Chapter 496: Whose Bait Are These Pointy Ears?
Wallace is a salted fish who gets by every day, and he is not married, and he belongs to the type where one person eats enough for the whole family and is not hungry, so compared with the other old fritters in the team, this guy generally has no scruples about doing things, and the only thing he cares about is his own life.
So when Wallace suggested that the team be broken up and scattered to search around, Noel, an old friend, couldn't help but feel surprised.
"It's true that this will increase our chances of finding our target, but you should be well aware of the risks involved, right?" Noel didn't seem to be about to take the suggestion, and stretched out his hands at Wallace and asked, "Once the combat power is dispersed, once it is discovered by the abyss, there is absolutely no chance of survival, even if the location of the target is found, how can we notify the other teams?" Or do you think a team with only a few people can break through the defenses of the abyss and destroy the instrument?"
I have to say that Noel's analysis is very correct, the patrol captain of two thousand years is obviously not in vain, and he has a lot of experience in how to use a small number of people to complete the difficult tasks issued by his superiors. While this experience may be a little inappropriate to use against the abyss, it's better than being at a loss or having to go around with iron.
Unfortunately, Wallace wasn't really thinking about how to accomplish the task reasonably and efficiently.
After the team was dispersed, I only had to be with him in a group with two or three outsiders, and at that time it was obviously much more successful in convincing them to find a safe place to wait for enough time before using the teleportation scroll to get out of this hellish place than convincing dozens of people. If it weren't for the fact that the scroll couldn't be teleported back to the World Tree directly......, but would have been teleported to the Abyss Occupation Zone, and it would have been difficult for a single person to go back through the abyss's patrol route, I'd have escaped by myself a long time ago!
If it weren't for the fact that there was a group of middle-aged uncles playing the role of passers-by next to him, Wallace would probably have put on a personal resentment expression on his face to imitate the Hou (Divine Beast) palace girl who was inadvertently provoked by the male protagonist and was eagerly waiting for the young man to take the initiative, although it seemed that the very spicy eyes were not suitable at all.
However, Noel still did not approve of the old drunkard's suggestion, and he insisted on gathering the personnel together, and then led the team to search in the direction of the other, without giving Wallace any chance to make a small move.
The uprightness of his friends and the continuous progress of the team towards the area where the situation is unknown made Wallace gradually firm up his idea of sneaking away, as an outlier among the elves, this guy has no sense of honor and mission, far from being like others, even if he has no motivation, he has greeted Miselle countless times in his heart, but when he thinks of his wife and children, he will still carry out this battle that is no different from sending him to death.
Everyone is fighting for their families to survive in the future, with the exception of Wallace. Uncle Drunkard, who only cares about his own life, finally makes up his mind after his team encounters the search force of the Abyss once more and kills a compatriot again.
"Hurry up, everyone, we don't have time to mourn the deceased!" Noel didn't notice the darkening face of Wallace who was following him along the way, he was only concerned about getting the team out of this place as soon as possible to avoid being surrounded by a large group of abyssal monsters who rushed to hear the news, "And the fact that there is an enemy patrolling here means that we are not looking in the wrong direction, everyone work harder!"
Although it is so inspiring, but in fact, there is no wrong direction, no one believes this kind of words, no one believes it at all, in the impression that the camp of the abyss should be composed of a piece of purple-red disgusting and unknown viscous substance, right, now the surrounding mountains and green environment is not like it at all, okay?
Everyone even wondered if something was wrong with the teleportation array, sending them to the contested zone between the elves and the abyss' sphere of influence. Otherwise, who would believe that this is an abyss-controlled zone and look at the nearby scene?
In the distance, there was an explosion completely different from the release of magic, and the old fritters who were about to leave couldn't help but turn their heads to look over, but unfortunately even though the terrain was flat but far away, they still couldn't see anything, and in the end they only saw a few rising black plumes of smoke.
Noel was not surprised by this at all compared to the others, and continued to shout at the team members: "What are you doing in a daze, do you want to move a stool here to sit and eat melons and watch a show? In addition to us, those people from other worlds also sent a team of unlucky ghosts to participate in this battle, and they should have made the movement just now." Leave them alone, we can't fight in a way that the other side does, and it's a good tactic to wrap the abyss left and right. β
Knowing that there are poor worms who are also sad, no, it means that there are allies who are also fighting hard not far away, the originally gray eyes of this group of old fritters slowly regained their luster. Whether it's gloating or expecting the other party to attract some of the abyss' attention for themselves, in short, everyone's morale has risen a little, and they are no longer as lifeless as before.
Only Wallace's face was still as black as the bottom of a pot, and now even children knew that the remaining combat power of the elves had reached the point of being almost vulnerable, otherwise how could such an important task be entrusted to them as a group of salted fish? Obviously, these so-called allies who came prepared, should take over the responsibility of sending elite troops from Missel, who was embarrassed by the lack of soldiers in their hands, so why send their group of salted fish to send people to their heads?
The answer is very simple, the salted fish were used as bait - this can be seen from the fact that the troops of the allies in the other world were teleported after a long delay than Wallace and the others, because the abyss was clearly focusing on the elves at this moment, and the movement of various troops was also to encircle and intercept them, so naturally they would not be wary of the elite troops of the allies who arrived later.
If it weren't for those explosions and Noel's explanation, Wallace wouldn't even know that there was a reinforcement behind him waiting for them to take the initiative to sell and then look for an opportunity to pick up heads.
"You actually know, don't you?" Wallace whispered as he leaned over to Noel's side as the team started moving again, "I mean about the other allied troops that have been teleported, and since the old witch named you to be the captain, she should have told you the precautions in the mission, right?"
"While I was surprised as to why Mistress Micel chose me to be the captain, yes, I did hear a lot from her. β
Seeing that his old friend did not deny it, Wallace only felt that his whole person was suddenly bad: "Including the fact that we were used as bait?"
Noel couldn't help but pout, patted the other party's shoulder and said: "We may not be elite, but we are definitely not cannon fodder, how can we become bait? β
Wallace glanced at his old friend in disgust, and made up his mind to take out the scroll and run away without hesitation when he encountered danger later, or to solve his own life in a more extreme way......
Anyway, it's not like no one has tried it before, it's just that it's not the elves who eat crabs, it's other races.
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The swamp full of puddles was not conducive to the movement of mechanical weapons, but it was difficult for Nangong Rong, who was commanding them far away, and the young man just put away the tracks and wheels of these dirt puppets and replaced them with slender mechanical feet, and temporarily solved the current dilemma.
"I didn't expect it to be in a swamp, and the natural environment has not been eroded by the abyss energy, what is the other party thinking?" Nangong Rong said to the system while paying attention to the situation of the puppet that was teleported to him in the undisturbed room specially prepared for him by the elf, "Golden retriever, what do you think?"
"I can't see anything, right, it's a swamp, it's really unexpected. Sao Nian, did you see some kind of man-made structure that towered into the sky nearby?"
Nangong Rong knew what the golden retriever cat meant, he actually started to search around immediately after the puppets were teleported, but unfortunately he found nothing: "No, this place is as pure as an undeveloped nature reserve, if it weren't for the many abyssal reactions that can be seen on the detector, I would have thought that the teleportation was wrong." β
The golden retriever didn't understand what was going on, it stands to reason that the jamming instrument should be nearby, not to mention that it was an unobstructed swamp, so there was no reason to see it? Or did the abyss sink the instrument into the mud, and only the antenna was exposed...... I guess it's impossible.
The mechanical creations of the Abyss have always had a strong rough and rudimentary style, and it is simply commonplace for the magic patterns of wires and twists to be exposed, and even if a ship sails in the void and must be sealed, it is just an extra armor plate welded on the outside. A large precision instrument that can affect the entire plane is estimated to be completely scrapped in less than three hours if it were to be soaked in mud.
It's still the kind that can't even be repaired.
The system finally gave a more pertinent summary: "No matter what, it's right to find the direction where the abyss is most concentrated." β
Nangong Rong thought so too, but before that, the boy decided to do something else first. As a result, the puppets who had completed the transformation of the swampy terrain turned around and chased after the elven troops who were hurrying not far away, as if they were planning to meet each other.
"Huh?" Nangong Rong, who was concentrating on commanding the puppet, suddenly couldn't help frowning and snorted softly, as if he had discovered something that surprised him very much, "What's the situation?"
Although the blonde little Lori next to her was just a projection, she was holding a lollipop (of course, it was also a projection) in her hand and licking it happily, and at this time, she even stuffed the candy into her mouth and answered vaguely: "Let me guess, when you let the puppet get close to the sharp-eared salted fish army, all the abyss monsters blocking the way on the way took the initiative to avoid it?"
Although she knew that the system was AI, and she also had a support group that specialized in providing advice and providing a lot of strange ideas, Nangong Rong was still shocked by Xiao Loli's performance: ", how did you know?"
"It's just a situation that has arisen in countless deductions beforehand, and it's not surprising. The golden retriever sat down on the table in front of the boy with a nonchalant look, his legs in black over-the-knee stockings folded into a beautiful shape, but unfortunately someone who was watching in the distance didn't appreciate it at all, "Do you know why I stopped you and told the puppets to wait a while before leaving?"
"Uh, isn't it to stuff the three-headed body and the instrument he uses to detect abyssal units into the golem?"
"That's just one of the reasons, it's more that we want those elves to be bait for us to attract the attention of the abyss, and then you can find another opportunity for the puppets to avoid the abyss and launch a sneak attack to destroy that instrument. Now it seems that the elves were indeed used as bait, but the ...... who set the trap were ""
Xiao Lori's words couldn't be finished, because Nangong Rong suddenly regained her spirit and turned her head to look at her with an embarrassed expression: "Golden retriever, my troops and a team of abyss monsters collided head-on, and the other party seemed to have failed to avoid it in time." β
"So what, you didn't meet a bunch of Godzilla, why don't you let the puppets blow each other to slag in minutes?"
At this time, Nangong Rong finally noticed the posture of the blonde Lori sitting on the table, and after reciting [I am not Loli Control] in his heart a few times, he finally calmed down the rapidly beating heart, pretending that nothing had happened, clenching his fists and coughing: "No, there is a more important situation." β
The golden retriever cat swapped the legs he was holding, squinted his eyes and smiled weirdly: "Strange attributes such as leg control, stocking control and loli control have finally fully awakened?"
"I heard that your real-life prototype is already married, is her husband's waist okay? No, before that, he really wasn't invited to tea by the relevant departments?"
Isn't it just tearing off the festival and throwing it around, Nangong Rong said that he has long been adapted to this kind of exercise!
Seeing that the ridicule failed, the system with black lines could only choose to give up, jumped down from the table and stroked the scattered hair on his shoulders and said seriously: "Don't mention these first, what unusual situation have you found?"
"You know that those cannons, once they start, they are very loud, and it is impossible for the abyss not to hear them. In the past, they took the initiative to avoid it, and they could barely explain it by coincidence, but now they didn't react at all when they heard the sound of the battle, and they didn't plan to send reinforcements, so it's not normal, right?"
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