"Brother Yuan, it's time to leave. Are you all ready?"
Little Fatty's voice came from outside the basement.
"Wow, that's so exciting! You guys are sweating buckets!"
As soon as Little Fatty entered the room, he covered his eyes, indicating that he hadn't seen anything.
"No, you've misunderstood!" Ning Yanlan quickly got out of bed.
"I understand, it's normal for newly dating people to be inseparable! As long as they don't feel like we're bothering you, it's fine!" Little Fatty said with an awkward laugh.
Ning Yanlan wanted to explain, but when she saw Jiang Yuan leaning against the bed with most of his body naked, eating fruit, she gave up. She had to admit that he looked exactly like someone who had just finished having sex.
"A decadent lifestyle!" Leng Yue said indifferently. She walked over and sat on the edge of the bed, then took out a map and said, "The tunnel is ready. Take a look!"
"The entrance location was chosen by Ning Yanlan. It's near the North Gate, where the Northern City Alliance is stationed. We should try to avoid running into the Southern City warlords after we enter!"
"Blazing Blood Vermilion Fruit!" Jiang Yuan held out several plum-sized red vermilion fruits in his hand. "Want some?"
"So extravagant, using such a spirit-grade fruit to make desserts!" Leng Yue took one and casually tossed another to Little Fatty.
Jiang Yuan took out a new set of clothes and put them on. He practiced the Tai Chi chapter of the True Meaning of Fist Technique five times, which not only tore his clothes but also exhausted all his strength. This is why he was sitting here eating fruit, drenched in sweat.
"These are the first fruits of the Blazing Blood Vermilion Fruit Tree. The first batch of fruits doesn't grow very big during the initial fruiting period, so we picked them ahead of schedule!" Jiang Yuan explained casually.
The initial fruit yield was unsatisfactory, so Jiang Yuan had to discard the first few batches of fruit in order for the Blazing Blood Crimson Fruit Tree to grow better.
"Have you planted any trees?" Little Fatty looked left and right but couldn't see any saplings.
Jiang Yuan smiled faintly, and after standing up, he said, "I don't think we can trust the Northern City Alliance either, so it's best if we don't have any dealings with any forces when we go in."
"Don't worry, we chose the North Gate simply because the pressure there is less. A large part of the beast tide is concentrated at the East and South Gates, so entering from the North Gate is the safest!" Ning Yanlan explained to prevent them from misunderstanding.
"Let's go then!" Jiang Yuan put away the Holy Spirit Source from the bedside table.
"Let's go! The name of the Oath Squad should be heard over the South City now!" Little Fatty rubbed his hands together, ready to enter the South City and show off his skills.
The tunnel was located quite far away, so they had to walk a distance on the surface before they could re-enter it.
"Why is this beast tide a bit different?"
As soon as Jiang Yuan stepped out of the ant nest, he noticed some subtle changes in the beast tide besieging the southern city.
"After what you did last time, there are already spirit beasts guarding the outer perimeter of the beast tide. It will be very difficult to cause trouble if we try to take advantage of the situation!" Leng Yue has been gathering information about the beast tide for the past few days, and the presence of cave ants has been particularly helpful in collecting this information.
"It doesn't matter anymore. We're going into the South City soon. As long as the South City holds out, the beast tide will eventually recede!" Jiang Yuan said in a low voice.
"Don't you guys find it strange? Why doesn't the beast tide attack or retreat? Why do they insist on holding out in the South City?" Leng Yue frowned as she voiced her doubts.
"That's easy, they want to wage a protracted war! After all, such a large city consumes a huge amount of food and resources. If they hold out for ten days or half a month, the South City will fall without a fight!" Little Fatty interjected, explaining his thoughts.
"If only it were that simple!" Leng Yue rolled her eyes at him and continued, "Haven't you noticed that the number of beasts in the tide is constantly increasing?"
"Yeah, last time Brother Yuan clearly killed tens of thousands of monsters, and with the monsters killed in the battles in Nancheng every day, the number of beasts should have been decreasing, but now it's not decreasing, the number of monsters has increased instead!" Little Fatty asked, puzzled.
“The South City Safe Zone has a radius of at least 200 kilometers, which means that all the beast tides within the radius will end in South City. For example, the monsters in the Sanjiu Camp will gather in South City after failing to break through the Sanjiu Camp. According to this calculation, the beast tide in South City has not yet reached its peak!” Leng Yue looked at South City with slight worry.
"Wouldn't going to the south city be like walking into a trap?"
Little Fatty stopped abruptly, and he hesitated, "Should we... still go?"
"To sacrifice oneself for one's country in times of crisis, to face death as if returning home!" Leng Yue said with a smile, then stared at the chubby boy and asked teasingly, "What, are you scared?"
"Afraid?"
The chubby boy blushed and argued, "How could I be afraid? The word 'fear' doesn't exist in my dictionary, Tang Yingjun's dictionary!"
"Is that so?" Leng Yue turned around, unconvinced.
"That's right, I'm just worried that our Oath Squad might encounter danger! It's not that I'm afraid of dying!" Little Fatty was still bothered by Leng Yue's earlier doubts and insisted on giving a reason.
Leng Yue stopped arguing with Xiao Pang and changed the subject, saying with a sigh, "The fruit is good; it has strengthened my body considerably after eating it!"
"Of course! This stuff is priceless. If you eat too much of it, even a psionicist will have the same physique as a strength-type!" Jiang Yuan said with a smile. The Crimson Blood Fruit is most effective with the first one, but that doesn't mean the second one won't be. As long as you have enough, the medicinal effects will be just as amazing.
"Are you feeling any better?" Leng Yue's tone softened. She had discovered the terrifying injuries Jiang Yuan had sustained while treating him, injuries that could not be treated with ordinary methods.
"Not bad, I can still handle a level 5 monster!"
Jiang Yuan smiled faintly, recalling the fairy relic lying in his personal space. "By the way, does your ant queen still need the fairy relic?"
"A fairy relic?" Leng Yue paused noticeably. "Do you have any more fairy relics?"
"Here you go, I don't need it anyway!" Jiang Yuan handed a green stone to Leng Yue.
"Really for me?"
Leng Yue was somewhat at a loss. Fairy relics were extremely precious to native creatures on Earth. If Xiao Yi had enough fairy relics, his future achievements would only become higher and higher.
"You can give it back to me if you don't want it!" Jiang Yuan teased Leng Yue.
"Yes, of course I want it! How could I not want it!"
Leng Yue clenched her fist, and the fairy relic was tightly held in her palm.
"The tunnel must be just ahead!"
Ning Yanlan pointed ahead, and her Stone Breath could sense the presence of cave ants there, presumably left behind when the cave ants dug their tunnels.
"Let's hurry and get in while it's still late!"
Leng Yue led the way, having already assessed the tunnel's safety beforehand; there were only two things to be careful about inside.
First, they should try to conceal their energy when passing through the beast tide area. However, this is not difficult for them. The concealment robe is a treasure for hiding their aura. With the cover of the tunnel that is about ten meters deep, it is difficult for the monsters and holy beasts above to find them.
Secondly, there are the guards of the South City. It can be said that the South City is heavily guarded in its defense against the beast tide, and it is much more difficult to get past them than to get past the beast tide itself.
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