Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 153: Monsters Besieging the City
The east gate of Wanling City.

In the small wooden outpost on the city wall.

Dong Xiaoping, wearing a green military coat, a dog-skin hat, carrying a pea rifle and a longbow on his back, put down the maple phone in his hand.

With a serious expression, he said to Zhang Xin beside him: "I have already notified the city lord, they will be here soon."

Zhang Xin's equipment was basically similar to Dong Xiaoping's, he also wore a military coat and carried a pea rifle, but he didn't have a longbow on his back.

This set is basically the basic equipment of the city guards. The slight differences are due to the different strengths of each person.

Just like Zhang Xin, the reason why he didn't carry a longbow was because his spear skills were pretty good, and he could basically hit whatever he pointed at within a hundred meters. But his archery skills were a mess, and he couldn't hit the target at all beyond twenty meters.

Hearing Dong Xiaoping's words, Zhang Xin nodded:

"Okay! Then I'll go out and check out the situation first, and give some more Red Flame Fruits to the brothers."

Dong Xiaoping nodded and agreed, "The situation is not right today, give more, at least five to each person, and tell the brothers not to leave the front line for a moment. Even if you have a stomachache, you have to poop in your pants!
Get through this, and when the alert is over, I'll buy them a whole new set of clothes and treat them to wine and meat!"

Zhang Xin also understood the seriousness of the situation. He had been guarding the city wall for several months. It was not that there had been no mutant beasts wandering near the city wall before, but this situation only occurred once every several days.

Moreover, there are only one or two of them each time, and their strength is not very high, all below level two.

When they encountered such a situation, they used it to practice their shooting skills, relieve boredom, and have a snack.

But today is different, there are so many mutant beasts appearing this time!

In places where the fog was slightly thinner, figures at least five meters tall flashed by quickly, like phantoms in the dark night.

Roars of varying pitches came from the endless fog, including the roars of tigers, the howling of monkeys, the crowing of chickens, the barking of dogs, and many more roars from animals that could not be identified.

"Okay, I will pass your words on to my brothers."

After Zhang Xin agreed, he quickly picked up the wicker basket in the corner of the room. The washbasin-sized basket was full of Red Flame Fruits. He turned around and walked towards the door.

At the same time, in an abandoned building more than ten kilometers away from Wanling City.

Dozens of men and women in different clothes crowded in every corner.

Wang Baochang quietly came to Tang Anguo and whispered, "Captain, something is wrong. There are at least dozens of mutant beasts gathered outside, including several level three ones. The monkey leading them looks more like a level four!"

Tang Anguo's face darkened instantly when he heard this, and he also whispered back, "Tell everyone to stay quiet and not make any noise. Let's wait and see. Perhaps these mutant beasts are just passing by."

Wang Baochang said yes in a low voice, but he looked embarrassed. "Brothers understand this principle and will not make such a low-level mistake. It's just..."

"But what?" Tang Anguo asked.

Wang Baochang gritted his teeth and said, "But those young ladies are used to a life of luxury, and they are surrounded by powerful bodyguards. I'm afraid they won't listen to my orders."

Hearing the adjutant's explanation, Tang Anguo snorted coldly, "We spoiled them! We are soldiers, not doting parents. We are in the wild now, not in a shelter. If anyone dares to disobey orders and doesn't want to be decent."

At this point, Tang Anguo made a knife-like shape with his right hand and chopped it down, "Then you should help them look decent!"

Wang Baochang was shocked. "Ah! This is not good. Although I don't like these spoiled young ladies, their backgrounds are not simple. If we kill them, how will we explain it when we return to the shelter?"

Tang Anguo: “.”

"Who the hell told you to kill them? I told you to knock them out!"

Wang Baochang then realized that he had misunderstood and blushed, "Oh, I see, I see!"

After he left, a pretty figure in a white down jacket approached, and a crisp voice rang out: "Brother-in-law, are we in danger?"

Tang Anguo put away his gloomy expression and showed a relaxed smile: "It's okay, trust my brother-in-law, it's just a small problem and it will be solved soon."

Ye Rumeng nodded sensibly, walked quietly to the side and sat down, looking like she really believed what Tang Anguo said was just a small problem.

On the other hand, Wang Baochang's actions encountered some unexpected situations.

"What happened? Why did you suddenly ask us to hide and not talk?"

A woman in a beige down jacket frowned and looked a little angry.

When she finished speaking, the other "young ladies" who were accompanying her did not respond, but also cast their eyes on Wang Baochang, indicating that they also wanted to know what had happened.

Wang Baochang had a headache. He had never encountered such a situation when he issued orders to his soldiers. Soldiers were bound by orders. Once the superiors issued orders, the subordinates only needed to obey them. No one dared to ask why.

But the situation today is different, these young ladies are not his soldiers.

After thinking for a while, Wang Baochang felt that although he could not tell the whole truth to avoid causing panic among these young ladies who had not encountered much danger, he still had to explain it a little, otherwise this matter might be difficult to get over.

"It's like this, Miss Wang. There is a group of mutant beasts passing by. Although they are not very powerful, there are a lot of them. In order to avoid getting into more trouble, we decided to stay out of the way for the time being and continue our journey after they leave.

Now, all you have to do is keep quiet and don’t do anything unnecessary.”

Miss Wang was still not satisfied with the answer and looked puzzled. "Is this true?"

Just when she was about to ask for more details, the voice stopped abruptly.

It turned out that the female bodyguard who had been silent beside her reached out and pulled her sleeve, gently shaking her head. Miss Wang seemed a little helpless when she saw this, but she bit her lip and held back the question she wanted to ask.

Seeing that the problem was solved so easily, Wang Baochang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

I couldn't help but feel happy:
Fortunately, no "dog-blood" incidents like those in movies and TV dramas happened.

Although these young ladies had rarely been out of the shelter and did not have much experience, the bodyguards were still very professional and knew not to cause trouble for them at this time.

He changed his mind and decided that this was the right situation.

After all, they are chosen by those big shots to be bodyguards, so they should have rich experience in going out. Otherwise, if they only have strength but no vision, they will just cause trouble!

Tang Anguo, who witnessed all this not far away, did not relax because the matter was resolved. Instead, he raised his head and carefully observed the situation outside through the gap in the window.

Ten minutes were almost over, but the beasts outside showed no sign of leaving. They were still wandering around in pairs of three or two, occasionally emitting a chilling roar.

"Have we been discovered?"

Tang Anguo's heart started beating when he saw this. He was only a third-level awakener, and he was afraid too!

But then his thought changed and Tang Anguo felt that they must not have been discovered yet, otherwise this group of mutant beasts would have rushed over long ago!

How can they live here in peace?

"This is not a solution. We have to find another way out."

Although Tang Anguo was worried, he still thought that he had to prepare a way out.

As the saying goes: If you defend for too long, you will lose!

If the beasts don't leave, will they have to keep hiding like this?

This plan is fine in the short term, but over a long period of time, they also need to eat, take care of hygiene, etc.

Besides, if you keep being so nervous, sooner or later your flaws will be exposed, and then it will be too late to regret.

Thinking of this, Tang Anguo quietly stretched out his palm, and in his slightly sweaty palm was a white butterfly-shaped flower, which was the Homecoming Flower!

As his thoughts flowed, Tang Anguo slowly injected the source energy in his body into the Homecoming Flower.

After a dozen breaths, when Tang Anguo felt that the source energy in his body had decreased by about one tenth and the butterfly's wings were flashing with bright light, he also loosened his palm in time.

The butterfly flapped its wings, circled, and flew out through the gap in the window, until it became farther and farther away and could no longer be seen.

Tang Anguo looked at the returning home flowers and whispered softly, "Go, return to Wanling City."

At this point he had already seen the current situation clearly. Surrounded by so many mutant beasts, even if he was alone, it would be difficult for him to escape with his strength at the peak of the third level.

What's more, it was impossible for him to escape alone.

Not to mention abandoning the brothers who had accompanied him through life and death, just as Ye Rumeng was there, he had no choice but to fight to the end.

"I hope Li Mu can see the returning home flowers soon and understand what I mean."

……

When Li Mu flew to the city wall with the clover in his hand, he saw hundreds of city guards standing guard at their respective positions in full battle readiness.

These people were wearing uniform green military coats, some squatting, some lying down, holding the latest pea rifles in their hands, looking at the fog outside the city wall.

At the same time, he also noticed that there was a man running quickly on the city wall with a rattan basket in his hand, distributing red flame fruits to each city guard.

Seeing their performance, Li Mu nodded with satisfaction. However, he did not fly down directly to inquire about the current situation, but urged the clover again and flew out of the city.

Yu Shuaikang and Yao Chengcheng followed closely behind.

As Li Mu flew farther and farther, the fog around him became thicker and thicker, and he could no longer see the surrounding scenery clearly.

When he flew to a low altitude of about 150 meters from the city wall, he mobilized his mental power to sense the ground.

I saw the ground was full of mutant beasts of various species and strange looks.

After a slight perception, he couldn't help but frown.

Just below him, there were the auras of more than a dozen third-level mutant beasts, and further away, there were the auras of several mutant beasts with strength of around fourth level.

But these were not enough to make him feel dangerous. What frightened him was that among these fourth-level mutant beasts, he actually felt a faint aura of the same level as him!

"A fifth-level beast king actually appeared!"

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(End of this chapter)