Chapter 209 Preparations Before the Battle

About half an hour later, the main leaders from all parts of the village gathered on the first floor of Building No. 3.

The first floor had already been set up with seating resembling that in a conference room.

Mu Qingyu sat in the main seat, with Mo Huaiyu, Jing Chen, Mu Qingrong, Han Yu, Lü Peng, and Ji Qingqing sitting on her left and right sides respectively.

Next were the Jiang siblings, who were in charge of arrow production, and Lao Ji and Lao Zhou, representing the two newcomers to the village. Also present was Sun Tao, representing the group that had come with Qin Zhaoxian.

"The main purpose of this gathering is to discuss which aspects of the village's construction and defense need to be strengthened to ensure the village's safety."

"This safety doesn't just refer to zombies. Something else happened today, let Han Yu tell everyone." Mu Qingyu gestured for Han Yu to recount the events concerning Caijia Village.

Han Yu nodded and began to recount how he had saved the Cai family father and son.

When the topic came up, everyone else looked very serious, but Lao Ji and Lao Zhou were unusually agitated, their eyes reddening – what happened in Caijia Village had brought back memories of their own past.

After Han Yu finished speaking, Lao Ji slammed his fist on the table: "Beasts! These damned beasts!"

“We are now facing the same threat from them. Based on the location where I rescued the Cai family father and son, and the place where the Cai family father and son described where those people last chased them—this group is very close to us,” Han Yu continued.

"What we know so far is that when they attacked Caijia Village, there were at least a hundred people, and at least half of them were people with superpowers. But we don't know exactly how many people were in that hundred. We can only conclude that there were at least fifty people with superpowers."

"They have off-road vehicles, and judging from their range of operations, they don't lack transportation or fuel. Most frighteningly, they have explosives."

"What we don't know is who they are, when they will arrive, whether they will attack our village, and if so, what form the attack will take..."

As Han Yu delivered her summary, everyone's mood grew increasingly heavy.

After a moment of silence, Mu Qingrong slowly spoke: "Currently, the best defense in our village is in the villa area, where almost every house has been upgraded with various defensive measures."

"The buildings where everyone lives in the village are built around the villa area, but because they are newly built or constructed, they can only be considered as ordinary reinforced houses at present, and cannot reach the level of defense."

"In addition, all the entrances to the village have now been blocked by high walls. Only one main gate at the village entrance has been left open, with a guard post, and a small gate at the back of the village has been left open, with a guard post."

As the chief architect of the village's development, Mu Qingrong reported on the village's current main defense situation to everyone.

“Although everyone has worked very hard and hasn’t let up during this time, our village now has less than two hundred people, including some women and children who can only do some light handicrafts. So, I’m afraid our village’s defense will be hard to keep up with the progress of Caijia Village,” Mo Huaiyu added from the side.

While waiting for everyone to arrive for the meeting, Mo Huaiyu had already learned about the situation in Caijia Village.

"Regarding combat personnel," Han Yu said, "Our village currently has a total of 81 superhumans with combat abilities and 67 ordinary people with combat abilities. That is to say, if a battle breaks out, we will have at least 148 combat personnel."

"If we occupy the village and have a defensive position, we might not be afraid of them even if they only have a little over a hundred people. But the problem is—they have explosives!"

"We also have crossbows and arrows, which are also ranged weapons." Jiang Yun was much more composed than before: "Thanks to our tireless production day and night, we now have over three hundred crossbows of various sizes, enough to equip the entire village. And arrows—"

"We haven't kept a specific count of the arrows, but they've already filled two rooms. If a fight breaks out, we'll have more than enough to keep us going."

This is the best news everyone has heard so far, and it has lifted everyone's somewhat low spirits.

"But it's hard to fight against firearms, isn't it?" Old Zhou said worriedly. His entire village was reduced to just a few people. They were stunned by the explosives in the middle of the night and didn't have time to organize a defense. Everyone scattered and fled...

"They can hardly be considered firearms," ​​Mu Qingyu said calmly. "According to Xiao Cai's description, they didn't have many guns, and there were only sporadic gunshots during the attack. I guess they were also short of bullets."

"You can hand over the armed men to me, I'll take care of them," Mu Qingyu said. With her current speed and strength, no more than ten armed men would be a threat to her safety.

It's not that she's afraid of more than ten people, but rather that she won't have enough time to kill them. If the gunman is also a speed-type ability user or can teleport, then there's still a chance he could threaten her.

Since her Blood Jade Space was upgraded again, her various supernatural abilities have become even stronger.

“But they have explosives. If they pile up gunpowder in the early stages, they can easily blow up our defensive walls,” Lu Peng said to Mu Qingyu with some concern.

His words probably reflected the sentiments of many people present.

“We also have gunpowder, and we have a geographical advantage. Let’s bomb them first and see if they are the ones who are confused or we are,” Mu Qingyu said calmly.

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