Fairy, please let me explain

Chapter 655 They are coming
The insect swarm arrived as expected.

It came rolling in yellow sand, covering the sky like an overwhelming force, and then was killed head-on on the sky outside the city.

Compared with the beast tide, the insect tide may look scary, but it is actually far less threatening than the former.

Powerful races always occupy the best places to survive, and theoretically speaking, these insects should have been driven by those monsters to the deserted yellow sand desert.

The sharp blades, hard shells, and the characteristic of being dead but not yet stiff are all the horrors of the insect monsters, but these horrors cannot hide the weakness of their slender bodies.

Once the shell on the surface of the trunk is broken, it is only a matter of time before the insect dies, because they cannot heal the shell, or their vitality cannot support the long period of shell healing.

But at this time, the number of insects has made up for this shortcoming.

The first wave of contact between the sky curtain and the insect tide ended quickly. The terrain of Zhenxi City was steep. There was only a hundred-foot plank road connecting the two sides of Qianji Gorge on the west side. Countless insect corpses struggled

Before the millions of dead insect corpses rolled into the abyss, they were eaten up by the insect monsters that arrived later.

Soon, those who gathered under the city wall and wanted to gather a crowd to force the authorities to open the city gates saw what a real ant-like siege was like.

At first, the towering city walls blocked their vision, and they could only vaguely hear some rustling sounds outside the city coming through the walls.

Before they had to wait too long, the rustling sounds became more frequent, the chirping of insects became sharp and piercing, accompanied by countless teeth-grinding chiseling sounds, and the first insect demon clinging to the sky appeared in their sight.

It was followed by the second one, the second one, and the third one, until half of the city's sky curtain was completely covered by the swarm of insects.

Thousands of insects were attached to the formation curtain. They were squirming densely and rustlingly, and continued to crawl and spread around along the sky curtain. The sky of Zhenxi Prefecture was darkening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And when the last ray of sunlight was swallowed up by the sea of ​​insects, the buildings that were set on fire during the riots became particularly eye-catching, and the requiem of the excited curses of the perpetrators and the terrified cries of the victims also paused at this moment.

The thugs all raised their eyes to the sky, but they could no longer see the blue sky that they once had.

What can be seen,

There were only the countless blood-red compound eyes attached to the outside of the sky, watching everything in the city with greed in their eyes.

"Hey, hey! Look up at the sky."

"What are those things?"

"Insect beast?"

"Why are there so many insect beasts?"

"Hahaha, no wonder those Zhenxi troops wanted to withdraw, it turns out they knew these bugs were coming and ran away first. What a bunch of cowards!"

"Where are the Zhenxi Army? Where are those bitchy soldiers?"

"Fuck, are those soldiers just here to do nothing? Can't they see those bugs?!"

When true despair strikes, the mobs who originally expected the collapse of order begin to crave the protection of those who maintain order.

But after the prayers were in vain, a larger-scale riot began amidst the cursing and crying.

Houses were set on fire, and lawful people were dragged out of their homes, killed, and raped. The thugs, who had no scruples at all, began to wantonly unleash the evil of human nature, carrying out the last madness of their lives.
"Changtian, are you really not going to care about these riots in the city?"

In the military hall filled with the scent of incense, Li Junwu's voice was a little hesitant.

When riots broke out in the city, everything in the government office remained peaceful. After several fools who had no eyes were slaughtered for storming the government office, no more thugs dared to hang around the government office.

The moment he heard the voice, Xu Yuan opened his eyes and calmly uttered two words:

"in spite of."

Li Junwu frowned slightly and retorted:

"The riot that broke out in the city now is entirely because we transferred the entire Second Town Army back to the government office. Otherwise, three Qu's troops would be enough to suppress those unorganized thugs."

Xu Yuan's voice was cold and calm:
"Jun Wu, things have their priorities. It's not that I don't want you to send troops to suppress them, but the damage caused by those mobs is not worth the risk."

Li Junwu was puzzled:
"Three Qu's soldiers won't affect the overall situation, so why take the risk?"

"Have you forgotten? The possible traitors in the Zhenxi Army have not yet been completely eradicated."

Xu Yuan spoke calmly, his voice without any ups and downs, stating the facts: "I asked you to order the Second Town to march back to the government office quickly, firstly to consolidate the unstable military morale, and secondly to clear the city wall."

At this point, Xu Yuan frowned slightly and said solemnly:
"Zhenxi Prefecture is the third city defense battle I have encountered. The beginning of the first two city defense crises was that someone attacked the city wall from inside the city, causing damage to the city defense array. Even if the chance of picking a traitor to go out is very small, we can't take the risk of sending people out. We must keep them all under our noses."

"Wouldn't it be better to send cultivators to supervise the army?" Li Junwu said softly.

"Who to send? All my men have been sent to monitor the city wall formations. The only person you can confirm is loyal, besides Commander Jin, should be Linlang? But are you sure that letting that stupid dog go won't cause more chaos?"

"Are we just going to watch those thugs rape and kill other people?" Li Junwu clenched his hands slightly on the table.

"."Xu Yuan.

From a purely vested interest perspective, at this critical juncture, it doesn't really matter whether or not to deal with the thugs.

The number of thugs involved in the riots was less than half of the total number of people in the city, and five to six out of ten of them were mortals. Moreover, those lustful bastards would lose their minds and gather together to attack the mansions of the rich and powerful, intending to use their numbers to rob those powerful people who were protected by cultivators.

Even if they were allowed to mess around, at most it would only cause the destruction of a few blocks. Compared with the safety of the entire Zhenxi City, this representative is not worth mentioning at all.

Therefore, Xu Yuan did not continue this topic:

"The main problem now is not the mobs, but the swarm of insects clinging to the sky."

"Those insect swarms can't attack us. With the current energy consumption rate of the formation, the source crystal reserves in the city can at least last for ten days. But if we don't control those thugs, more and more people will join them."

At this point, Li Junwu's eyes widened slightly, and his voice became a little stern: "Changtian, this is a border city, and most of the people who come here are desperate criminals!"

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Seeing that the busty guy was unmoved, Xu Yuan subconsciously felt a little impatient.

indeed.

Even if troops were sent over to suppress them, the chances of the traitors damaging the city's defense formations would be slim.

But what if it gets damaged?

They are now walking a tightrope and cannot afford any mistakes.

By then, millions of people in the city will die as a result of the Six Saints’ scheme, and the chain reaction of the city’s destruction will be too great to bear.

Is this kind of multiple choice question really that difficult? !
"Li Junwu, kindness does not lead the army, you..."

Xu Yuan wanted to say more than Li Junwu's childishness, but he was stunned by the flash of emotion in her slender eyes before he could finish his words. It was a familiar emotion, an emotion that had appeared in his eyes before, and an emotion that a person should have.
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The hands under the sleeves clenched slightly, Xu Yuan raised his head and pressed hard between his eyebrows, sighing:
"Forget it, I'll arrange someone to do it."

After he finished speaking, Xu Yuan didn't say anything else.

Li Junwu saw that he was angry, pursed his lips, stood up from behind the desk leisurely, stood beside him, then sat down on his chair, poked his arm with his elbow, and asked in a gentle voice:

"Hey, do you have to be so angry?"

Xu Yuan glanced at her and said indifferently:
"If you want to ask me how to deal with those rioters, just tell me directly that Si Zijing and Huang Shiwei cannot leave the city wall. They have to guard against anyone who wants to approach the city wall. This is the bottom line.

"Although this insect swarm has brought chaos to the city, it has also pushed the noble families and various large chambers of commerce who wanted to leave the city to our side. With these insect swarms, they will no longer think about leaving the city, and I am going to let them deal with the mob."

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Li Junwu recalled the scene he had seen with the help of the city defense formation.

Those aristocratic chambers of commerce and large-scale chivalrous groups had previously planned to attack the city gates.

Thinking about it, she asked tentatively:

"Will they cooperate? Their leader may be a traitor. Besides, they may also be resentful because we didn't let them leave the city before."

"He who knows the current situation is a hero. There will always be people who cooperate. Even if they are all from the sect, not all of them will be ready to die."

Xu Yuan’s answer was also simple and clear.

Large-scale chivalrous groups and aristocratic chambers of commerce all possess simple military formation techniques, and even if only a few of them agree to cooperate, they can still suppress the riots in the city.

As he spoke, Xu Yuan reached out and pushed away Li Junwu who was half leaning on him, stared into her eyes and said solemnly:
"Li Junwu, this is the last time.

"If you really want to lead Zhenxi Prefecture, then throw away your womanly kindness as soon as possible."

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Li Junwu subconsciously opened his red lips, wanting to refute, but in the end he nodded obediently.

Xu Yuan took a deep breath, adjusted his facial expression, and brought the topic back on track:

"Now let's talk about how to deal with those disgusting insect swarms."

"Eh, gross? Changtian, you're so old, are you still afraid of bugs?"

"."Xu Yuan stared at her without saying anything.

"." Li Junwu's smile froze.

Li Junwu looked away and whispered, "I just wanted to make a joke to lighten the mood."

He couldn't help laughing for a moment, but Xu Yuan didn't show it, and continued in a cold voice:
"You should have discovered that the people in the sect are not counting on the insect tide to break the formation. Ever since the sky curtain was covered by insects, the detection array patterns of the city defense formation are gradually becoming ineffective. What they want is to make us lose contact with the outside world."

There are two ways to explore the atmosphere: source of qi and intention and soul.

The array pattern cannot condense the mind and soul of a living being and can only use the source energy to explore the surroundings. However, the pheromones secreted by those insects are disrupting the surrounding source energy and mind and soul.

The entire Zhenxi City is losing all means of detecting the outside world.

In other words, even if the Six Saints appeared together at low altitude near the ground of Zhenxi City and charged their powers, they would not be able to detect the opponent's movements with the help of the city defense formation.

Li Junwu did not speak again. He pondered for a moment and said softly:

"You mean, they are forcing us to turn the city-protecting sky curtain into a killing array?"

"Yes."

"But if we change the formation, the energy consumption will be faster, and there will be a huge gap in changing the operation pattern of the city defense formation, unless we ignore the loss of the formation and charge it." Li Junwu made a suggestion after thinking deeply.

"That's not necessary, I'm just telling you."

"."Li Junwu.

Disrupting the source of Qi and the soul does not mean being able to disrupt his spiritual vision.

This is also one of Xu Yuan’s trump cards.

"I have a way to penetrate their shield and sense the outside world. If they are preparing to gather strength together to break the formation, we can use their trick against them. I will notify you then."

After saying that, Xu Yuan stood up swiftly and walked out of the hall.

Li Junwu asked subconsciously:

"Where are you going?"

Xu Yuan didn't look back, but turned his back and cursed angrily:
"Didn't you just say you were going to suppress the riots? Should I notify the people below to contact those aristocratic chambers of commerce?"

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Li Junwu's eyes flickered for a moment, and he chuckled:

"Do you want me to go with you? I can mobilize the city defense formation to protect you now."

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Hearing this, Xu Yuan immediately stopped at the threshold.

Li Junwu thought the other party agreed, and chuckled as he quickly followed him. However, when he reached him, he found that he was looking at the dark swarm of insects above the sky with a solemn expression on his face.

After staring at her for a few breaths, Xu Yuan looked back at her helplessly:
"It seems that I can't keep the promise I made just now."

"what?"

"Remember what I just said?"

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Li Junwu's heartbeat quickened:
"Is it the one about taking advantage of the situation?"

"Correct."

Xu Yuan looked up at the sky, feeling the surging source energy fluctuations above the sky, beyond the insect tide. He clenched his fists under his sleeves and said in a deep voice:
"They're coming."

(End of this chapter)