Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 136 Retreat
The great retreat began.

Once a decision has been made, the Exploration Team moves very quickly.

A large number of materials have been left behind, and the priority is personnel.

After the war with the empire, there were still more than 6000 villagers of the Timberwolves, plus the refugees from the explorers and the Nordwa family, there were more than 7500 people.

For so many people to pass through the refuge and the "gate" of the tree wolf world, even at the rate of one person per second, it would take two full hours.

In addition to the carrying limit mentioned by Wu Ning before, almost every 1000 people have to rest for four or five hours, and the number of people who can be sent out on the last day is more than 4000 people.

It will take two full days for [-] refugees.

"And most importantly life for refugees in shelters..."

As soon as this point was mentioned, Wu Ning sighed a little: "Although there are other resources in the shelter... But if so many people are added in one breath, even the shelter will be stretched..."

Jiatu was born at the bottom of the refuge, so he knew exactly what Wu Ning meant.

For the entire shelter, population resources are excess.

If you don't fight and don't consume the population, with the current shelter of more than 5000 people, it is completely sufficient to support the operation of the entire shelter.

And if you want the excess population to become fighters, it is quite unrealistic to expand the land——

Because of the threat of artificial intelligence, ordinary people who have not received the injection of life fluid do not have the ability to fight artificial intelligence at all.

"So why does the refuge accept these Timber refugees?"

When Jiatu was able to realize this problem, he would also involuntarily doubt the decision of the upper management of the shelter.

But Sun Simiao and Wu Ning didn't say anything, and the captains of the second corps like Nolan and Felt didn't say anything, so his doubts alone couldn't be conveyed to the upper layers of the shelter.

"Maybe this is society..."

Jiatu couldn't help thinking about this question: "Even if they can see the long-term problem, but for the current problem, they must choose the relatively 'least wrong' option...?"

But is that really the case?

Even he can realize that survival is a necessary prerequisite for existence, but the higher-ups of the shelter feel that maintaining the "meaning of existence" of the shelter is more important than survival itself?
Jia Tu didn't understand.

But seeing the deeply moved expressions on the faces of other explorers and trainees, he knew that this "big retreat" was necessary for them——

At least it proves that their efforts were not in vain——

Even if it's just a formality.

In order to evacuate these refugees, the refuge even had to put all kinds of military equipment so precious that Wu Ning and the others were reluctant to use them in the last batch of evacuation——

"And with the current evacuation speed... I guess they can't keep up with the evacuation..."

Wu Ning stroked his favorite phone that he hadn't used a few times, and whispered.

And at the end of her field of vision, the vanguard of the "Forest of Death" has appeared——

Masses of ghouls are howling at the edge of the camp.

And there is still at least one more day before they evacuate all the refugees.

In order to make use of waste, under the arrangement of Sun Simiao, Wu Ning taught Jiatu and the others to use the exoskeleton——

Including the magic liquid used as the energy source of the exoskeleton, all human beings or equipment containing a large amount of matter and magic energy will have a great impact on the stability of the "gate" when they cross the "gate".

Therefore, instead of leaving the precious magic liquid and combat supplies to the remnants of the imperial army or the ghouls without wisdom, it is better for trainees like Jiatu to consume them.

In the process of manipulating the exoskeleton, Jiatu and the others also realized that the real exoskeleton does not require them to consume their own magic to drive it——

Rather, it's quite the opposite.

The real exoskeleton armor itself carries more than nearly one liter of Moko stock solution, plus two one-liter external auxiliary fuel tanks, the total energy reserve exceeds 3 Moko.

As for the explorers of the third team like Jiatu, they can directly absorb the magic from the exoskeleton to maintain their semi-wolf state, and continue to fight for three days and three nights, which is easy for them.

Trainees like Hua Lun or Wei Wei with high-consumption etiquette can even exert several times or even dozens of times their previous combat effectiveness with the support of the exoskeleton's Moko system.

Even Anjie's special ability—the breath of the devil wolf, can be fired continuously at the cost of five hundred demons once——

Until the magic is completely exhausted.

In the process of testing the performance of the exoskeleton, Jiatu and the others also directly participated in the battle against the ghouls.

The ghoul group that they regarded as their archenemy before, even the silver-class ghoul group, were beheaded by them like mowing grass.

Then, with the support of the dead forest, they rushed over like a tide.

With the support of the exoskeleton, coupled with the previous self-hacking training, Jiatu and the others absorbed the scattered demons on the battlefield at an extremely fast speed, and it took almost half a day to break through to the upper level of Silver— —

That is, the full value of 1200 Moko.

With regard to this result, Jiatu felt like three autumns away——

Almost five months had passed since he personally beheaded the one-eyed dragon Bart in the middle of Baiyin.

And until now, he has barely reached the upper silver level under the standards of the Exploration Team——

Although his real strength in the silver upper class, according to Wu Ning and the others, with the blessing of the exoskeleton, he should be able to kill the opponents of the sword master class!

After reaching 1200 points of full Moko, Jiatu and the others also stopped their training as trainees, and under Sun Simiao's arrangement, they prepared to retreat to the refuge world.

However, it wasn't until after returning to the cave camp that Jiatu discovered that there were still many warriors of the wolf tribe who hadn't retreated from the ruined "door" of the hunter's hut.

They even clashed with the management of the exploration team who was in charge of arranging the evacuation.

"what happened?"

Seeing that both parties were people he was somewhat familiar with, Jiatu took the initiative to step forward and inquired about the situation.

"It's these people! It's their turn according to the list of personnel! But they let us go first!"

The person in charge was a lurker from the second corps, and he was still wearing the guard uniform of the Nordwa family, looking at Leng Dao and them a little out of breath.

When Leng Dao saw the uniform of the Nordwald family on his body, his eyes were also very unfriendly, coupled with his harsh tone, so the two sides clashed in just a few words.

It wasn't until the familiar trainees like Jiatu came over that Leng Dao, the young warrior leader of the wolf clan, calmed down and sorted out his words——

"You go first."

In just a few months, the childishness has completely faded, and the fully matured white wolf youth looked at Jiatu and the others and said:

"After all, the forest of the wolf tribe and the Tianhuo Peak are where our ancestors are. As warriors and priests of the tribe, it is impossible for us to give up this land and walk away."

Behind Leng Dao are the warriors, priests and all underage males of the tree wolf tribe.

Their eyes were full of uneasiness and apprehension, but they did not question Leng Dao's decision.

Jiatu just glanced at them, and immediately realized the reason why Lengdao did this——

Because of the physical problems of the tree wolf tribe, once the underage boys behind Lengdao left Cang Jianmu, who presided over the coming-of-age ceremony, they would not survive long even if they fled to the world of refuge.

Other tree wolf people, and those unborn tree wolf people in the future, can also obtain certain possibilities through the "mixed blood" method.

But for these pureblood teenagers of the tree wolf tribe, they have no chance.

Seeing these children, Leng Dao, the soldier captain, probably couldn't bear it, and decided to stay and die with them——

is it really like this?
Jiatu couldn't help looking at Leng Dao.

As a former combat partner, he knew very well that Leng Dao hadn't given up——

"do you have any plans?"

Jiatu took a deep breath and asked the question in his heart.

Although the alarm bell in his heart kept reminding him not to get involved in this matter, but facing Leng Dao's expectant eyes, he still couldn't help asking.

"We want to get rid of the zombie tide giants."

The young man of the tree wolf tribe replied immediately, his eyes swept over Jiatu and the other trainees:

"Although I also mentioned this plan to Sun Simiao and the others, it was rejected by Nolan as 'too dangerous and not feasible'."

"What plan?"

This time, Jiatu was not the one who couldn't wait to ask this question.

It was Hua Lun, Wei Wei and others behind him.

As the first time they left the refuge and came to the above-ground world, they felt the beauty here that they had never felt in the first half of their lives. Therefore, they were the ones who felt the most helpless and unacceptable in the face of its destruction.

They felt they had done nothing but watch it be destroyed.

If at the beginning of the war between the empire and the wolf tribe, they and the explorers of the third corps had clearly stood on the side of the wolf tribe, would the result be completely different?

No one has the answer.

But at least these young people who are full of vigor and hope and have not yet experienced the beatings of reality do not know how to give up yet.

Jiatu glanced over Hua Lun and the others, and saw Sun Simiao, Wu Ning and others not far away.

The squadron leader of the third squadron coughed lightly, his gaze swept over Jiatu.

It can be seen that the hard work during this period has devastated his body.

But in what Leng Dao said before, his proposal was rejected by Nolan, the number one person in charge of the front line.

So what do Sun Simiao and Wu Ning mean?

Jiatu swept over the two of them, watching them whispering, and gradually understood what they meant——

"That's why we were asked to be in charge of the offensive route of a certain campaign...Is that why the exoskeleton was arranged for us to use at the last moment..."

Jiatu looked at Sun Simiao and couldn't help but smiled wryly:

"Is everything going according to your plan?"

Jiatu didn't know the answer of the young man with the hedgehog head.

But looking at his appearance, Jiatu also knew that this must be a backup of the young man——

Because no one believes in the subjective initiative of human beings more than this young man with a hedgehog head, and no one believes in the power of goodwill more than him——

Because he is that kind of person himself.

Jiatu's eyes swept over Hua Lun and the others.

He knew that, as the pronoun of realism, he might not be able to escape this level——

Because only they, who have not yet become official explorers, have the right to act recklessly and ignore the discipline of the expedition team and the shelter——

Who in this world is there a thing called the "Law on the Protection of Minors"?

This is the right of juveniles alone.

Unfettered rights.

This is true whether it is developing a good way or falling into evil thoughts.

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After figuring out Sun Simiao's thoughts, Jiatu did not continue to obstruct Hua Lun's thoughts, and let the trainees join the fighters of the White Wolf Clan.

Regarding the plan of the White Wolf Clan, Leng Dao asked the head of the Gray Wolf Clan to tell them a "story".

"Cough cough..."

This gray-eyed, eagle-eyed middle-aged man was like an uncle next door to Jiatu's previous life. Although he was not kind, he looked at Jiatu and the others with a peaceful gaze.

Facing the onlookers of the trainees, he said lightly like singing:
"Compared to the fact that many of you don't know, before we contacted the imperial people and the door openers, our tree wolf clan had no words."

"All legends can only be passed down and interpreted by relying on ballads and picture rubbings."

"So in the legend of our tree wolf clan, there was also a situation where the sky fire barrier collapsed and ghouls invaded the entire tree wolf clan forest-although there were no imperial people, it was very similar to the situation where the dead forest spread to the vicinity of the sky fire peak. resemblance……"

In the calm narration of the leader of the gray wolf tribe, Jiatu heard a legend about the warrior of the wolf tribe.

It was thousands of years ago, an ancient time that could not be expressed clearly with the tree wolf clan's ability to remember events.

At that time, the forest of the Timberwolves was also torn and breached by an unusually large earthquake.

A large number of ghouls rushed into the homeland where the tree wolf tribe lived, carrying miasma.

At that time, the five tree wolf clans were still very powerful, and they tried their best to fight against the ghouls, but just like the ghouls today, these ghouls who don't know where they came from are everywhere, as if endless, tearing apart a If there is a batch, a new batch will rush in from the gap in the barrier.

So under the impact of this nearly endless army of ghouls, the warriors of the tree wolf clan retreated steadily, even the miracle bestowed by the mother of skyfire——

The trump card of "Seed of Desire" was used.

The result is still to no avail.

The ghouls rushed into the East River Valley and slaughtered all the wood wolf villagers here. At this critical moment, a very devout tree wolf boy approached the then wood wolf witch and begged her, Let him wake up the Mother of Skyfire and let her save the tree wolf village at that time.

The witch agreed to his request, let him pass the "Rainbow Bridge" trial, and saw the divine body of the Mother of Skyfire.

The Mother of Skyfire accepted his request, awakened the ancestral spirits of the ancestors of the tree wolf tribe, and dropped endless white skyfire from the sky, burning up the ghouls that invaded the forest, and re-blocked the cracks. enchantment.

"...And what happened to that boy from the tree wolf clan?"

After hearing the end of the story, Wei Wei couldn't help asking.

And the patriarch of the gray wolf clan glanced at him, and said slowly:
"He later became the patriarch and high priest of the White Wolf Clan, combining the highest positions of the two tree wolf clans, and his name has been lost in the legend, but his surname is known along with the legend— —”

"Bika's ancestor..."

Jiatu replaced the high priest of the gray wolf clan and murmured.

　After a day of running, my muscles are sore. I don’t know if I’m infected with a new strain or just physically exhausted. I miss my little home, and the time to code is only two or three hours (there’s no desk at all other times)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)