Chapter 584: "Civilization Ladder" Intelligence, The Incident of the Silver-Glowing Blood

Yu Yuan glanced briefly at the chat channel, then ignored it.

Overthinking won’t help.

From the moment he decided to rise to the Bronze Rank, he had already anticipated this day.

Instead of worrying about every little possibility, improving his own strength was far more important.

As long as the speed at which he increased his power exceeded the speed at which enemies arrived,

he was confident he could open with a decisive punch, sparing himself a hundred blows.

Right now, no matter how long his promotion took, his rank was solidly 1,252. Players ranked below him should think twice before acting rashly.

Take the mercenaries Moon Shadow's Breath hired — some of them were only ranked three to four thousand.

Now that they see his ranking, they’ll probably think better of it. For those whose thieving hearts won’t die, Yu Yuan said “bring it on.”

[Yu Yuan Shelter: I saw it. Help me check someone named "Artus." He’s a Silver member of Snake Kiss...]

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: Artus? The player ranked 47th on the Silver leaderboard? His Black Magic Civilization is famous, I didn't expect him to be with Snake Kiss. Right... what he does fits a broker's trade, and it matches Snake Kiss's pattern...]

[Greenfield Cruise Ship: Understood. I’ll gather his files as soon as possible.]

After communicating with Greenfield, because of Unicorn Rhino’s death, Yu Yuan only had the last twenty minutes remaining in this world.

Obviously, he couldn’t finish looting everything in that time.

Besides, clearing the reinforcements in the two cities over twenty kilometers away would also take time.

Alpha had already summoned all Pioneering Group members; the battered mechanical armored vehicles were in position.

Yu Yuan opened the motor lodge and everyone entered again.

Facing an enemy force twice their size this time, the Pioneering Group suffered heavy losses.

More than twenty dead, and nearly everyone wounded, but given the circumstances that was already remarkable.

After everyone re-entered the motor lodge, Yu Yuan chose to end the invasion.

The next moment, he was back at the Civilization War Fortress Square.

On the square,

a brand-new Mechanical Titan Base Unit waited.

Also arriving were standby Pioneering Group personnel and logistical supply trucks, fully prepared.

"Leader, per your orders, the follow-up support troops have assembled."

Yu Yuan nodded without hesitation.

"Good. Once the Civilization Transmission Channel is completed, we move immediately."

He locked the Magic Potion Civilization world coordinates and opened the Civilization Teleportation Gate.

One minute later, Yu Yuan reappeared on the soil of the Potion Civilization.

Because he came through the portal, Yu Yuan gained permission to construct the transmission channel.

Pioneering Group members stepped out of the motor lodge again.

Yu Yuan looked at Alpha.

"Take down the remaining enemies twenty kilometers away in the shortest time possible, and scout those two cities."

"Yes!"

Alpha began directing the operation.

Yu Yuan rode Mie Mie, observing around the Gado Lakefront.

Ten kilometers from the lakefront, he spotted a small valley.

It was the ideal place for a base.

He immediately built a portal and established the transmission channel to Green Forest World.

The Civilization War Fortress appeared.

Carmen, who had long been waiting, arrived with the Pioneering Group reserves. The Mechanical Titan Base Unit emerged from the portal.

Then came truck after truck loaded with Foundation Blocks.

The Mechanical Titan Base Unit unfolded in the valley.

Titan Constructors and Titan Demolishers deployed.

They cleared and compressed the valley’s trees and rocks, rapidly assembling the base.

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— [Blood Duke Disturbance!]

Today, frequent activity has arisen within the Bloodlands; the Blood Duke may be awakening from slumber.

He sensed a slight fluctuation in his bloodline, seemingly related to his long-dead daughter, Lilith.

Across the Civilization Ladder, the only one who perfectly inherited his bloodline was the Night Witch Lilith.

But since Lilith was slain by the Blood Clan Progenitor Gurlad, the last remnant of Lilith’s bloodline was suppressed within the Blood Clan’s Bloodline River.

This was done to ensure the stability and purity of the Blood Clan’s lineage.

The Blood Duke had tried many methods to reclaim Lilith’s remaining blood power, but all ended in failure.

Yet the recent bloodline fluctuation gave the Blood Duke a sliver of hope.

Through investigation, he learned of Gurlad’s earlier disturbance and that the Bloodline River had been invaded.

The Blood Duke rejoiced.

He intended to find that intruder to learn more about Lilith.

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— [Blood Clan Wanted Notice!]

A major incident recently occurred within the Blood Clan.

The Bloodline River in the Spiritual Dimension was infiltrated by an unknown individual.

The Blood Clan is furious.

Archduke Gute issued a wanted notice to the entire faction, seeking leads on the intruder and arranging capture.

Reward: Civilization Abyss exploration slot ×1.

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Yu Yuan set down the Civilization Ladder magazine in his hand.

"Blood Duke... then there's no doubt about that silver-glowing blood cluster — it’s Lilith’s blood."

But a single cluster of blood drawing the full attention of the Blood Clan and the Blood Duke was truly troublesome.

The Bloodlands were the Blood Duke’s domain... old-established powers really are different..."

"Also, Civilization Abyss..."

Yu Yuan frowned; this issue of Civilization Ladder was explosive.

Today was Day 94 on the Wasteland Calendar.

Yu Yuan had just settled the Potion Civilization, then hurried back,

all to check Civilization Ladder magazine at the Hidden Library, which updates every half month.

It did not disappoint; two consecutive useful items were worth his time.

[Wolf Mother: Leader, Hogg has awakened!]

Mona’s message arrived; Yu Yuan smiled.

While Hogg was undergoing bloodsucking werewolf experiments, Yu Yuan had been blindsided by the sudden Civilization War.

Then there were battles, cleaning up the battlefield, and building the Civilization Transmission Channel—he’d been nonstop.

He hadn’t expected Hogg to have completed the experiment and awaken so quickly.

When Yu Yuan arrived at the Genetic Modification Laboratory,

Hogg was undergoing physical examinations with Miller and the others.

Yu Yuan felt pleasantly surprised.

In the Combat Detector, Hogg’s Life Level had already risen to Silver-tier.

"Hogg actually reached Silver-tier!"

Hearing Yu Yuan’s voice, Miller looked over at once.

"Master, you're back! Something of a small accident happened during Hogg's experiment, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise!"

"Accident?" Yu Yuan asked in surprise.

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"Ah~~~"

Watching Hogg on the surveillance footage, screaming as he was struck by the suddenly infused silver-glowing blood, Yu Yuan’s expression turned stunned.

"How did the silver-glowing blood appear inside the isolation chamber? Shouldn’t he have been trapped by Canary's Cage?"

Miller gave a wry smile.

"Master, that’s exactly the thing we didn’t anticipate."

Miller rewound the footage to the moment the silver-glowing blood appeared in the isolation chamber and paused.

He pulled up another recording.

It was the surveillance from the Canary's Cage room.

One second before the silver-glowing blood appeared in the isolation chamber, a silver light had burst from within the Canary's Cage.

When the light faded, the silver-glowing blood had already entered the isolation chamber.

The footage continued.

The moment the silver-glowing blood entered the isolation chamber, it dove into Hogg’s body and began an unexpected evolution...