Chapter 4224 On the Road
The armors refined by Ming Tianlei include heart armor to protect the main organs in front and back of the heart, and knee pads to protect important joints. They are mainly made of the shells of black fish scale monsters, combined with some other suitable materials, and consume about a quarter of the black shells stored by Rong Xianxian.
Perhaps it is because wearing armor can give people a special sense of security, while talismans are light and make people feel less at ease. The defensive endurance of the fine armor officially sold in the Jindu Safety Zone is not as strong as the Vajra Talisman made by Rong Xianxian, but it is sold at a very expensive price. The Vajra Talisman made by Rong Xianxian is only sold at half the price of armor. Of course, this may be related to the fact that Rong Xianxian did not set the price high at the beginning.
The quality of these armors is much better than the existing armors on the market. In addition to leaving a few sets for Cui Lie and others, Rong Xianxian also left a few sets for the captains of each team. The rest were received by Rong Xianxian in the foggy space, and she planned to make plans after arriving in the capital and understanding the market price.
The next morning, the large army set off.
It is now the end of January. The daytime temperature is already above zero degrees, and the night temperature is occasionally below zero. The snow in densely populated areas near the safe zone has melted, but in the wild, the higher terrain, or places where sunlight cannot reach, it is still covered with snow.
Having stayed in the Jindu Safe Zone for nearly three months, Rong Xianxian had hardly ever left the safe zone except for the last half month. She had been practicing, refining pills, making talismans, handling team affairs, and supervising the children to practice and study. After arriving in the capital, Rong Xianxian had to send the children to school. After not being able to go to school for such a long time, she didn't know if they could adapt to school life.
This departure was different from previous ones. Originally, there was a distance between the civilian groups and the main force, which seemed to be clearly separated. But now, the civilian groups were closely following the main force, with a distance of only a few dozen meters between them. Rong Xianxian, Ning Qingyun and other teams that had accepted emergency rescue missions were at the forefront of the team.
Ning Qingyun and Ye Lanxin's team was full of combatants and had no burdens, while Rong Xianxian and several other captains who accepted the mission had family members and friends of the team members in their teams. These people were generally only responsible for logistics in the team, not combat. When they encountered monster attacks, they could not protect themselves and could only rely on others for protection. Rong Xianxian divided the combat team members into two groups, half to protect the family members and the other half to carry out the mission. Because they accepted the mission issued by Wen Qingming, the family members of Rong Xianxian's team were also protected in the center of the large force, and the group of people protecting the family members basically rested.
During the first day of the journey, their large group was attacked by three territory-level monsters. One was dealt with by Ning Qingyun and Huo Ye, one was driven away by the small team led by Ye Lanxin, and the other was killed by Rong Xianxian and Cui Lie together.
When they stopped to rest at noon, they were besieged by a group of level two monsters that looked like jackals. Ning Qingyun and others happened to be patrolling the surroundings at that time. There were as many as forty or fifty monsters in this group. They were good at hiding, agile, and ran like lightning. Many soldiers were caught off guard and were injured. In close combat, the soldiers were knocked to the ground by the monsters before the bullets were fired. Rong Xianxian and Cui Lie quickly joined the battlefield. Hearing the sound of gunfire coming from the camp, Ning Qingyun and others quickly returned and the fight ended soon!
Through this battle, Wen Qingming had a better understanding of the fighting power of Ning Qingyun, Rong Xianxian, Cui Lie, Ye Lanxin and others. Although in terms of lethality alone, their swords, guns, punches and kicks could not compare to the huge lethality of artillery shells, but their strength, reaction speed, and battlefield adaptability were astonishing. It was unexpected that the fighting power of the practitioners could reach this level in just less than a year after the revival of spiritual energy.
Although their lethality cannot match that of machine gun shells, machine gun shells probably cannot hit them either. Moreover, practitioners can continuously improve their combat effectiveness through practice. If practitioners are equipped with guns, artillery and ammunition, their load-bearing capacity and combat reaction ability will undoubtedly greatly enhance the power of thermal weapons. Perhaps many high-powered weapons that could not be used for individual combat before can also be used by individual soldiers in the future.
Fortunately, the superiors had made a wise decision early on and selected many young officers and soldiers with good talents for vigorous training. Now I don’t know what level they have reached in their training.
Every time a monster is harvested, they will gain credit points and gold coins. Ye Lanxin, Rong Xianxian and others are very enthusiastic about killing monsters. In the past, if the monsters ran away, they would just run away, and they would just lose some materials. But now it is not possible. With the temptation of double rewards, in order to kill the monsters, they will generally chase the monsters relentlessly.
On the fourth day, while on the road, they encountered a civilian team of several hundred people heading to the capital. Although the team was large in number, their morale was very low. Everyone was in a panic, like a frightened bird. There was a feeling of trepidation among the crowd. When they saw Wen Qingming and his team, they couldn't help cheering, as if they had met a savior.
This was a civilian team from a nearby small safety zone, planning to go to the capital's safety zone. They heard from some source that the capital was expanding the outer city, which required a large population, and would treat survivors well. So, encouraged by dozens of practitioners who promised to provide vehicles and protection, they headed together to the capital's safety zone. However, they had just walked out of the safety zone not far when they were besieged by a group of monsters. The practitioners who had vowed to protect them were no match for the monsters at all. They drove away in panic, not caring about the lives of ordinary people at all.
Originally, when they set out from the safe zone, there were still three or four hundred people in the group. After walking for less than a day, the number of people had decreased by sixty or seventy. Some of these people were eaten by monsters, and some did not keep up with the speed of everyone's escape and fell behind.
The frightened ordinary people discussed turning around and returning to the safe zone. The cultivators who had encouraged them to go to the capital's safe zone controlled the vehicles and resources and refused to return to the safe zone. At this time, most people had already understood the intentions of these cultivators. They said they would protect them to go to the capital, but they just wanted to drag them down with them and use them as bait to lure away the monsters. However, even if they knew their intentions, it was too late. Even if they had more people, they could not deal with those cultivators.
In this situation, when they suddenly saw Wen Qingming and his team, the imposing military vehicles, and the neatly groomed soldiers, the entire team looked very high in morale, and the ordinary people who had been in despair almost cried for joy.
(End of this chapter)
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