Siege has been a noun that is connected to "time" from ancient times to the present.

There is no definite evidence that there are still things available for use in the villages and towns that have fallen for a long time. If time went back twelve years ago, Lieutenant General Recheson would not have issued such orders. With the powerful power of the Skeleton Knights, he had never had any sense of crisis about the word "material". Words such as "hunger" or "poverty" would not appear in the dictionary of the Skeleton Knights. However,

After all, this place is not Europe or America, but a city hanging in Asia. Although the Skeleton Knights tried every means to contact the outside world, the electric signal was either devoured from radiation or interfered by various instruments set up by the imperial troops outside the city. In order to ensure that Rafael truly became an isolated city, Yang Hua even set up dozens of air defense positions with heavy troops around the city. From surface-to-air guided missiles to m992 quad-mounted anti-aircraft guns, various types of air-to-air weapons are available.

"If they really want to give up on the city and find another way out, they can only open the city gate and leave from land."

This is what Lin Xiang said at the beginning of the siege plan. If things really develop to that point, he can get what he wants and see the mysterious person who has been hiding in the city.

Brenzoll could not understand these. The only thing he could do was to lead the troops out according to the general's orders and search for designated villages. At the same time, a metal tube about five centimeters long and fine fingers was quickly left in the hidden corner of the village that was not noticed by others.

And leave a mark nearby that only the responder can understand, and then leave immediately.

attack?

Or continue to wait?

These two issues have become the core of repeated debates at almost every meeting of the Imperial High-level Office.

No matter which side, there are sufficient evidence and reasons to show your correctness.

Even the two legion commanders Wang Biao and Yang Hua, each with different offense and defense, was based on the viewpoints of different offense and defense. The former believed that the problem of Rafael City must be completely solved in the shortest time.

The latter agrees to continue to maintain a siege and silently wait for the situation to change.

Lin Xiang remained silent.

So far, he has not figured out the true strength of the Skeleton Knights. But one thing is certain that some kind of change has occurred within the Knights. However, the spy placed in Rafael City is too low to reach the core level of interest. If he really wants to find out the truth of the matter, I am afraid that only the generals in Rafael City and the mysterious person will know more.

Fang Yujie once said: "The Skeleton Knights are not as powerful as they appear on the surface. They split or quarrel. We don't know what happened for the time being. But no matter what, delaying time will be beneficial to us."

The cold wind whistled through the sky. The whole wilderness was already dead silent. The sudden drop in temperature completely turned all the remaining green plants into yellow. Apart from the rapid production of seeds, they did not have a second way to deal with the cold.

The rocks, puddles, and everything has a dead silence that is different from other seasons. Apart from the desolation of Guanglou, there is only the sound of "whimpering" wind. If you want to see the bright green on the field again, you can only wait patiently for the spring next year.

Under the dark sky, a convoy of several kilometers long stretched out in front and behind was running on the empty and desolate plain. The outside of all vehicles were painted with white paint to create a conspicuous dragon pattern. Just like the Skeleton Knights and the Joint Doctors Association, the Dragon Empire also had its own special symbol. As the front lines of the major legions continued to move towards the distance, the empire's territory became larger and larger, and more people knew and were familiar with this figure.

The climate this winter seems not as cold as before. The location here is already a sub-cold zone, and winter comes earlier and lasts longer than other parts of the empire. Thick snow covers the earth, and except for the very few cold-resistant creatures that mutated from brown bears, snow foxes and other cold-resistant creatures in the old era, they are almost lifeless. Looking around, you can only see the undulating mountains.

Vegetation is also very sparse. The mutational climate and the strong radiation that permeates the surface and air have extremely fulfilled the task of killing most local species. But even in this desperate environment, some plants and insects with tenacious vitality survived. They have become stronger than their ancestors more than a hundred years ago and have lower requirements for the environment and food.

Lin Xiang, wearing a special combat suit, stood at the top of the rock, crossed his hands in front of Xiong, lowered his head, and silently looked at the dark and chaotic ruins under his feet.

The buildings with only frames remain, half of the collapsed walls and houses, and the wreckage of cars scattered everywhere, broke from the middle, smashed across the road, and smashed into countless slag blocks and steel bars...

...All of this, together with the torn rags in it, and the plastic film that was blown in the direction of the strong wind... The slammed plastic film together constitutes the most familiar and unwilling to witness in Lin Xiang's memory.

Here is a ruin.

The location is northeastern in the northern part of the empire.

This is not a coastal area. According to the information stored in the computer at the 6571 base, in the old days, it was just a small city with a population of about 400,000.

Dozens of Imperial soldiers wearing radiation-proof uniforms rode armed motorcycles around Mercedes-Benz about ten kilometers from the edge of the ruins. Each motorcycle is equipped with an electronic radiation monitoring table. From last week to today, the radiation index on the periphery of the ruins has remained in a stable numerical range, with no more than five scales in front and back. This means that the ruins were likely not directly attacked by nuclear warheads in the old era. Strictly speaking, this abandoned city should belong to a light radiation zone. However, no one dared to approach it, and it was even more impossible to enter it.

Lin Xiang has been carefully observing the city - the rock on the top of the mountain at his feet is at the best angle that can completely overlook the entire ruin. What he needs to do is not just observe with his naked eyes. Instead, he completely relaxes all the mutated energy inside the body, expands consciousness and thinking to the limit, and covers the whole city. With thinking senses that already have similar substances, he quietly touches every creature hidden in the shadow of the darkness.

Ruins have occupied too many places within the territory of the empire. According to statistics from relevant departments, more than 16% of the area within the empire are ruins that cannot be entered or moved into population. These broken cities left over from the old era have become the focus of more and more considerations for rulers. Most of them are built near rivers and plains, occupying the richest living resources, and having a complete railway and road transportation system. Even if the above benefits are not considered, the ruins themselves are an alternative mineral that cannot be ignored. Especially the scrap iron, wood, and even scrapped auto parts scattered in the city, which cannot be ignored for the wasteland world with extremely lack of production capacity, and a rich place with a lot of wealth.

Ruins cannot be entered-

This is the consensus between the Skeleton Knights, the Joint Doctors Association, the Red Republican Army and all wasteland forces. Even Lin Xiang himself has had a personal experience of almost dying from the ruins.

At that time, if it weren't for Claude.

He could not have lived to this day.

Even the crawlers arranged at the bottom of the biological chain cannot completely control their hands and feet being manipulated by Yu Wang. What's more, Lin Xiang is no longer a beginner who just entered the parasitic field more than ten years ago and has only two or three-star strength.

He is very powerful-

So powerful that he didn't even know how much physical energy he had. In order not to let the overly inflated power hurt the people around him, Lin Xiang had to seal them and live a life that was no different from normal people. He really wanted to truly understand what his strongest state would become? Is it like smashing mountains with one punch in an old comic book? Or is it the legend that the geography can be changed by breathing alone? Or is it simply the superman in the movie works who can "freely penetrate the center of the earth?" Or because of the extreme speed or burst energy, he never teared the time apart, creating another completely different space?

Lin Xiang longs to know his true strength - he has always carefully controlled the intensity of his body's movement. It is like a small person who is forced to suppress at the bottom of society, waiting for the opportunity to release all his anger at all times.

Whether practical or objective, he needs to go into the ruins and try.

Lin Xiang carefully checked the information brought by Liu Yuchen from the Joint Doctors Association, and also looked through the exploration notes of Sosbia and Ferdinand countless times. He also asked Fang Yujie to provide relevant information about the Red Republican Army. Based on the top secret documents of the Northern Family Alliance, there were even various information that Brenzole stole from Rafael and found that he discovered-

The danger descriptions of the ruins by various groups are basically the same. In general, there is a kind of extremely powerful mutant creature hidden deep in the ruins. Especially the number of different types of alien species is unimaginable.

In the relevant documents of the Skeleton Knights, one of them is listed as the official general term—

"Dark creature".

There is no definite evidence that - did the Rockefeller family truly believe in God? Are they a devout believers? Does the name of an angel have some hidden metaphor? However, in the information sent back by Brenzoll, the pictures taken from the Rafael City Library with miniature cameras are also a very strange special annotation next to many special words marked with the special word "dark creature".

"Devil" Lin Xiang opened his mouth slightly and slowly spit out these two words that he had seen countless times but could not understand.

"What does that mean by your majesty?"

Zhou Hao stood about three meters behind him and asked respectfully. As the commander of the Imperial Army and Lin Xiangbi as his trusted subordinate, he was also one of the senior executives of the empire who was qualified to see these documents.

Shaking his head silently, Lin Xiang slowly retracted the spreading consciousness energy. In just ten minutes, he only "sees" too many things-

There are alien creatures hiding deep in the sewer pipes, and there are also variants that are huddled inside the building, keeping their eyes wide and watching the mutations wandering around the ruins. Their shapes and appearances are extremely weird, just like the magnification or alienation states of spiders, centipedes, even cockroaches, frogs, rats, etc. in the old era. They all have common characteristics—

Have hard and sharp minions, like darkness, and fear the sun.

This is a small ruin. Perhaps because of the area limitation, the total number of mutant creatures detected was about 30,000. Since Lin Xiang did not spend any effort to detect all corners, the actual number may be more than this, but it is impossible to increase exponentially.

"Let's go! Order all surveyors to withdraw, and the armored troops and combatants formed a defense on the periphery of the ruins. Next, it's time for us to go on the field...

As he said that, Lin Xiang moved his neck and wrists, and his constantly stretched joints made a crisp "crackling" sound, and he turned around and walked towards the downstairs.

This is an experiment, and it is also a test of the actual strength of its own energy. Of course, what Lin Xiang wants to get is a huge resource scattered in the ruins and a huge number of resources. If all the mutated creatures hidden in the ruins are killed, the empire can obtain unimaginable rich benefits from it.

However, this kind of action is not reckless-

The reason for choosing this ruin is the conclusion of the comprehensive study of the Imperial General Staff on the area and surrounding information. Cold weather will minimize the movement ability of mutated creatures, and the size of the ruins directly determines the number of creatures hidden in it. In addition, the city maps reviewed from computer data are also divided into hundreds of more detailed street distribution tables. Even in the worst case, Lin Xiang, who entered the ruins, can quickly evacuate from the best way in a short period of time.

Along with them, there is also a powerful defense network left behind on the periphery of the city, composed of thousands of parasitic and imperial guards.

What's more, in addition to the above-mentioned preparatory measures, Lin Xiang also has a secret that only he knows.

Comprehensive information about the Skeleton Knights, the Joint Doctors Association, the Red Republican Army and other large and small forces, he discovered very unexpectedly-

Previously, in the past explorations of the ruins, the leader of the team was the highest strength of the six-star parasite. The only nine-star detection record was from the archives of the "Demon Claw" company more than 20 years ago. While conquering Heijin Town, this information naturally became Lin Xiang's si person item. According to the description, the "Demon Claw" killer with nine-star ability stayed in the ruins of the old Nanjing City for four days. If it weren't for the too many mutant creatures that appeared later, he could have stayed there for at least ten hours.

In other words, before this, no psychics above the nine-star level had entered the ruins.

The sun is already blocked by thick thick clouds. Even if there is no haze floating in the air, the weather will completely turn dark after an hour at most. Winter nights come earlier than other seasons. In addition to the cold, this is another reason why mutant creatures are more active than summer.

When you step on the thick asphalt road, you feel a very uncomfortable feeling of looseness, and even a little bit of very slight sinking - it is the heavy pressure effect of the scattered powder accumulated on the road surface and the completely brittle road slag.

Not every road surface has this soft and heavy feeling, and there are also parts that have not yet been completely weathered and hard and sharp. Many places on the surface of the road have been dug up, and neatly built stone foundations are laid out below. Sharp and sharp claw marks can be seen everywhere on the ground, just like soft soil being scattered by a hen with its claws, looking for delicious insects lurking in it.

The traces remaining on the ground are far larger than chicken feet, and are several meters long.

The most visible thing is still the ruins of vehicles that fill the entire street. Most of the glass fragments scattered on the ground can no longer see their true colors. They are covered with gray, and the surface is covered with a layer of light black dirt. Waste paper is piled up in the corners and deep in the alleys, as well as human garbage with hundreds of years of history. There are cola cans with red trademarks on the surface, and "Nongfu Spring" that are squeezed and deformed. The most numerous are all different types of food packaging plastic bags. They are wrapped in various ragged cloth materials and may never rot. Instead, they are witnesses of the changes in the earth's historical changes, and slowly become fossils buried by the soil.

Lin Xiang walked silently, and the wind rushing towards him was cold and as sharp as a knife. Zhou Hao was walking at the front of the team as always, and behind him, he was fat and promoted to an imperial guard officer, and a mercenary Yarman, who also has the strength of a parasitic general.
Chapter completed!