Chapter 256 [Isolate internal and external fake orders]
Anyway, with the abilities of monsters, it is not difficult to prevent ordinary humans from escaping under strict management. And it doesn't take much time to get together, half a day is enough.
Just listen to the leader continue to say:
"After the restructuring now, the next time it will take less than half a year. At that time, I will have my own method, so I don't need to think about it. By the way, what are you sent here for?"
Fang Chang and Sang Ziping made up a few sentences casually, and simply prevaricated.
"Let's go back."
Pretending to inspect the camp, Sang Ziping said to Fang Chang, and then they walked out together.
The demon soldiers standing guard at the gate of the camp saw the two leaders who had just come out with orders, and straightened up from the shade of a nearby tree, which was a little polite.
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Fang Chang and Sang Ziping turned into two little monsters, advancing in a passage that few people walk. Fortunately, the passage is quite spacious, unlike those deep caves on both sides that are only as thick as water tanks.
They walked forward with torches. The inside was not considered dry, and they could feel a slight ventilation. There was a waterway on the side of their feet, and rolling water passed through the waterway.
When Fang Chang and Sang Ziping walked in, they saw this stream of water. It turned into a thin hole at the entrance, and they didn't know where it went.
The cave walls on both sides no longer look like caves, but are covered with traces of digging and gnawing. Only those huge worker ants under the demon king can chew out such a passage in this hard rock.
With the huge stress that is common in the mountain, and the common signs of stone wall bursts, jets of water, and huge cracks along the way, I don’t know how long it took to dig this tunnel, and how many worker ants’ lives were consumed.
But Fang Chang can feel why the demon king inside wants to dig it.
The front end is a treasure.
Although Ant Mountain is barren and dry, it is still a mountain after all, with its own spiritual veins.
This karst cave is located in the highest peak of Ant Mountain, and the passage opened by the worker ants leads directly to the center of the main peak, where the spirit veins gather.
For monsters, if they practice in this kind of place, it can have a lot of benefits.
Of course, being able to go to this kind of place is not an easy task for many powerful monsters. Only this ant queen demon king, with many demon soldiers under him, and loyal, can do this kind of thing.
Walking to the front, there are more and more traces of ants' activities, and there are soldier ants guarding and worker ants busy.
Several night pearls are inlaid on the channel, illuminating the surroundings.
Ants have poor eyesight. Although ordinary worker ants and soldier ants have entered the threshold of becoming demons due to their particularity, they do not have much functional variation except for body size. Therefore, the lighting here should be prepared for the queen ant or other non-ant monsters.
Fang Chang and Sang Ziping looked at each other, stepped forward and stood at the door according to the rules, bowed, and shouted loudly:
"Report——"
The inside was instantly alarmed, and the voice said:
"What is it?"
Fang Chang and Sang Ziping held up a piece of letter paper and said to each other:
"Report to the king, there is a letter from above."
"Come in."
The two stepped in, turned around a landscape screen that seemed to have been snatched not long ago, and walked to a stone platform. The demon king was sitting cross-legged on it, and there were dozens of worker ants on the left and right.
The demon king has the appearance of a woman, but his figure is a bit rich, his hairpins are neat, he is dressed in silk, and his gestures are full of momentum, which is full of majesty for ordinary monsters.
However, Fang Chang and Sang Ziping have practiced for many years, and their Taoism is firm. Faced with such a small scene, they remain unmoved.
After taking a look at the surrounding environment, Fang Chang took a closer look at the demon king on the couch. After a little comparison, he felt that he was much stronger than the demon king.
Even if you occupy such a precious place in the center of the mountain range, you don't know how long you have practiced, but it is still not as good as yourself.
There is really no reason for such things as the speed of practice. They never pay attention to the priority, and the practice environment is only secondary, and even talent can't determine anything.
A worker ant came forward with a wooden tray, and Fang Chang put the letter into it.
The demon king picked up the letterhead and looked at it, then said: "I see, you two go to the Bell and Drum Division to inform you to beat the demon gathering drum and gather the big and small leaders together."
"yes."
Fang Chang and Sang Ziping bowed to leave.
The demon king has fallen for it.
Before they thought about it, the only way to minimize the damage to the surrounding counties is to gather all the monsters together and wipe them all out.
So the two of them just sneaked into the Pigeon Division responsible for receiving the news, forged the official document, and then pretended to report the letter because of the high level of news, and directly sent the forged letter to the Demon King.
The demons in charge of the carrier pigeon department, who did a lot of evil, died and were buried on the spot.
The rest remained unconscious, lying in the square long package.
He plans to deal with it later when he has time, but at present his priority is to deceive the Demon King as soon as possible. Now that they have succeeded, without hesitation, they directly took the small token given by the demon king and headed towards the bell and drum division.
The Bell and Drum Division is not set up in the cave, but on the main peak of the Ant Mountain.
In order to transmit the sound more clearly throughout the entire ant hill, the terrain is higher and the field of view is wider.
A large drum was erected on the ground, and a large bell was hoisted from a huge frame. There is also a grass shed on the drum, covered with reed mats on all sides to prevent wind and rain from damaging the drum.
On the contrary, the bronze bell is not afraid of wind and rain, so it was hung outside, but due to its huge weight, the wooden frame was reinforced layer by layer.
Walking here along the stone steps with gnawing marks, Sang Ziping said to the leaders of the monsters stationed above:
"The demon king has an order to ring the bell and drum to gather the monsters in Ant Mountain. This is the token."
The other party took the token, checked it over and over again to confirm it was genuine, and then directly called the surrounding people to act.
They removed the reed mats around the shed, and began to untie the ropes that tied the bell hammers.
It was the leader holding the token, who asked Fang Chang and the two:
"What kind of level? Do you gather big bosses from all walks of life or big and small bosses?"
Fang Chang smiled and said:
"The order of the demon king is to gather a group of demons, all of them."
The leader nodded, continued to arrange, and then asked a little strangely:
"My old man, what is the purpose of gathering all the soldiers and horses? After the restructuring, according to the rules, the next gathering of Dianmao will take a long time."
Fang Chang shook his head: "We don't know about this, and we dare not ask. After receiving an order from above, the Demon King ordered us to come here to inform, and you just do it."
So the bell and drum sounded together, a total of seventeen times.
After the performance, the leader Fang Chang and Sang Ziping smiled and said: "The voice has already spread, but it takes time to gather, and we have to hurry. It will take two hours anyway. You can return the order and just wait."
After finishing speaking, he returned the token to Fang Chang and the other two.
(end of this chapter)