As time passed, the winter breath had faded, and as far as the eye could see, the plains were dyed with a rich layer of green. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info When sitting in the car and feeling the temperature of the sun, Lu Wuyi and his party could already feel a significant burning sensation.

Now the sun is no longer soft in winter, and slowly begins to become blazing and harsh.

Lu Wuyi and his entourage have changed into clothes suitable for spring and summer. Although I can only wear a military uniform that looks simple and ordinary, I can say that it is also a spring dress. As the commander of the legion, Lu Wu also specially put on a pair of eye-catching white gloves to hide the magic ring.

There were four cars in total, and except for a few people such as Lu Wu, Amber, and Red Clothes, everyone else was wearing exoskeleton armor. As mentioned earlier, the more advanced the combat exoskeleton armor, the smaller its shape is, and even if you sit in a car, it will not take up much more space than ordinary people.

This is not because Lu Wu wants to show off or anything, purely because it is easier to avoid trouble. Lu Wu already knew that the security of the refugee camp was a big problem. Those who had been defeated often used what they had left of their equipment to loot, and they degraded from army to banditry. To make matters worse, based on Lu Wu's experience on the side of Gasha, as long as these bandits did not have any conflict with the regular army, the regular army did not care. Because according to the special system of this world (that is, if the officer is not dead, the army is not disbanded), these bandits can retain their status as soldiers of the local army no matter what they do.

Moreover, the situation on the side of Nice is much more complicated than that of Gashe.

The reason for this is that the refugee camps around the city of Gasher are almost the last and worst group of people.

From the moment Kecha Goyat took advantage of the disintegration of time and space to launch an attack, the Huiyue side began to evacuate the residents. It was not clear whether it was the foresight of the high-level and the conviction that the Banshee's gate could not be guarded, or whether it was in response to the impact of the disintegration of time and space and the evacuation of the population to avoid losses, and Lu Wu couldn't figure out who made the relevant retreat plan and who was specifically responsible for the implementation of this operation. In short, the final situation is like this, that is, the entire Banshee Gate, the population belonging to the Huiyue camp, has retreated to the last line of defense. As a refugee, he temporarily lives on the edge of various heavily fortified cities.

The city of Gashe, where Lu Wu was located, was the place where the refugees who had retreated from the most frontier positions were gathered.

As everyone knows, in this case, the refugees on the side of Gasher were the last to move, the farthest route, the most hindered, and the least aided (they retreated almost entirely on their own before being supported by the garrison of the floating fortress), so it was only natural that the refugees suffered the most losses. Despite the influence of factors such as proper organization, by the time they arrived in the city of Gashe, most of the refugees' belongings were lost. Not to mention the inevitable troubles such as casualties, lost, and illness. In fact, Lu Wu remembers very well that after his first arrival at the refugee camp in Gasha City, the Red Clothes told him that the clan had lost almost all of their collective property.

In contrast, the refugees here in Nice have suffered much less damage due to distance, time, and support. Of course, there are at least twice as many refugees here as there are in Gasher. And a considerable part of the property should have been preserved. According to the information that Lu Wu has obtained so far, they have even established a simple but town-like construction area outside the city of Nice. Unlike in the city of Gashe, in the beginning, everyone had to live in tents.

It's approaching summer. The turmoil of Kecha Goat's sudden rise has been dissipated by conflict and war, or slowly accepted. Although the border conflicts are still ongoing, most of them can only be regarded as temptations, not even temptations. The core of the war was still Kaicha Goyat and the Stygian Moon, and the Radiant Moon remained silent for the time being.

People who are interested in making achievements, such as the former Aqi, may take the initiative to try to launch a counterattack. But for most of the cities on the border of Huiyue, it is also a good option to maintain the current calm. After all, they are facing Kecha Goat, a powerful and unknown enemy. You can't be wrong to be cautious in front of such an enemy - don't you see that the Stygian Moon was pressed to the ground by Kecha Goat, beaten again and again?

The city of Nice is in line with the mainstream. In fact, it's calm here. Neither the old commander of the regular army nor the new commander of the local army, who had been entrusted with the defense, seemed to have any interest in launching a counterattack. The Destroyer Legion of Kechagoat was also content with its current small patrols, and there was little friction between the two sides. At least there are no records of it.

In this case, almost no one cares about other aspects of Nice, let's say, refugees.

But just because no one cares doesn't mean that the de facto impact doesn't exist. This area is much better than that of Kasha, because Lu Wu has seen several villages and towns along the way. It's unclear what these towns do, but they are clearly a lucky group that has been given permission to move to other areas (otherwise they would have stayed here because of the proximity to Nice). However, the migration of entire villages and towns has left behind a dead and uninhabited area. When Lu Wuyi and his entourage walked through those empty and silent villages, they could feel a clear gloom.

However, as we approached the city of Nice, this gloom gradually changed.

As we approach the city of Nice, the road is finally starting to gain popularity. As mentioned earlier, the world doesn't pay much attention to repairing roads, but in any case, a city like Nice City that can be selected as a support point for the defense line still has a slightly higher scale road. As their car enters the main road, they are soon confronted by a group of adventurers - not the legendary swords who venture deep into the dungeons, but the people who risk being attacked by the Destroyer and go deep into the controlled territory of Kecha Goat to gather all kinds of abandoned resources.

In the past, there were many such people in the city of Gasha. Lu Wu has also seen a lot. However, as a result of the reconquest of the mines, the number of such people was quickly reduced to negligible levels - mining was labor-intensive. For humans, it is more attractive to work in a stable manner that is safe and stable, and does not have to take risks.

However, this is clearly not the case on the Nice side. These adventurers looked yellow-skinned, ragged, and a large number of them wore winter clothes—in fact, even winter clothes looked dirty, old, and even a little torn.

The arming of Lu Wu's group shows that they are not easy to mess with. So this simple meeting and asking for directions ended in a happy way. Lu Wu at least inquired about some basic information about Nice City, and the adventurer got some compressed canned food. In fact, when Lu Wu saw these foods now, he felt that life was no fun, but when these adventurers received it, the joy on their faces was from the bones.

Now, the man in charge of the defense of the city of Nice, or rather, the ruler of the city, is a man named Grumas. The most important thing is that this person is not the leader of a certain legion of the Banshee Gate as Lu Wu originally expected, and he became the commander of Nice City because of the strong combat power of the legion. Of course, he is not a regular army, otherwise there would be no such thing as "entrusting defense", but just taking office directly like Aqi did in the past.

According to the adventurers, this Grumas is in a bit of a special situation, although he is also a local army, but he is not from the Banshee's Gate, but from a place called Sand (or Sati? this is a transliteration anyway, the related word has no specific meaning in the local language, it should come from the transliteration of some ancient language). Of course, as in most cases, he was an aristocrat.

The concept of "aristocracy" Lu Wu has been exposed to many times. It is close to but different from such concepts on Earth. In short, the so-called nobles here are generally relatives of warlocks (especially high-ranking warlocks), and their brothers and sisters and even seven aunts and eight aunts are warlocks. Moreover, they also have an amazing ancestor. Because of a certain merit established by an ancestor, leaving a surname. According to the masters, the rulers of this world are warlocks, but because of their numbers and wars, warlocks cannot directly rule ordinary people by themselves after all. And the nobles are the agents chosen by the warlocks, who are very reliable in terms of loyalty and ability. Therefore, it is not enough for the middle and low levels of the army, and when it reaches the top level, the proportion of nobles will be surprisingly high, or even simply the words of the nobles.

For this reason, the aristocracy is actually mostly indifferent and self-righteous, and the nobleman named Grumas has to add a bunch of other adjectives such as harshness, cruelty, greed, and so on.

Lu Wuyi and his entourage confirmed these words when they approached the outside of the refugee camp, or rather, their expectations that had been hopeless before were much lower at this moment.

The first thing that caught their eye was the scattered refugees living outside the camps. On both sides of the road, you can see crumbling, dirty tents, and some shacks made of unknown things, and men and women look yellow-skinned, their eyes dull, and they have no hope for the future.

In the rear, far from the road, a human figure could be seen lying on the ground from time to time - it was not clear if it was dead or if it was simply fainting and falling to the ground.

Compared to this place, even the refugee camp outside the city of Gasha (there are basically not many people left now, and everyone has moved to various towns in the mining area) looks cute. At least at that time, the situation was bad, but at least people were not in this spirit.

"It's not normal, right?" Lu Wu asked softly. "They should be given basic food rations, how can this be?" Clothes are understandably dirty, and it is normal for adventurers to go out on long journeys and be hungry and full. But not so many people should look malnourished. The problem of food rationing should be a common situation on the entire Banshee Gate, right? Lu Wu didn't think it was a special treatment on the side of Gasha City.

Of course, the problem of the law of the jungle among the refugees needs to be taken into account...... But...... No matter how you think about it, it won't turn out like this.

"Your Excellency Lu Wu, there are not many good people like you. Ivan sighed and said. "The rear side will send the relevant food rations, and how to distribute these things is the commander's business. He could have chosen to buckle it himself. ”

Ah Qi, who was once the commander of the regular army in Gashe City, couldn't help but cover his mouth lightly when he saw all this, and his expression was a little incredulous.

"Could there be such a person?" she couldn't help but ask, a little surprised. "This approach...... How is that possible? Or how much is at stake?"

"The benefits are huge, and the food of hundreds of thousands of people, or even millions of people, is a lot of money when deducted. And it can be sold to the public trade network. Then again, the camp has been around much longer than the city of Gasha. Ivan said casually. As someone who had climbed from the bottom to the position of Legion Commander without any background, he had seen this situation a lot. "So you see, Your Excellency Lu Wu, the city of Gasha is actually not the worst place. In the case of the regular army, even if it is privately swallowed, only a part of it will be swallowed, but in the case of the local army, it will be swallowed all of it unceremoniously. ”

"Does no one care?" Lu Wu couldn't help but ask.

"Who's in charge?" asked Ivan. "The Governor is dead. And I'll tell you the truth, without you, sooner or later the city of Gasha would have become like this. It's just a matter of time. ”

Lu Wu originally thought that what he wanted to see was a larger version of Gasha City, but he didn't expect that it would be such a bleak scene right now.