Chapter 22 White Poplar Sanctuary

Jun Lin: "You encountered an Undead Mage?"

Jun Lin sent the message, his gaze heavy.

Undead Mage, a term still only imagined by many.

But in his previous life, it was the fear in the hearts of countless low-level Lords.

Cycle Challenge of Undead Invasion, an Undead Mage who called himself Karis invaded following the world coordinates, summoning a calamity of Undead with Rank 6 strength that rivaled the later insect disaster.

In this world that had experienced the apocalypse, filled with corpses everywhere, Undead Mages were an unsolvable existence!

Before the start of this Cycle Challenge, the average Rank of the regional Lords was only Rank 3. After enduring the challenge for a week, their average Rank was forcibly raised to Rank 4, nearly touching Rank 5.

Not because their strength had increased!

But because almost all the low-level Lords had fallen!

At that time, his territory was only Rank 4. Had it not been for the adventure he had in the previous challenge that elevated his superpower to Rank 5,

perhaps he too would have become one of those vanished Lords.

In the end, it was a few of the strongest Lords in the region who together found the physical form of that Undead Mage, and with all their might, managed to cap the number of fallen Lords to 164.

Though in this life, with his current Lord Talent, he could definitely be among the strongest, and definitely wouldn't be suppressed by the Undead calamity like in his previous life.

But...

If truly left unchecked, it could very well end up like in his previous life, with the entire White Poplar City becoming a paradise for the Undead, all low-level Lords perishing.

He absolutely did not want to see that happen.

But after all, it wasn't him who discovered the Undead Mage, what he could do now was only to provide ample intelligence to help Fan Mao deal with that Undead Mage.

If asked how to confront these Undead, Jun Lin definitely had the experience.

After all, he had interacted with the Undead for so long in his previous life.

As a combat-oriented Lord, Jun Lin was extremely familiar with the weaknesses of each type of Undead.

Just how to reveal that, he still needed to ponder carefully.

"Sigh...

Relax, maybe it's not that Undead Mage?"

On the panel, Fan Mao had already replied.

Fan Mao: "Right, did Jun Lin also encounter it?"

A spark lit up in Jun Lin's eyes.

"Yeah! Since Fan Mao can't verify the truth anyway, I can make up anything!"

Jun Lin immediately concocted a story following Fan Mao's lead.

Jun Lin: "Right, I encountered a Rank 2 Undead Mage today and got some understanding."

Jun Lin: "By the way, the Undead Mage you met, was he called Karis?"

Fan Mao: "Right! How did you know, Jun Lin?"

Jun Lin: "The Undead Mage I encountered left behind a lot of things after his death, one of them was a notebook that mentioned he arrived here with a companion named Karis."

Having confirmed his guess, Jun Lin felt considerably more at ease.

If really because of his influence, to exterminate the future boss prematurely, then he could also be considered to have saved many people.

"Heh, pity I can't boast about this achievement to others..."

He wasn't worried about whether Fan Mao could defeat that Undead Mage, although in his previous life Fan Mao stayed quiet, his ability to consistently maintain a position among the top Lords in the region also proved his strength.

Maybe in his previous life, due to not understanding Undead Creatures, Fan Mao didn't manage to kill Karis, which allowed him to grow to Rank 6 and return to this world causing the Undead disaster.

But this life, with the intelligence he provided, he could absolutely change that future!

To nip Karis in the bud!

Fan Mao: "Well, Jun Lin, did that notebook contain any other intelligence? Name your price!"

Jun Lin: "No need, this knowledge isn't worth much, and eliminating an evil Undead Mage is a good deed."

Jun Lin: "If Fan Mao feels uncomfortable, how about giving some discounts when trading food later?"

Fan Mao: "Definitely!"

Jun Lin: "Then let's start from the weaknesses of Undead Creatures."

......

Watching the stream of intelligence sent to him in the private chat by Jun Lin, Bai Yi was secretly astounded.

The level of detail was almost enough to strip the Undead Mage down to his underwear!

From the classification of Undead Creatures, to the weaknesses and countermeasures of each type of Undead.

Jun Lin detailed every piece of information as if he had truly faced those Undead himself.

No, wait. Jun Lin already mentioned that he encountered an Undead Mage today.

Ignoring the suspicion that these details might be overly detailed.

Bai Yi thanked Jun Lin and turned off the panel to start contemplating.

According to Jun Lin, the biggest weakness of the Undead Mage is their corporeal body.

Despite possessing many powerful Undead Creatures, their own bodies are extremely fragile.

The best method, of course, is to use long-range attacks for direct assassination.

However, unfortunately, Bai Yi currently does not possess any powerful firearms, thus he must abandon this idea.

And another weakness is the lack of air control capability.

Most of the Undead Creatures are either Skeletons or Animated Corpses, even Skeleton Archers are rare.

Only Ghosts and spells cast by the Undead Mage themselves can damage aerial units.

However, Ghosts are afraid of Sunshine and generally do not appear during the day.

Thus, in terms of air superiority, Bai Yi is far ahead!

So, the plan is already very clear.

Using the familiarity with these Undead Creatures' weaknesses, start pushing from the outer perimeter.

Force that Karis to have no choice but to appear.

Next, it's time for the swarm of bees to perform...

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White Poplar City suburbs, White Poplar Sanctuary

Knock, knock, knock.

"Come in."

"Ah, it's Tang Xi. How's the situation?"

The man waved his hand, signaling for the secretary waiting in the room to step outside, his expression turning serious.

"Not good. What we can confirm now is that White Poplar City is indeed completely sealed off by an unknown force; neither people nor signals can pass through that barrier.

Along with that barrier, a group of self-proclaimed Lords has appeared.

That Corpse King is one of them."

"Lords?" The man suddenly thought of something, seemingly uncertain and astonished.

"Yes, probably exactly what you, Commander Hong, are thinking.

We've already made contact with one of them, some of this information is indeed from his account.

He also demonstrated abilities like conjuring buildings out of thin air, and using something like a Space Pocket to store objects in front of him.

Moreover, his territory is also protected by a barrier, exactly like the one enveloping White Poplar City."

"I didn't expect it, such plots from those old online novels would actually come true one day.

What about those strange monsters? Are they related to them as well?

Surely they aren't their wild monsters, right?"

Tang Xi suddenly wore a peculiar expression, somewhat helplessly said:

"Yes, according to that Lord, those wild monsters are spawned by the game system that brought them here.

They gain what's called experience after killing them, which enhances their strength, and the bodies simply vanish into thin air.

Commander, we should..."

Commander Hong pondered for a moment, then said:

"Since this godlike power is beyond our ability to combat, we must use it wisely.

Haven't you already made contact with a Lord?

You should have a clearer idea of the specific operations to undertake.

When appropriate, I authorize you to mobilize permissions level 3 and above."

"Yes!"

Tang Xi stood at attention and saluted, prepared to leave.

"Oh, by the way, what's the name of that Lord you all made contact with?"

"Anonymous."

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White Poplar Sanctuary: Established by the government after the disaster, the Sanctuary was jointly decided by the military commander and heads of two conglomerates. However, with the rise of Superpower Users, White Poplar Sanctuary is on the brink of division…