Chapter 954: Sitting in Liangzhou
"They were all brothers who were bitten or scratched by monsters while fighting monsters, and they were snatched back by the brothers. But even if we get it back, we can only watch them turn into monsters little by little, and nothing can be done!"
Duan Qifeng said, slowly came to the edge of the last cage, and vigorously tore open the black cloth that shrouded him. Inside, a man with unusually long hands and feet is curled up in a cage with his knees huddled.
Perhaps sensing movement, the man slowly looked up. Ning Yue suddenly gasped, what kind of face was this, the distorted facial features were tattered, and the flesh and blood in many places had rotted and maggots. But from the depths of the flesh, dark red sprouts grew, and two sharp teeth protruded abnormally long and overflowing lips.
The man's pupils moved suddenly, and he saw Ning Yue as if he was seeing a relative. In his eyes, tears couldn't stop dripping down.
"Oni Kitsune...... You're here......"
This cordial greeting had not been heard by Ning Yue for many years. Since he was named the king of Lantian County, it has been a long time since he heard anyone call himself Lord Ghost Fox.
looked at it fixedly, and instantly saw a trace of familiarity from the other party's hideous face, "Are you...... Xiao Zhuang?"
"Yes, it's me...... Ghost Fox-sama, please...... Kill me...... I don't want to be a monster, I don't want to be a monster...... Please, kill me now...... I can't control myself...... I can't hold it anymore......"
Ning Yue's eyes were even more cold. Silently turned around and looked at Duan Qifeng with some anger, "Why don't you kill him, why let him live so painfully?"
Duan Qifeng slowly raised his hand and pointed at a few monsters who were still screaming wildly in the wooden cage, "They are all my brothers, before they became monsters, they also begged me to kill them, it's not that I can't bear to do it, but I want you people who are sitting in the temple to see clearly, monsters...... How did it come about.
It's not that if you kill one, there will be one less, but it's very likely that the more you kill, the more monsters you have, and there will be endless kills. This is not a war, this is a catastrophe!" Duan Qifeng's voice landed, and he silently closed his eyes.
"Now that the prince has seen it, it's time to end their suffering!" Duan Qifeng waved his arms slowly, and the three soldiers carried a bucket of water and quickly ran towards several cages.
"What is this?fire oil?" Ning Yue's eyes instantly turned cold, and the pungent smell of fire oil poured into her nostrils everywhere.
"Monsters are not afraid of swords, slashing is difficult to be effective, only by burning can they be completely killed!"
"No need!" Ning Yue's thin lips coldly spat out three words. Raising his hand slightly, suddenly a snow-white sword qi swept over. The monster's roar and Xiao Zhuang's plea came to an abrupt end, and the infinite sword aura raged the heavens and the earth, and almost instantly, the cage in front of him disappeared as if it was a sand painting erased by the palm of his hand.
That night, Ning Yue sat in the military tent with a heavy heart, and before it got dark, Ning Yue and Qianduxue had gone deep into the grassland to explore the traces of monsters. But the result is very dissatisfied, thousands of miles of grassland, thousands of miles of withered glory. The grass on the grassland was lush and green, but Ning Yue and Qianduxue were hundreds of miles into the sky, but there was not a single tribe or monster.
However, the appearance of monsters on the border of Liangzhou objectively exists. But Ning Yue and Qianduxue spread and searched for hundreds of miles, but there was not even a trace of a monster. Not only were there no traces of monsters, but there were no traces of living creatures.
The grassland is like an infinite cemetery. There is no life, there is no living thing, but the heaven and earth of grass and vegetation are the forbidden area of life. However, just a dozen days ago, the grassland was still rapidly regaining order.
The Holy Mountain has collapsed, and the Holy Maiden Palace of Peony has been relocated to the Great Snow Mountain. However, there is not a trace of the surrounding areas of the Great Snow Mountain, like a continuous grassland. The Khan Court of the King of Kodo disappeared without a trace as if swallowed up by the earth.
With nothing to gain, Ning Yue reluctantly returned to Liangzhou and returned to the military tent that Duan Qifeng had carefully prepared for them. Ning Yue sat in a daze on the chair for a long time, and Qian Duxue followed the oil lamp to carefully wipe Xi and the sword.
I don't know how long it took, there was a clear sound of footsteps outside the military tent, and before it got close, Ning Yue's voice had already been sent outside the military tent, "General Duan, come in!"
Duan Qifeng opened the military tent and stepped into the military tent with a stack of military newspapers in his hand, "Lord Wang, this is our record of monsters these days, and there are also some judgments on the habits of monsters.
Judging from the current intelligence, these monsters are very different from the previously recorded blood slaves. Although the blood slaves are also monsters that cannot be killed, they at least maintain their human form.
Marching and fighting, no different from us. Although they feed on blood, they also speak and communicate, and they also know military tactics when marching and fighting. But these monsters are different, they not only suck blood, but also eat flesh and blood.
Their form is completely different from that of humans, sitting on all fours, clinging to walls and rocks as if they were walking on the ground. And monsters don't seem to be able to speak, they follow their instincts perfectly. Murderous, bloodthirsty, even the wolf's wisdom is higher than theirs!"
"If that's the case, this group of monsters shouldn't be afraid!" Ning Yue said with a frown, "The army of the Great Zhou who is familiar with the art of war, is it not as good as a group of beasts? ”
"Actually, it's not!" Duan Qifeng denied Ning Yue's inference, "As the last general observed, although this group of monsters is irrational and bloodthirsty, they are not completely following their instincts.
Every time the twilight appears, every time the goal is so clear, and even when the defeat is retreated, the rout is so uniform. Someone must be manipulating behind the scenes, or rather, there must be monsters manipulating.
They are not sane simply because their rank is too low. If so, then they are even more elite than our well-trained army.
Because they are not afraid of death and obey orders completely. They don't know fear, and they don't know how to resist! Coupled with the invulnerability of monsters, a thousand monsters are enough to be worth a thousand elite soldiers of my Great Friday. Once the number exceeds 10,000, it will be a real nightmare!"
"But today, Twilight and I went to the grasslands to explore, and we swept hundreds of miles of grasslands without seeing a single monster. If there are many monsters on the grassland, they shouldn't be able to escape our ears and eyes......
"That's another trait I'm worried about!" Duan Qifeng gently poured himself a cup of tea and drank it down, "Ever since the monster first appeared, I've been trying to figure out where the monster came from.
After the monster faded, I ordered the scouts to pursue the grassland, but none of the scouts made it back alive. After that, I ordered the soldiers to wait outside before dusk, and when the monster appeared, they were unaware.
It wasn't until yesterday that we realized when we were digging the pit that these monsters actually came from underground. They can hide deep underground, in the water, in the sand.
Lord Wang, just imagine, the grassland that was originally a flat river, suddenly countless monsters came out of the ground and surrounded them in all directions. Even if it's an army of 100,000, how can it resist such a ghostly appearance?"
Ning Yue's brows furrowed even deeper, monsters could hide deep underground, and judging from the total signs, none of these monsters could be considered living creatures. Because with Ning Yue's spiritual perception, they couldn't detect their life fluctuations. If they were dormant, they would be dead like grass and trees in Ning Yue's senses.
In Ning Yue's previous life, if she encountered such a monster, she would definitely have a headache, let alone the current army. In the era of cold weapons, only with rudimentary hot weapons, monsters with this characteristic have no strength to fight at all.
"Are there any monsters in Xuanzhou?" Ning Yue asked with a serious expression.
"No! When we were attacked by monsters for the first time, we ordered someone to warn Xuanzhou, but in the past ten days, there will be monsters here almost every day, but in Xuanzhou, it is calm. ”
Duan Qifeng said, his face was also full of doubts, it stands to reason that he is also facing the level of facing the grassland, there is no reason to favor one over the other.
Ning Yue thought about it, and finally nodded, "I understand, even I can't detect the traces of monsters, so I have no choice but to wait for the rabbit." Twilight and I will stay here just in case of an accident.
Before I left, the imperial court had already attached great importance to the security of the border of Liangzhou, and a large army would soon be drawn here. At the time of the bureau, all the mobilization materials of the Great Zhou will be based on Liangzhou Xuanzhou. Until the army arrives, it should be safe for me and Twilight to be in charge.
The appearance of monsters is no longer the danger of my Great Zhou Dynasty, but the danger of the world's living beings. After a while, I will write a report by myself, and you will order someone to send it to the capital in an expedited manner for 800 miles. ”
"Yes, the last general understands!" Duan Qifeng was not pretentious, and immediately ordered the best scouts under his command to hurry up and prepare.
The military report written by Ning Yue is not only to show the emperor the characteristics of monsters, but also to make Mo Tianya a heroic post that allows him to spread the world. The monsters are elusive, and they are invulnerable, and it is difficult for the army of the imperial court alone to resist.
This time it is not the dispute between the Central Plains and the grassland, nor the dispute between the imperial court and the rivers and lakes, but the dispute between the common people in the world and the catastrophe of heaven and earth. Ning Yue wrote about the danger of his family and country, and the racial threat, and asked Mo Tianya to copy it and send it to the major sects in Kyushu.
That night, Ning Yue issued several supreme orders in a row, and when the first batch had just been sent to the capital, the second batch hurriedly went to the Wasteland Heavenly Shogunate. The order immediately contacted the contactable Tenshofu to catch the fast, and then he could go to Liangzhou Xuanzhou to support.
The third letter was to transfer the letter to Xiaoxuan, the Eastern Emperor of the Instrument Sect, and ordered her to immediately transport all the inventory of the Instrument Sect to Xuanzhou, Liangzhou. At this juncture, Ning Yue couldn't care about anything else. Although there was no large-scale invasion of monsters, Ning Yue could even foresee that it was just a temptation now, and it would soon be an endless sea of monsters.
Ning Yue contacted all the foreign aid that could be invited and the forces that could be contacted, and the eight hundred scouts of the Liangzhou garrison were not enough.