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"Thank you for your efforts and your adventurous feat of defeating the bugs last time. If the bugs were allowed to break through and enter the internal front, we would not be as smooth as we are now." Liuli City Lord said.

"That's right. After all, we have to win." Xiang Yang replied.

If they were to evacuate now, they might not be able to leave because there are energy behemoths within hundreds, maybe thousands, of kilometers around.

The area they defended, that is, the large open area from the coal mine to the bank of the rushing river, had slightly fewer energy giants.

Because energy behemoths are not stupid either. Faced with so many cities and so many corpses of energy behemoths on the ground, some do not dare to get closer. They will go around directly, give up attacking coal mines, and escape directly into the desert.

get away.

What will really hit this side are swarms or predators' raids.

Or a more crowded swarm of energy beasts suddenly breaks out. Those behind cannot see the situation in front and have no time to pay attention, so they will rush in directly with the large army.

Therefore, the energy behemoth they deal with is actually intermittent, and they often have time to breathe.

Xiang Yang also knew that the Lord of Liuli City was just being polite, and he was waiting for the other party to reveal the true intention of this contact.

The Lord of Liuli City stopped being polite and said directly: "Our scouts will report back before dark."

The people from Liulicheng were sent very far. They penetrated deep into the Langling Mountains and were out of the range of internal communications. They used ladder returns, so it took several days for the innermost people to return.

Xiang Yang didn't say anything, but had a bad feeling.

"The mountain roads inside Wolf Ridge are rugged and they couldn't find the route in. They only reached a location more than 500 kilometers away from here."

The investigators sent out by Liulicheng did not use airships, but modified vehicles.

Because these vehicles use energy blocks as their power source, airships are too conspicuous in the sky. Facing this wave of energy monsters is to die.

A small aerial energy behemoth will shoot down an airship.

Therefore, even if there are airships, they will not use them.

"They have no way to determine the cause of this wave of energy monsters, nor can they find the source of the explosion, but what is certain is that the energy monsters inside Wolf Ridge are still coming out continuously, with no end in sight.

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The Lord of Liuli City said.

"Do you want to find out the source of this wave of energy monsters?" Xiang Yang asked.

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether the root cause is found. What matters is the end of the energy monster wave." Liuli City Lord basically agreed with Xiang Yang's guess, but said: "We have never experienced a crisis that lasted for such a long time."

It has indeed been a long time, four days in a row. This is the rhythm in which the energy behemoths within the entire Wolf Ridge have to be driven out continuously.

Obviously, the Lord of Liuli City is also very anxious.

"Even if the root cause is found, it may not be able to end this disaster." Xiang Yang already knew the purpose of Liuli City Lord specifically looking for him this time.

That is to let Shenlong City go deep into the Wolf Ridge to investigate the cause of the formation of this energy monster wave.

Shenlong City has the ability to fly, and only they have the ability to enter the interior of Wolf Ridge and conduct reconnaissance operations. The other cities here are all land cities and cannot do this.

The risk of this behavior is quite high.

Once a city enters, there will be no support from other cities.

But what Xiang Yang said is the truth. Even if the cause is found, can this wave of energy monsters be ended? I'm afraid this needs to be discussed.

"Yes, it may not end. We are not completely sure, but..." Liuli City Lord suddenly stopped here.

"Is there any difficulty?" Xiang Yang asked.

"Don't let anyone know what I'm going to say next." Liuli City Lord said, "Unless it's announced by us."

"No problem." Xiang Yang replied.

"Our combat material reserves are only enough to fight for five consecutive days."

Liuli City Lord said: "Since yesterday, the impact of energy giants has become slightly less, and more of them have directly bypassed the positions we set up."

"According to this trend, we can probably hold on for another two days, but no one knows what will happen next. There may be a larger-scale battle, which may speed up consumption."

Even if a reserve material warehouse is established, there are limits.

Providing supplies for more than 130 cities for five consecutive days is already a huge amount, but given the current situation it is far from enough.

Xiang Yang had never considered this issue before.

The situation is indeed critical and desperate. Once the supplies are exhausted, many of their cities will become lumps of steel and become lambs to be slaughtered.

If other cities know about it, it will inevitably cause commotion, and maybe some cities will start to break out.

In this current situation, breaking out is a dead end.

"We can only hold on for two more days at most. It's really disappointing news." Xiang Yang was a little stunned. He didn't expect this result.

"So, we must find the cause of this energy monster wave. If we can eliminate that cause, we may be able to save it." Liuli City Lord said somewhat helplessly.

"Aren't you afraid of us escaping directly from the air?" Xiang Yang asked rhetorically.

"The only way you can escape is to go in the opposite direction and leave from inside Wolf Ridge."

Liuli City Lord said: "It is absolutely impossible from the lower reaches of the rushing river and the direction of the desert. There are a large number of energy behemoths in those directions, as well as many powerful flying species."

On the contrary, now, most of the flying energy behemoths in the sky have come out from inside Wolf Ridge first, and those who have not come out are also the ones who are relatively weak, have poor endurance, and fly slowly.

Therefore, if you escape from the air, it is safer inside Wolf Ridge.

Escape from the ground is basically a no-brainer.

Therefore, the Lord of Liuli City is indeed a little worried that Shenlong City will take the opportunity to escape after hearing the news, but it is not to the point of being very worried.

Of course, the risks inside Wolf Ridge are not limited to flying energy behemoths in the air. Some energy behemoths on the ground will also attack the air.

"Not only can you fly, but you also have weapons like lookouts, so you are the best candidate to serve as a scout for the city." Liuli City Lord continued.

Osmanthus City also returned to the trading ground once, so the Lord of Liuli City guessed that there was a lookout in Shenlong City. After all, it was Osmanthus City that gave this to them.

I don’t know the specific functions after evolution, but the telescope function will be there.

In this regard, Shenlong City is indeed the best candidate.

"Okay, let's take a trip." Xiang Yang had to agree, because the Lord of Liuli City was right. Whether they wanted to escape or not, they needed to pass through the interior of Wolf Ridge.

Xiang Yang was also very aware of the risks of going elsewhere. After all, they were the ones driving those energy giants in those directions.

"Thank you very much for your help. We Liulicheng owes you a favor. If you survive this time, if you need anything in the future, just come to us. We will never refuse any help we can."

The Lord of Liuli City said.

The only thing left is how to tell other cities, which is not a problem. Xiang Yang directly stated the purpose, but did not mention that the reserve supply library was almost exhausted.

Some people took the risk to investigate and find the cause of this energy monster wave. Of course, others would not stop it, and they were even happy.

Finding the cause of this wave of energy monsters may not necessarily end this crisis, but it will be easier to end than it is now, that's for sure.

Shenlong City prepared all night to get all the supplies in the city, and set off at dawn the next day.

Although time is tight, it is safer during the day.

There are many flying energy behemoths inside Wolf Ridge. Some are also escaping, but most of them are running around in panic inside.

Of course, their strength was not very good. As of noon, Xiang Yang and the others had not found anyone above the village level. They basically ran away when they saw Shenlong City coming from a distance.

However, there are some energy giants on the ground that pose a slight threat to Shenlong City.

But Shenlong City was advancing at a speed of nearly 300 kilometers per hour, and those on the ground were also fleeing Wolf Ridge, not an ambush, so when it was decided to attack, it was basically when Shenlong City was approaching.

At the speed of Shenlong City, it was out of the attack range in just a moment.

It is impossible for the fleeing energy behemoth to chase them.

Therefore, they seemed very safe and basically walked sideways.

The only regret was that they didn't find anything unusual. Energy behemoths were escaping from all directions on the ground, and there was no definite location.

The only thing that is certain is that they basically fled outside Wolf Ridge.

Of course, some are very weak and have no ability to cross obstacles such as rivers or mountains, but they can only run around in the mountains.

Therefore, there is no way to estimate the specific direction that caused this result.

They could only go deep inside and investigate every place.

Around 12 noon.

"City Lord, I think we should fly as high as possible so that we can have a wider field of vision."

Gao Hongzhan suggested: "Although there are clouds that will block the view, as long as we reduce the speed, we can look down through the gaps in the clouds."

Shenlong City is currently flying below the clouds, only about one thousand meters in the air.

If they were going too fast, they wouldn't be able to use the gaps between the clouds that suddenly appeared to explore the ground, but the problem was that they ran out of time.

Liulicheng's reserve supply warehouse can only last for about two days at most.

This is why they have to do it so quickly regardless of consumption. To be honest, Xiang Yang is also very anxious.

Although Xiang Yang and Liuli City Lord also talked about escaping, he knew very well that they could not escape through Wolf Ridge.

Because in fact, they had to cross the Wolf Ridge and enter the plateau to completely avoid this wave of energy monsters.

Especially after entering Wolf Ridge, they were sure from the air, and the coastal areas and desert directions were also affected.

As long as there is an easy route out of Wolf Ridge, there are energy behemoths escaping.

If Shenlong City wants to leave, the only safe way is to go deep into Wolf Ridge and enter the plateau, but they don't know how to cross the plateau here.

"City Lord, I think you can give it a try. Look at the energy behemoths running on the ground. They don't leave in one direction. Many of them wander around for a long time before escaping outside the Wolf Ridge."

Qian Youliang controlled the lookout. He also heard it and said on the internal communication channel: "Perhaps the real crisis that caused the wave of energy monsters is not inside Wolf Ridge, but in the center of Wolf Ridge."

"Then let's give it a try. At night we will lower the altitude and increase the speed." Xiang Yang still agreed, because so far, nothing has been achieved and some changes must be made.

Therefore, Shenlong City lowered its speed to 120 kilometers per hour and headed for high altitude.

"What is that, lightning and thunder?"

"Can the mountains generate their own electricity? There are no dark clouds in the sky. It's not natural thunder and lightning."

"Hey, the lightning is moving."

Two hours later, they discovered an anomaly. They were still far away. Even the observers could not see the specific situation clearly. They only saw lightning.

And, strangely enough, lightning can move.

"It could be the lightning released by a giant creature, an energy giant, or an ordinary giant beast," one person said.

Regardless of the fact that energy behemoths pose a great threat to cities, if you really have to fight against ordinary behemoths, you may not be able to win at a certain level.

Of course, the two rarely fight each other because there is no benefit at all.

"Let's take a closer look." Xiang Yang has already taken control of Shenlong City.

It was indeed far away when viewed from high altitude. It was another hour before they got closer and discovered what was going on.

"Oh my God, a super giant energy beast."

The energy behemoth on the ground is definitely more than 500 meters long. Its general appearance is a bit like a dinosaur, with a big head and a huge horn on its head.

Thunder and lightning circulate outside its body and radiate in all directions. The horn is the lightning release body, and crackling lightning and thunder are heard from time to time.

There are many corpses of energy beasts around. This monster is constantly devouring those corpses, no matter how big or small it is. It devours them as soon as it is caught. After eating the ones on the ground, it moves on to hunt other energy beasts.

The speed is also very fast, and it can definitely run more than 100 kilometers.

"City Lord, this is the Thunderhorn Beast, an urban-level energy beast, close to the metropolitan level." Bai Qianxue appeared in the video box, "It is a super predator."

To perform this task, Shenlong City is still divided into three shifts. Bai Qianxue is the next shift group, and the shift time is still at four o'clock in the afternoon.

After she noticed something unusual in the observation room, she ran to an observer and took a look.

"Super predators are very picky about their prey. They will not eat energy giants that they have no appetite for. They also pay great attention to maintaining the ecological balance of energy giants in their hunting grounds."

Bai Qianxue continued: "From the looks of it, this energy behemoth must be crazy. It is attacking and devouring all energy behemoths indiscriminately."

"Crazy?" Xiang Yang was stunned, a crazy super energy beast.

"It becomes violent. Some energy giants are diseased or attacked by specific parasites. In short, they are finished. They will lose their minds and become extremely violent before they die." Bai Qianxue explained.

"Then when it dies, will this crisis be over?"

Xiang Yang let out a breath. He had already guessed that this wave of energy monsters was probably caused by this violent Thunderhorn Beast.

Those energy behemoths that fled were not only afraid of being attacked and eaten, but also afraid of being infected.

As for how it was infected, even Bai Qianxue didn't know. After all, energy behemoths are completely different life forms from ordinary creatures, including other behemoths.

It is very difficult for Wasteland City to study these.

If it was really caused by this violent thunderhorn beast, then after getting sick, he would die soon. Normally, when the parasite dies, the pathogen it caused will also disappear.

Even if it doesn't disappear or move, other energy behemoths just need to stay away from the place of death.

Then, the wave of energy giants will naturally come to an end.