The First Order

Chapter 962: Black Robe has to die

At Mt. Zuoyun, the expeditionary army’s barbarians were initially charging forward fearlessly at the defensive position. But after the Wolf King appeared on the mountaintop, their orderly attacking formation descended into chaos.

The war horn sounded continuously through the valley, urging the troops at the front line to retreat quickly.

P5092 carefully observed the barbarians’ movements. He was certain this was not a ruse; the barbarians were really retreating.

He also looked at the huge wolf standing atop the mountain before turning to ask Wang Yun, “Has anyone seen such mutated wolves before?”

Wang Yun carefully cycled through his memories. “Intel regarding the wolves have appeared several times in my memory. The first incident occurred near Stronghold 113, but that stronghold was destroyed by the earthquake in the Jing Mountains. The second occurrence was in the Li Consortium’s territory. Reportedly, the military had been attacked by the wolves.”

“Does it have anything to do with the future commander?” P5092 asked.

“Yes.” Wang Yun said, “The future commander originally lived at Stronghold 113. Later on, he also went to the Li Consortium.”

P5092 said with a sigh, “We thought that even the future commander couldn’t create any more miracles in the face of tens of thousands of barbarians. But in the end, this miracle happened immediately.”

However, they could not see what was happening outside the mountains, so they could not tell what was really going on either.

P5092 turned his head to Xun Yeyu. “Based on your perception, can you roughly describe to us the situation outside?”

“After foreign reinforcements arrived at Mt. Zuoyun, they didn’t stop at all. When the thousands of powerful lifeforms first collided with the expeditionary army’s formation, the barbarians’ numbers rapidly decreased.” Xun Yeyu said, “Based on those lifeforms that came from the north and the huge wolf that’s appeared now, I think those thousands of fast-moving lifeforms might be a pack of 3,000 large wolves!”

As if confirming Xun Yeyu’s description, the Wolf King stood atop the mountain and growled. The sharp howling that followed sounded like it could pierce everyone’s hearts.

A mountain breeze blew, and the Wolf King’s silvery fur fluttered majestically like an imperial court’s flag flying in the wind.

“Those wolves attacked so quickly that the barbarians didn’t have enough time to form an effective defensive formation. Their rear was shattered instantly.” Xun Yeyu continued, “For now, it’s only the wolves that have arrived. There’s still regular troops to the rear approaching quickly. I estimate they’ll arrive at the battlefield in another 10 minutes.”

With that, Xun Yeyu even put a black flag on the sand table to simulate the movements of the wolves.

“What a powerful wolf pack.” P5092 suddenly laughed. For some reason, he felt very excited.

It was very rare for him to act like this. That was because this surprise came too suddenly and shockingly.

To be honest, P5092 could not imagine what kind of person Ren Xiaosu knew. The other party could actually command such a powerful pack of wolves to come and reinforce Mt. Zuoyun.

However, he could imagine the thousands of strong, powerful wolves on the hunt outside Mt. Zuoyun at this moment as they drove the expeditionary army like antelopes into the mountains where they killed them quickly.

Then P5092 turned to Wang Yun and asked while pointing at the barbarians who were retreating, “If we trap all of these barbarians here on the battlefield of Mt. Zuoyun, do we have enough ammo to finish them?”

Wang Yun said, “If it’s only these barbarians, we definitely have enough ammo as long as no other expeditionary army forces join the fray.”

After that, P5092 said excitedly to Ji Zi’ang, “Topple all six of the mountains to cut off the expeditionary army’s retreat route. Although our reinforcements are very powerful, our Northwest Army is pretty strong too. They’re fighting the enemy at their rear, so we must not allow these barbarians to go back and reinforce their comrades. We’ll divide their battlefield to reduce the pressure on our reinforcements!”

Ji Zi’ang smiled and said, “Got it!”

P5092 made it very clear that even though their reinforcements were really strong, the wolves would not have it easy either if these barbarians made it back to their rear.

Over the past few days, P5092 had been racking his brains to think of a way to turn defeat into victory. He did not even get any sleep for the past two days and nights because he did not want this group of people from the Northwest to die here.

But while he waited for an opportunity to score a victory, the expeditionary army kept up steady attacks and did not give them a chance at all.

Now that this opportunity had presented itself, it was time to launch a counterattack.

A moment later, P5092 said to Wang Yun, “Contact Luo Lan. Have them attack from the south and take out the remaining barbarians on the battlefield with us. Tell him that I’ll leave an opening at the northern side of the battlefield to give the barbarians a chance to escape, so he can make full use of their nanosoldiers’ mobility to pursue them!”

At this moment, Luo Lan was standing next to a river south of Mt. Zuoyun. He was skipping stones across the surface in boredom. Zhou Qi, who was standing beside him, said, “We’re just sitting around and waiting like this after rushing here from so far away?”

Luo Lan chuckled, “What’s the big deal with waiting for a little bit? We’re not the commanders on the battlefield, so we have to obey our orders since we’re here. It doesn’t mean that just because we’re here to rescue them, we can be calling the shots as we like. There’s protocols to follow in war. We don’t even know what’s going on in the mountains, so of course we have to follow their orders.”

At this moment, the radio operator trotted over to convey P5092’s instructions. Then Luo Lan started laughing. He turned around and shouted to his soldiers, “Brothers, it’s time to go to work!”

With that, the cocking of guns came from among the nanosoldiers.

After the Li Consortium made the breakthrough in nanorobotics, they felt that a powerful soldier should be equipped with powerful weapons. As such, they created nanoswords to complement their nanosoldiers. These swords had nanomachines moving at high speeds at the edge of the blades to achieve a high polymer cutting effect.

But to Luo Lan and Qing Zhen, if there were guns, wouldn’t it be better to just use them? Weren’t guns more useful?

Therefore, the nanosoldiers Luo Lan brought here this time were all carrying firearms. The only difference was that these soldiers were all equipped with 40 mm grenade launchers that could be attached to their guns.

In Qing Zhen’s own words, the current physical fitness of the nanosoldiers would only put them on par with the barbarians. Therefore, they would have to take the fight against the barbarians seriously, and only by using heavy weapons would it mean they were serious!

Actually, the 40 mm underbarrel grenade launchers were not really that great. But if all 2,000 troops were to carry such a weapon, that would truly be a little terrifying.

A lot of people had yet to realize the Qing Consortium was probably the strongest organization in terms of strength other than controlling a large territory.

Some years ago when Qing Zhen was not politically active, he had been ordering his troops to search everywhere for technology that had been lost to humans. He had also used all of his financial and material resources to develop what was recovered. As such, time had given him a satisfactory answer.

Of course, the Qing Consortium would still have some difficulties in equipping all 2,000 soldiers with grenade launchers even with their capabilities. They had to be urgently allocated from the military factories and even from the active troops as well. But since they were here to rescue their friend, they would have to show their sincerity in doing so.

As for the heavy load the troops had to carry, the nanosoldiers did not have to worry about it at all.

The 2,000 nanosoldiers began advancing into the mountains. Their plan was to eliminate all the surviving barbarians.

Ever since the fighting began, a coin that determined the fate of the war was flipped high into the air where it continued spinning, and until it landed, no one knew who would secure the final victory.

And now, this coin of fate had finally landed.

The mountains in Mt. Zuoyun started to collapse as large boulders came crumbling down. The expeditionary army’s troops that were retreating could be heard wailing in pain. The barbarians who had been brimming with confidence all this time were finally starting to feel fear and despair.

When the six mountains collapsed at the same time, a large cloud of dust was swept into the air. As a result, the sky turned dark. A patch of dark clouds had shrouded everything.

A sound resembling the cracking of a glacier could be heard constantly, and the rumblings as the mountains collapsed to the ground could be described as the most magnificent sight in the world.

Most people in the world had only ever seen waterfalls gushing down, and very few people had probably ever witnessed a mountain crumbling down like that.

Some of the barbarians who tried to retreat were instantly crushed under the rockfall, while the remaining barbarians were forced to turn around and get back on the battlefield. However, they no longer had any will to fight.

Some barbarians suddenly realized there was still an opening at the northern side, so they fled towards it.

When P5092 saw this, he was finally able to put down the last of his worries. Now was the time they could truly start taking out the remaining barbarians on the battlefield. The barbarians would be fleeing with their heads in their hands, and they would not have the courage to fight back anymore.

“What should we do now? Hunt down those barbarian deserters?” Ji Zi’ang asked.

P5092 shook his head. “We can leave it to Luo Lan to pursue those deserters. Pass down the order. We’ll take our weapons and form an envelopment with the reinforcements outside the mountains. We’ll assist them in wiping out the barbarians of the expeditionary army.”

But just as he finished speaking, P5092 and the others saw Ren Xiaosu running all the way to the entrance of the command post. Ren Xiaosu pulled Xun Yeyu aside and asked, “Can you sense any solitary lifeforms leaving the vicinity of Mt. Zuoyun at this moment?”

Xun Yeyu asked, “Solitary? You mean someone by themselves?”

“Yes, a lone person!” Ren Xiaosu said firmly.

“Yes, there was a lifeform that used to be with the Experimentals. After that, it left by taking a detour from there before Luo Lan and his men arrived at the south side. It’s now taking a huge detour and leaving quickly via the north.” Xun Yeyu said, “And the life forces of the Experimentals that were behind us have totally disappeared.”

Ren Xiaosu’s eyes lit up. “That’s who I’m looking for. Let’s go. I’ll take you with me and head north. As long as that monster hasn’t died in this war, I won’t feel at ease!”

Actually, Ren Xiaosu really wanted to go meet someone else. He had been thinking of him every day and night for over a year.

Although the two of them were not related by blood, they thought of each other as family.

If it were the past, Ren Xiaosu would probably have gone to look for Yan Liuyuan without any hesitation. As for whether they would win the war or not, and whether there would be more hidden threats for humanity in the future, it wouldn’t be any of his business.

But the current Ren Xiaosu seemed to have changed. He might still be that selfish Ren Xiaosu, but now he understood what his choice would mean and how many lives it would affect.

At this moment, since they were already victorious on the main battlefield, Ren Xiaosu did not need to stay here anymore. He glanced in the direction where the Wolf King had appeared and said, “Wait for me. I’ll return immediately after killing Black Robe. Although I want to go look for you now, Black Robe has to die first.”