In the last few hours of the War of the Shifting Sands, the allied forces of the four dragon armies and the Night Elves pushed the battlefield to the center of the Qiraj Empire. The mutant swarm of Silithus retreated to the final fortress, Ahn 'Qiraj City.
But inside the Door of Ahn 'Qiraj, there was a large number of Qiraj mutants waiting for them. The Kalimdor Alliance couldn't imagine the number.
After a long battle, the Kalimdor Alliance Army was still unable to defeat the Qiraj Emperor and his swarm of strange insects. They could only use a powerful magic barrier to trap them inside, and the city of Ahn 'Qiraj became a cursed ruin because of the flames of war.
After thousands of years, the Qiraj's invading heart didn't disappear because of the barrier. A new generation of mutant swarm slowly broke out of their cocoons, and the ruins of Ahn 'Qiraj were once again filled with Qiraj mutants.
A huge and smooth barrier divided the area into two halves. This barrier was the Wall of Beetles.
After the System update, the Wall of Beetles was revealed to the world.
This 100 foot cold barrier spanned across the mountains on the east and west sides. In order to see what was inside the wall, some players climbed up a tall cliff in the distance. They discovered that the world inside the wall seemed to be the same as the outside: a hot, dry, and sandy desert.
In some ancient texts, the elves called the area inside the wall "Ahn 'Qiraj".
The players used many methods to try to cross over the wall, including some methods that could fly for a long period of time. But without exception, when they flew above the wall, they were torn apart by a mysterious force.
Only by opening the door could they enter Ahn 'Qiraj. This was the answer given by the System.
A huge gong was waiting for the players to ring it.
The footsteps of the war gradually approached.
Lu Li stood in front of the Wall of Beetles and looked around at the many players fighting with the newly spawned Chongzi. These Chongzi were very weak. They belonged to the type of insects that were attracted by the power of the bloodline after the appearance of the Wall of Beetles.
He didn't immediately gather his troops, but waited until the next day.
Early the next morning, the three clubs that had received the news yesterday gathered together. Not only did they send out their elite members, but even ordinary players were pulled over to join in the fun.
Drizzle Court and Peerless City weren't in a hurry to open the door.
The clubs that first did the opening mission plundered the market for materials, causing the price of materials to skyrocket.
However, aside from the Origin Substance Ore, the other materials required to open the door weren't that rare. Their prices would drop sooner or later, and they wouldn't have to spend so much money to complete the next quest.
Apart from the first three quests that were rewarded with Legendary equipment, the rewards for the later quests could only be described as shabby and not worth spending too much money on.
The Black Qiraji Battle Tank, in particular, could only be obtained by players who completed the quest for the first time.
In any case, as long as the team leader was Lu Li, he could team up with anyone.
Moreover, because Lu Li had completed the quest, the guild that Lu Li belonged to no longer needed to complete the quest to enter the Instance Dungeon. Since the players had contributed so many materials, it would be too much of a waste to allow a party to enter the Instance Dungeon.
Therefore, the party and guild that Lu Li was in could freely enter and exit dungeons.
Of course, if others wanted to complete this mission, no one would stop them. With so many segments, just the prestige alone was enough to make many people feel that it was worth it.
The Ahn 'Qiraj Instance Dungeon was in Silithus.
Because of the appearance of the new Instance Dungeon, this place had been overcrowded recently.
Silithus was a desert similar to Tanaris, but it didn't have the friendly goblins that provided drinking water like the latter. Even so, the frequent precipitation still maintained a high diversity of life here, at least higher than in places like the Shining Plains.
Moreover, the plants here could store water, and travelers could collect cactus to obtain water.
There was a recipe called "Cactus Vegetable Cake", which tasted very novel. It was a bit like mustard and scallion pancake, but with the creamy texture of cactus juice. Those who liked it thought it was delicious and even tried it in reality, but those who didn't like it found it very disgusting.
In addition to Chongzi, there were two major groups in Silithus: the elves of the Cenarion Circle and a group of Twilight Hammer believers.
The former was an organization of Druids, and the latter were believers of the ancient gods. Their members were mainly the Horde and a few humans, and their total number greatly exceeded that of the Druids.
Although to the players, the Twilight Hammer believers were also an evil and hostile force, whether it was to the Alliance or the Horde. Fortunately, the Twilight Hammer believers here preferred to live a closed life. They would only play with their own strange rituals or repeatedly excavate various ancient ruins.
Moreover, they spent most of their time fighting with the beetles so that they could enter the ancient Kaldorei cities. They didn't care about the life and death of the adventurers.
In fact, players could also enter the Twilight Camp, where they could get repairs and supplies. There was also a simple inn that provided a place for adventurers to rest, but almost no players were willing to believe in these cult lunatics. In addition, the Twilight Hammer had many sentries everywhere, including one in the Crystal Valley, but they were just watchtowers and a few tents.
The main safe zone for players was the Tomb of the Warrior.
This elven ruin was now almost exclusively filled with elves of the Cenarion Circle. They were here to monitor the activities of the alien insects and the Twilight Hammer, and from time to time entered the nearby ruins to explore. They also opened up a small path to Un 'Goro.
The Cenarion Circle was a neutral organization that leaned towards the Alliance.
The Horde players could also move around here, and they could also receive some insect-related quests.
Although the Tomb of the Warrior was the largest gathering place in Silithus, the appearance of more than 200,000 players made it extremely crowded. Fortunately, this was the era of virtual games. If it was a console game from a few hundred years ago, the server would probably have crashed.
Hundreds of thousands of players, the combined strength of the three clubs.
Even if they didn't say it out loud, it formed an invisible dispersing force. The casual players fled at the sight of the wind, but they couldn't bear to leave, so they stopped far behind. As more and more people gathered, the team became even more incomparably large.
Someone had done a calculation. If players could effectively deal damage to NPCs, then the strength of the players gathered together could compete with all the armies in Azeroth.
Because there were just too many people!
Now, they gathered in front of the wall of beetles, ready to fight with the insectoids who had beaten the dragons and the Night Elves to the point where they couldn't even lift their heads.
Of course, their strength couldn't compare to the allied forces of the dragons and the Night Elves in the past, but the current Chongzi wasn't the same as he was in the past either, especially after the interference of the System, which threw all the big bosses of the insectoids into the Instance Dungeon.
An Ahn 'Qiraj Gong was placed outside the wall of beetles. The golden scarab pattern was particularly dazzling under the scorching sun of Silithus.
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