Chapter 18: The Giant's Strength Criterion - The Number of Abs

In this battle, Daris, along with all the ministers and nobles who lived in the palace, came.

"Your Excellency Zhang Shen, you are here." The next moment Zhang Shen got out of the carriage, Darliston led the ministers to this side, full of enthusiasm, as if welcoming an old friend who had not seen him for many years. This strange attitude suddenly made the nobles on the side look sideways, and the eyes of Zhang Shen and the others were full of speculation and curiosity.

Daris was eager to tell every citizen that the country had sufficient food reserves, and naturally he would not hide it, and the nobles, as the second largest group in the kingdom, were well-informed, and they quickly thought of this, and their eyes were a little more hot.

Not far from the main entrance of the Wall of Sheena, there is a relatively tall house, the top of which has been transformed into a flat roof, which was used as a viewing platform and command platform when the giants attacked the city. Zhang Shen came to the top, looked around, most of the walls of Xina could be seen, and this section on both sides of the main entrance could be seen clearly.

This world has invented telescopes for military purposes, but the eyesight of Zhang Shen and several others has exceeded the level of normal people, and they can see everything on the city wall clearly without a telescope.

With the help of the black technology of the previous group of defenders, the width of the city wall was already close to fourteen meters. What is the concept of 14 meters, which can accommodate at least five troikas in parallel, and there is no need to worry about collisions.

At the edge of the city wall, there are cannons at a glance. They were fixed to the walls, barrels pointing downward, aimed at the giants outside the walls who were rushing rapidly towards them. On either side of each cannon are several soldiers who are responsible for loading, sweeping, aiming, ignition, etc., to ensure that the cannon is always in good condition and repel the invading giants.

Behind a row of cannons, near the inner side of the city walls, hundreds of soldiers equipped with three-dimensional maneuvers stood by in formation. Before the giants were infected with the T-virus and evolved, they had a heavy burden and a heavy responsibility, because they were a very important line of defense, responsible for killing the giants who broke through the artillery defense line in time to prevent it from causing more damage. But now......

Looking over the high wall, you can see a large wave of giants approaching rapidly.

They don't have a strict queue, sparse, loose, but the flexibility and exaggerated mobility they show are enough to make up for all the flaws, so that people have no chance to take advantage of it, but to fight hard.

Giants vary in height, tall and short, but they are generally around ten meters, and each giant has a perfect muscle that makes people envy and hate, even those little giants who are three or five meters tall with a child's face have perfect male curves.

As the commander gave the order, I saw clouds of white smoke rising, and hundreds of black and bright shells were rapidly shot out of the barrels under the impetus of gunpowder, drawing beautiful arcs in the air, and smashing towards the giants outside the city walls.

Something happened to Zhang Shen's surprise.

When the cannonball fell on the city wall and was about to explode the giant, these guys, who usually looked stupid, instantly became agile, rushing forward or backward or moving left and right, although the action seemed quite reckless, but strangely avoided the bomb that fell on the head!

Zhang Shen and the others changed color one after another, on the contrary, Daris and the others were unusual, and they seemed to have known about it.

The "IQ" of giants is limited after all.

When the bomb landed, the explosion sound of "bang bang bang" was endless, and the shock wave caused by it spread to all sides, and the ground that was not very solid was blown into dust, and the giant who avoided the head attack of this wave of bombs was also staggered by the chaotic impact from all directions, and fell to the ground one after another, with an angry howl from his mouth.

A second wave of black bomb rain arrived just in time.

Explosions came and went, and in the midst of the smoke and fireworks, the giant's howl grew weaker and weaker until it was gone.

Hot, dusty and yellowish-looking steam billowed up into the sky.

In just two or three volleys, the first wave of incoming giants fell under the city walls.

Witnessing this real and magnificent war scene for the first time, most of the newcomers couldn't help but show joyful expressions, and several even danced with their hands, very happy.

But Daris and the others did not show the slightest joy, on the contrary, their expressions became solemn.

Because, according to convention, this first wave of giants was originally used to attract firepower and make cannon fodder for the giants that followed.

Although the "leader" who has never been seen in speculation cannot finely control the behavior of each giant, he has a surprisingly certain "strategic vision" and knows how to use weak giants as cannon fodder to open the way.

That's right, that batch of hundreds of giants is just cannon fodder to open the way.

"All of them are giants above level 15......" Daris muttered to himself, his face a little gloomy and a little surprised.

Zhang Shen was puzzled and asked, "Your Majesty Daris, may I ask what is the situation of level 15?" Do you have a division of the strength of these giants? In Zhang Shen's opinion, it is incredible to grade the strength of giants, and to use the fine method of numbers.

It turns out that before being infected with the T-virus, the strength of giants was calculated based on their height, and in general, the taller giants were also stronger—with the exception of the Strange and Alien species.

At that time, people often added a "XX meter" when talking about giants, for example, the first giant that Zhang Shen and others met in the valley that day was a five-meter giant.

But now......

"According to our observations, whether it is a strange species, an alien species, or an ordinary giant, their strength can be divided according to the number of their abdominal muscles!"

"If you have more abdominal muscles, your strength will be stronger!"

"Level 15, that's a giant with 15 abs!"

Zhang Shen: ......

Blue Phoenix and all other guardians: ......

"There are too many slots, but I don't know how to complain for a while......" Zhang Shen looked embarrassed.

"That...... Isn't the number of abs generally even? The corners of his mouth twitched for a while, Zhang Shen laughed a few times, and asked, "Also, this calculation method is really accurate!?" ”

Daris sighed abruptly: "Absolutely accurate, this is verified by our soldiers with their lives." ”

The sudden change in the atmosphere of "......" made Zhang Shen really not know how to respond, and he turned his gaze to the second wave of attacking giants, focusing on the number of abs......

Cannonballs whistled, explosions continued one after another, and in the smoke and dust, the giants strode towards the city walls, avoiding most of the incoming cannonballs with a more agile pace than the previous giants. If it weren't for the shock wave generated by the explosion of the shells falling to the ground, I am afraid that these rather dense shells would not be able to hit them.

Paying two-thirds of the price, the giants finally rushed under the city walls.

Zhang Shen had been observing, and only then did he reluctantly admit that the giants who could rush to the end did have a few more abdominal muscles than those of their kind who were killed in the middle of the explosion......

"This unscientific world ......" Not only did Zhang Shen grit his teeth and slam the table in his heart, but the expressions of Lan Phoenix and the others were also a little weird, and those newcomers who were originally trembling with fear from this large-scale giant attacking the city plucked up their courage...... That's a great welcome......

A dozen giants, with an average of eighteen abs, rushed to the city wall and quickly gathered towards the city gate.

The gate had been completely blocked by soldiers with a large number of stones, and it had been built with something similar to cement, which was connected to the surrounding wall, and it was extremely unlikely that it would be breached.

Still, these brainless giants persevered in their assault on the gates, slamming their bodies into each other.

The cannons fixed to the walls could not hit them, and immediately a new group of soldiers stepped forward, and they were very careful to hold something like a cannonball, and when they reached the edge of the wall, their hands were loosened, and these black shells suddenly fell vertically, aiming at the giants gathered at the gates.

Explosions rang out.

The high-temperature steam burst up.

It turned out that this was the "grenade" of this world, but the stability was obviously very poor, and it would explode if it accidentally collided.

The level of steel smelting in this world is not very good, and the quality of the barrels manufactured is naturally not much better.

After twenty or thirty rounds of shelling, the two cannons exploded, and the dozen or so soldiers around them were blown into a puddle of minced flesh and blood splattered. However, the other soldiers did not react in the slightest, and did not even turn back, as if they had long been commonplace. The officer didn't pay much attention to it, but issued several orders one after another, and then someone brought a new cannon, skillfully cleaning up the wreckage of the original cannon and replacing it with a new one. Even, even the corpses that were close at hand didn't bother to care, and just ignored them.

The newcomer let out a piercing scream, and for the first time really saw the cruelty of this world!

Several of the women cried at that time, crying and retching, even the men had ugly faces, some blue, their hands trembled slightly, and they felt weak.

"Order: Mechanical Mind!" Blue Phoenix frowned, and the truth spat lightly.

The invisible fluctuations spread, and the next moment, the expressions of the newcomers became indifferent, really like a robot. However, the strange thing is that their eyes clearly reveal complex emotions such as fear, panic, anger, and unwillingness, but these emotions cannot have any effect on their bodies......

This strange scene made Daris and the others feel terrified, and they shrugged their throats quietly, and their bodies unconsciously moved a little to the side, away from Blue Phoenix, a beautiful woman who didn't seem to have the momentum of a strong man, and raised her danger level to the first level in their hearts.

"Go ahead, it's something you can't escape." Zhang Shen watched coldly, turning a deaf ear to the eyes of some people asking for help.

With resentful, helpless, and mocking eyes, a dozen newcomers walked onto the city wall and began the first battle with the giant in the true sense.