Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 122 Entering the City to Prepare for War

"However, while the city of Beishuang has ample reserves of rare metals, its food reserves are not so good. If it weren't for the rapidly decreasing population, given the already limited food reserves of a mining city, everyone would have gone hungry long ago."

However, a year has already passed, and even the largest food reserves are exhausted. Since farming is impossible, with food only being consumed and not being replenished, it's normal for it to run out. Now, the city residents are subsisting on sandworm meat.

Speaking of which, the food problem is indeed a constraint we must solve. According to the city residents, not only does the meat of these sandworms taste bad, but eating too much of it can also easily cause diarrhea.

One last question: Are there any other people in the city? Yes, but you'll have to go into the city and see for yourself who they are. I can only say that there are no senior students from the inner academy.”

"Without senior students from the inner academy, we're supposed to handle the beast tide? Is the Panlong Realm specifically targeting groups that stick together?"

"It's hard to say, but our current situation isn't particularly difficult. After all, this is a city in danger, and one rich in rare metal resources, so the Soul Masters' abilities won't be limited by initial funds."

"That's true. Hey? Senior brother, what material is this city wall made of? It doesn't look like it's made of rammed earth to me."

“That’s not true. Didn’t I tell you? North Frost City is a mining city. The entire city is actually built on an obsidian mine. The city walls are made of obsidian slag, mixed with waste from various metal smelting processes.”

Those sandworms can burrow through sand, but not through stone. This is one of the key reasons why Northfrost City was able to withstand sandworm attacks for a year.

I don't know if the horses in this world have some kind of magical beast bloodline mixed in. Although they look thin and weak, they have already pulled the cart across Longyou for an hour while I was talking.

Without questioning or inspection, the city gate automatically opened a gap as the carriage approached, allowing it to enter, before quickly closing again.

The scene that met Long You's eyes made him somewhat uncomfortable. Well, it wasn't just the sight; the smell was also unpleasant.

The carriage is now traveling through the barbican of North Frost City. For more than a year, the continuous fighting has soaked every inch of the city walls of North Frost City in blood.

The city wall looked fine on the surface, but once inside the barbican, the blood seeping into the cracks and the unknown substances dried on the wall became much more noticeable. Coupled with the peculiar stench wafting to his nose, Long You couldn't help but close his eyes and even hold his breath.

There was no way around it; Long You had truly never experienced anything like this before. He'd never experienced it in either of his two lives, and he never imagined he'd experience it so realistically in a VR game.

Once outside the city walls, the lingering smell lessened considerably, but Long You still couldn't help feeling a bit nauseous.

Because he hadn't retreated back into the carriage, Bei Bei noticed Long You's suddenly pale face.

"Haha, Junior Brother (Before, Long You was always the youngest disciple of the Tang Sect, so Bei Bei always called Long You Junior Brother. Now, although Huo Yuhao has become the youngest disciple, as long as Huo Yuhao is not in front of him, Bei Bei still habitually calls Long You Junior Brother, especially when teasing Long You!) You have such a pathetic moment! You can't even stand the sight of blood?"

“Dear senior brother, seeing your junior brother so sad, shouldn’t you open your warm embrace and give him a loving hug to encourage and warm his cold heart?”

How can you shoulder the heavy responsibility of your senior brother with such cold words? (Shy version)

It's just teasing, right? It's just mutual insults, right? Anyone can do that! In this Douluo world, there's no such thing as brotherly affection. When Long You used such a coquettish tone and words that could be called a straight man killer, Bei Bei couldn't take it and jumped off the carriage on the spot, gagging.

"Tch, Senior Brother, this won't do! Look at you, you've been in the city for so long, and you'll be sharing the fate of everyone here from now on! How can you be so pathetic just from passing through the barbican?"

Long You admits that his inability to bear bloodshed is a flaw in himself, but he cannot admit it, especially not on this life-or-death battlefield.

Since Beibei brought it up first, then it's no wonder Longyou immediately turned the tables. Anyway, no one heard what Longyou said to Beibei in the carriage.

Actually, Beishuang City was very desolate; there was hardly anyone on the streets. The reason Long You suddenly spoke loudly was simply because he saw Xu Sanshi approaching.

"Haha, hahahaha..."

Having witnessed Bei Bei's disheveled state and overheard what Long You said afterward, there's no need to describe in detail what will happen next.

In short, although Beibei and Xu Sanshi did not get physical with each other because they knew they would have a tough battle after nightfall, a passionate scene of them touching faces still occurred.

However, Longyou will not have the chance to appreciate such a beautiful view. The entire Beishuang City, which is said to be a medium-sized city under the Northern Alliance of the Human Race and a wealthy city with mining operations, is actually not very large in area.

Of course, considering that no one had informed them, it would take some time for the commotion caused by Long You and his group in front of the city gate to be fully resolved. However, the metal processing department of Beishuang City was located not far from the city gate, so the only place they could manufacture soul tools was there.

So when Long You shouted out, a familiar head immediately popped out from the metal processing department, which resembled a blacksmith's shop. Then Long You was dragged off the carriage, pulled into the blacksmith's shop, and a list was slapped into his hand.

As mentioned before, night is almost here. However, there are still two or three hours before darkness completely falls, meaning we're still in the tense preparation phase. Whether Long You and the other Soul Guidance Department students can quickly produce a sufficient number and power of defensive Soul Guidance Devices will determine how well everyone spends their time before logging off today.

Oh, right, that familiar head from before belonged to the fire mage Lin Zhengze, who was also Long You's senior brother.

Inside the blacksmith's shop (including Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, who were still arguing outside), Long You met all the game players who had gathered in Beishuang City. They were arranged by age:

Lin Zhengze, Beibei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Tang Ya, Long You, Huo Yuhao, Song He.

Of the eight people, only Xu Sanshi possesses a pure martial soul system, so he is currently just a gofer.

Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Song He's skill in crafting soul tools was practically nonexistent, so the three of them were essentially just stoking the fire and forging iron.

Of the remaining people, Tang Ya, whose level was only a third-level Soul Master, was in charge of assembly, while He Caitou and Lin Zhengze were inscribing the magic arrays. The paper in Long You's hand listed the types of magic arrays that needed to be inscribed.