Who Designed This Underworld Dungeon?
Chapter 131 - 126: Overlord’s Egg?

Chapter 131: Chapter 126: Overlord’s Egg?

This is the first time Gong Qiying has taken over someone else’s Dungeon, and there’s this inexplicable feeling inside.

How should I put it—it’s like being on eggshells, not having the nerve to let loose.

When he had just acquired the operational authority of Val Dungeon, Gong Qiying asked:

"Do you mind if your home turns into a red swimming pool? There might be a bit of an irritating odor, and some not-so-clean little creatures."

It took a while for the Crystal Ball above Kidd’s head to flicker wildly before responding:

"If it’s not necessary... I’d prefer you didn’t do that. This place holds precious memories left to me by Mr. Kirich."

In reality, Gong Qiying could ignore the other party’s thoughts and just force his way through, after all, he’s the one in charge in this place.

But he’s not really like the stationary troops of the USA; he still values human rights. As for Kidd, he treats him as an equal in communication.

All in all, the other party has served as the City Lord for longer than Gong Qiying’s two lifetimes combined, and must know many things. So far, Kidd’s character as a robot also seems quite nice, and it wouldn’t be bad to consider him a talking encyclopedia.

But then again, Val Dungeon currently can’t undergo architectural modifications.

Although it’s unknown how the Demon Clan managed to reactivate the Teleportation Gate into this place, as long as they stay inside—even just one—it affects the Dungeon and prevents it from modifying the architecture.

Such a pity, the ingenious ideas Gong Qiying has harbored inside can’t be used after all.

"The Dungeon will close at night, right? What about remodeling then?"

"I’m sorry..." There was actually a hint of regret in Kidd’s mechanical voice. "This Dungeon does not close."

Gong Qiying looked up and asked, "Fourth-level authority?"

After the City Lord is upgraded to fourth-level authority, it’s possible to modify the closing time of the Dungeon or even keep it open forever. Correspondingly, as long as the City Lord wishes, anyone lingering in the maze can be expelled at any time, and even with fourth-level authority, one must follow the rule of "no one lingering to modify the architecture."

Once it’s the fourth level, even the number of people who can explore the Dungeon together can be modified, unlimitedly.

"Mr. Kirich was level four, but I’m only level one." A red light lit up above Kidd’s head, seemingly a gesture of shame.

"Mr. Kirich set the Dungeon to never close. When he transferred the authority to me, I was also level four, but by then, the Dungeon had already been shut. I never thought of modifying the time."

"Until now, as my spiritual power reserves kept decreasing, my authority dropped to level one, and I can no longer modify the time..."

It’s unclear if it’s a universal BUG or a feature in Dungeons worldwide, but when the authority of an Underground City Lord is reduced, their authorities are revoked, but the settings made by the higher authority aren’t reverted to the original state, resulting in the current situation.

It’s strange, I always feel that this feature can be exploited to game the system.

After some thought, Gong Qiying concluded that now, the problems with the encamped Demon Clan can only be resolved by using Monsters.

Not being able to use Corruption Lake is slightly disappointing, but among the Monsters, there are still a bunch he wants to use that can’t be employed against adventurers.

He unfolded the microcosm model of Val Dungeon.

This place is an ancient relic made of bronze, similar in style to the Dwarf ruins in "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim," but with lower technological content, where magic is used as a solution when in doubt.

The front half consists of rocks and open ground, the central part is the ancient ruins, and the back half is a nest hung with spider webs.

According to Val Dungeon’s Available Monsters, the Monsters here are roughly categorized into Demon Type, spider type, and small humanoid Monsters similar to goblins, all corresponding with different scenes.

For most of the time, the Demon Clan members wander around the open ground at the front, but according to Kidd’s observations, they enter the Bronze Ruins during rest hours, and the mechanisms inside have all been destroyed.

It’s probably because the Bronze Ruins have facilities similar to dorms, and these Pure Demon Clan members have intelligence no different from humans, and they also know to look for a comfortable place to sleep.

Sleeping inside the ruins...

Gong Qiying smiled; this offered a huge realm of possibilities.

He could potentially send a wave of troops to block their door or perform a decapitation strike with a few elites. It’s likely these Demon Clan members have never imagined being attacked inside the ruins.

But this time Gong Qiying plans to try something different.

Such a narrow space would be perfect for releasing some "Poison Gas," wouldn’t it?

"Do they have any behavioral habits?" He looked at Kidd, who raised a metal plate in place that projected images, apparently a device similar to his Crystal Ball.

The metal plate showed carefully selected images, and Kidd explained:

"At first, there were no more than fifty members of the Demon Clan who entered. They turned this place into a temporary stronghold. Although the Dungeon’s traps were still operational, they were ineffective against the Demon Clan leaders."

"The increase in the Demon Clan’s numbers occurred on the second day. They are nocturnal, and every time they return, they bring back a group of new Demons Clan members that I’ve never seen before—sometimes just five or six, sometimes as many as twenty or thirty. However, these new members share one common trait—their Intelligence is not high, I believe it’s as if they’ve been hit by a dumbness curse."

Dumbness? Gong Qiying keenly caught the key word. The Demon Clan members that appeared in his Dungeon were also stupid and dull.

Those stupid Demons were transformed from humans, and if these factors are connected...

He shared his speculation with Kidd, who shook his body front to back, as if imitating a human nodding gesture.

"They are indeed turning the humans outside into their own kind,"

"You guessed it too?"

Kidd didn’t speak but showed Gong Qiying a video clip.

Several robust members of the Demon Clan were chatting in the scene, one of them picked up a thumb-sized, greenish lump of flesh and said:

"This gift from the Priest is really handy—humans start howling and turn into one of us the moment they put this thing on,"

"Fool, how can you compare those impure things with us? They are not worthy!"

"I still don’t get it. Why does the army commander waste time on transforming humans? We could easily take down this dilapidated city on our own."

"Hey hey, if Lord Doslepo hears you talking nonsense like this, you’re done for. Don’t blabber—the lord does this to earn higher scores. Let me whisper to you guys, the other army commanders are ahead of Lord Doslepo in scores, so he must make a big event happen."

The first Demon spoke in a sturdily deep voice, "Scores? Apart from getting promoted, what the heck is the use of that? I really don’t know what the Priest is up to with such things—just kill people directly, why play games..."

As the conversation was veering into dangerous territory, another person hurriedly interrupted.

"By the way, does anyone know what this stuff is called? Lord Doslepo told us to give it to those qualified. It’s said that after transformation, they become even stronger than us."

"Pssh, I don’t believe that, mere humans..."

"Fallen Demon Egg," a Demon suddenly said: "This thing is called the Fallen Demon Egg, remember it well, the lord will ask about it later."

"It’s time to go, let’s catch some humans to bring back, we’re pressed for time today."

The vision ended, and Gong Qiying’s face was expressionless as he asked, "Can you send me some of this?"

Fallen Demon Eggs, killing game, scores and ranks.

This was his first exposure to so much content related to the Demon Clan, feeling as if the mysterious veil of this race was being lifted bit by bit.

The Demon Clan uses the Fallen Demon Eggs to transform humans into demented members of the Demon Clan, it seems. From their words, it appears they can also create even stronger Demons.

The so-called Priest also merits attention—games, scores, ranks—I had no idea that there was such a system within the Demon Clan; it turns out their civilization isn’t as primitive as tribal.

When the time comes, keep a few captives for interrogation, maybe they’ll know something about the Evil Nest Dungeon.

"Of course," Kidd said, "according to my analysis, the Demons have turned this place into a base, bringing in transformed humans every day, seemingly to gather forces to attack the city outside."

"That’s what I thought too, that city is said to have already fallen."

"That quickly?" Kidd said in surprise, "Faster than I imagined. What’s the human response?"

"The army is on its way, riding horses, but it will take at least two days to arrive."

"Two days..."

Kidd suddenly fell silent, and just as Gong Qiying thought he had malfunctioned, he spoke in a gloomy voice:

"Mr. Gedwin, I have a request."

"Please, tell me," Gong Qiying responded politely.

"When the human faction battles the Demon Clan, could you please attack them from both front and rear?"

The cold mechanical voice was occasionally mixed with static.

"From my observations, the Demon Clan has made the Val Underworld their secret base unknown to others. If they lose, they will definitely retreat here; if they win, they’ll also come back to celebrate. Whether they are overjoyed or devastated, I would like to ask you..."

"Don’t worry,"

Gong Qiying patted the top of Kidd’s head, showing a sunny and cheerful smile.

"I will surely give these scum who tarnished your precious memories the most painful death."

"Mr. Gedwin..."

Kidd, touched, didn’t know what to say, so—

[You received a Gift from the Val Underworld City Lord: 1,000 spiritual power]

Gong Qiying’s eyes were filled with satisfaction; he had definitely made a generous friend!

A lot happened that day.

Two Underground City Lords reached a cooperation, discussing how to make the Demon Clan die the most painfully.

An adventurer and his Wolf pack were still undergoing the test of the Fran Undead Team, he had managed to counterattack while defending.

The soldiers of the Bed Family, adventurers, various Churches, and other temporary forces of the Alliance were on their way on horseback, vowing to strangle the Demon Clan at their fastest speed.

In the Demon Cave Val City, the City Lord’s residence.

The whole building was now enveloped in wriggling flesh, constantly oozing dark red fluid, looking full of malevolence.

At the center of the building, the leader of this group of Demons, Doslepo, was sitting amidst the blood and flesh.

"When the next batch of humans arrives, we will have gathered the offerings for the birth of the New Demon."

He looked towards the night sky, where the moonlight was bright and holy.

"This time, I’ll be able to advance one step further."

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