Chapter 231 Entering the Village
Since we set out early, we were not pressed for time.
When passing by Black Moon Village and Salt Lake Village along the way, he also took the opportunity to briefly inspect the conditions of the two villages.
Compared with before winter, if we were to say how much it has changed, it would only be that it is more dilapidated than before winter.
Because this winter has brought certain losses to their villages, several villages are now busy with reconstruction projects while maintaining normal operations.
For villages like Black Moon Village and Salt Lake Village that suffered relatively less damage, reconstruction is expected to be completed by early spring.
As for the severely damaged grassland villages, they will probably have to wait until early summer to get back on track.
Because a lot of reconstruction work needs to be done by construction teams, and the current construction teams have relatively limited manpower, it is destined to be difficult to improve efficiency in this area.
This time when they rushed to Huangshan Village, except for Zhou Xu and Zhou Chongshan who rode horses, the other soldiers' horses were all left in Caoyuan Village and temporarily handed over to the new recruits.
There was no way. After experiencing the snowstorm, nearly half of the war horses in their grassland village were lost, and it was no longer possible for each soldier to have one.
Under this premise, the battle in Huangshan Village mainly takes place inside the mountains, where there are no paved mountain roads.
Zhou Xu and Zhou Chongshan came here on horseback, but in the end they could only leave their horses at the post station at the foot of the mountain and then climb the mountain on foot.
They had long been aware that war horses would be of little use in subsequent battles.
The reason why they chose to come here on horseback was mainly to be on the safe side. In case something happened in the grassland village, they could rush back as quickly as possible.
Nothing unexpected happened along the way, and the soldiers led by Zhou Xu successfully arrived at the post station at the foot of Huangshan Village.
Since the team transporting war supplies set out early, they have arrived first.
Shi Lei had already asked people to move all the energy items up the mountain. The only things left at the foot of the mountain that had not been moved were the skeletons of the two extraordinary creatures.
For the sake of convenience, Zhou Xu casually named the two skeletons "Big Bone" and "Second Bone" respectively.
The former is Qiansui’s biological mother, and the latter is the saber-toothed tiger.
Considering the size and weight of the two skeletons, as well as the steepness of the mountain road, Shi Lei and his companions had no idea what to do and could only wait for their leader to come and deal with it himself.
[Controlled by Skeleton Beast Soldiers! ]
Zhou Xu's mantra was activated, and the next second, with the will-o'-the-wisp fire burning in the skull's eye sockets, Da Gu and Er Gu stood up from the ground slowly.
[Skeleton Beast Soldiers' speed is enhanced! ]
In order to improve efficiency and achieve a quick victory, Zhou Xu turned over and climbed onto the big bone's back to sit firmly. At the same time, he increased their speed with his backhand and immediately controlled them to rush towards the mountain.
As a four-legged extraordinary creature in life, although his flexibility has decreased significantly after becoming a skeleton beast soldier, he still has an advantage over two-legged humans when climbing mountains.
After seeing their leader sitting on the back of the big bone and controlling the two skeleton beasts to start climbing the mountain, Zhou Chongshan and his companions also followed the members of Huangshan Village who came to pick them up and started climbing the mountain.
To be honest, the route they are taking now is the one that the villagers here often take. A path has been vaguely trampled out, which is definitely less tiring than the route taken by Dagu and Ergu.
But the reality is that they simply can't catch up with Da Gu and Er Gu.
Da Gu and Er Gu climbed up the mountain, basically ignoring the terrain. They simply relied on their strength to force their claws into the mountain and hook them onto it. They kept climbing up to the top of the mountain, not afraid of falling at all.
On the other hand, even if they had villagers leading the way, they still had to stay alert and move carefully step by step. They didn't dare to relax at all, otherwise they would fall down the mountain if they made a mistake.
At this speed, it didn't take long for Da Gu and Er Gu to leave them behind.
At the same time, in Huangshan Village...
The news that the leader was coming today had already spread internally, and many villagers were discussing it privately.
The situation in Black Moon Village, Salt Lake Village and Grassland Village is different. Half of the population in Wilderness Village are captives they recruited when they attacked the opposing tribe.
For this group of people, they did not spend much time with Zhou Xu. Since this place was too far away from the other three villages, Zhou Xu left after arranging things here and never came back.
As time went by, their impression of the leader Zhou Xu gradually became blurred.
Until the two huge figures appeared from the forest, and then leaped onto the open space outside their village.
"ah--"
A terrified scream broke the tranquility of the village.
"Monster! There's a monster!!"
Although Dagu and Ergu have been placed in the post station at the foot of the mountain for some time, the villagers in Huangshan Village mainly live in the village on the other side of the mountain. Apart from the on-duty personnel and related staff, not everyone will come to the post station here.
Even though I heard from relevant personnel that two huge skeleton monsters were transported to the post station, their poor descriptions were not as shocking as seeing them with my own eyes!
Not to mention that these two skeleton monsters are still alive!
At this moment, many villagers who had not reacted in time were frightened out of their wits, and screams rang out instantly.
At the same time, the guards outside the village heard the noise and rushed over.
But the closer they got, the more they could feel the enormity of the skeleton monster. The terrifying feeling of oppression almost swept over them, making their bodies stiffen a little. For a moment, they had no idea what to do.
Just then, a voice came from the monster.
"Where's Shi Lei? Where is he?"
As he spoke, Zhou Xu stepped on Dagu's body and stood up.
The winter sun shone on him, making him look like a god.
"This person seems to be the leader?"
And it was at this time that someone finally recognized him.
At the same time, Shi Lei also heard the noise and hurried out.
Shi Lei, who had seen the big bone and the second bone when they were first transported here, was still shocked at this moment.
This skeleton monster was indeed different when it moved and when it lay still, but it was still able to control its emotions. Having recognized Zhou Xu, it quickly stepped forward and saluted.
"Shi Lei greets the leader! There have been too many things going on in the village recently, and it takes too much time to go back and forth. I can't go to the foot of the mountain to greet you. Please forgive me, leader!"
"No problem."
While Zhou Xu was speaking, the power of the mantra had been lifted. Dagu and Ergu, who had lost their support, fell to the ground. Zhou Xu took the opportunity to jump off Dagu.
"Lead the way. I'll go into the village first to see how you've done with it."
How could Shi Lei dare to hesitate? He quickly led Zhou Xu into the village.
(End of this chapter)
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