Chapter 1223: Monster tide

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"A monster attacked the city not long ago. The nearby roads, including the road into the mountains, have been destroyed by monsters. We need to reach the Kata tribe camp before dark, so there will be some bumps in the road later. ." Caravan supervisor Bran, sitting on the back of Bu Shan, handed Leo a green fruit that smelled a little pungent to Leo, who was just sitting next to him, and suggested: "If you feel a little uncomfortable, you can contain it. With this awakening fruit, it can relieve discomfort."
"Thank you." Leo didn't refuse the other party's kindness, took the Awakening Fruit, and then refocused his attention elsewhere.
For him, the mainland of Mozambique is a very novel place. After leaving the torch port city, which is not much different from other mainland port cities, and really entering the land of the mainland of Mozambique, he felt Mozambique. The difference between the continent and the other two continents, and this difference is mainly reflected in the strength of the energy fluctuations in the surrounding air.
The situation in the port city is not too abnormal, but after leaving the port city, the surrounding energy fluctuations become stronger and more restless, as if from a calm lake area into a turbulent ocean .
And more importantly, there is an unknown energy hidden in these subtle energies in the air that Leo can’t clearly perceive, and he can only feel that this energy should be based on some of his reactions to this energy. It is related to the unknown forces that cause various mutations in the entire world.
In Velen Continent, I don’t know if it is because of the Black Forest or because there are a large number of mutated family members in Velen Continent. The energy in the air there does not contain this special unknown energy. The main reason is that the family members, mutants and other mutant creatures that are in a state of variation are the main reasons. The types and extent of the variation of ordinary species in the Weilun mainland are not as large as the main reason for the Mosang mainland.
For example, Leo’s special pack animal Bushan on the continent of Mosang is a typical example of biological mutation in the continent of Mozambique. Bushan is the first beast domesticated by humans in Mozambique, and it has been domesticated for thousands of years. It has become an indispensable domestic animal in the mainland of Mozambique. Its meat can be eaten, the skin can be made into a fart, the internal organs are one of the main materials of shaman potion, and the bones can be made into ornaments. The best means of transportation on this mountainous continent.
In the past, the normal body shape of Bushan was about the height of one adult, and the length of two adults. Although it is considered a large beast, it is barely acceptable. Now after a series of mutations, Bushan's body deforms. It is several times larger, and it is almost the same as a hill, like the Bran Fire Dancer’s current caravan, has installed a special small house on the back of Bu Shan, which looks like a building from a distance. Mobile homes.
In the mainland of Mozambique, ordinary creatures that have undergone huge mutations like Bushan abound, and even some domesticated poultry have reverted to their ancestors, and animalism reappears on them. What is interesting is that these were once random by humans The slaughtered domestic animals have now become the most troublesome mutant monsters of the various city-states in the mainland of Mozambique.
The beast wave that occurred in Torch Harbor not long ago in Bran’s words was caused by these mutant monsters that were once domestic animals, and nearly 70% of the beast wave that occurred on the mainland of Mozambique was also caused by such monsters. The more powerful wild mutant creatures and monsters rarely attack humans in the form of beasts, even if they are on a scale, they are not very large.
The main force used by the current human civilization to resist the mutated beast wave, apart from the extraordinary and extraordinary powers of gods, wizards, controllable mutants, etc., the most important weapon is the gates erected on the walls to launch special cannonballs. artillery.
This is because the high-energy materials needed to make special bullets and bombs are no longer in short supply. Now almost every mutant creature has such high-energy materials. When the supply of materials is stable, special weapons will naturally Can open up supply and open use.
In this caravan, nearly half of the people wear guns that fire special bullets. Although the other half still use cold weapons and mechanical crossbows, some of their arrows are also modified with special bullets. , The power is not much worse than firearms.
When dealing with monsters mutated from domestic animals, these cities in Mozambique do not need to use any extraordinary power prepared on the walls at all. They only need to use these special ammunition to cover a wide range of attacks. It's just that these artillery can damage the mutant monsters on a large scale, but also damage the infrastructure outside the city. Therefore, after each beast tide, there will be a large number of workers outside the city to repair various infrastructures, such as roads.
Because the surrounding environment of Torch Harbor is mountainous and forested, the outskirts here do not have a lot of farmland like other plain cities. Except for the safety of the city, a large number of trees will be cut down around the city and a clearing zone will be built. Will maintain the most primitive forest state.
The road built by Torch Harbor only leads to a hunter’s rest area at the edge of the deep forest. This is not only the last safe area for the hunters of Torch Harbor before entering the mountain, but also the guard area or guard tower area before every beast tide appears. On the top of a relatively high mountain, and there is a towering masonry tower. Standing on the top of the tower, you can see most of the area from the coastline to the depths of the forest. As long as you arrange a particularly strong watcher Standing here, any large-scale animal tide can be predicted in advance, and the Torch Harbor City can be notified.
After seeing the movement of the beast tide, it is difficult for the people in the hunter's rest area to run back to Torch Harbor, so they can only resist the monsters of the beast tide in the rest area, and the way they resist is a strong bunker.
However, unless it is a garrison stationed in the rest area of ​​Torch Harbor, other people who enter the bunker can only stay on the first floor, and these people are also the first layer of defense against the monsters that invade the bunker.
Also because of Torch Harbor’s practice, many people are curious about the deeper situation of the bunker, and from the original construction materials leaked from the first layer of the bunker that cannot be modified, it is judged that the bunker may be a It was built by a prehistoric civilization, but the people of Torch Harbor just accidentally discovered this bunker and used it.
Leo also heard something about the bunker when the caravan passed through the rest area, so when the caravan went through customs clearance procedures and prepared the final supplies, he extended the spiritual net to the underground and scanned the underground situation.
The results of the scan also confirmed some rumors. This bunker is indeed very old. It was not built by Torch Harbor, nor was it built by prehistoric civilization. It looks more like an inverted wizard tower, but there is no such thing as a wizard here. The existence of the extraordinary power is just a simple bunker building.
The area inside the bunker is very huge. It extends downward to almost reach the bottom of this mountain at an altitude of more than 400 meters. The interior of the mountain has been hollowed out by nearly one-third. According to Leo’s estimation, even half of the people from Torch Harbor It won’t be crowded if you squeeze in.
Torch Harbor’s exploration and use of this bunker only stayed in the space of more than 20 meters on the top of the bunker. As for the area below, perhaps because of the movement of the mountain caused by the earthquake, a complete building was cut off lazily. The fault is at least ten meters or more, and it is difficult to excavate with the strength of Torch Harbor.
As for the area that has been explored, it has been re-used. The things found here should have been moved long ago. Now it has been transformed into warehouses and barracks, and the number of garrisons stationed here is even more known than outside. The number of people is much larger, it seems that they want to use this as a key force that can play a surprise attack when the Torch Harbor is attacked.
If there is enough time, Leo will take the time to explore the depths of the bunker and study the origin of this bunker, but now Leo only wants to reach the new Bodo area as soon as possible, so after the caravan completes the procedures, he will follow the business The team left together.
After leaving the hunter's rest area, although the current location is still on the west side of the Newsky Mountains, the location is closer to Torch Harbor, but according to the administrative division, it is already considered as the new Bodo area.
Because of this, Torch City is no longer responsible for the road that crosses the Newsky Mountains after rest. Now this mountain road to the Observer Tower on the east side of the Newsky Mountains is unmanaged. Because mountain roads are difficult to navigate, more people like to travel by sea to Port Hope in the New Bodo region. Land caravans like the Fire Dancer Caravan only have one or two in a month.
In fact, if only from the perspective of the convenience and speed of business, the Fire Dancer Caravan should not choose to go by land. At least the route from Torch Port to New Port District should not be by land, but the Fire Dancer Caravan is not only It's just a simple caravan. It also shoulders tasks such as establishing contact with other aboriginal tribes on the continent of Mozambique. At the northern end of the Newsky Mountains, there is such a very important aboriginal tribe, the Kata tribe. .
On the continent of Mozambique, facing the continuous invasion of civilizations from the other two continents of the world of Vinylon, most of the primitive tribes of the continent of Mozambique either completely integrated into the new civilized society, or chose to leave the invaded land and enter deeper into the wilderness Keep their tribe's most primitive state.
However, there are also some tribes who choose other methods. For example, the Kata tribe went north to the northern end of the Newsky Mountains and settled in the virgin forest in the mountains. While still maintaining a complete tribal culture, they also interact with the outside world. Contact and influence the power struggle of outside civilization.
Although there is no substantive evidence, there is always a saying among the Kuishan Allies, that is, the Kata tribe led the establishment of the Allies, and it was also secretly led by the division of New Bodo County afterwards.
Although the senior officials of the Kata tribe and the Kuishan Allied Powers have never admitted such claims, the commissioners of the Kata tribes stationed in the Allied Powers also enjoy special status. It can be seen that the Kata tribes have special commercial powers in the Allied Powers How much influence the Kata tribe has within the Allies.
Because the Kata tribe lives in deep mountains and old forests, no one knows how many people the Kata tribe has. However, since the Allied power had a skirmish with the American Kingdom, the Kata tribe sent more than 5,000 young fighters to join. From the perspective of the Allied forces, the Kata tribe should be regarded as a big tribe.
However, as the entire world changed, many beasts in the mountains had mutated, becoming more dangerous and powerful, and the Kata tribes living in the mountains seemed to be not so good.
The most recent impact of the Kata tribe on the external situation was the establishment of Torch City. After that, the Kata tribe never had any closer contact with the outside world. Even the commissioners dispatched to the Allied Parliament were suddenly arrested. Withdrawal, if it were not for the Kata tribe’s public camps and the Kata tribe’s people staying and living there, perhaps the outside world had thought that the Kata tribe had been killed in this world change.
Although the influence of the Kata tribe is only within the small country of the Kuishan Allied State, it is the only large tribe in the large mountains outside the range of the Newsky Mountains~EbookFREE.me~ so it is very important The fire dancers are very important for forces dedicated to tribal unity. Only then will the fire dancers caravan temporarily change the business route and take a land trip to the camps outside the Kata tribe to learn about the situation of the Kata tribe. When I also helped some Kata tribes.
So this time, most of the goods prepared by the Fire Dancer Caravan were mainly weapons and medicines, and the accompanying caravan guards were all battle-tested veterans who could form a small army at any time.
"It's weird!" On the rugged mountain road, Bran sat on the seat fixed on the back of Bu Shan, his body swayed from side to side as Bu Shan walked, and after listening carefully to the report of his hunter, his face showed The color of doubt.
The attendant who was sitting at the front end controlling Bu Shan turned back and asked Bran, "My lord, what happened?"
"Nothing." Bran shook his head, then fell silent for a while, and asked the leader of the guard beside him: "I remember you walked this mountain road a few months ago, and was it as quiet as you are now? Walking all the way, one No monsters?"
The head of the guard immediately shook his head and said, "Of course not. We were attacked at least 30 times. Fourteen of my men were eaten by monsters. When I finally arrived at the camp of the Kata tribe, even I was affected. He was seriously injured.
As he said, he also looked blankly at the dense forests on both sides of the road, and said:
This time is really weird and completely contrary to common sense. Is this because an animal tide just happened?

Another hunter team leader immediately retorted:
Of course it’s impossible. After the animal tide occurs, there will definitely be many scattered monsters in the nearby forest. Those alone will be more fierce and attack any nearby creatures.