Chapter 336 Trojan Horse (3k)
West of Seattle City.
The main city defense on the west side is much stronger than on the east side. The surface of the city walls has a metallic sheen, and it is made of some advanced materials. There is even a transparent white shield set up one meter away from the city.
On the walkable walkway, more than thirty magic crystal cannons are aimed into the distance, ready to fire. The rusty muzzles look full of killing intent.
The previous urgent signal came from this side. When Su Jiu and another person landed on the watchtower, the walkway was already crowded. It was a dense mass of people. Apart from the ordinary masses who were summoned, most of the rest were fully armed official soldiers. They were all wearing uniforms and berets, and their strength was generally around High-Rank Warrior to Initial Stage Battle General.
It is clear that there are too few combat powers above High-Rank Battle General. If it weren’t for the World Competition, some students and teachers came to this city to join the fun. Otherwise, they would have to ask the state government for reinforcements.
“Friends above High-Rank Battle General are invited to gather at the City Lord’s Mansion to discuss countermeasures together. As for others, please stay in place and follow orders. The city government will provide certain rewards and compensation!” a rather authentic American English voice sounded from upstairs. The voice was a bit rough, but it echoed clearly in the crowd.
Hearing the voice, a few scattered people moved towards the City Lord’s Mansion, while the others watched their movements nervously.
“I went to buy some oranges. You stay here and don’t move around.”
After glancing at the crowd, Su Jiu squinted at Vivian, who was still playing games, and instructed in a low voice.
Before she could take two more steps, her waist belt was suddenly pulled by the latter. Su Jiu’s body stiffened slightly. Did she not notice her teasing?
Immediately, the corner of her mouth twitched, and she turned back, showing a professional smile. She found that the latter’s rosy eyes were quietly looking at her, blinking again and again. She asked in confusion, “What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”
Vivian’s eyes narrowed slightly, and then her small mouth curled up again. She snorted and tilted her head, saying, “Buy oranges? You get me some other fruits from the City Lord’s Mansion.”
“Okay, okay, I’ll remember to bring you some fruit.”
Relieved, Su Jiu quickly agreed without thinking further. Then she pushed with her hands and climbed up the stairs of the City Lord’s Mansion with momentum.
“This silly servant, who hasn’t read ‘The Shadow of the Back’?”
Looking at Su Jiu’s nervous back, Vivian chuckled and shook her head, continuing to play with her cracked screen phone. However, it wasn’t a game on the phone, but photos of the two of them before.
“This is…”
Su Jiu didn’t take many more steps. The first thing she saw was a wall made of transparent glass. Opposite the wall was the land outside the city wall.
And because the floor was quite high, she could see the scenery outside at a glance. The brown land was full of debris, and at the end, black smoke and dust were rising, continuously swirling to form a huge hurricane. It seemed that some creature was slowly walking in the hurricane.
“Only six people above High-Rank Battle General?” the rough male voice sounded again.
A tall figure in military uniform walked out slowly from a small room on the right, followed by a man with glasses who looked like a deputy officer, with a particularly solemn expression.
“Commander!”
Soon, some local acquaintances recognized the identity of the tall figure and quickly straightened up slightly to show respect.
Unlike those who were eager to greet them, Su Jiu leaned against the corner, hugging her arms and watching, trying to be an invisible person. After looking around for a few glances, she found Wang Li, who had mocked them before. The latter was standing at the very front, trying to say a few words to the commander, but she never had a chance.
It was not until the burly white commander, who was as strong as a bear, greeted some acquaintances in the city that Wang Li stretched out her hand, pretended to be reserved, and showed a smile, but the arrogance on her face could not be concealed as she shouted, “Commander, be sure to call me if you need anything. We are students from Imperial Capital University. Our team leader and the teacher leading the team are also at the Half-King level.”
As for why the leading teacher was only Half-King level, it was because the World Competition stipulated that, except for contestants and referees, relatives or acquaintances above Battle King level were not allowed to watch.
There was a reason for this setting – in the past, when it was not prohibited, many incidents had occurred where “the younger was beaten, and the elder came. The elder could not win, so a more elder came,” which eventually affected foreign relations.
“If only they could help us defend the city together.”
Glancing at her, the white commander nodded gently, but he did not show much enthusiasm. After all, it was only Wang Li’s classmates and teachers who were Battle King level. Moreover, these students were considered to have halved combat power in his eyes, as they were babies from ivory towers.
The attitude made Wang Li, who came to join the fun, a little displeased. But considering that others were also like this, she didn’t say anything, just thought that the former liked to treat everyone equally.
However, when the white commander’s gaze swept around, it directly stopped on Su Jiu. Their eyes met slightly, and the officer was stunned. Then he smiled and walked over.
“Miss, are you and your companion also participating in this crisis?” the white commander asked with a very bright smile.
“Just came to see.” Being greeted by him individually made Su Jiu a little uncomfortable. She didn’t know when she had met him.
“She’s really here too, but how did she get to know the commander…”
However, Wang Li’s expression stiffened. Her gaze wandered between Su Jiu and the white commander. She did not expect that her university name and her tutor’s strength could not gain respect, but Su Jiu, without doing anything, just slacking off in the corner, could receive such warm greetings from this important figure.
Not only Wang Li, but also other High-Rank Battle Generals around looked at Su Jiu with surprise, because she had no insignia on her to prove her identity, making her look exactly like a student who came to watch or participate in the World Competition.
The commander in front of them was a genuine Battle King level expert.
Hearing that Su Jiu just came to see, the white commander showed a look of disappointment, but he quickly recovered. He smiled friendly at Su Jiu and said, “It doesn’t matter, watching together is also good.”
Then he glanced at the gazes falling on him around him, turned around, looked out through the glass, his gaze fell on the black storm in the distance, and said with a rather heavy voice, “The reason I asked you all to come together is that an extremely serious event has occurred.”
As he said this, he slowly took off his beret, held it tightly in his hand, his gaze became particularly solemn, and he exhaled, saying bitterly, “This black tide has appeared with a Dream-carrying Space.”
When mentioning this term, the white commander couldn’t help but tighten his body. He was very unwilling to believe that this rare thing that appeared once in a century happened during his tenure.
“Dream-carrying Space?”
Many people looked confused, even Su Jiu was full of questions. But soon someone spoke up, an old High-Rank Battle General in his fifties. He suddenly exclaimed, “Could it be a space that can move freely carried by a special Nightmare? How could this happen?!”
With the reminder of the old Battle General, some older people quickly reacted and asked in surprise, “Didn’t this thing get destroyed by a High-Rank Battle King before? The special Nightmare’s spatial bag was even made into a storage ring.”
The crowd suddenly became inexplicably panicked. Su Jiu immediately asked in confusion, “What exactly is this Dream-carrying Space?”
Hearing this, the white commander sighed when he saw that Su Jiu was asking. His gaze was deep as he said, “It is an anomaly caused by a special Nightmare. Their backs are similar to the stomach of the special monster that makes storage bags, but much stronger… Generally, they don’t cause trouble, but if some peak monsters want to test the bottom line of humans, they like to use this kind of monster to carry groups of monsters of unknown level onto the battlefield.”
Listening to the white officer’s explanation, Su Jiu nodded slightly and immediately understood the principle. This was nothing more than a Trojan Horse in the monster world, directly carried by a Nightmare with a large army to the city, and then they launched a fierce attack.
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!!!”
Flashes of fire appeared outside the glass, as if the soldiers outside were directly attacking the special Nightmare with magic crystal cannons. Soon, the fire exploded on the Nightmare, flashing densely, like fireworks on New Year’s Day.
When the smoke cleared, the Nightmare seemed to feel the pain and slowly turned to leave. The people in the City Lord’s Mansion showed faint smiles, but Su Jiu and the white commander had extremely solemn expressions——
That Nightmare was a Half-King level monster, and the cannon fire did not harm it. Why did it turn around? Perhaps to a large extent, this was just a test for humans. The next time it might be an attack or a test.
The crisis was inexplicably resolved. Su Jiu withdrew her gaze, took out a few fruits from her ring, shook her head, and walked out.
She decided not to think about these things. Tomorrow is the World Competition, and she is just a student who came here to compete. Getting the competition done well is more important than anything else.
The two returned to the hotel. Su Jiu continued to use Vivian to brush up her skill proficiency, causing the latter to break the hotel’s computer keyboard. Coincidentally, the latter was about to win the game at that time…
“Do you believe I’ll stuff you into the toilet and then kick your ass hard with my boots?”
Vivian expressionlessly stepped forward, grabbed her collar, and asked indifferently. The floral fragrance mixed with anger sprayed onto Su Jiu’s face, making the latter’s throat bulge slightly. Her gaze inadvertently glanced at the tear mole.
Looking at this face, which was like a forest fairy, Su Jiu couldn’t help but want to kiss her. But she knew that if she really did that, she might not be able to enter the room today.
The two looked at each other closely. Su Jiu could feel the dark resentment emanating from Vivian. She immediately swallowed her saliva and volunteered to give her hand to the latter to play with, saying sincerely, “My new phone is super fast for gaming, do you want to try it?”
“Try me… that could work.”
Vivian originally wanted to refuse, but suddenly thought of something. Her lips, which were quite seductive, curled up. She took the phone and said softly.
“Then I’ll be leaving first.”
Seeing that the latter had taken her phone, Su Jiu waved her hand and went out of the room to tease the other three. She had a feeling that after this skill reached perfection, the derived skills should be quite practical.
