Star of Civilization

The old man nodded, "That's it, no one can say which side we will meet first. Therefore, in order to deal with emergencies, those sand scavengers usually have a convoy to act together, and they are equipped with sophisticated weapons."

"Excellent weapon?"

Joyna was stunned for a moment, and then she thought of the old-fashioned firing gun on Brother Sha Hui.

She sneered in her heart, even those two broken guns are considered excellent weapons? If you count the powerful sprayers, it seems that their most sophisticated weapons have been completely ruined by her.

"How many people are armed in Hidden Sand Castle?" Joyna asked after thinking for a while.

"The devil knows..." The old man rolled his eyes, then closed his eyes and said while recalling, "The world is changing, and the armed gangs are constantly changing. Who knows how many people there are now?"

"At the time I was there, it could be said that all the people were soldiers. Although the gangs were growing and growing, who didn't have machetes, axes, and clubs? Anyone who lived in a hidden sand castle might have weapons. That's a life-saving thing. But if it is said that the serious ones can be pulled out, are organized, and can compete with other gangs, I am afraid there are only a few hundred people. With these people, it is a big gang. "

"You mean... a few hundred people can rule a large settlement of nearly 10,000 people?" Joyna didn't quite believe it, and kept muttering in her heart.

"Hey, a hundred peasants with a **** can't beat a thug with a gun, a straggler and an organized one are two completely different things!" The old man squinted again.

"And now?" Joyner asked again.

"Now? I don't know what's going on there now. It's estimated that there are less than half of the people alive..."

half?

So there are only a few thousand people...?

A few thousand people are just a few thousand people, Joyna disagrees.

Although these are all things in the past, according to what the old man said one after another, Joyna also roughly deduced the basic situation of this place.

For example, the core area of ​​Hidden Sand Castle is nothing but a ruined city of pre-civilization, with a radius of only two or three kilometers and a permanent population of about 4,000 to 5,000 people, making it the most populous area. Several big gangs form an alliance to stick to it, and the thugs may only account for a few hundred people.

Most of the outside is cultivated land, slave areas and farms, and the number of people is small, so their entire sphere of influence is probably less than five kilometers.

If you count the guards guarding several major traffic roads, the sphere of influence of the armed personnel may expand a little, and due to the limitation of supply lines and transportation capacity, it will never exceed 15 kilometers.

According to Joyna's speculation, these strongholds are distributed in a line, about twenty or so, guarding different directions, and it seems that they are the places with the strongest guards on the periphery of the hidden sand castle.

The guards are divided into fixed sentries and mobile sentries. Each fixed sentry is equipped with a few to a dozen people, guarding the contact line, and the mobile sentry will be notified in time when there is a situation. The mobile sentry is generally maintained at about ten people, and the patrol range may be about a few kilometers in the west and north, and the total number of people can reach two or three hundred.

Joyna thought for a while, it was not a big problem to break through the fixed base, but it was more troublesome to patrol the sentry. But such a long patrol distance just means there are opportunities.

So, a plan was formed in her mind.

- As long as you hide from the guards at the fixed base and avoid the patrolling guards, it is not difficult to infiltrate the hidden sand castle.

Just as Joyna was thinking about it, she suddenly smelled a slightly fishy smell, the hairs on her body suddenly stood up, and a strong sense of crisis struck.

"What’s wrong with you?"

When the old man saw Joyina's expression changing instantly, he looked around nervously, not knowing what was going on.

"There's something nearby!"

Before she finished speaking, Joyna jumped up a big tree alertly. It didn't take long for the other people to smell the stench, and they suddenly panicked, covering their mouths tightly, not daring to let out the air, and curled up into a ball.

I just heard a rustling sound coming from the dark tunnel, and then the sound became louder and louder, the weeds in the depths shook violently, and then thousands of mice sprang out!

Countless mice have red eyes, dirty fur, and most of them have lost their alopecia areata. They are as big as cats, and they are madly running towards the outside of the cave.

"Oh my god!"

Joyna was shocked by this terrifying sight, her hands and feet were cold, and she was shocked: Could this be the Berserk Rat the old man said?

The crowd of black rats is like an army crossing the border!

They passed through the woods non-stop, and the sound of "swishing" could be heard throughout the valley, forming a turbulent sea of ​​waves.

But the even more terrifying thing was still to come. In a few seconds, the grass behind began to sway again, and countless black and yellow snakes swam after them. Not long after, there was a disgusting stench all over the mountains and plains.

"Quick, drive!"

"Snake, it's a snake! Let's go!"

Someone among the refugees shouted in fear, and Joyna came back to her senses and hurried to the cab of the truck.

The group of snakes all over the ground swam quickly, as if ignoring the existence of Joyna, just chasing the group of mice without stopping for a moment.

Just when Joyna was full of suspicion and was about to open the car door, her super senses immediately realized that something was not right. In a certain direction, a strong sense of crisis struck again!

"No, there's something else nearby!"

Hearing a "whoosh" sound, a black shadow hovered and descended from the sky.

"Snapped-"

The earth was trembling, and after the thing hit the ground, it suddenly rose up!

It was as if a big tree had suddenly grown out of the ground, standing upright under Joyna's eyelids.

"His-"

A multi-colored snake stood upright in front of the truck.

Is this really a snake? !

A huge sense of oppression hit - Joyna didn't dare to move a step.

The monster's body was more than ten meters long, twice as thick as the thickest tree trunk nearby. It looked extremely strange, a huge ugly head swayed, and a cauliflower-like red and yellow fleshy crown grew on the top of its head. The mouth opened wide enough to swallow a cow. The bright red snake letter swiftly stretched between the two pointed fangs, like a nightmare.

"Snake, snake king!"

"Yes... it's a legendary monster!"

The people present were stunned.

Joyna had never seen such a huge snake before, her body seemed to be frozen, her scalp was numb, and she instinctively swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

She was even more terrified, and immediately thought that it was no wonder that the previous group of mice would panic and flee. It turned out that this tunnel was actually the lair of terrifying monsters!

Compared with the fleeing Berserk Rat, Orochi was obviously more interested in Joyna and the car full of humans behind her. But for some reason, the two sides miraculously stalemate.

Her tiny figure was dwarfed in front of the huge enemy, and the courage to survive was on the verge of collapsing.

The refugees behind them let out uncontrollable low-pitched sobbing, and even Joyner turned her back to them, she could feel the incomparable fear in the eyes behind her.