Chapter 361 Where are the people?
The migration of the population is certain, and the advantages of [Instant Messenger] are revealed.
Messages are shared and delivered quickly.
The citizens of each small town were transported to Qim Town in batches.
The other side of Qim Town is dedicated to receiving various supplies shipped from the territory of the Seeking Church.
Mainly food and daily necessities.
As for the manpower to transport supplies, they are mainly those believers who died in the battle with monsters.
As believers gather their strength to cleanse the monsters born in the surrounding wilderness.
Battle losses also began to rise significantly.
It doesn't matter if he dies, he can still help escort and transport a few flatbed carriages of supplies.
Everything is going on in an intensive and orderly manner.
Bringing people together has another significant benefit:
Help maintain regional stability.
Believers have found patterns in changes in stability.
Stability depends on the situation in the area where civilization gathers.
If there are scattered gathering areas, the power is dispersed, each area has limited manpower, and there is enough defense but not enough offense, it can only guarantee safety and cannot take the initiative to clear out the monsters.
Stability is difficult to pull up quickly.
But gather everyone into the confines of a city or even a camp.
By concentrating on defense, you will have extra strength to take the initiative!
As long as a stable order can be formed in the gathering area, the stability judgment will be rapidly improved.
At this point.
The believers of the Seeking Knowledge Church have unknowingly made the same choice as the Glow God Cult.
Concentrated population.
The difference is that the Glow God Cult is based on the city of Ceylon and has established a refuge camp in the city with a higher foundation.
The Qiuzhi Church is based in Qim Town and has launched an expansion plan!
Moreover, in this rescue of civilians, the Church of Seeking Knowledge took the lead!
…
then.
When the Crusader team arrived in Raven Town.
What greeted them was an empty town.
The town is fine.
There are not many signs of damage to the building.
There weren't many bodies or bloodstains on the streets.
The number of monsters... is also quite small!
After all, most of the monsters in the town had been killed by the knowledge-seeking believers before this.
What the Crusaders saw were new monsters that accidentally wandered over after the townspeople left.
"Um?"
“Where are the people???”
After leading the team around the entire town, the legion commander was immediately confused.
A normal script shouldn't be a situation where people are struggling to support themselves and are on the verge of despair.
When the Glorious Cult comes like a savior and the people are grateful, hugging their thighs and crying?
Before the legion commander came, he specially put a layer of wax on the armor on his legs to prevent other dirt from getting on it.
The problem is.
What about the civilians who should have come out to thank them?
When he came, he also arranged for someone to shout.
"Follow the will of the Lord! People of Glory, you are already safe! Accept the protection of the church!"
Except for the sound that attracted a bunch of monsters who were joining in the fun, there was still not even half a person in sight.
Until they found traces of people living together in the manor belonging to Baron Franklin.
The traces are still very obvious.
An extinguished fire.
Food remnants, scraps of fabric.
There are also some excreta that have been temporarily buried in landfills.
For the first time in history, the legion commander felt a little - at a loss!
He had foreseen a better situation, and the townspeople of Raven Town organized self-rescue;
They also envisioned the worst-case scenario, where the townspeople were almost dead and there was no time to rescue them.
But I never thought that the townspeople would disappear!
"Where can they run to? At this time, aren't ordinary people just looking for death running around in the wilderness?"
The entire Raven Town was searched, but nothing was found.
Originally, according to the regiment commander's estimation, their trip should be able to directly escort all the surviving civilians in Raven Town back to Ceylon City and bring them together to a temporary refuge camp.
It's okay now, it's just a waste of time and a waste of work. Take the map out of your bag.
"You can't just go back like this, right?"
"It's still early, let's look somewhere else."
The closest to Raven Town is a small village with a population of only a few dozen people.
Farmers in the villages usually stock up on food and have the habit of digging basements.
If you leave them alone, most of them can hide underground and save themselves.
If the farmland is not polluted, they will continue farming after the monsters are eliminated;
If the farmland is gone, then we will become refugees outside Ceylon.
Originally, such a small village was very low in the Crusader's rescue priority.
But now, the original plan to organize the rescue and population relocation of Raven Town was no longer needed. With the extra time, the legion commander had no choice but to lead the Crusaders to the nearest village.
"Lucky for them, the glow protected them today!"
…
It took some time to reach the village.
The same scene happened again.
"Where are the people?!"
Empty again!
We can obviously see many traces of people living there, but in the end, no one can be found!
The legion commander felt like he was sweating a little.
Things are serious.
The entire population of a small town disappeared, which was already a big problem that required him to go back and report it.
Going to this small village is purely a side trip.
Unexpectedly, everyone in the small village disappeared!
The legion commander immediately made a decision and changed his mind:
"A team of five people, ride horses and quickly go to several other towns to investigate."
"The temporarily recruited professionals will go to the village to check the situation!"
"After the investigation is completed, meet in Ceylon City!"
"I will personally lead a team and leave Qim Town to me!"
A series of tasks are assigned.
The members of the Crusaders received their respective orders and dispersed.
…
The legion commander took the few remaining men after dividing the troops and changed the route again to Qim Town.
Because the goal is investigation, horses are used as vehicles, and the movement speed is very fast.
It took another half a day.
Under the eternal night, the visibility is not very good.
As the legion commander and his party gradually approached Qim Town.
Before he could even see the outlying buildings of Qim Town, flatbed carriages appeared one after another in all directions.
The carriage was full of people.
The legion commander rubbed his eyes subconsciously.
"Am I wrong?"
"Where did these people come from?"
Get closer.
The people in the car looked like ordinary people dressed up.
But accompanying the team forward, there are also a group of people who are obviously professionals!
Whenever monsters in the wilderness try to attack, those professionals will take action decisively.
Swords, magic, arrows.
Turn the monster into a corpse in seconds.
Then continue running non-stop in the direction of Qim Town.
The legion commander rubbed his eyes again.
The scene in front of me remained unchanged.
He seems to know where the disappeared people in Raven Town and nearby villages have gone!
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