"I agree with what Pazhi said. From the discovery of the scorching carapace, to the deadly battle on the top of the Babel Tower, and the induction operation in Yanhuo Village, the chief hunter has an extremely in-depth study of the Sky Comet Dragon, just like the team once did
Just like Yan Wanglong."
Vegasa agreed.
"The induction operation was indeed carried out perfectly, but the Sky Comet Dragon itself is also a huge threat. If you want to do it again, I think you should at least understand the reason why the Sky Comet Dragon is hostile to the Mantis."
Zuda said with caution.
Everyone looked at Li Fan again, because he was probably the only one who could judge the possibility of Tian Hui Long inducing combat.
"The risk of induction operations is too great, and I actually don't agree with it. As for the reason why Tianxilong is hostile to Mantis, I mentioned in the previous ecological report that Tianxilong has the vision to accurately lock targets from high altitudes.
, maybe seeing the target clearly does not mean being able to clearly identify the target. Due to the flying altitude, the ability to perceive the ground is also very limited, so the scorching carapace is thrown away during flight to detect the situation of the Hexing stone veins. "
Li Fan gave an explanation.
Zuda tentatively asked: "Are you saying that it mistook the giant dragon model built by Pavilion Mantis at high altitude for a large ancient dragon traveling on land?"
"That's right."
"But this error can be easily proven, right?"
"Yes."
Li Fan admitted frankly, which surprised everyone.
The huge land-traveling ancient dragon was built by Pavilion Mantis from the remains of the city-state.
When Tian Huilong realized that this was a fake dragon, it turned around and flew away after spewing a few curse words. This is normal.
Since I think the risks are too great and do not approve of induction operations, it is understandable to say so.
"However, one thing needs to be explained. Even if the Sky Comet Dragon proves that the huge land-walking ancient dragon is fake, it will still not reduce the hostility. It will not be surprising if it even triggers the decision to fight to the death."
Li Fan added, giving a new turn of events.
The other party was not in a hurry to explain, and Zuda was not in a hurry to ask.
After all, he is also the director of the Gulong Research Institute, so Zuda is confident that he can make a rough guess based on the reminder given by Li Fan.
However, after holding it in for a long time, I really can't figure out the reason.
After sighing slightly, he asked softly: "Is this related to the characteristics of Tian Hui Dragon?"
"No, Director Zuda. This is related to Tian Huilong's experience."
As Li Fan spoke, he stood up and loudly announced, "Have many of you here participated in the encirclement and suppression campaign at Yiqunling?"
Everyone nodded.
"Does anyone still remember what Dewen's first combat deployment was?"
Zuda stroked his white beard, raised his hand and responded: "It is a trap operation carried out by the Pioneer and the Natural Selection, using a large amount of Hexing Stone as bait, and using the Sky Comet Dragon's unfamiliarity with human giant airships. I understand.
!The reason is Celestial Comet Dragon’s hatred for human creations!”
Zuda suddenly realized that the trap operation was quite successful at that time, causing extensive damage to one side of Tian Hui Long's gun wing.
Not to mention an ancient dragon, even a herbivorous dragon will remember such a serious injury for a lifetime.
"As expected of Director Zuda."
Li Fan said in admiration.
Pazhi suddenly said: "It means that it looks like a cologne from a distance, but it looks like a man-made trap up close. The two emotions of being deceived and beaten were superimposed and the more I thought about it, the more angry I became, so I tried my best."
Gu Xing also gave suggestions: "There is another premise here, which is to make Tian Huilong believe that the land dragon built by Pavilion Mantis is a man-made trap. I feel that some Hexing stones can be put in the vicinity of Pavilion Mantis to induce it.
.”
The idea of inducing operations immediately became broader.
"The more realistic the false trap is, the more likely it is to become a real trap. So is this trap real or fake? It's so profound that I can't figure it out."
Di Lu, who took notes carefully, after recording various ideas, inexplicably began to think about the nature of the trap.
Amidst the noisy exchanges, Zuda turned around and looked at the president.
Bang! Buzz.
The president struck the ground with his scabbard again, and the whole hall fell silent for an instant.
"You can give it a try."
After the president's approval, Tian Huilong's induction operation against Pavilion Mantis was immediately finalized without any dispute.
Li Fan was appointed as the commander-in-chief and could deploy operations and mobilize supplies without restriction.
The subsequent meeting process was still quite difficult.
The main contradiction still lies in the allocation of top hunters.
Currently in Dongdoruma, there is no top hunter to choose a target, only Guxing and Pazhizhi are left.
Ge Mantis and Laoshan Long deployed one person on each side, and their combat power was obviously dispersed.
If the two are put together, one of them will be shorted.
Everyone expressed their opinions and discussed for half an hour, but still no results were reached.
Bang! Buzz.
After the scabbard hit the ground, the president spoke.
"Laoshanlong, I will go alone."
Zuda, who never refuted the president's various decisions, quickly turned around and raised his head to dissuade him and said: "No, president! You must sit in the city."
"My mind has been made up."
Facing the president's response, Zuda sighed helplessly, then went to the second row to find the captain of the Hunter, and discussed the deployment of the black giant sword.
The general framework of the overall operation has finally been finalized. Although there are still many details that have not been confirmed, the guild must take action now.
According to the latest prediction released by the Dragon Worship Cult, the Steel Dragon and Laoshan Dragon will arrive, possibly on the same day.
According to Laoshanlong's traveling speed, the remaining time is less than a week.
Airships are prohibited from rappelling in non-airport areas, and they are staying in high-rise guest rooms at the guild headquarters, and the team finds it inconvenient to move around.
So Li Fan asked Eudora to take the Flame and go back for repairs.
He took the roller lift with everyone and arrived at the lobby of the union headquarters.
At first glance, there are all hunters in different costumes. During the team's training, extensive recruitment from all over the world has begun.
After a lot of effort, I squeezed out of the headquarters and saw that it was already afternoon.
Li Fan followed the road signs and quickly arrived at the material reserve group not far away.
This is a huge strip-shaped warehouse with four rails extending outward from the warehouse door. Freight rail cars are entering and exiting at a very high frequency.
"Hello, I'm here to deploy supplies."
At the counter at the door, Li Fan showed the command appointment certificate he had just obtained.
"Ah! Wait a minute!"
The waitress screamed when she saw the appointment letter and ran away quickly.
Not long after, a middle-aged male hunter with a four-star badge rushed over.
After verifying that the command appointment letter was genuine, the middle-aged male hunter introduced himself as the team leader in charge of material reserves.
He also informed the material reserve team that the counter can indeed apply for materials, but they are all personal materials such as explosive barrels, smoke grenades, and flash bombs.
Commander-level material deployment does not need to go through these processes. You only need to inform the material reserve team of the time, location, quantity, and additional needs.
"It's so convenient, no wonder no one is following up and giving guidance. I would like to ask, how many pieces of Hexing stone veins are there in the reserve group?"
Li Fan asked.
The material reserve team leader opened the record book and informed: "There are 89 in total, 68 of which are low-purity mineral veins collected from the Tongtian Tower in Yiqunling, and the remaining 21 are high-purity mineral veins mined in the wild."
"The reserves are a bit low."
"There is no way. Yanhuo Village previously said that it would develop the use of the Hexing Stone, but there has been no news since the encounter with the Hundred Dragons Night Parade. The price of the Hexing Stone has continued to fall, and no one in the distant mining airship is willing to mine it.
"
The material reserve team leader explained.
Li Fan has been looking forward to the price of Hexing Stone falling, completely ignoring what will happen after the bottom line is broken.
"Which side of the city can be the fastest to reach the ruins of the ancient city?"
Li Fan asked.
"The north gate is the fastest."
"Then transport all the Hexing stone veins to the wild area thirty kilometers away from the northern city gate."
"Does it need to be kept secret?"
"If necessary, if conditions permit, it is best to transport it by cargo airship and then release it at a fixed point."
Li Fan stated his needs.
"I've written it all down, and it will be ready in about a day. Be careful!"
At this time, a freight rail car carrying five large explosive barrels passed quickly on the rails nearby.
"Wouldn't this be dangerous?"
Li Fan asked curiously as he backed away.
"There is no way. All kinds of material deployment tasks are very urgent, and many safety regulations can only be followed selectively."
The material reserve team leader said helplessly.
After taking care of the Hexing Stone, Li Fan had no idea of allocating personnel.
After all, he is not a professional in this area. If he participates, he will seize the resources of Pazhizhi and Guxing.
Li Fan, who was planning to return to the airport, suddenly saw a familiar female figure on the grass outside the warehouse of the material reserve group.
Sophia, who was drawing with charcoal behind the drawing board, saw Li Fan looking at her and waved hello.
"Long time no see, Li Fan."
"Yes, you are drawing the warehouse of the material reserve group?"
Li Fan walked in and glanced back.
Because a large number of explosive barrels and flammable and explosive materials are stored, there are no buildings around the warehouse of the material reserve group.
Li Fan felt that if the other party was not painting the blue sky and white clouds, then it must be the warehouse of the material reserve team.
"Yes, in my eyes, this is the most beautiful building besides the guild headquarters."
There was a yearning in Sophia's eyes.
Li Fan rubbed his eyes and looked at the material reserve group warehouse again.
I thought to myself that this is just an ordinary strip warehouse, but in order to maximize the storage capacity, the scale of construction is exaggerated.
Where is the beauty?
Li Fan couldn't help but be curious and came to the back of the drawing board to take a look at the painting.
"Why do you still have the floor plan of the warehouse?"
Li Fan was speechless.
“Beauty must be experienced in all aspects.”
Sophia explained.
"Fine."
Who did she learn this twitchy way of speaking from?
"Your treasure hunting team is very cute, especially the treasure."
"Yeah. Hmm? Have you seen treasures in the city?"
When Li Fan answered smoothly, he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"We met once in the ancient ruins city, but a very scary monster appeared behind it, so I ran away. I didn't know if the treasure hunting team was safe."
"Are you here too? Speaking of which, I haven't met the treasure hunting team yet when I return to East Doruma, so I won't talk about it for now."
After Li Fan finished speaking, he waved and left.
"goodbye."
Sophia smiled and waved. When Li Fan turned around, her smile immediately faded and her eyes darkened.
"So stupid, there's no way he could be the one who caused Twinkle to be noticed in advance. But his clothes are really unique."
After Sophia finished reciting, she continued to describe the warehouse of the material reserve group.
"Sofia is a bad woman, meow! Don't trust her."
In the evening, when Cai Bao and Li Fan met on the Yanhuo, the first sentence he said got straight to the point.
"Ah? What has she done?"
"She eavesdropped on the secret conversations of our treasure hunting team, Meow. She also has ulterior secrets like me, and is also afraid of being discovered by the guild's investigation team."
Caibao responded.
"What does it mean to be afraid of being discovered by the investigation team?"
"She admitted it herself, meow."
"Then who are the people traveling with her?"
"No, meow, she's the only one."
Cai Bao informed.
Li Fan immediately fell into thinking.
A compiler went to the ruins of an ancient city alone late at night, fearing that he would be discovered.
Although he still has no clue, Li Fan always feels that there are really more and more doubts surrounding Sophia.
The only thing that can offset the suspicion at the moment is the encounter with the treasure hunter team. The other party took the initiative to mention it once, without any intention of avoiding it.
Don't think about it anymore, the most critical thing at the moment is to make good combat arrangements to fight against the Steel Dragon.
In terms of combat, the team is quite well prepared, but in order to adapt to the overall combat framework of the guild, a lot of on-the-spot adjustments are needed.
The most troublesome among them is undoubtedly the top hunter team.
This time can be regarded as a home battle, and the city defense troops can provide extremely strong support capabilities to the top hunter team.
If the battle started in the battle street in the city, and there were five top hunters present, they might really be able to gain an advantage.
Li Fan doesn't like to be overly optimistic in battle, but this time facing Steel Dragon, they really seem to have an advantage.
There is just one premise, that is, the Dragon Jade of the Wind God Dragon is extremely limited in improving the Steel Dragon.
"How about I go negotiate and let the top hunter team change their target."
In the renovated living room of the Fire's cabin dining room, Eudora, holding her chin in one hand, gave her ideas.
"It feels very difficult. I heard that the captain Dius became a top hunter because of his belief in revenge for his master."
He said in denial to Li Fan who was sitting there.
"Then what should we do? After thinking about it, the opponent has no ability to retain the steel dragon at all, and the monsters cannot take advantage of the Hundred Dragons' Night Parade to unleash their will, otherwise the city defense troops may change their targets after the battle."
Eudora said with a depressed look on her face that the team had been studying this problem since Li Fan returned.
"Then let's try negotiating, but it's too late today."
Whoosh! Patch flew out of the cat slide and fell to the corridor.
"Li Fan! Eudora! Someone is looking for you outside, meow! They say they are a team of top hunters."
The two looked at each other and roughly guessed what the other person was doing.
Not long after, the top hunter team was invited to the cabin living room.
"Hello Li Fan, let me formally meet you. My name is Dius, and my title is Silver Spirit."
Dius, who had shawl silver hair, shook hands with Li Fan.
"I have long admired your name, please sit down."
"I won't sit down anymore. I found the chief hunter team this time. I hope you can withdraw from the battle against the Steel Dragon."
