The scene of the outpost is fully presented before us, covering about one-fifth of the Bloody Plains. In addition to the huge waiting hall, there are also many earthen houses and wells. There is no need to worry about housing and drinking water, but food needs to be taken care of by yourself.
People have limited backpack space and can carry food for a few days at most.
If there is no way to obtain food from the wild, humans will not be able to gain a foothold in the Bloody Plains.
The cost of traveling to and from Dawn Camp for a large group of people is too high, and the outside is full of scavengers known as "wilderness bandits"!
No food could be brought in from the camp.
Liu Shuiyan asked: "Is there water in the well?"
The fat man ran over and picked up the tattered bucket, threw it into the well and pulled out half the bucket. Although there is not much water in the well, it is indeed not a dry well, but the water quality is not ideal. The red suspended matter turns the water light red. The fat man picked up the bucket and took a sip, but it spurted out.
Lei Ming asked: "What's wrong?"
"Bah! What kind of smelly water is this? It's worse than urine!"
"It would be good to have water to drink!" Lei Ming roughly counted more than thirty wells, "There seem to be a lot of monsters out there. There are many collectors in our team, and they can barely solve the food problem by hunting monsters. "
Having said that, the situation is still difficult.
There are more than a thousand people in the entire team, and even including Zhang Mu, only less than 15 people have the gathering skill. It’s good for a monster to collect two or three pieces of food. How can it meet its needs in this situation? The food you bring can last for three days, and you can continue to get food from the wild during this period, up to two days.
There will be no food in a week at most, and then the troops must return to the camp.
Zhang Mu came out and said to everyone: "Find a place to stay, and don't go out if you have nothing to do. If you hear any noise, please close the doors and windows first. As far as I know, there is a natural disaster called blood tide on the Blood Light Plain. If When it breaks out, if you are outside, you will definitely die!"
"What is a blood tide?"
"A common insect plague in the Blood Light Plains. I bought relevant information in the library yesterday." Lei Ming had to admire Zhang Mu for being able to find such hidden information. "There is something called blood locusts living in this place. They don't eat them." Grass only eats meat. The blood tide actually refers to the locust plague. This kind of locust is not an ordinary locust, but an ordinary level monster."
Sanggou said: "Why not kill thousands of people to upgrade?"
"Blood locusts cannot exceed level 10 and cannot gain experience. If they are attacked by hundreds or thousands of locusts at the same time, the mage shield will not work. In the blink of an eye, they will turn into a pile of bones. The blood tide is composed of more than a million locusts, which can almost Let us be destroyed"
The fat man uttered a curse word: "So many? You're cheating! What's going on now, can locusts eat us?"
The camp library had very few records on the Bloody Plains, so Lei Ming had done enough research before coming.
Zhang Mu was very satisfied: "There are no creatures on the Bloody Plains that are easy to mess with. So hide them carefully, especially the fat ones, you have the most meat!"
"You'll die if you eat Fatty's meat!"
"Say less." Sanggou kicked the fat man, "Looking for a house."
Zhang Mu said to Liu Shuiyan and Ye Qianqiu: "Several leaders come here and we will discuss the action plan within a few days."
A few people chose a mud house, and the group leader and several elders went in for a meeting. The floor inside the house was full of pits, the walls were bare, and there was no furniture.
"The environment here is worse than expected." Zhang Mu laid the map on the ground and spread it out, "No matter how much, let's get started."
Liu Shuiyan's bright eyes flashed with brilliance: "This is..."
Zhang Mu explained: "The regional map of the Bloody Plains."
Liu Shuiyan put away her bow, knelt on one knee and leaned over to look at the map. Liu Shuiyan's eyes widened as he looked at it. The map was very detailed, with hills and rivers all marked, and the types and distribution of monsters were intuitively displayed on it. The Bloody Plains is really dangerous. If you explore it by yourself, I don’t know how many people will lose their lives.
"Where did you get this map?"
"This is not the point. Our manpower is far from enough to prevent alien attacks. The top priority is to gain a firm foothold and persuade more mercenaries to come over."
"What do you want to do?" When Liu Shuiyan lowered her head, she suddenly found a spring light looming in her collar. She quickly covered her chest. Seeing that Zhang Mu didn't notice, she immediately added: "Those cowards are not easy to convince."
Zhang Mu said: "Profit, profit can make people crazy. The best way is to capture a secret killing place, record the video, and then post it on the forum, so that everyone can see the rewards of the secret killing place."
Liu Shuiyan frowned slightly and asked, "Are you sure?"
"How will you know if you don't try?" Zhang Mu pointed at the map and said, "The nearest small secret realms are [Falled Mage Castle], [City of Blood Corpses], and [Monster Forest]. They can be reached directly by train. Small secret realms are restricted. The number of people is 10-20, and there are no foreigners participating, so we might as well give it a try."
Cheng Bo scratched his head: "Which one is suitable?"
Zhang Mu pretended to be embarrassed: "Due to lack of information, it is impossible to judge accurately. However, from the name of the secret realm, [Fallen Mage Castle] performs tasks in a castle, and [City of Blood Corpse] and [Monster Forest] are respectively In a city and a forest. The map of the former is smaller, easier to explore, and probably simpler. You might as well start with [Fallen Mage Castle]."
"The biggest trouble we face is the scavengers outside. The scavengers are watching eagerly. It is difficult for our mercenaries to go hunting smoothly. People who come from here are also easily ambushed."
Ye Qianqiu snorted: "Why don't you find them and eat them all in one pot?"
"Scavengers do not have a fixed settlement and cannot live together. If an attack is launched against a group of scavengers, other scavengers will definitely support them. There are not many of them. With more than a thousand of us, it may be difficult to deal with them. "
"What should we do?"
Lei Ming suggested: "We can send elite assassins and killers to assassinate the lone scavengers. After all, the scavengers are an intelligent race. When they find that members close to the outpost have been assassinated in large numbers, they will definitely withdraw the nearby forces and win over them first. We must ensure a certain living space and ensure a food supply for a few days. When people from the camp come over and have enough strength, we will consider completely wiping out the scavengers."
"You can give it a try." Zhang Mu nodded: "Then let Xie and Wang Ling organize a team of killers and assassins and start taking action tonight."
A few people are discussing plans for the next few days.
A piercing siren sounded outside.
"What happened again?"
Zhang Mu opened the door and went out to see what was going on. The dull voice of a guard robot came from the loudspeaker: "Warning! The blood tide is approaching!"
"Is there any mistake? We just said the blood tide, and the blood tide has arrived?" Zhang Mu knew that similar natural disasters occurred frequently on the Blood Light Plain, and he didn't want to hit them so quickly, so he immediately shouted: "Everyone, hurry up and hide in the house. Close the doors and windows!”
There was a buzzing sound in the distance. It was an insect-like creature, and the sound it made by flapping its wings at high speed was more like a hundred million mosquitoes locked in a small secret room with people. The buzzing sound filled the ears, making people feel exhausted.
Zhang Mu shouted with all his strength, but the buzzing outside was so loud that it almost drowned out his voice.
Zhang Mucai hid in the room, and the sky became obviously dark. The entire outpost was shrouded in red shadow, the outside was red, and the whole world was filled with locust swarms. Although I can't see the outside with my own eyes, I can feel the scene outside.
Suddenly, an old broken brick on the roof was smashed, revealing a small gap.
Zhang Mu's expression suddenly changed: "Block it!"
Lei Ming raised his shield and went to plug the leak. Hundreds of locusts swarmed in through the gap, and the gap soon became as big as a head. Blood locusts are called locusts. In fact, the difference is very big. Blood locusts are only slightly smaller than a palm. They are blood red all over. Their forelimbs are like sharp sickles and they have chewing mouthparts that can easily chew rocks.
Cheng Bo took out a talisman and placed it on the gap, turning it into a blue barrier to seal the gap. Lei Ming took the opportunity to climb up the house and blocked it with a shield to prevent more locusts from entering. There were more or less bloody locusts on several people. Zhang Mu felt that several pieces of flesh were bitten off his neck and face, and Lei Ming was covered in dozens of blood locusts. , but even if the steel skin is used, it can withstand it for a while.
Zhang Mu drew out his two swords, and the sharp green sword light flashed across. The blood locusts were chopped into pieces one by one in the air. Wang Ling threw out a large number of flying needles, killing dozens of locusts. With the efforts of several people, those who penetrated The locusts in the house were finally cleared.
Several people's faces were bitten with blood. They couldn't believe that the apparently weak bugs could be so cruel and bloodthirsty.
The blood tide lasted for more than ten minutes and passed, leaving a fishy smell in the air. There were still a lot of blood locusts left by the blood tide on the ground and on the roof. When they saw the creatures, they immediately pounced on them ferociously. However, there were not many in number and they could not attack people. create a threat.
This blood wave killed 22 people, mostly because doors and windows were not closed properly, or there were holes in the house, allowing swarms of blood locusts to swarm in. Most of the armor of the deceased was intact, but all the flesh on the body had been eaten away. The state of death was very miserable.
Liu Shuiyanxiu's neck was bitten several times, and his breastplate was stained red with blood. His plump breasts not only rose and fell with his breathing, but his eyebrows stood up in anger. Among the dead were many women from Fengyue mercenaries.
"We should be lucky that we encountered the blood tide at the station, not in the wild!" Zhang Mu crushed a blood locust, looked up at the red sky and said, "Once the blood tide passes, it will be difficult to find food nearby. Our plan must be accelerated. Tonight Go challenge the [Corrupted Mage Castle]!"
The blood tide will clear out nearby creatures, and the mercenaries will be stagnant for up to three days, otherwise they will face food shortages.
Zhang Mu plans to seize the time to challenge the [Fallen Mage Castle]. This is the only secret realm he is familiar with in the Bloody Plains. Although the difficulty is not low, with his experience and strong team, it should not be difficult to pass smoothly. Because of the blood tide passing by, there is no need to worry about foreigners coming. Other mercenaries can ambush the scavengers near the station while Zhang Mu leads the team.
If the number of waste pickers can be reduced, the environmental pressure on the station will be relatively high.