140: Chapter 140 Seize the Opportunity to Integrate the Motley Crew
Yun Zhuo simply focused on pursuing those who were fleeing in panic toward the cliff.
Teacher Su's talent had already reached the Imperial Rank; she had the highest Rank, the best marksmanship, and the longest range. She provided fire support for Yun Zhuo, while also being able to kill specific targets based on Yun Zhuo's commands, creating a tactical synergy.
As for those running into the city, he let the nuns practice their marksmanship on them. As for whether they would be in danger, wasn't there still a cyber bodhisattva in the village?
With her watching, who could possibly inflict damage on those nuns? Besides, no one could escape.
The moment the first Adventurer who had successfully achieved Body Integration with a War Princess stepped over the double yellow line, a beam of red death light shot out from the ruins.
That person had just stepped over with their front foot, and their back foot hadn't even followed yet.
With a 'pop', they exploded, person and mecha alike, turning into a cloud of white ash scattered into the air.
Then came the second, the third; a series of explosions rang out from different directions. The sound was like shooting balloons at a street fair, except it came with the special effect of scattering ashes.
Behind these nuns were the Adventurers who had followed earlier, as well as the Wild Wolf Adventure Group and the Blazing Fire Adventure Group.
They had originally wanted to wait for the nuns and Tian Wei to suffer mutual losses so they could step in and pick up the spoils.
Now, seeing the members of the Rattlesnake Adventure Group exploding on the road like balloons, with even their ashes scattered, they realized the situation.
Only then did they remember the terror of that cyber bodhisattva in Nun Village.
Even if the Thousand-Armed Guanyin didn't necessarily have a thousand arms behind her, she certainly had many. Each palm had an eye, and each eye was a death light emitter.
There were only about three hundred targets in total, which wasn't even enough for her to unleash her full power.
Once she opened fire with full force, the heavens and earth would change color, and the sun and moon would lose their light.
Recalling the scene from years ago, when dozens of Adventure Groups joined forces to launch the final battle against Nun Village, resulting in the annihilation of twenty or thirty thousand people, Sabowang felt his back instantly soaked in cold sweat.
Li Jianrong was also jolted with fear. It was fortunate that he had never thought about targeting Nun Village; otherwise, the terror in his heart right now would be no less than Sabowang's.
"Do you still have any ideas now?"
Sabowang paused, looking at Li Jianrong beside him. He knew this guy was mocking him, but his throat was dry, and he didn't want to argue with him.
Li Jianrong gave a cold laugh and led his people back.
He had come to watch the spectacle; now that he had seen it, it was time to leave, otherwise, it would be bad if a misunderstanding arose later.
They were all currently within the attack range of that cyber bodhisattva.
On the rooftops along the street, those free Adventurers who were usually accustomed to being arrogant were now terrified to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering by the cyber bodhisattva's attack methods.
They stood on the rooftops like groundhogs.
The air was filled with a suffocating silence, with only the residual energy fluctuations from the attacks still faintly trembling in the distance.
Suddenly, someone couldn't hold it in and shouted, "Look! Where are they going?"
The hoarse voice pierced the stagnant air, causing the people on the rooftops to snap out of it, their gazes all turning in one direction.
Tianqian Ferry.
Over nineteen thousand people gathered from all directions at the intersection where two main roads crossed, a vast, swarming crowd.
When everyone thought Yun Zhuo was leading those nuns to attack the Abandoned Well, those Adventurers who feared he would monopolize the Dongji Company's spoils had no choice but to follow.
When Yun Zhuo stopped here with his nuns, the others had to stop as well.
Yun Zhuo stood at the intersection on the west side. Two kilometers further west from here was the Tianqian Ferry Bridge leading to the Abandoned Well, and there was a group of Dongji Company mercenaries guarding the bridgehead.
When Yun Zhuo went there last time, he still thought those people were also Adventurers. Only after asking the Inoue Maru in his hands did he realize they were a group of mercenaries from Jianmu City.
This included those who had entered the Abandoned Well, who were also Dongji Company mercenaries; there were about three thousand of them inside.
"Aren't they going to the Abandoned Well to fight to the death with Dongji Company? Why did they stop here?"
Someone in the crowd curiously stood on tiptoe to look. Now that nearly twenty thousand people were gathered together, their courage had grown.
Although the cyber bodhisattva of Nun Village was terrifying, the nuns were now outside the village. Unless that cyber bodhisattva could take everyone out in one move, those nuns wouldn't fare well either; after all, they were just a group of ordinary people.
As many people looked at each other, this was what they were thinking.
They used various excuses to bolster their courage, simply because they couldn't bear to watch the prey they had been guarding for half a month get snatched away by someone else.
Anyway, there were many people now, and their courage had started to swell.
"Send a few people in charge among you over; let's chat."
Yun Zhuo said, looking at the surging crowd before him.
The crowd stirred. Li Jianrong didn't care about the others; he was the first to walk out.
Sabowang wanted to hold him back and tell him not to be so impulsive, warning him to be careful of tricks.
But seeing he couldn't stop him, and fearing that he might reach some agreement with the other party that would put him at a disadvantage, he gritted his teeth and followed.
When the others saw that the leaders of the two major Adventure Groups had both gone out, after some jostling and noise, a dozen or so more people walked out, making it eighteen in total, including the two leaders.
Li Jianrong sized up Yun Zhuo. "What should I call you, little brother?"
"You must be Regiment Leader Li of the Blazing Fire Adventure Group! A pleasure to meet you, I am Yun Zhuo."
Yun Zhuo only needed to use Breaking Delusion and Seeing Truth to glance at him; not only did he know his name was Li Jianrong and that he was 45, but he also knew he was Rank 43, had a Heaven Rank High Grade talent, and his War Princess was named Zhong Li.
He also knew that he currently held no malice toward him, but was very curious about how he had such a good relationship with Nun Village.
In contrast, Sabowang, who had come with him, was quite interesting. He was a mixed-blood, with 63% Western ancestry, sporting a blonde slicked-back hairstyle and a golden beard. He was holding a short-handled square hammer, looking just like Thor from Marvel.
His talent was Heaven Rank Medium Grade, his Rank was 44, and his War Princess was named Xie Hancheng.
Just hearing the name of his War Princess was enough to rival those like "Hammer" or "Landmine."
The eyes with which he looked at him were full of mockery and disdain. He was thinking about how he could make those nuns obediently listen to him, just like he did.
Compared to obtaining the spoils from Dongji Company, he wanted the women of the entire Nun Village even more.
Now, plus his own War Princess, which was Teacher Su.
Seeing Yun Zhuo look at Sabowang, Li Jianrong quickly introduced, "He is Sabowang, the leader of the Wild Wolf Adventure Group."
Sabowang gave a cold laugh. "Since you've blocked us here, just say what you have to say. I'm not a person who likes to beat around the bush."
Yun Zhuo looked back at Teacher Su, and she threw out Inoue Maru.
Yun Zhuo stepped on Inoue Maru and said, "Repeat what you just told me to everyone here."
"Will saying it save my life?"
"That depends on your attitude. Aren't you still alive right now?"
Inoue Maru gritted his teeth and said, "Dongji Company discovered a batch of crystal mines inside. The total value of the various crystals mined is around three billion."
"How many people are there?"
"More than three thousand, less than four thousand. They are all mercenaries from Jianmu City. They were the ones who blew up the bridge, and they also blew up the bridge deck on that side. They are still guarding the bridgehead; it won't be that easy for you to take it by force."
"Anything else?"
Under Yun Zhuo's interrogation, Inoue Maru gritted his teeth. "Also, they have found an old world tunnel over there. Although it has collapsed, it will be repaired in at most three days."
After finishing, Yun Zhuo kicked him aside. "Everyone has heard it. What do you think?"
Sabowang said, "What are you trying to say, kid? Are you talking about raiding it? If you are willing to take the lead, I have no objections."