The feeling of heat and darkness mixed together is really uncomfortable. Even if Xu Le possesses some of the same power, he still feels uncomfortable.
Figures with two auras gradually emerged.
What surprised Xu Le was that this person was mixed in with a large number of Tianrui Lifeng gang members.
"This person... the Zhang Ji that Chi Xiao mentioned before?"
Zhang Ji is now in high spirits. There is no Zerg characteristic on him at all, and he is in much more energetic state than in the previous meeting.
The growth in strength satisfied him, and the power of the fruit made him swell.
But the situation was the same as when we dealt with Chi Xiao before.
Zhang Ji also couldn't sense Xu Le's presence.
His dark energy, like the power of ash, is of a lower grade.
Gray is the lower level of Chi Xiao, and Darkness is the lower level of Xu Le.
"Everyone, take up position and start cleaning up the bugs."
"yes."
As the leader of the gang, Zhang Ji still has some personal abilities. After bringing in a large number of extraordinary fighters, he began to command the battle in an orderly manner.
The gang members and some mercenaries began to effectively clear out the other bugs on the scene.
Zhang Ji himself also took the lead in the charge.
This is the fighting style of Tianrui Lifeng. As the boss, if you don’t lead the charge, others will not follow you.
Zhang Ji was seen wielding the power of fire with great vigor, looking quite like Chi Xiao.
Fire is simply the natural enemy of these Void Zerg.
Once the fire was set, the insects fell down almost in droves and were burned to ashes.
After Xu Le saw this scene, the slight doubt in his heart gradually dissipated.
He had talked with Chi Xiao about Zhang Ji before, and Chi Xiao showed obvious suspicion towards Zhang Ji.
But now Xu Le thinks Zhang Ji should be okay, as he does not show any obvious Zerg characteristics.
On the contrary, he was the first to kill the insects, and it didn't look like there was any problem...
"This person seems to be fine."
"Are you talking about the fire man who led the charge?"
"Yes, this person ate my fruit." Xu Le nodded.
"What about us now? Do we need to join the battle?"
Ai Li looked at the battlefield in front of him and was eager to try.
Xu Le originally planned to join the battle, but at this time he still had a lingering doubt in his heart.
Finally shook his head:
"Let's wait a little longer. Although I don't know what I should wait for, I just want to wait a little longer."
Although Ai Li had some concerns and concerns about the people here, as long as Xu Le asked her to do so, she would naturally do it.
After all, Xu Le is more important to her than anything else.
"I see. Let's observe here first."
"Um."
Xu Le pondered for a while, then took out the Gu Yinduo card that he had been working on for a long time from his pocket.
In order to reduce the entanglement of the thread of fate on himself, he had tried to reduce the use of cards as much as possible.
However, he has already used the light casting energy today, and he has been targeted by the Ancient Sound Mother Tree.
The lingering feeling was palpable.
Compared with the attention paid to the Ancient Yin Duo Mother Tree, using the Ancient Yin Duo card at this time is nothing.
“Spells – all.
This Zhang Ji…”
While Xu Le was fortune-telling, Zhang Ji, who was directing the battle, felt a touch of emotion.
As a 5th level warlock, he can also be considered mentally perfect at the same level.
When the Red Moon Warlock was fortune-telling for him, Zhang Ji could naturally sense it instantly.
"Divination on me? What blind thing?"
Zhang Ji's hesitation puzzled his subordinates, and someone immediately came over to ask:
"Boss Zhang, what's going on?"
Zhang Ji watched the ongoing battle progress and gave up the idea of checking the divination now.
The plan of cleaning up the bugs at hand is more important than the peepers in the dark.
"Nothing, I just felt someone was watching me, and it just occurred to me.
Compared to those trivial matters, solving the bugs in front of us and restoring a bright and sunny day for the people is the most important thing. "
"Boss Zhang is truly wise and righteous. I admire him."
"Alas, this is wrong. We are all working for Tianrui Lifeng, so why are you and me involved?"
The two sides exchanged some commercial praise and then returned to the battle.
At least when it comes to killing bugs and weirdness, everyone seems to have the same idea.
On the other side of the tall building, Xu Le fell into deep thought, looking at the cards in his hand.
Black Card-Withdrawal Puppet
"A life controlled by a puppet..."
"What did you predict?" asked Ai Li on the side.
"That person... has a problem, a big problem. Chi Xiao is right. This person's situation may not be as simple as we see now."
After Xu Le said this, Ai Li also turned his attention to Zhang Ji.
"Fortunately, I didn't do anything just now."
"Yeah, luckily I didn't do anything just now, let's continue watching."
With Zhang Ji leading a large number of gang members into the battle, many savages who had been watching the fight with insects also joined the battle.
The mercenaries' muskets can exert great power at this time.
Shotguns are simply the most effective weapon against densely packed insects.
Because no matter how you shoot, you won't miss the target. One shot will hit a large area...
The fierce battle lasted for nearly an hour, and the bugs began to retreat.
After the swarm of insects at the Heroes Monument dissipated, Zhang Ji was able to control the current situation.
While he sent people to clean up the battlefield, he came to the Heroes' Monument to pay homage.
"Thank you ancestors for your care for us. With your blessing, Tianrui Lifeng will be invincible."
“Thank you, ancestors.”
The mercenaries and gang members standing behind Zhang Ji said in unison.
Just now, with Zhang Ji's fire power paving the way, they won a great victory.
Although there were some injured, most of them were not killed.
This was already a very brilliant victory for the barbarians, and it also made them more convinced of Zhang Ji at this time.
"Boss Zhang, what should we do now?"
"Yeah, keep looking for bugs to kill?"
"Don't be impatient, everyone. Especially at this time, we should not rush in blindly.
After a bloody battle, everyone's physical strength and condition have declined.
And just now I saw that those bugs obviously attacked with purpose. Although the Heroes Monument has great significance for us humans.
But to these ignorant insects, they are just piles of stones.
It's totally unnatural for them to attack here on their own initiative. I think there must be something fishy going on..."
"Boss Zhang is right. We are resting here now, but these bugs come to attack the monument. This is problematic in itself."
"Yeah yeah."
After looking at each other, these people simply agreed with Zhang Ji's suggestion and continued to stay here and wait.
Xu Le, standing above, watched all this silently.
He always felt that things were getting a little weird...
"Why did Zhang Ji take the initiative to have people stay here?"
While Xu Le was puzzled, Zhang Ji had already received battle inquiries from other Tianrui Lifeng gangs.
"Hello, I'm Zhang Ji..."
"Boss Zhang, I'm Red Hand from the Poison Blood Gang. I've heard about the situation at the Heroes Monument. How's your situation now? Do you need support?"
“No, no, the insect swarm at the Heroes Monument has been dealt with, and I’m leading my men to garrison here now.
But I think their attack here is very strange, so I decided to stay and investigate. "
"Okay, if you need support, feel free to contact me."
"Thank you. If you need any help, please feel free to contact us."
After saying this, Zhang Ji hung up the phone.
As a team leader, his performance from the beginning to now has been basically impeccable.
The people around them, whether they were members of their gang or the three mercenaries who joined temporarily.
At this time, everyone had considerable trust in Zhang Ji.
Xu Le did not participate in their fight and was always just an observer, unable to find any fault.
Now you go over and say that they have a problem, but you can't even tell what the specific problem is.
That would be tantamount to provoking trouble, and the people around would probably not be able to justify it.
So Xu Le didn't say anything and continued to observe.
"Don't you see what's going on?" Seeing that Xu Le didn't move, Ai Li, who was standing by, simply sat down next to him and started massaging Xu Le's shoulders again.
Xu Le really enjoys this process.
He stared at the team below and murmured:
"Chi Xiao said that there was something wrong with this Zhang Ji, and my previous divination also confirmed that there was something wrong with him, so...
Even if I can't figure out what's going on, I still have to deal with it as if he has a problem.
There must be a reason why he stays here.”
"Oh, that's good, I just feel like I'm paddling."
"That's not necessary."
Below, as requested by Zhang Ji, the group rested for a while.
Then the search for the Heroes' Monument began.
As a role model for everyone, Zhang Ji naturally participated in it and began to explore the Heroes Monument.
Everyone is exploring, the difference is that some are just paddling while others are searching seriously.
For example, Zhang Ji...
He carefully examined each stone tablet and touched the words on the stone tablet with his fingers. Every stroke left a mark of his fingers.
Such a detailed inspection attracted the attention of others.
"Boss Zhang's way of doing things is really admirable. Your seriousness alone is different from others."
"Oh, no matter what, we are all working for Tianrui Lifeng. There is no you, me or him."
Zhang Ji responded with a smile and continued with his work.
Check... and apply.
A layer of faint black particles remained on all the words he touched.
These black particles are hidden in the recesses and gaps between the grooves of the writing.
If you don't look very closely and poke with a tiny toothpick or needle, you won't be able to find these black particles.
They were all inserted by Zhang Ji using the fine hair on his fingers, and his technique was impeccable.
Only professionals can crack it.
The trust that people around him had in Zhang Ji, and what he had done before.
It is impossible to check Zhang Ji's work, only he checks others openly.
In this way, Zhang Ji touched each of the 13 hero monuments.
Every word and every corner above was smeared with black granular insect eggs.
After doing all this, Zhang Ji pretended to be thinking.
"Hiss, that doesn't make sense. What on earth is it about these rocks that attracts bugs?"
"Boss Zhang, haven't you figured it out yet?"
"Oh, I'm not omnipotent either. There are always things I can't do."
"It's okay, it's okay, it's just that the brothers are almost done resting..."
"Boss, the Wolf Gang needs support ahead."
"Okay, let's put things here aside for now and go support other places first."
"good."
Under the guidance of Zhang Ji, the group left the Heroes Monument Square in a mighty manner.
Five minutes after these people left, Xu Le turned over and jumped off the roof of the observation building.
Ai Li followed behind him, gradually approaching the monuments.
Suddenly, Rewi Alley, who was walking, shrugged and grabbed Xu Le:
"Xu Le, there are bugs."
"Bugs? Where?"
"Those stone tablets... On the stone tablets? I'm not sure."
Xu Le looked at the stone tablet thoughtfully, then walked up to it and observed it carefully.
When observing the stone tablet with the naked eye, nothing is found at all.
Even with the Ancient Sound Multi-Vision activated, there was only a trace of a layer of strange energy, and nothing else was obvious.
Naturally, this information cannot confirm Zhang Ji’s behavior.
But Rewi Alley repeated again:
"The smell is very strong, right up there, the strongest smell is from these words..."
Ai Li lowered his head and pointed at the words on the stone tablet.
Xu Le looked carefully, and even though his eyesight was very good, he still had difficulty seeing.
“It feels very dark…”
Xu Le stretched out a finger, and a spot of light appeared, illuminating the surroundings.
With the light source, things that were previously unclear can now be seen clearly.
Those black shadows are just black dots.
These black spots are absorbing the surrounding energy and air, and that is why ordinary people's perception is completely ineffective.
Only by relying on Rewi Alley's very primitive sense of smell can he make accurate discoveries.
The black spot seemed to be aware of Xu Le's presence at this time. After shaking for a while, it began to expand rapidly.
The size of their expansion is not very large, from a black and gray size that was barely visible to the naked eye to a size roughly between a sesame seed and a grain of rice.
Then... broke out of the shell.
"It's a bug."
They were clearly just a group of tiny bugs, but they gave Xu Le a strong sense of crisis.
The energy in these bugs' bodies is weird and very unstable.
Purple, green, and black lights overlap on the wings of these insects.
Xu Le felt something was wrong after seeing this, and grabbed Ai Li beside him and shouted:
“Back off!”
Ai Li's reaction was actually faster than his. At this time, he also used his legs to jump backwards.
Buzz buzz buzz! ~
The flapping of the insects' wings created circles of ripples, and the stone tablets they were attached to were instantly eroded and swallowed by these ripples.
Even the afterimage left by Xu Le's elemental transformation was eaten by these insects.
Black bugs floated in the air.
Each bug is a black dot.
These black spots devour everything, energy, air, and even space.
Space cracks appeared around Xu Le.
Soon, a voice came from the far end:
"This man and woman are Zerg spies. Capture them."