Chapter 884: Beast Tide
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No one knows better than Sal the power of this sea of clouds, because, as early as decades ago, the bloody Sal led a group of hunters who did not know the height of the sky to the sea of clouds, trying to dig the huge Qiong tree to the outer city, and the result was that only three of the more than twenty hunters were able to come back.
It was only after that feather return that Thrall had broken up on planning the Qiong tree.
It is worth mentioning that the Yunhai Golden Wither, which has lived for more than 600 years, has not always lived on the Yunhai Qiongshu, in fact, over the past thousands of years, the Qiongshu has changed hands several times, and the Yunhai Golden Wither, at first, only moved around the Qiongshu, and gradually, the full-fledged Yunhai Golden Withered drove away the original owner of the Qiongshu after a series of vicious battles, just like the gray squirrel drove it away......
I have to say that Guo Zhengyi was able to dig up the Qiong Tree because of a coincidence, if it weren't for Zhou Sen who had killed the aging Yunhai Gold so much that he lost his armor, even a cosmic hunter like Fang Liu would never have been able to dig up that Qiong Tree.
The most powerful thing about the Cloud Sea Golden Wither is its mobility, there is no advantage in the number in front of it, one ordinary hunter and a hundred ordinary hunters have no meaning for the Cloud Sea Golden Wither, because it can launch a ferocious attack from any angle in the sky without warning, even if it can't kill all the cosmic hunters, it can harass them and make them unable to succeed.
"Lord of the Castle!"
Luo Feiyao, Tutu and Xiao Chao saluted Sal respectfully.
"Hehe, I've grown up, we've grown up, we're old." Sal looked kind, touched Luo Feiyao's head, and sighed.
"Sal. You are ......" Sal smiled and bowed, staring at Zhou Sen with a pair of deep eyes.
"Zhou Sen." Zhou Sen bowed without humility or arrogance, he didn't want to show extra affection, and even he didn't want to know this person, because he was not here, he was now like an arrow, and he couldn't wait to return to the war-torn five star fields immediately.
"Ga ......" A thrilling chirp, the pretending sleep Yunhai Jin Wither suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of small eyes shot out a fierce light, staring at Sal viciously.
"Shut up!" Zhou Sen scolded.
"Ga ......" Yun Haijin shook his head, and screamed at Sal threateningly, and then closed his eyes slightly and pretended to sleep, looking lazy.
Yunhai Jin withered and fell asleep, but left a mess, because, without warning, it chirped, so that some of the small number of poultry and animals raised by humans around fled one after another, and some were so frightened that they did not dare to move.
"Sorry, flat-haired brute, lack of discipline." Zhou Sen smiled bitterly.
"Quack ......" Yunhai Jin Withered opened his eyes suddenly, and his sharp beak poked at Zhou Sen's head.
"Okay, okay, you are a noble sea of clouds and golden wither, not a flat-haired beast."
"Quack ......" Yun Haijin raised his head with a proud expression.
"It's okay, it's okay......"
Sal was stunned for a while, and when he saw the sharp beak of Yunhai Jin Withering tearing gold and iron poking at Zhou Sen's head, he was shocked again, this long-haired young man really had some real skills.
Sal naturally didn't know that Zhou Sen was not only the "Invincible Cheats" of cultivation, but also had the dual protection of dragon armor and dragon scale armor, and had the seal of martial arts, and the strength of his body could be described as indestructible.
Under the personal reception of Sal, Zhou Sen and his party were taken to a stone house to settle down.
The stone house in this barracks is not the stone house where Luo Feiyao and the others live, not only is it magnificent, but the pattern is also extremely exquisite, and vaguely, there seems to be an ancient formation arranged in it, and there is a basis for advance and retreat.
After settling Zhou Sen, Sal took his leave.
Zhou Sen found that they were not restricted from their freedom and could move around casually.
Under the leadership of Luo Feiyao, Zhou Sen visited the training ground in the barracks, where some ancient training equipment was available, and many children were training, and it seemed that they were working very hard.
In addition to the training ground, there are thousands of Qiong trees here. According to Luo Feiyao, in the city outside the Huawai, most of the places are rocky ground with no grass, and there are not many places suitable for planting Qiong trees, and the barracks are the largest planting base of Qiong trees in the city outside the Huawai, and they are the source of life for the entire city outside the Huawai.
If there is no Qiong Tree, the outer city will be unsuitable for human habitation, and the importance of Qiong Tree can be imagined.
Zhou Sen found that the Qiong trees in the barracks were very small, and the largest was surrounded by two people, compared with the Qiong tree surrounded by dozens of people in the sea of clouds, it was not a level at all, and the Qiong leaves on the Qiong tree in the sea of clouds were more fat and green, just like jade. In addition to the small and thin leaves of the Qiong Tree, the fruit of the Qiong Tree in the Outer City is also very small, about the same size as the peanuts of the earth, and it cannot be compared with the fruit of the Qiong Tree of the Cloud Sea, however, Luo Feiyao said that the fruit of the Qiong Tree has no meaning for human beings......
Zhou Sen saw the Qiong tree that could not be seen at a glance, and was photographed by its number, and once doubted its true value, but when he climbed the cliff around the basin, he found that the huge basin was full of dense tents, like stars flying in the sky.
Thousands of trees are used to feed hundreds of thousands of people, and there is no doubt that the Joan tree is rare.
On the way to visit, Zhou Sen met Sal several times, he was very busy, and every time he met him, he accompanied different people.
Judging from the bearing of those people, the people who were able to let Sal personally receive them were the best of the Outer City. Of course, Zhou Sen didn't know that it was not just the best people who could be personally received by Sal, most of them were masters who rushed back from other places to support.
In three days, the sun will be extinguished over the Outer City.
Zhou Sen stayed at ease, waiting for the beast tide after the sun went out.
In the past two days, Zhou Sen also occasionally climbed to the cliffs around the basin to observe the nearby situation, every time he climbed up, he was startled, because, the number of herbivores gathered around is getting bigger and bigger, thousands are no longer enough to describe their number, when the penultimate day, the canyon has been blocked with some huge meteorites, outside the canyon, the ground can no longer be seen, and the whole world is full of herbivores, like the ocean, so that human beings feel how small they are.
What shocked Zhou Sen was not only the number of herbivores, but also the types of herbivores.
There are countless animals of all kinds, and some of them are of a size that even the imagination of Zhou Sen could not imagine.
The python that is dozens of feet long, in fact, if it weren't for that clumsy action, Zhou Sen would prefer to treat it as a dragon.
There is a kind of beast, covered with sharp bone spurs, just like the hedgehog of the ancient earth, the difference is that it is not known how many times larger than the hedgehog of the ancient earth, at least dozens of tons, the mouth shows fangs, the eyes show fierce light, and it is extremely hideous.
Pressure!
Zhou Sen felt a suffocating pressure.
Zhou Sen had never taken the beast tide seriously, but when he saw the ocean-like herbivores outside the city, he realized that he was wrong, very wrong.
It is conceivable that if all the beasts like the sea rushed into the inner city, I am afraid that it would not take a stick of incense to reduce the place to a barren ground......
In twenty hours, the sun will go out.
Zhou Sen was notified to the meeting hall for a meeting.
Through the understanding of the past few days, Zhou Sen has a new understanding of the city outside the world. The city is a highly liberal and highly privatized city, where both life and property are protected by a code of the Convention.
Because of this code, the prosperity of the outer city was formed.
According to historical records, when the barracks continent was divided, the canyon of the outer city was actually a huge prison, and the people who closed it were all extremely vicious, in order to build a civilized society, human beings launched the legal code, and countless people with lofty ideals followed one after another, and after hundreds of years, finally maintained the dignity of the legal code.
It was also because of that battle that the city outside the city formed today's pattern.
In the Outer City, everyone will swear to fight for the laws of the Outer City, and it is everyone's duty to protect the Outer City.
According to the Codex, there is only one type of person in the Outer City who is not subject to the Code, and that is the legendary Invincible Hunter.
Of course, there is money to go out, but there is no money to contribute, and there are many unwritten rules in the city outside the city, for example, when there is a beast tide every ten years, some owners of Qiongshu will distribute Qiong leaves for free.
Here, it is worth mentioning that in the city outside the Huawai, every Qiong tree has an owner.
In this understanding, Zhou Sen also has some in-depth understanding of Sky City. Unlike the outer city, which advocates fairness, justice and freedom, the sky city is a dictatorial city, everything is decided by the city lord, and the entire space city is almost the private property of the Guo city lord's family.
It is precisely because of the different concepts that the city in the sky and the city outside are incompatible.
Of course, in addition to the different concepts, the humans in the Sky City all have a sense of superiority, because they used to be the masters of the Barracks Continent, while the Outer City is a place where some thieves, robbers, and rapists gather......
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Zhou Sen attended the meeting alone, and Luo Feiyao and others were not qualified to attend the meeting.
The council hall is a large and bright building, but it is very simple inside, with a few benches.
In the elder seat of the council hall, there were already nine elders of high moral character. To Zhou Sen's surprise, he originally thought that those respected elders should be masters, but they were all ordinary people, but the people who participated in the meeting were all masters, exuding a powerful aura, although they were just sitting there quietly, they were like mountains.
The meeting began in a noisy and noisy manner, with people arguing with each other about something, like a vegetable market.
After half an hour, Zhou Sen understood what everyone was arguing about.
It turned out that the scale of this beast tide surpassed what had been recorded in history, and in the face of the ocean-like beast tide, everyone felt extreme pressure.
The people of the entire outer city were panicked.
In this case, some people believe that humans should form death squads to drive away the beasts and relieve the pressure after the sun goes out.
Others believe that it is better to build a high city and prepare more weapons in case of emergency.
Some people also proposed that those beasts were here for Qiong Ye, why not just pick up the Qiong Ye, and then avoid the edge for the time being, and wait for the beast tide to pass, and then everyone will return to the outer city......
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Listening to all kinds of suggestions, Zhou Sen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In addition to agreeing with the human initiative to attack, Zhou Sen believes that other suggestions are not feasible.
How many weapons should be prepared, and how much is appropriate? Zhou Sen already knew that this outer city was extremely barren, not only the lack of metal, but also the materials used to make bows were extremely rare, the so-called combat weapons were nothing more than daggers, and the better ones were axes and long knives, and there were not many long weapons like spears.
To put it simply, the weapons of the Outer City are not suitable for long-distance combat, and if you want to defend against the Mengyou, the only way is to fight with the Mengbeast hand-to-hand.
Thinking of the beast covered in bone spurs, Zhou Sen couldn't help but smile bitterly, he couldn't imagine how the thin body of a human being could fight hand-to-hand in that beast tide.
If it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that it will be trampled into meat puree in an instant.
As for picking the leaves, that's just talk, because there are very strict rules for picking the leaves of the tree, and once the amount is exceeded, the tree will wither and even die, and it will take at least decades to regain its vitality.
"That's it!" Lord Thrall waved his hand, and the council hall fell silent.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have consulted a lot of historical events, in history, the largest beast tide has been at least a thousand years, and the number of beast tides that almost turned the outer city into ruins is far less than the number of this beast tide, that is to say, this beast tide has broken the number of any previous beast tide, then, it means that this beast tide crisis will be the most serious crisis of the outer city, it is very likely that after the beast tide, the outer city will become a barren land, and hundreds of thousands of residents in the city will be displaced, some old, weak, sick and disabledand will also lose the place of asylum ......"
Sal's voice was a little hoarse, and it felt inexplicably heavy.
"City Lord, since you can't be spared, why don't you give it a go!" A big man stood up reluctantly, arrogant.
Zhou Sen couldn't help but take a deep look at the man, who was majestic, wearing a black vest and leather armor, and the muscles of his exposed arms were bulging, as if he contained endless power.
"City Lord, Lao Jiu is right, we can't sit still, even if we die, we must die on the battlefield and die vigorously, instead of being chased and trampled by the beasts and dying without dignity!" A man with a giant axe on his back also stepped forward.
"City lord think twice, this barracks canyon, there is a natural danger to honor the guard, every time the beast tide, we have survived safely, why should we take the risk of taking the initiative to attack, if the initiative to attack angers the beast herd, wouldn't it be self-defeating?" A gray-bearded elder stood up and said tremblingly.
"That's it, you died in battle, but it was vigorous, what should we do?" Another elder chimed in.
“……”
All of a sudden, everyone was arguing again, and one by one they were fighting because the green tendons were bulging and the spat was flying.
After some arguments, Zhou Sen understood.
Now, it is divided into two factions, one is the radical faction dominated by hunters, who have always believed that they should take the initiative to attack and combat the arrogance of the beasts; One faction is conservative, mainly ordinary people, who believe that they should stick to the natural danger as before, and wait for work at ease, there is no need to take risks, in case they anger the herd, it will not be beautiful.
The disagreement is getting more and more serious, and the two sides have reached the point of slapping the table and smashing the bench.
The lord of Thrall reassured everyone again, and then announced the vote.
Without any suspense, the numerical conservatives triumphed, and a group of hunters angrily got up and left.
When the meeting ended, Zhou Sen was still sitting on the stool in a daze, he didn't even have time to speak, and the matter had already settled......
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"It's over?" Zhou Sen looked at Sal who came over.
"There's nothing I can do about it." Thrall shook his head, a wry smile on his lips.
"How did the beast tide survive before?" Zhou Sen asked.
"After the sun goes out, they will flood every corner of the outer city, eating all the edible greenery in the outer city, and some of the fierce herbivores will gather in the inner city barracks to try to break through the human defenses......"
Under Sal's brief introduction, Zhou Sen understood why those elders tended to be more defensive, because most of the previous beast tides were sadistic in the outer city of the outer city, and did not affect the inner city.
"This beast tide is different from the past." Zhou Sen reminded.
"I know that, that's why I let you attend the meeting."
"Huh?" Zhou Sen couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't understand why things were involved in him.
"Are you a wanderer from Sky City?" The Thrall City Lord's deep gaze stared at Zhou Sen, as if he wanted to see through Zhou Sen's soul.
"Wanderer?" Zhou Sen was stunned again.
"I've checked the population files of the Outer City, but there is no information about you, and even no one knows you in the entire Outer City...... As for Luo Feiyao and them, I have already asked them on the side, he met you when he was hunting in the meteorite belt......"
"Well, I'm a wanderer." Zhou Sen didn't want to dwell on this issue, no matter what, he always needed an identity, and as for what identity, he didn't care at all.
"Or maybe it's a spy." Thrall's gaze sharpened.
"Hehe, come on, what do you want me to do?" Zhou Sen smiled.
"Now is an extraordinary period, it is absolutely impossible for City Lord Guo to send a master like you to the Outer City to spy on the news, then, you should be a wanderer who committed crimes in the Sky City......" Sal saw Zhou Sen's calm expression, and his sharp eyes eased a lot.
"It really doesn't matter who I am, the top priority now is to get the city out of it." Zhou Sen said.
"I ...... I hope you can do me a favor......" Thrall hesitated for a moment, then slurred.
"Say."
"There are only two cosmic hunters who have come back this year, plus the mourning leopard who has only been promoted, there are only three cosmic hunters, and we need to guard the four sides, so, so ......"
"You want me to block it for you?" Zhou Sen said.
"Every face needs a master."
"No problem." Zhou Sen nodded in agreement.
"Ah...... Ahem......"
Sal's expression was stunned, he didn't expect Zhou Sen to agree so readily, which made him a little unexpected, you know, in order to persuade Zhou Sen to help, he thought of a lot of reasons, and the result was that he didn't need to persuade at all, Zhou Sen agreed.
Thrall naturally didn't know that Zhou Sen at this time was just thinking about getting through the beast tide quickly, and then go to Sky City to find the high-level universe hunter Yue Lao, and ask him to lead the way to the teleportation array in the depths of the universe and return to the five star fields as soon as possible.
When Zhou Sen was on the Caribbean interstellar bus before, he learned that the five star fields were already in turmoil, and the people were struggling to survive, and at that time, he was eager to gain strength and cultivate frantically and did not have an in-depth understanding, but when he was brought to this place by death, he was in a hurry to go back, because there were too many people in the five star fields that he cared about, especially the third princess who he had always felt guilty.
No matter how anxious Zhou Sen was, he had to wait until the Outer City survived the beast tide crisis.
"Lord of the Castle...... Brother Zhou! ”
Just as Zhou Sen was thinking, suddenly, a big man rushed in, as if a tornado was blowing on the ground, and the sound was terrifying.
Zhou Sen saw that it was actually a mourning leopard who had fought with him.
The mourning leopard's face was radiant, his face was full of red light, and the whole person, whether in spirit or temperament, was sublimated to a new realm, like a divine weapon out of the sheath, sharp and sharp, which made people dare not force it.
When he saw Zhou Sen, there was a trace of excitement on the face of the mourning leopard, and there was a trace of respect in that excitement.
"Brother Leopard is recovering well." Zhou Sen smiled.
"I have to thank Brother Zhou." The mourning leopard respectfully saluted Zhou Sen.
The mourning leopard's respectful expression made Sal on the side look sluggish, he knew the mourning leopard very well, knew his temperament, was upright and arrogant, not good at words, and challenged the master all his life, he had never been convinced by anyone, and now, the attitude of the mourning leopard towards Zhou Sen was absolutely convincing.
"Lost leopard, what's wrong?" Thrall knew that the Leopard was tasked with guarding the cliff, and would never come to this council hall unless it was important.
"The beast tide on the western border is restless, I'm afraid ......"
"Don't worry, Gongzi Zhou has already promised to help."
"Ah...... That's great, if Brother Zhou helps, then the western border is not like an iron bucket. The mourning leopard was overjoyed.
The three of them discussed for a while, and then the mourning leopard led Zhou Sen to the western border.
The so-called western border is actually a cliff on the periphery of the basin.
This barracks is a unique and dangerous place, the middle terrain is flat, but it is surrounded by towering cliffs, and it is a place where a man can not open a moat.
The leader of the defenders of the western border is someone close to Thrall, and he is extremely skilled, but because he is not a cosmic hunter, the hunters do not trust him very much.
In the outer city, the cosmic hunters have unparalleled cohesion, and once there are cosmic hunters in charge, the confidence of ordinary hunters will be doubled.
Sure enough, of course, after Zhou Sen arrived at the western border, the hunters in the entire camp let out a deafening cheer, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.
Zhou Sen's skills are obvious to all, and even the newly promoted Universe Hunter Mourning Leopard is also a defeated soldier under him, and his skills can be seen.
After a few words, the mourning leopard left in a hurry.
Zhou Sen was taken to a camp by the guards, and the camp was on a small super platform above the cliff, protruding beyond the cliff, and the view was extremely wide, and the scenery under the cliff was in front of him.
Beneath the cliff are herbivores with no end in sight.
"The sun hasn't been extinguished yet, why do these beasts dare to run to the outer city?" Zhou Sen has always been puzzled by this question, because many people say that Mengbeasts are afraid of the sun.
"You don't know?" The guard was stunned.
"Huh?"
"Herbivores and carnivores in the sea of clouds love the dark, but that doesn't mean they're afraid of the dark, they just prefer to be in the dark."
"You mean that they are not afraid of the sun and are waiting here, just waiting for the darkness to come and attack?" Zhou Sen asked suspiciously.
"Yes, in the darkness, the six senses of the beast are more agile and more powerful."
"I see...... What are we going to do now? Zhou Sen suddenly realized.
"No, wait until they climb up the cliff."
"Can they climb these thousands of feet of cliffs?" Zhou Sen took a look, below, there is a cliff at a right angle of 90 degrees, not to mention a beast, even if it is a bird, it is difficult to live, if you fall, it will definitely be broken.
"They're all natural cliff climbers, and you see, in the bottom left, there's a three-legged antelope......
Zhou Sen followed his fingers and was stunned, only to see that in the middle of the cliff, about thirty zhang above the ground, there was a three-legged antelope climbing up along the steep rock crevice little by little, and gnawing on the tender grass on the cliff from time to time.
Upon closer inspection, Zhou Sen found that on top of the cliff, there were countless herbivores, which were light and agile on the vertical rock wall, constantly jumping, and their movements were extremely smooth, just like an excellent dance artist.
Call......
Just as Zhou Sen was observing, a white light flashed on the cliff, and a hideous white tiger pounced on the three-legged antelope that was leisurely gnawing on the tender grass.
The three-legged antelope was extremely alert, seeing the white tiger rushing forward, he actually kicked on a rock protruding from the palm of his hand, and his body shot like an arrow from the string to a rock a few feet away, and after a few beautiful choices, he distanced himself from the ferocious white tiger, and calmly lowered his head to gnaw the tender grass in the crack of the rock......
Whew!
An earth-shattering roar.
Before Zhou Sen could react, a huge white tiger rushed out from behind a huge rock beside the three-legged antelope.
It's so sudden!
The three-legged antelope obviously did not watch out for a white tiger lurking around, panicked, without the grace and calmness of the beginning, and actually panicked, running towards the back, and at this time, the vicious white tiger that was thrown away just caught up, opened its bloody mouth, and bit the neck of the three-legged antelope.
When the three-legged antelope was bitten, it let out a terrible scream.
Roar Roar Roar Roar ......
Suddenly, outside the barracks, I thought of the earth-shattering roar of filial piety, and the beasts were in turmoil, surging towards the cliff like a tide, and the sand and dust covered the sky and the sun, and the sound was terrifying.
At the same time, the herbivores that were gnawing on the tender grass on the cliff seemed to be summoned by some mysterious power, and ran in all directions in the direction of the two white tigers.
The two white tigers have extremely rich hunting experience, and they also know that they can't fight against the beast tide, so they bite the three-legged antelope and actually rush towards the top of the cliff.
The hunters on the cliff had long been on guard and took up their weapons one after another, but the white tiger seemed to know that the humans on the top of the cliff were more terrifying, so they did not run up the cliff, but ran all the way to the east along the outer wall of the cliff......
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The restless beast tide was quiet, and the hunters on the top of the cliff still had vigilant expressions and did not dare to relax at all.
"Awesome!"
Zhou Sen let out a long breath, although the hunting of the two vicious white tigers just now was very short, and the process was not tragic, but its accuracy was remarkable, because the hunting location was not on flat land, but on a steep cliff, and the hunting difficulty was ten times higher than that on flat land.
What a scene it would be if thousands of beasts swarmed towards the cliffs!
Zhou Sen's heart sank.
Seeing the black and oppressive beast tide in the distance, Zhou Sen suddenly realized that the inner city barracks had reached the point of great crisis.
The defense line of the inner city is dozens of miles, and in the face of such a large number of beasts, even if this long defense line breaks a gap, the entire barracks will fall, and the iron hooves of the beasts will raze the basin to the ground......
At this time, Zhou Sen understood why the entire barracks was filled with pessimism.