"Mr. Chen, what should we do now?" Captain Chen asked nervously. Judging from his many years of experience, there must be something wrong with this.
"Since this queen wasp has made an agreement with you a long time ago, but it's hard to start now, let's change our target for the time being." Mr. Chen frowned, thought for a while, and finally compromised.
As he spoke, Mr. Chen pulled out the map given by Captain Chen just now, drove his horse to the roadside, and continued to check, trying to find a suitable new target.
Shen Rui and Captain Chen also went over together, one behind the other, observing the surrounding area.
On the main road heading east, groups of bicycles occasionally ride by. They are all sweaty, dark-skinned people. Some of them are wearing khaki safety helmets, and all of them look hurried and faint. Still a little panicked.
Shen Rui saw the doomsday world situation in his eyes one by one, and silently wrote down that he could not stop studying, and he could not stop practicing. If he only knew how to practice without understanding the world situation, he would end up falling into a trap and not being able to climb out, trapping others and himself.
"These are people who go out to work in the fields. Those wearing helmets are workers, and the others are farmers," Captain Chen took the initiative to introduce, "We have a coal mine 20 kilometers southeast of Luzhou called Yangliu Mine. , there is a small fort, and there are many workers there.”
"Well, that's it." Shen Rui nodded.
"It's not easy for these people. If we disturb the Queen Wasp, they won't be able to come out to farm and work. Then we will have to sit in the trapped fort," Captain Chen sighed. "This kind of thing has happened many times, and many abandoned forts are like this." He was trapped in the castle by strange monsters, and finally died of being eaten up."
Therefore, even Mr. Chen, who was at the sixth level of physical skills, had to be a little patient.
Shen Rui is not just reborn now. He has already understood many things in more than a month.
Aberrations come from ordinary beasts and creatures, and beasts and poultry mutate to become aberrations.
It is determined innately that we cannot kill them all. We cannot kill all the wild beasts and all the poultry and livestock. Not to mention that it is impossible to do so. Even if we can do it, if they are clean, so will the people.
Therefore, mankind has not yet been able to find a way to completely eliminate them. They can only build fortresses to fight against them, and there are many compromises and compromises to maintain them.
Fortunately, the aberrations themselves are not systematic. Unlike humans, they still maintain an organizational system and can mobilize their forces in a unified manner to a certain extent.
Shen Rui's face was heavy. Reading about the power of strange monsters from books and learning about them from people around him were two different things.
He suddenly said: "In Captain Chen's opinion, if you want to clean up the group of strange monsters near the castle, how much power will be needed?"
Captain Chen looked at Shen Rui in surprise, but saw that the other person had a serious face. It was obvious that he was not a young man bragging casually.
He thought for a while and whispered: "Actually, the group of abnormal monsters near us is dominated by the group of mutant wasps in the dense forest west of the city. They are the only group that is difficult to deal with. They have organizational power that is close to that of us humans. In the past, , there were several encirclement and suppression campaigns, but in the end the two sides could not reach an agreement on mutual non-aggression.
"The scale of the one five years ago was the largest. I remember that it was surrounded by four fortresses, and 300 third-level body refiners, 50 fourth-level, and 15 fifth-level masters were summoned. However, they still failed to clean up the wasp swarm. In the end, they were He retaliated vigorously and suffered heavy losses."
Shen Rui silently wrote down the number, understanding in his mind how difficult these wasps were. They could fly, were gregarious monsters, and had a leader. If food had not limited the population, otherwise this castle would not have existed. Easy to say.
"Have you asked the superior fortress to take action? I remember that Jihe Fort has helicopters. They should have a way to restrain these wasp swarms. No matter how fast these wasp swarms fly, they can't compare to helicopters, right?" Shen Rui asked doubtfully.
"Oh, no, those guys are very good at fighting guerrillas, and there are dense forests nearby, as well as several mountainous areas that were originally tourist attractions. They really can't resist helicopters and will hide in the mountains and forests. And we can't afford long-term clearing. The cost is high, and there are stronger enemies on the north and south fronts, so we cannot gather more reinforcements, so we have to compromise in the end." Captain Chen patiently explained the situation to Shen Rui.
Shen Rui suddenly realized that it wasn't that they didn't want to work hard, but that the reality forced them to give in temporarily.
At this moment, Mr. Chen finally made his decision.
"Now choose this group of gray wolves in the southwest. They migrated from the grassland. A wolf king was killed before. Now the group of wolves has no owner and is in a weak period. Although it is stronger than those black goats , but it’s still within the scope of control.” Mr. Chen explained.
"Everything is up to Mr. Chen," Captain Chen agreed immediately, then picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Wang Minghai in the distance, "Minghai, turn to the southwest for reconnaissance."
"Copy that, captain, transfer in immediately." Wang Minghai's deep and powerful voice came from the intercom.
A group of three people left the eastbound road and turned onto a southwesterly road.
The road was full of potholes, and it was far worse than the main road. Although the main road was not that good, at least it was somewhat repaired, but this road was completely in disrepair.
The asphalt layer on the road is broken everywhere, many weeds are growing in the middle of the road, and there are even scattered shrubs. It is obvious that not many people take this road.
The three horses skillfully crossed the potholes, ripples flashed on the horses' legs from time to time, and they ran briskly.
"Hey, I found that the horse was obviously a little faster today..." Captain Chen said in surprise, "Brother Shen, this is your credit again, right?"
Shen Rui smiled and said nothing. Now he didn't need to explain anything, others would automatically help him figure out the reason.
The three horses ran steadily for more than an hour, and finally stopped in a wilderness and met Wang Minghai.
Judging from the map, this place is located more than 60 kilometers southwest of the castle. They first turned east and then southwest, covering a distance of more than 100 kilometers.
Shen Rui looked at the four horses and found that they did not look tired at all. Instead, they were very refreshed and full of energy.
Relying on special particles, the "guide" function of one's own team skills, and the mysterious effect of the game mechanism integrated into reality, team mounts have no physical limit, and they have far exceeded the capabilities of ordinary horses.
Captain Chen and Wang Minghai naturally discovered this problem, but they didn't say anything anymore. They just looked at Shen Rui with a little more awe.
However, this is a post-apocalyptic world, with all kinds of special abilities emerging one after another, and there are also many control techniques that can greatly increase the endurance of horses, just like Professor Xia Daxue's technique of conducting special particles to continuously restore horsepower.
Therefore, they were not too shocked. Only when they experienced the abnormality personally would they understand what kind of bug-level skill this unlimited horsepower was.
Wang Minghai took his telescope, dismounted and handed it to Mr. Chen.
"Mr. Chen, there is a group of gray wolves 5 kilometers away. They seem to be competing for victory. There are two strong male wolves, as big as oxen. They have been fighting for a while." Wang Minghai pointed in a direction. , introduced.
Mr. Chen took the telescope, followed the other person's instructions, sat on the horse, and looked carefully.
Shen Rui stood on the horse and looked far into the distance.
Seeing this, Captain Chen was shocked again. Being able to stand firm on the horse seemed simple, but in fact it represented a proficiency in riding skills, which was definitely not something that ordinary novices could achieve.
In Shen Rui's eyes, very far away, just as Wang Minghai said, there was indeed a group of gray wolves, loosely forming a large circle.
In the circle, two gray wolves, as strong as oxen, were facing off. Each had some scars and blood stains on its body. It seemed that they had been fighting for a while.
He remembered that Xia Daxue killed a wolf king last time, and then a group of wolves was commanded by the wasp queen to surround the two of them.
Now it seems that it must be related to the group of gray wolves in the distance.