C40 (1/2)

With strong man's help, this expedition team grew from three hundred to nine hundred in one go, and the following path was much easier. The greatest advantage of Wulian Border Army was not in their individual combat abilities, nor did they have a deep understanding of Demonic Beast. It was their familiarity with Five Lotus Mountain.

Currently, many of the young Wulian Border Army soldiers were the descendants of the previous generation of Wulian Border Army. They had a different understanding of the mountain and the forest compared to the others. It was only because of this different understanding that they were able to truly integrate into the forest, making the forest become their friends, their tools, and their assistants.

To some people who were clamoring ”Conquer Five Lotus Mountain, conquer nature”, strong man's response was just a mouthful of phlegm and a curse: ”Conquer his ass!” Let the group of people who were standing and talking come to Five Lotus Mountain to live for ten days! Those who have not been bitten by dogs will never know that dogs run faster than humans! ”

Although her words were crude, Xiu'er, Chen Chu and Qu Feizhi all felt the same way. Conquer? It was better to say who conquered who. Humans had long since left the forest, using metal tools and weapons. They wore steel armour, and even a composite shield in their hands. But what was the price? they had lost the ability to exist on their own forever. Forget about Demonic Beast, even an extremely ordinary wild dog, a newly matured python, could cause a defenseless person to become a mess, and even die within. As for the other ferocious beasts, there was no need to even mention winning. They didn't even need to fight; they could take on one claw and win.

Just as strong man had said, from the perspective of the Demonic Beast, what was the difference between a human who had left the protection of his shield and a meat bug?

strong man did not have a surname, everyone called him strong man. The older ones called him strong man, and the younger ones called him Brother strong man. He was a fatherless child that someone had picked up from the forest. His parents were torn apart and eaten by the Demonic Beast and a group of Wulian Border Army s that passed by scared away the Demonic Beast that was currently tearing up his parents and brought him back to the camp. No one knew of his background, and no one knew of his parents' surname either. They only knew that this child was very sturdy, so they named him strong man.

Afterwards, this child grew up in Wulian Border Army camp. Following the Border Army Warriors, who started peeling and bleeding their prey, from learning how to draw blades and spears to learning simple encirclement formations and tactics, he walked over step by step. The older officers in Wulian Border Army were his father, his uncle, and the younger soldiers were his brothers and his friends.

As for Shi Donglai, that would be grandfather, that would be the parents, and he would be someone who did not care what Wulian Border Army told him. What kind of thing was Fire Phoenix Empire? Can you eat it? Is it delicious? As for the Emperor? Who was that? F * ck his grandmother's legs! I don't care if he dies!

strong man told everyone: ”We are the Wulian Border Army. We take the imperial salaries, and we have the duty to fight for the sake of the commoners behind us not getting harmed by the Demonic Beast.”

With these words, as well as the deep hatred of his comrades who had been torn to pieces by the Demonic Beast all these years, strong man now had the power to kill the Demonic Beast.

As for who the Emperor was, was that important?

It was also because of this that strong man treated Xiu'er and Chen Chu as brothers and sisters. The reason was simple, Shi Donglai believed in them. To help them, that was already enough.

For strong man, there was no need.

So with regards to the current situation, strong man felt a little embarrassed, because he didn't know the way out.

The current location was already more than fifty kilometers away from the battlefield, and more than four hundred kilometers away from the Wulian Border Army encampment. It wasn't too far away, and it was only a few slaps away from the location on the map. But in reality, it was already the farthest place strong man had ever been. Here, he had lost his familiarity with Five Lotus Mountain. He was unfamiliar with it, and in fact, in danger. But at the current level, for this group of people who wanted to pass through Wulian Mountain Range, there was not even half of them.

There was no need to familiarize themselves with the Wulian Mountain Range, as long as one had a little knowledge of military affairs, one would know that the five hundred kilometers that Xiu'er had drawn on the map, was probably more than one thousand five hundred kilometers. In addition to avoiding the Demonic Beast, they had to avoid the cliffs and the unsurpassable rivers. The vision, hearing, and sense of smell of Demonic Beast far exceeded that of ordinary beasts. Sometimes, in order to bypass a place where Demonic Beast gathered, one would have to travel a hundred and fifty kilometers in one go. Moreover, these 100 miles were not 100 miles on the normal road. Instead, they were 100 miles in a forest full of towering trees.

The standard marching speed of the imperial army was fifty Li per day, while eighty Li was considered to be an emergency march. However, in Wulian Mountain Range, a journey of ten kilometers per day could be considered an urgent march. This distance of a hundred and fifty kilometers signified a journey speed of nearly five days, as well as the reduction of the number of people due to the bites of poisonous insects, the threat of ferocious beasts, and the incompatibility of soil and water. To put it bluntly, a single mistake could mean the price of a few or even a dozen lives. It was also because of this that strong man was at a loss for the first time.

However, the Xiu'er did not seem to be conflicted. The next moment, when strong man blushed and admitted that she was lost, this lady, who still had a childish face, stretched out her jade like hand and pointed towards the north. ”There's no need to find the way, just head straight north.”

”Lord Xiu, you know the way?” strong man asked with some surprise.

The Xiu'er shook her head. ”I don't know the way.”

”Then why ~ ~” strong man was confused.