"Has Yue Ling changed?"
Xu Le uses the ancient sound spiritual energy. He can absorb the Moon Spirit, but it requires a stable ceremony. It would be faster to ask Ai Li directly now.
"It has changed. It feels much weaker, but this weakening is compared to the previous red moons."
Xu Le immediately understood Ai Li's explanation. The red moon had indeed become weaker, but this weakening was compared to the previous red moons.
"Normally, the Black Tide arrives when the Red Moon is at its strongest. If it weakens at this time, why is that?"
Xu Le pinched his chin.
Then Ai Li, Wang Shu, Toad and other creatures on the side also pinched their chins.
Xu Le glanced at them:
"Don't you have anything to say?"
"No." These people said in unison.
"Okay." Xu Le shook his head. No one was willing to use their brains, so it was difficult to lead the team!
Xu Le entered a state of emptiness, thought seriously, made analysis, and came to a conclusion.
"Is there a possibility that the Red Moon is dim because it was hurt?"
Xu Le's statement made the other people look at each other in bewilderment. Hong Yue would be hurt? What a joke.
"But the red moon is in the sky?"
"Yes, the red moon is in the sky." Xu Le nodded. He also knew this.
But he was also confused. What was the howling sound that Red Moon made every time there was a black tide? It sounded like the scream of some creature...
Moreover, the Black Tide is often referred to in ancient times as the Red Moon Disaster. Doesn’t that mean the disaster of the Red Moon
Seeing Xu Le thinking, Wang Shu took the initiative to walk over and said to the others:
"Everyone, be prepared for defense. The situation is unclear right now. Even if there are any problems, they cannot be solved by individual ability.
Doing your job well and protecting yourself is more important than anything else."
"yes."
As the moonlight gradually dimmed, the sky attracted the attention of many people.
Not only Xu Le and his group, but other mercenaries around them also noticed this. The brightness of the lights was gradually turned up. The moon was still red, but the entire night no longer had the bloody state of the previous night.
It turned into a dark night just like any other night.
This is not a good sign.
At the very least, there was no need to consider lighting issues during the previous black tides, but now that it has become dark, the first thing to be under the greatest pressure is the city defense.
If any large monster appears, it will be impossible to kill it with concentrated fire from a distance due to the darkness, and if the monster rushes too close, it is likely to break through the obstacles.
Now we can only hope that Zion’s plains expansion policy is effective.
Woo! ~Woo! ~
As many mercenaries hesitated, Zion's shrill central siren suddenly sounded. People began to look up at the sky, only to see many steam airships flying towards the city defense area.
"Isn't it very risky to use a steam-powered airship in battle?"
Xu Le looked at Ai Li who was standing beside him. Although the steam airship had undergone regional airbag reform, it would not crash due to damage in one place.
But in essence it is still a flying device that uses gas to lift off, and such a device itself carries great risks.
Once the gas can no longer keep the airborne, the airship will most likely fall.
Flying anomalies are rare, but they definitely exist.
In a situation like the Kuroshio, "few" has become a relative term.
After seeing the airship, Ai Li also frowned slightly.
"I don't know. I never participated in the battle before."
Afterwards, these steam airships turned on the lights on their lower parts, and the bright red light almost illuminated the earth.
"This? Is this a moonstone lamp?" Xu Le was slightly shocked.
"It's the Moonstone Lamp." Levis, who had been silent all this time, said.
Xu Le and Levis looked at each other. As warlocks, they both knew that although moonstone could be used as lighting energy, this practice was too luxurious.
Moonstone is considered a resource for warlocks, so they have to be very careful when doing research.
Now the Zion government directly uses moonstone as lighting energy. This cannot be described as a luxury, it is simply burning money.
"Is the parliament crazy?" Levis was a little confused.
"He must have been pushed into a corner." Xu Le began to become pessimistic.
The war must be intense and the situation on the front line is not optimistic, so the Zion Council dispatched steam airships to carry out lighting work.
Moonstone is very expensive, but if Zion is breached, any claim of expensiveness will be nonsense. Money only becomes meaningful when people are alive.
But Xu Le still has to sigh that the Zion Council is really rich, a real wealthy man!
"Brother Shu, take a look. I'll go back and get something."
"OK."
Xu Le returned to the bedroom, and Ding Ke pounced on him as soon as he entered the room.
Xu Le quickly hugged it and rubbed its head.
"Okay, now is not the time to play."
Meow!
Ding Ke called out obediently, then lay on Xu Le's shoulder with her belly facing down.
I haven't been lying in this position for a long time.
Xu Le took out the spare pistol he had previously used from the drawer, as well as some handmade mental energy bullets.
After obtaining the power of Gu Yinduo from the cemetery and forming a psychic pool, Xu Le has rarely used this thing.
But now it seems necessary to take it out again.
After moving the magazine and switching the safety on and off, Xu Le felt the unique metallic smell of the gun and smiled with satisfaction.
"Guns are really fascinating."
Going downstairs again, several mercenaries in Wang Jing's group were whispering:
"It's so dark, even darker than before."
"Okay, stop talking. We know it even if you don't tell us. Isn't there a light?" Ge Sini said a little irritably.
However, her words seemed to remind the team leader Wang Jing, who had not expressed much opinion. Tonight, Wang Jing was like a transparent person and did not say much.
The main reason is that the current situation is unclear, and Wang Shu’s performance is already very good.
If she had been in command before, it is very likely that the team would have been wiped out in the first wave of attacks from the Night Scroll.
When she heard someone say that the lights were too dim, as a light mage, she naturally had to do her part.
"Ritual - Illumination."
A bright ball of light rose up and floated above everyone's heads. The warlock's lighting consumed psychic energy and was essentially the same as moonstone lighting.
In Xu Le's opinion, this is a somewhat unreasonable approach. After all, the total amount of psychic energy involves the state of the warlock himself.
But he didn't say much. There was no need to offend anyone because of this.
In the darkness, everyone waited quietly.
At this time, apart from the fierce explosion of Zion City's defense, no other sound could be heard.
Just as Rewi Alley had said, Zion's defenses were strong.
At least in terms of the frequency of artillery fire, it definitely beats the lighthouse.
In silence, Xu Le and his group safely passed an hour, and the time came to 1 a.m.
According to the time calculation, it is now January 1, 360 years ago.
Today is also the Chinese New Year. At this time of month, the air is much colder than before.
Without the bloody color of the red moon, the nights of waiting outside seemed colder than ever.
Standing there, Xu Le shivered unnaturally.
And Ding Ke in his arms also subconsciously arched towards Xu Le's arms.
"Do you feel a little cold?"
"I have a feeling." Wang Shu also said.
"It's very cold, and there's something wrong with the cold." Ai Li had already frowned.
"Something's not right? What's the reason?" Xu Le asked.
Ai Li looked at the handrail of the fence. The remaining water in the teacup left by the mercenary had turned into ice. Although it was not completely frozen, it was not far from freezing.
"It's impossible for the temperature to reach freezing point on January 1st of previous years."
“Could it be a cold front coming?”
"I don't know either." Ai Li was not from the weather station, so she had no way of judging whether the current situation was related to the Kuroshio.
The conversation between the two seemed to ease the cold atmosphere.
Ding Ke stuck his head out of Xu Le's arms. Because it was too cold, he didn't even want to glare at Ai Li.
Anyway, Xu Le was holding it. A dog is so big that its owner would not hold it.
call!
Suddenly, something seemed to pass over everyone's heads. Xu Le and others were startled and raised their guns to the top of their heads.
"What?"
"I don't know. It was too fast. I couldn't see it clearly."
"Boss, do you want to shoot?"
When the mercenary asked the question, Ai Li and Levis also looked at Xu Le.
Only Wang Shu remained silent, because he was the only one who knew that Xu Le would never agree to shoot.
I don't know when a light drizzle started to float in the air, a very fine and cold drizzle.
When the cold rain falls on Xu Le's glasses, it forms a layer of fog.
Xu Le took off his glasses and put them aside, and said indifferently:
"No, everyone just does their job."
"Is there no need to issue a warning? Those things are likely to be unknown monsters, and they may attack Zion from within." Ai Li said again.
"Raising the alarm now is likely to attract the monsters in the darkness. I can't risk my life to be the trumpeter."
Ai Li was silent for a while. Perhaps she already knew the answer in her heart, but she still hoped that Xu Le could give her a different answer:
The differences in concepts and ideas were reflected again at this moment.
"I see."
Xu Le saw Ai Li's expression and said in a compensatory way:
“If we sound the alarm now and attract the attention of a large number of monsters, you, me, and Brother Shu will all die.
Only if I live well can I fight better for Zion. I am more worthy of living than them."
Ai Li looked at Xu Le and shook his head slightly.
"You don't have to explain this to me, I'm a warrior, and my duty is to protect you.
But I do hope that you can prove your worth in the future for Zion."
“Yes, for Zion.”
Xu Le put away his usual laxity and slickness. Perhaps this was the truest version of himself.
"Everyone be alert, there may be some strange things that we missed appearing next."
Although everyone doesn't know where Xu Le came from in making this judgment, for now, Xu Le's approach is biased towards personal survival.
This is also an approach worthy of support for the remaining dozen or so mercenaries.
"yes."
Whoosh! Whoosh!
As he was speaking, two shadowy flying objects flew over his head, one large and one small.
In the darkness, although Xu Le had no way of determining the other party's appearance, he was still able to lock onto the strange attributes of these two through the ancient sound multi-vision.
Jungle Glider, level 4 weird, many ancient sounds.
Zombie-dragon, level 4 weirdness, many ancient sounds.
They are all level 4 monsters, and just as Xu Le thought, if a breakthrough occurs, the first wave of breakthrough will definitely be flying species.
At the moment, these two monsters should be flying species.
"Brother Shu, they are flying towards the interior of Zion."
"Hmm?" Wang Shu didn't quite understand what Xu Le meant.
"If there's something inside Zion that attracts weird things, it would be safer for us."
Wang Shu nodded. He also agreed with this statement.
Xu Le hesitated for a moment and asked again:
"Brother Shu, do you feel that there is something in Zion that is of the same origin as you?"
"Same origin? The Golden Light Tree?"
"Yes."
"There is nothing like it. Even if there is something that attracts weird things, it is different from the Golden Light Tree."
Seeing Wang Shu shaking his head, Xu Le became confused again. What kind of characteristics did it have to be able to attract strange things
Zion doesn't have any obvious special buildings, so why would it attract the strange invasion of the Kuroshio
What about Tianrui Lifeng and the Red Moon Temple
"I heard that the Red Moon Temple was the place most severely attacked by monsters."
"This is true. It is said that after each black tide, the Red Moon Temple has more high-level weird corpses than it can use up, so they never lack materials for studying taboos."
"Why were they attacked?"
"I don't know." Wang Shu spread his hands.
The conversation ended without an answer. Ai Li beside him suddenly tensed up:
"Be careful, there is a smell, the same as the dark night roll from before."
"alert."
"yes."
After Ai Li smelled the odor and gave a warning, Xu Le and others naturally took a defensive stance, but his approach was somewhat different from Wang Shu's.
Wang Shu had no intention of paying attention to the other mercenaries around him, but Xu Le said to Wang Shu at this time:
"Brother Shu, use mercenary sign language or other silent methods to inform the neighbors."
"Okay." Wang Shu nodded and began to gesture to the neighbors.
With their previous combat experience, the mercenaries from these studios would naturally not scoff at Wang Shu’s reminder as they did just now.
Several nearby families quickly reacted defensively, and after seeing them take defensive stances, several families further away also followed suit.
Ai Li looked at Xu Le with a puzzled look. What she wanted to ask was, "Why are you willing to remind others at this time
But she was a person who was good at thinking. She pondered for a few seconds before speaking:
"You regard the entire street as a defensive zone. Their zone defense will also reduce the pressure on us. Is that what you mean?"
"You are so smart." Xu Le said sincerely.
However, Ai Li curled his lips and didn't care about such praise at all.
"This kind of praise is usually given to children."
"Here it comes." Wang Shu reminded.
From the way they acted, Xu Le had already figured out one thing.
That is, these night scrolls and the black tide monsters are completely not from the same wave.
The strange purpose of the Black Tide is very clear, which is to attack the core area of Zion, and the purpose of the Night Scroll is also very clear, they come for killing.
Xu Le had already set up his sniper rifle and fired the first shot of the night battle.
boom!