Xu Le walked a little slowly for the next section of the journey.
The sonic impact of the Rat Crow caused him quite obvious damage. To be more precise, he had a pain in his waist.
But why the sound wave attack would cause back pain... He hadn't figured it out, and even if he had, he wouldn't tell it.
The price he paid was that he now walked crookedly.
Ai Li, who was walking beside him, tried to help Xu Le several times, but Xu Le shook him off every time.
"Are you angry?" Ai Li asked suddenly.
Xu Le, a mature, steady and tough man, certainly wouldn't get angry about this kind of thing. He looked at Ai Li and said something irrelevant:
"We bled together."
Ai Li:? ? She didn’t quite understand what Xu Le meant.
Seeing that Ai Li didn't understand what he meant, Xu Le continued walking in silence.
We are all comrades-in-arms, but you are still fussing about these things. It is really ignorant.
While Xu Le was muttering to himself, Ai Li had already taken the initiative to lift his shoulders and carry him on his back.
Xu Le always felt weird when a man was carried on the back of a woman.
Even this woman's physical strength far exceeded his.
Moreover, being carried by Ai Li like this, Xu Le didn't know where to put his hands.
After a while, she smiled and apologized:
"I'm sorry, if I knew you were so badly injured, I wouldn't have let you go like this. Why didn't you tell me clearly?"
"This is about a man's dignity."
"Oh."
With Ai Li carrying Xu Le on his back, his speed was undoubtedly much faster.
When the two of them arrived at the street where the studio was located, the smell of blood and gunfire in the air was so strong that even Xu Le could smell it.
"Someone's dead?"
"A lot of people must have died." Ai Li confirmed.
"Go and have a look."
Ai Li carried Xu Le on his back and walked quickly in the middle of the street. When the mercenaries on both sides saw them, they all looked wary.
There were large amounts of bloodstains on the street lamps and the doorplate lights of many studios.
These bloodstains affected the color of the light, making the night, which was already bright red due to the red moon, even more bloody.
No one spoke, and no one greeted anyone at this time.
Xu Le and Ai Li didn't know what kind of battle they had experienced, but soon they saw something new.
There was a big fire burning in the middle of the road. From a distance, Xu Le had already discovered the function of the fire.
Burn the corpse.
The bodies of the mercenaries and some of the Night Scrolls.
"This amount..."
Xu Le looked at the time. It was now 11:54, and there were only 6 minutes left until the Red Moon Calamity.
So where did these night scrolls come from
Looking at these corpses, Xu Le couldn't help but think of what Xia Libo had told him before.
There are two warlike Sons of Gu Yinduo, one of which is Forest. Forest's main attack direction is the lighthouse, and sometimes it also attacks the Red Moon Temple.
The other one is Night Fury, which is different from Forest Fury.
She was one of those sons of Guinduo who would attack all city-states without any reason.
Among most people who know a lot about ancient sounds, their perception of Night Fury is the killer, destroyer, source of fear and darkness in the Dark Ages.
Some even suggested that killing the Night Fury would end this dark age.
After all, Night Furies are beings that control Night Demons.
In the past, Xu Le had no substantial feelings about these comments, but after seeing these dark scrolls, his emotions could not help but churn.
The Night Roll, the roll of darkness and night, this name sounds like it has a certain relationship with Night Fury.
Could it be that all these Night Scrolls were sent by Night Demons
But why did she do that
Well, maybe it can be said that Night Furies don’t need any reason to kill humans, but Xu Le still couldn’t accept it in his heart.
"If there's a chance... Well, forget it."
As if sensing that Xu Le was worried, Ai Li stayed beside the corpse fire for a while, then turned and headed towards the Rose Studio.
Ai Li walked quickly, and she and Xu Le finally returned to the Rose Studio before 12 o'clock.
As soon as he walked over, Xu Le heard faint sobbing.
He patted Ai Li and signaled him to put him down. Ai Li also understood Xu Le's meaning. After putting him down, he stood aside.
Xu Le looked around. The bodies here had been cleared away. Although there were still traces of blood on the ground, Xu Le had no way of judging how many members of the mercenary group had died.
He counted the number of remaining members and found that there were 13 left.
It was unknown how many people the mercenary group originally had, but what surprised Xu Le was that he did not see Wang Shu among them.
There was only Gusni sobbing, could it be
"Where's Brother Shu?" Xu Le couldn't help but ask after approaching.
After seeing Xu Le, Ge Sini's expression fluctuated for a while.
It seemed like he wanted to get angry, but he couldn't find any reason to get angry.
Before she could answer, Wang Shu came out of the house:
"I'm here."
Seeing that Wang Shu was fine, Xu Le breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Brother Shu was okay, he was glad.
He is not a great man, nor does he have great sentiments. His idea is very simple, that is, as long as the people he is familiar with are safe, it's enough.
The sudden relaxation of his spirit made Xu Le's body sway a little.
Ai Li behind him quickly supported him.
Wang Shu on the opposite side also noticed that something was wrong with Xu Le. He glanced at Xu Le, then at Ai Li, and found that both of them had blood on their bodies, so he knew that they had been through a battle.
But at this time Xu Le still had to ask:
"Tell me more about the situation here."
"We were attacked by creatures similar to the Night Assassins. They were too fast. Although they were not very strong, their ability to be invisible was too troublesome.
In the battle just now, a total of 8 mercenaries died. "
Upon hearing that 8 people from the mercenary group had died, Xu Le's brows tightened slightly.
For a small to medium-sized mercenary group with only more than 20 people, such losses can almost be said to be a serious blow.
And the black tide has just begun.
Before Xu Le could continue asking, a shrill scream appeared in the sky again.
This was the third time Xu Le heard this sound. It felt like the red moon was howling.
The scream lasted for a long time, longer than the previous two times, probably lasting more than a minute.
After Hongyue stopped howling, Xu Le glanced at the moon and still didn't find anything suspicious.
The only change around was probably that the sound of artillery fire outside the city became more intense.
It should be the strange army in the black tide that began to attack Zion like a tide.
The lighthouse has a golden tree of light. Although we don’t know if that thing is the reason why monsters attack humans, we can be sure that it will definitely attract the main attacks of monsters.
So what about Zion? Does Zion have one too
If Zion didn’t have a target building like the Golden Tree Tower, what would happen if the city defenses were breached
When the lighthouse was breached, the enemy rushed to the upper city. When Zion was breached, would the enemy run around? Wouldn't those living in the outer areas be in trouble
Xu Le narrowed his eyes slightly. This kind of thing really needs to be considered.
"Where's Miss Yi Xiaoya?"
"Ms. Yi Xiaoya didn't stay here, and Dr. Lewis didn't know where she went."
Xu Le frowned secretly. He was unreliable at the critical moment!
In his opinion, Yi Xiaoya should be a very powerful sorcerer. If he could hold her thighs tightly, then there would be no need to worry about safety issues.
But I didn’t expect that Yi Xiaoya was not here. It turns out that you have to rely on yourself in life!
"Brother Shu, tell me the details of the previous battle."
"good."
Wang Shu reported the battle process in relatively detail.
The quality of the mercenaries is actually pretty good. Even though the Night Scrolls are relatively strong, they are definitely not powerless to resist.
The key point that caused such heavy casualties lies in the mysterious stealth ability of the Night Scroll.
Xu Le and Rewi Alley were able to confront them head-on because Xu Le had the ability to see them directly and Rewi Alley could smell them.
When it comes to capturing information, the two of them are much better than the mercenaries present.
Among the mercenaries, only Wang Shu could intuitively sense the attributes of the Night Scroll.
However, we cannot expect mercenaries to reach Wang Shu's level. If they all have Wang Shu's level, they would not become ordinary mercenaries.
Wang Shu saw that Xu Le did not continue to ask questions, so he turned around and asked:
"What about you? Did you experience the battle?"
"Yes, it was a restless night."
Xu Le also briefly described his battle experience. After learning that Xu Le and Ai Li had killed a Level 4 hybrid polluter head-on, Wang Shu was still quite surprised:
"You two actually solved a polluter. Xu Le, you've made great progress!"
"It's alright, have you found out anything about what happened to me?"
Xu Le took the initiative to ask. He knew that Wang Shu was actually a very capable person. After all, he was the captain candidate that Bai Jing valued.
So he wanted to ask if Wang Shu had discovered anything that he had not noticed.
After thinking for a while, Wang Shu suddenly asked:
"Xu Le, do you still remember the mongoose eucalyptus that the two of us handled at the lighthouse, and the well eucalyptus that Team 6 voluntarily gave up?"
Of course Xu Le remembered these two eucalyptus. It was because of that eucalyptus that Xu Le obtained a key relic.
Rainy day laborer
This item remains Xu Le's most powerful means of attack to this day.
Although it has many limitations, Xu Le has never doubted its power. Xu Le already understands the question raised by Wang Shu:
"The eucalyptus of the mongoose and the well all started with Gu Yinduo polluting the ancient gods."
"Yes, these eucalyptus are all distorted from the ancient gods. They are contaminated by some kind of ancient sound power, and the amount of contamination is extremely large."
"A huge number?"
Xu Le really didn't know about this.
Wang Shu nodded:
“I was a captain for a while before, so I looked at the case files and found that it started from the first serious black tide.
After that, there were nearly 60 ancient god species deformation accidents in various regions. The accidents that occurred in these two months have exceeded the total of the past 20 years.
The ancient gods have always been low-key. They are very greedy and will never show up unless there is benefit.
Generally speaking, when encountering a lot of ancient energy, the ancient gods would hide themselves obediently.
But the frequency of this pollution is really high, it’s not normal.”
Wang Shu's analysis made Xu Le nod slightly. Explaining the problem from the perspective of the ancient gods was indeed something Xu Le had not expected.
As expected, it is impossible to collect information by yourself.
“This situation is most likely caused by some reason, for example, some kind of ancient sound energy is attracting and tempting the ancient gods.
The ancient gods who could not resist the temptation would become distorted once they absorbed the energy of the ancient sounds?"
Wang Shu shook his head. He didn’t know whether Xu Le’s judgment was correct.
"I don't know the ancient gods, so I can't make a judgment."
"You don't understand the ancient gods, but there are people who do!"
Xu Le directly pressed the golden toad mark on his hand, and with a bang, he summoned the toad out.
The toad held up the shield and looked around with his two small eyes. After confirming that there was nothing strange around him, his expression suddenly became strange:
"There's nothing powerful or weird about it. Xu Le, have you changed?"
Xu Le: …
"Brother Gua, stop messing around. I'm calling you here today because of something..."
Xu Le told Toad about his and Wang Shu’s analysis of the ancient god species. After listening, Toad nodded slightly.
"We have also noticed what you have noticed, and I have even experienced some temptations myself."
Hearing what Toad said, Xu Le suddenly became interested:
"Have you ever been tempted? Did the other party dig up a lot of earthworms for you?"
"Get out!" Toad said angrily.
"Okay, okay, I won't interrupt you. Go ahead." Xu Le sat down again, waiting for Toad to speak.
Toad was not in a hurry. He first glanced at the red moon, then lit his pipe, took a puff, and then slowly said:
"It is true that the son of Gu Yinduo went to the Ancient God Realm before and gave his power to many ancient gods."
"The son of Gu Yinduo who is heading to the Ancient God Realm? Who?"
“I don’t know. It spread a lot of strange ancient sound fruits and left a message, saying that if you want to live a life that is no longer so aggrieved,
Just eat the fruit, and the ancient god who eats the fruit will be qualified to meet it."
Xu Le narrowed his eyes slightly and spread a lot of ancient sound fruits...
If this is the ability, would it be a forest? After all, a forest has many trees, and trees bear fruit.
This is a very simple reasoning, but it seems to make sense.
"Brother Gua, have you eaten?" Xu Le asked curiously.
"I am a golden toad, so I don't want to eat that kind of stuff."
The toad raised his head slightly, solemnly expressing his pride. In fact... if it wasn't for Xu Le, maybe he would have eaten one too.
After all, not everyone can resist the temptation of Gu Yinduo's power.
Just like what the son of Gu Yinduo who left the words said, the ancient gods have lived too miserably in recent years.
Even if it is not for the temptation of the ancient Yinduo fruit, some people will choose to eat those strange fruits just to live without being miserably miserable.
"Will the ancient god species that eat that kind of fruit be deformed?"
"I don't know about that. I haven't eaten that thing." Jin Chan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
However, Xu Le has already obtained a lot of information from it. This matter is indeed related to the son of Gu Yinduo.
The ancient gods are really miserable. They are humiliated all day long and then taken advantage of by others.
The chaotic state after the distortion is one that is obviously a loss of self.
Xu Le glanced at the toad and suddenly said:
"Brother Gua."
"Um?"
"When I become rich, I will definitely take you away."
The golden toad frowned slightly, as if thinking about what Xu Le meant. Was this Xu Le's promise to it
"Is that so? Then I'll just wait for that day, hahahahaha!~"
Toad laughed heartily, then smacked his lips and said:
"Since there are no monsters, I won't stay here any longer. As an ancient god, I'd better not participate in the Black Tide Night, a great event for mankind."
Hearing that the toad was about to leave, Xu Le quickly stopped it:
"Hey, don't go. Now that you're here, why don't you sit for a while? Brother Gua, let me tell you, things like the Black Tide are actually not that dangerous.
Humanity's defenses are no longer what they used to be. We finally get to meet, so how about you stay until 5 a.m.?"
The corners of Toad's mouth twitched. Xu Le is really not a human being!
"I am the Golden Toad, worshipped by people for generations. How strong is the fragrance of books? You are telling me this?"
"What do you mean, Brother Gua?"
"What I mean is, I read a lot, and you can't fool me."
Xu Le pondered for a while, then pointed to the flower bed at the entrance of the studio and said:
"There are a lot of earthworms in the flowerbed outside our studio."
Golden Toad: ?
"Just a few earthworms..."
"It's really a lot." Xu Le emphasized again.
"You want me to dig it myself?" Jin Chan was a little dissatisfied. Xu Le was not like this before.
"If you can wait until tomorrow morning, I will dig with you."
"OK."
With the golden toad, Xu Le gained more confidence.
Jin Chan is different from others. Whether it is Wang Shu or Ai Li, they are all independent people.
With an independent personality and ideas, although Xu Le can cooperate with them in battle, he can never fight side by side with Jin Chan.
Especially the Golden Toad's Ancient Divine Water Style, which complements Xu Le's thunder power, can positively amplify the combat effectiveness of both, and makes Xu Le like to cooperate with the Golden Toad in combat.
It can be said that with the golden toad, his combat effectiveness is truly guaranteed.
Xu Le looked at Levis at this time and began a new round of orders:
"Okay, let's prepare some new defenses. Brother Li, you should still have a lot of fluorescent powder, take it all out.
Brother Shu, have the mercenaries spread the fluorescent powder evenly on the ground. This will be more effective in preventing the night curl."
"good."
"Okay." They said in unison.
Ai Li looked at Xu Le:
"What about me?"
Looking at Ai Li, Xu Le subconsciously covered his kidneys.
"After the battle just now, my physical condition is not very good. I have no problem releasing the spell, but I am afraid it is not possible to fight in close combat, so you are responsible for protecting me."
"good."
After assigning the tasks, everyone started working again.
Xu Le suddenly turned his head and looked at the window on the second floor
Sure enough, he saw Ding Ke at the window.
Ding Ke put one paw on the window and greeted Xu Le.
But when it saw Ai Li beside Xu Le, it glared at him at first, but soon it retracted its gaze and moved it to a farther place, while it slapped the window with its claws many times and screamed.
Meow! ~
Meow meow meow! ~
Seeing Ding Ke's actions, Xu Le looked in the direction Ding Ke was looking at with some confusion. Is that the red moon
Excited to see the red moon? That shouldn't be the reason.
He looked at the red moon carefully again and suddenly found a problem.
It's getting dark.
"Xu Le, it seems to be getting dark." Wang Shu also reminded.
"It's not that the sky has darkened, it's that the moon has dimmed. The energy of the Red Moon Spirit is fading..." Xu Le frowned.