Zhang Lin listened attentively to Qiao Yu's story.
It was a flying monster with a wingspan of over 15 meters and a weight of over 100 kilograms. It had a terrifyingly long beak that was stronger than alloy, as well as a pair of long and sharp claws. Its shape was that of a white giant eagle, with golden feathers on its head and neck, and its legs and claws were also golden.
In the New Age era, people named this creature the Golden Crowned Eagle.
After the new era, the Golden Crowned Giant Eagle is not difficult to deal with. It can only be considered a medium-strength extraordinary creature. The only troublesome thing is that it can fly, so it is not easy to deal with.
However, during this period, the Golden Crowned Eagle was an unsolvable problem.
After it set its sights on the Jinyu County settlement, it treated the settlement as its own canteen, and whenever it got hungry, it would simply go to the Jinyu County settlement and grab a few people to eat.
During periods of extreme cold, people huddle indoors. A giant golden-crowned eagle descends from the sky, its sharp talons piercing through the floors and ripping off roofs before forcibly abducting and devouring people.
At first, the temperature was too low, and the people of Jinyu County had no choice but to watch helplessly as the golden-crowned giant eagles continued to hunt down their relatives and friends.
During this time, Qiao Yu also gathered experts from the Jin Yu County settlement to try to kill the Golden Crowned Giant Eagle, but unfortunately, they had no way to deal with the Golden Crowned Giant Eagle flying in the sky.
In the end, the people of Jinyu County could only wait for the temperature to rise slightly before they immediately gathered their forces and, with all men, women, and children, headed straight for Hope City to join the city lord.
Within the vast area of Rongcheng, the city lord is powerful and has a broad perspective. If you pledge allegiance to him, the city lord will definitely help you.
So Qiao Yu led his men straight to Hope City.
Who would have thought that encountering Zhang Lin would not only cause him to relinquish command but also result in his trusted lieutenant Chen Junyu losing an arm.
But now that things have come to this, we can only deal with the Golden Crowned Eagle first before considering anything else.
"Everyone, from now on, follow Captain Zhang's orders. Including myself, anyone who dares to disobey Captain Zhang's orders will be executed on the spot!"
Qiao Yu gathered all the combat-capable people in the Jinyu County settlement together and, in front of everyone, handed over command to Zhang Lin.
Zhang Lin showed no mercy, addressing the crowd: "As long as the Golden Crowned Giant Eagle appears, everyone must obey me, or I will kill you all before it does. Do you understand?"
Because of his previous arrogant attitude, and because Chen Junyu lost an arm, the people of Jinyu County were very hostile towards Zhang Lin.
But now, with Qiao Yu speaking first and Zhang Lin threatening him, no one dares to disregard his words.
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Chen Junyu, the top martial artist in Jinyu County, had his arm severed by Zhang Lin with a single strike, demonstrating that Zhang Lin's strength far surpassed Chen Junyu's. No one dared to say they were unafraid of Zhang Lin's threat.
Zhang Lin nodded in satisfaction.
Then he looked up at the sky, seemingly searching for the golden-crowned eagle.
“It will never appear in our sight!” Qiao Yu said in a complicated tone. “It is powerful, intelligent and cunning. Most of the time, it will take advantage of our inattention, drop down from the sky, grab a few people and run away. We can only see its back.”
"Perhaps we can find a way to lure the Golden Crowned Eagle into making a move," Xia Xiaonuan suggested as she walked to Zhang Lin's side.
“It only eats living people!” Qiao Yu said. “We tried to lure it with fresh meat, but it wouldn’t take the bait.”
Perhaps we can lure it into attacking using living people, just like we did with the centipede corpse before.
But Zhang Lin wouldn't be the bait himself at this moment.
The strength of the Thousand-Legged Corpse and the Golden-Crowned Giant Eagle is not on the same level.
Using yourself as bait is too dangerous.
Qiao Yu sensed something was wrong. "You don't want us to be bait, do you?"
“Otherwise?” Zhang Lin retorted, “If we don’t lure it out, are we just going to wait for it to ambush us? We can’t keep guarding against it all the time. If we keep losing money, we’ll collapse.”
Qiao Yu remained silent. This was how the Jinyu County settlement was brought to a standstill.
"But this is almost a death mission!" Qiao Yu was naturally unwilling to accept this.
"That's your problem," Zhang Lin said coldly. "You're the ones who brought the monster here. You don't expect the people of Hope City to be bait, do you?"
Qiao Yu had nothing to say.
If he were facing the city lord, he could still say some polite words and try to persuade the Golden Feather County settlement and Hope City to fight against the Golden Crown Giant Eagle on an equal footing.
But facing Zhang Lin...
He had already realized that Zhang Lin wasn't buying it at all.
"I'll go and try to persuade them." Qiao Yu's mood was heavy; this was essentially sending his men to their deaths.
"This is a mission, you must complete it!" Zhang Lin looked at him coldly: "If you don't complete it, I'll just pick someone directly. That pretty girl over there, is she your daughter? I might choose her then."
"Stop talking, someone will be used as bait!" Qiao Yu immediately gave in. In terms of ruthlessness, he was no match for Zhang Lin.
He turned back to the Jinyu County convoy, called everyone over, and began persuading some of them to volunteer as bait.
Zhang Lin had no idea what Qiao Yu had said, but a moment later, he did indeed select five people.
They willingly acted as bait.
Chen Junyu was among them.
There were also capable people in the Jinyu County settlement who used some peculiar potions to reattach Chen Junyu's severed arm. Moreover, it appeared to have fully recovered and did not affect his combat ability at all.
Qiao Yu said something to him, and he actually willingly became bait.
Would Qiao Yu tell him that if he survived, he would marry his daughter to him? ... This thought popped into Zhang Lin's mind.
If that's the case, Chen Junyu probably won't survive.
Setting a goal before battle is a recipe for certain death, isn't it?
Of course, Zhang Lin didn't care what had happened between them before. Since someone was willing to act as bait, things were much easier.
"You few, keep some distance from the main force," Zhang Lin instructed them to move slightly away.
Then, Qiao Yu was instructed to take stock of the manpower and gather all the experts from the Jinyu County settlement together to be under his command.
There's no need for selection here in Hope City, because everyone who came out with the city lord today is an elite.
There were more than thirty people from both sides combined.
“Although there are many of us, the Golden Crowned Giant Eagle can fly. It will snatch Junyu and the others away in an instant, and we won’t have time to make a move.” Qiao Yu had used this trick before, and seeing Zhang Lin use the same tactic again, he couldn’t help but raise his doubts.
Zhang Lin simply smiled and said, "Just follow my orders. I'm not like you."
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