Rise of the Plants

While Chi Nan was exploring the misty forest, fighting began to occur on the border. In recent times, the number of wild orcs coming outside the Giant Wood City has become smaller and smaller, and they have basically migrated away.

The number of wild orcs that continue to enter the forest to the east is increasing. According to calculations during this period, the number of wild orcs that have entered there has reached hundreds of thousands. If such a number rushed over at once, even the current giant wooden city would be unable to resist it. Fortunately, these wild orcs are not subordinate to each other.

I heard that there are more wild orcs going to the west, so people there don't dare to go out at all.

When the wild orcs slowly reduced to nothing, various beetles began to appear. These beetles are the same ones we caught before. They run around on the ground and eat whatever they encounter.

Whether it is wild orcs, big trees, grass, or even some things that humans seem to be inedible, they are all food for these beetles. Slowly, as there were more and more beetles, everyone discovered that the wild orcs might have been driven here by the beetles.

These beetles are numerous and their hard shells make them very durable and difficult to kill. However, it has very good teeth and is not afraid of death. It will rush towards any creature it sees and will not stop fighting, making it very difficult to deal with.

However, these things seem to have no brains, but strangely they seem to have a special method of communication that can form a unified whole. If the reproductive power is strong, it is really not something that the wild beasts can deal with. If there are too many of these things, it will be a problem. But soon, everyone discovered that these beetles were too single.

Especially when facing magic, there is no resistance at all. With the help of the mage tower, the magic suddenly spread to a large area, and no matter how many beetles came, they were not enough to kill them.

But here in Giant Wood City, the number of beetles arriving has been increasing for some time.

Today, as soon as the bald dad walked up to the top of the city, he saw a large number of beetles rushing towards him. "What's going on? Why are there so many? I guess there are at least two thousand beetles in this group."

With a large number of cannon attacks, these beetles had no way of breaking through. However, the number of beetles is still increasing.

"Butler, our people told us that these beetles were driven here from the fortresses in the west. It seems that this matter has something to do with those magicians. Do you think we should fight back?"

The bald dad has always been the chief steward of the territory, so many people call him the chief steward. Gradually, everyone calls him that. Now that they have come to Giant Wood City and become the de facto city lord, they still call themselves that.

The bald father shook his head: "Don't do it for the time being. After all, they are all mage masters, and we can't offend them. Write a report on this matter and send it to the lord, and let the lord make a decision."

"But the lord doesn't seem to be in Hongsha City during this time. He seems to have gone somewhere else and can't be contacted at all." No one in the outside world knew about Chi Nan's trip to the Death Forest, or at least few people knew about it. But they all knew that Chi Nan left the territory and it was unclear where he went.

Even the bald father didn't tell him to keep it a secret. The bald father touched his bald head: "Then report it as well. Let's talk about other things. Those nobles and mages have higher status than us. Don't bring disaster to the lord."

"I understand, sir, so what should we do with these beetles? Should we still use the old method?"

The bald father shook his head: "No, there are more here this time. It just so happens that you have asked us to test the power of artillery shells against beetles. There were too few in the past, and this time it is best to use them for testing. Let everyone use the special artillery shells Bring it up for me."

Following the words of the bald father, the soldiers immediately started to operate like a sophisticated machine. After living here for such a long time, those civilians who were originally powerful have also been tempered.

When there is no war, they just do their own thing. If a war breaks out, Giant Wood City can gather more than 30,000 combat-effective troops at any time. When encountering this kind of thing, many civilians spontaneously helped the army transport goods, which was very efficient. Of course, the army does not use everyone. They use local civilians who followed them here.

Those who joined later were separated from them. Although they participated in training, they did not usually use it. Everyone knows that many of these people are spies sent by others or people with ulterior motives.

"Butler, the cannonballs are already in place, and those beetles are coming soon. When will we start testing?"

The bald father looked ahead and said: "Let these beetles enter a range of 800 meters, and then attack. Remember, everyone on either side must record it in detail and don't miss anything."

"Don't worry, sir, I will never let you down." The soldier lowered his head and said.

"It's not that you won't let me down, but you are responsible for our lives. Once something goes wrong in a large-scale war, you will definitely be the ones who die." The bald father's serious lesson made the soldiers feel a little ashamed.

The beetle was still very fast, and it didn't take long to reach the designated location. At this time, the soldiers had already taken out all kinds of artillery shells and were ready to start testing. In order to get accurate data, even some shells that may not be effective, the bald dad arranged a section of the city wall for testing.

Closer, closer, the huge mouthparts of those beetles can be vaguely seen from such a distance. Ahead, for the war, Chi Nan had specially designed some reference objects.

Just by looking at these reference objects, you can see how far away the opposing army is from you. On the 800-meter line is a huge red stone. When the beetles cross this line, it proves that they have reached the best shooting range.

"We can't wait any longer. Let these beetles come closer. We don't know what trouble there will be." The bald father murmured to himself. Even the bald dad would feel chilled in his heart when he saw this kind of creature that was not afraid of death.

After giving the order, there was a "rumbling" sound under the feet, and the artillery shells had already flown out. The earliest cannonballs that flew out were ordinary cannonballs, which were used for comparison. When the shell hit the ground, countless hard shells flew out, forming shrapnel. There was also a solid bullet in the middle, which bounced forward and hit a series of beetles along the way.

However, except for the two beetles that were hit at the beginning and were shocked to death on the spot, the others were only hit and did not die. Soon the beetles were up and on their way, behaving exactly as usual.