Chapter 677: The Verge
You must know that the monster community is different from the five major princely forces, and each monster in the middle is a real combat power, so the overall strength of the monster community in Jinding Mountain is more than the total strength of the five major princes on the island.
Of course, this is only in terms of absolute strength, in comparison, NPC intelligence and tactics must be much higher than monsters in all aspects, or this is the reason why the five princes of the guide zhì have always been on the attacking side despite their inferior strength.
The two sides were able to confront each other for a long time on Jinding Island, and there were also factors such as the topography of Jinding Mountain in the central area of the island, which is more than 3,000 meters above sea level, even if it is not comparable to the towering mountains in the game, but it is close to the limit of the climbable range.
Yang Rui observed very carefully, there was actually a snow line on the mountainside of Jinding Mountain, and there was a range of two or three hundred meters under the ice and snow cover, but the snow disappeared again.
Looking down from the air, Jinding Mountain is like wearing a snow-white scarf, and the ice and snow only cover the upper ring.
As for why the ice and snow disappeared near the top of the mountain, after exploration, Yang Rui had already figured it out - the top of Jinding Mountain looked like a volcanic crater!
Yang Rui didn't know if there was a volcano in the game, at least so far he hadn't encountered it, but the shape of the summit of Jinding Mountain was very similar to the shape of the crater in reality.
Even if there is no volcanic eruption, it is foggy and impossible to see clearly, but the inside is supposed to be a hot spring or something.
This is just the general appearance of Jinding Mountain, but if it is unusually tall, it may not be too special. In fact, there are still several natural "passes" in Jinding Mountain. It is likely that this is the key to the repeated failure of the five princely forces on the island.
According to Yang Rui's observations. The first natural line of defense is the mountain forests that stretch below the snow line.
For the Five Princely Forces, this area is almost a primitive dense forest, and every further step is hindered by terrain, trees, and vines, coupled with the very steep terrain and the possibility of monster attacks at any time, it is very difficult for NPC soldiers to take every step forward.
For the monsters of the native community, this is a natural and excellent battlefield, and it is their native home. The familiar area of daily activities, in this environment to fight with NPC soldiers, the native community monsters are almost like a fish in water, taking advantage of the geographical advantage.
The second natural line of defense is a 100-meter-long mountain wall above the snow line.
There is almost no vegetation cover on this section of the mountain wall, almost a 90-degree cliff, and there are only a few uneven paths in between, and it is very difficult to climb every step in the case of a thin air, and you need to change hands to climb the rock wall in turn, not to mention that you are also attacked by community monsters during the climb.
The same goes for the community monsters. This section of the mountain wall is also the best place for it to block its opponents, and the space above the mountain wall is cheerful. It's relatively flat, and as long as you arrange enough monsters, it can be said that it is easy and comfortable to defend.
It is precisely because of the existence of these two natural lines of defense that the pace of the five princely NPCs to attack Jinding Mountain is greatly blocked, even if the attacking party is replaced by Yang Rui or any other person, it will also be a situation of restraint.
Of course, even if Yang Rui understands the strength and various factors of the two sides on Jinding Island clearly, it is usually not of substantial help, and the reason why Yang Rui did not choose to give up the task immediately is because of the current opportunity - the five princely forces are about to launch a new round of attacks on Jinding Mountain.
From the information obtained from the previous NPCs, Yang Rui has already learned that it is the time when the five major princely forces will crusade against the native monster community in the Central Mountain every quarter, and after Yang Rui's exploration on Jinding Island, the transfer of the five major forces found also confirms this fact.
Yang Rui keenly felt that perhaps the collision between the five princely forces on Jinding Island and the native monster community in the Central Mountain was the best opportunity to complete the search for the Three Kingdoms Civilization Regional Holy Artifact, the [Four-Legged Qiankun Ding].
If this is not the case, it seems that it is indeed unrealistic for a player force to face the five major NPC princely forces of Jinding Island alone, and then turn their heads to deal with the native monster community of Jinding Mountain in the central area, even if the reputation value reaches the set level, it is almost very difficult.
Just like the current Yang Rui, it is no worse than any princely force in the Three Kingdoms civilization area, and it is extremely difficult to advance and complete the task head-on, and the time limit has been relaxed from six game months to six game years, and there may be hope for step by step.
"Whoosh!"
On this day, while most of the monsters were nesting honestly at noon, Yang Rui went out of the Sky City at the foot of Jinding Mountain, and first explored the situation around Jinding Mountain.
Although the conflict between the five princely forces on the island and the native monster community of Jinding Mountain is imminent, it still takes four or five days for each of them to gather their subordinates, and then there will be a situation of short-handed encounter.
Even according to Yang Rui's guess, the Sacred Weapon Four-Legged Qiankun Ding in the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region is likely to be closely related to the top of Jinding Mountain, but the more you go up the mountain, the more dense the monsters become, and if you appear rashly, it is almost impossible to avoid the eyes and ears of the many monsters around.
The monsters above the mountainside are very dense, so Yang Rui first appeared at the foot of Jinding Mountain, just to get some general information, and has no plans to go closer. In the case of the monster density on Jinding Mountain, perhaps only after the emergence of the five princely forces will wait for the opportunity to look for opportunities.
Sure enough, in the next two or three days, Yang Rui did not find a suitable opportunity to cut in, so every day, except for chatting and discussing with Gao Shun, Guo Jia and others, Yang Rui spent almost all of the rest of his time on practicing Tenglong's internal strength and soul.
I don't know if it's because of the special exotic environment here, but Yang Rui's progress in cultivating internal skills is actually excellent, even better than the cultivation effect in the Penglai Realm Map and the Taishan Realm Map!
This couldn't help but surprise Yang Rui, although the cultivation environment of the exotic space was relatively much better, but this place was only the outermost layer of the exotic space, which was inferior to the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land. (To be continued......)