Chapter 183: Olive Branch

The retreat of the beast tide and the cheers of the soldiers made Wang Baole's heart fluctuate, but the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood in this battlefield, as well as countless corpses, made his blood slowly turn into heaviness and sadness.

After returning to the fortress, as the bearded army commander ordered to tidy up the battlefield, the corpses of the soldiers and monks were brought back to the fortress, and even many of the corpses in it could no longer be pieced together, this bloody scene made many people silent.

The whole battlefield, after three days of tidying up, can be considered to return to normal, the corpses of the beasts are kept by the military as a resource, while the corpses of compatriots are stored in a unified manner, their names are recorded in the military's martyr's genealogy, their ashes and pensions will also be sent to their families, as for the dead monks, there is a special compassion.

After everything was over, all the people of the fortress, including Wang Baole, also heard about the tragic battle of the entire seventh main fortress and all the defense lines.

The entire beast tide, with the beast king of the seventh main fortress being beheaded by General Zhou, has come to an end, although the number of extinct beasts is innumerable, but the price paid by the fortress side is also extremely painful.

Under this large-scale beast tide that exceeded the Federation's prediction, almost thirty percent of the small fortresses of the seventh line of defense were breached, and all the warriors and monks in it were extremely rare to survive, and most of them had died in battle.

Of the remaining seventy percent, forty percent were not breached, but it was only with the timely arrival of rescue that they held on to the end, and the casualties were equally heavy.

Only about thirty percent of the fortresses, even if the rescue was late, they still stubbornly survived and resolved the power of the beast tide, but the vast majority of such fortresses themselves exceeded the fortress where Wang Baole was, and they were sufficient in terms of the number of warriors and the manpower of the monks.

Small fortresses such as Wang Baole's place, although they are not the only ones that have not been breached, they are also rare in the entire seventh line of defense, so they are very dazzling.

In particular, although rescue comes, even if the rescue does not appear, this battle ...... After the bearded man hibernated, after the four foundation building monks sacrificed two and Wang Baole's shot, the battle situation has been decided!

With such a record, the names of Wang Baole and many people not only spread in the fortress where they were located, but also spread by the bearded commander, and the entire seventh line of defense was also heard.

Anyone who heard it was shocked, after all, they had personally experienced this beast tide, and they knew too well how difficult it was to make such a great achievement in this beast tide.

So in the next few days, Wang Baole enjoyed heroic treatment.

Almost everyone in the entire fortress knew his name, and almost every time they went out, all the warriors who saw him saluted him with enthusiasm and excitement in their eyes.

Even those officers are like this, this is not a form of appearance, but a heartfelt thanks, they thank Wang Baole for his contributions!

Especially when Wang Baole and Chen Yutong were facing a crisis, they could have stepped back and left the Vulcan platform, but in the end they chose to stay.

Even Chen Yutong and other people who had previously guarded Wang Baole were treated with unprecedented enthusiasm by the entire fortress because of this.

Despite this, Wang Baole's heart was heavier than excited, he couldn't forget the soldiers who died, and he couldn't forget the tragedy of this battle, and it could even be said that this battle had a great impact on his life.

It is also difficult for his mood to adjust so quickly and return to his previous optimism.

At the same time, because he knew that Wang Baole liked to collect animal teeth, so in the next few days, Wang Baole received countless animal teeth, from the bottom of his heart, these warriors, they thanked Wang Baole, they liked Wang Baole, but they didn't know how to express it, so sending animal teeth became the only way.

In the end, the storage bags couldn't be filled, Wang Baole was moved, and it was difficult to refuse, so Chen Yutong silently handed him two storage bags, which were full......

Even the disciples of the Four Great Dao Courtyards, after experiencing this battle of life and death together, have more familiarity and recognition with this place, for Wang Baole, and for the fellow Daoists who also belong to the Four Great Dao Courtyards, and they have visited and made friends, and at the same time, with those soldiers who have become comrades-in-arms, they are also different from when they first came here.

In the restoration of this entire fortress, as the beast tide completely receded, as Wang Baole was almost busy receiving an endless stream of visitors here, a merit book was also sent to General Zhou of the seventh main fortress by the bearded army commander.

In this merit book, almost all the disciples of the Taoist Academy have their names on it, and there is a large list of brave warriors, and it can even be said that it includes almost all living people.

As for Wang Baole and the two surviving Zhuji, as well as the bearded man himself, he was listed in the first place and asked the military for credit.

Looking at this merit book, General Zhou in the military tent smiled bitterly and looked up at the bearded man.

Zhou Lu stood behind General Zhou, as if he was injured, his face was pale at the moment, but the light in his eyes was obviously a little more fierce than before after experiencing the baptism of blood and killing, especially after seeing Wang Baole's name in the merit book, her eyes paused.

Being looked at by General Zhou like this, the bearded man looked as usual, but he deliberately used his strength to make blood ooze from the wounds on his body, without saying a word, but obviously putting on a ...... If you don't give me excess credit, Lao Tzu won't leave.

"Don't hide it, take it out all at once. General Zhou couldn't laugh or cry, and pointed to the beard and reprimanded.

The bearded man blinked, and took out another merit book from his arms, as if this merit book was extremely heavy, and his expression was also solemn, and he stepped forward with both hands, not on the table, but handed it to General Zhou.

General Zhou's eyes froze, as if he understood something, his expression was a little gloomy, he got up and took it with both hands, and after opening it, he looked at the names that had died in battle, and he was silent.

At the top of the list of merits are the two dead foundation building monks!

"General, I understand that it is not easy for our military, and I also understand the current situation of the Federation, so even if the credit is halved, it can be done, but the pension must be given several times, this battle ...... It's miserable......" The bearded man lowered his head and whispered softly.

General Zhou was silent, and after a long time, he looked at the bearded man and spoke in a deep voice.

"Can the merit be halved, and all the merit tripled, and the pension...... Three times the same!" After he finished speaking, the bearded body shook, and he did not speak again, but saluted General Zhou, and then bowed deeply before leaving.

Seeing the bearded man leave, General Zhou stood in front of the case, was silent for a long time, and spoke lightly.

"Zhou Lu, arrange it, and I will personally go to all the fortresses in three days...... Visit the warriors. ”

Zhou Lu hurriedly took his eyes off Wang Baole's name in the credit book, and lowered his head to say yes.

Three days passed in a flash, with the end of the beast tide, the disciples of the Four Great Dao Courtyards began to leave one after another, returning to their respective Dao Academies, Wang Baole and Chen Yutong and others, after saying goodbye to the soldiers, were ready to leave, but before leaving, he received a notice from the bearded man.

"General Zhou wants to see me?" Wang Baole blinked, he now knows a lot about General Zhou, the seventh main fortress, and knows that the other party is the high-ranking military officer he saw in the Taoist Academy, named Zhou Dexi, who once exterminated a race of fierce beasts and established immortal achievements!

When he didn't know his identity, Wang Baole was not nervous, but now that he knew the origin of the other party, he thought that Zhou Lu was always following General Zhou, so Wang Baole muttered a little in his heart.

"Could it be that Zhou Lu has become the little wife of this General Zhou?" Wang Baole suddenly had a headache when he thought of this.

However, thinking about his own great achievements, Wang Baole breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he still hid his vigilance, and came to the bearded military tent, just here, he saw Zhou Lu standing outside, when the two looked at each other, Zhou Lu's expression was obviously a little more complicated, and after glancing at Wang Baole, he retracted his gaze and spoke lightly.

"The general is waiting for you. ”

Noticing the complexity in the other party's eyes, Wang Baole's eyes flashed and he didn't speak, looked at the military tent, walked forward, stepped directly into the military tent, and saw General Zhou with his back to him, standing in front of a map, wearing a black military uniform.

After Wang Baole saw the mountain-like back, he immediately felt as if he was facing a huge Vulcan cannon, which made him breathe slightly short, bowed his head and hugged his fists, and bowed deeply.

"Wang Baole meets General Zhou!"

"Wang Baole, you come. General Zhou didn't look back, still looking at the map in front of him, and said lightly.

Wang Baole raised his head, looked at General Zhou, thought about it, took a few steps forward, stood beside the other party, and looked at the map, which he had noticed before, it was a topographic map of the seventh line of defense, and he could see that outside the seventh line of defense, there was a primitive area, and farther away, there was a sea.

"In this battle, the seventh line of defense seems to have been partially breached, but in fact...... Strategically speaking, we have a big victory!" General Zhou slowly spoke, raising his right hand to point to the sea.

"The Four Great Dao Courtyards, the Council of Parliamentarians, and other forces have raided the Sea of Fierce Beasts...... Although the casualties were not small, he slaughtered the nine beast kings, ensuring that the border would be unhindered for at least twenty years in the future!"

"But there are pros and cons...... The internal contradictions of the Federation, after being suppressed for decades, will inevitably erupt in the next twenty years, and it will be difficult for the Four Great Avenues to be out of the whirlpool, only our military is transcendent, so ......" General Zhou said this, suddenly turned sideways, his eyes were blazing, and he looked at Wang Baole.

"Wang Baole, are you willing to join our military?"