This thing cannot kill the World Tree, but it can prolong the time it takes to mature.
If Shi Wanyun really injected this kind of thing according to the other party's intention, it might not be a problem to delay the maturity of the World Tree by a few days.
“Hmm…” Coco lay in Xu Xin’s arms, tilting her little head to look at the potion.
"When were you able to get in touch with them?" Xu Xin put away the virus medicine and asked Shi Wanyun, "Was it today? Or did you receive it last night?"
"There were already clues last night." Shi Wanyun said softly, "The mysterious voice did not contact me last night, but I was able to communicate with survivors in other areas on the world channel last night."
Xu Xin was shocked: "Are you the only one who survived in Area 1?"
"I should be the only one." Shi Wanyun nodded, "And last night, I already knew part of their plan. I didn't tell you because the risk of exposing my identity is too high."
Xu Xin frowned at first, then nodded.
It's normal for her to be cautious.
At that time, she was in Area 1 and since world communications had been restored, she was definitely under the other party's surveillance.
As someone who can stay by Xu Xin's side, the enemy is very likely to keep a close eye on her.
If I talk to Xu Xin, the content of the call will definitely be monitored.
Although she had communicated with Xu Xin there yesterday, world communications had not been restored at that time, and the content of their conversation was very ordinary, all about what Xu Xin had asked her to do.
In the eyes of the other party, she was a spy planted in Xu Xin's side, doing things for him to gain his trust. This was a very normal thing.
So it didn't matter even if the voice call was monitored.
But if she told Xu Xin the plan directly and it was monitored, there would be basically no way to clear herself.
Even if you rush back overnight, the other party will still be suspicious.
Therefore, it is understandable that she remained silent last night and did not tell Xu Xin what she knew.
Shi Wanyun saw Xu Xin's expression relax, knowing that he understood her thoughts, and breathed a sigh of relief, saying, "I already knew last night that the survivors in other areas were responsible for controlling the low- and medium-level mutant creatures on the ground, as well as the flying mutant creatures.
Their mission is very simple, which is to attack the World Tree and destroy it, or at the very least, damage it with their own eyes."
Xu Xin nodded.
This goes without saying.
but…
"Only responsible for the low- and medium-level beasts on the ground and the beasts in the air?"
What about the pangolins underground, and the mutated ancient giant Tyrannosaurus Rex that appeared later
Shi Wanyun shook her head: "I still don't know which area is responsible for the underground attack. But I found out who controls the Tyrannosaurus Rex during today's attack. They are controlled by people from Area 23."
"Area 23..." Xu Xin said softly.
He still remembers this area.
The strongest district except District 188 and District 1.
It even feels about the same strength as Zone 1.
When the teleportation array was first connected, District 23 also sent them an alliance application, but in the end they chose District 1 as their ally.
Now it seems that District 23, which was not their ally at the beginning, has become their opponent that wants to destroy them.
"Go on." Xu Xin poured her a glass of water.
"Okay." Shi Wanyun took a sip of water and continued, "The information I received yesterday was that at ten o'clock this morning, the group will formally launch an attack on the World Tree."
Ten o'clock in the morning
"But today's beast tide isn't even at eight o'clock yet." Xu Xin frowned.
The time of eight o'clock in the morning was guessed by Ji Chaoyang.
There was no deviation.
"I don't know why either." Shi Wanyun showed a slightly confused expression, "What they were talking about on the world channel was indeed ten o'clock in the morning.
So, I thought I had plenty of time, so in order not to arouse suspicion, I set out from there and returned here at 7 o'clock as normal. However, the beast tide broke out just as I arrived."
… why is that
jet lag
No. Although there is a certain time difference between them, they all use the same time, which has been confirmed in the previous world channel.
"I have some doubts because of me." Shi Wanyun said softly.
"Because of you?" Xu Xin looked at her. "You mean, the other party wanted to launch an attack before you came back?"
"... I don't know, I just have this idea." Shi Wanyun looked at him, "They don't seem to trust me very much now. If I go back to the World Tree, they will not be able to track me down.
Out of caution about the news I told you, they launched the battle ahead of time. At that time, all areas were already prepared, and the survivors in the world channel were also very excited, so launching the attack ahead of time was not a problem. "
"...Are you thinking too much?" Xu Xin shook his head. "The whole plan was moved up just for you? First of all, you didn't know much information at the time. Whether you told us or not, it was actually..."
… that’s not right.
They, the explorers, were able to obtain the intelligence because of Ji Chaoyang's prediction and Qin Fu's detection ability.
The other party didn't know that they had made sufficient preparations.
In the other party's view, if Shi Wanyun told them the information, there might really be some minor problems.
So they're moving their plans forward
… is a bit far-fetched.
"Maybe it's just a coincidence. Anyway, I just came back and before I could get here, their invasion war started." Shi Wanyun continued, "At that time, you had just contacted me."
At that time, he did call Shi Wanyun to urge her, and saw Shi Wanyun's location on the map in his mind.
Indeed, it is not far from the teleportation formation.
"And just then, I received all kinds of information." Shi Wanyun said softly, "The mysterious voice told me that the beast tide would not harm me and asked me to stay where I was.
At that time, although I was in Crystal City, I had not yet reached the crown of the World Tree. "Shi Wanyun looked at the Crystal City outside the window, "There, I can still receive information."
"So, you have been waiting there." Xu Xin asked.
"Yes. At the same time, after the Tyrannosaurus Rex appeared, I also learned from the boasting of the people from District 23 on the world channel that the Tyrannosaurus Rex was controlled by the people from District 23. District 23 held a selection and selected a total of 120 people, each of whom controlled a Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Are each of those Tyrannosaurus Rex controlled by a different person
Come to think of it, they were ancient giant beasts with advanced mutations. How could an ordinary survivor have the ability to control a group of them alone
Moreover, scientists generally believe that as a top predator, Tyrannosaurus Rex acts alone when going out to hunt, and there is no wolf king like in a wolf pack, where a wolf king controls an entire group.
If you want to control more than a hundred Tyrannosaurus Rex, you really need someone to control each one.
"We should be able to relax a little today." Shi Wanyun smiled and said softly, "From the news I received yesterday and today's world channel, those who fail in their actions will suffer backlash, which is equivalent to being seriously injured."
"There is such a side effect." Xu Xin was slightly startled, "How did you know?"
"While you were fighting, I wasn't idle either. I was checking the situation on the world channel." Shi Wanyun explained, "Today on the world channel, a lot of people were complaining that they were going to die, and the total number of people in some areas was greatly reduced.
That is, you killed the mutant creatures they controlled, causing their controllers themselves to appear. "
Xu Xin was silent.
Unexpectedly, when they killed the mutant creatures, the survivors in the outside area would die
… This alien invader has a really good plan.
No matter which side wins, the human population will be greatly reduced.
They are unable to take action themselves for unknown reasons, so they use this method to reduce the human population.
Then Xu Xin shook his head.
It doesn't matter.
This group of survivors are now the enemy.
If it were before, he might have felt heartbroken, thinking that the human team was missing many people and their future would be even bleaker.
But now, he already knows that there are more than 100 million people in the underground world.
Human beings are not lacking.
“The survivors in the outer zone were badly wounded, and before the last Tyrannosaurus Rex was killed by you, that mysterious voice contacted me again.
Its voice... was obviously a little anxious, and it spoke very quickly, telling me to buy the virus from the points mall immediately and inject it into the World Tree today."
Shi Wanyun looked at the tube of virus in Xu Xin's hand and said.
Xu Xin also took a look at the virus in his hand: "Then what?"
"Then... you killed the last Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the communication of the mysterious voice suddenly stopped." Shi Wanyun said softly, "It seems that those mutant creatures are supporting the communication."
The mutant creatures can actually support communications.
That's true. This group of purebred mutant creatures might actually have this ability. They might be equipped with some special chips just like the survivors.
Otherwise, if, as usual, they entered Crystal City and the area under the tree house canopy, the survivors in the outside area should have lost control of them.
"That mysterious voice was obviously trying to say something before it was interrupted. So, I immediately left Crystal City, wondering if I could still receive the signal from the mysterious voice if I was outside the city."
Shi Wanyun continued to explain: "Unfortunately, no. The mysterious voice did not contact me. Soon after, you called me and asked me to come back. At that time, I was still outside the city and unprotected. I was afraid that I would make mistakes if I said too much, so I just said I would be back soon, and then hung up and rushed back immediately."
So that's how it is.
Based on what she said, several points can be concluded.
First, the survivors in the outer area failed in their mission, a large number of them died, and their vitality was severely damaged.
Second, those pure-blooded mutant creatures should have been specially modified. The group of Tyrannosaurus Rex were ancient behemoths that were directly resurrected by genetic technology, and they were advanced mutant creatures.
From this point of view, the resource and time costs of knowing these pure-blooded mutant creatures should not be low.
Third, the mysterious voice was anxious. It seemed that it was also afraid of failure. The fact that it directly asked Shi Wanyun to inject the virus also showed that the other party was short of time. The reason was the second point. The other party could not temporarily use so many mutant creatures to attack.
They take time.
It seems that there shouldn't be anything too difficult in the next ten hours today.
Then Xu Xin smiled.
If you put yourself in the other person's shoes, he might also be anxious.
You know, the beasts on the ground and in the air alone are not something that ordinary survivors can deal with.
If it weren't for Wen Guixin's super powerful and abnormal infection ability, these two armies of beasts alone would be enough to destroy the World Tree.
Despite this, the opponent has prepared two stronger hands.
The first is the pangolin that sneaks out from underground and wants to steal home.
The second hand is an extremely powerful group of advanced mutated ancient giant beasts Tyrannosaurus Rex.
As a result, the first-hand preparation was detected by Qin Fu's ability, causing Xu Xin and his team to be prepared in advance. They were lucky enough to use the ability of Crystal City to incite these pangolins to rebel and use it to ambush them for the second-hand preparation.
What was even more unexpected to the other party and to Xu Xin and his team was the appearance of a giant anaconda in the center of the lake.
The appearance of this giant directly destroyed more than half of the ancient giant Tyrannosaurus Rex!
From the opponent's perspective, they have been extremely well prepared, which is basically equivalent to a saturation attack, or even a bit like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.
In the end, it still failed!
From Xu Xin's perspective, their luck is really, really good.
If there was even the slightest problem in any link, the World Tree would probably have been destroyed.
This is really...
I break out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.
Except for the final Tyrannosaurus Rex stroll, the other side did not underestimate this side at all, and even took it very seriously.
But in the end, the World Tree was not destroyed successfully, so the mysterious voice became anxious.
However, the possibility that the mysterious voice was an alien invader was extremely low.
Because even the monster with half human blood spoke a strange human language and even stuttered, while the mysterious voice spoke very fluently.
The mysterious voice should be... the lackey of the alien invaders, this should be confirmed.
That is, the group of people who replaced Xu Xin and Xu Ying in this time and space.
Keeper of Order
"Okay, I know everything." Xu Xin nodded and stood up. "Thank you for your hard work."
Shi Wanyun smiled gently: "Why am I so tired? I should be the most relaxed among you. I should be thanking you for believing what I said."
Xu Xin shook his head: "I told you, I already trust you."
"But I don't trust anyone except you." Shi Wanyun suddenly said, although her voice was still soft, her eyes were obviously much more serious, "I suspect that among the two hundred of us, there may be someone like me, especially... those I brought back from Area 1.
When the monsters attacked, they might have received the message and gotten... the virus."
Shi Wanyun pointed at the virus syringe in Xu Xin's hand.
"You mean..." Xu Xin narrowed his eyes slightly.
It is normal to suspect what others have done because of what you have done.
But this time, what Shi Wanyun said did make sense.
He couldn't guarantee that there were no people from the other side among the two hundred people.
Especially newcomers.
"I want to say that you must protect the World Tree. Except for the members of your Explorers, don't let anyone else get close to the World Tree." Shi Wanyun looked up at Xu Xin, "In fact, I don't even trust the other members of the Explorers. If possible, it's best for you to guard it by yourself."
Guarding the World Tree.
… It is indeed necessary.
It is very necessary.