thefictionvixens Chapter 142: A sigh of relief
Chapter 142: A sigh of relief
Long You had previously stated that he wanted to make the entire battlefield transparent to the students of the Soul Guidance Department. These reconnaissance Soul Guidance Devices being deployed are now the best tools for Long You to create a transparent battlefield.
A large number of detection soul guides have now been released. Although they cannot cover the entire city yet, they can easily cover an area that is fan-shaped with the soul guide system's position as the center, extending 120° and with a perimeter of up to five kilometers.
Therefore, the focus of soul tool manufacturing needs to change at this point.
There are nearly a hundred Soul Guidance Department students present! To enable these hundred people to work together effectively without interfering with each other, a sound command and communication system is needed.
Tactical goggles and tactical headsets are necessary. With many Soul Guidance Department students already bringing their tactical goggles, which they had made on the Panlong Realm line, and with the opposing Martial Soul Department students still completely out of sight, Long You felt that his side had enough time to make this big move.
If the calculations go smoothly, not only will there be time to launch a major operation, but the Soul Guidance Department will even have time to adjust its own situation.
Indeed, by the time Bei Bei and the others had painstakingly gathered all their teammates from the Martial Soul system, a full two and a half hours had passed since the two sides entered the Panlong Realm battle space.
In those two and a half hours, the number of people on the Martial Soul Department side was reduced from thirty-six to thirty. None of these six people were killed directly by the zombies; their deaths were entirely due to their failure to protect themselves properly, resulting in them being scratched or bitten by the zombies.
It's fortunate that Beibei arrived in time; otherwise, these guys who were scratched and bitten by zombies might have ended up harming one or two more people around them when the zombies turned into zombies.
As mentioned before, Shrek Academy is a place where the capable rise and the weak fall. After the Martial Soul Department dispersed and then reunited, the leader was directly changed to Bei Bei.
Unfortunately, the plan proposed by the sixth-year core disciple not only wasted time and effort on the Spirit Department, but also resulted in heavy losses, further straining their already limited manpower. Under these circumstances, Bei Bei emerged out of nowhere, turning the tide of the crisis. If he didn't become the new leader, who could?
After gathering all the current Martial Soul Department students, Bei Bei, as usual, found a safe and soundproof empty room for everyone to rest and think about the road ahead.
To be honest, Beibei is really envious, or rather, nostalgic, of having Longyou by his side. Because as long as Longyou is there, Beibei doesn't need to worry about reconnaissance. He doesn't have to waste unnecessary time searching for people one by one, nor does he have to rack his brains to guess what the environment ahead is like.
"In the past two hours or so, we haven't been completely without progress. According to my estimate, the city center is about an hour and a half's walk from us."
We need to think carefully about whether to take the shortcut, spending an hour and a half to reach the city center, and then another two hours to reach the location where the Soul Guidance Department students are gathered. Or should we take the long way around, starting from where we are now, bypassing the city center, and making a loop to reach the other side of the city?
I'm sure by now no one will ask the silly question, 'Why should we take the detour?' So, everyone, what do you all think we should do?
I have no idea how strong or dense the zombies are in the city center. Maybe going straight to the city center could really save us a lot of time and energy.
Of course, this approach carries significant risks. If the strength and number of zombies in the city center exceed our estimated limit, we could very well wipe out our last hope of victory in one fell swoop.
Beibei is not indecisive, but when there is no urgent need to make a decision, she is always willing to listen to different opinions.
The discussion was quite heated, with many martial spirit students believing that the zombie horde's strength couldn't possibly have increased so dramatically. They argued that their group of thirty, once united, already possessed the capability to directly traverse the city center.
Although battle is inevitable, the shortcut through the city center to the other side is the best option, allowing them some time to rest. The Soul Guidance Department clearly isn't planning on a direct confrontation, so they can use this rest period to recover from their losses.
However, the other side was also very determined. They also wanted some time to rest and recover before the battle, but they were unwilling to take any risks.
Or perhaps those martial spirit students who support taking the long way out believe that the current martial spirit system is simply incapable of handling risky methods. After all, if taking the shortcut goes wrong, it's a complete loss, and the martial spirit system can't afford to gamble.
The twenty-minute break passed in the blink of an eye, and Beibei ultimately chose the conservative, longer route. After careful consideration, Beibei still felt that the benefits of successfully taking the shortcut could not outweigh the consequences of failing to do so.
As a leader, before leading your team into battle, you must be prepared to consider defeat before victory.
Seeing Bei Bei lead the remaining thirty students of the Martial Soul Department onto the detour, Yan Shaozhe, who was watching the battle from a god-like perspective, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
From God's perspective, Yan Shaozhe could clearly see how terrifying the horde of zombies gathered in the center of the city was.
It's fair to say that even the Soul Douluo Du Weiren, the head instructor of the Martial Soul Department, would likely suffer greatly if he tried to venture into the city center now.
The zombies in the city center are no longer ordinary individuals; they are all mutated, possessing bizarre abilities and immense strength, comparable to Soul Kings and Soul Emperors.
Of course, if the zombies were merely individual Soul Kings or Soul Emperors, Du Weilin, a Soul Douluo, wouldn't be able to stump them. The key is that the strength of these zombies increases exponentially with their numbers. If one cannot truly make a quick contact and retreat in battle, they will soon be surrounded by millions of zombies.
At that time, even if someone has the strength of a Contra Master, it wouldn't be surprising if they made a mistake due to being dizzy and disoriented.
The figures of Bei Bei and other martial spirit students were finally detected by the reconnaissance soul tools deployed by the soul guidance department three and a half hours after both sides entered the Panlong Realm.
To be honest, Beibei had considered guarding against the Soul Guidance System's detection Soul Guidance Devices, but sometimes, these detection Soul Guidance Devices are impossible to guard against.
After calculating the input-output ratio, Beibei decisively gave up on continuing to waste her energy trying to avoid the detection soul guide device's sight.