Chapter 159 The Dark Beast's Trick
Wei Huan conquered 83 cities in one night and advanced more than 3,000 kilometers towards the destination.
As dawn approached, they ended the battle and returned to the convoy.
The main combat forces who had fought all night long all returned to the car to rest and recharge their batteries.
"We'll have a tough fight today," Mu Zhong said to the other tank commanders who hadn't boarded yet. "The Dark Beast Lords are blocking our path. Their intensity is beyond our expectations. They don't intend to intercept us at the end of the level. Instead, they're using human wave tactics to trap us all within the 80th parallel."
As Mu Zhong finished speaking, everyone's expressions changed.
This was indeed a tactic that had never been used before. They had underestimated the dark beasts before. These beasts did not want to keep Wei Huan, but wanted to kill all of them in one breath.
If Wei Huan had known that this was their tactic, he would not have been tied up in the convoy and moved forward slowly.
I'm afraid he would have rushed to the front and killed his way through.
It is now the ninth day of challenging the world, and I found that the Dark Beast has changed its tactics to this one. If Wei Huan had not killed some of them last night, I would never have thought that this would be the case.
By then, maybe they will really be kept within the 80th line.
By then, even Wei Huan would be judged as a failure in challenging the world and be swallowed by darkness.
All is fair in war, and cruelty is the only thing left on the civilized battlefield.
The assessment involves 90,000 people, and the key is that they are all the backbone of each country, the third and fourth level challengers.
If they were all killed here in one go by the dark beasts, not to mention that the human race would fall behind within a year or two, the outcome would probably be decided.
The Dark Beast's evil ambitions caused condemnation from the human race, and the atmosphere became tense.
Compared to Wei Huan who commanded the front-line operations, or Xu Qingqiang and others who went to the front line themselves, Mu Zhong was relatively more relaxed.
So when Wei Huan and the others were resting, Mu Zhong held an emergency wartime meeting with the generals of each legion.
During the meeting, Mu Zhong also announced a piece of news.
His Iron Star AI calculated a set of data for him. According to the current progress, if the entire army concentrated its firepower to open a line, they should be able to reach the 80th line within time.
But it is impossible to break through the bottom.
If no one breaks through the level, the challenge leaderboard will not distribute supplies.
The golden treasure chest awarded as the first prize is of no importance to Wei Huanche, but it is still of great value to humanity as a whole.
But if we talk about what is more valuable, the rewards of silver to bronze treasure chests will be given to the first 10,000 challengers after crossing the finish line.
Ten or so bronze treasure chests are nothing, but what about seven or eight thousand bronze treasure chests? That's also a huge fortune.
Every time a human passes an assessment and receives a reward, it will somewhat increase the overall combat effectiveness of humanity.
If this "little bit" is lost, it means that the dark beast becomes a little stronger.
As one gains, the other loses, and every pursuit of victory or defeat is crucial.
I have to say, Dark Beast's plan is really vicious.
If it weren't for the sudden message from Jacques, they would probably have been tricked this time.
At this moment, the butler sent a message: "Assistant Commander, Colonel Jacques wants to speak to you."
Mu nodded: "Let it in."
Jacques's grave face appeared on the video screen in front of Mu Zhong. He said, "Excuse me, I have something to confirm with you. Is the road ahead blocked?"
Mu Zhong sighed and nodded: "Yes, I was just about to contact you..."
…
Wei Huan took a brief rest for two hours, mainly to organize his troops in the tomb.
The worst thing about such a continuous battle is the weak state after the shaman's blessing, which is definitely a huge weakness of the shaman.
The most important thing is that Mu Zhong can advance to Sequence Four: High Priest, and then he can extend the blessing time according to the progress of cultivation, and at the same time shorten the weakness penalty.
Not many of Wei Huan's undead died now, but most of them were no longer usable due to their weakness.
You will have to wait 24 hours to summon them again.
It would be difficult for the remaining troops to support the entire battle.
So when Wei Huan opened his eyes and heard Mu Zhong say that Jacques and other teams would join their team and were willing to accept Wei Huan's unified dispatch, he was really relieved.
He then said that during ordinary routine battles during the day, he might not be able to use Mu Zhong's attribute blessing.
Not only the undead army, but also Captain Xue and others were suffering from the negative state of weakness.
Xu Qingqiang was the only one who was not affected. Although he could offset the effects by eating a lot, after fighting all night, he was probably not fit to continue fighting this morning.
Mu Zhong frowned with a complicated expression.
He would not belittle himself and think that he was a burden to Wei Huan. After all, the past battles had fully proved that the gravekeeper and the shaman were really a good match.
He was just helpless. The dual professions did not make him truly powerful. In front of the rapidly growing Wei Huan, he fell behind.
Wei Huan raised his hand and brushed Mu Zhong's brow, saying, "Alright, don't overthink it. We underestimated the Dark Beast's cunningness. This move was truly unexpected."
Mu Zhong took a deep breath and nodded, shaking himself off the negative emotions. Regaining his fighting spirit, he said, "For a regular territory battle, Dou Lin's judgment should be enough. You also have Fei Hou to increase your status. Now with the support of Jacques and the others, there shouldn't be any problems."
Mu Zhong then said, "If possible, it's best not to use my attribute blessing anymore. Our intelligence is being transmitted through the thought beasts, and they must know that we are at our weakest moment after the blessing ends.
We must always be in the best condition to prepare for the big battle that may break out at any time.
And you…” Mu Zhong straightened Wei Huan’s clothes and said, “I’m sorry for the hard work.”
Wei Huan nodded, his heart felt warm as if it was filled with all the sweet and soft things, making him want to hold this person's face and kiss him.
In the end, he restrained himself and brushed his forehead and hair, saying, "It's okay, don't worry. All communication with the outside world will be handed over to you. Some guys have ulterior motives. Don't let these rat shit affect us."
"Um."
After a brief moment of intimacy, the two soon plunged into an intense battle again.
Wei Huan now has less than half of the troops at his disposal, but this is only the part that can be mobilized by the undead army. However, in terms of total combat power, the human combat power that Wei Huan can mobilize can also crush the Dark Beast Lord.
The undead army was sent out as cannon fodder, followed by Daxia's two thousand convoys. Not only were there enough in number, but they also had level four leader vehicles and road guard vehicles, all of which were good at attacking strongholds.
The Dark Beast Lord on the opposite side was only level 4. Facing such intensive artillery attacks, he was no match at all. Soon the city was destroyed and the beasts died.
It was not until the attack on the second territory that Jacques and his men hurried over.
There are more than 20,000 people, all of whom are members who have been assessed and official guards from Osam, Tula, Fence, etc.
In addition, as Daxia was advancing, many challengers from other small countries, many of whom were close to Daxia, had already joined Wei Huan's team.
Now that Jacques has arrived with his convoy, all 90,000 challengers are present.
Mu Zhong activated the wartime system, and the faces of the leaders of the convoys from various countries appeared on the big screen. However, only countries with strong enough combat capabilities could appear at this meeting. Other small countries would be asked to be incorporated into a certain country's legion for easier command.
There is one thing worth praising.
In the years since the advent of the Challenge World, there have been many temporary alliances due to various reasons, so all countries have the same complete and consistent special plan, including how to establish a supreme command, how to arrange the troops of each country, and how to gather the combat power of small countries to form a force, which is very complete and efficient.
This set of temporary wartime alliances has been popularized among ordinary challengers, not to mention the challengers of various legions.
A few days ago, they were fighting openly and secretly, full of calculations, but now they have united in the face of a powerful enemy.
Human beings have many bad and dark sides, but they also have many shining sides. Those shining sides are as bright as the stars in the universe, illuminating the way forward for humanity.
A total of generals from 16 countries appeared on the screen.
The ones who showed up on the Daxia side were Wei Huan and Mu Zhong.
Wei Huan has the highest command authority.
When selecting this identity, others thought Jacques would compete for it, but Jacques also chose Wei Huan. In the end, Wei Huan was elected as the temporary commander-in-chief with a high number of votes.
Because it was a secret ballot, no one knew who did not support Wei Huan. Wei Huan glanced at every face on the screen and saw that they all looked calm.
But where they can't see, that is, at the bottom of each person's picture, their voting choices are shown.
Bang, Sanguo, Tula, and two other countries all chose Jacques. However, Jacques voted for Wei Huan, and the leader of the Liba Kingdom unexpectedly voted for Wei Huan as well.
The "voting system" is a "plug-in program" generated later by the Challenge World. The authority of Wei Huan and Mu Zhong's intelligent systems is far higher than this program, exposing all the things hidden under their seemingly calm faces.
Wei Huan remained calm, and Mu Zhong was also very cunning, but the other people in Wei Huan's car were not like that. They were cursing and swearing, but fortunately they did not appear in the camera.
Xu Qingqiang even pointed at the female general from South Korea and said, "She winked at you when she called your name during her speech just now. Her smile was so gentle, but the knife in your back was so cruel."
Cousin Mu said, "Her divination ability is really good. What the car needs most is people with this ability. It's a pity that her character is not good enough."
"If I let this kind of person get in the car, I'm afraid she's worried about dying too soon?" Xu Qingqiang tilted his head to light a cigarette, looking down on this beautiful woman with fair skin and thick lips, who was exactly what he liked best.
The other countries didn't realize that their underwear had been stripped off. When the group of people who supported Jacques saw that Wei Huan was selected, they immediately put on smiles and congratulated Wei Huan on taking office.
The war situation was tense and time waited for no one. As soon as Wei Huan was elected, Jacques and others hoped that Wei Huan could give orders immediately.
Dark Beast's move can be said to be a stroke of genius. If Wei Huan had not been here, I'm afraid everyone here, including Jacques, would have been trapped.
Jacques did not intend to boost others' morale and undermine his own prestige, but his rich experience told him that this time only if Wei Huan took action at all costs could he save everyone.
This is also the reason why he handed over the temporary wartime leadership without even arguing for it.
But he never expected that these compromises he made one after another for the sake of the living would become the mountains that continued to overwhelm him and lead to a "fall" that shocked the world.
Wei Huan said: "The main force will advance in a straight line and eliminate all the dark beast territories that appear along the way.
But be careful of attacks from both wings. The Dark Beast Lords are not just about defense. When necessary, they will also leave their territory and fight at all costs.
I'll leave the convoy you brought with you, Jacques, to escort both wings. "When the nest is overturned, no eggs remain intact. I think you all understand this. Don't do unnecessary things unless you want to be swallowed up by darkness yourself."
Wei Huan's words were too direct, clearly indicating that he didn't trust them, causing some people in the video to look unhappy.
But then, Wei Huan said: "Follow me and obey my orders. I can guarantee that not only will we get everyone here out of this assessment, but we can also try to get the treasure chest reward.
They want to wipe out a generation of our human race in this way, and they are sending a group of their elites under the muzzles of our guns.
I am Wei Huan, and I keep my word. This time I will crush the conspiracy of the dark beasts and make them regret gathering so many high-level dark beasts here.
The human race will win!
The human race will win!
The human race will win!"
When the slogan was shouted for the third time, the generals in the video were awakened by Wei Huan's confidence and inspired to fight by the slogan.
"The human race will win!"
For the last sentence, everyone shouted at the same time!
The fighting spirit was ignited through such words and a slogan, but the core was Wei Huan’s words “Follow me”.
The role of the leader is highlighted. When a person has this ability and is willing to take on this responsibility, people will give up thinking and believe in him completely, and then follow his footsteps step by step towards victory.
The men guarding the flanks were sent out, but Jacques was left behind.
Wei Huan said: "I need your ability to break the wall at a critical moment. My soldiers are too tired and they need some time to rest."
Jacques nodded: "Okay."
Jacques's level 5 vehicle, following Wei Huan's level 5 vehicle, walked at the front of the army.
Soon, another city wall of the Dark Beast Lord appeared in front of everyone.
Wei Huan's undead army set out again.
People who don’t know Wei Huan would be surprised just by seeing these more than 10,000 undead souls. They would never have thought that Wei Huan’s abilities have actually been sealed by half.
Moreover, after fighting all night, not only did Wei Huan lose all his dark power, but one of his energy tanks was also consumed.
Luckily he had two energy tanks.
The undead army emerged from the portal and charged towards the walls of the Dark Beast Lord fearlessly.
There are also a large number of facehuggers among them, which serve as fillers.
However, we cannot underestimate the facehugger. You never know if one of them might have a hellfire bomb hidden in its stomach.
If caught by it at close range, even an epic hero would die on the spot.
The undead army was in front, and the Alliance convoy was behind.
Wei Huan's vision flew to the highest point in the sky and he looked down, as if the eyes of God were looking down at the sand table. He moved the chess piece casually, and a chess piece was calmly dropped, which was the one move that decided the outcome.
"Colonel Jacques, prepare your abilities."
"Colonel Jacques, please continue to gather your strength and await my orders."
"Colonel Jacques, now is the time to act!"
With Wei Huan's order, the city wall with low health was hit by a bullet falling from the sky.
A tiny bullet, no thicker than a finger and dark golden in color, suddenly appeared from a height of three hundred meters and then fell vertically.
It collided with the city wall and exploded.
There was a loud "boom".
It was a full-strength attack comparable to that of a level 5 vehicle, striking the weakest point in the city wall's defenses.
The city wall collapsed.
The undead army quickly rushed into the territory and, together with the chariots, started a revenge-like massacre.
Until the Lord's Hall finally collapsed, the entire battle took only 5 minutes from start to finish. During this period, except for some damage to vehicles, there were no casualties.
Jacques stared blankly at the battle that ended so quickly.
This was the first time I saw humans conquer the dark beasts' territory so easily.
It was like a crushing defeat, truly a crushing defeat.
As the undead army advanced, the dark beasts were like a plague, unable to resist at all, like a natural disaster.
Some information indicates that the eighth sequence of gravekeepers is [natural disaster].
How powerful are “natural disasters”?
Humanity knows that it is impossible to resist and it is the wrath of nature.
It is hard to imagine that a human being could evolve to this level.
But he didn't believe it before, but now he has a concrete image in his mind.
"go ahead!"
Wei Huan gave the order and the army rushed to the next battlefield without stopping.
This is a race against time.
Today is the ninth day of the highway assessment. According to the plan, they should arrive at Line 80 at noon today.
But the fact is that they only advanced 3,000 kilometers in one night and were still more than 5,000 kilometers away from their destination.
On the road ahead, the territory of the Dark Beast Lord was so densely packed that it was too crowded to develop, and they still had to stop Wei Huan and the others.
Fortunately, Jacques brought his men over and cooperated fully, without wasting time on letting anyone be the boss.
As the only Sequence Five in this assessment world, his joining did greatly reduce Wei Huan's pressure.
If the city wall, which was worn down by the continuous sacrifice of the undead, is to be breached by the undead again, the sacrifice multiplier of the undead must be at least five times higher.
There may also be a large number of casualties.
But now with Jacques, Wei Huan calculated Jacques's explosive power through the previous attack. As long as he could reduce the health of the city wall to below 60%, he could kill it with one blow.
Terrible lethality.
With proper coordination, the loss of your own undead can be even less.
Then... I can really hold on until night. After Big Bear and the others can return to the battlefield, with the addition of elite undead, the battle will be easier. I can also store up my dark power to deal with wars that may break out at any time.
Wei Huan looked at Jacques deeply, feeling regretful.
He wanted talents like Jacques, and he also wanted the abilities of that Three Kingdoms woman. He didn't know if Daxia had similar abilities and whether it was willing to send them to his car.
If your car is developed to the top level, a tank that is more advanced than a space fortress, is it possible for all these talents to come to your car?
The battle was very intense, with a battle occurring almost every ten minutes. The battle would last about ten minutes at most and five minutes at least. Then everyone would have to step over the ruins that the challenge world had not yet recovered and rush to the next battlefield.
Keep moving forward.
At the same time, the information about the human convoy was gathered like snowflakes in the mind of a dark beast king at the end of the level through the dark beasts' continuous probing.
Unlike the royal dark beast that Wei Huan killed in a random battlefield last time, this dark beast was obviously an adult. It was more powerful and had great prestige. The dark beasts gathered around his throne included not only the noble-blooded Silent Beast and the Two-headed Hidden Demon, but they had all reached the fifth level.
Moreover, unlike young fifth-level dark beasts, fifth-level dark beasts in their prime are often wiser and smarter, and they also have powerful strength that only comes with growing to this age.
For example, this royal dark beast is now lying on its throne with three heads and six arms, and its body is like a lion.
This body that looks like Xiuroma's is obviously because it thinks this is a more suitable fighting posture, and it looks like it is much stronger than Xiuroma.
Not only is his body more sturdy and his muscles more developed, but his head as well... His head is not ferocious enough, which is probably the biggest weakness of war weapons like the Shuroma. However, this dark beast king used the ability unique to the royal family to replace his own shark-like teeth and upper and lower jaws. It can be said that he displays ferocity and violence from head to toe.
As it opened and closed its eyes, the wars that Wei Huan had experienced were sent to its brain by the thought-provoking beast. This feeling was like an inheritance from ancient blood, so deep that it seemed to be engraved in every cell.
Then, a purring sound came from its throat, and with a sense of satisfaction, like a cat playing with a mouse, it said lazily, "I've found his weakness."
The closest thought beast twisted out a puff of black smoke and looked at it silently.
The voice rang directly in his mind: "Then you can kill him, my king. The emperor will surely be pleased, and you will become the heir."
"No, we don't stand a chance."
Who would have thought that in response to these words, the Dark Beast King with three heads, six arms, and shark teeth would shake his head and say, "No matter how many Dark Beasts there are, they can't be stopped. We can't kill them before nightfall. This war is doomed to fail."
Then it asked the Thoughtmon: "Do you know why we lost to the human race before this?"
The thought beast said, "It's all because of a human, his name is Wei Huan."
The royal family said, "Yes, that's right. It's all because of him, but you're only half right. The most important thing is that our race was overconfident. While crushing humans, we underestimated the emergence of their younger generation. The emergence of any genius is not without signs, but he has done so much, and we are only now paying attention to him. What does this mean?"
The Thought Beast suddenly realized: "It's because..."
The royal family said, "It's because we had no intelligence. Challenge World had already warned us of his appearance, but we had zero information about him. Your people are stubborn and self-willed, and that cub is damn stupid. Before we knew he had the power to sweep across the land, you should have passed on the information in advance to avoid catching us off guard."
Finally, the royal family looked into the distance and said, "My strategy was very effective. It exposed the greatest weakness of that human race.
Next, we just need to deploy appropriate tactics in the appropriate battlefield and surround and suppress him with all our strength when he is at his weakest.
The final victory will belong to us, the Dark Beast Tribe!!"
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