binnovel Chapter 368 Legendary Creatures
Chapter 368 Legendary Creatures
At 1 p.m. the next day, the group finally arrived at Dongfang Yunbing's temporary residence in southern Xijiang Province. Left Prime Minister Dongfang Yunbing, Southern Route Marshal Zhuque, and the strongest of the Eight Protectors, Protector Qian, personally came out to greet them. After a brief exchange, Li Chenglong and Dongfang Yunbing agreed to depart at 3 p.m. for the border area between Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Fujian province, the location of the attack.
Dongfang Yunbing took the initiative to invite Li Chenglong and the others to dinner. Jin Mengqi, Wang Shuang and Zhao Liying were initially reluctant, after all, it was a zombie inviting them to dinner, and they didn't know what they would eat. If they were to eat something they couldn't accept, they would be in a dilemma of whether to eat it or not.
Qin Wan noticed the three women's concerns and said in a low voice, "Our diet as new humans is the same as yours, and may even be better. Only those of low rank and lack of intelligence eat raw meat and drink blood. Don't worry." Hearing her say this, the three women felt some of their worries subside.
Just as Qin Wan had predicted, the eight-immortal table was laden with sumptuous dishes, along with beer, baijiu, red wine, and some fresh fruit. Of the dozens of dishes, meat dishes made up the majority, with fewer vegetables. Protector Qian said from the side, "These exotic beast pigs, cattle, sheep, and chickens used for cooking were all raised by our department specifically in charge of animal husbandry, and the vegetables were grown by our department in charge of agriculture. Please, everyone, don't be shy, help yourselves to the food."
Taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking, Li Chenglong opened his right eye to check and, finding nothing wrong, gestured for the three women to sit down and eat with him. The atmosphere at the dinner table was pleasant; everyone chatted about things before the apocalypse and briefly recounted their experiences afterward. During the meal, Dongfang Yunbing mentioned wanting to buy some common Dawn Rice seeds. Li Chenglong went outside and generously retrieved over ten tons of common Dawn Rice seeds from his psionic space, presenting them to them on behalf of Dawn City.
Dongfang Yunbing, not wanting to take too much advantage of Shuguang City, took out an 11th-level crystal and handed it to Li Chenglong as payment for the seeds. Li Chenglong had Zhao Liying accept it, considering it as operating funds for the Special Support Section. Dongfang Yunbing then instructed his subordinates to load the rice seeds onto trucks, cover them with tarpaulins, and transport them back to the Ministry of Agriculture for timely sowing.
Time flew by as they ate and chatted, and before they knew it, it was 2 p.m. Li Chenglong smiled and said, "It's better to be early than late. Let's set off now. There are quite a few people here, and it won't be convenient for us to communicate if we split up and travel in separate vehicles. Why don't we all ride in my command vehicle? A Level 2 command vehicle can reach a maximum speed of 220 km/h, although we can't go that fast right now. Under good road conditions, we can still reach 100 km/h."
Dongfang Yunbing and the others exchanged glances and nodded in agreement. Zhuque said, "It would be perfect if we could study the photos and investigation records taken at the scene together. It would be even better if we could ride in the same car together."
In the previously signed "Agreement 56," the Huaxia headquarters initially agreed to allocate parts of Nanyun, Guizhou, Xiguang, Dongguang, Nanhai, Taiwan Strait, Fujian, the southern part of Nanhu, and the southern part of Xijiang to the Zombie Empire as temporary residential areas. For other zombie communities stationed in other parts of Huaxia, roads had been opened by various human bases to facilitate their southward migration. Therefore, currently, apart from these designated areas, there are few zombies or zombie beasts in other parts of Huaxia. Even if some exist sporadically, they are those that do not submit to the Zombie Empire's jurisdiction, and Zhao Wuji is happy for the human side to eliminate them.
With Zhao Liying's help, Qin Wan operated the crystal computer and projector in the command vehicle, preparing for the upcoming discussion. Qin Wan dimmed the photos inside the command vehicle and then said, "Our destination this time is the northeastern part of Pucheng County, Nanping City, Fujian Province, which is also the border between Fujian Province and Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces. Because this place is the boundary drawn by us New Humans and humans, there are human troops stationed to the north and our New Humans troops stationed to the south."
She continued, "Look at the images, everyone. These were taken by our local military investigation team, and there's also a photocopy of the report." Li Chenglong stared intently at the pictures. According to the report, the victim was a level 10 superpowered zombie. Except for his chest, he had no wounds on his body, and there were no signs of fighting around him. It was clear that he was killed in one blow by the enemy, and it was very likely a sneak attack.
Dongfang Yunbing added, "At first we thought it was the work of you humans, so we had our investigation team investigate quickly. But the traces at the scene ruled you out. There were 11 victims on our side, all of them level 10, and they were all killed with a single blow. Moreover, the crystals in their bodies were also taken away."
Zhao Liying also compiled the investigation results from the human garrison: "Our human garrison's first attack occurred on the same day as theirs, May 8th, and the injuries were the same. However, there is a very obvious difference between the human corpses and theirs: they had wounds on their necks, and the blood in their bodies had been drained by some unknown means."
Li Chenglong turned off the projector and said, "Let's all share our thoughts." Jin Mengqi spoke first: "Was it done by a level 11 or even level 12 zombie beast or alien beast? If it was an alien beast of that level, attacking a level 10 beast would be quite easy." Qin Wan objected: "Judging from the traces at the scene, it doesn't seem to be an alien beast or a zombie beast." Everyone discussed for more than half an hour without reaching a conclusion.
At this moment, Zhao Liying suddenly remembered something and stood up, saying, "Captain Li, I don't know if you remember, when those two foreign reporters, Fiona and Sophia, were chatting with us, they mentioned that legendary creatures, werewolves and vampires, had appeared in Europe. If you look closely, the wounds on that level 10 new human look like they were struck by a wolf's claws, and the wounds on our human necks also look like they were caused by the legendary vampires."
Li Chenglong slapped his forehead: "How could I forget this? I remember Fiona gave me some photos of werewolves and vampires attacking people before." With that, Li Chenglong probed his spiritual space with his consciousness, searching for a few minutes before finally finding the photos in a cabinet. Upon closer inspection, everyone discovered that the wounds on the people in the photos were almost identical to those they were seeing now.
Dongfang Yunbing exclaimed, "I never imagined they could come all this way and even attack our people." Protector Qian chimed in, "Judging from the number of people attacked so far, they probably don't number many, but they're definitely very strong. Sending so many of our high-level ability users to investigate might alert them and allow them to escape."
Seeing Li Chenglong staring at her, Dongfang Yunbing said somewhat embarrassedly, "Lord Li, it's not appropriate for you to keep staring at me like that." Li Chenglong shook his head: "No, I'm thinking about how to capture them. If we want to subdue them instantly, I'm afraid only Dongfang Yunbing, Marshal Zhuque, and I can do it here. I have a suggestion, what do you think?"
Then Li Chenglong revealed his plan: once the investigation team arrived, he, Dongfang Yunbing, and Zhuque would disguise themselves as refugees to lure werewolves or vampires to attack. When they rushed over, the three of them would counterattack and use their powerful abilities to subdue them instantly.
Qin Wan nodded: "This plan is feasible, but what about us when you go to carry out the mission? Should we meet up with the local garrison, or wait in the distance?" Li Chenglong said: "The Level 2 command vehicle has stealth capabilities, although it consumes a lot of energy. You can just sit in the vehicle and wait for us to give the signal before coming over."
They were supposed to arrive at their destination before 7 p.m., but they encountered a landslide while passing through a mountainous area. The road was completely buried by rocks, so they had to climb over the mountain before continuing. By the time they reached the vicinity of the incident site, it was already 8 p.m.