In the living room, Lin Huang sat on a chair and listened to the border guard who was sitting opposite him quietly.
"There are a total of 32 outposts on the southern border of the White Capital. The outpost that discovered the monster horde is called the South Beacon. It's the biggest outpost in the entire southern border. There's a supreme detection relic there.
"The Supreme Detection Relic is activated by the energy crystal. Under normal circumstances, it will automatically detect once a week at random. The detection radius is 1,000 kilometers, which covers almost half of the southern border. As soon as there's an anomaly, it'll be reported immediately. Of course, apart from that, as long as there are more than 1,000 monsters within a radius of 300 kilometers, the detection relic will be triggered and an alarm will be sent.
"About forty minutes ago, the Detection Relic was triggered by a passive mechanism. After the alarm was sent, the staff in the South Beacon spent a large amount of energy crystals to activate the detection function of the relic. Only then did they confirm the outbreak of the monster horde. They then informed the other posts and the Union Government headquarters as soon as possible. After confirming the authenticity of the incident, the Coalition government immediately sent a recruitment order to all of you. You know what happened after that … "
"How did they confirm the scale of the monster horde? Did they use the same relic? Also, who came up with the evaluation of the destruction-grade monster horde? Did they confirm that there are a large number of immortal-level or imperial-level monsters? " After listening to the man's explanation, Lin Huang immediately asked about the things that he wanted to know the most.
"It's the result of the detection relic. Not only can the supreme relic calculate the approximate number of the monster horde, but it can also identify the strength of the monster's aura. As soon as a Transcendent monster is discovered, the detection number and combat strength can be marked directly. It has never been wrong before. "
"According to the detection relic sent by the South Beacon, the scale of the monster horde is huge. There are more than 15 million monsters and they came from three different sources. It's said that the source isn't the Virtual Eye. The South Beacon hasn't figured out the cause of the monster horde until now. As for the evaluation of the destruction-grade monster horde, it's not because of the huge number of monsters this time. Instead, according to the detection relic, there are more than 3,000 Transcendent monsters participating in the monster horde. More than 100 of them are immortal-level monsters and there are even three imperial-level monsters … "
Hearing the border guard's words, Lin Huang was stunned.
"3,000 Transcendent monsters … more than 100 immortal-level monsters … and three imperial-level monsters?!"
Lin Huang had never imagined that there would be a monster horde of such a scale before he arrived. At that moment, he even suspected that this was the doing of the Purple Crow. If the Purple Crow really had such a terrifying method to control the Beast Tide, the Coalition government would have been replaced by the Purple Crow a long time ago.
"How big is the coverage of the Beast Tide?" After a while, Lin Huang came back to his senses and asked.
"According to South Feng, more than 80% of the borders of the Southern Territory are within the range of this Beast Tide. The large-scale beast horde will reach the border in about an hour and a half, but there are already some flying beast hordes colliding with a few outposts … "
After getting the information that he wanted from the border guard, Lin Huang then stood up and left the living room. When he arrived at the hall, the two immortal-levels had just finished their conversation with the director.
Seeing Lin Huang walk out, the both of them looked at him again. Lin Huang glanced at the both of them and walked out of the outpost, followed by the both of them.
"The official monster horde will take another hour and a half to reach here. Should I stay here or go to the place where the monster horde has already happened to help?" As Lin Huang was thinking about this, the two immortal-levels flew into the sky and headed towards the east.
Lin Huang looked at the both of them quietly as they disappeared from his sight. He had decided to stay.
If there were no immortal-level guards at the outpost, the entire outpost would be destroyed as soon as it encountered a chief-level (immortal-level) monster. With the departure of the two immortal-levels, the outpost would lose its combat strength. Lin Huang had to stay behind to fill the gap.
The departure of the two immortal-levels caused a heated discussion among the people. Many of the holy fire-levels were worried. They had heard about the current situation of the monster horde from the border guards. Not only were there chief-level monsters that were on par with immortal-level humans, there were also king-level monsters that were on par with imperial-level monsters.
There were only three imperial-level monsters, so the probability of encountering them was low. However, there were hundreds of immortal-level monsters. Even if they were divided into 32 outposts, they would encounter at least three monsters at each outpost. Without an immortal-level guard, the outpost was not safe at all.
Looking at the people who were worried, Lin Huang did not know how to comfort them. He could not possibly tell them that he could kill immortal-level monsters. Even if he told them, nobody would believe him.
As time passed, there were no more immortal-level powerhouses arriving. Many of them were depressed and some of them even thought of escaping to other posts. A minority of them decided to leave after some hesitation. Seeing that there were no immortal-levels, some of them did not stay.
More than an hour later, there were only 19 holy fire-levels left in the outpost that Lin Huang was at, including Lin Huang.
Besides Lin Huang, most of them had no expression on their faces. Some of them even looked gloomy. They knew that staying was equivalent to choosing death, but they still chose to stay. If there was no one guarding the outpost, the monsters would enter without any hindrance. If they stayed, they might be able to buy a few minutes for the reinforcements to rest.
Looking at the tense atmosphere, Lin Huang's heart sank. He knew that those who chose to stay had given up on life and death.
It was the end of November. Even at the southernmost part of the White Capital, it was still early winter. As the sky turned bright, there was a thin layer of frost on the ground.
The 19 of them sat around a burning bonfire quietly. The tense atmosphere was even colder than the temperature.
The bonfire was reflected in his eyes, and an unknown emotion lingered in his chest. Lin Huang could not help but let out a long breath, causing a cloud of white mist to form in the air.
A tall, bearded man on the left of Lin Huang glanced at Lin Huang and the rest of the young men. After a moment of hesitation, he finally spoke.
"Everyone, I'm sure all of you know that without immortal-levels, the possibility of our outpost surviving this crisis is extremely low. I'm not trying to say anything to shake our morale, but there's something that I have to say. "The bearded man attracted everyone's attention as soon as he spoke. "We have three young men here. The oldest one isn't even 25 years old. They have the possibility of leveling up to immortal-level or even imperial-level. They shouldn't waste their lives here. I think they should leave and head to the outpost that's guarded by the immortal-levels. "
What the bearded man said made many of them fall into silence. Soon, some of them agreed with him.
Another old man with gray hair said, "The bearded man is right. It doesn't make a difference if there are three of us here. Let the three of them leave."
Lin Huang kept quiet. He could see that the other two were hesitating.
"Leave, kid. You guys still have a long way to go. You shouldn't waste your lives here. Old men like us have no hope of leveling up to immortal-level. However, it's different for you guys … "The bearded man patted Lin Huang's shoulder.
Lin Huang fell into silence for a moment. He then shook his head and smiled. "I'm not leaving. If I leave, nobody will kill the immortal-level monsters for you guys."
Everyone was stunned when they heard that. Soon, many of them burst into laughter.
"I can't believe that you're such a humorous kid." The bearded man patted Lin Huang's shoulder again with a smile on his face. However, it was not a mocking smile. Instead, it was a carefree and happy smile.
"I'm not leaving. If I were to escape this time, I won't be able to live in peace for the rest of my life." The other two young men seemed to be much more relaxed. One of them shook his head in determination.
"I'm not leaving either. I've never seen an immortal-level monster before. I'll stay to broaden my horizons." The other young man forced a smile.
"Since all of you have made up your mind, from today onwards, we're comrades who will die for each other. Let me introduce myself. My name is Ai De. " The bearded man took out a bottle of wine and raised it up high. He then took a big gulp and passed it to Lin Huang who was on his right.
Lin Huang was stunned for a moment. He then took the bottle and raised it up high. He then introduced himself, "Hi, everyone. My name is Lin Huang. Please take care of me in the future!"
He then took a big gulp and passed the bottle to a middle-aged man on his right, just like how the bearded man did.
"I'm Wang Long!" The middle-aged man took the bottle and introduced himself. He then passed the bottle to the bearded man …
Everyone then gathered around the bonfire and passed the bearded man's bottle to the next person. Everyone introduced themselves as they drank their wine. Even the young man, who didn't drink much, gulped down a mouthful of wine with a flushed face. His embarrassment caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Lin Huang memorized everyone's name after walking around the place.
The bottle was returned to the bearded man, Ai De. He then took a few big gulps and laughed. "From today onwards, no matter if they're dead or alive, we're comrades!"
Lin Huang was touched. He had never thought that the people who did not care about life and death would bring such a huge shock to him.
At this moment, a horn was heard on the tower of the outpost. Then, a shout came from the top of the tower. "The monster horde is here!"
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