Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing got together to start researching antidotes and prevention methods for the plague.

The Illusion Legion behind them was also almost fully in place.

"Send out your illusionary soldiers and see what the undead are up to!"

Xu Shu was very serious. The first encounter made him fully realize that he could not look at these dead souls with the same eyes he would look at small fry.

Their average combat strength is relatively weak, but they possess strange and unusual abilities that make them significantly more difficult to deal with.

Aside from the plague, they possess almost limitless stamina and an utterly unreasonable ability to recover.

The more they analyzed the undead creatures, the more wary Xinghan became.

These complex abilities significantly increase the threat posed by undead creatures.

Moreover, the undead's large-scale secret techniques also gave Xu Shu a lot of trouble, even though he had come up with corresponding countermeasures on the battlefield before.

However, there is great concern about what kind of large-scale secret techniques the undead side will be able to come up with next.

He was certain that while they were studying the other side, the other side was also adjusting its strategies based on its performance in battle.

For both sides, the brief truce is not peace at all, but rather the calm before the next storm.

However, compared to before, their current situation is much better. The army of 200,000 has been basically assembled, and the Illusion Legion, which is specifically used to deal with the undead, has also arrived.

At least we won't be as passive as before when we fight.

The Phantom Warrior burst into the Undead Sky from the sky, without immediately attracting the attention of the Undead.

What are those?

The scout, who was deliberately projecting his own thoughts onto the illusory warriors for observation, stared at the densely packed tower-shaped buildings with some doubt.

"Let's go up and test the waters!"

Without much hesitation, he led the main force down from the sky.

However, before they even landed, the densely packed spirit towers began their attack.

Hundreds of undead attacks rained down instantly, almost every one of them stabilizing a phantom soldier.

Taking advantage of the brief recharging of the spirit towers, the remaining illusionary soldiers rushed forward to wreak havoc, hacking and slashing and tearing down dozens of spirit towers. The cost was the destruction of all the illusionary soldiers.

When Xu Shu received the message, he immediately understood what the undead were doing.

This is to build permanent fortifications to make our hometown impregnable.

This also indirectly confirms Mu Yi's previous description of the undead calamity: as long as the undead commander is killed, the undead will immediately collapse.

The fact that the other side built so many defensive fortifications proves this point.

"This is troublesome; the other side is quite patient!"

Xu Shu frowned as he gestured on the map the territory occupied by the undead.

According to the scouts, the enemy was building outwards in concentric circles, leaving no blind spots whatsoever.

If it weren't for the need to allow the undead army to move out, there probably wouldn't even be any gaps left in the defenses. Even if they tried to break through these defenses by force, it would probably take them a long time.

"Don't I remember we have a secret technique for creating a massive earthquake?"

Guo Jia, who was connected to Xu Shu via Huang Tianji's light screen, suddenly brought it up.

It was a secret technique that was unearthed from the Kushan arsenal and continuously improved. It was originally intended for siege warfare, but because it was not cost-effective, it was rarely used.

“Although these buildings utilize the essence of heaven and earth, they should be different from city walls. Perhaps our Great Earthquake Technique can directly shatter them?” Guo Jia pondered, stroking his chin.

The undead are unlike any of the enemies they've encountered before; perhaps they can wage some unconventional warfare.

Many things stored in the warehouse may have surprising effects if taken out.

"And can't we just use the Flying Roc to bomb these buildings?"

Guo Jia began to let loose, and all sorts of ingenious ideas kept popping into his mind. He felt like he had returned to his former self. He was known for his "unconventional" ideas, so his imagination was naturally extremely rich.

“Although that black canopy is different from clouds, it is still clouds. The Flying Roc can fly for a while on the outer edge, but it can’t fly for long inside!” Xu Shu shook his head and refuted Guo Jia’s whimsical idea.

"If Kongming knew you were going to use the Flying Roc to do this, he would beat you to death!"

It's not that Guo Jia's plan was not feasible; flying in and self-destructing for bombing was indeed a viable option.

But the cost-effectiveness is too low, and the logistics will be a complete disaster. Zhuge Liang, who is in charge of central coordination, will definitely kill Guo Jia, that spendthrift son.

Upon hearing Xu Shu's words, Guo Jia's mind flashed with the image of Zhuge Liang furiously wielding his sword to strike him. He immediately coughed twice, turning the page on his ingenious idea.

"I was just kidding, but if that's the case, could we use the Phantom Soldiers to continue airborne strikes?"

"It is possible, but it is too slow. The other side can repair and rebuild very quickly, and I don't think we can gain an advantage by dragging this out."

Xu Shu shook his head. The illusory warriors were constantly being deployed, probing the undead's reaction.

The undead side, which was initially indifferent to the weak, has been adjusted to send gargoyles to hunt them down.

It wasn't that they hadn't tried suppressing the Frost Dragon, but after the Illusion Warriors collectively went berserk and managed to take down one of the Frost Dragons, the Undead adjusted their tactics, letting the Gargoyles and Illusion Warriors fight each other.

After all, a gargoyle's body can be recycled after it's broken, but once the Frost Dragon dies, it's truly dead.

This thing is considered a high-value unit for the undead, but its production speed is quite slow.

"Can you analyze what kind of energy the Undead Operation uses?" Guo Jia suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked seriously.

"Yes, what they use is ultimately a kind of essence of heaven and earth, only the proportion of essence, energy and spirit is different from the norm."

Xu Shu nodded. This was not a difficult task for him, and he had already analyzed it before. Although he hadn't gone into great depth, it was only a matter of time.

"Given your current environment, have you thought of a useful unit?" Guo Jia asked mysteriously.

"The White Calamity Legion?" Xu Shu stroked his chin, then shook his head.

"Although the current environment is snowy and dark, it is still different from a frozen wasteland. The White Calamity Legion will find it difficult to reach the level of three talents, and it still does not have a high cost-effectiveness!"

"Hey, I'm not talking about the White Disaster. Have you ever considered training a new legion specifically for the undead environment?"

"Let me think... how about calling it the Scourge Legion?" Guo Jia suggested with a smile.

White disasters and so-called natural disasters share the same underlying logic.

Ultimately, it all boils down to confronting a specific, fixed environment and then turning that environment into one's own advantage.

Given that the undead are willing to expand their environment at all costs, it seems they really do need to develop a new legion.

"The White Disaster's training methods and environment are readily available. As long as you can analyze the characteristics of the current environment and replace it with ice and snow, you can definitely produce a new legion that is unaffected by the black sky!"

Xu Shu was genuinely tempted. The White Calamity unit, with its dual talents, was easy to train, as it was primarily an environment-dependent unit, relying mostly on its elite talent to manifest its strength. Once the original elite talent was removed, it could be trained in two or three days.

It's really not difficult for a large-scale army commander.

Not to mention the new recruits he has trained are blank slates, trained by Danyang, and whose direction of development has not yet been determined.

They are like blank canvases, making it easy to paint on them.

New talents may indeed be plug-and-play for them.

Xu Shu began to consider the value of this new legion.

If he could achieve the same level as Bai Zai, leveraging his dual-talent foundation to unleash the combat power of a triple-talent, he would immediately have tens of thousands more triple-talented individuals at his disposal, causing his overall combat power to skyrocket.

"If you ask me, you should send another batch of terracotta warriors over. These things without flesh and blood might be more suitable for dealing with the undead."

Xu Shu nodded. Although Guo Jia was unreliable when he was talking nonsense, he was quite imaginative when he was seriously giving advice.

In just a few words, he outlined several paths for him, although all of them require further verification, but at least he had a direction.

Unaware of what the other side was up to, they preemptively struck, revealing all of the other side's cards.

Xu Shu hung up the call and planned to check on the progress of Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing.

As soon as they entered the tent, they saw Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing engaged in free fighting.

Xu Shu quickly led his men to separate the two.

"What are you two doing!" Xu Shu felt bitter inside, but he still had to comfort them on the surface, after all, the entire army was counting on these two big shots.

"You've come at the right time! Let us be the judges!"

Zhang Zhongjing, annoyed, pulled Xu Shu aside and had them decide the case for the two of them.

The disagreement between the two was simple: Zhang Zhongjing wanted to extract the plague, then inactivate it, and administer it to all the soldiers so that they would develop antibodies and heal themselves.

Hua Tuo, on the other hand, took a simpler approach: he directly lifted the quarantine, allowing all the soldiers to eat and live together as usual, while he provided them with medication to treat the symptoms and let them adapt naturally.

The former results in fewer deaths and slower effectiveness, while the latter results in more deaths and faster effectiveness.

The two sides immediately started a full-blown fight because of this.

Zhang Zhongjing was furious at Hua Tuo's disregard for human life, and Hua Tuo was even more furious, because this was a war, and his method was definitely the most efficient.

Moreover, if the soldiers adapt naturally, they can immediately produce antibodies, which will enable them to heal themselves.

"No, no, we have plenty of time. Doctor Hua, you don't need to make concessions for us. Saving more people is always a good thing!"

Xu Shu had no choice but to reconcile with Zhang Zhongjing, as Hua Tuo's plan was far too dangerous and would likely result in the deaths of many people.

Hua Tuo went so far as to suggest that the dead could be sent to him as experimental subjects, while the living would be of greater value.

Xu Shu sighed, somewhat helplessly. Monsters who could create something akin to a spiritual talent in their respective fields simply couldn't be predicted using common sense.

Hua Tuo's approach can be summarized in eight words: survival of the fittest.

Someone else, someone more ruthless, might have liked his plan, but Xu Shu, a civil official, chose a more prudent approach.

"Targeted antibodies will take some time to develop, so please continue to isolate yourselves during this period!"

Xu Shu nodded and turned to leave, but Hua Tuo caught up with him after only a few steps.

"I have a training plan, can you provide me with support?" Hua Tuo looked at Xu Shu very seriously.

"I want to train a legion, a legion filled with disease and plague, a legion that will destroy the enemy like a natural disaster!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Shu squinted at Hua Tuo in front of him, feeling as if he hadn't woken up yet.

"What legion did you just mention?"

"The Plague Legion feeds on plague and disease, training a new legion in this way!"

Xu Shu raised an eyebrow. It sounded a bit outrageous, but it seemed quite suitable.

Hua Tuo was discovered after the Hou Tu Legion and the Di Jiang Legion.

Training a doctor is extremely difficult, taking five to ten years to complete, but training a new legion is much simpler.

According to Hua Tuo's idea, it would be best to let the soldiers adapt to all the dozens of plagues and viruses collected by Xinghan, and then let them have the ability to actively absorb them.

Training a group of doctor assistants in this way can effectively free up a large part of doctors' energy.

These plague warriors only need to walk up to the patients and suck away the lesions; for those patients, this may be the best arrangement.

Xu Shu pondered for a moment. This thing, placed together with the Scourge Warrior, did indeed seem to be very effective against the undead.

After realizing the feasibility, Xu Shu and Hua Tuo discussed their ideas in detail, and then both returned to their respective positions.

Although Hua Tuo didn't know much about training soldiers, he was very knowledgeable about the physical condition of his soldiers.

I conducted an examination on several new recruits and put all the data from various aspects back to them.

After filling an entire notebook with notes, Xu Shu had some ideas about training the new legion.

He immediately gathered a group of new recruits and planned to begin training them according to the White Disaster's training methods.

To achieve this goal, Xu Shu had no choice but to lead his soldiers deep into the realm of the dead.

After all, the first step in creating a special legion is to make them adapt to that special situation.

There is nothing more dangerous than going straight in.

Therefore, Xu Shu led his army to operate on the periphery, not daring to get too close to the center, since the troops he led were not yet fully trained and their combat effectiveness was relatively weak.

If an emergency were to occur, they could very well be wiped out.

Xu Shu's cautious probing did not attract the attention of the undead.

They used only three tactics: cavalry to drive them away, gargoyles to harass them, and ghouls to charge.

Seeing that Xu Shu was leading a group of weaklings, he immediately started to act arrogantly, unleashing his three attacks almost simultaneously.

Xu Shu led his army and ran away. Zhang Xiu, who had been waiting for a long time, led his troops to reap the rewards. He was using Xu Shu as bait.

Xu Shu didn't have any extra thoughts, after all, when dealing with the undead, feigning defeat was not shameful at all.

After several rounds of back and forth, the undead side learned their lesson and kept sending small groups of troops to harass the enemy, giving them no chance to fish and focusing on building their structures.

For them, ensuring the Lich King's safety was the most important thing. (End of Chapter)