Chapter 655 They are coming
The insect wave is coming as expected.
Rolling in the yellow sand, it came over the sky and covered the earth, and then died on the sky outside the city.
Compared with the beast tide, although the insect tide looks scary, it is actually far less threatening than the former.
Powerful races always occupy the best places to survive, and theoretically speaking, these bugs should have been driven by those monsters into the barren yellow sand desert.
The sharp bladed legs, the hard carapace, and the ability to stay alive are all terrifying features of insect monsters, but none of these horrors can cover up the slender weakness of their trunks.
Once the carapace on the surface of the trunk is broken, it is only a matter of time before the insect dies, because they cannot heal the carapace, or their vitality cannot support the long cycle of carapace healing.
But at this time, the number of insect waves has already made up for this shortcoming.
The first wave of contact between the sky and the insect tide ended quickly. The terrain of Zhenxi Fucheng was steep. There was only a 100-foot plank road to the west connecting both sides of Qianji Gorge. Countless insect corpses were struggling.
The thousands of dead insect corpses were devoured by the insect monsters that followed before they rolled down into the abyss.
And soon, those who gathered under the city wall and wanted to gather a crowd to force the authorities to open the city gate saw what a real ant attack was called.
At first, the towering city walls blocked their view, and they could only vaguely hear some rustling crawling sounds outside the city through the city walls.
After waiting for too long, the rustlings became denser, the chirping of insects was sharp and harsh, and accompanied by countless tooth-piercing chisling sounds, the first insect monster clinging to the sky appeared in their field of vision.
Then came the second head, the second head, and the third head, until half of the city's protective sky was completely covered by the insect tide.
Thousands of insects were attached to the formation screen. They were densely and rustlingly squirming, and they continued to squirm and spread along the sky screen in all directions. The sky in Zhenxi Mansion also turned dark at a speed visible to the naked eye.
And when the last ray of sunlight was swallowed up by the sea of insects, the buildings that were set on fire during the riots became particularly glaring, and the requiem intertwined with the excited curses of the perpetrators and the horrified shouts of the victims also stopped at this moment. .
The thugs all raised their eyes to the sky, but they could no longer see the blue sky.
What can be seen,
There are only countless blood-red compound eyes attached to the outside of the sky with greedy eyes, watching everything in the city.
"Hey! Look at the sky."
"What are those things?"
"Insect beast?"
"Why are there so many insect beasts?"
"Hahaha, no wonder those Zhenxi troops wanted to withdraw. It turns out they knew these bugs were coming and ran away first. A bunch of cowards!"
"Where are the Zhenzhen Western Army?! Where are those soldiers who look like bitches?"
"Damn it, are those armies working for a living? Can't you see those bugs?!"
When true despair strikes, the thugs who originally expected the collapse of order now begin to long for the protection of the order defenders.
But after praying to no avail, a larger-scale riot began amid the yelling and yelling.
Houses were set on fire one after another, and the lawful people were dragged out of their homes, killed, raped and raped. The thugs, who had no scruples at all, began to unleash the evil of human nature wantonly, carrying out the last madness in their lives.
"Changtian, do you really not care about these riots in the city?"
In the incense-filled Junshu Hall, Li Junwu's voice was filled with hesitation.
When riots broke out in the city, the government office was still peaceful. After several groups of blind fools were massacred for attacking the government office, no thugs dared to hang around the government office anymore.
The moment he heard the sound, Xu Yuan opened his eyes, which were closed to meditate, and calmly uttered two words:
"in spite of."
Li Junwu frowned slightly and retorted:
"Now that riots can occur in the city, it is entirely because we have transferred the entire army of the Second Town back to the government office. Otherwise, three weeks of troops would be enough to suppress the unorganized thugs."
Xu Yuan's voice was cold-blooded and calm:
"Jun Wu, everything has its own priority. It's not that I don't want you to send troops to suppress it, but the losses caused by those mobs are not worth the risk."
Li Junwu was puzzled:
"Three soldiers will not affect the overall situation, so why take risks?"
"Have you forgotten? The possible traitors in the Zhenxi Army have not yet been removed."
Xu Yuan spoke unhurriedly, his voice not rising at all, stating the facts: "I asked you to order the second town to march back to Fuya in an urgent manner. One is to consolidate the turbulent military morale, and the other is to clear the city wall."
Speaking of this, Xu Yuan frowned slightly and said solemnly:
"Zhenxi Mansion is the third city defense battle I have encountered. The first two city defense crises started when someone attacked the city wall from inside the city, causing damage to the city defense array. Even if the chance of picking a traitor is very small, we cannot take the risk. When you send people out, you must keep them under your nose.”
"Wouldn't it be nice to send cultivators to supervise the army?" Li Junwu said softly.
"Who should I send? All the people on my side have been sent to monitor the formations on the city wall. Apart from Commander Jin, the only person on your side who can confirm their loyalty is Linlang? But are you sure you won't let that stupid dog pass? Create more chaos?"
"Then just watch those thugs **** and slaughter other people?" Li Junwu's hand on the desk tightened slightly.
"."Xu Yuan.
From the perspective of pure interests, at this critical juncture, it doesn't really matter whether those thugs are dealt with at all times.
The number of thugs participating in the riot was less than half of the total number in the city, and five or six out of ten of them were mortals. What's more, those **** with crazy brains would gather people out of their wits to attack the Gaomen compound, intending to use their numbers to rob those people. He has the power of being protected by cultivators.
Even if they are allowed to mess around, they will only cause the destruction of a few blocks at most. Compared with the safety of the entire Zhenxi Fucheng, this representative is not worth mentioning at all.
Therefore, Xu Yuan did not continue this topic:
"The main problem now is not the mob, but the tide of insects clinging to the sky."
"Those swarms of insects can't attack. With the energy consumption rate of the current formation, the source crystal reserves in the city can last at least ten days. But if we don't control those thugs, more and more people will join them. "
Speaking of this, Li Junwu's eyes widened slightly, and his voice was stern: "Changtian, this is a border city, and most of the people who come here are desperadoes!"
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Seeing that the good-breasted brother was not getting enough, Xu Yuan subconsciously felt a hint of impatience.
really.
Even if troops were sent to suppress them, the traitors would have very little chance of damaging the city's defense formation.
But what if it gets damaged?
They are walking a tightrope now and there is no room for error.
By then, millions of people in the city will die due to the Six Saints' plan, and the chain reaction of the city's destruction will be too great to bear.
Is this kind of multiple-choice question really difficult to do? !
"Li Junwu, kindness does not lead the army, you..."
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The hands under his sleeves were slightly clenched, Xu Yuan raised his head, pressed **** the center of his eyebrows, and sighed:
"Forget it, I will arrange for someone to do it."
After the words fell, Xu Yuan said nothing.
Li Junwu saw that he was angry and pursed his thin lips. Shi Shiran stood up from behind the desk and stood next to him. Then he sat down on his chair and poked his arm with his elbow. , asked in a thin voice:
"Hey, do you need to be so angry?"
Xu Yuan glanced at her and said calmly:
"If you want to ask me how to deal with those mobs, just say it. Si Zijing and Huang Shiwei cannot leave the city wall. They have to guard against anyone who wants to approach the city wall. This is the bottom line.
"However, although this insect wave has brought about riots in the city, it has also pushed the wealthy families and various large-scale chambers of commerce in the city who want to leave the city to our side. With this insect wave, they will no longer think about leaving the city, and I Just be prepared to let them deal with the mob."
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Li Junwu recalled what he had seen with the help of the city defense formation.
Those aristocratic chambers of commerce and large knight groups had plans to attack the city gate before.
Thinking about it, she asked tentatively:
"Will they cooperate? The leader among them may be a mole, and we didn't let them out of the city before, so they should also be resentful."
"Those who know the current affairs are heroes. There will always be people who cooperate. Even if they are all members of the sect, they will not all regard death as home."
Xu Yuan's answer was simple and clear.
Large knight groups and family chambers of commerce all master simple military formation techniques. Even if a few of them agree to cooperate, they can suppress the riots in the city.
As he spoke, Xu Yuan reached out and pushed away Li Junwu, who was half leaning on him, stared into her eyes and said solemnly:
"Li Junwu, this is the last time.
"If you really want to lead Zhenxi Mansion, then throw away your womanly kindness as soon as possible."
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Li Junwu's red lips opened subconsciously, wanting to refute, but in the end he nodded obediently.
Xu Yuan took a deep breath, adjusted his facial expression, and brought the topic back on track:
"Now let's talk about how to deal with those disgusting insect swarms."
"Hey, disgusting? You are so old, Changtian, are you still afraid of bugs?"
"." Xu Yuan stared at her without speaking.
"." Li Junwu's smile froze.
Li Junwu looked away and whispered, "I just wanted to make a joke and adjust the atmosphere."
He couldn't help laughing for a moment, but Xu Yuan did not show it and continued in a cold voice:
"You should have discovered that the people of the sect are not expecting the insect tide to break through the formation. Since the sky has been covered by insects, the detection array pattern of the city defense formation is gradually becoming ineffective. What they want is to make us lose contact with the outside world."
There are two methods of exploration: atmosphere source energy and mind soul.
The array pattern cannot condense the soul of living things, so it can only use source energy to explore the surroundings, and some kind of pheromones secreted by those bugs are disturbing the source energy and soul of the surroundings.
The entire Zhenxi Fucheng is losing all means of detecting the outside world.
In other words, even if the six saints all appeared in Zhenxi Fucheng at low altitude and charged up, they would not be able to detect the opponent's movements with the help of the city defense formation.
Li Junwu didn't speak anymore. He pondered for a while and said softly:
"You mean, they are forcing us to turn the city's protective canopy into a killing formation?"
"yes."
"But if we change the formation, the energy consumption will be faster, and there will be a huge gap period in changing the operation pattern of the city defense formation, unless we ignore the loss of the formation and load the energy." Li Junwu made a suggestion thoughtfully.
"That's not necessary, I'm just telling you."
"." Li Junwu.
Disturbing the source of energy and soul does not mean that it can disturb his spiritual vision.
This can be regarded as one of Xu Yuan's trump cards.
"I have a way to penetrate their shielding and sense the outside world. If they are ready to gather their strength together to break the formation, they can use the trick. I will inform you then."
After saying that, Xu Yuan stood up neatly and walked out of the hall.
Li Junwu asked subconsciously:
"Where are you going?"
Xu Yuan didn't look back, and cursed angrily behind his back:
"Didn't you just say that you were going to suppress the riot? Shouldn't I inform the people below to contact those aristocratic chambers of commerce?"
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Li Junwu's clear eyes flickered for a moment, then he chuckled and said:
"Would you like me to go with you? I can mobilize the city defense formation to protect you now."
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Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan immediately stopped in front of the threshold.
Seeing this, Li Junwu thought that the other party agreed, so he chuckled and quickly followed him, but when he came to his side, he found that he was facing the pitch-black insect swarm above the sky with a solemn face.
After staring for a few breaths, Xu Yuan looked back at her helplessly:
"It seems that I can't keep the promise I just made."
"ah?"
"Do you remember what I just said?"
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Li Junwu's heartbeat accelerated:
"Is it the one about taking advantage of the situation?"
"right."
Xu Yuan raised his eyes and looked up at the sky, feeling the turbulent energy fluctuations above the sky and beyond the insect tide. He clenched his fists under his sleeves and said in a deep voice:
"They're coming."
(End of chapter)