The huge steel city gate slowly opened in front of Jiang Kai, and then he, Wei Ying, Lu Jun, and the men in black took a military jeep and drove out of Jiangzhong City.
In front of their vehicle, there were seven other jeeps of the same model driving the road ahead.
Since Jiang Kai followed his family into Jiangzhong City, this was the first time in twelve years that he came outside Jiangzhong City again.
He looked back at the nearly twenty-meter-high steel city wall. There were dense artillery mounted on the top of the wall, and a large number of soldiers were patrolling it.
Wei Ying, who was sitting next to him, suddenly said, "The dedicated players have returned to Jiangzhong City with a large amount of nuclear soil, but more than 90% of our energy is used for these weapons, so the lights in Jiangzhong City will be turned off after eight o'clock in the evening.
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This was the first time Jiang Kai heard such an official explanation.
As the vehicle drives outwards, the scenery outside the car window is constantly changing.
Those long-lasting memories in Jiang Kai's mind have long been blurred, and now that he sees all this, he can't help but feel shocked like never before.
At first, it was surrounded by a deserted land. Occasionally, you could see some refugees setting up tents here and a team of heavily armed patrolling soldiers.
When we reached 20 miles outside Jiangzhong City, we could no longer see anyone.
On both sides of the abandoned road, only some ruined houses remain, and occasionally some unknown beasts as big as cattle can be seen.
They craned their necks and saw a vehicle passing by. They seemed to know that they couldn't catch up, so they simply didn't bother to move and watched the vehicle leave.
"Boss, we are almost arriving at City 014." The man in black was sitting in the front row and turned around to remind.
"City No. 041 is the original Jiangbei City." Wei Ying said to Jiang Kai, "I remember it was also a prosperous city before."
Jiang Kai only vaguely remembered that his elder brother mentioned this city, but the memory was blurred.
A few minutes later, Jiang Kai saw the legendary city No. 041.
There are broken bricks and ruins everywhere, roads have been destroyed by collapsed buildings, and houses have collapsed on the ground. Even the buildings that are still standing are full of holes and entangled with vines.
The city has long since lost its original cleanliness. It is overgrown with weeds, giant trees, and thick vines are pushing up the asphalt or masonry floors wantonly, rising and falling on the surface like giant pythons.
The once prosperous city has now turned into ruins.
At this moment, there was violent movement not far ahead.
The man in black turned around and said, "Our Team No. 12 from the Temple of War in Jiangzhong City is hunting here."
Wei Ying nodded, "Go and have a look."
The road was already impassable, so everyone got off the car and walked towards the direction of the sound.
Jiang Kai noticed that everyone who got off the car in front had introverted eyes and strong steps. Almost all of them were carrying some kind of cold weapon.
It's just that the appearance of these weapons is different from traditional cold weapons, and the materials and styles are somewhat similar to the weapons in Tianzhi.
"They don't use guns?" Jiang Kai asked in surprise.
This time, it was the man in black who answered Jiang Kai's question, "To deal with those beast gods, guns and artillery are not very effective. Our weapon materials are all derived from ghost stars."
"Can Ghost Star still withdraw weapons?" Jiang Kai asked.
"Of course, as long as you reach the extraordinary profession, you will be eligible to withdraw heavier items, such as ores. Using the special ores of Ghost Star, we can make extremely lethal cold weapons... Oh, it can also be specially made.
Hot weapons, but maybe because they have stayed in the ghost star for too long, more people still like to use cold weapons!" The man in black said lightly, "Of course, just having weapons is not enough. The most important thing is that when you reach the extraordinary profession
Finally, we can also withdraw our own attributes."
"Just like what Tianzhi said at the beginning, truly achieve it and become a saint!"
While talking, the group was already very close to the battle site.
When they walked around the remains of a collapsed building, Jiang Kai saw a team of five people fighting a huge monster.
There are four people in this team who use cold weapons, some use long swords, some use big swords, some use double swords, some hold shields, and one person uses a wooden staff on the side.
They all wore special armor and were fully armed.
The person using the wooden stick kept a distance from the monster, stood at the back of the team, and kept waving the wooden stick.
Various colors of light emitted from the wooden staff, shrouding the team members.
"There is life jade on that wooden stick," Jiang Kai frowned and said, "He is a doctor?"
Lu Jun smiled and said, "He is a fifth-level profession from Team 12, called Holy Healer."
"Barefoot Doctor's fifth-level profession is Holy Healer... Didn't he say that Barefoot Doctor is only fourth-level?" Jiang Kai said in surprise.
Wei Ying smiled and said, "What you know is just the tip of the iceberg. You will know more in the future."
Jiang Kai didn't know how to answer, so he could only continue to watch the battle.
The four melee members of Team 12 have physical fitness that ordinary people cannot imagine. They can jump four to five meters high. Every attack carries terrifying power. When their weapons come into contact with monsters, they make a loud roar.
"Can't such a terrifying power kill him instantly?" Jiang Kai couldn't help but look at the monster.
This is a creature that looks similar to a wild boar, is huge, and is over five meters tall.
His body is dark brown, with two thick giant teeth protruding from the corners of his mouth, and his eyes are scarlet.
It will charge at the enemy. After the opponent dodges the charge this time, it will crash into the building on the side, directly collapsing a large hole three to four meters in diameter on the bottom floor!
The man in black said calmly, "If you are hit by a beast soldier-level beast with a saw-toothed tusked pig, you will feel uncomfortable even if you are wearing a suit of armor. If you are not lucky enough, if you are pierced by the saw-toothed pig, your life will not be saved!"
After the saw-toothed pig knocked out a large hole in the building, Jiang Kai keenly discovered that there were three mummies lying behind the hole.
Judging from the characteristics of the corpses, they should be two adults and one child, and their corpses have long been mutilated. It can only be judged from the bones and general shape that they are the corpses of three human beings.
"Jiang Kai, your brother is really strong!" Lu Jun sighed.
"These people are only more than 30 miles away from Jiangzhong City. As long as they escape to Jiangzhong City, this family of three can survive, but they fell here and became food for wild beasts."
"Your brother was still a child, and he actually brought you two to Jiangzhong City!"
The man in black brought his companions over to help, and more than twenty experts joined the battle. Team 12 finally killed the saw-toothed pig.
Not long after, the captain of Team 12 followed Xiao Hei to Wei Ying and performed a military salute.
"Hello, Chief!"
"Thank you." Wei Ying nodded, "How was the hunting going this time?"
"Reporting to the leader, in the past two months, there have been more and more beast gods in the abandoned cities around Jiangzhong City. Our team No. 12 went out hunting seven days ago and killed four beast soldiers. However, our supplies have been exhausted and we want to kill them all.
I will go back this time, I didn’t expect to meet you.”
Wei Ying nodded, "Seven days are not short, so you can go back with us."
"Thank you, chief. We will go back after collecting the materials."
Wei Ying nodded, "Have you met any other teams on the way?"
The man lowered his head, was silent for a moment, and sighed, "I met Team 17, Team 19 and Team 22. They met two beast generals and iron-clad lions, and two extraordinary people died."
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
After a long time, Wei Ying sighed and said, "I know, you collect the materials and we will go back."
On the way back, Wei Ying became less talkative, and the loss of two extraordinary people made him feel depressed.
Jiang Kai didn't speak either.
He looked out the window at the ruins of the city.
Is this what it looks like outside the city? There are monsters, dead bodies, and ruins everywhere!
Suddenly, Wei Ying, who had been silent all this time, spoke.
He looked out the window and said quietly, "How many beast gods are entrenched here, how many corpses are buried under these ruins, how many teams are fighting against the beast gods, and how many extraordinary people have sacrificed here?"
"Jiang Kai, after you refused to join the military last time, I thought about it for a long time. Later, when I learned that you killed four members of the Falcon Team by yourself, I finally understood."
"Your profession is a brand new profession. Because of this, you are unwilling to disclose your profession."
"Thinking of this, I can roughly guess the reason why you made that decision."
"A new career means opportunities, but it also means that your future path will not be guided by predecessors. It means that you currently have no information about advanced career materials. You are worried that the military will not waste resources on you alone."
Jiang Kai looked at Wei Ying in surprise, he actually guessed it!
"Unfortunately, your concerns are facts!" Wei Ying turned to look at Jiang Kai, "It has nothing to do with professional discrimination. The most important reason is that we don't have much time..."
"Jiang Kai, whether you join the military or not, there is one thing I hope you can promise me."
"General, tell me!"
"Never forget that you are a Chinese! There are many compatriots outside the city. They are just like you and your family, struggling to survive on the edge of death. Outside the city is also our Chinese territory!"
"Not only that, the beast gods are becoming more and more rampant now and have begun to threaten our remaining concentrated cities!"
"So, Jiang Kai, you have to promise me that one day in the future, I will see you on the battlefield of the Beast God!"
[Author's digression]: The third update is here. I updated it early today.
