If it hadnât suddenly erupted with a terrifying speed far beyond before, Xu Xin would have still thought it was lingering at the intermediate level.
That invincible burst of speed, wanting to kill Xu Xin within ten meters, was a matter of a swipe, and he wouldnât have been able to react.
Fortunately, Mimi still has a contract with him, and it also has the bloodline of a giant beast. Crystal City has a strong influence on it as well, so thereâs no need to worry that Mimi would be controlled by the mutant creatureâs bloodline.
Similarly, under the influence of Crystal City, its body size has also grown larger than before.
Thus, it became the king of mutant creatures as a matter of course.
Compared to Mimi, Afu has advanced to the intermediate level, while Silver King has not yet reached the advanced level. Fortunately, itâs already very close.
In any case, with Mimiâs help, the outermost mutant creature defense line has been properly arranged.
Within this one-day period, the inner and outer defense lines of Crystal City have been arranged properly on the outer circle.
Outermost layer, mutant creature defense line.
The second layer, a treehouse crossbow defense line of two hundred survivors.
The third layer, a trench defense on both the underground and surface, along with a defense line composed of explorer elites.
The fourth layer, the plant heart guard defense inside the trench, and Xu Xinâs super crossbow killing weapon.
All the defense lines have been completely laid out!
Four layers of defense, interlinked!
Just waiting for those enemies planning to attack the world tree to strike.
This time, they are very well prepared!
Xu Xin twisted his neck to relax his nerves, tense from the entire dayâs stress.
According to Qin Fuâs report, there was nothing noteworthy within Crystal City or outside throughout the day.
Not sure why the opposition didnât attack today, giving them ample preparation time.
Maybe the opposition also needs preparation, after all, preparing a mutant creature army without the giant beast bloodline on Earth isnât easy.
Perhaps they are also gathering forces.
But this also requires more attention.
If before they thought the opponentâs real offensive was from underground infiltration to steal the world treeâs crystal, now all the explorers believe both the ground and underground are their main offensive methods.
The surface isnât just covering the underground, but simply a split-force strategy.
The ground mutant creature groups are also aimed at destroying the world tree!
Therefore, caution must be doubled.
Also, the airborne enemies, which they cannot confirm yet.
Overall, tomorrowâs battle is still an unknown.
Theyâve prepared everything they can; the rest is up to their best efforts.
At this moment, Xu Xinâs watch suddenly vibrated.
It was a call from Shi Wanyun far away in Zone 1.
"Things are basically settled on my end; Iâve convinced them," Shi Wanyun said softly, bringing good news.
"How did you persuade them? Did you tell them the truth?"
"Of course not," Shi Wanyun chuckled, "It took a lot of effort for you to tell me these truths, how could I possibly tell them directly. Moreover, didnât you say not to mention it?"
"Then how did you..."
"I just used my ability to show the other party a glimpse of the world tree and Crystal City, telling him this is the city you explorers possess."
This maneuver... simple yet effective.
Even the strong ones in Zone 1 would definitely be astounded by the combination of Crystal City and the towering giant tree.
However...
"Didnât you say you didnât want others to know about your ability?" Xu Xin asked.
"I only let one person know, Cheng Junâan, you might have heard of his name."
Cheng Junâan.
His name was on the previous snow mountain rankings.
After establishing an alliance between two zones and connecting them, he privately chatted with him as well.
It was mostly just some normal greetings, saying things like cooperating to win and survive together.
This man named Cheng Junâan had also taken first place in the Zone 1 rankings at one point, on the same level as Shi Wanyun in Zone 1 strong ones.
"I only told him, he doesnât need to disclose my ability to others."
"Forehead to forehead?"
"...Just touched him a bit, let him see the scene," Shi Wanyun chuckled, "Donât worry, I am not interested in him. He is also very guarded against me; if it werenât for the affinity enhancement, I might not even be able to get close to him."
"...Thatâs not what I meant." Xu Xin said helplessly, "So, he helped you persuade the folks in Zone 1."
"Yes, with the endorsement of the two strongest people in Zone 1, informing everyone in Zone 1 that we are heading to Zone 188 to help protect the world tree, now everyone in Zone 1 is eager to move."
That indeed saved a lot of effort.
With the local big shots all leaving, the remaining survivors would naturally follow.
"However, he also had conditions.
Some people are strongly opposed in Zone 1 because those people have already sided with other strong figures in Zone 1, and their treehouses cannot be relocated anymore. Cheng Junâan agreed because he only received two people himself, and his condition is...
For the two individuals currently parasitic in his treehouse to have parasitic treehouses of their own. I agreed for him."
"Thatâs a good agreement, no problem with that."
There are quite a few parasitic treehouses left in the explorersâ hands, giving him two is completely doable.