An hour later.

The Insect Emperor Caesar controlled by Zhou Huai had already released nearly one thousand five hundred Alien Parasites completely.

They blended into the bustling crowds inside the Shura Arena, like dandelion seeds, silently finding their respective "soil".

At this moment, the experience points records in the background of Caesar's attribute panel were refreshing frantically at a dazzling speed.

【Ding! Gained 35 points of experience points!】

【Ding! Gained 78 points of experience points!】

【Ding! Gained 102 points of experience points!】

...

In his mind, the refresh speed of experience points in the System backend was more than double what it was before.

Zhou Huai felt quite pleased inside.

This was simply too awesome.

What difference was this from AFK auto-leveling?

Furthermore, as the number of "underlings" he parasitized grew larger and larger, this speed would only get faster and faster.

Just at this moment, a cold System prompt tone rang out.

【Triggered Challenge Quest: Everything is a Puppet】

【Quest Objective: Successfully parasitize 10,000 hosts.】

【Quest Reward: Professional Orb draw chance X1.】

Zhou Huai's eyes lit up.

He didn't expect that such a matter could also trigger a quest, and even reward a chance to draw a Professional Orb.

This quest had practically no challenging difficulty.

It was nothing more than spending some time, practically like picking something up for free.

However, even if he possessed a Professional Orb right now, he still couldn't immediately create the next Avatar.

Aside from the first Avatar Yasuo, his main body needed to increase by five Levels for every additional new Avatar he could create.

And his main body's Level was tied with the one among all Avatars with the highest Level.

Which was the same as Gandalf.

Currently still stuck at Level 44.

He currently already had Yasuo, Ou Yezi, Gandalf, Moria, Xiang Yu, Zhuge Kongming, Sona, Da Yi, and Insect Emperor Caesar—a full nine Avatars.

To want to create the tenth Avatar, he must raise his Level to Level 45.

In fact, Zhou Huai had always been holding onto a chance to draw a Professional Orb in his hands.

That was the reward from the previous "Overlord of Donghai City" challenge quest.

Today's Evernight Guild was already the undisputed number one in comprehensive strength in Donghai City.

This challenge quest had also been completed unconsciously.

Yet he had delayed drawing the next profession.

Although Gandalf was currently only one Level short of upgrading to Level 45,

the time required to span this gap of one Level was definitely not short.

Furthermore, Gandalf was currently also playing the important role of the military's liaison.

Currently, it was hard to spare free time to steadily go level up.

Zhou Huai couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It would be great if the other Avatars could also have a perfect AFK leveling channel like Insect Emperor Caesar's.

As the beast tide in Dongning Province gradually subsided,

the exotic beasts in the ruins beneath Donghai City were already not left with many.

In the future, if his Avatars and the brothers of the Evernight Guild wanted to quickly raise their Level, I'm afraid it would become increasingly difficult.

Unless he chose to relocate his base camp.

Taking everyone to those larger, more resource-rich cities.

However, that would consume unimaginable mental effort and time.

Zhou Huai currently had no energy at all to invest too much in this aspect.

He raised his head, his gaze sweeping across the dungeon entrances exuding a faint glow inside the Shura Arena.

A thought suddenly sprouted in his heart.

He had heard people say before that those dungeons inside the Imperial Capital University's Dungeon Tower seemed to all be crafted personally by Formation Masters.

Unlike natural dungeons in the wild,

dungeons crafted by Formation Masters were more meticulous, and could even freely design scenes and difficulty according to one's own needs.

Every single dungeon was the integration of several or even dozens of Formations.

It was another research direction for Formation Masters.

Major academies all specially established a discipline called dungeon architecture for this.

Didn't Professor Chen Lanxin of Imperial Capital University personally craft an entire Simon City dungeon?

And she was merely an S-Level Formation Master.

Yet what he held in his hands was a genuine SS-Level Formation Master!

The more Zhou Huai thought about it, the brighter his eyes became.

He immediately had Caesar's Intellect Core AI go AFK on the spot.

He issued an order to every newly born Alien Parasite to find a suitable host.

If anyone asked him to form a party, he should tell the other party that he was only a C-Level Insect Master.

Believing the other party would surely back down in the face of difficulties.

After finishing all this, his consciousness swiftly completed the transfer.

A streak of flowing light crossed a thousand miles,

and ultimately descended upon Zhuge Kongming outside Donghai City.

At this moment, that section of Donghai City's outer wall that had once been breached by the beast tide had already been repaired with the joint help of several Earth-element Classer.

The new wall not only recovered as before, but was even taller and sturdier than before.

This Avatar Zhuge Kongming was quietly carving a Level 6 defense Formation onto the brand-new wall body.

Six carving knives carved fluently on the wall, like swimming fish entering the water, leaving no trace.

The aura of the Master had descended.

Several Evernight Guild Classer nearby who were clearing the ruins successively stopped the actions in their hands.

They turned around and bowed in salute toward Zhuge Kongming's direction.

"Greetings, Master!"

Zhou Huai waved his hand, his voice gentle.

"Go call President Moli over."

Several subordinates immediately took the order and left, their actions without the slightest bit of drag.

In a short while, Moli hurried over.

"Master, do you have any instructions for calling me?"

Zhou Huai controlled Zhuge Kongming, while the Formation carving at his fingertips did not stop.

He asked without turning his head.

"Are there any materials in the guild specifically researching dungeon architecture?"

Moli was stunned for a moment, clearly not understanding why the Master was suddenly interested in this.

She thought carefully and shook her head.

"I'm afraid there are no such niche materials within Donghai City."

"However, I heard that Dongning Academy has a specialized dungeon architecture discipline, so there should be related books."

Zhou Huai nodded.

"Send someone to borrow them from Jiangning City."

"Just say that the Evernight Guild wants to use them."

A trace of pride flashed in Moli's eyes.

"Yes, Master!"

Today's Evernight Guild was no longer what it used to be.

The deed of defending Donghai City against the beast tide with her own strength had completely spread.

The reputation of the entire guild was at its peak.

Not only within the scope of Dongning Province, but even nationwide, rumors of this legendary guild gradually emerged.

Many eyewitnesses passed it on by word of mouth, adding fuel to the flames.

The Evernight Guild vaguely acquired the title of the strongest and most mysterious guild in Great Xia Nation.

Even that governor of Jiangning City, Hou Changfeng, found it somewhat hard to believe when he came to Donghai City for inspection.

He had met with Moli privately more than once, wanting to understand the specific situation of the Evernight Guild by beating around the bush.

But in the end, they were all brushed off by Moli with airtight rhetoric.

Today's Moli was no longer that little girl from back then.

Having experienced so many events, she had indeed grown quite a bit, becoming increasingly mature and responsible like a guild president.

After receiving the order, she quickly arranged manpower and set off for Jiangning City.

In just over an hour,

the team sent to Jiangning City quickly returned.

Only when they returned, there was an extra person on the vehicle.

The team leader's face carried uncontainable excitement as he hurried over to Zhou Huai.

"Master, after we arrived at Dongning Academy and stated our purpose, the dean of their dungeon architecture department didn't say another word and immediately let us bring all the relevant materials to you."

He pointed at the somewhat restrained figure on the vehicle behind him.

"The dean was afraid that there might be something you didn't understand here, so he specially let the most professional teacher in the dungeon field in the academy follow along, saying he wants to personally explain it to you."

Zhou Huai's gaze fell upon that person.

That was a man in his thirties, with a lean figure, wearing a meticulously ironed scholar uniform.

He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and his hair was combed meticulously.

He tightly hugged a thick briefcase in his hands, appearing somewhat fidgety and uneasy.

Seeing Zhuge Kongming's gaze, the man quickly took a few steps, came close, and bowed respectfully.

His posture was placed very low, even carrying a trace of pilgrimage-like piety.

"You... You are the Master of the Evernight Guild?"

"My name is Gao Yuan, lecturer of dungeon architecture at Dongning Academy. Greetings, Master."

Zhou Huai nodded: "Teacher Gao does not need to be so polite."

He also didn't waste time, going straight to the topic.

"You should also be able to see that I am also a Formation Master."

"In the future, I want to design a few dungeons for Donghai City, but I haven't dabbled in the field of dungeon construction before. I hope Teacher Gao can give some pointers."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment.

Then he shook his head.

"I wouldn't dare speak of giving pointers; dungeon architecture is a very profound learning."

"I have studied it for more than ten years and have only learned a mere superficial layer."

"First, one must prepare a large amount of space stabilization materials, as well as at least hundreds of rare ores used to build Formations."

"Then is the design: dungeon scenes, monster types, difficulty gradients... All of these require precise calculation and repeated deductions."

Zhou Huai was somewhat surprised, not expecting this instructor Gao Yuan to be quite straightforward.

Just as he expressed his idea, the other party had already started talking endlessly like dumping beans out of a bamboo tube.

Zhou Huai smiled bitterly, hurriedly interrupting: "Teacher Gao, this is not a place to talk."

"Why don't we go to the Evernight Guild base to talk slowly."

Gao Yuan only then came to his senses, smiling shyly.

"I lost my composure, I lost my composure. It's mainly because no one has been willing to chat with me about these things for a long time. I got a bit carried away for a moment."

Zhou Huai finally understood why the dean of Dongning Academy had sent him over.

This Gao Yuan was quite a pure scholar.