Daqin: I, Fusu, can summon the undead

Chapter 273 Orochimaru’s Thoughts
Amid the bombardment of artillery shells, buildings in Chuncheng collapsed one after another, and the defenses outside the city were devoured by the intensive artillery fire.

"Where is the enemy?"

"Hide now!"

"You are a warrior, how can you hide? Find the enemy quickly?"

"Too many people have died defending the outer perimeter. Go and provide support! The enemy is about to break into the city!"

Amid the devastating bombardment of artillery shells, the elderly soldiers guarding Chuncheng had no way to respond to the artillery bombardment. They just ran around in panic and continued to die in the artillery fire.

Ten kilometers away, Sakura Star’s two divisions and one brigade, with more than three hundred cannons, were roaring continuously.

Nearly two thousand artillerymen continuously loaded shells into artillery of various calibers and fired them. The continuous bombardment also caused high clouds of dust to rise from multiple artillery positions.

When the ceasefire order came, it was already an hour and a half.

Three hundred and twenty cannons of various calibers fired a total of more than 100,000 rounds, equivalent to about 2,000 tons of shells.

"Forward, take no prisoners!"

When the artillery fire that had lasted for half an hour stopped, more than 10,000 people from the Tiangeng Brigade, following orders, divided into several small groups and began to advance towards Chuncheng, which had been completely reduced to ruins.

"This is too tragic!"

Tian Bing's team was the first to enter the ruins of Chuncheng. As soon as they reached the outskirts of Chuncheng, exclamations continued to be heard.

This not very big city has now been completely turned into ruins, and corpses are scattered all over the ruins. At the entrance of the city, large and small bullet shells and body parts almost cover the entire road surface. There is no one alive as far as the eye can see.

"Why are all these corpses old people? This is too~"

A team leader looked at the bodies at the scene and couldn't help but exclaim.

The corpses on the ground were all old men with mottled hair, and the limbs on the ground were all withered hands and feet.

"Shut up and stop asking so many questions. The order of the sect master is to leave no one alive!"

Upon hearing the noise, Captain Tian Bing immediately reprimanded the team leader who screamed in surprise. He knew the situation.

"Yes!" After hearing Captain Tian Bing's rebuke and the explanation in the following sentence, the team leader also understood.

They could not and dared not disobey the orders of the undead, so it was best for these people to die in the artillery fire, which was better than letting the soldiers raise guns and slaughter these old people with their own hands.

Now he could only hope that fewer of these old soldiers would survive the bombardment.
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Tian Country, Sound Ninja Village.

Not long after the Ino, Shika, and Chou families entered the Land of Rice, they received an invitation from the Sound Village.

Because the Land of Rice is the territory of the Sound Village, and the family needed to rest after a long journey, and they also needed to find Shikamaru and the other two, after receiving the invitation, the three heads of the Ino, Shika and Chou families agreed to the invitation of the Sound Village, and the family came to the Sound Village under the leadership of the Sound Ninja envoy.

When they first saw that the leader of the Sound Ninja was Orochimaru, the people from the three families were very nervous. However, after Orochimaru expressed his goodwill and explained, the people from the three families finally chose to trust Orochimaru for the time being and temporarily settled down in the Sound Village.

After settling their families, the three heads of the Ino, Shika and Chou families met with Orochimaru and sat in a pavilion in the Sound Village.

"Lord Orochimaru, long time no see!"

The Akimichi clan leader Choza, the Yamanaka clan leader Haiyi, and the Nara clan's new clan leader Shikaku, the three of them greeted Orochimaru when they saw him again. As for Orochimaru's identity as a Konoha traitor, the three of them did not show any reaction. Now that Konoha is gone, and their entire clan is under Orochimaru's influence, why bother to make a fuss about it?

After everyone took their seats, Orochimaru looked at the heads of the three families and said with regret: "It's a pity for Shikaku. I used to fight side by side with him and jointly commanded the troops to resist the invasion of the Wind Country. His combat thinking and command ability are even inferior to mine."

"Patriarch Shikaku died for his family, and his death was worthy. It was also because of the secret information passed down by Patriarch Shikaku that we were able to escape Konoha in advance!"

Nara Shikamei said sadly.

At that time, the four major families of Sarutobi, Shimura, Utane and Mito were the first to flee Konoha, and they did not inform other families, including the Ino, Shika and Chou families, who were almost die-hard fans of the Hokage at the time.

If Shikaku had not realized at that time that Konoha was likely unable to resist, and considering the past actions of those four families, and the fact that abandoning other families would be more beneficial than harmful to those four families, Shikaku would have made preparations and secretly contacted other Konoha families.

Otherwise, most of the large and small families in Konoha would have died out, and the remaining ones would have been seriously injured.

"Shikaku is a true hero, and I despise the Third Generation's behavior! The once powerful Konoha has long lost its strength due to the encroachment of the four major families. Now people's hearts are scattered." Upon hearing this, Orochimaru praised Shikaku sincerely, and then belittled the Third Generation and the four major families without any scruples.

Many of the actions of the Third Generation directly weakened Konoha's strength. Under the banner of supporting civilian ninjas, he suppressed and weakened other ninja families, but in fact he enriched his own family and that of his advisors.

Orochimaru now realizes that he did not succeed in becoming the Fourth Hokage back then, and it is impossible to achieve.

"Can you tell me about the skeleton soldiers you faced?"

After the pleasantries, Orochimaru immediately asked about the matter that concerned him.

Although Orochimaru did not participate in the Five Kage Conference held by the Land of Iron and the joint meeting of daimyos and kages from many countries, as well as ninja leaders, he knew the detailed process and content.

In the face of the disasters that will be faced in the future, the Akatsuki organization has recalled Orochimaru considering his achievements in scientific research.

However, as for the intelligence about enemies from other worlds, even the Akatsuki organization that attended the meeting twice only had information about the Sakura planet. As for the intelligence about the undead civilization, apart from knowing that the undead were the overlord civilization of the Sakura civilization, more powerful than the Sakura civilization, and appeared in the Death Forest of Konoha, there was no other information.

Even the shrine maiden of the Demon Country tried her best but could not see the appearance of the dead in the future. (The shrine maiden of the Demon Country can only see the future of the Ninja World, and because of the protagonist, the future of the Ninja World is constantly changing. So the uncertainty is very large.)
So now he urgently wants to know information about the undead.

"Those undead are just skeletons with blue flames burning in their eye sockets! Only by smashing their heads can they be completely eliminated! The weapons they use are currently similar to those used by the Sakura Civilization!"

Hearing this, Nara Luming did not hide anything and immediately told everything he knew. Finally, after hesitating for a moment, he took out the sealed scroll and opened it.

"Is this the flame in the eyes of the undead?"

Seeing a faint blue flame appear in the sealing scroll, Orochimaru immediately stood up excitedly.

He could tell at a glance that this flame was condensed from the soul, and it would have huge benefits for the soul after being swallowed.

Looking at the excited Orochimaru, Lu Ming said, "Yes, we have also conducted preliminary experiments. This kind of flame has a powerful control restriction. Any creature that swallows this flame will be controlled. There is no way to remove it. We can't even find the restriction. We can only guess."

Hearing this, the excitement in Orochimaru's eyes immediately disappeared.

"Lord Orochimaru, urgent information!"

At this moment, a Sound Ninja hurried to the outside of the pavilion and reported anxiously.

This person was none other than Yakushi Kabuto.

(End of this chapter)