Shushan: Extinction

Chapter 170: Troubles
After hearing what Gong Tianwu said, Zhao Yong immediately smiled with joy. The people below him like this kind of boss who can take on responsibilities and get things done the most.

After all, Gong Tianwu directly said that he was willing to take responsibility, which saved a lot of trouble.

Sure enough, things turned out just as Gong Tianwu had judged. Those damn monsters were constantly attracted by the scent of living people. Therefore, even in a team of ten, some areas were under great pressure, and even with timely support, there were still casualties.

In this situation, Gong Tianwu's accurate prediction was very prescient, and he also had the demon spider mount for quick and timely support, so the search efficiency and casualties of the troops he commanded were very low.

Of course, such a result can be achieved because Gong Tianwu pays special attention to the human troops around him.

Unlike other cultivators who despise and look down on mortals, Gong Tianwu always feels that these mortals are an effective supplement to his own combat power.

Perhaps if this mortal army is taken out alone, its combat effectiveness is not worth mentioning, but Gong Tianwu feels that in his hands, this mortal army can achieve the real effect of ants biting elephants to death! It can even be used as a trump card.

***
One night passed,
When the scorching sun shines on the ground again,
In the distance came the sound of clanging metal clashing, which is what the military books call "sounding the horn to call back the troops."

One after another, the search teams dragged their tired bodies back to the camp to rest, eat and sleep.

After regrouping, a large number of monster corpses infected by evil spirits were piled up in the camp. The piles looked like mountains and looked quite fulfilling.

However, they killed one thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of their own, and the casualties of both the demon army and human soldiers were heavy.

More importantly, this search seems to be fruitful, but what is the purpose of this group of people coming here?
Are you here to wipe out these monsters?

of course not!

It is to find out where the demon is hiding and then kill him.

But in fact, the progress of the entire investigation did not advance much, because those contaminated and deformed monsters continued to appear in the places that had been investigated!

The feeling is like a bamboo forest after the rain, with new bamboo shoots popping up everywhere.

This in turn greatly delayed the progress of the search.

Under such circumstances, the top leaders met again, and Mujiang City once again became ruthless:

That means transferring people here!!

As long as Mujiang City is willing to provide food, it will not be difficult to recruit tens or even hundreds of thousands of people.

With the combined strength of these people, not to mention that a mere Jianpo Ridge could be easily trampled down, it would not be surprising even if it was razed to the ground with a hoe.

Therefore, the people of Mujiang City found the officials here, took out 100,000 shi of grain directly, and asked them to send a large number of people.

As expected, there is strength in numbers. With the help of these newcomers, they soon discovered the source of the monsters - the secret was hidden underground.

After the Axun demon was buried underground, the demonic blood in its body actually began to spread along the underground water veins, causing pollution wherever it flowed.

It turns out that the contaminated monsters can also be easily controlled and mobilized by the Axun Demon - they will wander around, ambush, escape, lurk, and even initiate infection.

This is why, at the very beginning, you will feel that monsters are everywhere, and you may even have the feeling that "wildfires cannot burn them all, they will grow again with the spring breeze."

The people in Mujiang City were also very determined and directly ordered the laborers to dig along the underground water veins, purifying as they dug. This most strenuous method was also the most effective, and results were soon seen.

At dusk on the fourth day, Gong Tianwu saw the young city lord accompanied by two demon kings strolling around the excavated water veins.

These two demon kings were none other than the leaders of the demon refugees and displaced persons who besieged Mujiang City.

Anyone who can stand out among these millions of monsters and become the leader must have experienced a series of cruel and bloody things and possess outstanding talents.

The reason they came here this time was to confirm the authenticity of the so-called Moba incident.

If killing this thing can really end the drought, then why are these monster leaders still fighting Mujiang City with a large group of hungry monsters?

In fact, even with the joint efforts of the top leaders of Mujiang City and the monsters, they were not sure they could take down Mujiang City - and even if they did, all they would get was a scorched earth.

Now, the monsters in the entire Xiongbian Mountain are either dead or escaped, and their number has dropped by at least 60% compared to the peak period.

If the drought could be relieved, he would definitely take the gathered men to occupy the mountain and become the king as soon as possible, seize the territory, become the demon king and enjoy the power.

Obviously, after witnessing a series of hard evidence, the two demon kings promised to extend the attack period from ten days to twenty days, and also stated that as long as Mujiang City was willing to provide food, they could also send manpower to help.

After all, the common enemy of all of them at this moment is this damn drought!

If we can get rid of this drought, then it won't be difficult if we all work together.

***
the seventh day,
Good news came.

The fifth underground water vein was blocked and then thoroughly purified.
This means that the most difficult part of the entire investigation has been completed, and the area that needs to be investigated has been reduced by one third.

Everything seems to be moving in the right direction.

And more importantly, the fact that it took seven days to clear one-third of the area does not mean that it will take another fourteen days to find the whereabouts of Moba.

As the saying goes, all things are difficult at the beginning. After this work got on track, the more optimistic estimate is that the location of Moba should be found within ten days. But even the most pessimistic estimate is that it will take at most seven days for Moba to have nowhere to hide.

Of course, this is also a characteristic of all "Ba" type monsters. Before their cultivation is fully developed, they are like earthbound spirits, with their range of activities being greatly restricted, and they can only move within two or three miles nearby.

However, Gong Tianwu always felt that something was wrong, because the progress seemed too smooth.

Not only that, he also thought of his previous experience and wanted to pray for rain to fight drought in the country under the jurisdiction of the Great Snow Mountain. However, he was forcefully stopped by the most powerful and knowledgeable leader in the sect.

What is Mujiang City doing? Cutting off the root of the drought directly from the source!
In the end, Gong Tianwu knew Hua Manlou's final fate, and he was killed by the two elders of the Qingcheng Sect.

All these factors combined made him feel more and more the tense atmosphere of impending storm, but he did not jump out to make comments at this time, because in the current situation, no one would listen to him unless he could produce some real evidence.

During this period of time, Gong Tianwu also learned some inside information from Cui Huai. It turned out that their army was also a victim of political struggle and was actually sent here as cannon fodder. Unless they successfully killed Moba and prayed for rain, they would have nowhere to go.

This also made Gong Tianwu secretly happy. The worse the situation of these people was, the more important he was to them. ***
The unexpected event finally occurred on the ninth day.

On this day, the sun was still high in the sky, mercilessly scorching the earth and continuously pouring the temperature downwards.

The whole camp was silent, for everyone was exhausted after staying up all night and enjoying the rare feeling of being full, so sleeping became a cheap and rare enjoyment.

Gong Tianwu was playing dominoes with Hanashiro nearby.

In the room inside, Hua Manlou was sleeping soundly with his legs spread out, and next to him were a few exhausted beauties wearing only white gauze.

The demons have different ideas from humans. They usually take pride in this kind of things. Once they are in the mood, they will do whatever they want. Hua Manlou is still considered a good guy.

It is said that one year the bear demon general Tu Lei led his demon army to go on an expedition. The city lord was afraid that he would indulge in women and make mistakes, so he asked him not to bring demon girls with him if he wanted to go on the expedition.

Tu Lei agreed on the spot, and then took more than a hundred ewes with him when he went out to fight. By the time he returned, there were more than thirty pregnant ewes. This shows the openness of the demon tribe in this regard.

To be honest, if Gong Tianwu didn't feel that a crisis was approaching and wanted to save Hua Manlou's life, he really didn't want to deal with these monsters whose brains were soaked in X liquid.

Suddenly, there were shrill screams and cries coming from the camp in the west, followed by a huge roar.

Hua Shilang was startled, but he saw Gong Tianwu casually dropped the dominoes in his hand and said:

"A pair of ivory cards, top."

Hua Shilang said anxiously:

"You're still thinking about playing cards at this time? Didn't you hear that something happened outside?"

As a result, before Gong Tianwu could say anything, he heard the curtains in the inner room rustle, and then the beads on several curtains were torn off, and the beads on the curtains fell and rolled everywhere.

Then Hua Manlou rushed out naked, grinning and laughing:
"Okay, okay, okay! It's finally here!"

Gong Tianwu looked at his confident look and couldn't help but wonder:

"You seemed to have known something was going to happen?"

Hua Manlou laughed and began to put on his armor:
"Before the great city lord left behind a treasure bag, it can only be opened when the six of us demon generals gather together."

"Didn't I leave at that time? When I came back and opened the brocade bag, I found that the city lord said that there would be many twists and turns in killing the demon this time, and we should be careful of conspiracy from within, so he has been waiting all this time."

"Master Xu, please don't be surprised. The brocade bag clearly states that we demon generals must keep the secret and not reveal it to anyone, so I have been enduring it for a long time and it has been very hard for me."

Gong Tianwu thought that this great city lord was really good at scheming. He actually left behind such a trick before his death. He said:
"That's what we should do! Of course we have to obey the city lord's will. Let's go and put down the rebellion as soon as possible."

Then Gong Tianwu turned around and went out the door, flew into the air and looked carefully, and found that the place where the accident happened was in the camp led by the small city lord of Group A, which was only twenty or thirty miles away from here.

The specific situation was not very clear at this time. All we could see was a few plumes of black smoke rising from there, which didn't look like anything good.

Immediately afterwards, Hua Manlou had already brought a large number of people to rush to the camp where the accident occurred.

Gong Tianwu discovered that something had happened with the human army, which was in chaos.

After all, ninety-nine percent of these upper-level cultivators are demon cultivators at this time, and the human race has obviously become unloved here. Once any trouble occurs, they are afraid of being abandoned and treated as abandoned children.

There is no doubt that Gong Tianwu became the backbone as soon as he appeared here.

After a few days of cooperation and observation, Gong Tianwu knew the abilities of the group of people who came, and immediately gave orders:
"General Cui, please mobilize your troops to patrol the surroundings. If you have any intelligence, please report it immediately."

"Captain Liu, mobilize your soldiers and patrol the places where the civilians gather to maintain order and suppress unrest. Order everyone to go to the tents and rest. Anyone who moves rashly will be killed if they refuse to obey!"

"Captain Zhao, mobilize your troops and rush to the food and water source areas, and focus on those areas! I will send my mount to go with you, and anyone who moves will be killed."

After Gong Tianwu issued several orders in succession, everyone immediately obeyed the orders and left. They were very impressed in their hearts and felt that every order given by this master was on point.

***
After Gong Tianwu arrived at the human camp, at least the situation in the entire camp quickly stabilized. Then he found that Hua Shilang had followed him directly, and Gong Tianwu was also surprised:
"You're still here? I thought you left with Lao Hua."

After hearing this, Hua Shilang came to Gong Tianwu and whispered:
"The old man has long told me not to go with him. I should just follow you when I have nothing to do. That way, my chances of survival will be much greater."

Gongtian Wuqi said:
"No, does your father think so highly of me?"

Hanashiro sighed:

"After all, this battle is still our Mujiang City's own business. My father is one of the six great demon generals, and I don't know how many eyes are watching him."

"In terms of real strength, my family ranks low among the six great demon generals, and we have even fewer external aids. The only thing the Hua family can show off is loyalty."

"If something really happens, my dad will definitely go. How can I not go if my dad has already gone?"

Gong Tianwu smiled slightly and said:

"That's true."

Hua Shilang said:

"So we, father and son, must separate. Moreover, the old man also said that as a guest official, you have done your utmost to help us. Even if you encounter any difficult situations, you can still withdraw calmly."

"And after dealing with you for so many years, I can see that you are a principled person, so even if he dies, he can still rely on you for protection."

Speaking of this, Hanashiro was also a little puzzled:

"We are going well, aren't we? The old man must be worrying about nothing, right?"

(End of this chapter)