On the carriage a kilometer away, Howell saw the huge harmonic array released by the Fire Department fighters and asked, "Colonel MacArthur, how many soldiers of this magnitude do you think an attack of this magnitude can be compared to in a traditional battle?"

"At least seven thousand people—I mean these seven thousand people must be warriors who can open more than four veins, otherwise if they can't open the Harmonic Pulse Array, they won't be able to resist this kind of large-scale spiritual bombardment. ”

Howell said: "To be able to force the soldiers of the Fire Department of the Beast Kingdom to this point, it can be seen that the ambush soldiers who came this time are not vegetarians—they came prepared-" Howell closed his veins, which meant that this accident was over, "Colonel MacArthur, if you have the chance, please find out the identities of these people, the last record of the living dead was before the first Holy Alliance, of course, I don't expect to find out anything." ”

"Yes. Mark Arthur replied, and asked, "General Howell, do you think the crisis is over?"

"Lifted, let all the soldiers rest, and then we're going to enter Sheep City. Howell got into the carriage, and the teacups on the carriage table were still hot.

Under the leadership of Lockhardt, the soldiers of the Ministry of Fire returned to their positions one after another. The troops escorting the grain and grass began to hurry, and the sheep city not far away was getting closer and closer. Everyone was talking about the accident that had just happened, and although it didn't cause any casualties or damage, it was all too weird.

Those ambush soldiers were not so much people as undead or corpses, and they did not have any signs of spiritual power or veins in their bodies, and they did not look like creatures of this world at all. If it weren't for the large-scale Harmonic Array Spiritual Bombardment, I would have had a lot of strength to destroy them. Ordinary soldiers stood far away and witnessed the scene of the battle of the fire fighters, whether it was spiritual skills or combat skills and tacit understanding, this was incomparable to them, and these hundred fire soldiers could exert tens of thousands of combat effectiveness on the battlefield.

The drunkard spat into the ground and scolded: "Damn, it's really unpleasant to let my regular army stand behind and watch others fight, isn't the six veins amazing?

"Don't you chatter, you can do it, everyone else is the elite of the beast country, we can compare? Just send all the food and grass safely this time, don't think about it, neither of us killed anyone, even if this gamble is drawn, next time we will fight it out." Sao Ji shrugged his shoulders and said so, but he didn't have the same idea as the drunkard, why let the people of the fire department go up, and the regular army hid behind to guard the grain and grass, there were not many opportunities to fight, and they had to hand over the precious opportunity to others, which was the most incomprehensible to them.

"Joining the army is to make meritorious contributions, and you won't be allowed to fight battles, why are you joining the army?" the drunkard picked up the wine jug on his waist and drank it all before he let out a bad breath, "I'll retire in two years, I'll go to business, go fucking join the army, just go to war and find four departments, the regular army is a fart-"

"You keep quiet, you get crazy when you drink, don't you see everyone around you looking at you?"

The soldiers around looked at the drunkard, although it was just nonsense, but it was not unreasonable. The firehead fighters ignored it, and instead talked to each other about what had just happened during the battle.

Lockhart passed through the troops and caught up with General Howell's carriage.

"Report General Howell, Lockhardt, head of Operation Thunder Island of the Ministry of Fire, came to report. ”

Howell pulled up the curtain and said, "You don't need to report to me, you are the chief officer of this operation." My task is only to escort the grain and grass, and the rest of the things have nothing to do with me. ”

"I know, sir, but you were the Supreme Commander until the Grain and Grass arrived at Maple Leaf Harbor. ”

When Mark Arthur heard the news, he rode after Lockhard.

"Hello, Colonel Mark Arthur. ”

"Hello. ”

"I'd like to talk about the strange things that happened during the battle just now, and you must have seen the whole battle with your own eyes. ”

"Yes, it's quirky. General Howell said it was the living dead, and the last time it appeared was before the First Holy Alliance, and there are very few records of that time, if not all—"

Howell nodded, "You four people should know more about this aspect, after all, you are the experts in this area. ”

"The general laughed, the expert in this area is none other than the Wind Ministry, and the duty of our Fire Department is to follow orders and fight, that's all. Lockhalt smiled slightly, "Of course, we still have a preliminary understanding of some information, but this is the first time we have seen such a thing as the living dead. ”

"Can you tell us more about the situation when facing the enemy?" asked Mark Arthur, "for example, the source of the strength of the living dead, their appearance, their stature, the strength of their fighting strength, and it is better to be able to tell where they came from." ”

Seeing that Howell was silent, Lockhalt opened his mouth and said: "First of all, it is an illusion given to us by the living dead, which makes us think that they have normal spiritual power and veins, which we can perceive with spiritual power, and mistakenly think that they are spiritual magicians who can open the veins, but in fact, when we really fight with them, we find that these so-called people have no spiritual power at all, and they are like dry bones without any value." Presumably everyone knows that spiritual power is a very peculiar spiritual power in this world, whether or not the spiritual eye is opened, whether the pulse can be opened, everything has a spirit, that is to say, spiritual power is an indispensable thing for all life in this world. But they don't have the characteristics of life—the second discovery is their coordination, the three thousand living dead attacking almost simultaneously, and their every movement is so tacit that they even surpass my team, and they march in order as if they were controlled by the same man—"

"How effective are they?" Howell asked.

"There is almost no combat power, and they are unable to launch any spiritual pulse attacks other than simple combat techniques. If an army like this has a tacit understanding to the extreme, it will have a certain strength, it will be a terrible combat power. Lockhart said: "This is exactly what I feared, judging from the previous encounter, a mere cut or a physical blow would not be effective against them, that is, these living dead would not bleed, be wounded or feel pain when they were struck by a sword, they were war machines, and they were only at the mercy of those who controlled them." ”

"So you chose the method of spiritual bombardment?" asked Mark Arthur.

"Yes, the strength of the two of them is above the seven veins, and I must have found that purple-black smoke always appeared on the bodies of these living dead. This strange smoke is a substance, the opposite of what we normally call spiritual power, and these purple-black smoke are their spiritual power to the living dead. However, they have no pulses and no pulses, so they should be half-finished. After discovering this, I thought of a way, which was to bombard the living dead with the spiritual pulses emitted by the Harmonic Pulse Array, and this non-physical method of attack might be very effective. Of course, it turned out that I was right. ”

Howell and Mark Arthur were silent for a moment, both lost in thought.

"What do you think? We've never encountered this before, so why would they ambush the Beast Army?"

Mark Arthur shook his head, and she was puzzled by this.

"Miss Lockhardt, can you get the remains of the living dead, and if so, bring them back to the beast kingdom for further analysis, and maybe there will be a satisfactory answer. ”

"I'm sorry, Colonel Arthur, but this is the third discovery I want to make. Although these living dead had no weaknesses, they were incapacitated after being attacked by the spiritual pulses released by the Harmonic Pulse Array. And it won't be long before they're annihilated—"

"Annihilation?

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Mark Arthur and Howell looked in the direction of Mark Arthur's finger, and the corpses in the distance had disappeared without a trace, even the gray-black armor on their bodies was gone.

"What a hell of a life. Howell lamented, "This matter must be reported to the Fourth Department and the military as soon as possible." ”

"I have sent someone to report the news, and the four departments will get the news within a day. "What do we do next?"

"Go ahead, our mission is not yet complete, we have to rush to Maple Leaf Harbor by noon tomorrow, and we will camp in Sheep City tonight. Howell said.

Lockhardt had explained everything and moved to the rear of the troops on horseback.

Mark Arthur watched Lockhart disappear from sight and asked, "General Howell, this ambush is strange, why did the living dead suddenly appear?"

"You're going to have to ask them, but I'm sure they don't know, so no one can give you that answer. Howell looked up at the moon in the sky, which was surprisingly bright, and said with interest: "On the night of the full moon, tomorrow will be another good day." It looks like we're missing out on the first snow in the Tree Country, and hopefully this good fortune will continue. ”

Mark Arthur looked at the end of the sheep intestine path, the gray and white sheep city was getting bigger and bigger, the battlements were neatly arranged on the city walls, and the spiritual lantern illuminated the dark night.

"Colonel Mark Arthur, do you think we are the only targets of this attack?"

"Otherwise, is there anyone else?"

"Huh. Howell smiled, "Do you think this ambush was a failure?"

"Yes. ”

"On the basis?"

"They were wiped out, and we didn't lose anything. ”

"So that's the reason?"

"In my opinion, yes. ”

Howell said lightly: "No one does something that is doomed, and that person does it because he can achieve his goal." ”

"What is his purpose?" asked MarkArthur, puzzled.

"Not letting others know his purpose, and yet achieving his own purpose, that is their purpose. ”

Mark Arthur was silent for a moment and muttered, "Is this really that complicated?"

"I don't know, but it must not be easy. Howell said, "When Maple Leaf Harbor assembles, we'll meet someone, and I'll want to meet her when the time comes." ”

"Who is this man?"

"Snow Country Sword Immortal, Qi Yunming. Howell said: "If we encounter an ambush here, then Qi Yunming, who has already entered the Green Sea, is no exception. The Snowpiercer Fleet will also be a target for the masterminds behind the scenes—"

Mark Arthur asked, "General Howell, what makes you have such a guess? Why don't you attack the Dragon Country, attack the Tree Country, and the Fog Country and the Sand Country can also be their targets?"

"It's my intuition, and it's much easier to do things with intuition, even though you can't do things entirely by intuition. ”

"General Howell has always relied on intuition?"

"Intuition is an experience, and of course experience is an intuition, and I want you to trust my intuition and experience. Howell said, "Tonight the Dragon Fleet will arrive at Maple Leaf Harbor to join the Tree Nation army, and tomorrow, at noon on the 15th, we will arrive on time, and we will know everything when the Snow Fleet arrives in the afternoon." ”

"I trust your instincts. Mark Arthur said word for word, and in Howell she felt a sense of reliability that she had never felt before.

"Thank you. Howell said gratefully, leading his troops toward Sheep City.