Chapter eight hundred and eighty fourth animal tide
No one knows the power of this cloud sea golden wither better than Sal, because as early as decades ago, the hot-blooded Sal led a group of hunters who didn't know the heights of the sky into the sea of clouds, trying to dig up the huge Qiong tree.
When they arrived at the city outside the city, the result was that out of more than twenty hunters, only three were able to come back.
After that failed return, Sal gave up planning on the beautiful tree.
It is worth mentioning that Yunhai Jinqiu, who has lived for more than 600 years, has not always lived on the Yunhai Qiong tree. In fact, over the past thousands of years, the Qiong tree has changed its owner several times, and Yunhai Jinqiu, at first
Just moving around the Qiong tree, gradually, after a series of fierce battles, the full-winged Yun Haijin drove away the original owner of the Qiong tree, just like the gray squirrel drove him away...
It has to be said that Guo Zhengyi was able to poach Qiong Shu because of a coincidence. If it weren't for Zhou Sen killing the aging Yun Haijin to the point of losing his armor, even a space hunter like Fang Liu would never have been able to poach Qiong Shu.
Walk away from the Qiong tree.
The most powerful thing about Yunhai Jinqiu is its mobility. There is no advantage in numbers in front of it. One ordinary hunter and a hundred ordinary hunters have no meaning to Yunhai Jinqiu, because it can attack without any warning.
It launches ferocious attacks from any angle in the sky. Even if it cannot kill all the space hunters, it can harass them and prevent them from succeeding.
"Lord City Lord!"
Luo Feiyao, Tutu and Xiaochao saluted Sal respectfully.
"Haha, we have grown up, we have grown up, and we are also old." Sal said with a kind face, touching Luo Feiyao's head and sighing.
"Sal. You are..." Sal smiled and saluted, staring at Zhou Sen with a pair of deep eyes.
"Zhou Sen." Zhou Sen bowed his hands in a neither humble nor overbearing manner. He didn't want to be particularly affectionate. In fact, he didn't even want to get to know this person because he didn't have this ambition. He was eager to return home and wanted to return to the war-torn place right away.
Five star regions.
"Gah..." With a thrilling cry, Yunhai Jinqiao, who was dozing, suddenly opened his eyes. A pair of small eyes shot out a fierce light, staring at Sal fiercely.
"Shut up!" Zhou Sen scolded.
"Gah..." Yun Haijin shook his head and shouted at Sal threateningly. Then he closed his eyes slightly and fell asleep, looking lazy.
Yunhai Jinqiu fell asleep, but left a mess, because it chirped without warning, causing some of the small poultry and animals raised by humans to flee, and some were so frightened that they did not dare to move.
All of a sudden, everything was in chaos.
"Sorry, you flat-haired beast, lack of discipline." Zhou Sen said with a bitter smile.
"Quack..." Yunhai Jinduo suddenly opened his eyes, and poked Zhou Sen on the head with his sharp beak.
"Okay, okay, you are a noble Yun Hai Jin withered, not a flat-haired beast."
"Quack..." Yun Haijin raised his head with a proud expression.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
Thrall was dumbfounded for a while, then when he saw Yunhai Jinduo's sharp beak that tore apart gold and iron poking at Zhou Sen's head, he was frightened again. This long-haired young man indeed had some real abilities.
Sal naturally didn't know that Zhou Sen not only practiced the "Invincible Secrets", but also had the dual protection of dragon armor and dragon scale armor, as well as the seal of martial arts. His body was so strong that he was indestructible. Although Yun Hai Jin Biao was powerful,
But he couldn't hurt Zhou Sen at all.
Under Sal's personal reception, Zhou Sen and his party were taken to a stone house to settle down.
The stone house in this barracks is not the stone house where Luo Feiyao and the others live. It is not only magnificent, but also has a very elegant layout. It seems that there are ancient formations arranged in it, and there is a basis for advance and retreat.
After settling Zhou Sen, Sal took his leave.
Zhou Sen discovered that their freedom was not restricted and they could move around as they pleased.
Under the leadership of Luo Feiyao, Zhou Sen visited the training ground in the barracks. In the training ground, there were all kinds of ancient training equipment. Many children were training. It seemed that they were all working very hard.
In addition to the training ground, there are thousands of honey trees here. According to Luo Feiyao, most of the places in Huawai City are barren rocky ground. There are not many places suitable for planting honey trees, and the barracks are
The largest Qiongshu planting base in Huawai City is the source of life for the entire Huawai City.
If there were no Qiong Shu, the city would be unfit for human habitation. The importance of Qiong Shu can be imagined.
Zhou Sen discovered that the Qiong trees in the barracks were very small, and the largest one was surrounded by two people. Compared with the Qiong tree in the sea of clouds, which was surrounded by dozens of people, it was not at the same level. Moreover, the Qiong tree in the sea of clouds was not at the same level.
The Qiong leaves on the tree are thicker and greener, like emeralds. In addition to the small and thin Qiong leaves, the fruits produced by the Qiong trees in the city outside the city are also very small, about the same size as peanuts on the earth.
There is no comparison with the fruits of the Qiong Tree in the sea of yun, but Luo Feiyao said that the fruits of the Qiong Tree have no significance to human beings...
At first glance, Zhou Sen saw the endless green trees and was struck by their number. He once doubted its true value. However, when he climbed up the cliffs around the basin, he discovered that the huge basin was full of dense trees.
The tent looks like stars flying in the sky.
Thousands of trees are needed to supply hundreds of thousands of people. There is no doubt that Qiong trees are rare.
During the visit, Zhou Sen met Sal several times. He was very busy. Every time he met him, he was accompanied by a different person.
It can be judged from the demeanor of those people that the people who can be received by Sal in person are the best in the city. Of course, Zhou Sen does not know that the people who can be received by Sal in person are not just outstanding people, they
Most of them are experts who came back from other places to provide support.
In three days, the sun over the outer city will go out.
Zhou Sen settled down peacefully, waiting for the tide of beasts to come after the sun went out.
In the past two days, Zhou Sen occasionally climbed to the cliffs around the basin to observe the nearby situation. Every time he climbed up, he was startled because the number of herbivores gathered around was getting larger and larger.
Thousands are no longer enough to describe their number. On the penultimate day, the canyon had been blocked by some huge meteorites. Outside the canyon, the ground could no longer be seen. The sky was covered with herbivores, like a vast ocean.
Make human beings feel how small they are.
What shocked Zhou Sen was not only the number of herbivores, but also the types of herbivores.
There are countless animals of all kinds, some of which have sizes that Zhou Sen cannot imagine even if he exhausts his imagination.
The python is dozens of feet long. In fact, if it weren't for its clumsy movements, Zhou Sen would rather think of it as a giant dragon.
There is a ferocious beast whose whole body is covered with sharp bone spurs, just like a hedgehog from the ancient Earth. The difference is that it is many times larger than the hedgehog from the ancient Earth. It weighs at least dozens of tons. Its mouth shows fangs and its eyes are exposed.
The fierce light is extremely ferocious.
pressure!
Zhou Sen felt a suffocating pressure.
Zhou Sen had never taken beast tides seriously, but when he saw the ocean-like herbivores outside the city, he realized that he was wrong, very wrong.
It is conceivable that if all the ocean-like beasts rush into the inner city, I am afraid that within the time of a stick of incense, this place will be razed to the ground without any vegetation...
In another twenty hours, the sun will go out.
Zhou Sen was informed to go to the meeting hall for a meeting.
Through these few days of understanding, Zhou Sen has a new understanding of the city outside the city. The city outside the city is a highly free and highly privatized city. Here, whether it is life or property, all are subject to the "
protected by the Code of the Convention.
Because of this code, the prosperity of Huawai City was formed.
According to historical records, when the Barracks Continent was torn apart, the canyon of the Outer City was actually a huge prison, and the people inside it were all extremely vicious people. In order to build a civilized society, humans introduced a code of law, and countless aspiring people
Scholars succeeded one after another, and after hundreds of years, they finally maintained the dignity of the code.
It was also because of that battle that the city outside the city became what it is today.
In Huawai City, everyone will swear to fight for the code of Huawai City, and among them, protecting Huawai City is everyone's obligation.
According to the Code, there is only one type of person in the Outer City who is not restricted by the Code, and that is the legendary invincible hunter.
Of course, if you have money, you can go out, but if you don't have money, there are many unwritten rules in the city. For example, when there is a beast tide every ten years, some owners of Qiong trees will distribute Qiong leaves for free.
Here, it is worth explaining that in the city of Huawai, every beautiful tree has its owner.
In this understanding, Zhou Sen also gained some in-depth understanding of the City in the Sky. Unlike the city outside the world, which advocates fairness, justice and freedom, the City in the Sky is a dictatorial city, and everything is decided by the city owner.
, the entire space city is almost the private property of the Guo City Lord family.
Precisely because of their different concepts, the City in the Sky and the City Outside the World are incompatible.
Of course, in addition to having different philosophies, the humans in the Sky City all have a sense of superiority, because they were once the masters of the Barracks Continent, while the City Outside was a gathering of thieves, robbers, and rapists.
place……
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Zhou Sen attended the meeting alone, and Luo Feiyao and others were not qualified to attend the meeting.
The meeting hall is a spacious and bright building, but the inside is very simple, with only some long stools.
Nine highly respected elders were already sitting at the elders' table in the meeting hall. What surprised Zhou Sen was that he originally thought that those highly respected elders should be experts, but they were all ordinary people who attended the meeting.
The people are all masters, exuding a powerful aura. Although they are just sitting there quietly, they are like mountains.
The meeting started in a noisy manner, with people arguing with each other, just like a vegetable market.
After half an hour, Zhou Sen finally understood what everyone was arguing about.
It turned out that the scale of this beast tide exceeded any record in history. Facing the ocean-like beast tide, everyone felt extreme pressure.
The entire city was in panic.
Under this situation, some people believe that humans should form death squads to drive away ferocious beasts and relieve the pressure after the sun goes out.
Some people also believe that the city should be built high and more weapons prepared for emergencies.
Some people suggested that those ferocious beasts came here just for the Qiong Ye. Why not simply pick off all the Qiong Ye and avoid the danger for the time being. After the beast tide has passed, everyone can return to the outer city...
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Listening to various suggestions, Zhou Sen couldn't help but smile bitterly.
In addition to agreeing with humans to take the initiative, Zhou Sen believes that other suggestions are not feasible.
Prepare more weapons, and how much is appropriate? Zhou Sen already knows that this foreign city is extremely barren, not only lacking metal, but also the materials for making bows are extremely rare. The so-called combat weapons are nothing more than daggers, better ones
There are not many long weapons like axes, long knives, etc. like spears.
To put it simply, the weapons in the Outer City are not suitable for long-distance combat. If you want to defend yourself against ferocious beasts, the only way is to fight them hand-to-hand.
Zhou Sen couldn't help but smile bitterly when he thought of that ferocious beast covered in bone spurs. He couldn't imagine how a human's thin body could fight hand-to-hand in the tide of beasts.
If they were ordinary people, they would be trampled to pieces in an instant.
As for picking the leaves of the Qiong tree, that is just talk, because there are extremely strict regulations for picking the leaves of the Qiong tree. Once the amount is exceeded, the Qiong tree will wither and even die, and it will take at least decades to recover.
"Okay!" Lord Thrall waved his hand, and the meeting hall became quiet.
"Everyone, I have consulted a lot of historical events. The largest beast tide in history has been at least a thousand years old, and the number of beast tides that almost turned the city into ruins is far less than that of this beast tide.
The number, that is to say, this beast tide has exceeded the number of any beast tide in the past. So, it also means that this beast tide crisis will be the most serious crisis in the city outside the city. It will soon
Maybe, after the beast tide, the city outside the city will become a barren land, hundreds of thousands of residents in the city will be displaced, and some of the old, weak, sick and disabled will also lose their shelter..."
Sal's voice was a little hoarse, making people feel inexplicably heavy.
"City Lord, since you can't survive, why not give it a try!" A big man suddenly stood up and said with pride.
Zhou Sen couldn't help but take a deep look at the man. The man was majestic, wearing a black vest and leather armor, and his exposed arm muscles were bulging, as if he contained endless power.
"City Lord, what Lao Jiu said is right. We can't just sit back and wait to die. Even if we die, we must die on the battlefield, and die vigorously, instead of being chased and trampled by ferocious beasts and dying without dignity!" A man carrying a giant axe.
The men also stood up.
"City Lord, think twice. There are natural dangers in this barracks canyon for honor. We have survived every beast wave. Why should we take the risk and take the initiative? If we anger the beasts by taking the initiative, wouldn't it be self-defeating?" An elder with a gray beard stood up.
, said tremblingly.
"That's right, you died in battle with great force, what should we do?" Another elder agreed.
"..."
All of a sudden, everyone was arguing again, with veins bulging and foam flying from ear to ear.
After some debate, Zhou Sen finally understood.
Now, there are two factions. One is the radical faction, which is mainly hunters. They have always believed that they should take the initiative to attack the arrogance of ferocious beasts; the other is the conservative faction, which is mainly ordinary people. They believe that they should stick to the natural dangers as before.
, waiting for work at leisure, there is no need to take risks, if it angers the herd, it will be unsightly.
The differences are becoming more and more serious, and the two parties have reached the point of slamming the table and throwing benches.
Lord Thrall reassured everyone, and then announced the vote.
Without any suspense, the conservatives with numerical superiority won, and a group of hunters got up and left angrily.
When the meeting ended, Zhou Sen was still sitting on the stool in a daze. He didn't even have time to speak. The matter had already been settled...
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"Is it over?" Zhou Sen looked at Sal as he walked over.
"There's nothing I can do." Sal shook his head, with a wry smile on his lips.
"How did you survive the beast tide in the past?" Zhou Sen asked.
"After the sun goes out, they will swarm into every corner of the outer city like a tide, eating all the edible green plants in the outer city, and some of the ferocious herbivores will gather in the inner city barracks.
, trying to break through the human defense line..."
After Sal's brief introduction, Zhou Sen understood why those elders tended to be more defensive. This was because most of the previous beast tides had been violent in the outer city of Huawai City and had not spread to the inner city.
"This beast wave is different from the past." Zhou Sen reminded.
"I also know, that's why I let you attend the meeting."
"Huh?" Zhou Sen couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't understand why the matter would involve him.
"Are you a wanderer from the Sky City?" Lord Thrall stared at Zhou Sen with his penetrating gaze, as if he wanted to see through Zhou Sen's soul.
"Wanderer?" Zhou Sen was stunned again.
"I have checked the population files of the Outer City, and there is no information about you. In fact, no one in the entire Outer City knows you... As for Luo Feiyao and the others, I have asked them about him.
I met you while hunting in the meteorite belt..."
"Okay, I'm a wanderer." Zhou Sen doesn't want to get entangled in this issue. No matter what, he always needs an identity. As for what identity, he doesn't care at all.
"Maybe it's a spy." Sal's eyes became extremely sharp.
"Haha, tell me, what do you want me to do?" Zhou Sen smiled.
"Now is an extraordinary period. It is absolutely impossible for City Lord Guo to send an expert like you to the City to spy on the news. Then, you should be a wanderer who committed crimes in the Sky City..." Thrall saw Zhou Sen's calm face.
His sharp eyes have softened a lot.
"It really doesn't matter who I am. The top priority now is to let the city of Huawai get through the difficulties." Zhou Sendan said calmly.
"I...I hope you can help me..." Sal hesitated and hesitated.
"explain."
"There are only two Space Hunters who came back this year, and together with Sangbao who just advanced, there are only three Space Hunters, and we need to guard four sides, so, so..."
"You want me to shield you?" Zhou Sen said.
"Every aspect requires a master."
"No problem." Zhou Sen nodded in agreement.
"Ah...ahem..."
Sal's expression was stunned. He didn't expect that Zhou Sen would agree so readily. This made him a little unexpected. You know, in order to persuade Zhou Sen to help, he thought of many reasons. The result was that he didn't need to be persuaded at all.
, Zhou Sen agreed.
Thrall naturally didn't know that Zhou Sen at this time just wanted to get through the beast tide quickly, and then go to the Sky City to find the senior space hunter Yue Lao, and let him lead the way to the teleportation array deep in the universe, and return as soon as possible.
Five star regions.
When Zhou Sen was on the Caribbean Interstellar Bus, he learned that the five star regions were already at war and the people were in dire straits. At that time, he was eager to gain strength and practiced frantically without understanding it deeply. After being brought to this place by the God of Death, he was eager to go back because,
There are too many people he cares about in the five star regions, especially the third princess for whom he has always felt guilty.
No matter how anxious Zhou Sen is, he still has to wait until the city of Waiwai survives the crisis of the beast tide.
"Lord City Lord...Brother Zhou!"
Just as Zhou Sen was thinking, suddenly, a big man rushed in, as if a tornado was blowing from the ground, with terrifying momentum.
Zhou Sen took a look and saw that it was Sangbao who had fought with him before.
Sangbao's face was full of energy and red light, and his whole person, both in spirit and temperament, had been elevated to a whole new level, like a magic weapon unsheathed, with its sharp edges so sharp that no one dared to look at him.
When he saw Zhou Sen, Sangbao's face showed a hint of excitement, and in that excitement, there was also a hint of respect.
"Brother Bao is recovering well." Zhou Sen smiled.
"I have to thank Brother Zhou." Sangbao bowed respectfully to Zhou Sen.
Sangbao's respectful expression made Sal on the side look blank. He knew Sangbao very well and knew his nature. He was upright, arrogant, and not good at words. Moreover, he had never challenged a master in his life.
Who has ever been convinced? Now, Sangbao's attitude towards Zhou Sen is absolutely convinced.
"Sangbao, what's the matter?" Thrall knew that Sangbao shouldered the heavy responsibility of guarding the cliff. If there was nothing important, he would never come to this meeting hall.
"The beast tide on the western border is stirring. I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou has already agreed to help.'
"Ah... that's great. If Brother Zhou helps, the western border won't be like an iron barrel." Sangbao was immediately overjoyed.
The three of them deliberated for a while, and then Sangbao led Zhou Sen to the western border.
The so-called western boundary is actually the cliff outside the basin.
This barracks is a uniquely dangerous place. The terrain is flat in the middle, but it is surrounded by towering cliffs. They are all natural chasms that cannot be opened by one man.
The leader of the garrison on the western border is a person close to Thrall, and he is extremely skilled. However, because he is not a space hunter, the hunters do not trust him very much.
In the city outside the city, the cosmic hunters have unparalleled cohesion. Once there are cosmic hunters in charge, the confidence of ordinary hunters will be doubled.
Sure enough, after Zhou Sen arrived at the western border, the hunters in the entire camp let out deafening cheers, and the atmosphere was extremely warm.
Zhou Sen's skill is obvious to all, even the newly promoted Space Hunter Sang Bao was defeated by him, which shows his skill.
After Sangbao explained a few words, he left in a hurry.
Zhou Sen was taken to a camp by the guard. The camp was on a small platform on top of the cliff, protruding out of the cliff. The view was extremely wide, and the scenery under the cliff was all in front of him.
Under the cliff, there is an endless stretch of herbivores.
"The sun has not gone out yet, why do these ferocious beasts dare to run to the alien city?" Zhou Sen has always been puzzled by this question, because many people say that ferocious beasts are afraid of the sun.
"You don't know?" The guard was stunned.
"Um?"
"Both herbivores and carnivores in the sea of clouds like darkness, but it does not mean that they are afraid of darkness, they just prefer to move in darkness."
"You mean they are not afraid of the sun and are waiting here, but they are just waiting for darkness to come to launch an attack?" Zhou Sen asked doubtfully.
"Yes, in the darkness, the beast's six senses are more agile and its combat effectiveness is more powerful."
"I see...what are we going to do now?" Zhou Sen suddenly understood.
"No, wait until they climb up the cliff before taking action."
"Can they climb up this thousands-foot cliff?" Zhou Sen took a look. Below, there is a cliff at a right angle of 90 degrees. Let alone ferocious beasts, even birds have difficulty in sheltering. If they fall, they will definitely be killed.
It's broken into pieces.
"They are all natural cliff climbers. Look, there is a three-legged antelope on the lower left...'
Zhou Sen followed his fingers and was stunned. He saw in the middle of the cliff, about thirty feet above the ground, a three-legged antelope climbing up the steep rock crevice little by little.
From time to time he nibbles on the young grass on the cliff.
Upon closer inspection, Zhou Sen discovered that there were countless herbivores clinging to the cliffs. They were light and agile on the vertical rock walls, jumping constantly, and their movements were extremely smooth, like outstanding dancers.
artist.
call……
Just as Zhou Sen was observing, a white light flashed on the cliff, and a ferocious white tiger pounced on the three-legged antelope that was eating young grass leisurely.
The three-legged antelope was extremely alert. When he saw the white tiger rushing towards him, he suddenly kicked off a protruding rock as big as a palm and shot his body like an arrow to a rock several feet away.
After making several beautiful choices in succession, he distanced himself from the ferocious white tiger and calmly lowered his head to nibble on the tender grass in the crevices of the rock...
Ouch!
An earth-shattering roar of filial piety.
Before Zhou Sen could react, another huge white tiger ran out from behind a huge rock next to the three-legged antelope.
So sudden!
The three-legged antelope obviously didn't pay attention to the fact that there was a white tiger lurking around. In panic, without the grace and calmness it had at the beginning, it panicked and ran towards the back. At this time, the vicious white tiger that had been thrown away happened to catch up.
He opened his huge mouth and bit the three-legged antelope in one bite.
When the three-legged antelope was bitten, it let out a shrill scream.
Ho ho ho ho...
Suddenly, an earth-shattering roar of mourning was heard outside the barracks. The ferocious beasts were commotion, rushing towards the cliff like a tide. The sand and dust covered the sky and the sun, and the sound was terrifying.
At the same time, the herbivores gnawing on the tender grass on the cliff seemed to be summoned by some mysterious power and ran towards the two white tigers from all directions.
The two white tigers have extremely rich hunting experience, and they also know that they cannot fight against the beast tide. They bit the three-legged antelope and ran towards the cliff. On the steep cliff, they were walking on flat ground with extremely fierce speed. In the blink of an eye, they ran towards the cliff.
In the meantime, we have reached the top of the cliff.
The hunters on the cliff had long been on guard and picked up weapons one after another. However, the white tiger seemed to know that the humans on the top of the cliff were more terrifying. Instead of running up the cliff, it ran along the outer wall of the cliff top towards the east. In the blink of an eye,
In the meantime, he was hundreds of feet away, escaped from the circle surrounded by the beast tide, and disappeared into the rugged rock wall...
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The restless beast tide calmed down, but the hunters on the top of the cliff still looked vigilant and did not dare to relax at all.
"sharp!"
Zhou Sen let out a long breath. Although the hunting time of two ferocious white tigers was short and the process was not tragic, its accuracy was remarkable because the hunting location was not on flat land, but on a steep cliff.
Above, hunting is ten times more difficult than on flat ground.
What a scene it would be if thousands of ferocious beasts swarmed toward the cliff!
Zhou Sen's heart sank.
Seeing the dark beast tide in the distance, Zhou Sen suddenly realized that the inner city barracks had reached an extremely critical stage.
The inner city's defense line stretches for dozens of miles. Faced with such a huge herd of beasts, if this long defense line breaks even a gap, the entire barracks will fall, and the ferocious beasts' iron hooves will level the basin to the ground...
Only then did Zhou Sen understand why the entire barracks was filled with pessimism.
