Chapter 125: The life-and-death battle of species,
the second day between Turin people and captives.
Pei Ze got up early, ate some food he brought with him, and then opened the stone door and walked out.
Su Ya and Peng Yan had been waiting outside for a long time. When they saw Pei Ze coming out, they immediately bowed and saluted.
"We'll spend a lot of time together in the future, so there's no need to be so reserved."
Pei Ze waved his hand and turned around to go down the mountain.
"Let's go to the mission hall."
Su Ya and Peng Yan quickly followed.
Although it was still early in the morning, the square was already crowded.
The gates of the exchange and mission halls were bustling with people and bustling.
Many tired-looking wizards hurried in from outside and walked towards the mission hall. The followers behind them had an obvious smell of blood, and they had obviously just experienced a fierce fighting.
More wizards walked out of the mission hall with solemn expressions and dispersed in all directions.
They accepted the mission and were going to fight the Turin people next.
The entire Red Maple City is like a machine that runs 24 hours a day, eroding this plane bit by bit every moment until it is completely turned into an appendage of the wizard civilization.
Pei Ze stepped through the mission hall door, followed by Su Ya and Peng Yan.
The hall is spacious and bright, no smaller than the exchange in area, and is circular in shape. The half facing the door is lined with densely packed counters, and many people are registering tasks in front of the counters.
On the wall to the right of the door, lines of colorful text flashed, clearly representing missions.
'Task content: Kill the Turin patrol tank'
'Task objective: subject to the recording of the ring image'
'Task reward: 20 merit points for each fully equipped tank, unsatisfied tanks will be calculated based on the actual number of people' '
Task content: Remove the sentry point'
'Task objective: subject to recording the image of the ring'
'Task reward: 30~50 merit points, depending on the strength of the personnel stationed at the sentry point' '
Remarks: Those who accept the task can receive a battlefield map for free'
' Mission content: Destroy the Turin people's fortifications'
'Task objective: subject to recording the image of the ring'
'Task reward: 300~1000 merit points, depending on the strength of the personnel stationed in the fortifications' '
Remarks: Those who accept the mission can receive it for free A battlefield map.
Pei Ze directly skipped the tasks of killing Turin patrol tanks and removing outposts, and looked straight to the end.
Both tasks are time-consuming, laborious, and poorly paid.
Especially for the former, the reward is not even enough to exchange for a bottle of resonance potion.
He didn't want to waste time on this.
Pei Ze looked at the task of destroying the fortifications.
There is not just one such mission, but thousands of them, corresponding to the thousands of Turin defense fortifications that have been discovered so far in Red Maple City.
As long as all these fortifications can be destroyed, without logistical supplies, the Turin people's scouts will not be able to move deep into the buffer area, and the war field of vision will be greatly reduced.
The buffer area between the two sides will thus become a smooth road. Red Maple City can send its army down at any time and attack the location of the Turin coalition forces smoothly and unimpeded.
Therefore, before the war breaks out, capturing and destroying each other's fortifications has become the focus of the battle between the two sides.
The clues can also be seen from the mission rewards. The minimum reward for a mission to destroy fortifications is 300 merit points, which is enough to exchange for a bottle of unicorn blood.
You can even get up to 1,000 merit points, which is enough to exchange for Holy Spirit Buds.
Pei Ze didn't think about it for too long and quickly decided to take on the task of destroying the fortifications.
He stepped to the wall on the left side of the gate. Countless light patterns were crisscrossed on it, outlining a lifelike three-dimensional pattern. It was a battlefield map of the buffer area.
Dense spots of light were marked on it, which were the various outposts and fortifications of the Turin people.
Some of the light spots are also marked with the approximate enemy garrison strength for reference.
The entire map is constantly changing in real time, and a light spot disappears every once in a while, which means that a sentry point has been uprooted or a fortification has been destroyed.
But at the same time, new points of light also emerged.
It's like a real-time monitored battlefield thumbnail.
Pei Ze looked at it intently for a while, then quickly came up with a plan and whispered a few instructions to Su Ya.
Su Ya nodded immediately after hearing this, turned around and walked towards the counter.
Not long after, she came back with a roll of parchment in her hand.
"Sir, according to your instructions, the task of destroying fortification No. 89 has been completed, and a magic map has been given." Su Ya came to Pei Ze and said.
When the surrounding wizards heard this, they all turned their heads and looked at the three of Pei Ze with their eyes scrutinizing, showing surprise and curiosity, but also disdain and contempt.
Among the many tasks provided by Red Maple City, the difficulty of destroying fortifications can definitely be ranked in the middle or upper range.
Even a wizard at the first level of liquefaction would not dare to take it casually.
The wizards who dare to take on this task are either very confident in their own strength, or they are newbies who don't understand anything.
What kind of person could this young man in front of me who was a little too young be?
Not paying attention to the surrounding eyes, Pei Ze took the magic map and put it into the space ring, turned around and walked outside.
In the crowd, a wizard with dark red eyes watched Pei Ze disappear behind the gate and snorted coldly: "You overestimate your abilities. A wizard who has just been promoted for less than two months dares to take on such a task. It's really outrageous." Do you know how to write the word "death"?"
A fat wizard next to him glanced at him and said with a smile: "I heard that Pei Ze is a wizard who has advanced through advanced meditation methods. The strength of such a person cannot be judged by the standards of ordinary wizards. , maybe he is confident that his strength is enough to cope with the task."
Another black-haired wizard shook his head: "No matter how talented Pei Ze is, he cannot break through to the liquefaction stage in less than two months, and the first-level gas There is no difference between accepting such a mission for a wizard in the transformation stage and seeking death."
The fat wizard did not argue, squinted his eyes and smiled: "According to your statement, Pei Ze really died in the mission, and that is also true for our Red Lotus City. Good news, Xu Bo and the others will be very happy."
"That's right." The red-eyed wizard nodded slightly, with a sarcastic smile on his face, "Then I'll wait and see." The
battlefield is vast, and it is natural to go deep into it to perform tasks. You can't rely on your legs to travel.
Using magic is not realistic and is a waste of precious mental energy.
Therefore, transportation tools are necessary, and they must be capable of flying.
"Sir, I inquired yesterday. There is a place specializing in selling and leasing giant eagles near the gate of Red Maple City. Maybe we can buy a few giant eagles there." Su Ya said.
Pei Ze looked at Su Ya appreciatively and nodded.
"Then let's buy a giant eagle on the way." Without any delay, Pei Ze led the two of them straight to the gate of Red Maple City.
Due to the geographical environment and planning, Red Maple City occupies an extremely wide area, even wider than Dawn City.
Even if you rely on flying, traveling will take a lot of time.
Therefore, a large number of teleportation points are set up in the city to facilitate the passage of people.
It's just that the cost is a bit expensive.
The single transmission fee of one magic stone coin may not be high, but one trip has to go through seven or eight transmission points, and three people will have to spend more than ten or twenty magic stone coins at a time.
For some wizards who are not wealthy enough, this is already a considerable expense.
Many wizards would rather choose to spend more time and travel on a giant eagle rather than waste extravagant magic stone coins.
Pei Ze, however, did not intend to waste time on the road. He waved his hand and directly used the teleportation point for all members.
Four or five minutes later, the three of them arrived at the gate of Red Maple City and spent 150 magic stone coins to buy three giant eagles.
The giant eagle stands nearly three meters tall, with a wingspan of more than ten meters. Its broad back is more than enough to carry a person.
Su Ya originally had the cautious idea of riding a giant eagle with Pei Ze in the name of saving money. However, before she could implement it, Peng Yan said, "Boss, we want to buy three giant eagles." The dream was shattered. .
She was so angry that she stared at Peng Yan.
Poor Peng Yan had no idea about this and was stared at with confusion by her.
Climbing on the back of the giant eagle, with a roar, three giant eagles soared into the sky.
The towering walls of Red Maple City quickly became smaller and farther away from the field of vision.
In the blink of an eye, the three of them were thousands of meters above the ground.
The high-altitude wind roared violently, but the three of them were legendary knights and had the power of elements to protect their bodies, so they were not afraid.
Pei Ze sat down cross-legged, took out the magic map and placed it between his knees, watching it intently.
All information on the magic map is real-time. Once outposts and fortifications are destroyed or newly built, they will be displayed on the map in real time.
The destination of their trip, Defense No. 89, is about 462 kilometers away from Red Maple City in a straight line.
At the speed of the giant eagle, it would take about two hours to arrive.
There will be many sentry points along the way, and Pei Ze plans to push them all the way.
On the one hand, in order to avoid exposing their whereabouts, the sentinels relayed the information back in advance, which caused the Turin army at Defense No. 89 to take precautions in advance.
On the other hand, it is also for merit points.
Red Maple City does not require free wizards to accept tasks in order to get paid.
If you encounter a patrolling Turin tank or sentinel on the battlefield, as long as you can produce a kill certificate - such as recording a ring image - you can also get corresponding merit points.
"Although these two merit points are a little small, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and when it is added up, it is still a big number."
Pei Ze withdrew his gaze from the magic map and looked down.
The desolate wilderness was completely bare, with almost no plants, let alone animals. All that could be seen was loess and rocks.
Perhaps not long ago, this wilderness was a fertile plain with grass growing and warblers flying, but after experiencing successive wars, it is no longer the same as before.
While passing by a river, Pei Ze also saw a dilapidated ruins.
There should have been a town there, but now only the ruins are left, and half of the temples that have collapsed and half that still stand can still be seen in the ruins.
Although there are no more worshipers, there are murals full of majesty painted on the mottled outer walls. But it still talks about the holiness and glory of the past.
Pei Ze watched this scene with a calm expression, and did not sympathize with the sufferings of those Turin people because of this.
To put it bluntly, plane conquest is a war between intelligent creatures of different origins competing for the top position in the 'food chain'. To have compassion in this life-and-death battle for the survival of species is no different from seeking death.
Su Ya and Peng Yan also discovered the ruins below. While lamenting the cruelty of the war, they also became more careful to guard their surroundings.
After all, this is a battlefield, and no one can tell when enemies will appear.
Be careful no matter where you are, otherwise you will lose your life if you are not careful.
I flew hundreds of kilometers and found nothing.
Just when Pei Ze thought there would be no unexpected situations before arriving at the next sentry point, a team of hundreds of people in the distance suddenly broke into his field of vision.
It was a group of warriors wearing uniform armor and holding battle axes and giant swords.
They were riding on a kind of riding beast that looked similar to a horse, but its limbs were covered with scales. They were scanning the surroundings alertly while chatting and laughing. They looked like they had been through battle for a long time, and they were loose on the outside and tight on the inside.
Behind them were hundreds of infantry soldiers wearing leather armor, also fully armed.
In the middle of this group of infantry were dozens of prisoners with their hands tied and their bodies covered with bruises. Without exception, they all had expressions of despair, grief and anger.
"They are from Turin!" Su Ya soon discovered the team, and her expression suddenly became solemn.
"Are those prisoners from Red Maple City?" Peng Yan frowned in confusion, "People from Turin also capture prisoners?" "
What's so strange about this?" Su Ya said, "Like people from Turin. In the plane civilization of the feudal aristocratic system, the slave trade must be prevalent. We knights are valuable commodities to the people of Turin."
Peng Yan was dumbfounded.
Pei Ze smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Su Ya is right, we want to exchange the lives of the Turin people for merit points, while the Turin people want to capture us as slaves, both sides are hunters and prey. "
"This is the essence of plane war!"
"Morality and justice are all illusions. The only rule is that the weak eat the strong!" "
So don't have any unnecessary sympathy."
Peng Yan was silent, and his expression gradually changed. He became firm, and his gaze towards the Turin people below became cold.
As for Su Ya, she had been aware of it from the beginning and never wavered from beginning to end.
At the same time, the Turin people in the wilderness also noticed the giant eagle in the sky.
There was a sudden commotion among the infantry in the team, and many prisoners shouted for help one after another, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.
The leader, a middle-aged knight with a beard, drew his sword and turned around without hesitation, splitting off a prisoner's head, decisively suppressing the prisoners with bloody methods, and then scolded the infantry a few times before the scene became quiet.
Amidst the roars of the bearded knights, the infantrymen drew their weapons and surrounded the prisoners to prevent them from escaping in the chaos. At the same time, they formed a formation and looked to the sky as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
As for the knights in armor, they spontaneously and quickly formed an array as soon as they discovered the enemy, fully demonstrating the calmness and competence of the veterans.
"Quite elite."
A smile appeared on Pei Ze's lips and he patted the giant eagle on the back.
The giant eagle chirped and swooped down quickly.
(End of chapter)