Chapter 1255, The Abyss and the Gully

The fourth day of the countdown.

Zhou Qi was sealed as a god in one battle, and the rain of radiant swords in the sky knocked down uncountable flocks of migratory birds in droves, and that majestic and magnificent scene was worthy of the title of Demigod.

There were even many soldiers of the Northwest Army who said that this Zhou Qi should be unrivaled amongst the demigods on a rainy day.

The feathers and corpses of the crumbling flocks of migratory birds covered the mountains and fields.

However, after this battle Zhou Qi also fell into a state of exhaustion just like Ji Zi’ang, and the four of them, Qing Zhen, Xu Concealment, Zhou Qi, and Luo Lan, had already taken advantage of the short period of truce to evacuate the 141st position, and did not stop at the Dawn Defense Line, but took a direct ride to the rear to the 178th Fortress.

In Qing Zhen’s words, they had already done all they needed to do on this defense line, and the rest was to wait patiently at Fort 178.

As an autumn rain drifted in, the 141st position began to become a bit muddy, and the soldiers would occasionally slip when walking in the trenches.

Everyone moved boxes of ordnance to pad the trenches as a path.

The soldiers who had a rare chance to recuperate leaned against the trench wall unconcernedly, some smoked cigarettes, some took small bites of compressed cookies, and then chatted together exuberantly about everything that had happened yesterday.

When the migratory bird flock was about to arrive, everyone was in despair, and as a result of Zhou Qi’s strike, everyone saw hope again.

This feeling of hitting rock bottom and seeing the light again was too uplifting.

Some warriors fell asleep in the trenches as they chatted, even though there were still people chatting loudly beside them.

When the General Command tent received the news, everyone was cheering, and everyone looked at P5092 as if they were looking at an idol.

It had to be said that Zhou Qi was indeed formidable, and the ability of P5092 to place Zhou Qi in position 141 in advance and determine that it was going to rain was as if it was unforeseen.

The battlefield combination of P5092 and Wang Yun was as if it was born for war.

When everyone was worried, P5092 didn’t even seem to be worried about this flock of migratory birds.

This kind of calm and relaxed attitude also convinced everyone.

However, at this moment, everyone was cheering, but P5092 was worried again.

Wang Yun asked, ”After a great victory, why are you worried instead? Is it because, this flock of migratory birds came too strangely.”

What Wang Yun said was that even they could tell that there was rain in the near future, so the AI should also know about it, so this migratory bird flock suddenly sent to Zhou Qi’s face for them to kill was very much like a trap.

P5092 said, “According to historical practice, this rain will take at least three days, if the AI saves its killer for three days later, then we’ve already won as well. Zhou Qi himself said that the AI should be well aware that he reached the Demigod realm when he was in the mud and sand field because he killed from there, so for the AI to take this slash no matter what, it can’t avoid Zhou Qi.”

P5092 continued, “The migratory bird flock is indeed its killer weapon yes, but right now, it seems more like it’s coming to take the knife for its human troops, it seems like humans are a bit more important to it.”

Right at this moment, XunYiYu, who had been keeping her eyes closed as a radar in the camp tent, suddenly opened her eyes and got up, shouting, “Enemy troops have appeared again in the northeast, the scale is as large as the enemies our defense line is facing right now, and it is still ninety kilometers away from us!”

P5092 sighed inwardly, on the battlefield it’s all about what you fear, “The enemy unit that Black Fox and the others held back earlier will be arriving at us soon, and according to their marching speed, they’ll be arriving this night at the latest.”

The combat staffs in the command tent, who were just cheering, felt a sense of suffocation again, the Dawn Defense Line was already struggling so much with only one unit, if there was another one, would it not collapse in minutes?

Moreover, according to the intelligence, the two enemy troops from the southwest bypassed the Dawn Defense Line and arrived directly at Fort 178, which is now almost a defenseless city.

As a result, before everyone could digest this news, P5092 added, “The enemy forces in the southwest should be arriving soon as well.”

The two enemy forces in the southwest were no less than the number everyone was facing right now.

It was as if P5092 was deliberately pouring cold water on everyone, throwing out one bad judgment after another.

Wang Yun said in a low voice, “If all those enemy troops arrive, we won’t be able to stop them at all, I’m afraid we won’t be able to last even a day.”

P5092 thought for a moment and said, “Convey my order that all the troops in the third echelon on the Dawn Defense Line start withdrawing towards Fortress 178 tomorrow. That way, the retreating Northwest Army will have a chance to make a last stand before the Southwest enemy arrives at Fortress 178.”

“What about the Northwest Army on the second echelon position?” Wang Yun asked.

“Buy time for the third echelon’s combat troops to withdraw,” P5092 replied.

P5092 had only one mission today, and that was to buy time, time, time.

All else was out of his consideration.

“But if the enemy forces from the northeast arrive this night, I’m afraid that the second echelon’s defenses won’t be able to buy enough time,” Wang Yun said, “It may not be enough time to retreat tomorrow before the second echelon collapses.”

“That’s why I say we still need a bit of luck,” said P5092.

The truth was that everyone’s success had more or less to do with luck.

And P5092 knew that someone very close to Ren Xiaosu was in charge of luck.

……

The northern herdsmen came down through the Shenmu River southward and went straight in the direction of the 178 fortress.

At that time, Yan Liuyuan sent Hassan to lead the wolves to drive the oxen and horses to gallop to Fortress 144, and when the wolves arrived at the Dawn Defense Line escorting the last batch of refugees, they turned back to join Yan Liuyuan, leaving Hassan alone to assist the Northwestern Army in defending the Dawn Defense Line.

At that moment, Yan Liuyuan was sitting on the Wolf King’s broad spine stroking its fur, “Tough job guys.”

The Wolf King tossed its head, seeming to quite enjoy the feeling of being stroked by Yan Liuyuan.

“Servant Lanqi,” Yan Liuyuan asked Servant Lanqi who was riding a warhorse beside him, “What do you think, what does the Northwest Army need now?”

“Master, our scouts found enemy troops in the south, the number and its huge, it’s a good thing that the scouts rode the best warhorses, so we didn’t get caught up by them,” Servant Lanqi thought for a moment and said, “I think, I’m afraid that the Northwest Army can’t withstand such a huge number of enemies, so do we have any way to stop them?”

“When do you think is a better time to stop them?” Yan Liuyuan asked.

Servant Lan Qi scratched his head, “Master, I don’t know when is appropriate, how about now?”

Yan Liuyuan nodded: “You guys continue to follow the original route, I’ll go ahead.”

Servant Lan Qi was anxious: “Master, I just said it casually, don’t believe me.”

Yan Liuyuan laughed, “It’s not that I believe you, but I believe myself.”

Although Yan Liuyuan could not see the satellites above the firmament, he knew that the satellites above this land right now should be slowly moving away along their orbits.

Now was the best time to do so.

Luck was something that was unattainable for many people, but for Yan Liuyuan, it was nothing more than a truly controllable ability.

Only, he couldn’t wish for luck to favor him, but he could favor Ren Xiaosu instead.

At this moment, every question he asked about Ren Xiaosu, the answer he received should be the most helpful to Ren Xiaosu.

Not far away Sister Xiaoyu was sitting on the back of another silver colored wolf, when she saw that Yan Liuyuan seemed to be breaking away from the group, she drove the silver wolf to rush over, “Liuyuan, I’ll go with you.”

Seeing Sister Xiaoyu’s resolute attitude, Yan Liuyuan smiled and said, “Okay, we’ll go together.”

The two of them rode the wolf and raced towards the south, and when they got close to the enemy army, the AI controlled army actually stopped, and all of them were facing towards Yan Liuyuan’s direction in a guarded stance.

However, at the next moment, Yan Liuyuan jumped off the back of the wolf king and opened his palm towards the enemy army, making a chopping motion, and the ground suddenly began to tremble.

On the vast wilderness land, a deep abyssal gully in a north-south direction actually appeared abruptly on the yellow soil, cutting across the path that the enemy’s vanguard troops were bound to pass through.

The abyss was not wide, it was impossible to destroy an entire enemy army, but it was more than enough to stop the enemy army’s path of advance.

Yan Liuyuan’s body began to become illusory, his hair turning into star powder at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if his entire body was about to float away into the air.

Countless enemy troops fell into the abyss, the bottom of that abyss could not be seen at a glance, and only the sound of clattering water could be heard coming out, as if it was a direct slash that split the underground yellow spring.

This crack, which was actually tens of kilometers across, directly engulfed 20% of the enemy army!

Yan Liuyuan didn’t bother to look at the enemy army, he silently looked at the sky above his head, his entire spiritual will flourishing like never before.

At a certain moment, he even felt that he had touched the true meaning of this world, or perhaps he himself was one of the true meanings.

He was the truth.

“Six elements!” Sister Xiaoyu exclaimed in shock.

She saw that Yan Liu Yuan’s body was continuously vaporizing, and in an instant, Li Xiaoyu’s heart ached with uncontrollable pain, as if she was about to lose her most important loved one.

Sister Xiaoyu cried out Yan Liuyuan’s name with a loud voice, and even stumbled and jumped down from the lycanthropy, running to Yan Liuyuan’s side to hold the other party in her arms.

“I’m fine Sister Xiaoyu,” Yan Liuyuan looked down at Sister Xiaoyu and laughed, “Thanks to having you by my side, or else this time it would have been dangerous.”

Sister Xiaoyu looked up at Yan Liuyuan’s face, she did not know when she had already needed to tilt her head to measure this teenager.

That once smiling friend of the market town women, Yan Liuyuan, had grown into an adult ah.

“Six Yuan, your hair,” Sister Xiaoyu whispered.

Yan Liuyuan hadn’t cut his hair since he arrived at the grasslands, and had been saving it until it was waist-length.

But now, Yan Liuyuan’s hair had become extremely short short inches, just like those legendary ascetics.

Yan Liu Yuan said, “Sister Xiaoyu you are already very lucky to have called me back, as for the hair, it is not important.”

Sister Xiaoyu suddenly asked, “But your hair is almost gone, I’m afraid that if you use your ability next time, you’ll really have to dissipate, so promise me that you won’t use your ability again in the future, okay?”

“It’s not that serious,” Yan Liuyuan said with a smirk, “It’s just that you can’t use this kind of heavenly calamity level ability anymore, an ordinary lucky enchantment is still fine.”

“That won’t work either,” Sister Xiaoyu said, “I’m afraid that you’ll really dissipate one day.”

“It won’t happen,” Yan Liuyuan said, “With you around, I won’t take that kind of risk. The truth is that the enemy this time is much more powerful than imagined, and I don’t possess the strength to fight against it; even if I put my own life on the line, I can only cause him to suffer heavy losses, because neither I nor that legendary Li Shentan possess the qualifications to become the Will of the World.”

Therefore, even if others other than Ren Xiaosu crossed the 70% Divine Critical Line, they would not be able to fully reach the other side of the 100% Divine Kingdom.

The end result would only be to dissipate into the human world.

……

At the same time, in the command tent of the Dawn Defense Line, Xun Nightfeather suddenly said in a loud voice, ”To the north of the enemy army in the northeast, signs of life have once again appeared, and there are only two people. One is an ordinary person and one is a Transcendent, but that Transcendent’s life flame is as bright as a star. This kind of life sign is too rare, and it’s even more powerful than Zhou Qi’s and Zhou Yingxue’s.”

“Transcendents above the demigod level?” asked P5092, “What is their trajectory?”

“They are leaning over towards the enemy army in the northeast direction …… and so on,” XunYiYu said with a shocked expression on her face, “Tens of thousands of life signs of the enemy army suddenly disappeared in an instant!”

In fact, Xun Yu wasn’t sure if it was tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, he only felt that in the radar picture in his mind, there were suddenly dense life signs that began to fade away, blanking out a large area.

It was as if a rectangular cake had suddenly been cut down by someone.

XunYiYu couldn’t rely on her imagination to guess, even after racking her brain, what had happened.

P5092 said, “Now, what is the trajectory of action of both sides?”

XunYiYu said, “That Demigod is rushing towards the Dawn Defense Line, but the enemy army that was originally heading northeast is actually heading south, and I don’t know why.”

“That’s what I call luck,” P5092 lamented, “It should be the one from the grasslands arriving.”

Regardless of what exactly happened, this enemy army would never be able to reach the Dawn Defense Line this night.

The countdown was getting shorter and shorter, and a bright pearl in human civilization was converging towards the same place.