Chapter 639: Chapter 441 Returning to Saxon County_2
Because of the new weapons, skeletons and zombies weren’t even qualified as cannon fodder.
The vampire of the baronet level was nothing but a target that could be taken out with one shot, as for the Wraiths that were immune to physical damage, they were unable to withstand the energy bullets transformed from qi.
Although the Black Warrior had strong melee capabilities, modernized armies never engaged in bayonet combat with the enemy, relying instead on various equipment to locate the enemy’s area and then using powerful long-range firepower to obliterate them from kilometers away.
Unfortunately, while large troops could easily eliminate undead mixed squads, there were very few records of killing the core Wizard Wraiths.
The reason was quite simple, the majority of Wizard Wraiths were cowards who could only fight with the wind in their favor. As soon as they sensed their undead side was at a disadvantage with no chance of rebounding, they would use magic to quickly escape the battlefield, then disappear in front of everyone.
Logically, even if these Wizard Wraiths fled, they shouldn’t have been so decisive.
But for some reason, despite the many eradication teams sent by the Imperial Court, there were very few records of captures, let alone kills.
Compared to the scarce Brain Bug, the number of Wizard Wraiths appearing across the country was not small, perhaps their cautiousness was the reason for this situation.
In any case, after the emergence of new weapons, the threat level of this Undead Disaster for humankind was greatly reduced. Even after several sweeps by the military, Adventure Teams became active again.
After the Imperial Court opened the purchase rights for new firearms, some adventurous Adventure Teams even began actively searching for Undead in the wild.
No one knew if it was because the Wizard Wraiths were not eliminated, but despite several sweeps by the military, the number of Undead in the wild kept emerging incessantly. If it weren’t for the large number of Hunting Teams venturing out and actively eliminating Undead, in time there might really be cases of Undead attacking cities.
When Dong Tianyu finally had time to venture outside, the number of wandering Undead had already significantly decreased. Although he still occasionally encountered some skeletons or Zombies, Wraiths and Black Warriors had basically vanished.
After roaming around with Sword Control for a day, Dong Tianyu checked the Cave’s harvest and found it to be minimal. With a frustrated face, he returned home. It seemed that to obtain a large amount of materials needed to upgrade the Cave, trading with others was still necessary.
In fact, Dong Tianyu had already learned through Divine Sense that there was an unofficial major commodities Trade Market in Kyoto.
In the official Trade Market, not only were the prices transparent and the quality guaranteed, but it was also improbable for substandard goods to be passed off as good quality.
But in the unofficial Trade Market, not only was it common for substandard goods to be passed off as superior, but outright swindling was frequent as well.
It was precisely because of the all-around transparency of goods in the official market that places like the unofficial markets, which were free from regulation, had room to exist.
As life became ever more peaceful, Dong Tianyu realized that the appearance of Wizard Wraiths might be the last counterattack before the end of the Undead Disaster, much like the arrival of the Brain Bug.
With this thought, Dong Tianyu suddenly considered that since two of the three great disasters had already descended, it was very likely that the Mechanoid crisis was next, not the Cleansing Protocol.
The reason was that the Cleansing Protocol was an agreement signed between higher civilizations. If any member violated the agreement, the standard procedure was to eradicate all traces of that civilization in a full-scale cleansing, which is why it was sometimes called the Cleansing Protocol.
As for civilizations that had not signed the agreement, those who had (and had signed the Cleansing Protocol) had full disposal rights over them upon discovery.
If based on the intensity of the previous disasters, Blue Star, which has just left its mother planet and not yet officially set foot in interstellar civilization, had no qualifications to interact with those higher civilizations.
So, if the next crisis really has something to do with machinery, Zachary felt that a mechanical rebellion or an invasion by a silicon-based life form civilization, just like the Bug Race disaster, was the most likely occurrence.
Thinking of this, Zachary couldn’t help but let out a sigh. He truly didn’t know when these disasters, which kept emerging wave after wave like in a game, would finally end.
Unlike those disasters that affected everyone, aside from the initial stages of the disaster when mutant beings infected by the power of the undead would occasionally appear in various cities, after the emergence of new weapons, ordinary people basically no longer felt the impact of the disasters.
If one had to mention an ongoing impact, it would probably be the inevitable steep rise in grain prices.
After all, whether it was after the appearance of the Brain Bugs or the arrival of the Wizard Wraiths, they both deliberately targeted and destroyed the Plantation Area with the intent to attack.
Due to this reason, the vast majority of the nation’s food production decreased. Fortunately, the Imperial Court, upon realizing this situation, reopened indoor breeding and planting programs.
The food bricks, which had been forgotten by the survivors, once again appeared on everyone’s dining table, and the various flavors of high-protein spicy snack sticks (dried earthworms) also became a popular snack for many people.
With the culinary skills of the people of China, even the most unpalatable ingredients could be turned into gourmet food, not to mention that if one disregarded the earthworms’ growth environment and appearance and simply judged them based on taste, the earthworms actually had little flavor of their own.
After all, there is a popular saying online that goes, no matter what it is, as long as it’s coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried, it will make the neighboring kid cry with envy.
However, with the end of the Undead Disaster, although the price of grain increased, the proportion of pure grain in the food bricks still exceeded fifty percent.
During the lull in the disaster, Zachary had returned to Saxon County Camp to visit his parents, and from them, he learned that during the Undead Disaster, most of the Undead Creatures, like the Bug Race, disappeared into the shadows of a tree after emerging.
Because of this, those skeletons that didn’t engage in combat were unable to inscribe magic circles and sacrifice themselves to summon the six types of undead from the undead plane. This resulted in Pengcheng and Saxon County never encountering other types of undead.
After enduring the Undead Disaster, the range encompassed by the shadow of Pengcheng’s massive tree expanded significantly; the shadow now exceeded the original area of Pengcheng’s third ring road.
Even without Zachary’s warning, the survivors living around Pengcheng and in Saxon County Camp had noticed the situation with the massive tree. Moreover, Zachary had already discussed the issue with Mr. Thompson, which is why Mr. Thompson was paying even closer attention to it.
According to Mr. Thompson’s account, after the end of the Undead Disaster, Pengcheng attempted several probes into the massive tree. They had arranged Martial Artists to enter the shadow at ground level and had tried to explore from above the canopy.
Pengcheng had tried all sorts of methods, but various accidents always occurred, ultimately leading to failure.
Nevertheless, after a long observation, people in Pengcheng did gather some intelligence that the tree’s growth rate was gradually slowing down.
However, there was no concrete evidence to prove this information; it was a judgment based on feeling. But this theory had already been confirmed with other plants and also matched everyone’s understanding.
Therefore, people in Pengcheng as well as those in Saxon County believed that the tree had now reached its limit and might grow a bit more, but most likely not by much.
Most people are now deluding themselves into thinking that the tree will not only pose no threat to them but will also serve as the ’guardian deity’ for both Pengcheng and Saxon County. Thus, not only do they not want to leave, but they are even preparing to settle down here with peace of mind.
Mr. Thompson actually shared this sentiment, so he directly declined Zachary’s invitation to leave this time, even after Zachary mentioned that a flood disaster might occur again, Mr. Thompson was determined not to leave.
As for Mrs. Thompson, she adopted the attitude of ’follow the husband,’ so since Mr. Thompson was unwilling to leave, she stayed here to accompany him.
