Honeycomb mechanism
Chapter 115
Cousin Mu is a staunch supporter of Wei Huan. He will consider issues completely from Wei Huan's perspective, even if he sometimes does not quite understand Wei Huan's logic. For example, in this "opening battle", it is not the first time, and they really can't help. There is really no need to take it so seriously.
But if Wei Huan said he wanted to go back, he would never stay here for another second.
So, Cousin Mu said, "It seems that it takes at least 100,000 diamonds to get them. We've only got less than 600 diamonds so far, and it's already taken us seven days. If we want to get enough diamonds, it will take at least three months.
In three months, we can accomplish a lot. For example, we've already opened more than one treasure ruin in the Challenge World. You might not know that the Legion and many other factions possess numerous high-level treasure maps. All we need is the people capable of unlocking the treasures. Rather than wasting time here, we could collaborate with the various Legions, which would be much more efficient.
Also, Brother Qiang, you're about to be promoted to Sequence 4. Staying here will only make you restless. We'd better quit while we're ahead."
Xu Qingqiang was almost convinced by his cousin Mu's lecture.
Then he realized, "Just because you can talk doesn't mean you're right. Don't give me that one, two, three, four, first, second, then third. I'm just asking you, do you want a diamond treasure chest? Do you want a god-level treasure chest?"
"Of course I do." Cousin Mu said, then added, "But..."
Cousin Mu tried to persuade Xu Qingqiang, but Xu Qingqiang of course had his own insistence, and the two of them immediately started a debate.
The others finished their after-dinner snacks while "defending" and were still a little reluctant to leave. When the debate got heated, they couldn't help but join in, pushing the debate to a climax.
When the night falls and the air gets colder, the bonfire is lit again.
Wei Huan looked at the thirsty crowd and gradually formed an idea in his mind: "Someone of you just mentioned a variable, that is, the swarm mechanism of the Dark Beast's upper echelons. This is very important. In the next three days, if we can prove the existence of this swarm mechanism, it will not only be a significant discovery, but also beneficial to our mission. I agree with Xu Qingqiang's insistence on getting the higher-level treasure chests as much as possible. If not, there is no need to waste time here. We should go back as soon as possible."
After Wei Huan finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement, including Xu Qingqiang who had always insisted on his opposition.
By setting the goal, everyone has a direction and feels more down-to-earth.
Everyone dispersed and practiced and rested.
Wei Huan and Mu Zhong returned to the backs of their own earth beasts.
In the past few days, Mu Zhong has been riding on the back of a hidden cat. As a means of transportation without a wheelchair, even though he is a disabled person without legs, he still shows that he is strong enough.
However, at this time, when he was alone with Wei Huan, he showed a vulnerability that outsiders did not know.
When Wei Huan took Mu Zhong down from the back of the hidden cat, the posture even reminded him of holding a child.
Every time he was held like this, he lowered his eyes and his eyelashes trembled. He could never get used to it.
Today, when Wei Huan once again held Mu Zhong by the waist and carried him down, he did not put him directly on the back like he did in the past, but held him in his arms.
"Who do you support more?"
At this moment, I asked him a question.
Mu Zhong saw Wei Huan's serious expression, and his brows were full of seriousness. He felt that it would be inappropriate to make a fuss about leaving at this time, so he pretended to be serious and said, "Your decision is very good."
"I'm just restraining myself," Wei Huan said, his dark eyes gazing into the thick darkness. "Actually, deep down in my heart, I agree with Xu Qingqiang. No matter what happens, arming myself is the most important thing. I'll just keep killing and killing here until I get the divine armor. Once I'm out, no one can stop me."
Mu Zhong's attention shifted away from himself upon hearing this. He stared deeply at Wei Huan, "But reason stopped you, didn't it? Actually, I've always been curious about what your 'reason' actually is. What I see is panic, paranoia, and responsibilities that shouldn't be yours. Wei Huan, this world won't end immediately without anyone, because people just like you, or even more powerful than you, are supporting this world. You set too high a bar for yourself."
Wei Huan closed his eyes, then opened them again. All his words turned into a long sigh. He buried his head in Mu Zhong's neck, hiding the panic in his eyes.
Unable to tell.
Mu Zhong felt uncomfortable. This posture and Wei Huan like this were unfamiliar to him.
But he also knew that Wei Huan needed him at this moment, so he tried hard to change himself into a "shape" that would make Wei Huan more comfortable, and wrap him in a calm aura.
He even raised his hand and took the initiative to put it around Wei Huan's back, slowly and soothingly patting his back with his palm.
It was a long time before Wei Huan raised his head.
Without a word, he placed Mu Zhong on the ground, then sat across from him and said, "Rest well. I'm going to the Professional Temple. Today's situation won't be an exception. Tomorrow there may be more difficult territories to attack. If necessary, I will call back Xu Qingqiang's team."
Mu Zhong opened and closed his mouth, confirming that Wei Huan had once again avoided his question. He could only feel helpless in his heart, then nodded and said, "I understand. I will try my best to keep my spiritual energy full."
After Wei Huan lay down, he heard the rustling sound of Mu Zhong getting into his sleeping bag. He lay there motionless, pretending that he had entered the Temple of Profession, but what he was thinking about in his mind was Mu Zhong's words.
It seems to be true... From the beginning to now, he always assumed that humanity would be defeated and the Northeast Army would be dispersed, and he kept making choices that others could not understand.
But hadn't I already returned? I was changing history bit by bit, so I believed the ending was also unknown, right?
At least it's no longer a fate destined for humankind, right?
He looked up at the sky, his eyes seemed to penetrate the darkness and see the starry sky.
Vaguely, it seemed as if I had returned to the Blue Planet.
Challenge the world's night without stars.
But Blue Star does.
Nothing remains constant, just like one day in the future, they may drive their cars towards the sea of stars and travel in the starry sky.
You should try to change your mindset.
Having seen the worst outcome, this time will definitely be better.
…
The next day, Xu Qingqiang encountered the same situation again in a territory battle at 8 am.
This is the fifth territory he has conquered so far today.
Judging from the appearance, this territory is of advanced level three. The watchtower protected by the city wall is already twenty meters high. The ballistic holes on the watchtower also reveal that this building has reached level four.
How to judge the level of a territory from its appearance is basic common sense for every Blue Star challenger.
Even someone like Xu Qingqiang who had never attended Challenge University had to make up for the relevant knowledge after joining Wei Huan's team.
"The sentry tower in the territory is level four, but the city wall is only level three. This is a level three high-level territory, so we can attack it."
Xu Qingqiang quickly judged the combat effectiveness of both sides and called on everyone to charge together.
Diandama, Gouzi and Taogangge who followed him were all veterans in Wei Huan's Undead Legion. They had extraordinary IQs. Even though they still couldn't understand human language, they could make correct judgments through eye contact.
Xu Qingqiang shouted: "Charge!"
Anal digging brother: "Ka-ka-ka!"
Dianma: “Yi~”
The dog led hundreds of facehuggers and rushed forward with a rustling sound.
The army of running wolves moved around and followed closely behind.
As soon as they moved, the two hundred Xiu Luoma led by Xu Qingqiang became the strongest cavalry.
They gathered in a white wave, like a giant black axe. Xu Qingqiang was the sharpest and toughest part of the axe, chopping towards the city wall.
"Boom..."
The fierce battle was like thunder and lightning in the sky and earth. It exploded in an instant, with smoke filling the air for three miles and the sound of fighting deafening.
This is the experience Xu Qingqiang summed up after leading his team to attack the territory through repeated battles.
Fewer sacrifices can be made and the battle can be ended faster, even if the opponent is a level three territory and even if there are allies to help.
As long as he kills fast enough and his allies cannot react, it will be his time to reap the rewards.
But today, before the skeleton army composed of facehuggers and running wolves could touch the city wall, three black beams of light shot down from the wall.
The beam fell, reaping the lives of a large number of facehuggers. Xu Qingqiang saw it suddenly and subconsciously thought that it was the damage from the level 5 laser sentry tower.
For a moment, his soul flew away.
He is not afraid of death, but that doesn't mean he will die on a meaningless battlefield.
The frantic running footsteps paused for a moment before realizing that this was a magic attack from the Lord of the Demon Eye.
He raised his eyes and looked at the hidden part behind the city, and sure enough, he saw blurry big eyes.
The Demon Eye Lord is a dark beast, but is not among the units recruited by the Lord.
so……
Xu Qingqiang's eyes lit up as he thought of something. So, he had also encountered a dark beast's nest. Could he kill it in a group?
Xu Qingqiang was so excited that his mouth was watering at the thought of not having to run around and killing a large group of dark beasts.
He opened his fang-filled teeth, stuck out his scarlet, snake-like tongue, licked the corner of his mouth, and rushed out.
“Hehehe!”
But a minute later, Xu Qingqiang was beaten back in a miserable state.
He was covered in blood, half of his body was almost gone, and even his brains were almost spilling out.
If he hadn't dodged quickly, he would have been taken away by a round of concentrated fire.
As soon as he ran out of range, Xu Qingqiang hurriedly grabbed a Shuroma and ate it. After eating half of the Shuroma, he barely stopped the injury from getting worse.
He gasped hoarsely, then got down on all fours, holding onto Shuroma's thigh with his teeth, and looked at the city wall of the territory in front of him. After seeing the densely packed Demon Eye Lords and Dog-headed Men on it, his ferocious eyes became clear.
It was these large numbers of Dark Beast Lords who had given up their territories and were summoned by high-level Dark Beasts. Not only did they give away resources for free, they also participated in the battle as heroic units.
What made Xu Qingqiang even calmer was that after blocking a wave of their attacks, the Dark Beast Lord actually started to upgrade the fourth-level city wall in front of him.
So...is this territory about to enter the fourth level?
The fourth-level territory is already difficult to conquer, let alone if so many powerful dark beast lords gather here.
Xu Qingqiang had to admit that they couldn't take it down with just a team.
Without Wei Huan, the troops could not be replenished in time.
Without Mu Zhong, there is no way to add status.
He looks very strong and is an indispensable offensive profession on the battlefield, but in fact he knows in his heart that without Wei Huan and Mu Zhong, he is just a brave and fighting [criminal].
All his achievements so far have come from cooperation with his teammates.
When Xu Qingqiang saw this scene, he clearly realized that his ability was not enough, so he immediately decided to withdraw and gather troops to fight again.
He blew his whistle and ordered an evacuation.
The undead elites who heard the whistle left the city wall in their own way.
At this moment, a shower of meteors fell, and a laser beam focused on Xu Qingqiang.
Just one second later, it would have fallen on Xu Qingqiang.
There was a loud roar behind him and the earth shook. Xu Qingqiang looked back and saw that a huge pit had appeared out of thin air on the ground where he had been standing not long ago. It was seven or eight meters deep and twenty meters wide in diameter. The high temperature of magic melted the soil, forming a sticky crystal with wisps of white smoke.
Fortunately, he made a prompt decision to evacuate.
But even so, the lagging group of the undead army were killed instantly, with only a few facehuggers and running wolves left, and more than 30 Shuromales also died.
How many low-level dark beasts did this Dark Beast Lord gather to "support the king"?
If I had been a little later, wouldn't the supplies sent by these dark beasts have pushed this dark beast lord to the fifth level?
Of course Xu Qingqiang also knew that the fifth level was impossible.
Just like humans need special materials to upgrade their chariots, Dark Beast Lords also need materials and scientific tests to upgrade the core of their city.
This is the assessment world for third-level lords, and there is only so much upper limit.
But there is no problem at all for high-level dark beasts to be upgraded to the fourth-level territory.
“Boom!”
Xu Qingqiang turned around and gritted his teeth.
It turned out that after the Dark Beast Lord drove them away, he actually ordered the Dark Beasts and combat units to chase them out of the city. He wanted to kill them all!
Xu Qingqiang's teeth were almost broken when he was chased by the dark beast for the first time.
But at this moment, the magic pattern on his face retreated instead, and he calmly shouted: "Retreat! Retreat! Get out of here!"
The twins, Ding Qi, Zhou Yong, Lin Xu and others who were in the rear of the war had already noticed that something was wrong.
When Xu Qingqiang was running back, more than 30 Demon Eye Lords flew up behind him and chased him, which made his scalp tingle.
After the city gates were opened, the dark beasts and combat units that chased out from inside were as powerful as a rainbow and full of murderous intent. They were determined to wipe them all out on the spot.
But what is more alarming is the small number of puppy-headed people standing on the eyeballs of the Lord of the Magic Eye. They are only the size of a palm, and who knows what is hidden in their stomachs.
Because Wei Huan recruited this dark beast, humans also have a deeper understanding of this dark beast.
Xu Qingqiang jumped onto a Xiuroma, but did not surpass the Dark Beast Lord in speed.
A dark beast with dragonfly wings that looked like a golden monkey flew among the Demon Eye Lords and suddenly let out a sharp scream.
The seemingly docile and beautiful golden monkey suddenly became ferocious like a demon, and a harsh sound came out of its mouth which was opened to a size larger than its head.
When humans heard this kind of sound, they would only find it unpleasant, but when the dark beasts heard it, it seemed as if they were stimulated by something. The blood from inheritance awakened, and countless bloodshot veins instantly appeared on the big eyeballs of the Demon Eye Lord.
Immediately afterwards, their movement speed became faster, and they caught up with Xu Qingqiang in just a few seconds.
Xu Qingqiang shouted: "Retreat!"
But who would retreat at this time?
Seeing that Xu Qingqiang was about to be swallowed by the Lord of the Demon Eye, the twins and others rushed forward a few steps, waving their staffs and shooting arrows with their bows.
And Ding Qi's three-headed dark beast rushed forward like a moth to a flame.
Zhou Yong and Lin Xu even called out "Brother Qiang" while conjuring up sniper rifles. They knew it was useless, but they still pulled the trigger without hesitation.
"Bang!"
“Boom!”
“Swoosh!”
The bullets, flames and arrows flying towards him turned into flowing rainbows, crossing with Xu Qingqiang and attacking the enemy behind him.
Xu Qingqiang subconsciously turned his body to look.
It may be useful or not, but when they stick with me forever, everything is worth it.
“Hehehe!”
The magic pattern covered Xu Qingqiang's face again. He twisted his body into the shape of a beast, stepped hard, and leaped into the sky with a force that broke Xu Luoma's spine.
One claw grabbed the eyeball of the Demon Eye Lord, and the clawed hand pierced into the eyeball sharply.
"Puff!" It was pierced and torn into pieces.
Then he leaped up with his legs and jumped onto another Demon Eye Lord.
An attack landed on his back or chest, and the pain was so severe that his perception became blurred.
My mind is getting increasingly crazy, I am losing my ability to think, and all I can do is kill, kill, kill! Eat, eat, eat! Kill, kill, kill!
"Yi~~"
Dian Ma made an ethereal and loud voice, and the female earth beasts led by it began to emit eight-point six-colored light behind them, and then a net pattern appeared on their back shells.
After a brief accumulation of energy, the large green net shot out and caught the dark beast in the sky.
At the moment when Xu Qingqiang made a fighting gesture, the remaining undead also rushed towards the lord's war units again.
“Boom!”
“Boom!”
The catapults in the city wall bounced up, and huge round stones arrived in front of the undead army faster than war units.
A part of the undead army had their bones shattered and returned to the tomb.
However, as a battlefield that has reached the magic level, the effects of these purely physical attacks are very low.
At least most of the boulders were directly blown up by Xuroma's fist.
"Bang!"
These gray stones turned into rubble and scattered all over the ground.
But before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the round boulders suddenly stood up slowly as if they had grown hands and feet, and became stone giants up to four meters tall.
"Elements!?" Ding Qi exclaimed, "Attack the core!"
The twins certainly reacted, but as mages, their attack frequency was too slow, and the Lord of the Demonic Eye in the sky could not be ignored.
All I could see was a diamond-shaped stone emitting colorful light. The next second, the broken stones and sand gathered together in a circle of diamond-shaped stones as if attracted by a magnet.
In less than a few seconds, it condensed into a stone giant again.
One, two, three, four, five... At a glance, there were fourteen or fifteen stone giants.
This lord has a very special ability, he can even recruit elemental stone giants.
This bulky creature moves slowly, but has strong attack and defense capabilities, making it a very suitable type of soldier for demonstrating its strength on a large battlefield.
Elemental troops are rare, but they do exist, and everyone here knows their weaknesses.
But so what.
There were enemies everywhere, in the sky and on the ground, and they were surrounded from behind.
The Demon Eye Lord, who dodged the attacks of the green net and Xu Qingqiang, came directly to the heads of Ding Qi and others and bombarded them all together.
The twins dodged in a panic, but Ding Qi turned over nimbly and shot an explosive arrow with his backhand. It exploded in the eyeball of the Lord of the Demon Eye and barely saved everyone.
However, the Lizardmen's melee units had already climbed onto the back of the Earth Beast Mother during this delay and launched an attack on them.
Zhou Yong and Lin Xu stood in front, fighting bravely and chopping down these hideous-looking lizardmen.
But then the lizardmen stopped climbing up and started attacking Dianma's feet.
Dianma moved her eight legs together, crushing many lizardmen to death, but she gradually couldn't break free and was controlled.
Finally, one of its legs was removed, followed by another.
"Yi~~" Dianma screamed, and the space under her belly opened up. A large number of facehuggers fell to the ground and fought with the lizardmen, the Shuroma Dark Beast Lord and others.
However, the fighting power of the facehuggers was still much lower, and they died in large numbers.
The twins looked up and gritted their teeth.
A large number of combat units are surrounding them, and many Demon Eye Lords are flying in the sky.
Xu Qingqiang was caught in the battle and could no longer be seen. All that could be seen was the splattering blood, and it was unclear whether it was his or the enemy's.
The Shuromas were besieged, dying one after another, and the running wolves and facehuggers were no longer visible.
Wei Huan's favorite human wave tactic has now been turned upside down, and they are the ones who are about to be swallowed up.
The twins squeezed out their spiritual power, one using ice and the other using fire to harvest the Dark Beast Lord's combat units in large numbers.
Ding Qi even shot three arrows at once, and every one of them hit the target.
But even with full firepower, the front line was still slowly approaching.
"Hey~"
Dianma let out another cry, and then the people stepping on its back began to shake violently.
Looking down, I saw that the eight legs of the beast had been torn off at some point, leaving only three.
As for the remaining three, they will be dismantled soon. Once they fall from a high altitude and face the attacks coming from all directions, they will probably be torn into pieces in just a few seconds.
Are you going to die?
Just as this thought appeared, something suddenly appeared from under their feet, wrapped them up completely, and flew out without them being able to react.
It was not until they were in mid-air that everyone realized that it was Dian Ma's big green net that caught them and sent them away with the force of the catapult.
But so what? The distance is less than a hundred meters. Even if they run, how far can they run with their legs?
And Brother Qiang is still on the battlefield!
“Brother Qiang!!”
With the heavy sound of falling to the ground, Lin Xu and Zhou Yong were the first to climb out and rushed forward again.
"Brother Qiang, run!!"
The twins and Ding Qi who broke free later did not call out to them, but instead gripped their weapons tightly and followed closely.
They also knew that if they went up at this time, they would have no chance of winning, but where could they escape to? Moreover, their pride would not allow them to leave their teammates behind and run away.
I can't think too much at this time. I can only stick to the bottom line in my heart and tell them that I would rather die in battle than abandon them!
Come on!
Never give up!
Come on!
Isn't it just dying on the battlefield!!
Facing the Dark Beast Lord and the Lizardmen who were chasing them, the twins raised their staffs again, and Ding Qi also raised her bow and arrow.
“Quack, quack, quack—”
But fortunately, there is always hope.
When the noisy sound came from the sky to above their heads in an instant, the twins almost burst into tears.
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