fifth form

Chapter 3407 Eastern Forces
"Organize the supply boxes!"

The spider swarm spread into the distance, with the Spider God Guards and ferocious spider beasts moving like the wind through the dense web.

Zhang Xuezhou and others opened the supply boxes, and many people traveled around on two-wheeled and three-wheeled mountain bikes.

These mountain bikes have an extremely simple construction, consisting of nothing but an alloy frame, two tires, a power gear set, and a battery pack; they don't even have brakes or lights.

Extreme simplicity means sacrifice, thereby strengthening other components.

The alloy frame is durable and covered with solar films to assist in charging. The tires are puncture-resistant from rocks. The power gears and battery pack are laboratory products that can generate electricity through kinetic energy recovery. They can be continuously charged on downhill terrain or when there is enough energy to pedal. All these energy collection methods give it a relatively long range.

Montesbatton, whose hands were still bound by nylon ropes, sat next to Zhou Xin, his gaze occasionally sweeping over the ferocious beast treading on the spider webs above him. His face was solemn, but his heart was filled with complex emotions.

“He’s different from us,” Montespatton whispered.

"If you're a prisoner, don't open your mouth!"

Zhou Xin cursed under his breath, indicating that this was not the time for Montespatton to be sentimental.

Every generation is different. Zhou Xin's father needed to fight on horseback, while Zhou Xin, in his youth, would wield a heavy machine gun and fire wildly. His father's generation's ancient martial arts skills were more of a supplementary tool.

This chaotic and mixed style was criticized a lot, but ultimately gained recognition.

Times change, development changes, and the style of young people will inevitably differ from that of the older generation.

Montespatton's reflection wasn't on the mountain bikes speeding along, but rather on the different work styles of Zhang Xuezhou and his colleagues.

Everyone who came to Qinmeng was fighting and killing, but Zhang Xuezhou joined forces with ferocious beasts and classified Montespatton and others as prisoners. Anyone would find this hard to adapt to.

"The style of leaders differs in every era!"

Seemingly sensing that Montespatton was somewhat downcast, Zhou Xin added a comment.

"You approve of him?" Montespatton asked.

"I'm not as good as him!"

Zhou Xin gave a simple answer.

The contrast between the two when everyone attacked the ferocious beast was very obvious, and Zhou Xin was very certain that he was no match for Zhang Xuezhou.

Although Zhang Xuezhou's offensive efforts were somewhat lacking, Zhou Xin believed that Zhang Xuezhou would definitely be able to make up for his shortcomings in the future.

Zhou Xin's principle was simple: if you are inferior to others, you must submit to them.

Zhang Xuezhou was able to gain the approval of three generations—old, middle-aged, and young—and also continued the development of the Red Alliance gene sequence. The change of political power did not lead to any serious incidents, so it is impossible for Zhou Xin to act as an outcast.

I'm genuinely envious of you!

Montesbottom murmured.

The former Red Alliance was unified yet fragmented, seemingly united but actually each acting independently.

The capital city of Xijing wanted to use its technological advantages to achieve unification, while the local areas feared being annexed and constantly resisted. What was supposed to be one country was divided into multiple forces.

Montesbarton felt that the former Red Alliance was incompetent, even with top geniuses like Zhou Xin and Chang Kongluo.

Even the most talented people can't cook without rice; they can't magically increase the productivity of gene sequences, nor can they make everyone be in a balanced and consistent state.

Montesbatton also faced this dilemma. His approach was to select loyalists to maintain his rule while hoarding advanced genetic resources, which could then be released at a later time to meet the needs of the population.

Through decades of diligent hoarding, coupled with his own frugality and repeated hard work in Qin and Meng, Montesbatton amassed a vast collection.

But before he could find an opportunity to make changes, everything he owned was already in chaos.

Internal strife, spider tides, medical treatment, and invitations to join forces with other martial arts groups have gradually exposed his true strengths, making it difficult for him to maintain a leading advantage.

Seeing that Zhou Xin accepted the status quo of the Red Alliance without causing any internal strife, Montesbatton was extremely envious. "This world is very unstable. If you're envious, join us!"

Zhou Xin murmured, but didn't speak too definitively, only mentioning that the current order was chaotic and that each faction acting independently was extremely prone to collapse.

Zhou Xin's words were not just empty talk. He had spent several years in Qin and Meng and had even ventured into the dangerous capital of Qin and Meng, thus gaining a great deal of information through his surveillance.

Whether he gained benefits or gained a clearer understanding of the reality and risks of the world, all these situations challenged his original perceptions.

"Lets see!"

Montesbarton gave a wry smile.

Years of preparation have not brought about the same change as a few young geniuses from competing countries, which is truly disheartening.

The expenditure of resources has resulted in some losses for Montesbatton, but not to the point of being crippling. He still has the opportunity to acquire a high-standard team of Sequencers, just like the Red Alliance.

"Just exchange more gene-editing drugs with us then!"

Montesbarton considered the impact sequence drug that Zhang Xuezhou provided, and pondered the difficulty of the research institute repeating the experiment. He felt that the cost of trade swaps would be lower.

As Zhou Xin said, the world was very unstable, and Montesbatton was short of time, making it difficult to do everything as planned. He even gave up the Grand Council's control over various matters and relied on his family to manipulate and adjust things behind the scenes.

To rise to prominence and lead the times, thus becoming a winner in the competition, he must make sacrifices and give up certain things.

Montespatton's gaze flickered several times before he made only one request.

Zhou Xin naturally couldn't guarantee such a thing, and the two fell silent after their brief exchange, with only Zhou Xin continuing to pedal the tricycle forward.

"Crack!"

The distance to the east mentioned by the Spider God Guard is a full 150 miles.

Mountain bikes crisscrossed the forests, and people often carried them across difficult terrain. When they reached a scorched, burning mountain range, a thunderous roar echoed through the mountains, accompanied by billowing black smoke.

The spider swarms still covered the mountains and fields, but the spider webs had become thinner in this area, and even the six ferocious spider beasts that the Spider God Guard commanded and followed were running on the ground.

As the group of ferocious spider beasts stopped, a white dragon soaring in the distance appeared, and a white horse with two horns rode across the sky, swaying its head and unleashing bursts of flames downwards.

"It's them?"

Zhang Xuezhou, with his eyes fixed on the distance, had already spotted the members of the eastern forces.

He had seen Bai Jiao before; Bai Jiao was one of Hu Yu's subordinates.

If there might be another white dragon that can unleash lightning, it is with a fire-breathing white horse, and Zhang Xuezhou had also seen the white horse beast at Hu Yu's place.

Unlike what he had seen before, the white horse had shrunk considerably; its heavy body had become petite, and it had gained the ability to traverse the air.

Spitting out bolts of lightning and breathing fire couldn't stop the swarms of spiders covering the mountains and fields. No matter how many trees there were, they would all be burned to ashes. But somehow, an underground oil field was discovered in this area.

The jet-black oily substance shot up dozens of meters high and continued to overflow into the distance along the river.

The upper reaches of the river are also filled with oil pollution. It is clear that there is more than one underground oil geyser, which has turned the entire river black into an oil river.

This is a river filled with flames, with occasional electric currents floating on the black, viscous layer, which also serves as a zone to isolate the spider swarm.

As for the upstream source of the river, it is a permafrost area where ice and snow never melt, so no measures are needed to block the spider swarms.

This long, winding river draws a line here, effectively isolating the area where the most intense spider swarms erupt.

Spider colonies are not perpetual motion machines that can run indefinitely. Instead, they have a survival distance and expand their territory by dividing and reproducing after feeding. Here, the spider colonies had to change direction and continue to reproduce southward, even crossing the strait to invade the Omega Alliance.

Giving up a certain area is not unbearable; the real problem is that this oil river can change direction.

If the river were to turn and rush into the Spider God's Cave, it would lead to annihilation.