Quadruple split.

Chapter 369 Mutant Abnormalities (II)

Both Yuchen and Yuying were taken aback for a moment, and then asked in unison: "The rear?"

"That's right, behind..."

Mo Tan put away the map, and anxiously walked back and forth in the carriage: "And it's not just the scattered mutants discovered by the scouting team. If you think about it carefully, all the mutants in Hind Hill at that time had abnormalities. I just didn't notice it the first time."

He muttered in a low voice, and continued to try hard to recall every detail of that battle, and became more and more sure of his guess, that is, all the mutants had abnormalities at the same time, and the specific time point was probably... the line of himself After the temporary defense line guarded by himself blocked the first wave of offensive.

"What's abnormal?"

Yu Ying swallowed nervously, her pretty face turned pale: "Suddenly got brains? No, if they really become smart, why are they still wiped out by us as planned?"

Yu Chen didn't speak, because she had been in a relatively safe rear to treat the wounded, so she didn't know much about the battle situation. She only knew that all the developments at that time were in line with the plan, and there were no surprises beyond Mo Tan's expectations.

But now, that doesn't appear to be the case.

"The anomaly I'm talking about isn't that they're getting smarter, it's a change in behavioral patterns."

Mo Tan shook his head, and asked Yu Ying in a deep voice, "Do you still remember the battle plan that day?"

As one of the first batch of 'high-level officials' who got accurate action plans, Yuying, as an adjutant, nodded without thinking: "Send several high-mobility teams to conduct decoy operations, guide the enemy to the designated slope, and then advance the large force. You and two mixed groups of hundreds of people thrown out of the temporary dice will build a defense line in the northern part of the slope, while the knights led by Taylor and Furman, and the mobile alchemy workshop driven by Luna and Xia Lian will start ahead of time. Make a detour, finish the detour as soon as possible while you are crazily sucking fire on the slope, and finally make dumplings."

She gave a general overview of the plan at the time in a succinct manner. Although a lot of details and steps were omitted, it was generally accurate.

"That's right, that's probably the plan, and we have indeed accomplished the combat objectives, there is no doubt about it."

Mo Tan checked the system time and confirmed that it would be half an hour before the departure of the main force before continuing: "But in the process, there were some problems that we had ignored before. I didn't think too much about it until now. I just thought of something after combining the abnormal behavior of the dozen or so mutants..."

Yuying impatiently tapped the toe of her shoe on the ground: "So what did you find?"

"Purpose."

Mo Tan said something softly, and then repeated it with a very ugly face: "It's very purposeful."

[Purpose? 】

Yu Chen, who had been keeping up with the rhythm, was a little surprised, and subconsciously asked, "What purpose?"

"I do not know either."

Mo Tan shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile, and sighed softly: "However, I have enough reasons to be sure that those mutants should only become abnormal in the middle of the battle."

Afterwards, he briefly explained his analysis to the two of them...

As the commander of the joint force, Mo Tan spent almost the whole time in the battle of Hind Hill communicating with several players, including Yuying. They were scattered in various positions on the battlefield, whether it was the temporary defense line, the rear position, or the knights in the detour. There are reliable "liaison officers" near the group or the mobile alchemy workshop to report the situation to him at any time. In addition, he is on the northern slope with the best view throughout the whole process, so he has a very comprehensive understanding of the overall situation. He still didn't notice the 'abnormality' at that time until today.

First of all, when the battle entered the middle stage, that is, when the temporary defense line officially began to attract firepower to cover the detour of the other two teams, the more than two hundred professionals distributed on the entire slope were under tremendous pressure far beyond expectations, although it did not exceed The upper limit predicted by Mo Tan before the battle, but that line of defense was still almost broken several times. In fact, if Mo Tan hadn't stepped in decisively at that time and personally led people to repeatedly divide and suppress the mutants at the forefront, the final The result is really hard to say...

At that time, no one noticed anything unusual. After all, those monsters with only bloodthirsty instincts have always been extremely crazy. No matter how brave they are to launch an attack, it is 'normal'. It can only be felt that the fact that a large number of living people gathered together stimulated them, and induced the instincts of those mutants to the limit.

But Mo Tan changed his mind because of the dozen or so random mutants who were insignificant in the overall situation...

"The duration of the glow powder is limited, even if you don't need to neutralize it with dead dust, it can't take effect for too long." Mo Tan took out a bottle of crystal powder from his bag, shook it, and said in a deep voice: "Even if it is this effect At best, the duration was only about an hour, and after the attention of the mutants was completely drawn, those of us who attracted firepower on the North Slope never collectively used this kind of hate-attracting thing, but Those mutants are still flocking here like crazy."

Yuying frowned in confusion, and asked, "What else? Those monsters seem to have gone crazy all the time. They are already crazy."

"No...no..."

Yu Chen shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Mo Tan should mean that even though the Paladins have entered the battlefield, the mutants are still stubbornly attacking the defense line on the slope instead of following their instincts. Attack all living creatures within sight...?"

Mo Tan rubbed the tip of his nose, nodded in relief, and said, "That's right, even though we were still tightly blocked there at that time, most of the mutants who rushed to the front were blocked by their own kind. Later, the Knights did not encounter much hindrance during their advance, and even stabbed through nearly a thousand monsters in the first group charge, with zero battle damage."

"Are you kidding me!?"

Yu Ying's eyes widened, and she exclaimed in disbelief, "Have you guys taken drugs together?"

She, who is mainly in charge of those professionals and players, was immediately shocked. Although she didn't know the damage of the knights in detail, but thinking about the losses suffered on the north slope of the Hind Hill, Taylor and his gang of paladins suffered nothing. The feat of 'slicing' thousands of Zombies apart without taking any damage is incredible.

Mo Tan gave a dry laugh, and took a sip of the warm black tea: "Luna really prepared some explosive drugs with strong side effects for them, but almost no one used them, because those mutants didn't pay much attention to them at all. "

"Well, I remembered it too. Sister Saint was also quite puzzled that day, and even talked to me specifically..."

Yuchen patted her little hands lightly, and recalled: "She said that she finally had a chance to be useful after such a long time, but after protecting Luna and the workshop, almost no mutants came to harass her. Complaining about being able to do nothing in Luna without her at the time, isn't this...not normal?"

Yu Chen, who had never personally participated in the battle, was not slow to respond, and he almost explained the problem in one word.

Mo Tan nodded affirmatively without thinking: "That's right, even though those mutants had only defenses to attack at the beginning, when the knights and the alchemy workshop entered the arena, they still didn't find the living people closest to them to carry out unarmed attacks." Instead of attacking differently, they continued to rush towards the north slope, including the dozen or so mutants who ignored the attack of the reconnaissance team, judging from where they died, their goal should also be north."

In the north, from a more practical point of view, Motan, which is the hub of the entire joint force, is there, and Yuchen, the only one that can disperse the disease on a large scale, is there. At that time, the weakest point of the entire Hind Hill joint force was also there.

From a longer-term point of view, the Gudami Plain, which has an empty defense and only one-third of its combat power, is stationed there, and Xinya City and Gelan City, which have almost completely lost their ability to protect themselves because of supporting the joint forces, are there. In the case of the north, it is just a few supply routes that have just been established...

It's all lifeblood!And it's the kind of lifeblood that shatters at the touch of a finger!

Yuying and Yuchen's comprehension ability is not bad, they reacted almost the moment Mo Tan finished speaking, and then felt an indescribable chill rising from behind.

"Hey, hey, there must be something wrong?!"

Yuying pulled out a wry smile that was a little better than crying, and while grabbing her hair vigorously, she grinned and cried: "Could it be that those things really have brains? Or is there something secretly manipulating them?" Don't scare me, let me tell you, if this is the case, it will be a lot of fun, let alone settle the south within half a month, we will have to burn incense if we don't get killed by those things that seem to have suddenly enlightened us, okay? !"

Mo Tan shook his head slightly: "I don't know either."

Yuying sat down on the ground, holding Yuchen's thigh and shivering: "Then how do you fix it?"

Yu Chen, who was also worried, let out a short exclamation, and then frantically tried to tear the other party away from his leg, but it was a pity that Yu Ying, who was about the same level as her, was completely superior in strength, and Yu Chen was not yet Dare to use force, it is naturally impossible to tear the opponent away...

"Stop it."

Mo Tanxian... gave Yuying a troubled look, and said with a twitching corner of his mouth: "The plan remains unchanged for the time being, we still have to go to Baita City as soon as possible, but we need to send more scouts out, and let them focus on stealthy actions. Observe the situation of all mutants and report them as soon as possible, you can make arrangements, and then we will set off."

Yuying snorted softly, then reluctantly let go of Yuchen's thigh, made a face at Motan, and jumped out, and judging by the panicked screams outside, she seemed to have scared the guard Barsaka on the outside jumped.

"To be honest, sometimes I really envy her."

Mo Tan sighed faintly, his face was full of tiredness.

Yu Chen tilted his head, then coughed lightly, pointed to his leg that Yuying had hugged just now and asked cautiously: "Well, why don't you give it a hug too?"

"Cough! Whoop cough cough!"

Mo Tan, who had just taken a sip of black tea, was choking. He coughed with his hands on his neck and said angrily, "I...cough cough! I didn't mean that, I meant that I envied her so much. lung!"

"Hey, just kidding, are you in a better mood?"

"Not at all, it's better to say that it has become heavier!"

"Ah, being rejected..."

"Uh, don't get me wrong, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that!"

"Do you want to consider the knee pillow? It is said to be very decompressive."

"Are you kidding me?"

"Well, just kidding~"

"..."

at the same time
The Violet Empire, the capital of Salamune, a square in the old town

A silver-haired young man with a mohawk back is sitting leisurely on a bench reading a book. He has a pair of bright red eyes, wearing a white robe, a pair of delicate triangles hanging around his waist, and a slightly feminine face. Handsome and delicate, no matter how you look at it, he is a dark elf poet with relatively good living conditions.

In fact, Croy Lumina is indeed a bard, which does not conflict with his other identities, and even has a high degree of fit.

He was lazily flipping through the black leather notes on his knees, eating cheap desserts, and seemed to be enjoying himself very much. Even though the old city was the most dilapidated and backward place in Salamun, it didn't affect him at all. Crowe's in a good mood.

The continuous opening of the Hall of the Purple Nine, the investigation team headed by Ribo Bracen raided Mercury City, the Grand Duke Marshall was placed under house arrest for some reason for the second time, the supreme meeting with confusing themes, representing the Duke of Fireclaw and being accepted by the famous mage Tarasha The genius girl of the disciple, the strange undercurrent hidden in the calm, the suspected upheaval...

These pieces of information, not to mention ordinary people, even the upper-class nobles are difficult to know. Each piece of information is extremely valuable, and it can really be exchanged for a small amount of gold.

[It's a pity that I don't have much obsession with things like money, but this is a good opportunity to return to the city of freedom as quickly as possible, heh, the boss Crowe of the Black Gold Cross Street Branch... sounds good ...]

The corners of Crowe's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a victorious smile.

As the royal capital of the Violet Empire, Salamune's heritage is far beyond those of ordinary towns. There are many secrets hidden in this city, and there are more security measures that can properly protect these secrets, especially those belonging to the highest level of the empire. Layers of "interesting things" are protected in layers of thorns, causing countless young people who are not properly prepared to spy on them to bleed all over the ground...

Croy Lumina considers himself a young man, but the difference is that he has enough patience, prudence and ability.

He is a natural intelligence gathering expert.

The guards hidden in the dark may be alert to every suspicious person, but who will go to check those crows that are careful enough one by one?

[I'm sure to win, Jun Wu! 】

Crowe stretched comfortably, and from the bottom of his heart made a declaration of victory to the opponent he had never met.

……

Half an hour later, the satisfaction on his face disappeared, because the 'Little Seven' who should have returned earlier still did not appear in the horizon.

He faintly had an ominous premonition...

……

nine hours ago

Liuli Pavilion 17st Floor, Room No. [-] Tong

The little priest who was curled up on the sofa and playing with a ball of golden flame suddenly turned his head to look at the door, and smiled sweetly: "Sir, are you back?"

"Well, do you want to eat roasted crow?"

"Bake...what to bake?"

"Roasted Crow~"

Three hundred and sixtieth chapters: the end

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