Chapter Twenty-Five: The City of Green Mountains

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the wing room changed suddenly.

Luo Youer took the half crab she had just touched, she didn't eat it, she didn't put it, she looked at a loss.

"You...... Crazy?" Luo gently took a moment to hold back such a sentence, the other party was not talking on paper, but had already put it into action! But the question is, what good is it for him to do this?

It is not of great significance to the Luo family, it is not an obligation to organize everyone to evacuate, and it is not the fault of the Luo family to die halfway, but it can bring them together with other candidates. And the worst situation is only Xia Fan - if the candidate who plans to evacuate knows that he is the one who blocked this passage, I am afraid that he will not tear his heart alive!

It's just that he didn't say it, he dared to admit it publicly, and this act alone had already put himself on the opposite side of all the candidates.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Xia Fan still said in a calm tone, "Too many choices will only distract the power of the group, and it is the most effective way to make all candidates face the night of the wilderness." ”

"You're thinking too simply!" Luo stomped his feet lightly, "The crowd as a whole has strength, and each mind is just a puddle of loose sand! We have the source of spiritual fire, so we will naturally do our best for that night, but what about those candidates who don't have spiritual fire? Why should they listen to you!"

"Because I can get them all to pass the exam. ”

"Even then, it's not enough—what do you say?" said Lowe.

"I said, I can get everyone who stays to pass the exam. He repeated, "The spiritual fire comes from the corpses, and the corpses are also inspired by the night of the Great Wilderness." Whether it is a small "ghost" or a large "demon", a large number of dead things will gather around it, and as long as you kill a sufficient number of evil spirits, isn't it the source of spiritual fire everywhere? ”

Can you still ...... Think so?

Luo gently felt that his common sense had been subverted—in the face of the Great Wilderness Night, was there anything wrong with trying his best to protect himself?

Theoretically speaking, he said that it is indeed possible, tens of thousands of corpses and bones are stacked together, and after a hundred years of precipitation, it makes sense that there are a large number of spiritual fire sources around. But that's only a theoretical possibility—if they can't even survive, what if they're all over the place, not to mention that they don't just have to survive, they have to defeat a lot of evil head-on, which is a bit whimsical.

"It seems that you know a lot about the Great Wilderness Night, so you shouldn't fail to understand why the hoistway is the first choice of the family!" Luo refuted softly and loudly, "You only need to guard the front and rear passes, you can minimize the number advantage of the evil spirits, and if you can't do it, you can also block the entrance and wait for the rescue of the Privy Council the next day." And fend them off from the outside? You don't know which direction they're going to emerge from! Once someone breaks up in the night, it quickly forms a chain reaction, and then you think you can handle it in the face of the crowd pushing and trampling?"

Xia Fan couldn't help but think a little highly of this Luo family genius - being able to say such things proved that she was not only knowledgeable, but also had no lack of practical experience, and knew that if she didn't have a common purpose, she could immediately pull out a team that was forbidden and had a degree of advance and retreat. What's more, the night of the Great Wilderness is a night battle, and fear and chaos are always the worst enemies.

"I can't, so I should try to avoid it. ”

"How can you guarantee that?"

Xia Fan stretched out a finger, "The purpose of the taxi examination is to select qualified scholars after all, and what the Privy Council wants to see is by no means a one-sided fiasco." Qingshan Town is no longer the uphill formation of a hundred years ago, and the Privy Council must have considered it before setting this place as an examination room. In other words, if the dry well waterway below the town can be the preferred position, the intensity of the Great Wild Night should fluctuate around this level, which you can interpret as the "standard answer". ”

Luo thought about it several times before he understood the meaning of these words. She really couldn't understand why the other party's words and sentences were so strange, as if some words were deliberately put together. At the same time, she also realized that what the other party was thinking might not be so simple - seemingly out of tune remarks seemed to be the result of careful consideration.

This made her involuntarily ask, "And then?"

Xia Fan raised his second finger, "We just need to raise the level of the new defense line to above the standard answer to block this Great Desolate Night." As far as I know, with the exception of narrow passages, high-walled cities and fortresses are well resistant to evil spirits, and they can accommodate far more people than underground shafts, without worrying about suffocation or collapse. As long as everyone is gathered in the city, it can not only give full play to the advantage of numbers, but also greatly reduce the risk of collapse. ”

"But there are no cities in this town—" Luo suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, and she could tell from Xia Fan's eyes that he was not joking.

"If not, we'll build one. ”

Xia Fan said word by word.

......

Early the next morning, all the candidates gathered again in the small square in front of the hotel.

If it weren't for the Luo family standing up to appease everyone's emotions and saying that they were prepared, they would have dispersed in a hurry and looked for a way to leave the town.

After all, this is the sixth day of the Shikao, and if you don't leave, you will probably be trapped here, and when the seventh day arrives, you will really have to resign yourself to fate.

Because of this, the atmosphere in the field was quite depressing, and everyone was patiently waiting for the Luo family to announce the backup plan, as for this taxi examination, most people had already put their hopes in three years.

However, what was surprising was that it was neither Luo Qingqing nor Luo Fengqing standing at the long table, but a young man with a face.

"Who is this man?"

"He didn't wear a blue robe, he wasn't a member of the Luo family. ”

"I have an impression of this guy...... Isn't he the bastard who ran away in front of Fei Nian?"

"Hey, what are you going up there for!"

Only Wei Wushuang opened his mouth wide in surprise - he recognized that the person on stage was a fellow villager from Fenghua County, Xia Fan!

Facing the commotion of the crowd, Xia Fan took a deep breath and pulled out a Xunzi Wind Calling Talisman - of course, he preferred to call it an amplified note.

It was also something that Lowe had gently handed him a few minutes ago.

"There are six in total, and the effect will gradually weaken after it is released, so let's make a long story as short as possible in the front, so as to save some use. 」

"Actually, you don't have to leave it to me, you already know my whole plan. 」

"What, stage fright, if it fails, I don't want the Luo family to be stigmatized. And...... This is the 'order' you proposed, and it is up to you to tell everyone. 」

A few short sentences of conversation seem to linger in my ears.

Is it really because I don't want to take the blame? Using the appeal of the Luo family to put forward this plan, there is already a certain connection, and once something goes wrong, it is impossible to have no impact on the Luo family. All I can say is...... She didn't want to take the option for herself, especially in the context of the taxco.

It seems that the other party is going to owe a favor.

Xia Fan smiled helplessly and threw the talisman into the air.

The amplified notes quickly turned into a breeze and spread.

"Everyone, listen up!" his first sentence rolled over the town like thunder under the effect of the spell, "This time the taxi examination is far from the time when you need to escape! The night of the great wilderness is indeed terrifying, but it is for the unprepared! As long as everyone gives up their previous suspicions and unites, this time the taxi examination will not only allow you to survive the last night safely, but also obtain the qualification to pass the exam!"

"You heard it right, all those who stay will pass this exam and become an official alchemist!"

There was an uproar at the scene.

"What did you say!?"

Xia Fan didn't explain immediately, but waited until everyone's confusion and shock poured out before throwing out the second amplified note. "In fact, it's not impossible to get everyone through, just catch the key to the night. He then recounted the details of the Great Wilderness Night, "We need a city to stop the evil spirits, and when the night passes, all the places will be scattered with the source of spiritual fire!"

"What are you talking nonsense?"

"Sounds reasonable, but how can there be a city here!"

Everyone shouted.

"Of course there is, it's right next to you and me!" Xia Fan overwhelmed everyone's argument in an unquestionable tone, "That's right, I'm talking about the inns, teahouses, and surrounding green brick houses where you have lived for several days!"

"The tic-tac-toe arrangement is a natural defensive layout, and the minimum height of the two floors is enough to block the attack of the "charm"! It's just that these 'walls' are not perfect, and we need to work together to complete them!"

"You have two days to transform it—either with magic or with these hands! Tear down the houses in the outer ring of the tic-tac-toe, seal the gaps in the inner ring, and connect all the buildings in the center of the town into a unified and continuous whole! This is our city, this is our line of defense against evil spirits!"

Wei Wushuang was dumbfounded.

It seemed like nonsense at first glance, but when he looked around, he felt that there was some truth in this statement. The houses in the center of the "wellhead" are not only sturdy, but also close to each other, and it is not difficult to close the gaps between them. Once the roofs were removed and planks were laid, these brick houses became natural walls, allowing people to pass through and enemies to the bottom.

"And that's not all!" Xia Fan activated a megalam note again and continued, "If you want to resist the night head-on, everyone has to contribute their own strength! We need to concentrate the medicinal herbs and put them in the hands of those who are good at using magic, we need to arrange backup to replace those candidates who were injured in the battle, and we even need to form a hunting team to go to the green mountains to collect food for everyone to need for these two days!"

"From this moment on, everyone present will no longer be a competitive relationship, but a cooperative team!