"Finally, I rushed out..." After more than half an hour of running, the road under my feet gradually became wider and the stone bookcases that almost left a psychological shadow in my heart were no longer around. I finally ran out of the library area. Wu Ming sat down on the ground in the castle hall, "Old Zhao, is the remote controller you are talking about in this castle?"
The castle was already in a mess, with stone statues and armor broken into pieces everywhere. The castle hall was filled with twisted corpses that had been burned to charcoal, and broken ice wrapped around the corpses. There are also seven castle doors in the rotunda that look like they lead to other areas, but the internal load-bearing structures have basically been severely damaged. Large pieces of rubble that collapsed due to the destruction of the load-bearing structures have sealed these doors. The passage behind the gate. Not one of the green bricks on the floor was intact, they were all covered with spider web-like cracks as if they had endured some huge weight and impact. Most of the stairs leading directly from the gate to the second floor were destroyed by the blast, and the traces of destruction extended all the way up to the second floor. At a glance, there were traces of fierce battles everywhere.
"Very close..." Zhao Sida did not completely relax. She walked to the charred corpses and frozen corpses and collected some samples. She subconsciously wanted to put them in her mouth for analysis, but she thought of Wu Ming's prohibition. She was stunned and stopped putting it into her mouth. "These samples contain a large amount of extraordinary energy that has not yet dissipated. Although these samples appear to have been subjected to two completely different attacks of high heat or low temperature, they The characteristics of the extraordinary energy remaining in different samples are exactly the same, and the amount of residue on the samples shows that the time that has passed since these traces were left until we discovered them is no more than three to forty minutes at most..."
Wu Ming nodded thoughtfully: This time point means that when they just arrived in the library area, a fierce battle was already happening here.
"Judging from the degree of damage to the building, this place has experienced a relatively high-intensity fierce battle. One of the parties, well, the manipulator who manipulated the coke and frozen meat lying here now should have been suddenly attacked by someone, but obviously The attack was not very successful, and the operator was vigilant enough to escape after a brief contact between the two parties, leaving a pile of cannon fodder corpses behind..."
"What? You have questions? Manager, isn't this an obvious conclusion? The first is the passages that were blown down. Seven of the passages leading to eight different directions in the hall were blown down. This means that the attackers There must be a special purpose for doing this, and the purpose changed midway, otherwise it cannot be explained why he blew up seven passages, but left the one we came from to do nothing."
Wu Ming scratched his hair, with a solemn look on his face: "I think he only left such a passage for the advancement of the plot... Do you think if we ran all the way here and found that the road to the hall was blocked, what would happen if we ran all the way here? Isn’t it impossible to continue the plot?”
Zhao Sida took a deep look at Wu Ming. Ever since she lived with this guy who liked to talk weird things in order to monitor Elizabeth, it was difficult for her to maintain her original state of calmness, which had been as stable as the electrocardiogram of a dead person for hundreds of years. It's as if this guy and Elizabeth were sent to mess with her on purpose. As long as she faces them, the doll girl's emotions will never remain stable.
In the end, she ignored Wu Ming's words and continued: "Here are a few burnt corpses and frozen meat blocks gathered together to form a human shield. They were obviously gathered together to protect something from attacks. From these, they are brittle due to the ultra-low temperature. It can be seen from the pieces of frozen meat that have been melted and then broken into pieces. These creatures that make up the meat shield are very large and have soft tissue like fat that can absorb impact and rocky tissue like muscle that can resist high temperature and sharp damage. , the cells still seem to have strong vitality. Even after experiencing the baptism of ultra-low temperature, they did not undergo apoptosis during the slow thawing process. Instead, they were still trying to divide and repair the damaged body. It is simply an excellent human shield in emergencies. s Choice."
According to Wu Ming's long-term experience in playing games, there are only two reasons for placing this kind of creature that exists solely for the purpose of being beaten: First, it is easy to use cheap human shields to focus on defending a certain area with difficult terrain to delay the enemy. forward speed. Second, protect certain vulnerable units and buy enough time for them to function or for their inventory to continue.
As far as the current situation is concerned, this castle is neither a human shield like Thermopylae nor does it have three hundred, so the use of these human shields is more likely to be the latter.
"The fact that they fell here in a group means that the attacker once threatened the operator's body. It may even have been an unexpected sneak attack, forcing the latter to use them to protect themselves, because there are only three of them left here at most. Judging from the number of corpses of about ten, the strength difference between the two sides should not be overwhelming. Otherwise, these human shields will not be the only ones left here. I am afraid that even the operator will become a burnt corpse or frozen meat. ”
"If this is the case, then the reason for blowing up those passages is obvious. To hinder reinforcements, the operator can remotely control or call other support forces to come to the rescue. Therefore, in order to ensure that they are not dragged into a war of attrition, the attackers will be defeated by those who failed in the sneak attack. When the human shield blocked the stalemate, they blew up other passages one by one, cutting off the possibility of reinforcements arriving..."
Wu Ming took over the conversation: "Precisely because it was a sneak attack at the beginning, the person who controlled these creatures immediately saw that the opponent was similar in strength to himself and did not form a situation of crushing each other, so he thought he still had a chance of winning. He did not evacuate immediately after the initial sneak attack, but stayed here to direct these creatures to hold off the attackers, while he kept a safe distance, preparing to wait for the arrival of supporting troops to wipe out the enemy... Judging from the time of the battle, The bunch of hostile reactions that have been following us before were not originally chasing us, but the support troops preparing to come here?!"
Although the manipulator realized that the situation was not good and ran away decisively in the middle of the fight, it seemed that he was still not out of danger. Most of the sneak attackers were chasing the opponent. Perhaps it was for this reason that he gave up the attack in the end. Blockage of a channel.
"It seems that you have understood that the battle is probably not over yet. In addition to the tree of life, the enemies we need to face may also include the sneak attacker hiding in the dark and of unknown origin depending on the situation."
Wu Ming frowned. It was not good news to have an additional enemy for no reason.
Zhao Sida closely monitored the data returned by various detection systems and carefully screened out the more suspicious information and reminded: "And our whereabouts are definitely exposed and even regarded as enemy reinforcements, trying to hinder and slow down our progress along the way. The pale arm is the evidence. If this is the case, it means that even if those hostile reactions are not chasing us at first, there will definitely be support troops coming out to attack us... until we are all dead. until."
Siegfried stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Elizabeth's eyes. The latter's eyes shone with wisdom, and he always kept a smile on his face and looked at her with compassion. Siegfried was a little embarrassed by such eyes and turned his head: "If we have to deal with a wheel battle, is it really okay to leave her alone like this..."
Elizabeth, who had been following Wu Ming while running at high speed, was unable to brake quickly and bumped into a stone bookcase. She was directly grabbed by those jade arms and enjoyed a Thai massage with VIP treatment. Her body was crunched. Fortunately, Zhao Sanda and Siege Fei, who were following closely behind, immediately used extraordinary spells and magic to save her, but this silly girl still had some abnormalities - just like now, she has turned into a person who can only watch. The person smiled compassionately, looking like a silly girl with great wisdom and foolishness.
"No need, it's better to let that idiot giggle than to take the initiative to cause trouble for us. She has already caused trouble once, and the result is that we are now in an unknown place. I don't want the current situation to be dominated by this idiot again. It makes it more complicated."
Wu Ming glanced at Elizabeth, who was standing quietly next to Siegfried with a compassionate smile. According to the way these two people got along, she would be screaming for a life-or-death showdown with the doll girl, but the weird thing was this time Not only did Elizabeth not get angry, but she admitted unhurriedly: "Indeed, there is one thing to say. Zhao Sida is right. I am indeed the kind of person who can easily cause a lot of things for no apparent reason. I must also give you a lot of trouble. It has caused a lot of trouble, how about I solve the trouble that I indirectly caused this time by myself?"
Oh my god! Long live! It doesn’t matter that Elizabeth’s appearance has become Buddhist-like, but her personality has also become Buddhist-like? !
Siege Fei was obviously a little surprised by this change in aura. She leaned into Wu Ming's ear and whispered in Wu Ming's ear: "Is she originally a person with this personality?"
Wu Ming: "Don't ask me, this is the first time I've seen Elizabeth who looks so stable."
Elizabeth's eyes sparkled with wisdom and praise, and she could still keep smiling even in the face of Zhao Sida's ridicule. Elizabeth's voice had a magical magic that made people feel at ease involuntarily, and her temperament became reliable in an instant. Wake up, it is an invisible feeling accumulated after thousands or tens of thousands of years of time. Even Zhao Sida, who usually has some trouble with her, has to face Elizabeth squarely.
"What are you going to do?"
"It's very simple. If you can't beat them, just join them." Elizabeth said easily. "Sometimes fighting and killing is not the best way to solve the problem. Instead of killing them to further arouse the opponent's alert, it is better to It is better to turn them into camouflage and lead us forward in the enemy's formation. Not only can we avoid the cost of fighting on the way, but we can also get to the enemy leader unimpeded and avoid a lot of trouble."
Zhao Sida clicked her tongue: "That's easy to say. They still have thirty seconds to arrive at the battlefield. What can you do?"
"Doll, do you want to make a bet with me?"
"What bet?"
"If my action is successful, I will successfully join the opponent after a small-scale battle, and I will not be attacked by other monsters on the way." Although the wise light in Elizabeth's eyes is still shining, But the compassionate smile on his face has gradually faded, turning into the same cheerful and silly smile as usual, "You have to cook beef stew for me for a week!"
Zhao Sida sighed and held her forehead: "If you can really do it..."
boom! ! !
The door on the other side of the castle that had not been kicked down by Siegfried was also broken through by the deformed monsters that swarmed in. Elizabeth's long black hair had turned blue, and her green eyes were staring at the deformed monsters rushing towards her. Monsters, she slowly opened her hands to those creatures as if to embrace them. Under the control of the vibration of extraordinary energy, she began to sing an ethereal and incomprehensible song.
