They were now waiting for the Fortress War to begin.
After capturing the fortress, led primarily by the Slaughter Guild.
Those guilds that would perish after 12 hours would inevitably bow their heads and accept the unequal terms they had just drafted.
Either sign, and your guild residence would be moved into the fortress.
Or refuse, and await dissolution by the system.
Currently, there were two hours left until the Fortress War was to commence.
The Black Earth City allied forces stood at the entrance to the seventh layer, extremely excited.
They had finally passed the test of the first layer.
"Send a few people down..."
This time, the commander had learned his lesson.
Instead of rushing in headfirst, they planned to send a few people down to scout the way.
Soon, someone returned with the information that the entrance to the seventh layer was safe.
The seven to eighty thousand people began their migration, all entering the seventh layer.
"Can't see any monsters again, are we going to be bottlenecked at the entrance again?"
Everyone's hearts sank seeing this scene.
"That's not right... why are there so many holes on the ground?"
Someone crouched down. This was a rogue.
He reached out and felt the sand and stones on the ground.
He brought his hand to his nose and sniffed.
"These are pits from Bursting Landmines! And the explosion wasn't long ago! Something's wrong... someone has entered the seventh layer!"
This rogue was also a guild leader and possessed some capability.
He instantly stood up and looked inside.
However, he didn't have dark vision gear, so he couldn't see anything clearly.
"What's going on? Someone's entered here?" The others were greatly alarmed.
"The soil around these mine pits is incredibly solid. The landmines must have been buried here for a long time.
Now that the mines have exploded, there's still a faint smell of gunpowder, indicating the explosion wasn't more than ten hours ago, but at least five hours ago.
Someone... got here first!
I suspect all those monsters were lured to the entrance to block it, all targeting us!"
The others' pupils dilated after the rogue spoke.
The Huang Corporation's order was to clear this place and bring back the first batch of items from the exploration.
Regardless of whether the items were good or bad, their losses would be compensated, and they would receive certain rewards.
The prerequisite was to bring items back.
Everyone knew that the first exploration of secret realms and the activation of maps would yield many benefits.
Some good, some bad.
But most of the time, it was profitable.
The Huang Corporation would not engage in losing ventures.
Now that they discovered someone had entered this place.
They panicked.
"Quick, move forward, faster!"
However, just as this group entered the seventh layer.
Chu Tian and his team finally defeated the last Soulless One.
At this moment, Zhao Lei was the most excited.
His Soulless One set was only missing one piece.
If the last monster didn't drop it, Chu Tian had said it would be impossible to complete the set.
Not only Zhao Lei, but the others were also nervous.
They all wanted to see what the god-tier set attributes Chu Tian mentioned looked like.
"Something's wrong, someone's descended!" Zhao Lei had just retrieved the equipment.
As everyone prepared to inquire about the attributes.
Suddenly, Luo Luo called out in a low voice.
"How do you know?" Chu Tian was stunned.
There was still some distance between the entrance and their corridor.
"Nai Er told me!" Luo Luo said.
"Nai Er?" Chu Tian was stunned.
"Yes, Milga Nai Er..."
As Luo Luo spoke, she waved her hand.
Whoosh...
Beside her, a small dragon appeared.
Chu Tian recognized it as the pet Luo Luo had obtained.
It was once the Winter Queen's pet dragon.
During that incident in the Dararson Basin, Chu Tian had taken the Fiery Demon Orb and the Dream of Frost Crystal.
He broke its seal and released it.
As a result, the poisonous water spread, directly killing over seven thousand members of the Slaughter Guild.
This laid the foundation for the Rise of the Inverse God Alliance.
Later, this fellow suddenly disappeared.
The poison in the water also receded, and Chu Tian even salvaged over seven thousand pieces of equipment.
This directly filled the vacancy in the Inverse God Alliance's guild warehouse at the time.
Afterward, they learned that this fellow had actually bonded with Luo Luo.
Becoming the sole entity on the pet rankings.
"Why didn't you let this little guy help us fight the monsters earlier? We could have cleared them faster."
Chu Tian smiled helplessly when he saw Luo Luo summon it so late.
"I left her at the entrance. I just summoned her over!"
Luo Luo also smiled.
"Right... this guy can go invisible?"
"It can change color..."
"Alright... I guess that group of people has descended. I need to leave quickly!"
Chu Tian quickly urged everyone out of the corridor. Chu Tian glanced towards the entrance.
Indeed, he saw people appearing one after another.
This pet of Luo Luo's discovered the ones who had descended first to scout.
Chu Tian transformed into a leopard, his dark vision completely unaffected. He saw a rogue squatting down and touching the ground.
Then he sniffed, and the other party's expression changed as they looked in their direction.
Chu Tian understood that the other party already knew they were there.
As a great rogue in his past life, terrain surveying and trap research were essential skills for a rogue.
He also knew clearly that the landmine explosion had not exceeded ten hours, and the smell of gunpowder would linger.
"Quick, go, they know someone got here first."
Chu Tian urged in the team.
This was because there was no light at all in this place.
Chu Tian and the others were only fifty meters away from the other party.
If the other party had equipment that enhanced dark vision, they would likely have discovered them.
The ten of them, Chu Tian included, moved stealthily, increasing their speed as much as possible.
They charged inward.
The seventh layer wasn't very large, the entire corridor was about four hundred meters long.
"You guys charge forward! Don't wait for me. Once the main gate opens, go in and directly attack the central hub. That thing has very little health and won't retaliate!"
Chu Tian had only run a few steps when he suddenly remembered something, his face filled with regret, and he turned back abruptly.
Except for Chu Tian, the others had already reached the golden gate that Zhao Lei had mentioned at a very fast speed.
This was the place leading to the Suppressing Divine Hall.
"Boss, how do we open this gate?"
After everyone arrived, they shouted in the team.
Chu Tian had already rushed into the corridor they were just in, heading straight for the stone chamber inside!
"Wait for me, I'm opening the gate. I forgot just now, each stone chamber has a switch, all eight must be pressed to open the gate!"
Chu Tian had also forgotten.
Fortunately, he remembered it temporarily, and a wave of regret washed over him.
"A gem lit up!" Just as Chu Tian pressed the first button, hidden beneath the pair of corrupted stone beds in a stone chamber.
Zhao Lei's voice came through the team.
"No, they're already coming!"
Chu Tian turned, just about to run out.
Two warriors came at him. Chu Tian sidestepped, pressing against the wall.
His cloaked body remained still.
"Huh... why did I feel something was off just now?"
One of the warriors looked back in Chu Tian's direction.
"You must be hallucinating. There's probably nothing else here. We've been dawdling here for a while, and we still don't know what's ahead. Let them scout first."
The other warrior ignored him and continued walking inside.