Nightmare Forest

The whole office was shrouded in an atmosphere of disbelief.

President Gar's face gradually turned pale: "President Lu, what did you say?!"

Shi Xizheng said calmly, "I said, the Dragon Flame Guild has decided to acknowledge the existence of the fifth instance and cancel the siege mission against Yong'an Farm. Didn't everyone here do the same?"

"That was your order!" President Gar slammed his fist on the table. "It was a temporary solution, a temporary solution! Are you going to let us accept all the losses and pretend nothing happened?!"

"Only Gar suffered losses, only you suffered losses? Lengbing City and Spirit Realm combined, Longyan lost nearly 20 high-ranking players!"

"So why give up?"

The presidents of all the guilds had the same question, and their eyes were focused on Shi Xizheng.

Shi Xizheng was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "We've been chasing Yong'an for so long, but why haven't we completed the mission yet? Haven't you thought about it carefully? Do you all just assume that the guild is incompetent? Don't forget, the most important indicator of the Soul-Calling Song is the Destiny Ranking, or in other words, luck.

"Yong'an's existence and growth, within the gaming world, possess an inevitability that none of us have acknowledged. No matter how much we try to obstruct it, at best we can only introduce a few twists and turns, but it won't change the outcome.

"This is a fact that everyone can see. Even if we don't want to admit it, at this point... we should accept reality."

In the suffocating silence, President Yatan hesitated and said, "But the Yong'an mission is very likely to contain the secret of divine revelation..."

"So we have to accept the existence of the fifth instance," Shi Xizheng continued. "Shenqi won't run away. The opening of the instance gives us the opportunity to explore further."

If we remove the label of "enemy" from Yongan and think rationally, we have to admit that Shi Xizheng's view is correct.

It’s just the initial investment and losses that are really heartbreaking.

Just as the presidents were looking at each other and almost compromising, Yu Fengqiu suddenly rushed in.

"President, the United Army has launched an attack!"

Shi Xizheng stood up suddenly: "Who gave the order, Second Meeting?!"

Yu Fengqiu shook his head vigorously. "The Second Council has been sitting on the sidelines watching the fight, with no one giving any orders... A player in the Legion forwarded a message to the logistics team. The sender of that message was... you, and the time was five minutes ago."

Shi Xi was stunned.

Everyone in the conference room looked at them questioningly, but they soon realized that something was wrong.

Shi Xizheng has been sitting here the entire time, how could he possibly be summoned?!

Shi Xizheng: "Notify Chixin to retreat immediately!"

Yu Fengqiu: "I immediately notified the logistics department after receiving the news, but Chixin didn't respond at all. Not only him, but no one in the legion responded!"

The message was blocked.

President Yatan and Shi Xizheng realized this at the same time and blurted out, "Yongan Ghoul?"

"No...it's not Yong'an Ghoul, it's Shenqi." Shi Xizheng shook his head in denial.

It is the invisible hand that has been following the joint group like a shadow since its operation.

During the time he was dismissed, Shi Xi was thinking and pondering over and over again, and had already confirmed the existence of this hand.

Only it could tamper with memories, block forums, and fabricate messages, because the Soul-Guiding Song was its world.

To a certain extent, it is in opposition to Yong'an and Anrou.

Now, because of this hand's intervention, the 500-man coalition army became an isolated force with no way to contact the outside world. Thinking they had received orders from their superiors, they launched a fierce attack on Yong'an, completely destroying Shi Xizheng's intention to coexist peacefully with Yong'an.

Shi Xizheng looked up suddenly.

Chu Mo stood on An Rou's side, facing the Legion's attack...

"Immediately cut off Chu Mo's mental connection and take him offline!"

If Ximo kills Legion, this deadlock will never be solved!

-

The light emitted by the thermal ship made it look like a fire cloud, rapidly approaching the floating city.

This scene was very strange and beyond An Rou's imagination.

According to Paopao's description of Duozhu, this country really poses such a great threat to the world in reality. All countries should take advantage of the fact that Duozhu Guild has suffered heavy losses and strike it.

But judging from the posture of the United Army, it seems that they want to vent their anger for Duozhu?

Sudden wealth cannot fly in the daytime. No matter how fast you run, you can't outrun the flying thermal boat.

An Rou thought quickly, and saw a black line falling from the sky. When it landed at the same height as the thermal ship, the lightning pattern suddenly exploded, as if a huge blue electric net was opened, forcing the thermal ship to stop.

Paopao breathed a sigh of relief: "Chumo is here, Boss, while he's holding the Legion, let's hurry up..."

Before he could finish his words, the ink remover in mid-air fell down.

The falling posture where one loses consciousness.

"What's going on..." Paopao opened his mouth wide, unable to understand what he saw.

Chumo had just arrived, and the thermal ship and the players on the ship hadn't launched any attacks, so how did Chumo fall down?

"He's offline." An Rou said, frowning, "It's okay, we still have a backup plan."

"What's the back-up plan?"

Just as the thermal boat started up again, another thin line emerged from a certain direction and landed on another thermal boat. Unlike the ink removal line, that thin line was colorful and as hot as fire.

At the end of the thin line was a rapidly leaping figure. The figure jumped above the fleet, flipped over twice, and rushed in front of the thermal ship, forcing the legion to stop again.

The ship that the thin line touched first suddenly fell down.

Through the perspective of sudden wealth, An Rou saw clearly that all five players on the boat were dead, killed by a single knife in the throat.

"Princess Banyue?"

Paopao saw the legendary idol for the first time. The princess he had seen in the holographic sandbox before used a disguise card and looked like a male player.

An Rou nodded: "That's right."

At this time, Princess Half Moon had returned to her original appearance. The colorful silk that served as the hem of her skirt extended to a hundred meters in length, with crescent-shaped blades at the end shining with cold light.

Just like the number one on the list, Chu Mo, the number two on the list, Princess Ban Yue single-handedly stopped the entire joint team.

She tilted her head slightly, gazing at the farm above the floating city. Her charming voice carried far away: "Aren't you leaving yet?"

Then, his gaze fell on Chi Xin, who was on the thermal boat in front of him, and he smiled sweetly: "I don't kill ghosts, I only kill people. Do you believe it?"

"Baobao, let's go."

The Xiangyang players surrounded the farm and when they saw it suddenly move, they retreated in an uproar.

With the farm on his back, Baofu leaped from the floating city, landing delicately on one of the floating islands in the upper city. Without stopping, he leaped again. Each leap was enough to cross several floating islands, with unwavering stability.

All the floating islands were stairs for him to climb down. This was what An Rou meant by "can't fly, but can run."

Paopao: "There are still many Xiangyang Guild members in the lower city. Lao Zhang and I will go to the edge of the farm to defend it."

"No need," An Rou said, "Konggu lost half of its Rainbow. Although Ao Yusi is heartbroken, he won't stop us. He's just pretending."

Regardless of other countries' reactions, the Xiangyang Guild must make every effort to dispel the suspicion of colluding with Yong'an Farm to attack Duozhu. Otherwise, the first person Duozhu Guild will bite will be Xiangyang.

Sure enough, the Xiangyang members they encountered along the way retreated at the sight of the farm. From a personal perspective, no one wanted to face an SSS-level ghoul head-on. Besides, their top player, Bai Ge, was no longer around.

The farm was firmly established.

But he couldn't escape the pursuit of the United Legion.

The United Legion was obviously divided into two groups in advance, one group flew in the sky following the thermal ship, and the other group was deployed on the ground. As soon as the farm landed, they rushed over.

A thermal ship was thrown in front of them and exploded.

The thermal ship crashed into a big hole in the clouds in the sky, and An Rou looked above the hole.

Princess Banyue was beautiful and dressed luxuriously. Two silk threads were fixed to a high tower behind her, hanging her in mid-air.

The other silks scattered in all directions, fighting against the anti-aircraft guns fired by the thermal ship at a dazzling speed, like a mutated Thousand-Armed Guanyin.

To some extent, it is similar to the crazy variant of getting rich quickly.

When Paopao saw him, he exclaimed sincerely: "So handsome..."

Another thermal ship crashed while being dragged by the princess, blocking the attack of the ground army.

An Rou touched Bao Fu's neck and said, "Bao Bao, let's go."

The farm rushed to the northeast, and the thermal ship in the sky began to turn around. However, Ling Luo suddenly plunged into the hull, and the princess rushed into the fleet like a gorgeous spider with extremely long limbs.

The thermal ships crashed one after another.

The surviving thermal ship had no intention of continuing to confront the princess. It dived down, and before it landed, the people on the ship used their mobility skills to jump down and join the ground army.

Despite the initial defeat, Chi Xin did not give up and led everyone in pursuit behind the farm.

There was a loud noise of a thermal ship exploding behind him.

Chixin glanced back and narrowed his eyes.

Above the tattered clouds, the princess's silk was shrinking.

"Captain, are you still going to chase her? All of us combined are no match for Princess Ban Yue..."

"Chase her." Chi Xin sneered, "Her weapon, the Thousand-Handed Flying Blade, consumes a lot of energy. We have the advantage in a war of attrition."

He said and glanced back again.

There was a hint of resentment and greed in his eyes.

-

There are still five hours until sunset, and before that, Bao Fu cannot perform "Night Walk".

He was carrying a heavy farm on his back, and for the sake of the residents and buildings on the farm, he could not run at full speed, and his speed was hindered.

The United Army behind them was approaching quickly. They were divided into three teams, with the middle team chasing in a straight line and the two wings encircling them from the left and right.

I guess after so much time has passed, they have realized that the Yongan Ghoul now seems to have lost its previous deterrent power.

The encirclement formation is getting closer.

The princess did not show up.

An Rou had no intention of blaming the other party. Her misjudgment of the joint army was her fault. Princess Ban Yue, in addition to the transaction, helped to block the attack at a critical moment, which was considered kind.

There is no way.

On the farm, An Rou squatted down and touched Bao Fu's neck: "Yuan Yan."

The terrified face disappeared and appeared in the soil behind the farm in an instant, with its mouth opened to the extreme.

A pillar of bright yellow fire gushed out, sweeping across the entire legion from left to right.

Even though the legion was prepared, many people were still pierced by the pillars of fire and died on the spot.

They only died temporarily, and immediately struggled back online, drank life potions and continued to chase.

Others were also forced to retreat beyond the pillar of fire, kept at a distance by the farm.

Chi Xin was the one who reacted the fastest and was not injured. He quickly selected a group of team members who were in good condition and continued tracking.

The others replenished their potions on the spot and followed after they recovered a little.

With Yong'an Farm's current speed, there is no need to worry about losing it.

A tug-of-war of pursuit began. Whenever the Allied Legion approached, Bao Fu would use Yuan Yan to force them back.

Yuanyan's damage is extremely high, comparable to the high-level skills of Ziwu.

At the beginning, there were always legion players caught off guard and died offline.

With the national will standing behind them, the players had no way to retreat in fear of death. Moreover, the attacks of Yongan Ghoul did not really take anyone's life. The players gradually became bolder and as soon as they died, they would immediately activate the resurrection card and go online.

After repeating it several times, the Legion roughly figured out the attack range of the ghost magic.

The pillar of fire was extremely thick, but its maximum length did not exceed 500 meters. As long as the distance was controlled within 500 meters, the ghoul would not be able to harm anyone.

After chasing for most of the afternoon, Chi Xin keenly noticed that the farm runners had slowed down.

"Yong'an Ghoul is running low on energy. Everyone, get ready. Once the Ghoul stops, we'll be ready to outflank it!"

His shout was quite loud and reached the ears of the rich man completely.

If Fu heard it, it meant Anrou heard it.

An Rou felt a little strange.

After leaving the Spirit Realm, the United Army followed the farm all the way and launched several sieges, but none of them were as resolute as this one.

Even if they see through the threat of getting rich quickly, aren't they afraid that the farm will be destroyed and they will have to eat a few people to replenish their energy?

Even if Duozhu exerted offline pressure, could they force so many countries to this point? Moreover, Ousi had never sent the Xiangyang Guild to join the United Army, indicating that the possibility of Duozhu exerting pressure was not great.

Very strange.

Paopao studied the map and asked without looking up, "Boss, are the directions given by Princess Half Moon really correct? Is it possible that the Nightmare Forest turned off halfway and missed us?"

An Rou shook her head: "Princess, I am very sure that the walking path in the Nightmare Forest is a straight line."

According to the princess, there is an unprecedented nightmare forest slowly moving in the land of the living.

When she discovered it, the forest was moving in the direction of Ghost Island, then abruptly turned southeast, in the direction of the Spirit Realm. Not far away, it turned again, heading towards the Empty Valley.

The first thing An Rou thought of was the forest - the nightmare forest that Paopao had recreated in order to escape the pursuit of Witt and the joint team.

It cost her a full 50 million gold.

The forest tracks described by the princess, the ghost island, the spirit realm, and the empty valley are exactly the same as the farm tracks, but they are much slower due to the speed.

An Rou suspects that there is some secret connection between the Nightmare Forest and the farm.

Unfortunately, Bao Fu's soul was dormant and unable to communicate beyond instructions, otherwise he might have been able to sense the location of the forest.

The princess mentioned the Nightmare Forest to provide a suitable location for Anrou's fifth copy.

The nightmare tree has a strong hallucinogenic effect on humans and is a natural hunting ground for ghouls. An Rou can control the ghouls and use them to create the boundaries of the dungeon to isolate players who trespass.

To be more specific, before Bao Fu woke up, the Nightmare Forest was also an ideal place for him to hibernate.

An Rou suspected that there was an invisible connection between the forest and the farm. After a little thought, she made up her mind and went to the Nightmare Forest immediately after leaving the Valley.

I thought I could just walk by slowly, but I didn't expect to be chased by the United Army, whose mentality had changed drastically.

Fortunately, she had been saving Baofu's energy and had let Baofu devour a large number of souls before leaving the valley. Otherwise, Baofu would not have been able to use Yuanyan so many times.

However, judging by the current speed at which he was becoming rich, he was afraid that his energy was almost exhausted, and the Nightmare Forest was still nowhere to be seen.

Don't get too rich, or the farm will be hard to move. I can no longer cast the Source Flame. The next time the army approaches, I can only send out the Ghoul employees.

An Rou made up her mind and immediately told Meng Ziyu to start the thermal boat and make preparations, and use anti-aircraft guns to force back the legion.

There are four thermal boats and only four anti-aircraft guns, and the attack power alone is not enough.

An Rou was just about to join Zhang Da's consciousness when she suddenly discovered that the legion had stopped in her sight.

Two figures, standing on some kind of flying weapon, landed in front of the Legion. The Legion didn't use any attack skills, so they must be members of the Guild.

An Rou concentrated her attention and caught a glimpse of a face that flashed by, her expression froze.

“Run, run…”

Paopao looked over when he heard this.

An Rou pointed to the back of the farm: "Your brother..."

"My brother?" Paopao was also stunned for a moment, "Shi Xizheng?!"

Paopao's vision was blocked by the farm wall and he couldn't see the outside at all.

He flew towards Meng Ziyu, jumped onto the low-altitude thermal ship, and looked at the legion through the telescope on the thermal ship.

Sure enough, I saw Shi Xizheng’s figure.

Shi Xi was face to face with the leader of the legion, talking about something. As he spoke, he glanced over.

Paopao suddenly looked away.

He thought to himself: He is back?

But he said: "Why is he here..."

-

"President, wasn't it you who sent me the order?" Chi Xin glanced at the other players and lowered his voice, "Not just me, everyone received it."

He noticed Shi Xi's serious expression and said in surprise, "It wasn't sent by you, Guild Master? What's going on... No wonder you didn't post it directly in the team channel."

Shi Xizheng was puzzled: "You couldn't have been unaware that I was dismissed and that the Second Council was leading the command group. Why did you obey my orders?"

Chi Xin shared the light screen: "Team Leader Yu came online at noon today and sent me a private message saying that you will be back soon to guide the United Legion..."

On the light screen, it was indeed a message sent by Yu Fengqiu's game ID.

He then switched to "Lü's" chat history. In the order to launch a comprehensive crackdown on Yong'an Farm, the words "at any cost" were particularly eye-catching.

Shi Xi was frowning and thinking for a while, and had to take the blame: "I didn't think it through. You and the legion should all retreat with me..."

"President!" Chi Xin suddenly grabbed his hand, "Yong'an Ghoul's energy is almost exhausted, and Yong'an's mission will be completed soon!"

Shi Xi was wearing string gloves, but working in Lengbing City for a long time had made him develop the habit of rolling up his shirt sleeves.

One section of the forearm is exposed.

Chixin's fingers just touched his slightly pale skin.

Shi Xizheng didn't notice anything unusual and was about to comfort Chi Xin when he suddenly realized that he couldn't make a sound.

He opened his mouth, only to hear a frivolous laugh in his mind.

"Finally you're here, Shi Xizheng."

At the same time, Chi Xin's face became ferocious, his eye sockets shrank in pain, he took a few steps back and fell to the ground.

"Ghoul, ghoul!" He pointed at Shi Xizheng, "The ghoul has parasitized me, and now it's parasitizing the president!"

Shi Xizheng said coldly, "What nonsense are you talking about! Chixin, your incompetence has caused heavy losses to the Allied Legion. After discussion, the Guild has decided to severely punish you! Leng Xiaoxie, Wandouhuang, arrest him before the Yongan mission is completed!"

Two men came out of the legion, they hesitated and did not approach.

"What? You also treat the country's orders as a joke?!" Shi Xizheng said sternly.

The two men then came over. Chi Xin wanted to resist in panic, but he was unable to exert the strength that his level should have, and was injured instead.

"Chixin, stop screaming!" Wandouhuang whispered in his ear.

Wandouhuang had come into contact with Shi Xizheng in the Spirit Realm and felt that the temperament of the current President Lu was very different from that of the person he was back then. However, considering that Shi Xizheng had just experienced great ups and downs, the change in his temperament was normal.

As for Chi Xin's statement that Shi Xi was being parasitized by a ghoul, Wandou Huang was shocked and quickly ruled out this possibility.

If it was really a ghoul, it would have been easy for him to eat Chi Xin's soul or split him before transferring his parasite. How could he transfer his parasite to Shi Xizheng in public?

Besides, Shi Xi was sending a message right in front of him. If he were a ghoul, it would be impossible for him to see the screen, let alone operate the game panel.

Everyone in the legion received Shi Xizheng's message. Just like before, it was a one-on-one private message and was not sent to the channel.

[Law: Everyone, listen up! Yong'an Ghoul is at the end of its rope. This mission must be completed. Support is on the way, and we have plenty of manpower and potions. Yong'an Ghoul has already devoured many high-level players, and the hidden rewards are generous. What you get will definitely exceed your imagination!]

The members of Longyan were fine, but the eyes of the members of the other four guilds lit up.

Wandouhuang read the meaning of "any means necessary" from these lines and frowned slightly.

He didn't dare to ask directly, so he picked out one point: "President, is there any support?"

Shi Xi was looking at the Nong'an Farm that was getting farther and farther away, and he raised the corner of his mouth: "All members of the five major guilds above gold level, all mobilized."

Wandouhuang was shocked.

How many people would that take?!

No less than 100,000!

-

Taking advantage of the legion's stop, the farm took the opportunity to move a long distance away. Even with Bao Fu's excellent hearing, it was difficult for him to catch the conversation between Shi Xizheng and Chi Xin.

Including this time, An Rou has only "seen" Shi Xizheng twice, both times by glancing at him from afar through the eyes of a ghoul.

The feeling the other person gave her last time was silent, calm and sharp, but this time, there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

The legion gradually shrank in the field of vision. Paopao jumped off the thermal boat with slumped shoulders, lowered his head, and saw the boss's goose feather boots.

He stopped An Rou from saying anything before she could speak.

"I won't log off unless my boss kills me."

An Rou was speechless and had to rub his head forcibly.

I ran but didn't hide.

The two leaned against the farm wall in silence for a while, and An Rou suddenly stood up straight.

"I saw the Nightmare Forest!"

Paopao's worried expression disappeared: "How far?"

An Rou's pupils were dilated: "Not far, probably less than ten kilometers."

Unexpectedly, Meng Ziyu's voice came from above: "The dog-raised army is chasing us again!"

An Rou hurriedly asked Bao Fu to turn his head and look towards the back of the farm.

A line of black shadows was approaching rapidly. As the speed of their growth continued to decline, the speed of the legion seemed particularly fast.

The one rushing in the front was Paopao’s brother, Shi Xizheng!

[Speed ​​up, full speed!] An Rou hurriedly directed Bao Fu.

At this point, we can only place all our hopes on the Nightmare Forest. Even if we get rich overnight and enter the forest and lose everything, there is nothing we can do.