"At that time, I was the first body-trainer in No. 1 Middle School to reach the seventh level after graduating from high school. I was no worse than you are now." Crow continued to speak hoarsely, like a middle-aged man.
Shen Rui listened quietly.
"However, half a year later, I received an order to support other fortresses. However, after I defeated and returned home, after returning home..." Crow seemed to have fallen into that bloody and gloomy night again.
"All my family members are dead! This is the reward they gave me!" Crow said angrily, "I fought hard at the front to protect these people. They, who were in the safe rear, couldn't even connect with my family. It can’t even be protected!”
Shen Rui didn't say anything, he knew there was more to it than that.
"I was so angry that I asked everywhere how the enemy got in! It was obvious that my family was living in the safest bunker. Finally, through my frantic pursuit, I discovered the truth. He was a traitor. Yes, he was a traitor. The traitor put the enemy into the bunker! But the real murderer was just a second-level alien rat that could be easily killed! It poisoned my family's drinking water, and it only took ten seconds to kill me. Eight years of hard work and sweat, and eighteen years of goals have all become useless!"
"It's really ridiculous. The soldiers in the front fought bloody battles, but there are traitors in the rear who betrayed the hero's family for a small piece of rubbish reward!" Crow said harshly.
"This kind of filthy creature, this kind of garbage world, do we still need to save it?"
Shen Rui can understand the other party's anger and madness, no wonder the teachers never mention the specific plot...
The dragon slayer turned into a dragon.
He suddenly understood something, gathered special particles, and wrote in front of Crow Blood.
"So you invested in the aberrations, used their power, openly studied control particles, and wanted to transform the world and completely eliminate the existence of traitors? In fact, you did not really rebel..."
The crow was horrified. It didn't expect that all the logical evolution could be seen clearly by this junior student with just a few lines of dialogue.
It also writes in reply:
"You smart guy, there are many guys in the shadows who doubt me like you, but in the end they are speechless!"
Shen Rui continued to write: "Are you smart? This time, Captain Xu did not directly attack Luzhou Fort, but set the target at Guanzhuang Fort, 500 kilometers away. I am afraid that your factor is also involved. Moreover, I can surmise that , that traitor’s origin is in Guanzhuang Fort..."
The crow didn't speak. After a while, it replied:
"The vast majority of people are trash and mediocre people. The appearance of traitors is a probability. As long as the sample size is large, they will inevitably appear. Only with the most powerful means and the help of mysterious and supreme particles can we firmly control and drive them. Completely prevent the appearance of this garbage. If you can ally with me in the particle world, I can tell you the method of cultivating and controlling particles."
Shen Rui replied:
"When you eliminate the chance of traitors appearing, you also eliminate the chance of geniuses and inventors appearing. The reality is cruel. Giving you something good will inevitably be accompanied by disadvantages that cannot be eliminated. For example, oxygen, while maintaining human survival, , is also one of the causes of human aging; such as antibiotics and gunpowder..."
Crow replied:
"You can talk to me calmly now, but when you suffer the same betrayal, you will understand my choice."
"So what I am doing now is to prevent that day from happening." Shen Rui replied.
He is not one of those stupid protagonists who is driven back and forth without caring about the safety of his family; he has his own will, determined by his character and intelligence, and he will make arrangements in advance so that his parents and family will not fall into danger.
This is what he has been doing all along, allowing the enemy to get through seamlessly.
Due to his experience and age at the time, Xue Chengguang was unable to do this. This could not be blamed on the other party. After all, the other party was not a reborn person and had no tricks to play.
"Very good, I'll wait and see. I'm waiting for the arrival of a destroyer to bury this hopeless world, this dirty world!" The crow said, and then flew high into the sky.
No one spoke.
Ouyang Ling took a while before speaking: "It's a pity. If he had chosen to seek refuge in a first-line fortress, he would not have suffered like this. The geniuses and families there have the strictest protection, and of course they will be treated as a kind of hostage. behavior.”
"Yes, Jihe Fort's efforts to recruit geniuses from all over the country may not be entirely selfish. Only in the big fortress can there be sufficient and redundant manpower to build various internal prevention systems in advance, such as regular inspections of important department personnel. Test." Shen Rui thought of what happened at the exchange meeting and suddenly understood more things.
The small castle wants to retain geniuses, but it lacks the ability to protect the genius's family. Although some people will stay due to the feelings of their hometown, in the end most geniuses will still seek refuge in the big castle in the face of the bloody reality.
You can only be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no reason to prevent a thief for a thousand days. Defense is an extremely resource-intensive task, especially internal defense. Tracking down traitors and dealing with traitors all require extremely high costs. Only large castles can do this.
This is why big castles are getting bigger and bigger. Small castles can only be used as resource and talent bases and cannot escape the control of big castles.
After all, this is not an ordinary dynasty in troubled times. You can develop a small force into a big force through personal means.
And what he just said is actually not entirely correct. What Xue Chengguang did is also very meaningful, but the scope of application is limited to the internal affairs department.
But based on the other party's mood at the time, it was impossible for him to listen. The other party could no longer look back.
After thinking about it, Shen Rui ordered everyone to set up camp and take precautions.
That night, there were no more sneak attacks by the aberrations, and there were no mandatory orders from the rulers. These aberrations would follow their instincts and wisdom, knowing that those who came to gnaw on hard bones might be ordinary beasts, but they were definitely not them.
As for the ordinary beasts that are attracted by blood, they will deliver meat to their doorsteps and kill as many as they can.
Early the next morning, Shen Rui had a complete rest and at the same time absorbed all the corpses of the new rulers accumulated yesterday.
He could feel that if he did this a few more times, the second level of perfection would be achieved.
Then the cavalry attacked as usual.
After discovering the huge role of battlefield space in dealing with sneak attacks, Shen Rui naturally would not waste time using it easily.
Under normal circumstances, small groups of enemies will only be cleared normally; only when you encounter enemies that can increase your reputation in large numbers, the battlefield space will be opened.
He has to use every ounce of his strength to the extreme in order not to make the same mistakes again.
After the people of Linhe Fort saw the fact that the cavalry had been surrendered from the city wall, they sent people to deliver supplies at noon, mainly water and vegetables, as well as some condolence money.
There was no suggestion of letting the team enter the city and settle in. Apparently, what happened before had been reported to them, and they did this in order to avoid suspicion.
Shen Rui accepted them all and stored them in his inventory. He happened to be short of fresh vegetables, and what he had now were only frozen vegetables, which didn't taste good.
After three consecutive days of this, the cavalry team slaughtered all the monsters stranded around them. Those who could escape were either fast-footed, capable of flying, or escaped under the cover of night.
Finally, after no aberrations came in this direction, they conducted aerial reconnaissance, found traces of the aberration brigade, and then went to sweep in other directions.
On the city wall of Linhe Fort.
Some people looked at the cavalry figures retreating and started talking.
"Are these people and horses made of iron? Are they so capable of sustained combat?"
"Yes, the alien horses are just different. They fight all day long, and even the aliens of the same level are no match for them."
"I'm afraid they won't be able to stay in the limelight for long, right?"
"Yes, the monsters must regard them as a thorn in their side. What happened in Guanzhuang will happen once, and it will happen a second time."
"What a shame, what should we do? We can't resist the attack of 30,000 monsters for a few days."
"They are just leeks that grow out of the ground, crop after crop, and they are always endless. We train a third-level person to practice at the age of 15, and it takes three years for those with intermediate and above qualifications. Counting the children's adulthood, it takes 18 years. ; They mature at one year old, and may mutate into the third level after another year. In terms of scale, we can't surpass them no matter what."
Although they had survived the winter tide, the people of Linhe Fort were not very happy, but were even more desperate for the future.
The abandonment of Guanzhuang Fortress is just the first one. Province L has become six forts. After this year, how many fortresses will be left?
However, if you are too concentrated, your defense can be improved, but where will the resources come from? Oil, coal, and food all require occupying a lot of territory to complete.