Chapter 509 - 198: Within Great Xia, Hundreds of Neutral Cities Appear

And what’s more, he was accompanied by a fawning Intelligent NPC.

A shadow fell over the hearts of all the Giants...

"Seize him!"

"Interrogate him thoroughly!"

"He actually inherited the Ethereum Editor’s ability!"

"How interesting!"

An NPC originating from the game *Ethereum Punk* blocked Number 0’s escape route with a wave of his hand. He then summoned his underlings and easily arrested both Number 0 and Tang San.

These Giant NPCs, tasked with capturing human players and gathering information about them, were already annoyed that they hadn’t found any useful intel. Just then, a special human player was delivered right to them. Already on high alert, they captured the men without a moment’s hesitation.

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[DING!]

[You have obtained Heart of the City x47]

[You have obtained City Energy x2,700]

[You have obtained Energy Crystal x270]

[You have obtained 100,000,000 x 493 EXP]

[DING!]

[You have leveled up to Lv. 158!]

Meanwhile, in a special area in the northeast of Great Xia, Shen Fei, on a mindless rampage, had just destroyed another special area.

He discovered that the NPCs and bosses within this special area were on high alert due to the previous super-version event notification. All the Neutral Cities within the special area had even raised their guards and fully activated their defenses.

Furthermore, he had even discovered a special boss within this area whom the other NPCs called a "Giant." Its Combat Power was clearly hundreds, if not thousands, of times greater than the other NPCs, and it was the one who held Command over this special area.

Unfortunately for it, under the assault of Shen Fei’s endless Defense Towers, a single Cluster Attack—using only the "Bonds" effect without any added Gemstone abilities—was enough to instantly obliterate the so-called "Giant."

Then, he resumed his unending assault. He quickly cleared out the Neutral Cities in this special area. In the end, after still not hearing the secrets he wanted, he annihilated the remaining intelligent lifeforms and the entire special area, scattering them into the air...

"Build the city!"

Glancing at his spoils, Shen Fei didn’t inspect them too closely. After the special area was destroyed, he waved his hand and released 50 Hearts of the City. On the spot, he instantly constructed a five-by-five-kilometer Neutral City.

WHOOSH.

WHOOSH.

WHOOSH.

He immediately opened a Teleportation Gate, pulling several hundred people who were already prepared onto the walls of the newly formed Neutral City. After a few brief instructions, Shen Fei activated a Teleportation and soon arrived before a new special area.

As time went on, and with Sun Yu’s coordination, he had developed a perfect system of cooperation with the managers of the various regional Tourism Management Offices. Throughout Great Xia, the vast majority of special areas closest to human settlements had been scouted out. The Tourism Management Office headquarters had also marked the locations for building Neutral Cities in each region for him.

All Shen Fei had to do now was mindlessly flatten the special areas. Then, after quickly building a Neutral City, he would bring in the first wave of players. As for everything else, he didn’t have to worry about it.

He saw that Huang Yi was already in the [Ninth World], buying up Teleportation Array construction items at high prices. Surprisingly, people were actually selling these Teleportation Array items in the [Ninth World]. Compared to human players, Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses—who were more powerful, more numerous, and more eager to enter Secret Realms—had a greater supply of items obtained from within, such as the very props needed to build Teleportation Arrays.

Then let’s do this! No matter what, I’ll flatten all the special areas in Great Xia first!

Seeing that the Tourism Management Offices all over the country were cooperating and awaiting his arrival, Shen Fei, having gotten the hang of it, no longer held back or hesitated.

Although building a Neutral City required 50 Hearts of the City, each special area he cleared yielded, on average, about 50 of them. Therefore, Shen Fei, who held supreme control over the Neutral Cities he built, had no more reason to hesitate.

Bring it on! Let’s build! I’ll fill the entirety of Great Xia with Neutral Cities!

WHOOSH.

WHOOSH.

WHOOSH.

His invincible campaign of teleportation, combat, and construction began...

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Shen Fei had been busy for a full day.

「The next day arrived.」

After destroying the special areas, the debuff that makes my abilities disappear every other day is gone, too?

Upon entering another new special area, Shen Fei discovered that his abilities had not disappeared. He remembered a previous rule stating that when a human player entered a special area, or when an Intelligent NPC or Super Boss left a special area and entered the human world, their abilities would disappear for one day, every other day.

But what Shen Fei hadn’t expected was that after he destroyed one special area after another, this rule had somehow stopped working on him.

This is great! Then I’ll just mindlessly steamroll everything!

This new discovery filled Shen Fei with even more drive. Without delving into the reason why, he immediately roused his spirits and got right back to work.

And so, his figure traveled from the Northeast to North China.

Then, from the Northwest to the Southwest.

Finally, he arrived in the South China region.

It took him about five days to cover the entirety of Great Xia.

In the places he passed, one special area after another disappeared, and one Neutral City after another rose from the ground.

The spoils in his inventory were completely full, forcing him to store a great deal of it in his warehouse via the [Ninth World].

Additionally, his level had risen to an unparalleled height...