Chapter 139 138. Ambush and docking
In the early morning of the next day, the sky was dark, and the blood mist obscured the distant scenery. Only the slightly undulating mountains could be seen vaguely.
The troops continue to set off and are expected to arrive in Wangchuan City before noon today.
On the armored vehicle, Su Hong seemed to be guarding the blood mist beside the road, but in fact his mind had drifted into the body of the puppet goat.
After learning that Yantang Village had become the new attack site of the Shuguang Cult, he arranged for the puppet goat to drive north all night long, grinding the goat's hooves until they blistered with blood, so that he could reach Yantang Village before morning.
"This puppet body is still too weak."
He has plans to replace the puppets, but the specific puppets to be replaced will have to wait until he has investigated the situation in Yantang Village.
The puppet goat stood on a hillside. It lowered its head and looked down. The unattended farmland was overgrown with weeds, and several wild boars were looking for sweet potatoes to eat.
The village in the distance was surrounded by blood mist, making it difficult to see the specific situation.
However, the movement of wild boars over the fields seemed to disturb the mysterious people hiding in the village. Three men in blood robes walked over from the weed-covered field ridges, talking and laughing.
"Who did I say it was? It turned out to be these stupid pigs again."
"Kill them."
Three men in blood robes jumped down from the field ridge, holding blood crystals, and walked straight towards a few wild boars.
"These guys should be the Dawn Cultists."
However, the Dawn Order is not yet called the Dawn Order. It is more appropriate to call them the Original Sin Cultists of the Original Sin Order.
The puppet goat stood quietly on the hillside, with a strange light shining in its eyes. Because of the obstruction of the blood mist, these original sin believers had not noticed it yet.
A few seconds later, the wails of wild boars sounded in the field. Several wild boars had no ability to resist the strange abilities and were killed directly.
The original sin cultist picked up the wild boar and walked back towards the village.
After the three believers completely disappeared in the blood mist, Su Hong controlled the puppet goat to jump down from the hillside and quietly approach the village.
Fifty meters away from the concrete road at the edge of the village, Su Hong finally got a slightly clearer view of the situation in the village.
There were not many people in blood robes entering and leaving the village, only six.
They seemed to be the advance troops sent by the Original Sin Cult to explore Yantang Village, and more Original Sin Cultists would come later.
Su Hong originally wanted to find a far away place to ambush and quietly observe the behavior of these believers, but he did not expect that the puppet goat would be exposed soon.
A man in blood robe standing on the roof of a self-built house in the village stared at the puppet goat and said, "Why are there still goats here? Are you sure you have cleared the forest over there?"
The original sin believers downstairs looked at each other in confusion. When they got closer, they saw a silly goat standing in the field.
"Boss, we clearly didn't see this goat just now. I don't know where this stupid thing came from."
"Okay, no need to make excuses." The man in blood robe on the roof said coldly: "This plan can only succeed, not fail."
"Without this batch of fresh blood, you and I would have to become blood food."
"Yes!" Several of the boys wiped their sweat and surrounded the sluggish puppet goat.
The people behind the Original Sin Order have not yet appeared, so there is no way to alert the enemy. Su Hong can only give up the puppet goat and let them slaughter it.
After the puppet goat was slaughtered, a shadow quietly slipped out, and he found a new puppet target near the village.
His consciousness cannot stay here for a long time. Once the consciousness leaves, the shadow will also leave.
If he wanted to return to Yantang Village, he would have to cover hundreds of kilometers. Not only wasting time, it was also a test for his spirit.
So he had to leave a shadow puppet in Yantang Village so that his consciousness could come at any time.
"The original sin cultist standing on the roof seems to have the ability to see like the Eye of the Holy Candle, so he can see my puppet goat from such a distance through the blood mist." "If you don't want to be exposed, the new shadow puppet It's better to be able to avoid his insights."
Su Hong searched nearby for a while, and finally saw a strange giant bird with two pairs of wings in an abandoned building at the back of the village.
The giant black bird was resting in an abandoned building, seemingly treating this place as its nest. There were many items left by the original sin cultists around it.
"Did those believers bring this giant bird here?"
Su Hong thought. If he turned it into a puppet, those original sin believers should not be able to find it.
They probably never imagined that someone would be able to sneak to the rear and turn their teammates into puppets.
To be on the safe side, Su Hong hid in the shadow of the house and observed for a while. After confirming that the giant bird had no spiritual connection with anyone, the shadow turned into a thin needle and directly pierced the giant bird's head.
The giant bird twitched all over and then died in its sleep.
The shadow filled the wound, and when the giant bird opened its eyes again, there seemed to be some light of wisdom shining in the eyes.
However, the giant bird made some noise when it died just now, and an Original Sin cultist rushed back to check on the situation.
"What are you doing?"
The original sin cultist stared at the giant bird suspiciously, but he didn't notice anything unusual and turned around and left.
After confirming that the puppet was safe, Su Hong's consciousness left and returned to his body.
Wei Qiang, who was sitting on the side of the armored vehicle, turned his head and joked: "Brother, if you look so seriously, can you see something behind the fog?"
Su Hong smiled and said, "There is nothing to do anyway, so why not be more cautious, just in case a monster with no eyes really attacks the convoy."
The two were chatting, and after a while, a voice came from the headset of Sun Hang, who was sitting in front.
The man turned around and reminded: "The city ahead is Wangchuan City."
"The Knights Temple and the army have cleared away the monsters in Wangchuan City. The convoy will enter the city directly later."
"Be vigilant, there might be monsters hiding in the ruins."
"Okay captain."
As the convoy continued to move forward, the surrounding trees gradually became sparse, and sporadic suburban factories and villages appeared. Half an hour after walking forward, the black outline of the urban area of Wangchuan City appeared in the distance, which was a patchwork of ruins.
The armored vehicle driving the road in front drove through the highway toll booth and directly hit the railing. The tanks behind it passed the unmanned toll booth one by one.
After a while, the armored vehicle Su Hong was in also passed by.
Wei Qiang looked at the dark and empty guard box and sighed: "I still remember that I came to Wangchuan City four or five years ago. The only impression left on me was that the expressway toll was really expensive."
"Now I can get by without paying. I miss the days when I could charge fees."
Su Hong swayed along with the bumpy car. He smiled and said, "It will get better. At least the southern district can still see the sun."
"That's true."
The convoy continued to move forward, got off the highway, passed through the city that was only a piece of charcoal and debris, and gradually drove to the temporarily cleared parking square near the shelter.
After the armored vehicle stopped, Su Hong jumped out of the car and looked ahead. Yang Minyi led a group of knights and soldiers to greet the troops from the Southern District.
Behind Yang Minyi, the little Anna was wearing training clothes and carrying a wooden sword at her waist. She had a serious expression and tried hard to hide her nervousness. She looked more upright than the knights around her, giving people the feeling of a child pretending to be an adult.
"This guy should have a happy ending this time." Su Hong thought.
(End of chapter)