Chapter 326 Southern Territory
“Ah ah ah, stop pestering me!!”
Bang!
The Punisher's Staff M2K, flashing with a cold light, fell suddenly, directly splitting a tall mutant into two pieces, and then smashed it to the ground with unabated force, knocking out the other two half-dead Zombies. It flew several meters away, and its power was evident, but...
But more living dead still roared and came together. They were no longer considered alive, and naturally they would not have the concept of fear after seeing their 'similar' being brutally killed. Therefore, not only were they not affected by the flesh and blood of the scene just now, He was frightened by the flying scene, and even more 'excited' by the surging energy on his target.
Although the power of runes is not life energy in the strict sense, Cordoba walking alone in this dead land can still give the mutants great stimulation. There is no living thing around, not even a plant and a tree. In the absence of Xiao Qiang, the Captain of the Steel Rangers who appeared here alone was as funny as a minion among countless minions. Even if his body was covered with [Death Dust] that could conceal his vitality, he could not be stopped. Successfully escaped under the instinctive perception of the mutants.
“I shouldn’t have taken this job in the first place!”
Cordoba planted the Punisher’s Staff on the ground and angrily grabbed the heads of the two mutants. He made a head-to-head kill with a rosy red face, and then violently smashed out the two mosaics in his hand. After smashing a piece of it, he picked up his staff and turned it into a 3,600-degree windmill, which directly mutated more than 20 mosaics around him. The corpses were strangled and turned into minced meat. With the blessing of the sensory protection of minors, the tall rune body surged through the corpses like a crusher, causing broken limbs and broken arms all over the sky. There was no mercy and no humanity!
“This is already the ninth batch, it’s endless!”
The boss, who was firmly ranked second in the player combat power rankings, let out a howl, and he glanced at his own with distress. With the remaining energy, he blasted a big hole out of the ground with his backhand. After completing the brief clearance, he instantly turned on the [Explosive Speed] mode. The anti-gravity runes and acceleration runes on the rune body were all activated, and the huge body was accompanied by A burst of explosions suddenly started, and in an instant, a string of afterimages disappeared within the range of the mutants' perception, leaving only a piece of stirred up dust that lingered for a long time.
Five minutes later...
Cang! !
Cordoba, who fell from the sky like a terminator, half-knelt by a stream. After confirming that there were not many mutants around, he decisively switched the rune body back to the normal mode and sat down on the spot. The row of 'cooling holes' on the back of the neck also emitted several streams of white smoke, which looked very cool.
“This situation really can’t get any worse.”
Cordoba picked up some turbid stream water and patted his face, then looked back behind him The Zombies that were wandering not far away raised and lowered their big hands that were holding the Punisher's Staff, and their big, inhuman faces looked a little depressed: "You can see them no matter where you go, three or five of them." , thirty to fifty, three to five hundred are everywhere. Compared with this place, Mo Tan’s place is like paradise. If we go further south, will there really be any living people..."
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The Captain of the Iron Rangers is currently in the southern part of Misha County. With his impressive combat power and footwork, he went south alone after accepting Mo Tan's commission, traveling in a short period of time at a speed far exceeding that of ordinary Paladins. In just one day, they penetrated deep into the southern hinterland, and now they have reached a place that Xia Lian had not gone deep into before when she led the team.
Investigating the specific situation in the southern border, contacting the five cities in the southern border on behalf of the joint forces when the information is blocked, and understanding the specific scale and approximate number of mutants in the southern border. This is Cordoba's entire task.
I have to say, he did a good job.
When acting alone, Cordoba's reconnaissance efficiency is several times that of a regular team, and because of its strong combat power, it can fight to the end even if it encounters hundreds of mutants. Not only that, he also has a very strong sense of direction. After loading the map of Misha County copied by Yu Ying in advance, the possibility of getting lost in Cordoba has been infinitely close to zero. Even if He was able to find his destination without any valuable reference nearby. If it were Mo Tan...
Let's put it this way, if in the real world, he would go berserk even if he didn't see a living person. The mutants who were torn apart might starve to death here.
In general, it is definitely a wise choice to let Cordoba serve as a pathfinder to collect southern intelligence, although the intelligence collected itself is not exciting at all...
As the most densely populated area in Misha County, the south is naturally the place to be after the 'Mutant Transformation Incident'. The local area has become the most severely affected area. Although they did not know the situation before, Mo Tan and others could guess that the situation in the southern border of Misha County was definitely the worst, and the facts proved that they did not guess. Wrong, not only that, the scene Cordoba saw after going south alone was even more tragic than everyone had expected.
To put it in the most intuitive way, the number of mutants here is the "Northern Territory centered on the cities of Hofer and Meda" plus the garrison of Sprout City, Glen City and Gudami Plain. That's more than ten times the sum of the core's central area!
It must be said that this is an exaggerated number, but it is not unreasonable.
First of all, before the mutants appeared, the city of Hofer with the largest population in the north had been turned into a temporary place of divine favor. Not only had tens of thousands of people been driven away from the disease, but also completely eliminated The growth and spread of the plague in the local area, and before Xia Lian was injured, she frequently ran around other populated areas, constantly using large-scale magic to drive away the pain of those innocent people, and Mida City was the first among the mutants. conversion date Support was received on the same day. Although a lot of price was paid, the Zombies that had not yet developed a large scale were eventually annihilated by the Knights who arrived in time. In addition, Mo Tan secretly organized the Zombies behind Taylor's back. During the eradication campaign, the biggest hidden danger in the North was nipped in the cradle during the hidden danger period. Not only were the two cities with large populations safe and sound, but even the mutants in the wild were quickly eliminated before they became a climate.
The situation in the central area of Misha County was worse, but they were also lucky, because Xia Lian led hundreds of paladins to kill the 'zombie tide' as soon as it broke out, and this team was the first to The place we arrived at was the two cities of Xinya and Gulan in the middle. We almost repeated the clearing out of the previous group under Mida City. The two largest groups of threats were dealt with early, namely the infected civilians stationed outside the two cities. However, it took more than a day, and Xia Lian was not able to organize the extermination in a planned manner like Mo Tan. Activities, so although she led the knights on a rampage and harvested many heads, it was difficult to solve the actual problem.
It is precisely because of this that the progress in the central region is so slow at this stage. Although the scale of the joint force is quite large and Mo Tan's authority is much higher than before, those who have become small and even gathered to three Numbers of mutants are still a big problem.
As for the southern region with a large population base and five cities...
There is no place of divine favor, no immediate rescue, no sufficient conventional combat power, and no force that can reverse the situation. There is no strong man, no wise man who can detect the disaster in time, no hero who can turn the tide.
What’s to the south?
There are people, with the already huge population base and the people who have escaped (as mentioned before, the initial outbreak point of the plague was around Hofer City in the north, which was also the first stop for Xia Lian and others when they came to Misha County), Very, very many people.
Strictly speaking, there are many, many people infected with the plague!
This also means that there are also a large number of mutants...
The wild is almost covered with mutants. Looking up, there are only zombies if the zombies are removed. There are as few as one or two in the sky. There were hundreds of people loitering on the roadside, howling together, and they were completely out of control!
This is the intelligence Cordoba passed to the coalition forces half a day ago. At that time, he had just left White Tower City not far from Hind Hill. The situation there had become extremely bad, and thousands of survivors The place of fear is behind the flimsy city wall. Although there is a place to shelter from the wind and rain, the long-term fear , despair, and hunger have pushed those poor people to the limit, and the city lord chose to commit suicide two days ago because his wife and children who were isolated outside the city were torn apart by mutants. Most of the soldiers and low-level professionals with a sense of justice More than 70% of the people were dead, and it was a miracle that the remaining people and the local clergy could barely maintain order.
Cordoba single-handedly eliminated a small number of mutants besieging the city, left another twenty cubic meters of food, and left White Tower City. He could not get stuck here. He had to know as much as possible about this place. Regarding the situation on the side, you must know that this is just a city on the edge of the southern border... In the Realm of Innocence, the player's luggage can hold a total volume of fifty cubic meters. For things with a cubic volume of no more than three cubic meters, the gravity limit is still unknown. This was discovered by Mo Tan not long ago when he asked Cordoba to carry as much food as possible. The self-reliant Guilty Company has never popularized these things. It's common sense, and most players don't have that much personal property, so the 'bag limit' has always been a mystery.
Until Cordoba’s luggage began to spray bread...
At that time, Mo Tan thought that the former had installed a Ji Xiaoge toaster by mistake. Later I found out that it was because Cordoba’s luggage was full.
Back to business...
Two hours ago, Cordoba arrived at the second city he encountered after entering the southern border. A considerable proportion of the permanent residents were elves in Panshu City. Although the food reserves were barely enough, the one who The city lord's grandma, who is more than 1,100 years old, is also alive, but the situation in other aspects is even worse than that of White Tower City. Cordoba left behind five After eating square meters of food, he felt that he needed to speed up...
Finally, Cordoba, who had just turned on the [Speed Rush] mode, finally got rid of the group of mutants and finally got together with him. His next destination, Fair City, which is rich in red silkworm leaves and leeches, two alchemical materials, is not far away.
“I hope there are more people who can survive there.”
After confirming the map, Cordoba sighed, stood up with the Staff of Punisher, and looked at it with a wry smile. He glanced at the piece of Apocalypse Crystal embedded on it, which had less than 40% energy left, and lowered his voice. He muttered: "It seems that a piece of it will be used in Misha County anyway..."
He moved his body a little, took out a paper map from his bag and put it on After making a few marks on it, he kicked the ground and shot away in the direction of Fair City.
Cordoba knew that he had no time to rest, and he was very fortunate that as a player and a rune creature, he did not need to replenish his physical strength. Maybe every second he lost on the road could save one more person later?
This is a very correct idea, but...
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Game time PM16:38
Southern border of Misha County, in front of Fair City
"This...what is this..."
Cordoba's right hand holding the Staff of Punisher trembled slightly, and the energy tracks emitting blue light on his body were fluctuating violently. Looking at the hell-like tragedy in front of him with fear and fear, he almost vomited even though it was filtered by the sensory protection of minors.
No matter how abstract the inferior model-like bodies in the field of vision are, they cannot disobey the fact that is almost despairing.
Corpse... a large number of corpses... corpses as far as the eye can see... extending along the broken city gate to the end of Cordoba's field of vision.
Dark red blood filled every corner he could see, even though it was harmonized into a vibrant green, even though the overwhelming mosquitoes and flies were harmonized into a cartoon look with big eyes and long nose, But it makes this extremely impactful scene seem even more weird and grotesque, like a bad, despicable and clumsy messenger, using a child's voice full of malice to explain the illusionary and profound vicious fantasy.
boom! ! !
Smashing a mutant who was slowly walking toward him directly to pieces, Cordoba gritted his teeth, raised the punisher's staff with red and green light intertwined in his hand and pointed at it. Rushing into the city, seven or eight mutants lingering near the city gate had their heads removed before they could even raise their heads, turning into some of the countless corpses on the ground.
The dark clouded sky flickered for a moment, and a few seconds later, the dull thunder sounded unconsciously, followed by the cold turbid rain, which could not wash away the dirt and blood. and death, and then turned into a part of the filth, making this desecrated city become more and more sleepy...
Dead people, dead people, dead people, dead people...
Corpses, corpses, corpses, corpses...
Monsters, monsters, monsters...
“Get away!”
Cordoba picked up a mutant that was eating a baby’s corpse by its neck, and was just about to lift it up. After killing it to the extreme, he discovered that the baby's body was tied to the mutant woman. It looked like...
A cold light flashed, and the mother, who was no longer alive, fell to the ground.
Córdoba squatted down silently, placing her head clumsily next to the body...
"Fuck."
Chapter 323: The End
(End of this chapter)