Something unexpected happened
"Those two voices just now... are they systems? They seem to be called Crispy Shark Squad Leader. What exactly are these systems?" Qu Fei is quite sensitive to sounds. He caught the key words in the system conversation whose volume fluctuated, and clenched Xue Yide's hand uneasily.
Xue Yide shook her hand back in a comforting manner and gave her a gentle smile:
"Don't worry. The information we received today is very worth discussing. We can go back and talk about it slowly. We can't stay here for long."
"I agree," Tong Zhenzhen said with a rare look of worry, staring at the hotspot page with zero signal, "I have bad news, comrades, the network was disconnected after that strange noise, and I can't restore it no matter what I do."
"Okay, let's take him back for interrogation first." Xie Yuan didn't delay, picked up Aguda who was tied up like a dumpling and walked back. The college students also knew the priorities of the matter, and they were afraid that something really went wrong this time, so they quickened their pace, but they were still a step too late.
Xie Yuan's many years of military experience allowed her to sense the approaching cold arrow from behind almost instantly. She made the first judgment that it was too late to draw her sword, so she simply used the scabbard to block the arrow that was about to pierce Tong Zhenzhen's right arm.
The tip of the arrow rubbed against the scabbard diagonally, and the metal collided and produced tiny sparks. In a flash, Xie Yuan's pupils dilated, and she suddenly realized that the opponent's goal was not to hurt people, but -
"ah!"
Aguda let out a scream. As he was not wearing a breastplate, an arrow pierced his right chest. The blood instantly dyed a large area of his clothes red. There was a thin hemp rope tied to the end of the arrow feather. The opponent pulled Aguda over with force. Although Xie Yuan reacted in time to grab him, he ended up missing.
Everything happened too suddenly. Tong Zhenzhen only had time to see the blood on Aguda's chest. Her brain went blank as if she had been struck by lightning.
What happened? She had clearly turned Aguda into a fragile person when she recaptured Muzhou City, so how could he be injured? ! Could it be that not only the network was down, but also the system functions...
Tong Zhenzhen didn't dare to think any further. She clenched her fists, put the terrible conjecture behind her, and forced herself to look at the person in front of her calmly:
At least a hundred Gulou soldiers appeared from nowhere on the other side of the bridge, and many of them were crossing the river to the other side of the bridge, trying to block their retreat.
The burly man standing in the middle of the bridge was wearing heavy armor, his face was covered with scars of varying depths, and his eye sockets were sunken, giving people an inexplicable sense of oppression. He first glanced at the people opposite him, as if he didn't take them seriously, and snorted.
"Thank you General Shao for saving me! I will work like a slave to repay you in the future!" Aguda endured the severe pain in his chest, knelt down with a pale face to show his loyalty.
Tong Zhenzhen's heart sank to the bottom when she heard Shao Hui's name. From the corner of her eye, she could clearly see that Xie Yuan had tensed up, as if she was on guard against this great General Gulou, who was also the culprit who had killed her father in the battle between Linyuan and Gulou.
Shao Hui was awakened by Aguda's shout and suddenly laughed:
"Hahahaha! You're working like a slave to repay this general? Do you think I'm deaf?! You just told them the intelligence so easily, and you were captured alive by the enemy again. You're really a disgrace to Gulou!"
Aguda secretly groaned, fearing that Shao Hui had heard all the conversations just now. Now that things had come to this, he could only continue to beg for mercy:
"That, that's what they forced me to do! General, please give me another--"
The axe fell and the begging for mercy stopped abruptly.
"I'm not a good man. You'd better save these words for the King of Hell!" Shao Hui smiled coldly and retracted his battle axe. The blood on the axe was still steaming, but he was completely unaware of it, as if the person he had just beheaded was not his former subordinate, but just a dead tree that could be found everywhere.
The scene before her made Tong Zhenzhen's legs go weak, and her headless body fell limply to the ground. Then a large amount of sticky blood gushed out. If she hadn't taken several steps back, her shoes and socks would have been soaked.
The other college students were so frightened by this sudden turn that they froze on the spot, supporting each other to avoid falling to the ground. Even Xue Yide, who had taken anatomy classes, saw such a bloody and cruel scene for the first time. He suppressed the churning in his stomach, focused his attention, and turned on the anesthesia function to buy time for everyone to escape.
Tong Zhenzhen couldn't stop shaking. Everywhere she looked was a blinding red. The blood on the ground seemed like a whirlpool. She couldn't resist and her eyes were fixed on the ground. At the same time, she seemed to hear the drunk's hysterical roar and the sound of things being smashed.
"Zhenzhen!" Chen Miao's gentle call woke her up from the auditory hallucination. She reached out and held Tong Zhenzhen's cold hand, her eyes full of concern:
"Are you okay? Don't be afraid, we are all here. Besides, we are the priests of Linyuan. Zhao Xu will not ignore us. Keeping us here is the best solution for Shao Hui."
Tong Zhenzhen's temples were wet with cold sweat, but Chen Miao's words made her feel at ease. She patted the back of her hand gratefully, her brain working fast, and she cast an inquiring look at Xue Yide, wanting to know whether the anesthesia function could be used.
But as if things weren't bad enough, Xue Yide's eyebrows were almost twisted into a line, and he shook his head at her in frustration.
Tong Zhenzhen's heart suddenly sank, and she looked solemnly at Shao Hui who was approaching her.
It seems that I have really failed this time.
Shao Hui held the axe in one hand. The blood of Aguda on the axe was not yet dry, and it was dripping and winding along the bridge. He walked over the bloody ground, his eyes revealing the brutal greed of a hunter, and he grabbed Tong Zhenzhen directly:
"I guess this is Lin Yuan's new high priest, right? You destroyed the chess piece that I had planted with so much difficulty, and replaced it. You are a very resourceful priest, aren't you?"
Xie Yuan stood in front of Tong Zhenzhen and drew his sword towards him:
"Stay away from her!"
Tong Zhenzhen did not reply rashly. Now the enemy outnumbers us. If the network was still there, we could easily call for reinforcements. But now the network is cut off. Even if Yuandu notices something strange and comes to investigate, it would be too late. The high priest's real boss is actually Shao Hui. It can be seen that this person is not just good at fighting and killing. He must be stabilized first before making plans.
She pondered for a moment, then spoke carefully:
"Yes, I am the high priest of Linyuan. General Shao's sudden visit this time really caught us off guard, but since we are guests, why don't we find a suitable place to discuss the alliance? I believe you have heard of our divine power, and I believe General Shao will not act rashly."
Now we can only conceal the fact that the system failed and see if we can scare the other party off.
However, Shao Hui burst into laughter when he heard this:
“Hahahahahaha! How dare you, little girl, negotiate with me?! Don’t think I don’t know that you can grant immortality to people, but Aguda has just been beheaded by me personally, which shows that your divine power is only so limited. Now I’m afraid—you can’t use it, right?”
The worst case scenario is that you try to show off but the other party finds out that your cheat code is gone.
Tong Zhenzhen was so desperate that she complained about herself. Now that things had come to this, she really didn't know what to do.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Xie Yuan simply attacked Shao Hui in the face with his own strength:
"run!!!"
“Sister Yuan, how can you do this alone?!” Ma Chengyun cried and wanted to go over to help, but was dragged back by the others. Tong Zhenzhen pulled him across the bridge:
"With your small body, you're going to be used as a chopping board and hold Sister Yuan back?! Sister Yuan is the only one among us who can fight, so if you can run away, then run. Only if you can run away can we call for reinforcements to save her as soon as possible!"
Ma Chengyun also knew that now that the system was gone, they would be a burden if they stayed, and would also distract Xie Yuan from protecting them, so he wiped away his tears and ran forward desperately, wanting to go back and call for help as soon as possible, but the Gulou army was blocking the bridgehead, with razor-sharpened knife tips in front of them, completely cutting off their retreat.
"What should we do?" Qu Fei's eyes were red and an uncontrollable fear filled her heart, but she still tried hard not to cry and cause trouble for everyone.
The Gulou army, armed with sharp weapons, kept approaching, and invisible despair weighed on everyone. Since they traveled through time, they have been protected by the golden finger, and their lives have never been truly threatened. As a result, they only now realize how small and helpless ordinary people are in war without any external help.
Xie Yuan, who was fighting with Shao Hui, caught a glimpse of Tong Zhenzhen and the others being trapped. She was distracted in a trance and was seized by Shao Hui and several Gu Lou soldiers behind him. Shao Hui shouted angrily, swung the battle axe with both arms and chopped at Xie Yuan's unprepared left side. She suddenly came to her senses and raised her sword to block. With a "ding" sound, the long sword was split in half. The sharp axe blade no longer had any resistance, and it tore a bloody gash in Xie Yuan's left arm with the force of a mast and an oar. If she hadn't used the force to roll into the water, her entire left arm would have been chopped off.
"Sister Yuan!"
Tong Zhenzhen saw Xie Yuan injured and fell into the water, and she no longer cared about anything else. Anyway, there were wolves in front and tigers and leopards behind, and she couldn't escape today. She simply took a gamble and rushed to Shao Hui and shouted:
"Let them go, and I'll go with you!"
"You?" Shao Hui sneered and raised his battle axe high, "What use do I have for a priest who has lost his divine power?!"
Tong Zhenzhen forced herself not to look at the bloody axe. Without her crispy skin function, she was now just a mortal body. If she was hit by this axe, she would probably die on the spot.
Crispy Shark, Crispy Shark! Did you hear me?! If you don't come this time, I'm really going to die!!!
Thank you, thank you? Help me if you hear me...
She tried to call the system in her mind again, but the only response she got was dead silence. She was so angry that she even wanted to say thank you.
Tong Zhenzhen took a deep breath, and then looked at Shao Hui calmly. Even though she was so scared that she wanted to turn around and run, she still said calmly:
"No, we are just temporarily unable to use our divine powers due to the unusual celestial phenomena. As long as you let them go, I will help you sweep across the countries when my divine powers are restored. Since you know that I can grant immortality to people, you should also know that my heavenly thunder can shatter all weapons."
Haha, but who knows when this damn system will fix the bug. If you find out you’ve been cheated, just kill me if you dare.
Tong Zhenzhen lamented that she could still play black humor even when she was about to die. She dug her nails into the palm of her hand to barely stop her whole body from trembling.
"Miss Tong, you can't do that!" Xie Yuan, who had fallen into the water, tried to stop them hurriedly. She was about to swim back to the bridge as quickly as possible, but was surrounded by the Gulou soldiers who had jumped into the water. Her left arm, which had just been chopped, was bleeding continuously and she could not use any strength. She was in a dilemma.
Chen Miao rushed to Tong Zhenzhen, staring at her with wide eyes and questioning:
"Are you going to die?!"
Shao Hui slowly put down the axe in his hand, as if he was really considering her proposal. He stroked the stubble on his chin and asked suddenly:
"Then how do I know whether you will really help me after you regain your power, or just wait for an opportunity to escape?"
The axe in his hand was like a death warrant for Tong Zhenzhen, and he slowly raised it. At this moment, Ma Chengyun took two steps and rushed in front of Tong Zhenzhen:
"Then you can arrest me too! I will do anything for money. If you give me some benefits, I will work like a slave for you and earn military pay out of thin air. I will never run away!"
Xue Yide followed closely behind him and confronted Shao Hui:
"My divine power can make people lose consciousness for a short period of time. I believe the Gu Lou Army in Muzhou City has already seen this. With my help, the Gu Lou Army's chances of winning in battle will be greatly improved."
"And me. I'm Grand Tutor Linyuan. If you capture me, you can negotiate terms with Zhao Xu and threaten him!" Luo Xiaoli was not afraid of the huge battle axe. He took the initiative to offer his hands to signal the Gulou army to tie him up.
"I think you might as well take us all away. One more person means one more bargaining chip in the negotiation with Lin Yuan. We are no better hostages than her, a mere deputy general." Chen Miao deliberately raised her chin towards Xie Yuan in a contemptuous tone, trying her best to buy her a chance to escape.
Tong Zhenzhen was a little anxious, so she grabbed Chen Miao's hand and asked in a low voice:
"What are you doing? It's enough for me to stay here alone. There's no need for you to take risks!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?! Just because you usually call me mom, there are four of us, mother and daughter, and we can't do without any of us!" Qu Fei held her tightly in her arms. The four girls huddled together and stayed with each other in the most difficult moments.
"General, this..." The Gulou soldier looked at the row of people in front of him reaching out to him with a heroic look on their faces, and was in a dilemma. He asked Shao Hui for instructions.
Shao Hui narrowed his eyes and pondered what Chen Miao had just said. Indeed, these priests not only held high positions in Linyuan, but also had great prestige in other countries. Keeping them would naturally be useful in the war. He nodded to his subordinates to show his agreement, and then said to Tong Zhenzhen and others in a semi-sarcastic tone:
"Okay, since you are still somewhat useful, I will be kind to you this time. But I have never seen a group of people eagerly begging to be captured. You really love each other."
Tong Zhenzhen lowered her head and said nothing, pretending not to hear the sarcasm in his words. The Gulou army that had surrounded Xie Yuan also swam ashore at Shao Hui's signal. Xie Yuan hid her injured left arm behind her back, holding the broken sword that she had just fished out of the water in her left hand, trying to find an opportunity to fight to the death. She could not watch them being captured by Shao Hui!
But Tong Zhenzhen shook her head slightly, her lips moved slightly, and silently said to her: Don't be impulsive, go find Xie Ci
Xie Yuan was planning to launch a sneak attack on the Gulou soldier who had his back to her, but she had to give up after receiving this information. Under the current circumstances, it was impossible for her to rescue people from Shao Hui by herself. She could only return to the city as soon as possible and find her brothers to discuss countermeasures.
After seeing Xie Yuan understood what she meant and turned away, Tong Zhenzhen withdrew her secret observation and breathed a sigh of relief. But she did not relax for too long. Perhaps this relieved expression fell into Shao Hui's eyes, and he began to threaten her again. After his subordinates tied Tong Zhenzhen's hands, he grabbed her neck and lifted her into the air.
"Zhenzhen!! What are you doing?!" Chen Miao screamed and wanted to rush forward to stop them, but her hands were tied and she was quickly pinned down by Gulou Jun.
Shao Hui looked coldly at Tong Zhenzhen's cheeks which were gradually turning red due to lack of oxygen. He increased the strength of his hands, squeezing out the little air she had left:
"You don't think everything will be fine now, do you? I warn you, if you dare to play any tricks, it will be more than just this."
Tong Zhenzhen's consciousness gradually became blurred, and her feet struggled in the air instinctively, but to no avail. She could only hear Shao Hui, that idiot, saying something and her companions' worried cries.
Idiot, I hate it most when someone chokes me.
These last words came to her mind before her consciousness was completely cut off and she fainted.
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