thefictionvixens Chapter 141 Welcome to the Urban Swamp
Chapter 141 Welcome to the Urban Swamp
After swiftly dispatching the zombies that had followed the sound, the Martial Soul Department students reorganized their formation and continued to cautiously traverse the urban area.
Apart from a few individuals such as Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Tang Ya, all the martial spirit system students hoped to be the first to encounter the soul guidance system chariot.
However, things rarely go as planned. Leaving aside the fact that the Soul Guidance Department had no intention of moving, consider the high-profile fighting style of the Martial Soul Department students. They absolutely cannot expect to pass through this city smoothly until they have cleared out most, if not all, of the zombies.
Of course, not everyone was oblivious to what was amiss. Bei Bei, an atypical martial spirit system student who frequently received "ideological education" from Long You, noticed something was wrong after experiencing the first wave of zombie attacks and then quickly encountering a second wave of zombies that actively sought her out.
They immediately and forcefully restrained their squad members, minimizing the noise of the battle. After quickly and quietly resolving the fight, the Bebe Squad continued to pay attention to the sounds of their own movement and the thoroughness of their reconnaissance.
Sure enough, despite being cautious and keeping as quiet as possible, Beibei's team of six did not encounter the zombie horde that had come looking for them as quickly as before.
Now Beibei had a better understanding of the situation. Inside a carefully inspected building, Beibei fed her team members the information about zombies she had obtained from Longyou.
"How could there be such a monstrous monster? Is this some kind of wild idea from the Soul Guidance Department?"
Speaking of zombies, they are indeed a very unreasonable monster. Apart from their poor eyesight and intelligence, they are practically a bug in other aspects. Most importantly, the zombies' counterattack damage is too powerful.
No matter who you are, you must kill zombies without taking damage. Otherwise, you'll just have to watch your life countdown begin.
"I don't know if it's just the imagination of the higher-ups in the Soul Guidance Department, but I do know that there's one student in the Soul Guidance Department who is definitely more familiar with this kind of monster than I am."
Do you remember what Dean Yan said before we logged in?
"I remember Dean Yan said that because of the disadvantage in terms of numbers, he went so far as to break the contract afterward and forcibly imposed many restrictions on the Soul Guidance Department."
“That’s right. But Dean Yan also said, ‘The other restrictions are basically ineffective. Now we can only work on the terrain, but this terrain may just appear to be more advantageous to my Martial Soul system.’”
It seems that's the case now. Urban terrain is indeed unsuitable for the movement of large tracked soul-guided armored vehicles, but the soul-guided system has a better understanding of the area. They will most likely stay in the suburbs, just as I said before I set off.
That way, we can avoid stirring up a hornet's nest for these monsters while allowing them to rest and prepare. By the time we've exhausted ourselves traversing the entire city, regardless of any casualties, our physical condition will be far from optimal.
"This Soul Guidance Department is too insidious."
"This is not insidious; it's just that the students of the Soul Guidance Department are able to maximize their own advantages."
Don't forget, they have the greater advantage in this battle; they're in the defending position. The Soul Guidance Department can stay put and simply wear us down, but we can't stay still, because staying still means admitting defeat.
When his teammates accused the Soul Guidance Department of being treacherous, Bei Bei, being close to Soul Guidance Department students like Long You, He Caitou, and Lin Zhengze, couldn't easily refute them. However, he wasn't the only one who understood the situation. Instead of Xu Sanshi and Tang Ya stepping in, another core disciple from the fourth year offered a rational analysis.
Although, during the analysis, this person's expression wasn't very good either.
"We can't go it alone anymore. We must unite and rely on our collective strength to get through this city. If individual groups try to make it through, even if they succeed, they won't have much fighting power left."
Someone chimed in and pointed out the Soul Guidance Department's plans and reliance, so Beibei took over the conversation again.
This time, no one objected to Beibei's suggestion to gather together. They were all elites; no one was a fool. They wouldn't be so foolish as to deceive themselves.
As for how to find other teammates in the Martial Soul system, it's actually quite simple: just learn from those zombie monsters.
The others knew nothing about the zombies and were mostly paying the price for their reckless pursuit of speed. Beibei and the others only needed to head towards the sounds of fighting or where zombies were gathering.
Some groups might be able to notice the characteristics of the zombies, like BeiBei's group, and are temporarily safe. However, those groups that are entangled with zombies are undoubtedly teammates from the Martial Soul faction.
Temporarily leaving aside the martial spirit students struggling through the post-biological crisis city, let's shift our focus to the other side of the city.
Despite being located in the suburbs, and despite the extreme caution taken by the Soul Guidance Department students, some scattered zombies were still attracted to the area.
However, the zombie horde is always most powerful when it gathers in large groups. These scattered zombies were all discovered and silently killed by the temporary patrolmen from the Soul Guidance Department.
After an hour of combined effort by fifty Soul Masters, ranging from the lowest level three to the highest level four, all thirty-six tracked Soul Guidance Armored Vehicles used as city walls were inscribed with corresponding magic array runes.
With the help of these inscribed arrays, the thirty-six tracked soul-guided armored vehicles (all the soul-guided devices in the combat space are replicas, so it doesn't matter how they are modified here, as it won't affect the Panlong Realm game) were completely integrated into one.
Moreover, the side of these tracked soul-guided armored vehicles facing outwards began to glow with the light of a defensive soul-guided energy field. This defensive energy field could establish a control zone extending about five meters, whether forward or upward.
With the soon-to-be-completed trigger-type soul-guided defense shield, the Soul Guidance System members no longer need to worry about the Martial Soul System members successfully launching a sneak attack on their camp.
Walking into the steel wall formed by tracked soul-guided armored vehicles, the entire enclosed open space was now deserted. The remaining students of the Soul Guidance Department were all gathered around the two soul-guided armored vehicles whose cargo compartments had been converted into soul-guided laboratories.
The defensive measures on the outer city walls are not yet complete, but some other methods are already in use.
Forward-deployed reconnaissance soul guides, large stealthy soul-guided unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and wasp-type unmanned reconnaissance aircraft were all launched (deployed).