Chapter 71 Overtaking Ghost-Hand Nobunaga

"Of course we can't be sure whether it will attack Ghost-Handed Nobunaga, but we don't need to be sure at all. The attack mode of this thing is obvious. It will give priority to the weakest targets. There are only three things we have to do. First First, lure this thing over. Second, kill the men of Ghost-Handed Nobunaga. Third, protect the rose. The rest is the thing’s own choice.”

In fact, as long as we complete the above three points, that thing will most likely attack Ghost-Handed Nobunaga on its own.

It will first choose weaker individuals to attack, but I think since that thing is so cautious, it shouldn't be too weak in terms of intelligence, so it should have the ability to analyze the environment. As long as we kill the gang of Ghost-Hand Nobunaga, and then protect Rose, that thing will turn to attack the second weakest target when it finds that Rose is difficult to attack, and Ghost-Hand Nobunaga happens to be the second weakest target here. Within the weak category.

In fact, among the people who entered the mission, Ghost-Hand Nobunaga's group of subordinates are not included. Ghost-Hand Nobunaga is slightly stronger than Rose, and he is about the same as August Xun, Sakura Rain God Hina, and Blazing Dragon Princess. flat. But the three of them and Matsu Masagi can gather together openly. This will increase the difficulty of the attack. Naturally, that thing will consider the ghost-handed Nobunaga as the target.

After analyzing the request for money here, we started to speed up. Since we encountered so many corpses of Nobunaga's men on the road, it means that the distance is not far away.

According to the route that the gold coins gave us before, we are still probably a few kilometers away from their location. But the speed of advancing through this jungle route is really not fast. The most important thing is that the strange lonely spirit is still hanging near us. We can't get rid of it, and we have to be careful of its attacks, so we need to be a little careful.

Fortunately, this thing's attacks are not as frequent as most monsters. Due to being too cautious, the frequency of this guy's attacks is very low. And after we gradually master the behavior of this guy, we can even make it unable to find a way to start. opportunity to force it to follow us but not attack.

In fact, this thing usually only attacks when we stop, and it basically won't attack if we are moving. Based on this situation, we analyze. This guy's speed may also affect its own actions. Just like a dart, you can't see the surroundings while moving, so you can only stop and confirm the surroundings before moving again.

Thanks to the walking pattern of this lonely spirit, we were not attacked on the way. It didn't even defeat other monsters. It is said that there are more than one kind of monsters in this place. But it seems that other monsters can know the position of the lonely spirit. So much so that after discovering that this guy was targeting us, he automatically gave up attacking us.

Since we didn't encounter any more attacks, our movement speed was obviously much faster than Ghost Hand Nobunaga and the others, so we quickly caught up with Ghost Hand Nobunaga and the others.

When we caught up with Nobunaga and the others. Ghost-hand Nobunaga is leading his own people to fight against several monsters that move in groups. The shape of this monster is that of a rather terrifying insect-like creature, but it is very large, as big as a dog. It is as small as a Teddy or a Pomeranian, with a length of thirty to forty centimeters, and the larger ones can grow to The size of a Great Dane looks bigger than a human being, and all of them are abnormally ferocious. The bodies of these things look a bit like locusts, but their heads are flatter than those of locusts, and the head and the body are movable, not a fixed structure. In addition, the mouthparts of this thing are obviously specially evolved. They look like two serrated pliers and four steel cones that can be closed inward. Once bitten by this thing, it will probably not be easy to break free. . Of course, the attack method of these things cannot be just the mouthparts. In fact, there are two large pincers on the front of the body, which are very similar to crabs. However, the pincers of these insects do not look like crabs, but they are. It looks like a parrot's beak, and judging from the attacks on Ghost Hand Nobunaga's people, the bite force of these two pliers is amazing. They can actually bite off those people's armor and arms together, and it feels like they are tearing hard. It's like a paper shell. Although there is a certain resistance, it is not completely unable to bite.

In fact, although Ghost Hand Nobunaga's people are not as strong as ours in combat, they are at least not at the ordinary level. The reason why they were so embarrassed by a group of insects was mainly because there were too many of these things. Among these insects, there were only seven or eight that were larger than a human being, but there were hundreds of those that were 50 or 60 centimeters in size. It felt like they were all densely packed around. Even though Nobunaga and the others killed many of them, they still couldn't. Being surrounded, there is no chance of escape.

"What should we do now?" Zhenhong looked back at the melee in front and asked me. Because Ghost Hand Nobunaga and the others were focused on the battle, they did not notice the situation on our side, but we cannot stay here for long, otherwise the lonely spirit behind will attack us soon.

After briefly observing the situation here, I finally decided that it would be better not to interfere with the battle there, but to go around it. The advantage of this is that Nobunaga can step forward to join Matsumasa and the others. Another advantage is that the lonely spirit behind can be left behind to cause trouble for Nobunaga. As for whether the ghost-handed Nobunaga will be killed beforehand... there is actually no need to worry about this kind of thing.

The Lonely Spirit will only attack the weakest person in the team every time. Among the people brought by Ghost Hand Nobunaga, he has the strongest fighting ability, so there is no need to worry about Ghost Hand Nobunaga until all his men are dead. Long been attacked.

After we made the plan, we got into the nearby forest, keeping a few dozen meters away from the road, and then walked around from the roadless part of the forest to the front of the battlefield. When we returned to the road, the battlefield had been We were left behind.

Christina turned back to confirm the location of the lonely spirit, and found that the thing was still staring at the location of Ghost Hand Nobunaga and the others before us, and did not follow us. This obviously re-targeted Nobunaga and others. In this case, we can naturally move forward boldly and confidently.

After bypassing this battlefield, we left the forest area not far away, and then there was a large open woodland. This kind of woodland is actually a cross between forest and grassland. Most of the ground is grass, but there are still many trees around it. The distance between trees is large and the view is wide. According to the information given by Matsumasa and the others, after arriving at this place, they can move forward and they will almost arrive when they see a city. They're just below the city now, so we just have to see the city.

Because the view here is relatively broad. And there are no obstacles. So we all put on flying mounts and rushed all the way. The birds and spears are both jet flying units and are very fast, although the woodland here is considered very open. But flying at close to the speed of sound in a place like this is quite exciting. Fortunately, the flying skills of the spears are all exaggerated. He moved forward dodging left and right in the woods. The speed actually didn't drop much. It only took us five or six minutes to see the city on the edge of the forest, but the environment here was a little unexpected.

When I came here, I thought the city was built on the grassland, but I didn’t realize it until I arrived. The city is actually built in another piece of woodland. Starting from this city, there is a dense forest towards the back. The area we just flew over has slightly fewer trees.

This city built on the edge of a dense forest almost seems to be integrated into the forest. The city wall facing our direction is almost completely covered with vines and moss, and there is almost no sign of anything other than plants. In terms of color, except that there are no gaps like the woods, the city wall has almost turned into another forest.

As we got closer, we found that the situation in this city was even stranger than we imagined. Before, we only found that the city walls were covered with vines. When we got closer, we discovered that there were not just vines, but trees actually growing there. . A thick tree trunk actually stretched out from the side window of the watchtower at the city gate, and it stretched out for seven or eight meters before splitting into a large tree crown. Under the city gate tower, we also saw some bricks from the city wall. Tree roots protruding from the gap. In addition, in addition to this big tree, some short shrubs and the like can also be seen on the top of the city wall, and there are also many weeds sticking out from behind the mostly collapsed female wall.

"Oh my god, how long has this place been abandoned?" Zhenhong couldn't help but ask after seeing this city with almost 100% vegetation coverage.

Christina looked at the bead-curtain-like rattan hanging down from the city gate and said, "That's not certain. Plants in the tropics grow very fast. If left unattended, they can have this effect in three to five months. But that tree doesn’t look like it can grow in three to five months. This place has been uninhabited for more than ten years.”

"It's just that no one is taking care of it. It doesn't necessarily mean that no one lives in it." Rose said, pointing to the long bridge at the gate of the city. This long bridge was originally built over a moat, but now the bottom of the bridge has been completely occupied by plants. The roots cannot see whether there is any water underneath, but even if there is water, it should not be deep, because these plants look like they are Not like aquatic plants.

The position that the rose pointed at just now is a piece of mud beside the bridge. There are a lot of plant fragments there. It looks like the garbage left by someone who has processed plant food in this place. Song Zheng congratulated them that they were on a mission recently, and even if they wanted to eat, they would definitely eat the food they brought with them. Anyway, guild players all have huge storage spaces, and time inside is completely still. Not only will the food not go bad, but the temperature will not change as well. Therefore, many players in guilds do not bring dry food with them when they go out. Instead, they go to restaurants and order multiple delicious dishes and put them directly in the storage space. There are dishes made by the chefs in the restaurant who have almost reached the top level of cooking skills, and the ghosts are collecting the ingredients and cooking them outside. Therefore, these traces are definitely not left by Matsumasa and the others.

Since it was not Song Zhenghe and the others, the only possibility was that they were local aborigines, so this place should not be uninhabited. At least the beasts should not know how to pick vegetables. Even if they were vegetarians, they would have eaten them all at that time, so they could not carry them around with them. .

"You are really observant." Zhenhong knelt down and took a look at that place, and then said: "It looks like an advanced life form. The footprints nearby were made by shoes."

"Since it is a highly intelligent life, you should be careful." I said as I took out the eternity again, and then walked inside first.

After carefully passing the seven or eight meter long bridge, we encountered a little trouble ahead. This bridge is not directly connected to the city gate. But it was gone five meters away from the doorway. When you come to this place, there should be a suspension bridge. Normally, it is lowered to the last five meters of the bridge. During war, it can be pulled up to cut off the bridge and add a protective plate in front of the city gate. However, this suspension bridge seems to be made of wood, and it has long since rotted away. All that is left are the two holes on the top of the city gate where the iron cables pass through, and now even the iron cable bodies are completely rotten. Only dark red rust can be seen, and the iron rope has long since disappeared.

It's only five meters from here to the gate. In terms of our physical ability. This is almost like a sewer ditch, you can cross it in one step, but the problem is that there is a thousand-pound gate blocking the gate in the city gate opposite the gate. Thanks to our good eyesight. The thousand-pound gate can still be found through the curtain made of vines. Otherwise, you really have to jump over. It will definitely hit the jackpot directly. If there is a connection between this side and the Thousand Jin Gate, I can use eternity to open a hole in it, but the problem is that in front of the Thousand Jin Gate is the big ditch of the moat. There used to be no place to stay.

"Um... Song Zhenghe and the others shouldn't have entered from here, right?" Christina asked.

I looked at the situation above and said, "That's probably true. Let's fly over from above, shall we?" Although it's not a troublesome thing to break the door, it would be easier to just fly in instead of going to all that trouble.

No one had any problem with that, so we all flew in. Before, I couldn't see the inside of the city from outside, but after flying, I realized that the inside of the city was scarier than the outside.

The internal layout of this city is quite good. The streets are arranged in a tic-tac-toe structure, and the building areas are complete. However, I don’t know if it is because the city gates were sealed by the Thousand Jin Gate, and there is no drainage system in the city. As a result, a layer of mud-like structure has accumulated inside the city. This layer of mud is not too thin, nor is it very thick, but it is covered with various plants, and the buildings in the city are also of the same character as the city walls. They are all covered with plants and cannot be seen at all. The original appearance of the buildings, even some buildings were directly penetrated by trees.

"It's a little messy, but it looks pretty good," Christina said.

Rose nodded and said: "When we finish the Elf City in South America, it should be more beautiful than this one. I heard that Persephone also created several waterfalls there, which are quite spectacular."

"I haven't been here for a long time, so I don't know what's going on." After finishing speaking, Christina asked me: "President, Matsumasa said they were under the city, where is the entrance?"

"Over there." I pointed to the tallest building in the middle of the city. This building is much taller than other buildings in the city. It is conservatively estimated to be more than fifty meters high, and the area is very large. Of course, like other buildings, this building is completely covered with plants, and there are even several big trees growing on the roof.

"Let's just fly over like this?" Zhenhong suggested: "It's all mud down there, and you'll definitely get splashed all over it if you go down."

"Aren't you afraid of running into monsters?"

Generally speaking, the maps in "Zero" have a basic setting, which is the route you can walk on the ground. You can also fly there from the sky, but if you fly from the sky, it is equivalent to starting. The monster summoning mode will not only immediately attract flying monsters, but they will definitely be higher level and more numerous than those encountered on the ground. Of course, if you are strong enough and don't care at all, then you can fly as you like, but now we need Hurry up, otherwise Nobunaga and the others behind him will catch up soon, so flying from the sky is obviously inappropriate.

Zhenhong also knew that it was not safe to walk from the sky, so after hearing my words, she had no choice but to fall down.

In fact, although there is a lot of soft mud underground, it is far from the level of mud. Although it is true that if you put your foot down, it will sink into a depth of seven or eight centimeters. However, because our equipment is very high-end and does not stick to mud at all, so not only will it not get dirty , walking is not strenuous. The reason why it is difficult to move forward in the mud is that a lot of mud will hang on the shoes, which will make your feet heavier, and the adhesive force between the mud will cause you to bear a lot of resistance when you lift your legs. However, because Our shoes don’t get muddy, so there’s no need to worry about this.

In fact, the only ones really walking on the ground were me and Zhenhong. I put Christina and Rose on Yeying's back.

We walked along the street and didn't encounter any monsters until we reached the door of the building. The door in front of us had been pushed open to allow people to pass through, and branches fell from the door. It was certain that Song Zhenghe and the others opened the crack, because the branches had just been cut off and were still green. You could even see white slurry flowing out of the plants next to some of the notes.

"It looks like this is it." Zhenhong said as she picked up a vine.

Rose was about to jump off Ye Ying, but she was unexpectedly caught by Christina. "Don't move, there's something nearby watching us."

Christina's words made us all alert. Ye Ying also turned around and turned his back to the door. At this time, I also noticed the unknown target. He reached out and touched Zhenhong. "In the direction of eleven o'clock, inside the house with a fallen wall."

"I saw it." (To be continued...)