High Above

He was said to be leading the team, but in fact only Qingchao was accompanying him. Scott stayed behind to command, while Adlbert, who went by the pseudonym Gu Shadow, took Ian's warrant and headed to the alchemy workshop.

In a sense, Adlbert can be regarded as a defender who stayed behind - although he cannot use the power of the dead king, if the enemy really attacks Leian City, with his presence, he will definitely be able to block or even secretly destroy those enemies.

——You thought you were raiding a laboratory?

Wrong! What you are raiding is a small subspace maze guarded by the Dead Lord!

Ascendants are very fast.

Not long after, Ian and Qingchao arrived around Guyan Peak.

It was already autumn, and the sky around Guyan Peak was already full of dark clouds.

On the high ground around the mouth of Gu Yanfeng Gorge, one can overlook a large camp of mountain people from a distance.

After all, Ian has been to this area and is quite familiar with the terrain.

At the same time, for future development and to confirm the movements of the rebellious mountain people, he would send several teams of spies here every day to observe the situation.

But even so, with the terrain of the Baisen Mountains, a week's inspection cannot find all the secret passages - the rebel mountaineer troops walked out of a secret mountain forest gorge, which was originally a river, but in Dried out after a big storm six years ago, it's now lush and lush.

Because there are sublimates in this world, it is easy to conduct reconnaissance, but counter-reconnaissance has also evolved. The young man now controls the water mist to blur the figures of the two people, so that he can climb to the top of the mountain without being discovered.

They began to observe the situation.

The mountain people's camp was built on a platform on the mountainside of Guyan Peak. The gray rock seemed to be made of metal and was extremely strong.

This place is difficult to destroy, and it is condescending, so you can observe the surrounding situation. The most important thing is that it will not be like the flat land below the mountain gorge, which can be easily blown up by explosives or buried in the valley.

This was actually the strategy that Ian originally wanted to use - in fact, he specially sent people to clean up the flat land. If the leader of the mountain people was really that stupid, let alone a thousand people, even if it was Ten thousand people also had to be buried.

But apparently the mountain people were not that stupid to see the danger in that place.

The mountain camp is roughly divided into three major groups, each of which is relatively independent and can be seen to belong to different chiefs.

What made Ian wary was that each camp was built very solidly. There were driven beasts crawling around to guard the gates, there were also hunters patrolling, and there were many hidden sentries in the precognitive vision.

Very formal - this is a training force trained by Feiyandi instructors!

Only Ian has the Ring of Silence and the Water Mist Transformation. If the other second energy levels are approaching, they will definitely be discovered.

In the center of the camp, there are three armors. It is already a small team.

Even with the aid of Fei Yan, this number is obviously a bit too much. Ian is convinced that the main force of the rebel mountain people has arrived here.

"Warcraft, armor, and elite hunter troops."

Qingchao also saw all this, and the blue-haired swordsman frowned: "Boss, this is not ordinary - according to your old friend of the Dragon Worship Cult, three of the five leaders of the Midela Autonomous Region have come This is the place."

"Um."

Ian observed carefully, he counted in detail, and then nodded slightly: "One thousand, three hundred and fifty-four people, thirty-one trained beasts, three armors, five magic beasts, and the core three second abilities. Super ascendant."

"Fortunately, not that many." He took a long breath and said, "I thought the enemy army was pressing over. As long as the army doesn't overwhelm the formation, we can still fight."

"But it's still very troublesome."

"Isn't that much?" Qingchao opened his eyes wide and looked at Ian: "Boss, the enemy is also armored this time, so it won't be that easy to deal with, right?"

"If nothing else, those five monsters are enough for me..." He murmured to himself, obviously already starting to think about how to distribute the enemies and who would be responsible for destroying which enemies.

With Qingchao's self-awareness and professional aptitude, he felt that it might be the best choice to deal with the five-headed monsters by himself.

"I won't let you fight five monsters. In fact, it's just a volley. I'll let you see the power of the new weapon when I get back to Ryan City."

Ian shook his head. Qingchao had never seen the power of a rechargeable rifle and his own armor, so he had this wrong association.

He explained: "The main reason is that there are too many enemies, and our firepower projection cannot destroy the enemy's forward immediately - as long as the enemy does not collapse, they will definitely be able to rush into our position."

"So the most troublesome thing is that these soldiers are trained... they are not that easy to collapse, even with the addition of fear potion."

In particular, the fear potion is easy to deal with a small group of people. When the number of people is large and the range is large, Ian cannot make so many potions.

"So."

At this moment, Qingchao was also thinking about how to attack the enemy. He frowned: "Boss, is it possible to set up a few artillery pieces to collapse the platform they are on?"

"Rock mountain structures are not that easy to collapse."

Ian shook his head: "Let's see if we attack low and destroy the opponent, or if the opponent is condescending and shoots down all our artillery from a few kilometers away."

Qingchao had no other options - he was only a swordsman, and his greatest resource was to use the terrain to destroy the enemy.

But Ian is different.

He raised his head and looked at the dark clouds in the sky.

The leaden sky was extremely gloomy, and the sky was covered with darkness.

A faint rumble in the dark clouds inspired him.

"The location is not good...but the weather is."

The young man murmured to himself: "Fortunately it's cloudy and rainy here in Nanling - there's still room for maneuver."

Ian suddenly smiled: "That's right. The timing is with me!"

——It seems that he, the prophet, has received a serious prediction of the apocalypse!

Qingchao didn't understand what Ian was saying, but he could understand that Ian had already figured out a solution - that's how the other party was, whether it was in the South China Sea Labyrinth or at other times, he could always figure out a way to solve the crisis. .

The two investigated for a while, and through tribal heraldry, racial distinctions and behavioral habits, they determined that the people who came here were the 'Tiechen Tribe', 'Snake Rock Tribe' and 'Zhenzhou Tribe'. They are all well-known among the mountain people, and it is said that they all hold part of the inheritance from the heyday of the mountain people.

And their supplies were sent through a trail at the foot of the mountain...a hidden route, but it couldn't be hidden from Ian, who had a silver chip and precognitive vision.

After confirming that they had investigated all the information, the two returned to Ryan City.

Even at the speed of the Ascended One, it was already late the next night when they returned, but Scott and Adlbert were waiting for their return - even Amber, the bald craftsman, was there, with a look on his face. excited.

"how?"

That's all. Amber stayed up most of the night waiting for him. Ian felt that he didn't...

It does have such great charm. But clearly, now is not the time to turn on the charm.

"grown ups!"

Amber came over with excitement on his face. He pointed in the direction of Adelbert: "This...Mr. Gu Ying, where is the master?!"

"It took him just one afternoon to solve the problem of high-energy crop culture medium that had troubled our alchemy workshop for two years!"

"ah?"

Ian really didn't expect such a good thing - he turned his head and looked at Adlbert, the dead king who pretended to be a white citizen with his white hair and skin, and scratched his cheek shyly: " I happened to encounter a similar problem, so I tried to answer it..."

"Mr. Amber is also smart!" He emphasized: "Among all the people I have met, Mr. Amber is also very studious and quick to understand!"

"I'm not surprised about this." Ian glanced at Amber. This person with no political literacy at all and a technical mind can still be the head of the workshop, which is enough to prove that he is technically competent.

The technical problem of high-energy crop culture medium has obviously been bothering Amber for a long time. Adlbert solved it when he first arrived. He was not jealous at all, only ecstatic and grateful for having learned something - this kind of mentality is not something ordinary people can have. .

Ian turned back to look at Adalbert: "I'm rather surprised. Isn't this what you are studying in Guying?"

"I understand a little bit, I understand a little bit."

Albert said humbly. He does know a little bit, because his main job is biological alchemy and psychic alchemy, but the projects he is responsible for are related to too many things, so currently, in a rural place like Ryan Territory, he can be an all-round genius Come and use.

Amber reported to Ian the latest progress of the magnetic storm armor: Now the magnetic storm armor can be put into actual combat, and the mutual assistance function of the magnetic storm armor and the magnetic storm coil has also been initially completed with the help of Lan Dian.

After reporting this, the bald mechanic happily continued to work in the workshop.

Ian also knew why the other party was bald.

There must be a reason for the natural baldness of Terran people, who theoretically do not suffer from hair loss due to male hormones.

After Amber left, Ian's team held a small meeting.

"Only three groups came. The armies of the other two tribes should be with Elder Manya. Of course, there are more than five groups of rebel mountain people, and those who came to our side can be considered a main force."

Ian spread out the map, pointed in the direction of Laian Territory and Qiangang Mountain and said: "The rebel mountain people cannot gather all their forces to attack us. This advance of armored troops is probably the first wave of their strongest momentum. As long as we block the only offensive and eliminate their effective forces, the rebel mountain people will not have the strength to attack us again before next spring."

"grown ups."

Scott was very serious. He frowned at the moment and looked at the map and intelligence report: "According to the information you gathered, the mountain people's troops this time have more than a thousand people, three armors, and more than three hundred soldiers." An elite mountain hunter... And among us, including the White People's Guard, the mercenaries I brought, and the mercenaries sent from Nauman City, there are only more than 110 people in total."

"And there is only one armor."

"The number of enemies is more than ten times that of ours, and their military strength and equipment are not at the same level at all. Even if we succeed in defending Lian City... it will probably be a hard victory." He summed it up like this, sounding like a defeatist strategist who almost won. Say 'Our army will be defeated! ’ This is the key word.

"That's true. Our military strength is a huge disadvantage."

Ian did not refute, because what Scott said was true - but at this moment, he looked out the window, where he could see the magnetic storm coil in the north of the city in the distance.

The young man smiled and said: "But the equipment is not necessarily so. Especially armor. With the help of city defense facilities, it is not a problem for my Cyclops to defeat three ordinary fifth-generation armors alone."

"Not to mention," More than a hundred of us are all professional mercenaries and guard members. After being armed, our combat effectiveness will definitely far exceed those of ordinary mountain people. Even trained mountain hunters cannot defeat us in terms of pure weapons and equipment. "

"so."

Ian said this and raised his hand: "What we want to think about is how to solve the manpower disadvantage-the first step is to form a small team to cut off their supplies and weaken the mountain people's endurance."

“And more importantly, we must learn to rely on ‘Heaven’ to fight.”

"sky?"

Everyone was stunned, even Qingchao, who had heard Ian say this word before, felt a little confused: "Boss, what do you mean... by God?"

"Weather. And luck."

Ian explained simply: "Actually, the weather can actually be controlled... I don't know, have you ever heard of 'artificial rainfall'?"

"I've heard of it..."

Adlbert was the most knowledgeable among the countrymen present. When Scott and Qingchao were stunned for a moment, he nodded thoughtfully: "But, you can control the celestial phenomena and activate the natural spirits. Being able to change fields and control nature to attack—isn’t this the power of etheric weapons and third-level powerhouses?”

"Moreover, you must be a strong person of a specific inheritance to do it!"

"Yes. But it's definitely more than that."

Ian shook his head slightly. He believed that Terra definitely had the technology to carry out artificial rainfall, but I am afraid that these pre-era civilization's artificially changing celestial phenomena technologies have been weaponized, or sublimated and inherited. In short, they have nothing to do with ordinary people. .

Just as the Imperial City itself is a huge weather regulator, no one has ever thought of replicating a small Imperial City with only weather adjustment functions in other places to serve the public.

So much so that, for people like Adlbert, artificial rainfall has been equated with third-level powerhouses and meteorological weapons.

This is indeed the direction that Ian may develop, but technology definitely has more than one direction.

"Artificial rainfall is actually very simple."

Ian explained to everyone present: "Depending on the weather conditions, different catalysts can be used. For example, dry ice and silver iodide are used in cold weather, and salt powder or calcium chloride is used in hot weather... In short, the recent period has been It’s going to rain, and we have to ensure that on the day when the rebel mountain people attack Le’an City, it will rain around Le’an City.”

"Not just rain, but heavy rain!"

Hearing this, even Qing Chao, who had the lowest level of knowledge, understood it. He suddenly patted his thigh: "That's it! Boss, you want to be like Viscount Grant, who can create water attributes that are beneficial to you." A place where you can show off your skills and then defeat those mountain people sublime ones?"

"But won't it be a little difficult? There is indeed an increase in water-based sublimators on rainy days, but it's not that big..."

Ian raised his hand to signal Qingchao to stop talking. He was determined to get the other person to read more.

"Yes, water can conduct electricity...I see!"

Qingchao has not been in Ryan Territory for a long time and has never seen magnetic storm coils or magnetic storm armor, but Scott completely understood it. He opened his eyes wide and said excitedly: "So, as long as it rains at the right time, a thousand Multiple enemies aren’t a big deal at all!”

"Yeah. And it doesn't have to be just rain...if the conditions are perfect."

Ian smiled and looked around at the people here who were already getting excited: "We can also bring down thunder!"

Here again I recommend my best novel "Apocalypse Forecast" by Brother Feng! The well-deserved true overlord of the Fantasy Zone, No. 1 on my list of people I most want to roll!