Chapter 263, Monster
With an extremely depressed mood, Tang Lang left from Zha Hongtu, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "What the hell is Boss Cha doing? ”
As soon as he returned to the room and sat down, Tang Lang received an official order from within the Xuanjia Army: "Send Tang Lang and his team to return to the fiefdom of Shao'an County immediately, and cooperate with Zuo Xiaowei's new head of the hundred households to arrange the station, there must be no mistake!"
"The supplies needed for the station are not ready, I ......"
Tang Lang asked the sergeant to inquire about the news, but was rejected by the other party: "Tang Shihu, we are also acting on orders, please immediately gather your subordinates and return to the fiefdom immediately, otherwise the military law will deal with it!"
"Drive me back in such a hurry, is it ......" Tang Lang was suspicious in his heart, and under the supervision of the herald sergeant, he quickly gathered Jiang Dali and the others together, and then went out of the city and returned to Yuanshui City through the teleportation formation.
Back in Yuanshui City, Tang Lang and the others realized that the situation was quite bad, the City Lord's Mansion where the teleportation formation was located had been emptied, the originally bustling streets were empty, and the huge city was silent, like a dead city.
"What's going on?" "The more Tang Lang thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and wanted to go to Feng Junmin first to ask the reason.
A few people went along the street to Tianxiang Restaurant, all the shops and houses along the way were closed doors and windows, there was no life, and when they arrived at the destination, they found that the Tianxiang Restaurant, which was very lively in the past, was also closed, and the ground was full of garbage that had not been cleaned.
"Brother Feng, Uncle Feng, are you at home, what happened, in just a few days, how did you become desolate like this!" Tang Lang asked loudly while knocking on the door, but no one responded.
Tang Lang then remembered to open the system to scan and see, the entire Tianxiang Restaurant was empty, and he rushed to the Yaojia Inn, which was also a mess.
"Boss, let's not waste any more time, let's hurry back to the villa, the atmosphere in this city is really weird, a little panicked!" Wei Yuankui saw that Tang Lang still wanted to investigate further, so he hurriedly reminded.
Li Xinjue also frowned: "Boss, Lao Wei is right! There must be something major that has happened, and Yuanshui City will become like this, I hope it will not affect the villa!"
Tang Lang also reacted, and hurriedly led everyone back to the villa, until he saw that the gate of the villa was guarded, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Old Lu, why did you personally guard the gate?What happened, why did Yuanshui City become a dead city?"
"Master, you can be regarded as back! A lot of things have indeed happened these days, after entering, let me report in detail!" Lu Hexuan saw that Tang Lang was also relieved, and he grabbed his arm and walked inside.
"Old Lu, you hurry up and tell me what's wrong, I'm going to die in a hurry!" Tang Lang asked as he walked, anxious in his heart.
Lu Hexuan sorted out his thoughts and introduced the situation concisely:
It turned out that at night the second day after they left, many half-human and half-beast monsters suddenly appeared on the border on the Tianqing side, and when they saw living creatures, they would pounce and devour them, and they suffered heavy casualties at first, but thanks to Sheng Yuansi's timely action, these monsters were killed.
But after the news came out, the entire Yuanshui City became panicked, and the city lord Feng Honglang hurriedly asked the county lord for help but did not get support, but only notified Yuanshui City to move quickly, which caused the current situation.
"Yin Tairan has done such a desperate job, and he can't save him when he sees death!How many brothers have we lost?" Tang Lang scolded angrily, and hurriedly asked about the loss of personnel in the Chamber of Commerce.
Lu Hexuan showed a sad expression: "Because they were completely caught off guard, these monsters were as fast as the wind, as soon as they fought, they lost dozens of people, and some people were killed and injured in the battle later, a total of more than a hundred people were killed!"
"More than a hundred? The Chamber of Commerce has only recruited more than a thousand brothers for such a long time, and it has lost one-tenth of it all at once! Most of these brothers are old men who came from Tianqing with me, and they are sacrificed like this, and they are angry with me!" Tang Lang was overwhelmed with grief when he heard this, but reason told him that he must calm down.
He once again concentrated the main personnel in the council hall, and said with grief: "The emperor has agreed to send the Xuanjia Army Zuo Xiaowei and various materials to assist in the defense of the villa, but within a month, it will mainly rely on us, the Xuanjia Army only has a team of 100 people to come, and the entire Zuo Xiaowei will be reinforced in a month. ”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and Ji Fengyu was even more relieved: "Great, someone finally takes over, otherwise just guarding against monsters, people will be tired to death every day!"
Zong Bo and Gu Yuxia glared at him at the same time: "Even if the Xuanjia Army comes, we ourselves have to guard the villa in shifts, if we want to be lazy, there is no door!"
Tang Lang nodded and said: "The dean and grandpa are right! This month, we must rely on ourselves as the main force, even I don't know who the head of the hundred households sent by Zuo Xiaowei is, in case everyone disagrees, we want to fight the main force." By the way, why didn't you see Brother Hu?"
As he was talking, Hu Hefeng walked in from outside the hall, looking very funny on his toes, and as soon as they met, he accused Tang Lang: "Why don't you salute when you see the chief?"
Tang Lang said angrily: "Brother Hu, let's talk about business here, don't mess around!"
"Talking about business, without my participation, you actually have a private gathering? Don't you take me, the head of a hundred households, in your eyes?" Hu Hefeng asked rhetorically.
Tang Lang waved his hand and said, "I didn't see you when I gathered everyone just now, who knows...... What do you say, Hundred Household Chiefs?"
Hu Hefeng raised his head and laughed: "That's right! Why don't you hurry up and see Zuo Xiaowei, your direct commander!"
"What, Brother Hu is the head of the hundred households sent by him! Great, I'm still worried that Boss Cha will send a guy who can only play tricks. Brother Hu, congratulations on being promoted!" Tang Lang reacted at this time.
"What a promotion!" Hu Hefeng said angrily: "Lao Tzu was originally the head of a hundred households, and he was removed from his post because he was framed before, but now he is just an official reinstatement!"
Tang Lang also wondered in his heart before, with Cha Hongtu's trust in Hu Hefeng and the other party's ability, how could he be a mere head of ten households, at the same level as himself, a newcomer, it turned out that there was such a reason before.
Hu Hefeng frowned and said, "Let's talk about the important thing first! You all saw from Yuanshui City just now, it is basically deserted. At present, in addition to guarding the villa, we also have to protect the teleportation array in the city, so far only you and my team have arrived, and the remaining eighty people have not yet come. ”
"Are they all reliable?" Tang Lang asked rhetorically.
"Don't worry, these boys are all handed over by me, and they are a hundred loyal to me and the boss, there will be no problem!"
"That's good, Brother Hu, I'll ask Kunpeng to take a hundred brothers from the Battle Hall with you to Yuanshui City to guard the teleportation array and welcome the rest of the brothers to come. In addition, it is best for Brother Hu to contact Boss Cha, send a few formation mages over, and also build a teleportation formation in the villa, so that the boss can teleport directly to the villa, and we don't need to send people to the city. Tang Lang was not polite, and immediately began to arrange manpower and matters.
Next, all the manpower of the martial arts hall and the battle hall were mobilized, and the rest of the people were not idle, further widening and heightening the walls around the villa, renovating them according to the standards of the city wall, and doing everything possible to improve the defense capability of the villa.
After most of the people were ordered to go out, Tang Lang was the only one who left Zong Bo and Gu Yuxia to ask for the details of this monster alone. In fact, he already had a conjecture in his heart, but he just wanted to ask them for verification.
"Is this monster the same as the one that infiltrated the villa last time?" Tang Lang asked in a deep voice.
Zong Bo nodded and confirmed: "The appearance is different, last time it was half human and half snake, this time there are more types, some are like wolves, some are like bears, there are roughly four or five kinds of appearances, each is fierce and abnormal, either infinitely powerful, or agile, it should be the product of the demon." ”
"All from the direction of Tianqing?" This is the last answer Tang Lang wants to get.
Gu Yuxia sighed and said: "That's true! After repelling these monsters, I sneaked into the Tianqing territory alone and reached Ziwei City, but ......"
"What's wrong with Ziwei City?" Tang Lang had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"Ziwei City no longer exists, as far as the eye can see, there are ruins, ten rooms and nine empty, even Ziwei Academy is dilapidated, and everyone is missing!" Gu Yuxia said slowly.
"Damn! What the hell is Zhao Huahan doing? Does she know in Filipino?" Tang Lang slammed his fist on the table.
"In order not to cause panic, this matter is currently only known to the three of us, but I have the worst guess, I'm afraid that the next thing we will face is the monster like last time!" Gu Yuxia said in a deep voice.
"Grandpa, you mean, the people in Ziwei City are ...... It's just a brute, turning all his people into monsters, he should have really killed him with one slap!" Tang Lang became more and more angry the more he spoke, and smashed all four table legs with a "clang".
"If that's the case, I'm afraid our casualties will also be very large! Below the rank of sergeant has no power to fight back against monsters, and can only barely protect themselves with battle formations, our masters are too scarce!" Zong Bo's tone was also very depressed, and he couldn't bear to see the former students die tragically at the hands of monsters.
"Dean, grandpa, we definitely can't use human lives to fight monsters, we are all brothers who share weal and woe together, and I can't bear to hurt any of them. What weaknesses do these monsters have that they can exploit?" Tang Lang's character never refused to admit defeat easily, and he was ready to plan a counterattack with all his might.
"These monsters have rough skin and thick flesh, and ordinary martial arts and spells are like tickling on the body, and they have no effect at all, and only high-level skills can cause damage. In addition, in addition to their murderous nature, their minds are a little confused, which may be exploited!" Gu Yuxia recalled the scene of the previous fight, especially emphasizing one of the points.