Chapter 2 A False Alarm

"Report the other party's situation. "

"The team of more than 700 people, all cavalry, carries no supplies. The direction of travel is towards our team. At the current speed, contact will occur in twenty minutes. The other party has not discovered us yet."

"Understood." I turned around and said to everyone: "You have all heard that there are many enemies. Before the city was established, we could not rashly fight with others. Now we will die one by one. Now everyone pay attention, and there are mountains and forests on the right side of the road. Move, we take cover.”

We have a total of more than 7,000 people and hundreds of carriages. This team is not small. It is really troublesome to hide them all. But we can't fight now. No matter how powerful we are, we can't have zero casualties! Fortunately, everyone is a master, and Amynis was a big help. We left the road and lined up at the edge of the forest, with the carriage blocking the outside and the people behind the carriage. Amynis's super illusion spell completely obscured our images. As long as we didn't make a sound, we wouldn't be discovered.

Aerial scouts are always tracking this team, and they are responsible for confirming that the other party has left before we can get back on the road. Everyone tried not to make any noise and stood quietly behind the carriage looking at the other end of the road. Only five minutes after we took cover, the sound of horse hooves appeared at the other end of the road. A large group of cavalry suddenly appeared at the corner ahead, led by a young man holding a long spear in his hand. This is not our knight's spear, but a powder gun.

This cowboy was followed by a large group of cavalry, all dressed similarly to him, and almost a third of them were holding gunpowder guns, but most of them still used cold weapons. Terry once said at the beginning that although the United States is rich in gunpowder guns, there are still only a few people who use guns. It seems that he was telling the truth.

"They don't seem to be coming for us?" Rose whispered in my ear.

"No matter what they do, as long as they don't interfere with us."

The procession galloped across the road in front of us, kicking up a cloud of smoke. The Americans seemed not to be as cautious as the Asians. Such a large group of troops rushed past without scouts or observing the terrain. Anyway, the alarm was lifted and we could get back on the road. The top priority now is to quickly find a place to stop and rest. Everyone has been offline for so long, and we can't be separated. Hanging around like this is not an option.

The team speeds up and moves forward, aiming for the city that was decided in advance. But whether that place is suitable for building a city is still a question, so we did not use the teleport station but walked, so that we could stop immediately if we found a suitable place.

After walking for more than an hour we stopped. Nowadays, everyone spends a lot of time online, and many people are approaching the time limit. We have to find a place to hide first. Fortunately, this is a mountainous area. After finding an open space hidden among the valleys, the large group of people drove into the valley. Let all ordinary members go offline and make an appointment to come online again. I opened the space door and summoned the Ring Knight and Sub-Dragon Cavalry, and also brought the Ice Queens with me. They will be responsible for guarding these carriages when we are away. Moreover, everyone left their guardian beasts behind when they went offline (the player's familiars and guardian beasts can continue to be active when the player is not online. Have you forgotten this setting?), which is safer. Hongyan also fell from the sky. With this boss here, we have nothing to worry about.

Although there are so many guards, I still asked Amynis to set up a large illusion in the valley. Safety first? After everything was ready, I said to Rose and others: "Can you log off first? I'll go to the city to check out the situation. Maybe I can find some useful information."

"I'll go with you." Shura Ziyi said.

"No, you have been online for too long."

Rose said: "Then you take Zhenhong and Ziyue with you. They didn't get online much before getting off the ship."

Zhenhong immediately said: "That's right. Take us with you? I've only been online for 3 hours, no problem."

"Okay, the three of us should be fine. But you two need to log off now to prepare. I'll wait for you, about twenty minutes, right?"

"Okay." The two men nodded in agreement.

Rose said: "You have to be careful not to be discovered here."

Ying said: "There's no need to worry. The race in America is very mixed. As long as there aren't large groups of Asians appearing at the same time, they usually won't be noticed."

Kristina said: "Then I will go with you."

"Why?"

"The three of you are Chinese, and you are too conspicuous together. I am European, and it will be easier to be regarded as an American if you take me with you. And I don't spend long online."

"That makes sense."

In the end, we decided to set off as four people. Anyway, it wasn't too much. Normally, the leveling team consists of 3 to 7 people, so the four of us wouldn't attract much attention. In addition to personnel, equipment also needs to be slightly adjusted. The equipment of True Red and Kristina are exactly the same, so this one must be replaced. Although Zhenhong has a national weapon, it is just a sword. He is wearing a glittering order suit. Kristina also wears a guild order suit. It doesn't matter if only one person wears it. Two people wearing the same thing will easily attract attention. After all, there are very few identical equipment in this game, let alone such high-end equipment. Kristina had no other equipment to change, so she had to continue to wear the order suit of the guild, while Zhenhong changed it to her original set of equipment, so that the four of us were different.

After getting ready, all the unrelated people were logged off, and the three people who wanted to go with me were also logged off to do some activities first, and we agreed to take action in twenty minutes. I took this time to explain some precautions to the summoned creatures left behind.

"The next time we come back will be about 24 hours later. Don't leave here during this time. If players from outside break into this place, you should also avoid it as your first choice. If you are discovered, try not to do anything. Let Scott and the others pretended to be players and said they were waiting for someone. It would be best if they could fool them. If they can't fool them, drive them away. Anyway, your fighting power here is not weak anymore. No one can defeat Hongyan. How are you."

Hong Yan said: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to you with me here."

Scott also said: "We are not vegetarians. Even if we really fight, we will not suffer."

"I just want you to avoid fighting as much as possible. It's best if you don't get discovered."

"With Amynis here, it shouldn't be discovered." Scott said with certainty.

It is true that it is said that the illusion of Amynis is indeed very powerful. All the carriages here are disguised as rocks, and the combat troops are directly transparent, so that even if others enter here, they can only see a 'chaotic' rock mound.

After we finished explaining here, both Zhenhong and Kristina came online. After another minute of waiting, Ziyue also came up.

"Are you ready to go?"

"certainly."

The four of them left the valley together and headed toward a nearby city. Because the distance was so close, we didn’t ride horses and just walked there. This time we are going to enter a very large city. Different from that dilapidated small port city, the city here not only has walls but is also very tall. It is said that there is no such type of city in the history of the United States, but if there is urban warfare in the city, it will be very disadvantageous if there is no city wall, so the American cities in the game also have city walls.

Before entering the city, we can already see a large number of players coming in and out of the city. It is very prosperous here. I came outside the city gate and looked around for a long time before I found a possible gate guard under the trunk of a big tree. These two NPC guards with police badges actually ran to rest under the tree and left the city gate alone. It was really Rare case.

"Maybe that's not a guard." Kristina said.

Ziyue looked at those people and said: "Whether they are guards or not, their irresponsibility will not harm us."

"makes sense."

My father once said before that the American cities in "Zero" have special architectural styles. After entering the city, I immediately understood what my father meant by American style. It turns out that the so-called American style means no style. The streets of the entire city are filled with all kinds of strange and eccentric buildings. Tall stone buildings in the ancient Roman style and small Chinese-style wooden buildings are crowded together. There is also an island-style bamboo building next to it. It turns out that this is the so-called American style! Except for cowboy style and Indian style, which can be considered American styles, everything else along the way is foreign style. The strange thing is that these "chaotic" buildings are still very coordinated when squeezed together.

"Look." Ziyue pointed to a shop on the roadside, and saw "General Firearms" written on the sign of that shop.

"Isn't this a weapons store?" Zhenhong asked doubtfully.

Kristina shook her head: "I think it should be a store like the Crossbowman's House."

I looked at her and said, "You mean the specialty store?"

The Crossbowman's House is a store system established by a company outside the game that recruited a large number of non-combat players who practiced manufacturing skills in "Zero". They have a large number of branches and sales points almost all over Europe. This shop only sells equipment related to bows, arrows, and crossbows, as well as some auxiliary equipment. It does not sell anything else. All equipment from the Crossbowman's House is the favorite equipment of archers. The advantage of being a monopoly is that you can concentrate your efforts, and you don’t have to share the experience with a large number of weapons, so you can concentrate on improving the quality of your products. The general firearms in front of me is probably a place that specializes in selling guns.