Let's suffer a little longer, fellow Blue Star folks.

They kept shouting "cute, cute", but their subordinates showed no mercy at all.

As a result, when the army reached a location ten kilometers away from Mujing Fort, they did not encounter the assassin again, but they were almost tired of eating barbecue.

At this time, it was already the evening of the second day after the expedition.

As promised, the sunset filled the entire sky, and because the weather was very good today, the sky was full of red halos, which, combined with the lush natural scenery of the surrounding mountains and forests, looked particularly beautiful.

"Hmm...we should be almost at Mukyo Castle."

Gugu asked incoherently while eating the roasted rabbit leg and looking at Lemon and Chenlu sitting next to him.

He no longer wanted to care about the whereabouts of the assassins.

Those are inexperienced humanoid monsters. Killing them will only give you a few alliance coins and no military rank points.

He is now terribly strong, wearing the second most powerful cloud armor in the current version, and holding the most powerful sniper rifle in the current version.

It is no exaggeration to say: "I am invincible below the high level! One for one at the early high level!"

Although there are not many bullets left in the sniper rifle, only less than thirty, but each of these bullets can take the life of a low-level demon!

If he could finish all of them, he might be able to directly reach level 20, successfully surpass Chen Lu and become the best master in the gathering place!

"It should be here soon."

Lemon threw the wooden stick in his hand to the ground, then took another skewer of roasted rabbit, sprinkled seasoning on it, and looked up to the west.

The main army is still ten kilometers away from Mujing Fort. So for these scouts who are five kilometers away from the main army, if we use simple arithmetic to subtract, wouldn't there only be five kilometers left?

"Then let's go straight after we finish eating!"

Gugu immediately bit off the few pieces of rabbit meat left in his mouth, chewed them clean, and then stood up and put the wooden sticks that everyone had just eaten into a prepared pit on the side.

"So urgent?"

Chen Lu glanced at Gugu, then bent down, picked up a skewer of marinated meat and put it on the grill.

He specifically asked [Tuanzi] for these marinades. After marinating, the skewers were fragrant and tender, as if they were made with high technology.

But even with the use of technology, there doesn't seem to be any problem.

Food safety is the least important aspect of safety in gaming.

"Grill a few more skewers. Once we get to Mujing Fort, we won't be able to eat these barbecues." Chen Lu flipped through the remaining skewers of meat on the grill, then turned to look at Gugu.

"As long as the demons are not destroyed, I will not be able to sleep or eat."

At this time, Gugu stood aside with a righteous look, his back straight and his tone full of determination.

"This skewer is almost done." Lemon held up a skewer of meat and waved it at Gugu. "Do you want to eat it?"

"want!"

Fortunately, Chenlu and Lemon knew that they were not here for vacation, so it didn't take long for them to grill and eat the remaining skewers on the grill, while the sky gradually darkened.

It is estimated that the night will fall completely soon.

Just at this time, Yu Shui sent a private message to Chen Lu.

Yu Wenbobo: Are you still in the same position as half an hour ago?

After seeing the news, Chen Lu subconsciously stopped stretching. He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt as nervous as if he was caught by the teacher for skipping class at school.

Chenlu Bobo: Yes, we took a break and are now ready to continue.

Yu Wenbobo: Well, we plan to set up camp at your location later, and we won’t go directly to Mujing Fort tonight.

After all, it was already evening, and some players needed to log off and play with their real lives.

In addition, they still knew nothing about the situation near Mujing Fort, so rushing in rashly would be a big taboo in military strategy.

Yu Wenbobo: Then the reconnaissance mission tonight will still be handed over to you three.

Morning dew + coo + lemon.

The average level of the three people was even over level 16, and two of them were wearing armor, and one of them was holding a sniper rifle with long-range combat capabilities.

With full mobility and combat effectiveness, it is definitely the top tactical team in the current gathering place.

Therefore, it is definitely most appropriate to entrust the critical task of delivering messages to the three of them.

Chenlu Bobo: OK, leave it to us!

The three of them confirmed it before eating the rabbit, and everyone can stay online all day tomorrow.

Then we can have a great time tonight!

"set off!"

Chen Lu closed the private chat pop-up window with Yu Shui, picked up the weapon placed aside, and went back into the forest with Gugu and Lemon.

The five-kilometer journey was not far for the three of them. It took only more than half an hour. Chen Lu, who was walking in front, saw the end of the woods.

Continuing to slow down their pace, the three of them soon arrived there.

"Don't rush yet."

Chenlu waved to Gugu and Lemon to stop, and then he began to observe the situation outside carefully.

Outside the woods is a vast plain. Except for some broken roads not far away, the rest is covered with low shrubs and grass.

And just in the distance, about one or two kilometers away, where it connects to the main road, stands a fortress.

It was only a vague outline in the night, with no light around it, and Chen Lu did not hear any gunshots or roars.

This means that there is no fighting there for the time being.

"Is that Mujing Castle?" Gugu asked in a low voice.

"Correct."

Lemon nodded, then opened the map that had been sent to the group earlier.

This is the map that Xia Shu asked Song Zheng for. It shows the environment around Mujing Fort and the corresponding locations of the eight forts. Now it can finally come in handy.

"This is the easternmost fortress in the Mujing Fort defense system. Song Zheng and his team set out from here. There are seven identical ones behind it." Lemon continued.

Looking at the map, the layout of the eight fortresses is somewhat similar to the eight hexagrams in the ancient Chinese Eight Diagrams Formation, supporting each other and watching over each other.

And the one in the middle of the eight fortresses is the real Mujing Fort.

"Let's go over there and take a look." Chen Lu pointed to the southwest of the three of them. "There are fewer demons there. Be careful not to make any noise."

Starting about ten minutes ago, the three of them began to encounter inferior demons.

At first there were only one or two scattered around, but later on you could even see four or five of them lying in groups by the tree to rest.

However, they now look down on the experience given by these inferior monsters, so they try to bypass them secretly if possible, so as not to alert the enemy and hinder subsequent investigations.

But in the current plains, there are even more inferior demons nearby, and the density is almost comparable to that of the demon-occupied area slightly deeper.

Fortunately, the three high-level players are veteran players who have been in the demon-occupied area for many days and have rich stealth experience.

And if they are accidentally discovered by a demon, they will be very skilled in dealing with the demon that discovered them.

Although there are sometimes a little more monsters to deal with, it does not affect the process. It is still a perfect infiltration.

So this infiltration was still very perfect, probably because the demons were also resting at night, and with the cover of darkness, the three of them crawled all the way to the high wall of the fortress without encountering a single demon.

Gugu: This wall is really high, and it’s so flat that there’s not even a foothold.

Gugu looked up at the wall above his head, then reached out and touched it, and found that there were some small burrs on it similar to those in an unfinished house. It felt that the building material should be the new type of cement used in the trading point.

There were also some demon corpses beside the three of them, but there were only dozens of them. It might be that the people stationed in the fortress came out to clean them up regularly.

Morning Dew: So how do we get in? Shoot an arrow in there? Tie a note to it and have them make me a basket?

As scouts, now that they have come this far, they can't go back the same way.

Even if not all of them can go in, letting one or two people go in first to exchange information will also facilitate the army later...

Lemon: Wait, something seems off about this fortress.

It was just a feeling at a distance, but when it got closer, Lemon's intuition became stronger and stronger.

He squatted down and looked carefully at the corpses of the demons, then gently dipped his fingers in a little of the demons' blood and put it in front of his nose to smell it.

Fuck, it stinks!

Chen Lu: What's wrong?

After seeing the message, he immediately turned around and looked at Lemon who was squatting on the ground.

Lemon: These bodies are not from the past two days. They have been here for at least three days.

Lemon then stood up again and took two steps back so that he could see as much of the parapet above his head as possible.

Lemon: And don't you think this fortress looks dead?

There was no light on the city wall until now, and no human figure could be seen. The castle was also quiet.

Lemon: The demons outside don’t look like they’re in a state of combat readiness at all. They’re all wandering around the castle in groups of three or five, resting, and hunting. Does this look like a demon army coming to attack the city?

Seeing this, Chen Lu's face instantly showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Chenlu Bobo: So the people in Mujing Fort lied to us? They weren't actually attacked by demons?!

Gugu: I’m awesome! That makes sense!

lemon:???

When Lemon saw these two sentences, she immediately widened her eyes and looked at Chenlu and Gugu, and then the three of them looked at each other for a few seconds.

At this moment, Lemon finally understood why Yu Shui strongly requested him to come out with Chen Lu and the other man after they sent the unidentified corpse back to the central army yesterday.

The train of thought of these two Bs is too outrageous, right?!

Lemon: No, aren't there demon corpses under the city wall? There are also traces of demon attacks on the city wall. How could there not be demons here?

Chenlu Bobo: What’s wrong?

Gugu: Is there anything else wrong?

Lemon raised an eyebrow, then completely gave up on guiding and simply posted his conclusion directly in the small group of three.

Lemon: I suspect this place has been breached by demons. What we have in front of us is now a dead city.

Morning Dew Bobo:? !!

Gugu: Huh? Mujing Fort was breached?

Lemon: No, I mean the fortress in front of us has been breached. Were you daydreaming again during the previous combat meeting? There are eight fortresses in Mujing Fort, and the one in front of us is the easternmost one, understand?

Gugu: What do we do now? Should we climb over the wall?

Gugu looked up at the city wall. It was so high, he probably couldn't jump up.

Lemon: No need to climb over the wall, it makes too much noise, just follow me.

After Lemon finished typing, she immediately made a gesture to Chenlu and Gugu.

Sometimes explanations are a waste of time, so he just takes over the command of the team temporarily.

The three of them immediately changed direction and headed towards the north of the fortress.

If this fortress was really breached by demons, it would be impossible for the walls on all four sides to be intact. At the very least, the gate should be open, otherwise inferior and low-level demons would not be able to enter. It is impossible for all the people in the fortress to be killed by high-level demons.

Sure enough, when the three of them went around to the north of the castle, they finally saw the last traces of the battlefield.

Not only was there a huge gap in the city wall, but there were also many human corpses lying on the ground. Some of them were holding guns, and some were holding swords. It seemed that they were fighting close combat with the demons in order to forcibly defend this gap.

The corpses of various inferior demons also filled the ground outside the northern city wall, and after a few days of "fermentation", a strong stench instantly penetrated the noses of the three people.

Smell ratio 80%->0%.

"This place has really been breached." Gugu said in a low voice while closing the settings panel.

"Come on, let's go in and take a look."

Lemon quickly took several screenshots and then headed towards the breach.

Fortunately, the situation inside the fortress was not as tragic as outside.

Because most people died in the battle in the north, there were not many corpses in the castle, and these corpses continued to stretch to the west. It is estimated that the remaining people broke out from the west.

The three of them walked around the castle and found that there were only a few inferior demons wandering in. The rest were normal buildings with no special information.

"The original residents of this castle should have evacuated to the east beforehand."