Chapter 298 Bad Omen
Cordoba crossed the blockade and entered Misha County yesterday evening. Although the mount Sumir gave him as a friendly gift died during the journey, the running speed was not The man who was no less powerful than a regular war horse still arrived at Misha County as scheduled, even later than the time he and Mo Tan had agreed upon. It was earlier, and now he is very close to the center of the county, and has already encountered four or five waves of mutants along the way...
Of course, Cordoba has always turned on [Minor Sensory Protection] I didn't feel any emotion in my heart, and I didn't really want to laugh, but I thought those rather violent-looking Zombies were a bit cute.
The only thing that makes him unhappy is that these things are really annoying!
Cordoba is not worried about safety issues. Although Mo Tan told him a few days ago that those mutants will attack every living person they see and smell, they have been upgraded to Someone in the V1.5 version is still very confident in himself, and the facts have proved that those mutants are indeed no match for him. Let alone one or two, even if there are more than a dozen of them, they will not be able to escape one by one. A fatal ending.
Surprisingly, those damn mutants did not scream and kill Cordoba as soon as they encountered him. These monsters with extremely sensitive responses to life did not attack him or ignore him, but were very Very forcefully...watch him!
This makes Cordoba very unhappy!
Those mutants will be attracted to a certain extent after meeting him, but they will not have any desire to attack. They just stare at him blankly, blankly, and silently. He might be following him out of curiosity... Who can resist this! ?
Although they will fight back if they are attacked, they will not fight back resolutely, or they will just utter a low murmur. Unless they are hit by Cordoba continuously, they will basically not do anything decent. Fighting back is tiresome.
Even if Cordoba, who has sensory protection, will not be disgusted, he also realizes that he can no longer remain indifferent. The reason is very simple. If he ignores the mutants who gather around him There will be more and more of these gadgets, and if he kills one by one, his energy will drop quickly, so things will become awkward.
Although the V1.5 version of Cordoba already has the function of connecting an external battery, he does not want to use those 'energy' unless absolutely necessary.
It needs to be explained here that after a previous upgrade, Lu Wei has found a way to recharge the 'eternal crystal' in Cordoba's body, which is to use those things that can only serve as missions. The object's Apocalypse Crystal has been modified to turn it into something similar to a mobile power supply. As long as Cordoba inserts it into the groove of [The Punisher's Staff M2K], it can not only charge itself at any time, but also Through active activation, he overloads his weapons and draws out the full power of the Apocalypse Crystal in a short period of time to assist him in fighting. In this way, even if he encounters the same monsters he encountered in the Chauvin Empire again, he will still have a trump card that he can use to fight. Or ran away (I think).
But it should be noted that as long as the energy inside the Apocalypse Crystal is slightly missing, it cannot be used to complete the task. Simply put, it loses the function of identifying the 'Light of Apocalypse' and the 'Shadow of Apocalypse'. So if Cordoba wants to find the remaining shadow and light except Mo and Mo, he must leave two intact crystals, the kind that cannot be extracted at all.
The manufacturing method of the Apocalypse Crystal is very cumbersome, and the upgraded version requires the cooperation of Lu Wei, Hazy and another high-level agent to complete. Cordoba brought a total of them when he went out this time. Of the five crystals, only two are left in Tianzhu Mountain for later use. So, to sum up, the Apocalypse Crystal V2.0 (named by Lu Wei) is particularly precious, rare, and valuable, so be sure to save some. use!
Cordoba even triggered a mission because of this. The approximate content is that the more [Apocalypse Crystal V2.0] is left when returning to Tianzhu Mountain, the more Lu Wei’s favorability towards him will increase. Significant improvement. On the contrary, if not only the lights and shadows are not found, but there are not even a few crystals left, then the mission will fail and Master Lu's favorability towards him will decrease.
Although he always said that "Luwei is immortal", Cordoba certainly knew how important it was to have a good relationship with his own makers, adjusters and maintainers, so he made up his mind to save as much as possible this time. Using those new versions of crystals, just imagine, 'Mo' only got a good thing like [Self-Exploding Sheep] by improving her favorability with Lu Wei a little bit. Girl Ye Ge, who has a higher favorability, got a lot of benefits. Even the teleportation beacon is a specially made VIP version. If I can make Master Lu happy, then the future of this rune body will definitely be bright...
On the contrary, if I can't make Master Lu happy... If he is happy, it is definitely not impossible for the old man to stuff himself into the two kobold bodies if he gets upset!
So Cordoba has been adhering to the mentality of saving when it can, calculating energy reserves like a Grandet, and then... little effect has been achieved.
The various accidents he encountered while traveling to Sumir (such as avalanches and twelve other vicious incidents) almost depleted his own energy reserves, and fighting the cultists with Huo Yanyang and the others also depleted his energy reserves. The large amount of energy forced him to use a crystal, so now there are four crystals left in Cordoba's luggage, two of which he plans to use to identify the shadow and light. In other words, in addition to Now, apart from the crystal embedded in the staff, there are only two Apocalypse crystals that can be freely used.
【Energy crisis! ! 】
Cordoba sighed, slammed the Punisher's Staff on the ground, and began to think about it.
[In this hellish place where the streets are full of mutants, how can I successfully reach that place without consuming a lot of energy and fighting zombies without letting those things get together? What about Kudami Plains? ! 】
Cordoba felt so tired. He looked at the mutants who gradually gathered near him and began to watch. He couldn't help but think of the apocalyptic zombie-themed works he had seen...
Then, suddenly an idea flashed!
“By the way, I don’t know if this trick will work!”
Cordoba slapped his forehead suddenly, then jumped up to the zombie who was almost cut into two pieces by him. He picked up the staff and smashed the thing into two pieces with a click, and then stretched out His big hand, which was faintly flashing with blue light, picked up a bunch of mosaics and began to wipe them on himself. As he wiped them, he muttered: "This is how it is played in movies, this is how it is played in games, and this is how it is written in literary works. , as long as you smear these 'corpse dirt' on your body, you won't attract the attention of those things... Hmm... More, more, more... Anyway, I don't have to breathe, well, if this intestine is used as a belt Wouldn’t it look cooler..."
In short, the scene was extremely bloody and vomiting-inducing, almost difficult to describe in words. If Cordoba hadn’t turned on the [Minor Sensory Protection], he would probably have Being frightened by this extremely ghostly scene can lead to a psychological shadow, which leads to forced disconnection, but...
At this moment, with the dual blessing of sensory protection and olfactory closure, there is only a mosaic of Cole in front of him. Dowa is fearless! Have no fear!
Ten minutes later
“Yeah, it’s really a success! The ancients honestly didn’t deceive me!”
Cordoba, who exuded the smell of being kept away from strangers (it was really too unpleasant) and looked like a demon of flesh and blood, was walking on the path in the forest with a contented look on his face, looking back at the few animals that were completely blind to him. The mutant clapped his hands with a smile: "Okay! Then let me give them a surprise! Mo Tan must not have thought that I would come here so soon~"
Then this man has completely destroyed himself The rune creation, which had transformed into a non-human form, leisurely opened the built-in map of the rune body and ran happily towards the Gudami Plain.
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Combined the troops two hours later and commanded the tent
"The third team encountered the enemy! The number is thirty, and they are being restrained!"
Yu Ying raised her hand to wipe the sweat, and shouted to Mo Tan anxiously: "The number of mutants is a bit large, coming from both sides. The thieves in front can't get through! Damn it, the 5th and 17th teams are encountering enemies at the same time! , number, thirty, twenty, that shelter is finished, those guys rushed out of the cellar, there can be no survivors!"
"Tell the third team to fight where they are! , they can cope with the 1:3 quantity, the earth mage builds the formation on the spot On the ground, leave a gap for the three knights to take turns to block the mutants. If they are besieged, let anyone sprinkle the glow powder and go out for a spin. They are not allowed to take them too far and then use the death dust to sneak back. They must All thirty mutants stayed in that place." Mo Tan raised his hand and lit up the map. The chess pieces located in the upper left, lower right and upper right places of the Gudami Plain were said without hesitation: "The configuration of the fifth team cannot be hard-topped. Let them retreat one kilometer up the slope. Don't run too far to give way." The other party chased the enemy and split the Nineteenth Squad into two groups, allowing the two Saints of the Sun Sect to The knights and healers go to support the fifth team, and the others rush to the southeast. This group of people can walk slower to save their energy, and then continue to the Hind Hill after joining the seventeenth team, where the risk factor is the highest."
< br>Yu Ying nodded and edited the information quickly. Bian asked: "What should we do with the seventeenth team?"
"We only encountered twenty enemies. The knights accompanying the team are all members of the Justice Sect. Let them charge directly and crush them in. The healer will rest where he is. First, Use Luna's recovery potion to push it, and the caster will let go of Todoroki and that's it. Two mages and a warlock from the 19th team will be added soon, so it won't have much impact." Mo Tan didn't even raise his head, just looked at the map in front of him, paused for a few seconds before continuing: "Also, let's go. The first team and the fourth team went to the slope north of the snow bamboo forest to meet up. Their current location It's already very dangerous. After we meet, tell me that the target position needs to be corrected further east. By the way, tell the second team to speed up. They can't keep up with the rhythm. If it doesn't work, let the knights bring the spellcasters. It’s not heavy anyway.”
Yu Ying nodded slightly, and after being in a daze for a few seconds, she raised her hand and made an OK gesture.
The tent became quiet again, with only the subtle hum of the alchemy chess pieces in front of Mo Tan echoing in the air.
“Thank you for your hard work.”
A cup of warm black tea was placed in front of Mo Tan. Yuchen, who had been silent since just now, smiled and skillfully helped Mo Tan change it. He bought a bottle of ink, and then ran to Yuying's side and handed her a cup of tea, just like a girl pouring water.
“It’s so sinful~” Yu Ying smacked her lips and smiled while sipping the tea: “If those fanatical believers knew that their holy lady was here to serve us tea, Don’t eat me and Mo Tan alive.”
Mo Tan, who rarely had a few minutes to spare, also laughed and nodded: "I strongly agree. By the way, luckily this is a game and not reality. Otherwise, I would have gone to the toilet three times in such a short time."
Yu Chen smiled nonchalantly and didn't say anything. He just helped Yu Ying tidy up the messy pile of parchment on the small table that was full of ghost symbols, and then turned around and made a face at Mo Tan.
"Ahem, I just want to rant to relieve the pressure." Mo Tan stretched, then took a pen and made a few notes on the places where the teams met the enemy, frowning and lowering his eyebrows. He said: "To be honest, the number of those mutants seems to be a bit too small..."
Yu Ying was shocked at the time: "Is this still a small amount!? They have encountered no less than a hundred of them along the way. Mutants, if there were more of them, they would all be dead by now!"
"No." Mo Tan shook his head slightly and compared the distance to Gudami Plain. The nearest chess pieces shrugged and said: "Didn't you notice that there are twice as many patrol teams today, and the range is also at the extreme distance of an absolutely safe area. Most of them should be used as reserve combat forces. Those who entered this round of reconnaissance team have not used it yet... This is not a good sign.”
Yu Chen blinked: "Isn't that a good sign? Isn't it a good thing to have fewer enemies?"
This time Yu Ying reacted first, and she glanced at Mo Tan with a strange expression: "You It means, the south..."
"I can't be sure yet, but I do have a bad feeling." Mo Tan shook his head and interrupted Yu Ying, looking down at the huge red circle at the bottom of the map. , said in a deep voice: "When Xia Lian first came back, she said that the situation in the south was bad. She couldn't even go too deep there at that time, and the information given by Xia Lian and the two city lords of Sprout City and Glen City were similar to what we encountered in the central area. The number of mutants does not match, plus..."
"The two city lords said that they have cut off contact with Luo Wei City, which is the closest to here in the south, right? "
Yu Chen, who had mentioned this matter to Mo Tan before, suddenly asked in a low voice.
"That's right." Mo Tan sighed and scratched his forehead thoughtfully: "I think..."
"Don't think about it yet!"
Yu Ying suddenly became anxious and furious. He shouted: "Team 17 encountered the BOSS!!!"
Chapter 295: The End
(End of this chapter)