Chapter 189 The First Small Beast Tide
After discussing the recipe, dinner lasted another hour and ended.
After all, we are in the pioneering stage, and everyone needs to stay awake facing enemies that may appear at any time.
After that, Mu Dehao had time to chat with Wei Huan and Mu Chong about family matters.
The three of them made a cup of tea and sat on the balcony on the top floor of Mu Dehao's chariot, looking at the square below which was gradually deserted.
Compared to Wei Huan's car, the interior of Mu Dehao's chariot is very beautiful. The accumulation of the past seven and a half years is enough to turn the interior of the chariot into a living space, and a lot of points have been used for landscaping alone.
There are many flowers and plants on the balcony where they are now. There are no mosquitoes, only space for flowers and plants. Drinking fragrant tea, everything is so comfortable.
They talked about Mu Zhong's mother Zhou Xian. Mu Dehao was relieved to know that Wei Huan had accumulated a lot of "Light of Destiny" for Zhou Xian, which might be able to unlock Zhou Xian's sealed abilities.
We also talked about the little girl Muxi and some interesting things that happened in kindergarten recently.
In fact, Mu Dehao and Zhou Xian are very busy with work, and Mu Zhong is so old, the couple has never considered having a second child.
But Blue Star is currently facing a population crisis. While appealing to the people, they must also set an example themselves, so this is what happened.
The arrival of the little girl has indeed brought some childlike innocence to this already not-so-young family.
Finally, we couldn’t avoid talking about Wei Huan’s father, Wei Jinhong.
Wei Jinhong was sent back to Blue Star and was banned from entering the Challenge World for three months.
The crime was strictly investigated, but the punishment was very light. This was due to the excessive judgment of the law enforcement officers on Wei Huan's attitude, with the main purpose of "avoiding retribution later".
In fact, Wei Huan hopes that Wei Jinhong will never enter the Challenge World again in his life. After all, he is now at the forefront, has considerable power and fame, and can easily be exploited by a profit-seeking villain like Wei Jinhong.
But the person who had done it did not dare to use harsh measures. By the time he found out, the judgment had already come down, so he could not say much.
So we are talking about Wei Jinhong this time because he is coming back to challenge the world again.
In addition, Gong Lianying was unwilling to let Wei Huan's excellent relationship go unused, so she had many unnecessary activities on Blue Star, all of which were thoroughly investigated by people arranged by Mu Dehao.
"The Gong Group seems to have attached themselves to the Xu family. You are no strangers to this Xu family. They are the ones who deceived Liu Chengzhi and tried to seize his property. After their crimes were exposed and they were wanted, they hid in the Challenge World.
According to the investigation, Gong Lianying was involved in arranging for them to be sent abroad. The destination is currently unknown, but it is understood that most of their assets had already been successfully transferred to Osam, and they were even protected by Osam.
Wei Huan has already found Xu Man's information.
With official intervention, the War Clan headquarters was completely conquered. It was not difficult to find out who those who escaped were.
Therefore, Wei Huan can be said to care very much about Xu Man, who was the holy leader of the war clan in the previous life.
When he heard that Gong Lianying had contact with Xu Man and others, and even covered their transfer, his brows furrowed.
Without much hesitation, Wei Huan said to Mu Dehao, "If the evidence is conclusive, we will investigate and arrest those who should be arrested. They must pay the price for their illegal and criminal decisions."
Mu Dehao really wanted to use this incident to test Wei Huan's attitude.
If anything happened to Gong Group, Wei Jinhong would be completely finished. He thought that Wei Huan had not killed him before in order to leave some living security for Wei Jinhong, but he did not expect that Wei Huan was more concerned this time about the fact that Gong Lianying and Xu Man were actually connected, which was absolutely intolerable!
Xu Man could not pay back the sins of murder he committed in his previous life even if he was cut into pieces, and Wei Huan would continue to seek retribution in this life.
"Gong Lianying must know about Xu Man's beacon. Keep investigating. We can't let the Xu family escape."
Wei Huan said this, and no one knew the reason why he was so persistent.
But the cleverness of smart people lies in that they never ask questions about things they shouldn't know. They just need to ensure absolute consistency in their positions.
Therefore, the power put on Gong Lianying needs to be further increased.
They chatted until late at night. Wei Huan and Mu Zhong returned to their chariots and did not forget to go to the professional temple to practice.
The night passed in a flash.
During the day, Wei Huan was required not to leave the supply point too far, so when he had nothing to do, he would go to see the construction of the supply point.
Alloy bricks were exchanged in large quantities from the points mall, and then the construction team was responsible for the construction. They were all powerful farmers.
There are also blueprints for the building, and some hollow spaces will be used to mount weapons, which are the responsibility of the Armament Department.
At the same time, the Armament Department also has some driver sequences serving as "electronic soldiers" who connect the control of these weapons to the system and can be controlled from different terminals.
Mu Dehao has the main switch in his hand.
In addition, there are very few tanks in the base during the day because they all go out to explore the island, look for treasure chests and ruins to collect resources.
The pioneering team mainly explores silver-level ruins, and any gold-level ruins they encounter will be marked out, because developing gold-level ruins at the current stage will cause great losses. Since no country will develop them, these resources are on a first-come, first-served basis.
In addition, the main task of the pioneering team of the Qinglong Legion is to search for islands suitable for building cities, or to find islands that can be built as the next temporary supply point.
Not every island is suitable for construction. Some islands are too small, or the climate and terrain are not good. There are also many islands called dark islands, where dark energy gathers. If humans want to build a city on them, there are too many problems to solve.
Land reclamation work sounds simple, but in reality it is both dangerous and tedious.
In addition, in the competition among various countries, how to ensure that Daha always maintains its advantage in this competition without being too aggressive and causing accidents is a difficult problem.
Wei Huan stayed in the supply point for a day and clearly felt the tense atmosphere in the base.
The most common thing I hear is: "Hurry up, hurry up, be careful, the beast tide will come in the next two days, check it carefully, and don't let anything unexpected happen."
Wei Huan asked Zhou Haoming: "Is the beast tide in the fifth-level world scary?"
"Of course." Zhou Haoming nodded. "So far, the Suzaku Legion and the White Tiger Legion have each encountered a small beast tide. Although they successfully resisted in the end, they both suffered casualties and most of their supply points were destroyed and had to be rebuilt.
Because Xuanwu City has a larger population, it encountered a medium-sized beast tide three months ago. At that time, we in Daxia joined forces with all the challengers from other countries. Although we successfully resisted the beast tide, we had to mobilize all our forces to win.
As for what we are about to face, the current intelligence assessment is between the primary and intermediate levels. Many people have come to us in the past few months. The Challenge World will evaluate our strength and lower the assessment.
If a mid-level beast tide appears, it will be a huge threat to us. So Commander Mu has also contacted several other legions and will send people to help. "
Wei Huan nodded after listening and asked, "What is the difference between the primary and intermediate beast tides?"
"Large-scale beast tidal waves will have beast generals appearing. Intermediate-scale beast tidal waves can number up to 50,000, and small-scale beast tidal waves can number around 10,000."
Wei Huan only knew the standards for beast tides in the fourth-level world, and was a little surprised that the standards in the fifth-level world were the same as those in the fourth-level world.
The key point is that there are many monsters in the fourth-level world, but their actual combat power is very weak. The sea beasts in the fifth-level world are all very powerful. Using the same standards for measurement can only mean that the number of beast tides here is also refreshing a lot, but the strength of humans has not kept up.
This is why even a small beast tide can be regarded as a formidable enemy.
Wei Huan’s strength is enough to fight against a medium-sized beast tide alone, but that was during his prime. Now most of his abilities have been sealed, and he would probably have a hard time facing a small beast tide.
Wei Huan calculated his own strength in the fifth-level world in his mind. He knew that the idea of fighting the beast tide alone was arrogant. However, if the top few humans could not reverse the situation, it would be even more difficult for them to win the battle against the more powerful Dark Beast Lord.
Challenging the world is a challenge to mankind, but it is also a gift to mankind.
This place is like a training ground. The unknown existence provides them with space, resources, and training grounds, allowing them to become stronger and continue to evolve.
Therefore, humans must overcome the current challenges of the world in order to consume all resources and achieve a perfect evolution.
After Wei Huan understood the strength of the opponent he would face, he turned to talk about other things. Zhou Haoming answered every question, even those involving confidential matters, and he would tell him everything he knew.
In a blink of an eye, the agreed three days passed.
Wei Huan did not wait for the beast tide, but heard that the Suzaku Legion and Osham were fighting again.
"...It seems Suzaku mobilized its forces. Captain Wang and Liu Xiaotian were also there, led by Captain Fang William, preparing to explore the gold-level ruins on the island. Osam also rushed over after hearing the news. They were clearly underpowered and had almost no preparation, yet they also wanted to explore the ruins. A stalemate ensued, and a conflict ensued."
"How serious is the conflict?"
"Both sides have captured the other's people, and some have been injured." Mu Zhong held his forehead and shook his head. "These kinds of pioneering groups are always prone to friction, and even a single misstep can result in loss of life. The reason each country is unwilling to submit to the others and unable to coordinate efforts is the lack of a supervisory body, or perhaps a higher-level leader."
Wei Huan nodded and said, "The Blue Star United Legion" is just a decoration. The highest administrative body is a parliamentary system with a total of five permanent members, Daxia, Osam, Big Bear, Three Kingdoms and Kangaroo. They all have their own thoughts and will form cliques when they encounter something that affects their own interests. The final result can only represent "victory in the game of power" rather than "the most correct choice."
Just like this dispute, I am afraid that in the end it will be a compromise or a distribution of interests at the negotiation table. Not only will the resources not be put to good use, but the progress of land reclamation will also be greatly slowed down.
Therefore, this joint legion has no meaning at all.
Wei Huan frowned and was about to continue chatting when suddenly a police siren sounded in his ears.
Wei Huan immediately became alert. The beast tide he had been waiting for for three days had finally arrived.
There are obvious signs before the beast tide breaks out, and there will be a lot of random monsters around the supply point.
Soldiers are sent out from the base to clean up every day, but it is not of much use because when the beast tide breaks out, many monsters will be temporarily refreshed. Cleaning up in advance will reduce the number of beast tides a little, but compared to the total number, that number is nothing.
In addition, in the level five world, there are many sea beasts among the monsters of the beast tide. They cruise in the deep sea. Human level five tanks are at a disadvantage when fighting in the deep sea, so the cleaning effect is not obvious.
Fortunately, challenging the world can be considered as a way to notify humans in advance so that they can be prepared.
As the sirens sounded, all challengers outside would return to the tanks immediately, including Mu Dehao at the command center.
Then, inside the unified networked chariot, the face of Mu Dehao appeared. He was the supreme leader of the pioneering group and the overall commander of the battle. Also on either side of the screen were two chiefs of staff, one reporting intelligence and the other responsible for the actual details of the command.
The chief of staff in charge of intelligence said first: "Attention, all departments, there are still five minutes before the beast tide reaches the city. Frontline combatants arrive at their combat positions, and all other personnel evacuate..."
Mu Dehao didn't say much. He waited until the chief of staff finished speaking, and then when he needed to speak, he said, "Mobilize the entire army."
Hundreds of tanks parked underground drove out from the basement in an orderly manner. It was obvious that they had rehearsed thousands of times. In less than two minutes, all the tanks on the front line arrived at the combat positions. They were deployed in different directions of the city wall, and the combat positions prepared by the construction department for the tanks were seamless.
Wei Huan had never participated in training, so he did not rashly join any convoy. He just waited until the front-line troops had left before they set off one step behind.
Moreover, after getting on the ground, they did not enter any combat position, but simply raised the chariot to 30 meters. After reaching the height of the city wall, they could see the situation outside and fight.
During this short delay, the beast tide had already landed, and some air units had also arrived above the supply point.
Although most of the time, the tank's shield is enlarged and can also be used as a city shield.
But in fact, each city has its own protective shield, which cannot be used interchangeably. Official city builders will not consider whether this is more economical. In comparison, they prefer to directly purchase city protective shields. Once the pioneering team leaves, the city protective shield can continue to protect this supply point.
However, supply points also have their own protective shield standards.
What rises at this moment is a level five protective shield.
The protective shield purchased according to the world level must at least be able to defend against ordinary monsters in that world.
The flying units in the beast tide made a cry and collided with the protective shield of the supply point first.
They were a group of birds that looked very ferocious, like pterosaurs. Their claws were like weapons, and they had a pair of claws on their big wings. Their beaks were long and pointed, with interlaced teeth protruding from the corners of their mouths.
The difference is that they are larger in size, with a wingspan of seven or eight meters. They are pitch black and have ten eyes that extend from the sides of their cheeks to their necks.
Moreover, before they flew over the supply point, these nearly a thousand large birds flapped their arms violently, and invisible wind blades slashed at the protective shield.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
The level 5 protective shield withstood the attack, but because the opponent's attack was long-range, the shield's counterattack could not be activated.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
The protective shield flickered under the opponent's attack.
Under normal circumstances, Wei Huan would have sent out the Undead Army by now. Even if the Earth Beasts were not useful, a mere thousand enemies could be suppressed by the combination of the Demon Eye Lord and the Ghost Crow.
Of course, his car has a level six protective shield that can bounce back long-range attacks. I'm afraid that without sending out troops, he can destroy these flying units by relying on the shield's rebound and long-range attacks.
All we can see now is the passive defense of the level 5 shield. The tanks of each unit and the attack weapons on the city walls are fired at the same time. In this mutual consumption of energy, it depends on who will win in the end.
Of course, humans will be the final victor.
After all, there are more than 200 main battle vehicles and more than 20,000 Daxia challengers fighting here.
Main battle vehicles that have not been upgraded to level five will not be assigned to front-line combat missions.
It was like a battle of mutual attrition, and they fought back and forth for two minutes. In the end, half of the flying units of the beast tide were lost, and the human level 5 protective shield was on the verge of breaking.
Because ground troops are coming too.
This time, what appeared in front was not a deep-sea shark monster, but a crab living in the near-shore area.
It looks a bit like a facehugger, but its color is black and red, and its pincers are much stronger and bigger than those of a facehugger, and its body is also much larger. Presumably, its individual combat power is stronger than that of a facehugger.
There are also a lot of them, densely packed like a carpet, pouring in from outside the valley.
Mu Dehao said in the command channel: "Remote preparation, take turns to launch!"
They were not launched at the same time, of course, because the number of beasts was huge, and attacking at the same time would inevitably cause overflow damage.
Taking turns firing is also a tactic and is part of routine training.
Some crabs died on the spot, while others were lucky enough to avoid direct damage from the shells and got closer and closer to the city wall.
Gradually, there appeared among the crabs some large black crabs with shells on their backs, which looked like larger hermit crabs.
They have significantly higher defenses, and attacks that would kill ordinary crabs simply cannot break their shells if they land on them.
The front is getting closer.
In addition, the remaining birds circled in the sky and then cooperated with the ground troops to press down again.
The protective shield, which had just recovered some energy, was once again under attack and could be shattered at any time.
The battle seemed to be very tense and fierce, but the people in Wei Huan's chariot looked constipated and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
That's it... In Challenge World, didn't they often plow the land to attract a large group of sea beasts to kill? The number is no less than this, and there are also royal families.
Is it that hard to kill?
The one who was most confused was Liu Chengzhi, who couldn't help but ask in a low voice to Brother Chui who had been helping in the kitchen recently.
"Brother Chui, even if we're worried about Zhang Yang and we don't take action, Commander Mu's car also has a level 6 protective shield. Why not use it? Isn't this a waste of resources? How dangerous would it be if the shield was really broken?"
Hammer, with his ordinary, honest and simple appearance, thought for a moment and said, "Because sooner or later, both we and Commander Mu will have to leave. This city must be able to deal with the beast tide on its own."
After a pause, he added, "I'm afraid our boss isn't worried about Zhang Yang, he just doesn't need to take action."
Liu Chengzhi was puzzled: "What? It's already like this, we're almost at the gates of the city, and there's no need to take action?"
Just as he asked this, he saw a dense array of gun muzzles suddenly appearing on the city wall.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
A tongue of fire gushed out, the flesh and blood of the sea beast flew, and its shell cracked and shattered.
In just a few seconds, a muddy mess was left on the ground.
Liu Chengzhi was speechless for a while.
These weapons, which look like the most common submachine guns on Blue Planet, actually have such tremendous destructive power.
Under the spitting of their flames, no monster could break through the last one-meter line.
As for the birds flying in the sky, they will be sniped by ranged units as soon as they get close. Although the wind blade can attack the protective shield, it will leave behind a large number of corpses each time until they rise again.
So the level 5 protective shield that seemed to be crumbling has not been broken yet, and has recovered a lot after continuous charging.
Liu Chengzhi opened and closed his mouth, probably understanding what the boss was thinking.
Even without the leader coming, the Legion has come this far, steadily and cautiously with its own set of tactical standards.
The boss is not here to be a savior. No matter how powerful he is, he cannot randomly interfere in every battle to show off his abilities.
Good steel should be used on the blade.
Ordinary beast tides must be left to the well-behaved army to deal with, and the boss naturally has his own battlefield.
Almost everyone in the car understood it, and as for the few who didn't, they would gradually understand it if they thought about it more.
Wei Huan never took any action.
Because this beast tide was indeed just a small one.
During this period of time, the last wave of beasts have landed, with a total number of about 20,000 to 30,000, including a large number of cannon fodder troops like sea crabs.
Even if the big sharks and sea fish that could fire water cannons came up from behind, their fate was to be torn to pieces by bullets because of the garrison's strength that far exceeded theirs.
Under the intensive artillery fire, these sea beasts were wiped out before they even had the chance to touch the city walls.
The entire battle lasted less than half an hour.
The level of ease was such that the members of the legion, who had been nervous for days about the outbreak of the beast tide, felt like they were punching cotton.
A small beast tide might be very difficult when you first arrive in the level 5 world.
But now that humans have basically established themselves in this world, it will be very simple to deal with it.
However, at the post-battle meeting, the General Staff of Intelligence said, "The intelligence doesn't match up. The reconnaissance vehicles we sent out discovered a large number of wandering monsters in the ocean. This is different from past beast tides. Theoretically, after this battle, there should be no more sea monsters within a 100-mile radius of our supply point."
Mu Dehao nodded. "It's indeed a bit too relaxed. So, you mean that there might be a second beast tide in the near future?"
"Yes, this situation also occurred in Suzaku City, a Level 4 world. The city was newly established then, and two beast tides occurred within a short period of time. The circumstances were unclear at the time, but after this incident, we suspect it's related to the subversive forces that appeared in our base during the war preparation period."
Mu Dehao raised his eyebrows.
The General Staff of Intelligence looked directly at Wei Huan and said, "At that time, the Suzaku Legion was also in a period of combat readiness. They welcomed a large number of legions led by Captain Fang William. This probably stimulated the Challenge World's assessment of the garrison's combat effectiveness. Therefore, the second beast tide was twice as strong as the first.
If a second beast tide really breaks out, I can only say that the combat effectiveness of you and your crew, Major Wei, cannot be underestimated. Even if it does not exceed the total combat effectiveness of our base, it is close. This will stimulate the challenge world to add new tests.
This isn't a bad thing. On the contrary, everyone here should be happy. Our Azure Dragon Legion now possesses a fleet as powerful as Captain Fang William's. One vehicle is worth thousands of troops."
As soon as these last words were spoken, everyone's tense faces suddenly relaxed.
Yes, that’s right. If you think about it from another perspective, this is a good thing.
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