Chapter Thirteen Taking Advantage of the Chaos to Sneak In

When we returned to Huangshi Village, of course we couldn't just go straight into the village. When we came out, we already knew that this place was full of undead creatures, so we adopted a safer method, which was to go around. Let’s walk around the outskirts of the village first.

Huangshi Village is much smaller than Shanxia Village, which has been burned to the ground, and it is more like a village. As for Shanxia Village, although its name is Shanxia Village, it should actually be called Shanxia Village or Shanxia Town. No matter in terms of scale or building type, Shanxia Village does not look like a village. In comparison, Huangshi Village is much more worthy of its name.

We first conducted a simple reconnaissance around the perimeter of Huangshi Village in order to find out where the zombies that surrounded us came from. However, the result was very disappointing because we searched all around and found nothing. Where a body might be hidden. Besides, there are not just one or two zombies among them, the hiding place must be very huge, or there must be too many of them. It should be said that this kind of place should not be difficult to find, but in the end we still didn't find any clues.

There are no traces of the zombies near the village, which means that the zombies did not escape nearby. There are three remaining possibilities. First, the zombies are hiding in the village, but this is unlikely. After all, Huangshi Village is basically half a ruin, and there is nothing to hide. The second possibility is that the zombies were summoned. If this is the case, it means that there are one or more summoning enemies nearby. Of course, I guess it should be summoned by multiple enemies. Rather than one, because if a single person can summon so many zombies at one time, then the power of this summoner is too powerful, because at that time, Zhenhong and the four of me and I could only barely rush. They just came out and couldn't do anything to those walking corpses at all. In other words, the opponent's strength has exceeded the combined combat power of the four of us. This is definitely an exaggeration, so it is unlikely. The greatest possibility is that the walking corpses belong to the summons of multiple summoners instead of one summoner.

The third possibility is that the zombies still exist directly, but they are not hidden in the village, but come from outside. However, this possibility is not high. Because the moving speed of the walking zombies previously showed that they could not attack long distances. And our appearance was an accident. It was impossible for the other party to move the zombies over and wait for us. Naturally, there was no possibility of the zombies coming. Unless the other party has something to predict.

Taking many factors into consideration, the most likely possibility is that the other party came from a group of summoners. The summoner's movement speed is usually not slow. After all, it is very simple for a summoner to get a mount. So even if they themselves can't run fast, the summoner's movement speed will never be too slow.

After roughly determining the origin of the walking dead, our next step is to wait, and I believe the system will not let us wait too long.

The truth is pretty much what we guessed. We just found some clues while looking for a place to lurk around the village. It was Zhenhong who first discovered the situation, because a group of unknown creatures happened to run past where she was hiding, and Zhenhong took the opportunity to hear a few words of the other party's conversation. Those unknown creatures seemed to be a team exploring the path. After arriving here, they did not enter the village. Instead, they walked around the outside and left the area directly.

After the alien creatures left, several people immediately walked out of the village. Of course, the people mentioned here only refer to humanoid creatures. As for what they are specifically, I don’t know. Anyway, these guys obviously came out because of the unknown creatures just now. After running outside the village, these people paused at the place where those creatures stayed, then looked at the creatures that were going away, and then returned. In the village.

It wasn't until these people returned that Zhenhong moved cautiously to our side, and then asked me in a low voice: "Is this going to start a war?"

Jin Coin was the first to say: "They should just explore the way. It is not certain when the large forces behind will arrive."

Christina said: "Monsters are not humans after all. Their battles should not be as strict as human wars, right? Since they have even sent out troops to explore the path, I guess we should be able to watch it soon. It’s time to reach the main force.”

Zhenhong moved her hands and feet and said, "I hope so! If I squat down any longer, I will almost become rusty!"

"You've only been lurking for more than ten minutes, right?" Jin Coin teased.

"Every day is like a year, do you understand? One day is equal to a year. I can't hold up for two or three days even if I spend ten minutes. Isn't it normal to be a little tired after lurking for two or three days in a row?"

"That's an exaggeration, but you take it seriously!"

We were chatting there when we suddenly heard the sound of violent horse hooves galloping towards us at a very fast speed, almost arriving near us in the blink of an eye. I looked at the situation outside and then disguised myself again. I could clearly see the situation outside just at a glance.

The people on the horses had no intention of hiding anything. It was just a large group of cavalry rushing over along the road. Less than half a minute after the sound of the cavalry's hooves appeared, there were also people in the villages here. reaction, and the first ones to run out were our old acquaintances, that is, the group of zombies with their faces covered with curtains.

These walking corpses were still in the same old style. After they appeared, they began to walk along the road towards the cavalry at a very slow speed. The speed was very slow, and it felt like they were going for a walk rather than going to fight.

The cavalry on the opposite side didn't care about the situation here. Those on horseback looked like humanoid creatures, and most of them were no different from humans. Only a few had animal heads on their heads. These guys all wear the kind of armor made of bamboo slices that is very common in Japan. Most of the weapons are Japanese swords, and a few use the same giant samurai Naginata we met before. Of course, the naginata of these cavalrymen are all of normal proportions, with a length of no more than two meters. It is mainly easy to use.

The galloping cavalry was very fast and rushed in front of the walking corpses in almost the blink of an eye. The result is of course no doubt. Those zombies walked slowly and stiffly, and they didn't have much fighting power at all, that is, they were just more numerous. But the problem is that there are a lot of cavalry, and the speed of the cavalry in leveling is too fast, and the impact of the horses is too great. The zombies can only be knocked down if they cannot stop the galloping horses. Once they fall, they will They were stepped on by the cavalry behind them. Finally turned into a pile of rotten meat.

The fighting between the two sides was basically massacre. The zombie brigade was almost completely defeated in one charge, but there was no bloody situation in the battle. There were almost zero casualties on the cavalry side. Except for a few cavalrymen who stumbled and fell into the bushes on the roadside because the charging route was too close to the edge of the road, most of them rushed into the village smoothly. As for the zombie team on the other side... although they were almost completely wiped out. But these walking corpses don’t know how long they have been dead. Anyway, even if it is chopped into pieces, there is not a trace of blood visible, at most it is just some pieces of meat.

Although I knew the system wouldn't keep us waiting for long, I didn't expect it to be so fast. Before he could even react, people had already rushed in.

As the cavalry brigade entered the village, we naturally jumped out and started walking into the village.

When the cavalry passed by just now, I took a quick look and found that the total number of cavalry was only about a hundred. However, according to General Qiman's information, there were more than 200 monsters in the village over there. In other words, in terms of number, Go up, the wave of monsters in the village has the absolute upper hand. Of course, this is just a numerical advantage. The group of foreign monsters who dare to challenge the master here must have a certain understanding of the opponent's strength. And if they dare to attack under such circumstances, it means that the opponent's strength is actually no worse than those of the monsters here. How much, otherwise they would not dare to attack at all.

We followed the cavalry and easily reached the outskirts of the village. Apart from killing a few zombies who were not dead, we did not encounter any trouble along the way.

"Come back!" As soon as I reached the edge of the village, I grabbed Zhen Hong, who was about to stick his head out to take a look, and said, "Won't you be discovered as soon as you show up with your shining golden body?"

Zhenhong looked down at her hands, then thought about it and asked, "What should I do?"

"Of course let Christina go." Gold Coin said.

Christina didn't waste any time. She opened a water element mirror directly in front of us, and then released a wizard's eye. Now we can directly see the situation in the entire village.

In fact, Christina's wizard eye is equivalent to an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and it is also invisible. In addition, this water element mirror is equivalent to the video monitor output port corresponding to the unmanned reconnaissance device. Of course, this thing can only receive video. Controlling the wizard's eye still has to be done by Christina herself. But with these two things, we are basically as good as having our own unmanned reconnaissance drone.

Through Christina's magic, we soon discovered that the personnel on both sides had entered a state of full-scale combat in the central area of ​​the village, and the people on both sides seemed to be of about the same strength, and a stalemate actually occurred. The group of demons that originally occupied Huangshi Village had a larger number of people, but the new group of demons had higher individual combat effectiveness, so the two sides would be unable to tell the winner for a while. But from my point of view, it is estimated that the final victory will probably belong to the invaders, because the latter's individual strength is stronger.

In fact, when the total strength of the two sides is not much different, the side with higher individual combat effectiveness will often win the final victory. This phenomenon has been proven many times on the actual battlefield. The most obvious evidence is that in the battleship era, thickly armored and large-caliber battleships can completely destroy several times the number of our own naval guns with the same caliber and higher speed. A lightly armored battlecruiser. Although most Chinese people have heard famous sayings such as "nothing can be broken, only speed can break it", in fact, the difference in speed between the two sides in battle is often not too big. Therefore, although a faster speed will indeed have an advantage, but The advantages brought by everyone's speed often cannot offset the advantages brought by thick armor.

This phenomenon can be seen everywhere in reality. Light tanks can only be used as infantry support firepower, and the casualty ratio of heavy tanks can be terrifying. Most of the light fighters are multi-purpose auxiliary attack aircraft. If you really fight against the heavy fighters, you will be tortured. Same thing at sea. The combat effectiveness of heavy warships is often beyond imagination. Light battleships can only do a little bit. Among these objects, the light side often has advantages in speed and flexibility, but in the end it is unable to defeat the bulky heavy units. The reason is that the speed gap between the two sides has not actually reached the point where it can reverse the situation of the battle.

Although the current situation in the village is not entirely a matter of speed, the more elite invaders have an absolute advantage in terms of individual combat effectiveness, so the personnel exchange ratio between the two sides will definitely not be one to one. Once the guards start dying, their The overall strength will begin to decline, which will lead to a decrease in lethality against the stronger side. This innate weakness will cause the battle situation to be gradually guided to a state more favorable to the side with stronger survivability, which means that the strength of the invader's side will decline very slowly as the battle progresses. The defenders will quickly lose combat effectiveness. If this continues, the combat effectiveness of both sides will inevitably increase. After that, the defenders can only wait to die.

Of course, this kind of battle situation is actually beneficial to us, because we can just take this opportunity to destroy the legendary soul collector.

To be honest, what our team is most worried about in this mission is not the infiltration issue. But how to find that soul collector. Because we still don’t know what the soul collector looks like until now. The demon king's soul collector was very well hidden. The monster that General Qiman bribed only knew that their boss had such a thing, which could absorb a large amount of souls and transform undead creatures or use it to strengthen its own strength, but none of them had seen what this thing looked like. The monster himself didn't even know what this thing looked like. Naturally, General Qiman doesn't know anything about it, and it goes without saying that we outsiders have definitely never seen it.

However, although we all don't know what this soul collector looks like, I personally think it shouldn't be too difficult to identify. The key is that this thing absorbs soul energy, so it will definitely have a certain amount of soul fluctuations. As long as this is used, I believe it should not be difficult to find this thing. After all, dead objects should not have soul fluctuations because they have no souls, but this soul collector has soul fluctuations. This is the most obvious sign.

After confirming that the monsters were already fighting, we started taking action. Although the spy bought by General Qiman has never seen what the soul collector looks like, he knows where it is, so we only need to go to the designated location to find it.

Based on the map of Huangshi Village we had seen before from General Qiman, we quickly reached behind one of the ordinary-looking houses. More than half of the front of the house has collapsed, but the yard at the back is still there, and the location we found now is in the entire yard. In fact, there is a row of rooms behind the courtyard, and compared with the front rooms, the back rooms are much more complete, with almost no obvious damage.

The destination of our trip is in the room in the middle of the row of rooms at the back. Because half of the front room collapsed and blocked the entrance door, we could swagger into the row of rooms at the back. Anyway, there was a row of houses in front of us blocking our view so we couldn't see here.

After the middle room was opened, it was obvious that people came in and out frequently, because the two sides were not dirty at all. On the contrary, they were extremely clean, and could even be said to be spotless. The ground is a marble floor that is completely inconsistent with the appearance of the house, and although the walls are still the structure of a thatched house, there is a watermelon-sized metal ball floating on the ground in the center of the room, slowly rotating. Although it is not high from the ground, the sphere is indeed suspended and does not fall to the ground.

"Isn't this the collector?" Zhenhong asked uncertainly, looking at the golden sphere on the ground.

In fact, we have similar ideas to True Red. Although this thing looks very special, it does not have the slightest soul fluctuation. I can even use psychic scanning to conduct a penetrating scan on this thing. If this thing can really absorb souls, then even if it can't absorb the souls of people like us, then it should be able to absorb some of the spiritual energy that I take the initiative to explore, right? But the fact is that this thing has no response to our soul energy root, which means that this thing cannot sense the existence of the soul.

After waiting for a long time without hearing our answer, Zhenhong simply stepped into the room. Previously, because of the special ground, we actually stood at the door without walking in, but now as soon as Zhenhong stepped in, the metal ball on the ground immediately reacted.

Originally, the golden sphere had always been at a very low height and was rotating at a very slow speed. However, as Zhenhong stepped onto the marble floor, the rotation speed of the sphere began to suddenly speed up. And the height of the sphere itself is also rising, but at a very slow speed.

Seeing this, Zhenhong immediately took a step back, and the metal ball immediately began to slow down and slowly fell back to its original height.

"Can this thing sense someone approaching?" Jin Coin asked in surprise as he looked at the metal ball that became quiet again.

Christina pushed open the red and gold coins blocking the door and went straight in. At the same time, she said: "The energy fluctuation just now was from the space system. This thing is probably a device like a teleportation array. Come up together and let's take a look. Let’s see where it takes us.”

After hearing Christina's words, we immediately walked onto the marble floor and stood around the metal ball, not because we were stupid and bold, but because Christina's guess was very reasonable. This Huangshi Village is only so big, and most of the houses are in ruins. There are more than 200 demons. It is impossible for them all to live in the ruins of the village, so the greater possibility is that there are entrances and exits to space passages. , otherwise it doesn’t make sense why those demons insist on occupying an abandoned human village. (To be continued...)