll need to reserve at least five or six hours to let our bodies recover to peak condition.”
“Time’s too tight!”
“Let’s quickly figure things out.”
“How can we make the best use of this time?”
Ye Li Meng said, “We can only prepare in terms of supplies and strategies. The monsters in Centipede Valley are mainly Thousand-Eyed Centipedes, so we need to pre-order anti-poison meal packs and prepare potions and gear that boost poison and fire resistance!”
“No problem!”
“There are several types of food that boost poison resistance.”
“For instance, Tier-3 dishes made from Thousand-Eyed Centipede meat can significantly increase poison resistance. It’s even more effective than Scorpion-Tailed Wild Bull meat!”
“We can place a bulk order with Kiba Grand Restaurant to prepare enough centipede meat meals for tomorrow’s operation.”
“As for potions? As long as we place orders with the Alchemy Workshop in advance, ten hours is enough time to produce a good stockpile of antidotes and temporary poison/fire resistance potions.”
“I’ll contact the canteen and Alchemy Workshop right away.”
“Move fast.”
“Any qualified Warlocks and Monks should go learn ‘Wind’s Protection’. That skill is extremely effective against poison mist and toxic flames. It’s also a solid support ability that will be very useful during this operation!”
“Got it, I’ll organize all the Warlocks and Monks in the Legion who qualify to learn it!”
“……”
Mad Blade Old Wang spoke up: “Food, potions, and talismans alone won’t cut it. There are too many Thousand-Eyed Centipedes in Centipede Valley. Plus, there’s a hidden Big Boss. We’re no match if we go head-to-head.”
Street Slayer: “Then what do we do?”
The Calamity Army elite had already been wiped out twice in a row.
They knew clearly that with their current strength, it would take at least five to eight more team wipes just to clear the centipedes—let alone face the hidden boss.
“This time we can’t drop the ball!”
“If the Lord has to step in again!”
“All our generous rewards, merits, and top-tier evaluations will go down the drain!”
Black-Eyed Rui Ge thought for a moment and said, “I think we need to exploit the monster’s mechanics. For example, the Thousand-Eyed Centipede has strong defense, but only in its line of sight. We could make smoke bombs to block its vision and reduce its defense.”
The Artist Faction Leader stepped forward, “I recently figured out how to make a smoke grenade. It doesn’t deal much damage, but it creates thick blinding smoke. I can’t say it’ll completely suppress the centipedes, but it should significantly weaken them!”
“Really?”
“That’s amazing!”
“If it works, you’ll have done the Calamity Army a great service!”
The Calamity Army was overjoyed. Twisted Three Kingdoms was never a game about raw numbers alone. Sometimes, clever tricks, traps, and inventions worked better than skills or gear.
The Artist Faction Leader was famous among players as a demolition maniac.
He loved tinkering with burn bombs, explosives, and other support tools.
He demonstrated his smoke item—it was crafted from various flammable materials. It burned longer than Toad Oil Firebombs and released toxic smoke that interfered with enemies even further.
The toxin wasn’t strong…
…but had a temporary blinding effect.
Players could use “Wind’s Protection” or a custom antidote to become immune to the smoke’s effects.
With this tool, once used on Thousand-Eyed Centipedes, it would greatly impair their vision, drastically reducing their defense, making them far easier to kill!
After multiple tests…
The Calamity Army was very satisfied with the toxic smoke bomb’s performance.
As expected of the Artist Faction Leader—he really knew how to stir things up. The Three Major Legions hired several hundred regular village NPCs to rush production of this homemade tool so it could be used effectively in tomorrow’s event.
…………
After issuing the event mission…
Hang Yu took notice of the players’ preparations.
It appeared that in the face of such a major event, the Calamity Army still showed great cohesion. Everyone was brainstorming together and pooling ideas. No one was hoarding tricks or acting alone.
He was very pleased.
The main reason being: this event was extremely difficult, but also offered extremely generous rewards.
No single Legion could handle this on their own. If they couldn’t cooperate sincerely and give their all, the mission’s overall evaluation would drop—hurting everyone’s rewards and even affecting the territory’s interests.
The launch of the Legion System and the dedicated Legion Rankings…
…was aimed at boosting the Calamity Army’s efficiency and strength through player self-governance and team competition. It also served to increase the territory’s income.
Of course, this competition had to be kept within limits. As long as it didn’t threaten territory safety or the overall development of the Calamity Army, player competition—even direct conflict—was permitted.
A good game should have flashing blades and decisive vengeance.
Everyone should be able to express their personality in this world.
But if personal grudges between players began to drag down the Legion’s growth rate or threatened the territory’s safety, Hang Yu would intervene without hesitation and set things right.
No matter how chaotic the Calamity Army became…
They could never escape Hang Yu’s control.
After all, Hang Yu was the rule-maker. All interpretation rights rested with him.
He could dismiss or disband a Legion at any time, and could even ban any player within minutes.
Hang Yu withdrew his gaze and no longer paid attention to the Calamity Army’s follow-up actions. He had his own business to handle. The territory had made several gains on the trading market in the past half-day.
They had successively purchased five blueprints:
One Spirit Field Blueprint—costing 4,500 Magic Crystals and 500 pieces of White-Quality Equipment.
One Dungeon Blueprint—costing 3,100 Magic Crystals.
One Blueprint: Execution Platform, costing 1,500 Magic Crystals.
Two Blueprints: Barrier Tower, costing a total of 3,000 Magic Crystals.
These transactions cost over ten thousand Magic Crystals in total. Hang Yu had no choice but to sell off some Forging Essence Crystals, various gems, and Tier-One and Tier-Two food materials, barely keeping the Magic Crystal reserves at around 50,000.
“Financial pressure has been pretty intense lately!”
“Luckily, the territory has stockpiled a decent amount of equipment, gems, and basic resources.”
Around fifty thousand Magic Crystals.
That was no small amount.
But Hang Yu still felt the pinch in the budget.
That was because there were just too many upcoming expenses.
For example—
According to the recruitment notice—
Two thousand new recruits would arrive the day after tomorrow.
One Follower Soldier cost twenty Magic Crystals.
Two thousand would cost forty thousand—this was a mandatory expenditure with no room for cutting corners.
Hang Yu also needed a reserve fund for territory construction and other consumptions, as well as for continuing to acquire necessary Blueprints and territory resources.
Too many spending items—
And the budget would become strained.
However, thanks to a large inventory of equipment and food materials—
Among them was a batch of special materials, such as Forging Stones that upgrade equipment tier, and Gems that improve equipment quality. These were all highly liquid, easily converted assets.
But constantly selling off resources and materials wasn’t a long-term solution!
The key was still to work on increasing the territory’s income.
Fortunately, the Calamity Army was a one-time expenditure. Once the player base expanded to nearly 4,000, the current numbers would suffice for a short while without needing another mass expansion.
Aside from that, the Calamity Army incurred no ongoing losses, so Hang Yu didn’t need to spend additional funds to replenish manpower.
As the territory continued to develop—
And the strength of the Calamity Army continued to grow—
The income generated daily from monster farming was steadily increasing.
The industries Hang Yu had invested in for the territory were gradually maturing. Once the two Attribute Potions could be mass-produced, they would greatly relieve financial strain and provide a consistent cash flow.
“Let’s start by building the facilities!”
Hang Yu had received five blueprints, but considering that construction itself also required funding, and given the current tight financial situation, there was no need to construct all the buildings immediately.
So he chose to first construct the Spirit Field and the Dungeon.
This brought the total number of Tier-One Small Spirit Fields in the territory to eight.
Three Spirit Fields in White Tiger City, and five in Luoshui Main City. Each field could plant at least 500 units of Dragonblood Grass or Dragonbone Grass per cycle, which matured every 4–5 days.
Eight fields could yield 4,000 units per harvest.
While this was still a bit below Hang Yu’s ideal scale, it was enough to quickly meet the attribute potion demands of the territory’s core Legions and produce surplus for export.
You could never have too many Spirit Fields!
The whole idea was long-term, steady returns!
As long as the budget allowed, he would continue acquiring more!
The Spirit Field’s Blueprint was expensive, but its construction and material costs were dirt cheap—almost negligible.
Besides the Spirit Field, the territory now had a newly built Dungeon facility, constructed at the cost of 3,000 Magic Crystals + 5,000 units of Tier-Two Material Essence.
Hang Yu placed the Dungeon on the east side of the Lord’s Fortress, monitored daily by the Azure Dragon Guard and regular sentries. Its main purpose was to detain the territory’s prisoners and those who had violated Territory Law.
Dungeon construction was complete.
【Dark Dungeon】, Tier-Two Building, +100 Sealed Cells!
Hang Yu personally toured the territory’s dungeon. From the surface, the dungeon was completely hidden—only accessible via two concealed passageways: one connected to a secret chamber on the east side of the Lord’s Fortress, and the other linked to the dungeon’s outer structure.
Within the Dark Dungeon were one hundred Sealed Cells.
【Sealed Cell】—capable of detaining up to five Tier-Two units or one Tier-Three unit. All skills of the detainee would be sealed, placing them in a severely weakened state and draining all Mana Points.
This was the dungeon’s basic function.
The dungeon didn’t operate on standard spatial concepts—it only had a capacity limit based on the number of detained targets.
Which meant each individual cell’s internal space was unrestricted, even theoretically infinite.
Whether one imprisoned a Giant or a Gnome, it made no difference—the dungeon would generate a unique subspace tailored to the size and form of the prisoner.
Maintaining the dungeon incurred no cost to the territory. In fact, some advanced dungeons or Containment Facilities could even absorb the detainee’s power and cultivation to produce Magic Crystals.
Hang Yu’s dungeon didn’t have that functionality—yet.
Still, it could seal all skills of the detainee, forcing them into a weightless state with over 90% reduction to all attributes, and Mana Points permanently zero.
As long as one didn’t detain a Tier-Three Overlord-class entity—
Then once they were inside—
Escape was almost impossible.
This was a core facility every territory needed—a secure prison to contain dangerous captives. Once they were sent in, there’d be no more trouble.
As for how to use the dungeon?
It was extremely secure.
There was no need to transport prisoners across long distances.
All Main City-level Blessing Points across regions could connect to the dungeon.
Hang Yu or his followers only had to bring a weakened prisoner who met containment criteria to the Main City’s Blessing Point, and they could use the teleportation function to send the prisoner directly into the cell.
Quick and safe.
Hang Yu was very satisfied with this new facility in the territory, and immediately ordered the imprisonment of the Jia Xu Puppet.
The Dark Dungeon was a multi-functional building, which could be enhanced by installing Auxiliary Facilities via corresponding blueprints or upgraded to improve its capabilities.
From what Hang Yu knew—
Some “Dungeon Path” Lords—
They built massive dungeon clusters in their territories, captured large numbers of Natives, and used the dungeon’s absorption function to extract their energy, convert it into Magic Crystals, or even refine Skill Stones through rare auxiliary facilities.
The value created by these dungeon lords—
Was no less than that of production-type lords—they were major suppliers of Skill Stones.
But it was excessively brutal.
It required mass slaughter of native lives.
This type of lord was also known as the Tyrant Path.
They usually had extremely poor relations with Plane Natives.
Blueprints for various dungeon auxiliary facilities were relatively rare. If one encountered any, it was worth trying to purchase them to enrich the territory’s functionality. If not, there was no need to force the issue.
After finishing his dungeon tour—
Hang Yu felt very satisfied with his increasingly sophisticated territory.
He returned to the Lord’s Fortress and entered the Resting Room, where he asked Xiao Ba to connect to the internet and open the game forum. He scanned through trending player topics.
《Shocking! The Eternal Poison Strategist Jia Xu Captured at White Tiger City!》
This thread was clearly posted by a White Tiger City player and immediately drew attention from tens of thousands of Cloud Players.
“Insane!”
“Jia Xu showed up this quickly!”
“That can’t be the real Jia Xu!”
“Based on the info leaked by the original poster, this He Song seems to be Jia Xu’s disciple, and the Founder of Extreme Yin in New Wan City is Jia Xu himself!”
“Jia Xu hasn’t appeared directly, yet he’s already had contact with the Lord. Who knows if this guy is friend or foe.”
“From the current situation, the Lord probably wants to recruit Jia Xu just like he did with Zhou Cang. But given Jia Xu’s current power and influence, that won’t be easy!”
“Hmph, what’s there to fear—let him show his HP bar if he dares!”
“I don’t think Jia Xu is trustworthy. Historically, he was a fickle and extremely self-serving schemer—might as well just kill him outright!”
“You can’t say that. Jia Xu only laid down so many sinister plots because he was trying to survive in a chaotic era. It doesn’t mean he can’t be useful to the territory.”
“Are you all only paying attention to Jia Xu? Doesn’t anyone care about the other important figures on this map? Dian Wei, Cao Ang, Zhang Xiu—each of them is a heavyweight presence!”
“I’m more interested in Jia Xu mentioning Zhang Zhongjing.”
“Could it be the same Zhang Zhongjing who wrote Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases, later revered as the ‘Sage of Medicine’?”
“There shouldn’t be another Zhang Zhongjing during the Three Kingdoms Era. And Zhang Zhongjing just so happened to be from Nanyang, Wan City—so it’s not strange for him to appear in this dreamscape!”
‘Sage of Medicine’—a saint of the medical tradition. I think his status and importance might not even be beneath that of Jia Xu or Dian Wei!”
“This is definitely a hidden quest!”
“Whoever finds Zhang Zhongjing will surely trigger hidden rewards. If I were a closed-beta player, I’d devote all my focus to tracking Zhang Zhongjing—no rest until I found him!”
“True!”
“Everyone, keep your eyes open!”
“If there’s any news about Zhang Zhongjing, don’t miss it!”
“……”
Most of the players’ discussion fell within Hang Yu’s expectations.
Jia Xu was one of the top strategists of the Three Kingdoms Era, extremely well-known. While his morals might be questionable, his prowess in strategy was definitely top 3!
With someone like that appearing—
How could players not be interested?
Right now, the forum was filled with threads analyzing and discussing Jia Xu. Every player was curious about the future direction of this Eternal Poison Strategist.
Some believed Jia Xu would become a major threat to the territory—perhaps even the hidden final boss of the entire map.
Others believed Jia Xu might be recruited like Zhou Cang and eventually become one of the Lord’s important advisors.
Anything was possible.
This game didn’t lock NPC faction alignments.
Jia Xu’s ultimate fate would depend heavily on player behavior and the actions of the Calamity Army.
Players were now divided into two camps.
The “Reveal HP Bar Faction” firmly believed Jia Xu was untrustworthy and advocated killing him at any cost.
The “Recruit Faction” saw Jia Xu as a valuable talent. Many in this group were Jia Xu fans who hoped to recruit him to the territory—no matter how difficult it was, even if it meant dying a hundred times.
Other intel had also surfaced—
Such as Dian Wei, the core Pollution Source of the Abyssal Wan City Dreamscape.
Whether in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or historical records, Dian Wei’s appearance was brief. But as the saying went: One Lü, Two Zhao, Three Dian Wei—popular belief placed Dian Wei’s might just beneath Lü Bu and Zhao Yun.
This kind of cultural recognition would undoubtedly boost Dian Wei’s strength and fate. Now, in a Doomed to Die state and fallen into corruption, his terror level couldn’t be compared to the likes of Zhang Bao—he was at least a Tier-Three Overlord Unit!
In terms of pure power—
Dian Wei definitely surpassed Jia Xu!
Players were both terrified and intrigued—
They feared Dian Wei would raze the territory to the ground, but also wanted to witness his current corrupted form… Based on known intel, Dian Wei was currently stationed near Old Wan City.
Zhang Zhongjing was also a hot topic among players.
This legendary figure revered as the Sage of Medicine by later generations was very likely the most unique hidden boss on the map. Many players expressed intent to investigate his whereabouts, and some even speculated he might be an Alchemy Skill Mentor in the game.
In short—
Some players wanted to assassinate Jia Xu.
Others wanted to recruit Jia Xu.
Some wanted to sneak into Old Wan City to take photos of Dian Wei.
Others were forming investigation teams devoted to finding Zhang Zhongjing.
Hang Yu had no idea what kind of chaos this group would eventually stir up.
Players always had wild imaginations and pulled off ridiculous stunts. As long as they didn’t bring trouble or danger to the territory, Hang Yu wouldn’t intervene too much.
Besides gathering intel—
Progress updates on Wan City exploration and the latest event had also surfaced on the forums.
“Congrats to the Calamity Army!”
“They captured the Wan City Dreamscape’s stronghold in just one day!”
“Hmph, what use is a township-level stronghold? We should be aiming for a county-level stronghold. Only those can set up Respawn Points. Without a respawn point, a stronghold can’t function as a base!”
“County-level Blessing Points aren’t so easy to activate. I think the top priority is still to level up!”
“Yeah!”
“The Wan City map is way too high-level!”
“The Calamity Army’s current strength is nowhere near enough. If we act too high-profile, even if we capture a city temporarily, it’ll soon be taken back—maybe even pushing us all the way back to the territory!”
“There’s a major mission tomorrow. The rewards for this one are incredibly generous. Let’s hope the Calamity Army performs well!”
“If they can secure a high evaluation from this task!”
“The Calamity Army’s strength will definitely level up massively. Then city assaults will become much easier!”
“……”
The discussions were nonstop.
The entire forum was buzzing.
Besides the Wan City storyline, there were plenty of other topics—
Debates about Legions, fun anecdotes, discussions about the Azure Dragon Guard and Zhou Cang’s faction, and the latest batch of closed beta slots. Hundreds of new threads appeared every minute.
It was absolutely bustling!
Player activity was off the charts!
Some of them were truly brilliant minds!
If only the territory’s capacity weren’t so limited—if these people could all enter the game, the Calamity Army, empowered by the Legion System, would instantly become a terrifying behemoth—a true calamity!
But one step at a time.
Can’t expect to get fat in one bite.
There were still many cities like Mount Sang Ancient City on the Wan City map.
Both New Wan City and Old Wan City were major cities with populations in the tens of thousands.
If the map could be successfully conquered, it would not only provide the territory with a huge population and native fighting force, but also allow the Calamity Army to scale up again.
The top priority now—
Was to break through to Tier Three as quickly as possible.
Only with Tier-Three strength—
Would the territory qualify to contend with New and Old Wan City!
Hang Yu summoned Zhou Cang, along with Zhang San, Li Si, and the other Azure Dragon Guard members, and formally began the Centipede Valley Hunt Mission!
—Monday, asking for votes