Jun Lin, "Did you encounter an Undead Mage?"
Jun Lin sent the message over, his eyes heavy with thought.
The term "Undead Mage" was still something from many people's imaginations for now.
But in the past life, it was a fear ingrained in the hearts of countless lower-level Lords.
During the Cycle Event, "Undead Invasion," an Undead Mage who called himself Karis invaded along the world's coordinates, summoning an undead catastrophe on par with the later insect plague with his Tier Six strength.
In this post-apocalyptic world filled with corpses, an Undead Mage was practically an unbeatable force!
At the time, just before this Cycle Challenge began, the average rank of the regional Lords was just the Third Rank. After a week of challenges, the average rank was forcibly pushed to nearly the Fourth Rank, almost reaching the Fifth.
*It wasn't because their strength had improved!*
*It was because almost all the low-level Lords had perished!*
At that time, his territory was no more than the Fourth Rank. If he hadn't gotten lucky in a previous challenge, upgrading his superpower to the Fifth Rank, *who knows, he might have become one of those vanished Lords.*
In the end, it was the strongest Lords in the region who banded together to locate the Undead Mage and, with great effort, managed to cap the fatalities among the Lords at 164.
He thought, *Although in this life, with my current Lord Talent, there's no doubt I can stand among the strongest and certainly won't be crushed by the undead plague like in the previous life.*
But...
*If I truly just let things run their course like this, White Poplar City might again become a Paradise for the Undead, with all the low-tier Lords dying out.*
*That's a scenario I absolutely refuse to see.*
Yet, since he wasn't the one who discovered the Undead Mage, all he could do now was provide ample information to help Fan Mao deal with this mage.
When it came to dealing with these Undead, Jun Lin definitely had the experience.
*After all, he had dealt with Undead for so long in his past life.*
As a combat-oriented Lord, Jun Lin knew the weaknesses of every type of Undead inside and out.
*Just how to reveal this information required careful consideration.*
"Sigh...
Relax, maybe it isn't that Undead Mage?"
On the panel, Fan Mao had already replied.
Fan Mao, "That's right, did Jun Lin also encounter them?"
Jun Lin's eyes lit up.
*"Yeah! Since Fan Mao couldn't possibly verify whether this is true or not, I could just bluff!"*
Jun Lin immediately concocted a story following Fan Mao's thread.
Jun Lin, "Yes, I also encountered a 2nd Rank Undead Mage today, so I happened to know a bit."
Jun Lin, "By the way, the Undead Mage you met, was he called Karis?"
Fan Mao, "Exactly! How did Jun Lin know?"
Jun Lin, "The Undead Mage I met left behind a lot of things after dying, including a notebook that mentioned coming here with a companion named Karis."
Confirming his suspicion, Jun Lin felt much more at ease.
*If under his influence, they managed to take down the future boss prematurely, he'd have saved a lot of people.*
*"Ha, shame there's no way to tell others about such an accomplishment…"*
He wasn't worried about whether Fan Mao could defeat that Undead Mage. Although in the past life Fan Mao never made a big splash, the ability to maintain a top position among regional Lords also proved his strength.
*Perhaps in the previous life, due to not understanding the Undead Creatures, Fan Mao didn't kill Karis, letting him eventually grow to Tier Six and return to wreak havoc on this world.*
*But in this life, with the information he's providing, they could certainly rewrite that future!*
*Karis would be killed here!*
Fan Mao, "Then Jun Lin, did that notebook have any other information? You can name any price!"
Jun Lin, "It's unnecessary; this knowledge isn't worth money. Also, it would be a good deed to hunt down an evil Undead Mage."
Jun Lin, "If you feel uneasy about it, how about giving me a discount when trading grain in the future?"
Fan Mao, "Absolutely!"
Jun Lin, "Let's start with the weaknesses of the Undead Creatures then."
......
Looking at the private chat filled with pieces of information from Jun Lin, Bai Yi sighed in amazement.
*This level of detail seemed to almost strip the Undead Mage naked!*
From the classification of Undead Creatures to the weaknesses and countermeasures for each type.
Every detail in Jun Lin's intelligence felt like he had truly faced these Undead.
*Then again, Jun Lin had just said he encountered an Undead Mage today.*
*Ignoring the suspicion that the information was a bit too detailed…*
Bai Yi thanked Jun Lin and closed the panel, beginning to think things over.
According to Jun Lin, the biggest weakness of an Undead Mage was their body.
Despite having such a strong army of Undead Creatures, their body itself was incredibly fragile.
Of course, the best tactic was to use a long-range attack to take them out directly.
But, unfortunately, Bai Yi currently didn't have any powerful firearms, so this approach had to be abandoned.
The other weakness was their lack of air control.
Most Undead Creatures were either skeletons or Animated Corpses, with even Skeleton Archers being rare.
The only threats to aerial units were Ghosts and spells cast by the Undead Mage themselves.
However, Ghosts feared Sunshine and generally didn't appear during the day.
So in terms of air control, Bai Yi was significantly ahead!
The plan was clear now.
Using the knowledge of these Undead Creatures' weaknesses, move forward from the outskirts step by step.
Forcing Karis to reveal himself.
And then, it would be time for the swarm of bees to perform…
......
White Poplar City suburbs, White Poplar Sanctuary
Knock, knock, knock
"Come in."
"Ha, it's Tang Xi. How's the situation?"
The man waved for the secretary on standby in the room to wait outside, his expression turning serious.
"Not great. We can confirm that White Poplar City has indeed been completely sealed off by an unknown force; neither people nor signals can penetrate that barrier.
A group of people calling themselves Lords appeared with that barrier.
That Corpse King is one of them."
"Lords?" The man suddenly thought of something, showing some uncertainty.
"Yes, it's probably what Commander Hong had in mind.
We've already made contact with one of them, and we've learned part of this intelligence from him.
He even demonstrated abilities like building structures out of thin air, and storing items in what appeared to be a Space Pocket.
Moreover, his territory had a barrier just like the one covering White Poplar City."
"Unbelievable, to think such scenarios from online novels could actually manifest one day.
And those strange monsters, are they related to them as well?
They couldn't possibly be their wild monsters, right?"
Tang Xi's expression became peculiar, and he responded helplessly,
"Yes, according to the Lord we spoke to, these wild monsters are all spawned by the game system that brought them here.
After defeating them, they gain what's called experience, enhancing their strength, while the bodies vanish into thin air.
Commander, what should we…"?
Commander Hong pondered for a moment, then said,
"If we cannot resist such God-like power, then we must learn to utilize it well.
You've already contacted one of the Lords?
Use him as an entry point; you should know best how to proceed with specifics.
When appropriate, I authorize the use of Third Rank permissions and above."
"Understood!"
Tang Xi stood at attention and was about to leave.
"By the way, what's the name of the Lord you've contacted?"
"Anonymous."
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