268. Population migration
Before you know it, it's the hottest month of the year in July and August in the Grey Wilderness.
The hot and dry air of the Grey Wasteland distorted in the intense light, rising with fiery currents.
On the southern road leading to Blacklight Castle, there was a procession that was winding for several kilometers and was moving slowly.
There were people in the procession, and most were on foot.
Because of the speed of the pedestrian, the speed of the vehicle is extremely slow, which can be called turtle speed.
And walking long distances in the heat of forty or fifty degrees is a big test even for the people of the gray wilderness who were born in the gray wilderness since childhood and have been able to withstand the high temperature.
"Sister Lena, do you think Blacklight Fort is really that good? With the tall walls and the Master Rider protecting us, we don't have to worry about wild beasts and dangerous creatures, and with large plantations, we never have to go hungry. A little girl with a peaked cap, no more than one meter three or four tall, asked the girl next to her who was tall, had a good face, long golden hair tied into a ponytail, and was also wearing a peaked cap.
The blonde girl glanced at the bustling procession around her, the passers-by who were listless like cucumbers in the scorching sun, and said insincerely, "Yes, little Sally." ”
She sighed slightly.
"Uprooted from home, to the completely unfamiliar Black Light Castle, where are the Chaneem people going?" Lena was a little confused.
The scale of this migration is said to be a great migration covering the entire circle of twenty or thirty vassal gatherings in the area of influence of the Black Light Castle.
This migration has been unprecedented in the hundreds of years since the establishment of Blacklight.
Although the upper echelons of the gathering place said that it was to ward off the impending disaster.
The small gathering place in the wilderness was no longer safe, so the migration plan was made.
It was supposed to be a good deed.
But anything good is not without its bad side.
With Lena's cleverness, it is not difficult to guess that the influx of tens of thousands of people from twenty or thirty gathering places is bound to bring great pressure to the logistics of Blacklight Castle.
Those who gathered from the affiliated gathering place to the Black Light Fort are always outsiders, and I am afraid that they will inevitably face problems such as material shortages and poor living environments.
In addition, Cha Naim is only a small gathering place that can only be ranked behind in terms of size and strength among twenty or thirty gathering places, and the greatest value is only as a transportation hub and supply point.
Even when they were on the move, everyone brought as much supplies as they could.
However, due to the shortage of means of transportation, a large part of the materials had to be abandoned.
Even Lena, the granddaughter of the mayor of Chanem and the chief financial officer of Chanem, could only walk and use the location of the vehicle that had been allocated to her to store supplies.
"Let's hope you guys get through it." Lena couldn't help but pray silently in the bottom of her heart.
At the same time, he couldn't help but think of a figure, a figure that he had only seen only a few times but was extremely impressive.
"At the beginning, he was just a rookie master, I don't know what happened now?" The thought popped into Lena's mind.
"Roar!" A beast roar suddenly sounded.
And this beast roar was like a sign, and a series of roars rang out one after another.
The little girl next to Lena shuddered.
And Lena, although she was also taken aback, was quite calm on the surface, and put her white arms around the frightened little girl.
The light and heavy armored vehicles and armored personnel carriers that walk on the far sides of the ranks undoubtedly give people a great sense of security.
Plus this kind of thing has happened quite a few times along the way, and it's a small group of dangerous creatures and beasts in the wilderness.
However, each time, under the firepower of the accompanying armed forces and the deterrence of the pilots sent by the Blacklight Fort, none of them dared to really storm the team.
So most adults are fairly calm.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of me, and I heard a middle-aged man wearing a black-light brigade uniform and looking at epaulettes who looked like an officer, walking towards the back of the team and shouting: "All stop marching, under the command of the captains of each team, move closer to the center in an orderly manner like a drill, tighten the formation and prepare for defense!" ”
Lena's expression changed, and she hurriedly began to let the surrounding Chanem townspeople move closer to her, as one of the migration captains of the Chanem Town team.
As the captain of the migration team, it is necessary to protect his team members in an emergency and prevent them from being killed or injured due to riots.
She took this responsibility to the extreme.
Compared with other migration teams that caused riots, and even people fell and even stampeded, the group of old and weak women and children led by Lena actually completed the defense task perfectly than the exercise.
It is said that it is a defense mission, but in fact, what they do has nothing to do with defense.
All you need to do is tighten the team together to form a small square that rubs your back side by side, and everyone squats on the ground with their heads wrapped around to protect themselves as much as possible.
The purpose of this move is to make the armored vehicles and assault vehicles of the accompanying party shrink as much as possible to form a closed encirclement, defending against attacks and protecting everyone as much as possible.
The commander of this migration team, the quasi-professional level pilot Pang Yu, looked at the black tide attacking in the distance, and his face was a little gloomy: "I didn't expect that it was only a few dozen kilometers away from the southern section of the defense line, and these miscellaneous people still dared to attack!" ”
"Have all the personnel been put together?"
The adjutant immediately replied: "Nearly three thousand people in the four gathering places have been gathered, all the army vehicles have built the first line of defense, and the two or three hundred gathering ground guards in the four gathering places have also built a second line of defense for the civilians." ”
"Very good, the order, the beast herd is close to five hundred meters and then fires, and the beast herd is close to one hundred meters after the accompanying master summons the pet to meet the enemy with me."
Click! Click!
As Pang Yu's order reached the military units of the Black Light Brigade at all levels, the sound of guns being loaded was endless.
A murderous aura spread across the lonely wasteland.
Seeing the herd of dangerous creatures in the distance and the fierce beasts driven by the dangerous species getting closer and closer, even the battle-hardened warriors of the Black Lantern Brigade couldn't help but sweat.
However, when they looked at the more than ten pilots standing at the front of the line, they couldn't help but regain their composure.
There are more than a dozen masters, and there must be no need to worry about the beast tide.
But at this time, the soldiers of the Black Light Brigade, and even the master who had high hopes for the accompanying people, and even Pang Yu, the most powerful master in the team, had lost his previous confidence at this time.
Pang Yu only felt a chill rush from his spine to the back of his head, and his whole person trembled a little.
The source of his trembling was not the fear of his own safety, but the duty that came with the lives of the thousands of people behind him.
Pang Yu held the binoculars and stared at a figure in the beast tide, still muttering in disbelief: "Why? Why did such a monster appear within a hundred kilometers of the gathering place, and once this monster rushed into the ranks, how many of the thousands would survive? ”
If he is the only one to face the monsters in the herd, even if he is defeated, he will only die.
But his current identity is not only a quasi-professional-level combat master, but also the commander of the migration team responsible for the migration of thousands of people in the four gathering places this time.
This made Pang Yu feel extremely heavy.
After taking a deep breath to calm down, Pang Yu smiled bitterly and asked the adjutant to call for support from the Black Light Fort Combat Readiness Committee through the car radio.
The Combat Readiness Committee is a body that was just established in the gathering place half a month ago.
Despite its recent existence, the authority is surprisingly high.
The lord of the castle himself served as the chairman of the committee, and several professional-level pilots held important positions, and the senior pilots also served in various positions on the committee.
"Let's hope they can come in time."
Looking at the monsters that were getting closer and closer, Pang Yu had already made a decision.
Even if he dies, he will drag this guy until the support from the gathering place arrives.
Only by not caring about life and death, can these thousands of people have a glimmer of life.
Otherwise, all of them will die!
The monster in the herd is capable of destroying the existence of a gathering place defended by high walls.
A horror that is at least mature!
It is also known for its lethality as a fire-based secondary horror species, the Flame Ghost Wolf.
In addition to his best efforts, the highest master present was only a high-level master, and I am afraid that he would not be able to hold even a single face, and he would be completely sent to death.
ps: Thank you for the 10,000 yuan reward from the head of the dragon knight, and I owe the dragon knight boss a change.