Myriad Paths

Right now, on the front lines.

It is said to be the front line, but it is actually very far behind. After all, the real front line... has been almost destroyed by the humanitarian raids in front.

The Song Kingdom was completely wiped out, not a single bacterium survived, and all the earth spirits and all life on them had been wiped out by humanity at its opportunity.

That's right... total annihilation.

Humanity seized the moment when the leaders of the Baiyue Kingdom were internally coaxing, and struck accurately, stabbing into the gap as accurately as a scalpel, and then opening the cavity.

Beheading, slaughtering the city, and destroying the earth spirit, all in one go, it took less than two hours, and then quickly retreated into the tall barrier of the southern border.

The human casualties were about three hundred, and the battle damage was about three billion to one billion.

Their actions were so swift and precise that Baiyue's mob was completely unable to resist.

At the moment when the mob had no time to react, they beheaded the leader of the country, annihilated many prefects and high-ranking officials, massacred the entire country within two hours, and returned to defense in an orderly manner.

Except for some casualties caused by sporadic resistance, the entire operation was flawless and seamless.

The nearest reinforcements and fortresses didn't even have time to assemble. When they set off in a staggering way, the humans had already finished their work and went home for dinner.

This battle directly frightened everyone in the Baiyue Kingdom, from the soldiers at the bottom to the kings at the top.

How can we confront such a country?

This is not on the same level at all!

At this moment, Zhang Xu, an eighth-level warrior as a grassroots commander, is facing such fear.

He walked to his camp and looked around.

Zhang Xu is a lieutenant in the Dalu Kingdom. He thinks that he is the most capable among his colleagues. His men are all elites he has selected one by one. They are the most capable teams in the Dalu Kingdom.

Just like now——

In Zhang Xu's camp, the soldiers were comforting each other. Although they were scared, they did not collapse.

But the morale of his colleagues has collapsed at this moment, and many of them are even ready to give up resistance.

Zhang Xu frowned, walked out, and shouted to the frightened soldiers: "Stand up, what do you look like!"

He is quite prestigious among the soldiers. When he shouted like this, many soldiers quickly cheered up. Although they still looked a little weak, they at least stood up straight.

Zhang Xu went up and asked, "What's going on in the camp next door? Why do they have wine?"

The reason why he asked this was because Zhang Xu had already seen that in the camp next door, the soldiers had begun to drink and revel, and even the lieutenants were among them, and everyone was drinking happily.

"Lieutenant... do we still need to talk about it?" the soldiers smiled bitterly.

Zhang Xu choked at these words.

Yes, do I need to say more?

The morale must have collapsed, and even the captain's mentality has collapsed, so let's just ignore it and let everyone get drunk today.

Zhang Xu shook his head, turned and left.

After leaving, he found the quartermaster.

The quartermaster didn't look very energetic, but when he saw Zhang Xu coming, he stood up immediately and said, "Lieutenant, you are here? What are your plans?"

The quartermaster is Zhang Xu's confidant, so he naturally knows his lieutenant's character very well. I'm afraid he won't be as drunk as his neighbor.

Zhang Xu walked over and said: "Tonight... don't worry about logistics. Take out 30% of the meat reserves. Let's have a meat and eat something good. It can also boost our spirits."

"Yes." The quartermaster nodded immediately.

"Also, magic weapons, disposable charms, arrows and the like should be prepared at the front. If there is a war, use them first." Zhang Xu warned.

"I understand, so... Lieutenant, we still have to fight, right?" the quartermaster said with a slight thump.

"Whether we fight or not is not up to us. All we have to do is prepare for war." Zhang Xu shook his head and turned to leave again. After all, he was here for inspection and would not stay in one place for too long.

After looking at the training ground and logistics, he climbed up to the watchtower this time.

There is a magic spell on the watchtower called a telescope, which can see things thousands of miles away and is used to observe military aircraft.

But after boarding it and activating the spell, all he saw was a wilderness and scattered trees.

When he was in Dalu Country, he could naturally only see the border of Song Country. After all, Qianli was not too far away to be honest. At least on a battlefield of this level, being able to detect Qianli could only be regarded as being able to see the surrounding area clearly.

But he couldn't help but sigh.

Zhang Xu shook his head. Just yesterday, what he saw through the telescope was the prosperous Song Country, which still had trade relations with the Dalu Country. There were huge crowds of people on the border. Because of the war, various transactions and material exchanges were between the two countries. It is proceeding smoothly under the leadership of .

But in just one day, just one day, there was no one left alive in the entire Song Kingdom.

There is no other feeling besides feeling cold.

He pointed the telescope at the sky again.

Looking at the sky, the telescope can clearly see the Gangfeng layer and the many channels above it.

Yes, there are originally waterways. The Gangfeng layer in the world is very lively. There will be many practitioners sailing on the Gangfeng layer. It is like a main road. It is lively and lively, and you can even see palaces wandering around.

But now there is nothing. The news of the Baiyue War has spread to many places in the world, so these people who have the ability to travel around the world deliberately avoid Baiyue to avoid being accidentally injured.

No one dares to come to the war zone.

As an eighth grader, Zhang Xu doesn't have much knowledge. He doesn't know what the world outside Baiyue is like, but just by looking at it, he understands that the situation here may not be good, and no one will come here. .

And... In addition, he could also see spherical automatic cruise magic weapons.

There were so many, there were thousands of them just from what he saw.

This, the superiors have already given him the news.

This thing is called the 'Heavenly Palace'. It was these things that created lava lakes, cut open battlefields, and created big explosions before.

As long as these things launch an attack, the entire camp will turn into a pool of lava.

However, it seems that the prefects have taken action to prevent the Tiangong from approaching. It can only be used for observation and cannot be used for direct attack.

But...can't get out.

Once out, these heavenly palaces will instantly evaporate the elite team that Zhang Xu is proud of.

No chance of victory in sight.

When Zhang Xu thought of this, he felt like his mind was wandering and he was upset.

A war with no chance of victory, a war that will lead to death, and there is a high probability that the death will be worthless.

How to fight this kind of battle?

No wonder the guys next door chose to party hard.

If you don’t party at this time, you will have no chance.

Just when Zhang Xu fell into this emotion, a communication spell suddenly came to his ears.

Shufali said: "Forward Army, Lieutenant of the trapped camp, Zhang Xu, right? I am in your camp, come and see me quickly."

Is it the governor?

The prefect was calling him.

How could the prefect, a seventh-grade expert, contact him personally?

But since the commander contacted him in person, he naturally couldn't refuse, so Zhang Xu immediately said: "Yes, the general is inspecting the watchtower, come over immediately."

Zhang Xu quickly went down and arrived at the school grounds. As expected, the prefect really came.

He hurriedly walked over, knelt down on one knee, bowed his head with his hands in hand: "Zhang Xu, the trapped camp officer, has seen the prefect!"

"No courtesy, no courtesy, Lieutenant Zhang. Everyone is so depressed. Only your camp is still standing guard, training troops, and patrolling. It can be seen that the captain usually manages the army well." The prefect said.

"Your Excellency, that's a ridiculous compliment. It's all just a matter of personal responsibility." Zhang Xu didn't know why, but he still replied without asking for credit.

"This is not a ridiculous compliment. Alas, look at those people now, how do they look like they can do anything...?" The prefect sighed and looked at the dejected soldiers.

But he didn't talk about those people either.

It's not necessary, because he knows why, and he also knows that it can't be changed at all.

"However, after interacting with them, I realized that the lieutenant is someone who can be used. Now if we want to reverse the situation, there is an important task that needs to be completed by the lieutenant. Lieutenant...are you willing to take orders in times of danger?" the prefect said.

"Reverse the situation?" Zhang Xu's eyes widened.

What? Under such circumstances, is there any hope of reversal? Are you kidding me?

"Yes, the king's side has already come down. Think about it, the king is a fifth-grade master. Isn't there anything they can do? Our frontline just suffered a temporary defeat, not a complete defeat." The prefect said: "It's just, It just needs a little opportunity now.”

"I think in the entire Dalu Kingdom, only the lieutenant's battalion can shoulder this important task."

Hearing what the prefect in front of him said, Zhang Xu took a deep breath.

Actually... there is still a chance to win?

So, he immediately said: "Zhang Xu, I would like to hear the details!"

"Above the king, there are also Zhuren from Wushen Mountain. Although you don't know what Wushen Mountain is, but...you saw that battle before, right?" the prefect said.

That fight?

Zhang Xu recalled for a moment, the only time he could use such a nihilistic reference to fight... I'm afraid it was only the one a few days ago, right?

The giant who carried the earth for 4,500 miles, and the gray flames that destroyed everything.

Just watching that battle from a distance, he felt a shock from the bottom of his heart. The shock was like the first time humans landed on the moon and looked back at their own planet.

Standing on the moon and looking at the earth, you will find that the world you originally thought was 'everything' turns out to be so small and vast, with all the nations and all the heavy history concentrated in that small on a blue ball.

And around the blue ball, there is endless darkness.

This was what Zhang Xu was thinking at that time.

The 'whole world' he thought was easily shattered by that battle.

Now, he finally knew what kind of existence caused that battle.

Wushen Mountain...wishes people.

"Then... what should I do? Please give me some advice from the prefect." Zhang Xu asked immediately.

"If you want to start the original festival, you need to capture a node three thousand miles away. The original Songguo node is no problem, but it's a pity..." The prefect shook his head.

Li Qi's original design included the location of Song Guo, but now that Song Guo has become like this, the original nodes can no longer be used.

"So... relying on us to advance three thousand miles? This is simply impossible." Zhang Xu immediately asserted.

It's not that he's cowarded, but that he really can't do it. In this situation, the moment he goes out, he will be evaporated by the Heavenly Palace.

"Of course it's impossible for you to be the only ones, the governor, the king, and even a master from the Taoist sect who will take action. But we can't take action. We must find an elite team. After screening, we selected the White Rhinoceros Army of Bailin Kingdom. You The trapped camp, as well as the Forbidden Army forwards from Donghua Kingdom, etc., there are about seventeen teams, Lieutenant Zhang, are you willing to charge? "

Zhang Xu immediately raised his head: "There is no reason to refuse! Please let me be the vanguard during the trip to Songguo."

He didn't speak very excitedly, but his fighting spirit was clearly revealed.

"You will rush out under our protection. We will stop the strong ones, and you also need to break through the opponent's defense line and finally arrive. Use this formation diagram to activate the nodes, and then you will be safe."

"Is it safe?" Zhang Xu was stunned.

What's going on, how come it's safe? Isn't this a suicide attack?

Just by hearing the plan, he already knew the dangers involved.

He has seen the power of the humane army with his own eyes. How difficult is it to defeat the opponent? Even if the strong men on both sides match up, they are inferior to their opponents in morale, military skills, and even in all aspects.

It is already so difficult to advance three thousand miles, and it can only rely on luck.

Assuming that they were really lucky and could complete the mission, Zhang Xu guessed that they would not have a chance to come back.

This was a battle where he would die if he left, but even though he knew this, he made his own decision.

But after making up his mind, he suddenly heard 'It's safe', which made him say 'ah' and looked blankly at the prefect in front of him.

"Don't be so surprised. This is not asking you to die... Uh, no, at least after you succeed, there will still be life. The great sacrifice you are about to start connects the entire Baiyue, and the object of the sacrifice is Zhuren himself. In other words, this is a transcendent version of the landscape formation.”

"So, as long as it is activated, the entire formation will block out humanity, and you will survive."

"Success leads to survival, failure leads to death. Even the leader of the country has to risk his life this time. I will personally resist the bombardment of the Heavenly Palace. As for the matters on the ground, I will leave it to you." The prefect said.

Zhang Xu gritted his teeth and nodded: "I dare not say that I will never disgrace my life... I can only say that I will do my best in the end."

The prefect patted Zhang Xu on the shoulder and said: "With your words, I feel relieved. Just ask for all the military supplies you need. Get ready. After tomorrow, at midnight, you will take action. when."

"Yes." Zhang Xu nodded, then turned around and ordered the messenger, beat the drum, assemble!

As the war drums beat, Zhang Xu's camp began to move.

And other military camps that were either drunk, revelry, fearful, or depressed also heard the sound of war drums that did not belong to them.

The entire camp turned their attention to where they were. (End of chapter)