Chapter 160 The Disappearing Dark Beast and the Speculators
Around 12 noon, the continuous and intensive fighting had exhausted everyone, but when it came to lunch time, no one dared to take off their armor and rest.
In the name of the leader car, Liu Chengzhi issued a logistical invitation to all challengers and formed a team of cooks.
Wei Huan drove to get the supplies. After receiving the supplies, the participating logistics members made three meat dishes and one vegetable fast food in their own cars. The strong and spicy dishes were designed to make it easier for users to eat the rice in the shortest time. In addition, there were bean sprout, kelp and pork rib soup and pickled vegetables specially prepared for people with light tastes.
At noon, as long as you open the auction house, you can see tens of thousands of lunch boxes inside, all of which can be obtained for free.
The purchase limit is three boxes per person, taking into account some big appetites.
This time, Liu Chengzhi did a great job, showing that the leader's car has excellent logistics, so that the soldiers fighting on the front line have no worries about food.
Lunch was distributed, but the fighting did not subside.
As early as half an hour ago, Wei Huan, who had casually dealt with Cuo Feng, once again concentrated on the territory battle ahead.
It was not until the lord's hall collapsed and a large area of territory was reduced to ruins that Wei Huan picked up the water cup at hand and drank it all in one gulp.
He is very tired.
Even with the addition of Jacques, he no longer needed to resurrect so many undead, and his dark power still remained, but the continuous fighting made his forehead ache, and he felt like his soul tentacles were escaping from the beginning.
He is a Sequence Four psychic. The core of his cultivation is to spread his soul tentacles, penetrate deep into the soul fire of different undead, and adjust different data, just like cultivating life, and finally obtain the undead that meets his best expectations.
During this period, Wei Huan vaguely felt that Dian Ma was about to advance, evolving from an elite unit to a heroic unit, and at that time, Gou Zi would most likely also evolve into a heroic unit.
Therefore, Wei Huan, who was familiar with the state of soul tentacles, did not expect that he would also be in a state of "growing a brain" in reality.
This is certainly not a good thing. The people around him are not undead. It is impossible for him to let his soul tentacles stir around in the spiritual world. Something serious will happen.
What causes this?
Was it really because he was too tired? Or did dark professions have a negative impact on practitioners? Xu Qingqiang's madness, Agris's depravity and temptation, and his own impending frenzy...
Wei Huan suppressed his discomfort, put down the cup of water, and ordered the undead to move on.
The undead were in front, Wei Huan was behind, and behind them was a convoy of 90,000 people.
There have been sacrifices along the way, but the number is extremely small since the war between humans and dark beasts.
The names of the fallen soldiers will be engraved on the monument. Not only will the legion provide compensation, but Wei Huanche will also receive an extra portion, so the soldiers will never be allowed to shed blood or tears.
So far, leader Wei Huan has done a good job. Under his prestige, no major problems have occurred even though he is in charge of a convoy of 90,000 people.
Even some hostile forces were bound to Wei Huan for life and death at this moment and were fighting actively.
When the iron hooves of the Blue Star army stepped over the ruins and challenged the process of world recycling, it was like flattening the last brick and tile of the enemy.
The flying snowflakes carry with them the belief that mankind will win.
But Wei Huan, who walked to the front, hesitated.
This time, he walked more than a hundred kilometers, but did not see the dark beast territory on the road ahead.
Before, at the same distance, there would be at least five dark beast territories blocking the way, waiting for them to flatten them.
Wei Huan's speed became slower and slower until he finally stopped.
The people in the following car were unaware of the situation and were still discussing: "Is the war going to start again? Hurry up and eat, the war is about to start again!"
Wei Huan said to the escort car, "Go out and explore in all directions. If you find any enemy, come back and report."
As the escort vehicle left, Wei Huan, Mu Zhong, and the generals in the temporary combat meeting room looked at each other.
Then, Mu Zhong talked about the current situation.
"...So we not only need to find out whether the dark beasts blocking the road have left the Challenge World, but also investigate why they left."
Everyone had nothing to say and nodded.
“It’s time to investigate.”
"The Dark Beast is cunning and cunning, so be careful."
"This might be a deliberate attempt to confuse them. They must have gathered more Dark Beast Lords, using a combined battle formation similar to a large battlefield, concentrating their forces to block the 80th line. Don't be careless."
This is certainly possible, but there are also good reasons to oppose it.
"The Dark Beasts' territory will take time to develop. There's no point in moving it at this point. I think they must have decided on this strategy from the beginning. All's fair in war. We also have to be wary of sneak attacks from either flank. The Dark Beasts are just as powerful without their territory."
At this time, the news from the escort vehicle that went out to investigate came back, indicating that there was no trace of the Dark Beast Lord within a radius of 300 kilometers centered on this place.
Wei Huan frowned and ordered, "Continue exploring."
There was a long period of silence afterwards. The escort vehicle would report every hundred kilometers. As they drove out to 1,500 kilometers, the combat meeting room became lively again.
"There must be a conspiracy. From last night until now, we've advanced five thousand kilometers and pushed down nearly 180 territories. Their plan is clear: to slow us down and wear us down. There's no way they're giving up now."
"I have a different idea. The straight-line distance to Line 80 is less than 2,000 kilometers. Even if there are dark beasts blocking the road, with our current efficiency, if we push forward for another half a day after dark, we should all be safe. Since they clearly can't stop us, there's no point in them continuing to use the same tactics."
"That's why I said before, they will definitely make new arrangements on Line 80. A sneak attack by the Dark Beast is also possible. In short, be careful."
"What is the Dark Beast doing?"
There were constant arguments and speculations. Whenever someone had a new idea, someone would immediately stand up and oppose it. It was like a defense.
Although it looks a bit funny and unprofessional, this is indeed the most common state of temporary coalition forces. After all, no one is willing to submit to anyone else, and there are clear hostile countries. You may not win the war, but you cannot lose the war of words.
Until Wei Huan looked up.
He didn't look at anyone, but just moved a little, as if he was about to speak, and everyone fell silent, as if listening attentively.
Wei Huan said, "Move forward, and disperse the escort vehicles. We'll know what the Dark Beast is planning when we see it."
This time someone clearly had a different opinion, or perhaps they were just arguing out of habit, but the words circled around their lips before they were swallowed back.
Some people can be criticized at will, but some people cannot.
Wei Huan is indeed young. Everyone here is older than Wei Huan. When some people were challenging the world and leading the army, Wei Huan might still be a middle school student, but at this moment no one dared to stand up and express objection.
Because if you speak up, you will take responsibility, and almost all of them don't dare to take the responsibility of these 90,000 people. They don't have the ability to do so.
Then, we must listen to Wei Huan’s words.
This is the meaning of leadership.
He must have the ability to resolve disputes and execute them correctly.
As soon as Wei Huan said a word, everyone followed suit. Those who should go out to explore the way did so, and those who should stay behind did so.
This time the army's departure speed increased to 1,000 kilometers. The worst vehicles here are level three, and they can reach 1,000 kilometers per hour at full speed.
The convoy roared past, with the Ghost Crow flying in the front, and even coordinating with the pathfinder vehicle in front. The drivers of the pathfinder vehicles all knew that the status of the Ghost Crow meant that there were enemies ahead.
They drove for more than two hours on this journey and were almost reaching the 80th line, but the expected blockade from the dark beasts still did not appear.
The tense nerves of some generals in the alliance team had relaxed, and they jokingly said, "It seems that these dark beasts knew they couldn't stop us and gave up."
But some people also said: "If there are no dark beasts in the 80th line, are they all concentrated at the end of the level? If so, do we still need to fight?"
But Wei Huan and Mu Zhong had slightly different ideas.
Because they knew best that the dark beast was so abnormal this time and it was coming for them.
Along the way, they met many thought-monsters.
As the royal family of dark beasts, the Thought-Beast is rare in number and has special abilities. Even on the battlefield, the Thought-Beast is not common.
But this time, as they advanced along the way, they not only frequently encountered territories where parasitic beasts existed, but they even encountered territories where parasitic beasts served as lords and were flattened and killed by them.
The appearance of an abnormal number of thought-gathering beasts can only mean one answer - they are collecting intelligence on Wei Huan.
Now, the densely surrounding dark beasts have disappeared, and it is more likely that they have obtained the necessary intelligence and left.
For Wei Huan, this was the most terrifying thing.
The dark beast that leaves here will have all of its strength recorded in its DNA, appearing in the brains of every dark beast.
From that moment on, Wei Huan completely came out of the darkness, and any dark beast he faced next would be fully aware of his abilities.
And perhaps because this matter concerned him, Mu Zhong was very perceptive. He left his video camera and said to Wei Huan, "We just talked about our weaknesses this morning. Do you think they have discovered them too?"
Wei Huan pondered for a few seconds and nodded affirmatively: "It should be correct. The Dark Beast Tribe is smarter than we can imagine. They must have discovered this, so they left here and rushed to transmit the information."
Mu Zhong questioned, "Since they know we're weak right now, why don't they just attack us, or wait for the next opportunity?"
Wei Huan said: "This is where the dark beast is smart."
They also calculate the probability of winning.
Taking into account the possibility that the Dark Beast King was at the end of the level, they probably also calculated that it would be difficult to defeat Wei Huan before dark. By then, Wei Huan's undead spirit would come out of its weakness, and it would be a new hell.
As for waiting for the next opportunity, Wei Huan and Mu Zhong both agreed that the Dark Beast King Clan probably didn't want to take any risks, and even considered the possibility that Wei Huan would notice something unusual and not only not give them a chance, but even take their lives.
The Dark Beast Tribe now does not want to take any more risks. Wei Huan’s intelligence is more important than the outcome of a small war.
Moreover, this dark beast king was very smart. Not only did he find out Wei Huan's intelligence, he also stopped the loss in time and took away a large number of elite dark beasts, thus preserving the integrity of the dark beast clan's "echelon".
The more Wei Huan thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was right.
But the alliance team also had very good reasons to refute Wei Huan.
Of course, he did not directly refute Wei Huan, but through the argument with others, he let Wei Huan see a new reason.
"If they're just trying to pass on information, they only need to leave those Dark Beasts alone to avoid provoking us. For example, for those Dark Beasts that have established territories in remote areas, we can't kill all of them in the next few days. As long as some Dark Beasts escape alive, all the information about this battle will be revealed."
Yes, this is also a direction.
Wei Huan thought, so there will still be a battle at the end of the level?
At two o'clock in the afternoon, as the first car drove through a certain area, a dazzling gold medal popped out from everyone's car.
[Gold Medal Challenge] has begun.
It also indicates that they have crossed the 80th parallel and everyone is safe!!
Wei Huan cannot leave on his own this time, there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done.
In particular, whether the alliance army should disband or follow Wei Huan to fight at the end of the pass still needs to be decided at a meeting.
Just because it wasn't official didn't mean they were willing to take risks. In fact, most people here preferred to stay in the 80th tier. As long as they could pass, they could slowly develop in the advanced world. After all, they couldn't compete with a genius like Wei Huan.
But some people must leave. They have greater ambitions and are eager to make achievements in such a chaotic world. They want to follow Wei Huan to show their talents. If they can catch Wei Huan's eye and get into Wei Huan's car, they will reach the sky in one step.
Everyone has different desires, so their choices are different.
Except for the 2,000 vehicles that Daxia arranged for Wei Huan, which would definitely follow Wei Huan, the other vehicles and people were in chaos at the beginning.
The people who stayed behind were not completely safe either. The Dark Beast Lord was nowhere to be found but was lurking around them. Also, because there were too many people gathered, stray monsters might appear at any time. Someone needed to organize forces to resist them.
In addition, there are many civilian forces following Wei Huan. For example, the caravans from all directions who came to Qianmen during this period introduced themselves and wanted to get to know Wei Huan. They said that they would follow Wei Huan all the time, and Wei Huan would just give them orders when he needed them.
Wei Huan was formidable, with 2,000 tanks at his disposal, so why would he need civilian forces? But it had to be said that this gesture was a good one. At least when Peng Hai had offended Wei Huan on the third-level highway, the grudges between the two sides had been completely written off, and there was even some camaraderie.
The whole process took two hours. The butler took a moment to remind Wei Huan: "Captain, there are tanks moving forward."
Wei Huan was in the process of reorganizing his team to fight against the final boss, and he seemed quite overwhelmed. Upon hearing this, he simply nodded to indicate that he understood.
Another two hours passed, and as it was almost dark, Wei Huan finally finished his work and prepared to set off. The steward reminded him again, "Captain, the champion car has completed 86% of the distance."
This time Wei Huan listened carefully and frowned, remembering that there was also a group of people in the third-level world who sneaked forward thinking they had gained an advantage, but they could not move when they reached the end of the level. The dark beasts would definitely build a city before the final checkpoint to stop the human race's advance as much as possible.
But...what if all the dark beasts retreat this time? What if there's no boss at the end of the level?
When Wei Huan thought of this possibility, his face turned a little colder.
He wasn't particularly concerned about the prize in the golden treasure chest, but he couldn't tolerate having his peaches stolen. He had protected the challenger all the way here, so even if he earned their loyalty, he should at least have some basic respect for him, right?
When Wei Huan was already wondering who could do such a thing, the butler's next sentence completely made Wei Huan angry.
The steward said, "The top five are all captains from the Mulberry Country, and the first, second, and third are all from the Shi Heng family."
Wei Huan's face turned cold, and he raised his hand to open the championship list.
As expected, those who were in the front were all from Shi Heng's family. While he was watching, the first place had completed 87% of the distance.
Shi Heng’s organization...it’s no wonder, this is a fight to the death, they no longer care about offending Wei Huan or Da Xia.
In fact, the new leader of Shi Heng's team is a smart man. He knows that it is useless for him and his family to continue to hide. Even if Wei Huan does not cause trouble for them, the money that Shi Heng Chuanjing borrowed before his death is enough to make Shi Heng's family live in poverty and unable to recover.
Therefore, the only way to make the Shi Heng family, which has become worthless, valuable again is to get the golden treasure chest.
He wasn't sure if there was a BOSS at the end of the level, but he had to fight before he was willing to die, so when everyone arrived at line 80 for a rest, he ordered the family team to continue to set off at full strength.
Every second of rushing forward was torture. The "Championship List" was constantly updating the progress. Perhaps in less than an hour, they would be caught by Wei Huan.
However, as time went by and he exceeded his bottom line, the imagined pursuit team still did not appear.
Until dark, the people from Shi Heng's family couldn't believe that they had completed 87% of the exploration.
"Have they given up?"
"If we keep going at full speed like this, we can pass the bottom of the level by midnight."
"Could it be that it was just our illusion, and we are actually dead? This journey was so smooth that not only was we not discovered by Wei Huan, we didn't even encounter any stray monsters."
"It's getting dark, should we continue?"
"What are you afraid of? We're all going to die sooner or later, whether we're captured and killed by Wei Huan, or killed by the monsters that challenge the world, or even the boss at the end of the level. But even if there's only a glimmer of hope, we can't give up! For your children, for your parents, fight to the very end!"
The people's hearts, which had just been scattered, became determined again, and everyone moved forward with a tragic look on their faces.
Until someone first noticed something was wrong and screamed in horror: "They're leaving! They're leaving! The championship list is changing, Wei Huan's name is at the top, he's chasing us. Oh my god, I can already smell the stench of the undead."
It is difficult to describe the extreme fear everyone felt when they saw the long-awaited name finally appear on the list.
Some people were even scared to the point of crying.
But perhaps because they were really afraid of death, when they found that Wei Huan was really chasing them, the people of Shi Heng's family, who had initially thought of surrendering, were so scared that they fled for their lives like a mouse seeing a cat.
Run, run!
Faster! Faster!
An hour later, Wei Huan's progress reached 83%, and Shi Heng's fastest car had reached 89%.
The ultimate speed is most tested by the upgraded components on different cars. Even if the upgrade of a small component can only bring a 50-mile speed increase, it is useful at this moment.
The lead car was running faster and faster, and its back could no longer be seen. The people left in the car behind seemed to be chased by darkness and swallowed by great terror.
At a certain moment, the car of Shi Heng's family, which was the last one to fall behind, suddenly said, "Family, I wish you all the best."
"No. What are you going to do?"
"You guys go ahead, but for the sake of our family's revival, please take good care of my parents."
It was a very tragic scene. From the perspective of this group of people, they did not think that they had provoked Wei Huan first, which led to such an outcome.
They only felt that Wei Huan was chasing them relentlessly, and hated him deeply in despair.
If it weren't for Wei Huan, the Shi Heng family would still be the largest organization in Mulberry Country. If it weren't for Wei Huan, I would still be enjoying the delicacies of nature and the beauty in my arms. If it weren't for Wei Huan, how could I be so destitute? It's all because of Wei Huan! It's all because of Wei Huan!
Two hours later, Wei Huan caught up with the last car of Shi Heng's family.
It's just a level three car. If I hadn't left four hours earlier, it wouldn't have taken me so long to catch up.
Wei Huan didn't want to pay attention to him at first. This kind of chariot that fell behind was just the lowest existence in any force. Killing it would be useless except to vent his anger.
But Wei Huan was not someone who could not control his emotions, nor did he have the habit of taking his anger out on people and killing them at will.
He is not afraid of killing, but he chooses to restrain himself and never kills indiscriminately.
The preciousness of life can only be known by witnessing the destruction of the human race with one’s own eyes. Every life is precious.
But he chose to ignore it, and the other party had no intention of letting him go. The sudden approach attracted the attention of the butler, and then a missile flew from a distance.
Wei Huan displayed the protective shield, and the missile landed on it. A blue light flashed by, and the missile seemed to have misfired, emitting a small, weak spark before it went out with a "puff".
But Wei Huan's car, which was moving at full speed, also stopped because of this.
Of course, they were not forced to stop because the opponent was fighting fiercely. They were simply forced to enter combat mode from travel mode, which led to the program reaction when switching to defensive posture.
Afterwards, almost all the energy supplied to the travel mode went to the defense and combat modules, and then Wei Huan's protective shield shone brightly.
The level 6 protective shield is no longer a protective shield, it is like an offensive weapon. As it opens, all existences that are not recognized by it will be blocked out and subjected to devastating blows.
“Crack!”
Blue lightning jumped out from the protective shield and landed on the third-level tank that launched the first attack.
The enormous power was like a spear falling from the sky, instantly piercing through the car, chopping from the top to the bottom, and then thunder suddenly broke out.
“Boom!”
The sparks from the chariot's explosion swirled up the snow on the ground, and the high temperature burned and caused thick fog to rise, until a new round of blizzard came, sweeping away the deadly flames, and a broken chariot was scattered charred in the middle of the snow.
From beginning to end, Wei Huan watched all this with indifference.
He could have stopped it. He could have stopped the shield before it launched the attack.
But he didn't.
Everyone has to pay the price for the decisions they make.
Swing a weapon at him and be prepared to die.
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