No matter what kind of speculation he had, without any confirmation, it was still like a rootless duckweed. He could only say that there was something fishy about the Goddess of Calamity, and that there had been a huge upheaval and change within the royal family.
Li Xiang could only hope that these things had nothing to do with Bai Lili's recent actions, which Qin Youheng was worried about. Now that Chen Fei suspected that her identity had been exposed, she had canceled the one-way communication. This showed how urgent the situation was.
Li Xiang, who was in the Great Wall of Calamity, could not do anything else. He could only hope that Qin Hu could pass the news to Ming Xu and Yu Zhitong, and then use them to investigate the mystery of the orphanage. Then, he would find a way to send the map scroll to Mili at the Chronometer Tower.
The next morning, he bid farewell to Kou Ruhai and returned to Iceshen City alone.
He had made arrangements for the Goddess of Calamity, the orphanage, and the map scroll. Now, he had to figure out how to modify the Great Wall of Calamity.
More than half a month had passed by the time he returned to Iceshen City. The trip had indeed taken him a month. The strange thing was that the Level-9 players who had been summoned were still not confirmed. The magic avatars left on the seven continents could not contact their original bodies. After all, they did not know where the new world was. Their magic avatars were also cut off from contact with their original bodies.
Without the Night King, the Great Wall of Calamity was still operating in an orderly manner. The garrison commander of each stronghold was in charge of manpower, resources, combat, and other matters. They seemed to have a lot of power, but in reality, they were all very busy. They could not wait to get a few more avatars to deal with these matters.
On the day he returned to Iceshen City, a bloody battle had just ended. In the month he had been away, Iceshen City had experienced more than a dozen large-scale night attacks. Several strongholds had been lost one after another. It was said that the Night Watchers had been mobilized to stabilize the situation.
A battle that could alarm a large number of Night Watchers was very rare. This meant that not only had the Calamities come, but more than one or two. It was a pity that he did not get to see such a grand occasion.
Li Xiang rushed to the stronghold of the Third Garrison Team. In just a month, the faces of the defenders had changed. There were almost no familiar faces. When these soldiers saw him wearing the black robes of the Night Watchers, no one dared to block his way, even though he looked very young.
The base of the Third Garrison Team was filled with a strong smell of blood. The smell of blood from more than a dozen battles had yet to dissipate. Even the outer walls were dyed brownish red, which was a ghastly sight.
Many warriors were carrying goods in twos and threes, and were rebuilding some simple buildings. Before he even got close, he could hear Lori's long loli voice, which was especially clear and conspicuous in this place.
"Quick, quick, quick. Bandages, anesthetic needles, stimulants, tongs, scalpels, needle and thread. Disinfect with alcohol. I want to amputate his leg right here."
Lori was wearing a white uniform. She had been assigned to the Medical Division. She had successfully stood out in more than a dozen battles and became the Medical Division's Medical Division Captain. There were seven or eight medical team members assisting her. At this moment, she was surrounding a soldier.
That warrior's thigh was almost completely rotten. The wound was so deep that the bone could be seen. Thick black gas lingered on it, and the wound could not be healed. After a few days, maggots began to grow on it.
There were very few Night Watchers who knew healing magic. In fact, healing magic had always been the weakness of the Seven Continents. Healing magic belonged to the support category, but it could only be learned by fusing with healing magic runes when promoting to a Magician. This type of player's carrier was special and very rare.
Ordinary healing magic was mostly used in medical facilities to treat ordinary injuries and illnesses. If one was injured by a mutant or disaster, the lingering death gas could not be expelled, and the injury could not be healed. If one was more decisive, they could only perform amputation to save the king.
The soldier yelled and shouted. A group of medical team members could not hold him down. Obviously, he did not want to amputate his leg directly.
"Idiot! If we don't amputate your leg, you'll turn into a rotten mutant in three days. Do you want to live with that kind of body? I'm afraid that before you mutate, your head will be smashed by us. " Lori's body was petite, but her tone was not weak. As she shouted, she ordered the medical team members to hold down the soldier. She was going to do it directly.
The soldier struggled even more fiercely. Li Xiang immediately walked over and patted a few medical team members.
They looked back and saw a young man wearing a black robe of the Night Watchers. They quickly bowed and made a path.
"Let me do it," he said calmly.
"Sensei, you're back!" Lori looked up at him. Her large eyes were bloodshot and tired, but they were filled with joy and excitement.
"Where's the Mechanical Spirit-branded Retainer? Why are you alone?" Li Xiang crouched down and pressed down the struggling soldier with one hand. The soldier was terrified, but no matter how he moved, he could not escape from Li Xiang's control.
This young man's strength was greater than that of several medical team members combined.
"She went to help repair the city wall. Hold him down and don't move. I'll inject him with anesthesia and stimulants."
Lori adjusted her state and began working.
Seeing the little loli's skilled skills and her mature personality, Li Xiang sighed. He did not know whether to be happy or sad.
At her age, she should've been at school with her classmates, dreaming and working hard for the future without any worries, but instead, she entered the world of magicians early on. Now, she was even sent to the Great Wall of Calamity and experienced true cruelty first.
Soon, the amputation operation was completed. Lori ordered the medical team to settle him down and brought Li Xiang to wash off the blood stains on his body.
When the knife went down and her body was covered in blood, her eyes were calm and did not change at all. It could be seen that Lori had completely adapted to life here after a month of training.
She had also become very mature.
Li Xiang scanned the base but did not see any members of the Third Garrison Team. Captain Jero was also nowhere to be found.
That old man was his referral and the first Night Watcher he saw. Why was he not at his base at this busy time?
Li Xiang voiced his doubts. Hearing this, Lori's washing hands suddenly paused. Then, she quickly took off her clothes. There were many scars on her petite and fair body, which made one's heart ache.
She did not care too much and just washed her body.
This scene was very common in the Great Wall of Disaster. Both men and women did not care about these details.
"Captain Jero and all the members of the Third Garrison Team died in the last battle to defend the city."
Li Xiang's washing hands trembled slightly. He lowered his head and asked for the details.
It turned out that in the last night attack, the Disaster Camp had launched an astonishing attack. Just the number of Disasters alone was enough to make Lori think that it was the end of the world.
She and Tea had been defending this base together. At that time, a Disaster had approached them abnormally, but the Night Watchers had not arrived yet. Seeing that the base was about to be destroyed, Captain Jero had jumped off the wall and fought one-on-one with the Disaster. In the end, he was unfortunately devoured.
"That was a Disaster that was said to have advanced to Grade A, the Thousand Teeth Shadow." Lori was unable to describe that scene. Just the mention of such a high-level disaster caused her small body to tremble uncontrollably. A sense of fear and despair began to spread throughout her body. It was only thanks to Li Xiang's large, warm hands that she was able to calm down.
It was too scary.
The other team members had also died in that battle. With the protection of Tea, she managed to survive until the Night Watchers arrived and drove the calamities out of the Great Wall.
Although such battles had happened many times, it was very unreasonable. Usually, there would be signs of large-scale night attacks, and they would not be so desperate. Therefore, in order to deal with this abnormal phenomenon, Commander Rita had been convening a meeting with the Night Watchers recently.
The new commander of this base had not arrived, but the soldiers guarding the base were gradually taking their positions.
No one remembered the past of the Third Garrison Team. This group of people was like brilliant fireworks in the dark night, disappearing in an instant.
They disappeared outside the city wall.
"The Mechanical Shikigami should be quite damaged as well. When she comes back, tell her to look for me. I will repair it." Li Xiang calmed himself down and walked towards the Ice Scar Castle. He wanted to report to Commander Rita first.
As soon as he took a few steps, Lori grabbed his sleeve.
He turned around and saw the blushing, naked little Lori suddenly took out a wrinkled pack of cigarettes from the pile of clothes and handed it to him.
"This is what the sister called Serena left behind. It is said that she threw this out before the Mutants ate her, hoping that her companion would give it to you."
Everyone knew that Li Xiang did not go to any hot girls that night. Now, there were rumors that he liked men in the Great Wall of Disaster. After that incident, Serena's reaction was especially strong. She had also expressed her love for Li Xiang many times, whether intentionally or unintentionally, openly or secretly. Unfortunately, she was all ignored by Li Xiang.
In the Great Wall of Disaster, the men who wanted to spend a night with Serena could line up from one end of the city wall to the other. However, she only had eyes for Li Xiang. For a time, she became the topic of conversation for many Warriors.
Who would have thought that she would not be able to last through this month of bloody battles.
Li Xiang held the wrinkled pack of military cigarettes. A rich fragrance spread out from it. It was the smell she gave him that day.
He sighed and put the pack of cigarettes into his pocket. He patted Lori's head and quickly ran to the Ice Scar Castle.
The meeting room of the castle was currently discussing the connection behind these bloody battles. Rita stood in front of the sand table. Her military cap was slanted, and one of her eyes was covered with a black eyepatch. She looked a little like a pirate.
She saw Li Xiang at first glance and immediately waved. "You're back? How did it go? "
"Fortunately, I did not disappoint you." Li Xiang bowed.
The other Night Watchers looked over. They knew that a young member would join the army soon. In that battle, the scene of him and Casa working together was unforgettable.
The style of that shot was amazing.
"Very good. I will arrange your induction ceremony tonight. After that, you will immediately take over Jerome as the captain of the Third Garrison Team. These damn monsters, seven Night Watchers died this time."
Rita's face was full of anger. At the last moment, she had taken action to ease the situation. In order to force the Calamities to retreat, she had paid the price of one of her eyes.
"Commander, I still feel that these night attacks are very strange." A Night Watcher took a step forward and insisted. "In the past, there have been many large-scale attacks like this, but it is very rare for the high-grade Calamities to act in large numbers. I believe that any player who has been to the Calamity Camp knows the situation outside. "
"That's right. Although the Calamity Camp is much stronger than the Human Camp, they do not have the concept of companions. They only care about territory and killing. As Calamities, as long as they invade the territory of another Calamity, they will be met with a bloodthirsty counterattack. The number of internal battles between them is much more than the number of battles they have with us." A Night Watcher nodded.
The Night Watcher who raised the objection continued. "This means that the possibility of the high-grade Calamities working together is almost zero. It is normal for the mutants to be driven by these Calamities and repeatedly attack the city walls. However, the attacks of the Calamities are always irregular. However, these ten times, they are clearly working together as if they are under the command of someone!"
What he meant was that there was a commander above these Calamities. That was why more than ten unrelated Calamities could work together and cause such a huge loss to the Ice Scar City.
Li Xiang immediately thought of the battle that destroyed the Bestial Colosseum before he came here.
He quickly explained the current situation of the Bestial Colosseum.
Everyone was shocked. A large stronghold and its garrison commander had been destroyed. This was no small matter.
"If that's the case, the Black Stone Gate must have encountered the same problem when they asked for help," Rita muttered. As soon as she finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
"Is another large-scale battle of the Great Wall coming?" a Night Watcher whispered.
Some of the Night Watchers present were newcomers, while others were veterans. The older ones, such as Garrison Commander Rita, had experienced a large-scale battle of the Great Wall.
At that time, all the strongholds would have been attacked by countless Calamities and mutants. It could be said that it was the real end of the world. In the end, everyone was killed or injured. The Night King and the other Level-9 fighters had to act to repel the wave of Calamities.
More than half of the Night Watchers were killed or injured, and there were not many soldiers left to defend the city.
After that, there was a long period of rest. Humans relied on their advantage in reproduction and systematic cultivation to barely make up for these losses.
Every time a battle of the Great Wall was not handled well, the city would be destroyed and people would die. This would spread to the Seven Continents. This was the most terrifying disaster.
However, it had been decades since the last battle of the Great Wall. Humans were always forgetful. Only then would the Aristocratic Alliance of the Seven Continents panic.
"It's too early to say that it's a battle of the Great Wall. However, this situation is indeed strange. I have to report it and send the Night Watchers and player support teams to check out the situation in Galaxy."
Hearing that he had to send people to the other side, the Night Watchers fell silent again.
This task was equivalent to suicide. Leaving the Great Wall and entering Galaxy was equivalent to entering the Calamities' base camp. Even Level-9 players would not dare to wander around. Ordinary players would be like sheep in a tiger's den. There was no chance of survival.
However, they had to use their lives to obtain information for the human camp.
At times like this, some old and weak players and Night Watchers would often be sent.
After the discussion, Li Xiang returned to the stronghold. The Mechanical Tea was already waiting for him. However, she did not seem to be injured at all, which surprised Li Xiang.
After asking, he found out that the Mechanical Spirit-branded Idols were actually on the verge of breaking. However, after a few days of rest, they actually began to heal themselves!
"Mechanical creatures are not afraid of the Calamities' death aura." Li Xiang suddenly understood. The Mechanical Spirit-branded Idols he created were already very close to humans. The only thing they could not compare to Duke Siluo was their intelligence.
At the end of the day, the Mechanical Tea was still a mechanical creature with simple intelligence, unlike the Queen of Pain.
In addition, she had recovery and stamina that humans could not hope to reach. She was indeed a good helper in battle.
However, Duke Siluo had been focusing on creating Bai Lili and the Goddess of Calamity all these years and had completely given up on research in this area. Without him, no one would be able to use mechanical creatures in battle.
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