Chapter 145 (1/2)

Chapter 145: Ptooey, This is Your Awesome Plan?

Fang Ning did come up with a backup plan, and he had the confidence to convince the System, he was never a decisive person, or he would not have procrastinated so much…

That was why when the System threatened to stop his connection to outside world for six months, he went back to the System Prison and discussed with Anderson and the snakecharmer Sadi for a long while when the System continued to farm monsters.

He made sure all the details were in place before he was slightly more confident.

He still felt pretty bad, ‘If only Sadi would know more about the king cobra’s weak points, I wouldn’t have to do so much…’

‘Even though the backup plan was really, really good, even Sir System would be impressed if it worked out, most of the work was still done by me, and they were all the things I hated doing.’

‘On the other hand, Sir System would have nothing to do, completely reversing the usual workflow, that’s disappointing…’

Having thought it out, Fang Ning switched on his computer with the intention of typing out a to-do list. If he missed out anything and caused the plan to fail, his internet would really be gone for half a year.

As he switched on the computer, it drew the System’s attention.

The System said, “What are you doing? Didn’t you say you have an amazing idea? What are you keeping from me, are you going to play your game again?”

Wrongfully accused by the System, Fang Ning was hurt. As a former programmer, he hated the workflow part the most.

Now, to make sure the plan would go well, he finally dragged himself to do the work he hated the most, but his intention was misunderstood, how could he not be hurt?

He immediately retorted, “I’m writing a workflow, okay? All the talk about having a sudden brilliant idea and instincts and such can only happen in novels. It’s fine, I’ll dismiss all the times you’ve done that to me, you can overpower the monsters, so I’ll just give you the ideas, and you execute. This time, it’s a demon so strong even you have to retreat, I have to write everything down, list it, calculate the possible risks, and find plan B before I dare to let you execute the-”

The System said, “Is that so? You’re saying I misunderstood you?”

Fang Ning created a new word document, starting to type, and kept muttering, “Of course you did, so I should ask you for some compensation for my mental trauma-”

[The System is in battle…]

Fang Ning whined, “You play dead every time we talk about money…”

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After Fang Ning had finished drafting up the workflow, the people from the Truth Department had already gotten the warning from the Whitetail Monkey King and started their own emergency preparation.

The warning had allowed them a few hours of preparation. After that, a scout outpost sent a message to them saying the mutated Blood Porcupine demons had started charging toward the headquarters from the east, and that they had already sent out drones to follow the group.

At this stage, the people of the Truth Department had congregated at the headquarters in the Land of Heritage.

The place was the most important base for both crops and physical cultivation. It had the best location, best quality crops, best cultivation efficiency, and the largest capacity for people to cultivate.

Long story short, it was a place they would absolutely not abandon, and a place they would never let the creatures get close.

After going through the briefing, everyone entered the command center. The electronic map had already received the electrical signals from the drones and was showing the location of those porcupine demons in real time.

After so many years, the Truth Department’s information advantage had already been established. They have worked hard to foster the relationship between them and nearby demonic tribes. Having such important source of information, they could not let latecomers destroy this relationship.

After observing for a while, it seemed the porcupines were heading their way.

As soon as it was confirmed, Elder Hai immediately ordered them to be intercepted.

Tens of thousands of members dressed in black uniform immediately rushed toward the path the porcupines would definitely take, falling into their military formation and waited.

The spot they chose was advantageous to them. If the porcupines wanted to charge into the headquarters, they would have to go past that path or risk trespassing into other demons’ territory, which would be a suicide.

Following their past experience, creatures that had gone berserk would not choose a detour even if they were confronted with an army.

However, something was wrong. An hour later, the electronic map showed that they had already turned around and made their way to a herb base further away.

Qiao Zijiang hollered, “It’s a feint! They’re really taking orders from the Indians. Even though our formation is strong, their individual strength is not, it’s hard to mobilize them. We can’t use the transportation, and they wouldn’t be able to catch up to the porcupine demons on foot. If we fell into their rhythm, our men would be exhausted.”

“Elder Hai, Principal Xu, Principal Qiao, what can we do?”

Qiao Anping crossed his arms, staring at the electronic map.

He said after a moment, “Principal, Elder Hai, let me go. The demons are strong, but I believe I can stall them for a few hours before our men surround them.”

Elder Hai was frowning, he found it hard to decide.

At last, he shook his head and instructed, “Order the personnel in the herb base to retreat immediately to the headquarters without delay. We shall abandon that place momentarily.”

Qiao Anping protested, “Elder Hai, are you just going to let the base be destroyed by those demons? It was a remote location, but we still spent six to seven years before it was completed. There had been many sacrifices in that place-”