Those who reincarnate must die.

"I've never seen a fortress like this before..."

A man in his fifties, wearing glasses, exclaimed in surprise:

"I'm an architect, and I've studied ancient architecture, but I've never seen a structure like this before!"

Fang Tianhua took out a small notebook and flipped through it: "Luo Zhonghua, right? What comes to mind when you see this structure?"

The old architect Luo adjusted his glasses and pointed to the high ground in the center of the fortress, saying, "From our perspective, that's considered a high ground, right? But conversely, if you stood up there and looked at these barracks, what would they look like?"

Ye Peng frowned: "Like a... ditch?"

"It's like a moat!" Shang Xue pushed up her glasses.

Luo Zhonghuan nodded: "That's right! The castle is built on high ground, surrounded by a deep moat; if filled with water, it would become a moat. But they built their barracks here, which means there must be something more to them!"

"Flooding it is impossible..." Fang Tianhua frowned. "But there are definitely traps hidden here. If the high wall is breached, this will become a trench to block the enemy. Staying here will definitely be very dangerous!"

As everyone was discussing this, a bugle call suddenly sounded from the city wall, followed by a troop of cavalry galloping through the barracks, shouting as they ran: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! All soldiers, get to the city walls and await orders!"

In an instant, the soldiers rushed out of the barracks, and the once quiet camp suddenly became agitated. Tens of thousands of soldiers, carrying weapons, ran towards the city wall. The scene was impressive but not chaotic, which showed that the troops were well-trained!

"Quick, let's go up too..." Fang Tianhua also ran towards the city wall.

"Isn't going over there just suicide?" At this point, a young man voiced a dissenting opinion:

"The city wall is the front line. You just said it yourself, the barracks are also dangerous here. If we want to survive, we should run inside!"

Everyone was an ordinary person who had never been on the battlefield. Instinctively, they all wanted to get away from the front line. As soon as someone started, others immediately responded. At that time, seven or eight people planned to run back!

"Don't do anything stupid!" Fang Tianhua shouted, instinctively wanting to pull out his gun to threaten him, but the restrictions here only allowed the use of melee weapons, and he didn't have a gun with him.

"Who's going to listen to you!" The young man who started it turned around and sneered, "There aren't any monsters here, are there? If you want to die, go ahead and do it yourselves. I'm going to live to the very end..."

Before the word "after" could be uttered, a cold light flashed, and a cavalryman, horse and all, swept past the young man. The young man's head flew off, and blood gushed from his chest as his heart pumped.

"Anyone who deserts in the face of battle shall be executed!"

The cavalryman turned his horse around, revealing himself to be clad in iron armor, wielding a steel saber, and well-equipped, clearly an officer. He was followed closely by about ten other riders, each carrying a steel saber, exuding a dignified and imposing aura.

The leader was dead, and the other newcomers were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground and scrambled back. Fang Tianhua sighed:

"A safe place? How could there be a safe place during a mission at the altar!"

Under the threat of immediate execution, the reincarnated souls climbed the city wall along with the ordinary soldiers. Although the wall was high, there were stone steps at intervals on the inner side. Climbing the steep stone steps, wearing armor and carrying weapons, up the thirty-meter-high wall was manageable for the young people, but the older ones couldn't keep up. They were panting halfway up and had to be helped by kind young people to reach the top.

Upon reaching the top of the city wall, the group exclaimed in awe once again. The wall was paved with wide bluestone slabs, easily seventeen or eighteen meters wide, allowing more than a dozen horses to ride abreast without obstruction. The wall was also equipped with catapults, crossbows, and other heavy defensive siege weapons, along with a wide array of supplies. The soldiers, all gleaming in their armor, leaned against the battlements, some holding shields, others nocking bows, all standing ready for battle.

As Zhang Lang gazed at the vast city walls, he couldn't help but think of the walls of the Holy Capital... those were much higher and wider. If it weren't for that disaster, the walls of the Holy Capital would probably have looked just like this...

Having reached the top of the city wall, the male and female reincarnators reunited via their badges. Upon seeing Le Xinyi, Ye Peng immediately ran over: "Are you alright!"

"I'm fine, but..." The pretty girl with the high ponytail also donned armor and looked back:

"Three of us were killed while trying to escape, so now there are only eight of us left, including me..."

"So, there are only twenty-five people left in total..." Fang Tianhua sighed.

"Including those eaten by monsters, we haven't even seen the enemy yet, and we've already lost more than ten of them. This is not a good sign!"

"It's not about quantity, but quality!"

Liu Xingwei said that he was now also wearing leather armor, an iron helmet, a short sword at his waist, and a spear in his hand. However, due to his exaggerated height, the armor didn't fit him quite right, and the spear in his hand looked shrunken…

"No matter what..." Le Xinyi glanced at the defenders standing guard on the city wall. Apart from heavy shield bearers and other physically demanding soldiers, they were mostly men and women:

"It seems they don't have a division of labor between men and women. Let's work together for now. We have six days; their first attack shouldn't be too fierce. Let's observe their offensive first!"

At this moment, a mounted officer arrived and pointed at the reincarnators, shouting, "What are you all doing? Quickly, go over there and defend the gaps..."

The reincarnators hurriedly agreed and were about to leave when the officer suddenly called out to them, "Wait a minute, you, the big guy!"

The officer pointed to Liu Xingwei, who was at least a head taller than the others: "You're in good shape. Go over there, get a heavy shield, and place it over that gap!"

Liu Xingwei's physique goes without saying. He is a professional basketball player and has won three awards. He happened to draw the "Mighty Force" award, which means his fire attribute is far higher than that of ordinary people. Combined with his huge physique, his strength is probably more than ten times that of ordinary people. His physical fitness and endurance are also top-notch!

Even with such a physique, lifting the heavy shield still felt quite heavy!

The large shield was easily over a meter and a half tall, made of thick wooden planks covered with thick iron sheets, with barbs welded onto the iron sheets. Perched between the battlements, it resembled a small city wall. It must have weighed seventy or eighty pounds!

This was definitely not normal ancient equipment. Liu Xingwei looked at the other burly men carrying heavy shields. Although they were not as tall as him, they were all around two meters tall and carried the heavy shields with great skill!

It seems their strength is much greater than that of ordinary people!

The physical abilities of humans in this world are stronger than those in the main world! At least their potential is higher!

Realizing this, Liu Xingwei obediently raised the heavy shield and plugged his own gap.

With this row of heavy shield soldiers, the gaps between the battlements were filled into small gaps, which made it easier for the archers behind to attack, and their mobility did not obstruct the field of vision too much.

"Does anyone here know how to shoot arrows?" Le Xinyi tied her ponytail tightly and shouted loudly.

She had practiced archery since childhood and was very skilled at it. Unfortunately, she failed to redeem a bow and arrow in the three thousand-point rewards. So she used one hundred points to redeem a foldable modern composite bow and arrow belt. Although the design was a bit strange compared to the world background, the ordinary soldiers did not pay much attention to her because of the altar.

"I'm from the archery club!"

A man in his early thirties, wearing glasses, raised his hand. He also held a composite bow, clearly having redeemed the same equipment as Yue Xinyi! As for the others, it seemed none of them knew how to shoot arrows; they mostly only redeemed swords and other similar weapons…

Le Xinyi nodded: "I remember your name is Sun Ye, right? Your bow should only have been given ten arrows. Try not to use your own arrows yet; use the arrows from the dead archers. Don't worry, the equipment at the altar is of excellent quality and rarely malfunctions!"

"The same goes for the others. If you see any archers who have died, pick them up and use them. If you don't know how to use a bow and arrow, you can use a crossbow, which is easier to use!"

The newcomers swallowed hard and nodded. These twenty-odd reincarnators were divided into two teams. One team consisted of six veterans and fourteen newcomers, all hiding behind Liu Xingwei, who was holding a giant shield, ready for battle.

The other team consisted of Zhang Lang and four new recruits, guarding another city gate a few dozen meters away. Since the soldiers here were in teams of twenty, Zhang Lang and his group of five were separated and placed with the ordinary soldiers!

At this moment, another bugle call sounded, and all the soldiers fell silent. They could vaguely feel the bluestone bricks under their feet trembling slightly.

"They've arrived, and there are quite a lot of them!"

Fang Tianhua said in a low voice, picked up a black crossbow that cost 100 points, and aimed it at the desolate horizon, where he could already see the billowing dust kicked up by the advancing army.

Zhang Lang tightened his grip on the spear, subconsciously took a few steps forward, and focused his gaze on the distance.

To have such a well-trained army and towering fortress on high alert, one can only wonder what kind of enemy it is...

Zhang Lang was stunned!

Not only Zhang Lang, Fang Tianhua, Le Xinyi, Ye Peng, Liu Xingwei, Liu Mofei, but also all the new reincarnators were stunned!

Because they finally saw clearly that the army emerging from the smoke and dust was not the cavalry, infantry, or even chariots they had imagined! It was a group of creatures they had never seen before!

Their bodies are segmented and have six limbs. Four of them run on the ground, with the foremost two limbs tucked in front of their chests like the sickles of a mantis. A huge head grows on the inverted triangular thorax, and two long antennae swing back and forth like whips. The thick, long, and round abdomen trails behind the body, trembling up and down as they run.

insect!

These were the words that appeared simultaneously in the minds of all the reincarnators. These monsters were clearly a group of wingless, stout versions of mantises, but judging from their appearance, their size was about the same as that of humans!

Liu Mofei swallowed hard and looked at the ordinary soldiers around him. Their faces showed only tension, not surprise, clearly indicating that they had anticipated this army of insect monsters.

"Is this the enemy we are meant to fight?"

The thin Liu Mofei murmured, and Shang Xue beside him also showed her disgust:

"It looks disgusting..."

"I think it's alright..." the tall and handsome Ye Peng said in a low voice, "Killing aliens feels better than killing people..."

If even the veterans are wavering, the new reincarnators are even more agitated:

"It didn't say we had to deal with that kind of monster!"

"They'll eat us! I've heard that praying mantises like to eat alive."

"When I was a child, a praying mantis pinched my finger. It was so small, yet it still drew blood. This one was so big, it could have blown my head off in an instant!"

"Everyone, stay calm!" Fang Tianhua shouted. "Those soldiers are very calm, which means these insects can still be dealt with. Everyone, protect yourselves and observe how those soldiers handle them!"

"Fire!" At this moment, the messenger not far away shouted, the war drums beat, the catapults on the city wall were saturated with oil, ignited and launched, dozens of huge fireballs roared out and headed straight for the swarm of insects!

The first insect monsters to be hit were instantly ripped into mincemeat. Boulders drenched in oil rolled over the swarm, leaving behind walls of burning fire that disrupted the insects' formation. After several volleys, the swarm was successfully divided in the middle, with only the ones at the very front continuing to approach the city wall!

Now it's time to bring out the ballistae!

The heavy crossbows, cocked by winches, fired in quick succession, the whooshing sound filling the air. One after another, spear-like bolts flew out, each one capable of pinning an insect to the ground if it hit its mark.

Besides those shooting crossbows, the reincarnators also noticed a type of ballista on the city wall that fired centrally symmetrical double-edged blades. After being fired, the blades spun like propellers, sweeping across the densest part of the insect swarm like a circular saw. Each shot could kill a lot of insects!

"Looks like we don't need to make an appearance..." Seeing that most of the insects couldn't get close to the city wall, a new reincarnator breathed a sigh of relief, straightened his body, and stretched: "Maybe this mission isn't so difficult after all!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, there was a buzzing sound, and a huge flying insect swept by, grabbed the guy's head, and lifted him into the air!

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