Ma Qiu's eyes shrank, then he realized something and turned his head suddenly to look at the hill behind him. Then I saw two wizards in black robes appearing on the top of the hill. They were obviously responsible.
After killing more than a dozen strong men with magic, the two wizards flew down like two big birds and landed a few meters away. One of them looked at Ma Qiu and said expressionlessly: "Raven."
"Lan..." Ma Qiu took a breath and responded, "Lan Que."
This is a secret code, a way of verifying identity.
"The answer is correct." The wizard who asked the question, after hearing Ma Chu's answer, his expression softened a lot, and he stepped closer and asked, "You are the No. 9 of Shalin City, right? What's going on? According to the agreement, you were not the one three days ago. Are you supposed to go out of the city to meet us, why are you late? Also, what about the rest of the people who entered the city, how come they have lost contact? "
"Stop talking about this now." Ma Qiu thought of something, waved his hand and said in an extremely serious tone, "Quick... contact the above, I just confirmed the news yesterday. Gray Forest City and several other cities are going to launch new attacks. The level of danger is It might be a disaster level!"
"Crazy disaster level?!" The wizard was stunned after hearing this.
In Sarin's evaluation system, there are three levels of attacks against New Era enemies, namely beast level, frenzy level and mad disaster level.
The wild beast level is relatively common and relatively easy to deal with. There are relatively few frenzy levels, and dealing with them generally requires special troop adjustments.
As for the mad disaster level, it is the highest level. It means that all cities in the sarin system are in danger and need to be dealt with extremely seriously. The use of black sun weapons is even more inevitable. In the three years since the New Era, this situation has occurred twice. If Ma Qiu is telling the truth, this will be the third time.
"Crazy disaster level? Are you sure?" The wizard couldn't help but confirm.
"Do you think I've been hungry in the city for more than a month and almost died several times just to joke with you now?" Ma Chu couldn't help but urged the wizard, "Hurry... contact the higher ups quickly, the enemy is very dangerous. We may have already taken action, but if we wait a little longer, it will be too late!”
The two wizards looked at each other and without hesitation, the older one quickly took out the crystal ball from his arms and poured mana into it.
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Inside the office compartment of a moving locomotive.
"What's the danger?" After hearing the porter's words, Locomotive Chief Kent Bob didn't answer immediately. Instead, he smiled and reached for the metal cylinder placed in the corner of his desk.
Twist open the upper half of the cylinder, revealing more than half of the roasted wheat grains inside - these wheat grains, which were common in the old era, are now rare and considered a light luxury product.
Bob carefully pinched more than ten grains and put them into his half-used teacup. A sensible driver took the initiative to bring hot water and help Bob make wheat grain tea.
Bob blew and took a sip of hot tea before speaking.
"Is it dangerous? Of course it is. You have been following me running in or near Red Rock City, so you have never experienced it. But like now, you have to be mentally prepared when you are far away from Red Rock City.
These days, the wilderness is no more dangerous than it was in the past. Since the sun disappeared in the sky, a lot of strange creatures have appeared on the ground - no one knows where they came from.
You haven't seen them around the city, they have been cleaned up, but deep in the wilderness, they can't be cleaned up, so they appear from time to time.
They are often very cruel, and have many incredible special abilities, which are simply not something that ordinary people like us can deal with. In fact, it doesn't matter if we die. After all, there are a lot of us in the city, and if one group dies, another group will work. But the goods on the car are different. Some of them are very valuable, much more valuable than our lives. It cannot be destroyed by strange creatures in any case, so in this case, there will be a escort following the car.
With the escort, we can easily deal with small groups of strange creatures, the cargo can be preserved, and our lives will not be lost. Therefore, those escorts should be as majestic as they are, after all, they are the ones who can save our lives, so be polite to them. "
All the crew members nodded after listening, but someone still asked cautiously: "Captain, you said that the escorts can deal with small groups of weird creatures. Does that mean that if they encounter large groups of weird creatures, they In fact, it can't be solved? Then we... can't we guarantee absolute safety? "
"Absolutely safe?" Bob glanced at the person asking the question and said, "Have you just figured it out? Let me tell you, as long as you get on this motorcycle, you cannot be 100% safe. If a motorcycle accident occurs, people may die. If there is a problem with the rails, people may die. If you are unlucky and encounter a large number of strange creatures like you said, you will die completely. The work on the locomotive is like this. If nothing happens, it will be nothing. If something happens, it will be a big deal. That is why , you and I, the salary is so high - this means there is a reward, there is a price."
As soon as these words came out, everyone's expressions changed differently.
Bob glanced at it and said: "Of course, in most cases, we are still safe, and the probability of accidents is very small. Take weird creatures as an example. It is true that a large number of weird creatures cannot be stopped, but that can only be done in a very small way. They only appear at special times. Normally, small groups of weird creatures are not easy to encounter.
I can tell you this, there are so many people in the whole carriage, but Frank and I are the only ones who have personally encountered a small group of strange creatures. Therefore, this time, there is a high probability that we will not encounter anything, and the escort is just prepared. "
"Really, Frank?" At the end of the sentence, Bob looked at a man huddled in the corner and asked in a very positive tone, "You don't think you will encounter a strange creature this time, do you?"
After hearing this, everyone looked over and looked at the man named Frank.
Speaking of which, Frank can be regarded as an alternative on motorcycles. He has been working on motorcycles and has very senior qualifications. However, he seems to have been a soldier in the old era. He was stimulated by the war, so he is taciturn and rarely speaks on weekdays.
Frank's explanation is that he is quite unlucky, and every time he says something good, it will always lead to bad results, and it is easy for everyone to suffer misfortune, so it is better to say as little as possible.
Naturally, no one believed him, they just thought he was a bit weird.
When Philip first started working, he tried to contact the other party, but the other party just looked at him without saying a word. Later, Philip stopped making similar attempts.
What I didn't expect was that such a person would encounter strange creatures... Phillip also looked at the other party curiously.
Under the gaze of many people, it was impossible for Frank to remain silent. He couldn't speak, but he didn't want to cause any bad luck by speaking, so he vaguely said: "A weird creature... maybe you won't encounter it this time, maybe..."
As a result, before he finished speaking, he heard a series of neighing sounds coming from outside the moving motorcycle.
"Hi~roar~"
Everyone was stunned.
Motorcycle Commander Bob’s face changed slightly.
Frank let out a long sigh.
"well-"
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