Chapter 433: The Great Mechanism Array

Zhang Mu and his group rushed into Ordos City before being surrounded by the sea of zombies.

Zhang Mu and the others looked extremely serious as they watched the endless zombie horde pressing in from the flank.

“It seems Su Rui was telling the truth, and judging from the numbers, it’s very likely to be more than two million.”

Zhang Mu quickly estimated the approximate number of zombies in the surrounding horde.

He suddenly noticed Hachikuju’s dark expression as she gazed silently at the approaching zombie horde, gripping the reins of Red Blood with bulging veins.

“City Master…..”

Uncle Peng was just starting to speak when Hachikuju waved her hand to interrupt him and sped up again.

Red Blood’s speed was incredible, leaving everyone riding normal warhorses far behind, with one person taking the lead and heading straight for Ordos City.

“What’s wrong with him?”

Zhang Mu still hadn’t realized what was happening – all he could see were zombies in that area. Was there something different about them?

Uncle Peng’s voice behind him sounded deep and sorrowful, causing Zhang Mu to suddenly widen his eyes.

“The direction they’re coming from leads through Ejin Horo Banner Sub-city. Ejin Horo Banner Sub-city is like a satellite city to Ordos City.”

If the zombie horde could completely surround them, then it meant that Ejin Horo Banner Sub-city had already fallen.

They should have guessed earlier – during the four days they were away, it seemed the massive zombie horde had taken over all eight satellite cities, and it looked like the residents inside had no chance of escape.

Eight cities fell one after another!

With only the last two cities remaining, isolated and surrounded by endless hordes of zombies, will they be completely wiped out?

Such a grand gesture!

No wonder Hachikuju was so excited. After being awakened by Uncle Peng, Qizilbash, who had hurried back to the city without noticing that, suddenly had a dark expression.

The other second-rank evolvers were also very worried, as some had their families with them.

Amidst this extremely silent atmosphere, everyone quickly arrived at Ordos City and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed like the zombie horde was only a few minutes away from them.

Hiss!

Everyone standing on the wall heard Red Blood’s voice and immediately turned to look in the direction the sound was coming from.

“The City Master, they’re back!”

“Great, it’s the leader Red Blood. Lin Qing, go down to greet the leader and don’t let them walk into the trap array. You should know the hidden path left for them.”

“Yes, Elder Meng.”

The young man known as Lin Qing saluted Elder Meng, then leaped down from the high city wall.

He was in charge of the earth traps this time, being an earth evolver himself. Pillars of earth rose up one after another, decreasing in height, catching Lin Qing and swiftly bringing him before Hachikuju.

Annoyed Hachikuju, upon seeing Lin Qing’s clothes, furrowed his brow and asked, “Are you from the Grey Wolf Rider?”

“Yes, I am Grey Wolf Rider Lin Qing, under the command of the leader of the War Era, Elder Meng, to welcome you back to the city. We have set up a large and complex earth trap within a two-kilometer radius to deal with the zombie horde.”

Hachikuju’s tension eased upon hearing that Ordos City was prepared. He glanced at the thousands of earth evolvers still working nearby and nodded slightly.

“Lin Qing, you’ve done well. But we need to hurry. The enemy is only about twelve minutes away. It’s best to finish setting up the traps. If we can’t, then we must evacuate quickly.”

“I understand, City Lord Hachikuju, I will urge them to complete the specified task within eight minutes.”

At that moment, Zhang Mu and others who were slightly slower in speed arrived successively, watching the busy earth evolvers outside the city, nodding secretly in approval of the setup.

“How did they set up this defense so quickly?”

Seeing the peak power of Ordos City returning, Lin Qing felt nervous and quickly explained.

“These defenses were not hastily set up now, they were actually buried underground when the city was built, continuously enhanced afterwards to prevent this kind of situation.”

Normally they are not activated, posing no obstacle to entry, and this matter is top secret. The activation method is only known by the ten people appointed by the great leader, Zhang Yi. At least six of these ten people must activate it; the more people involved, the higher the activation level.

Because all ten of us are here for this competition, all traps and mechanisms have been activated. Now it only requires the earth evolvers to repair and strengthen them, which is why everything happened so quickly.”

The group nodded in agreement. This idea was Zhang Yi’s decision alone, heard of by Hachikuju and Qizilbash, but none had expected the spectacle when the city’s outer array was activated.

Suddenly, Lin Qing, after scanning the crowd, noticed something amiss and quickly asked.

“Two City Masters, where is our leader Su Rui? Why can’t we see him?”

People had different expressions, no one spoke first, and the atmosphere became tense.

“Our leader Su Rui fell victim to the enemy’s scheme and died in battle.”

It was Zhang Mu’s voice.

Everyone looked at Zhang Mu in disbelief. They almost killed him once, and now he was defending Su Rui, saying he was killed by someone’s plot.

“How could it be? It can’t be true. Su Rui City Master is the strongest among our wolf riders. His archery skills are unmatched. He can’t be dead. You’re lying to me, you must be lying to me.”

Young Lin Qing could not accept Su Rui’s death. He glared angrily at Zhang Mu on Obsidian Beetle.

At that moment, Uncle Peng calmly rode his horse and spoke slowly.

“What he said is true. Your leader Su Rui has died in battle, as well as Leader Huang Yan.”

Lin Qing met Uncle Peng, who was the well-known second leader of the Red Flame Wolf Riders. Even he spoke, it was true.

“Impossible, impossible…”

Lin Qing’s eyes were becoming confused, repeating the words ‘impossible’ over and over.

Hachikuju, feeling annoyed, raised his axe and hit him on the head with the flat side, ordering loudly.

“Stop being foolish, save your grief for after the war. Right now, it’s the biggest crisis for all the people in Inner Mongolia City.”

There’s no time to explain about Chief Su Rui now, the zombie horde is coming.

“Hurry up and lead us into the city! Don’t delay any longer, or I’ll cut you down myself.”

Hachikuju’s blow snapped Lin Qing out of his daze. His scattered gaze refocused as he looked at the serious faces of the people on horseback and the approaching zombie horde behind them. Trembling, he said, “Honored guests, follow me.”

After speaking, he began swiftly navigating through the intricate formation that had not yet revealed its grand design, and the others hurried to keep up.

“Zhang Mu, why don’t you expose those two scoundrels Su Rui and Huang Yan for their betrayal?”

Zhang Mu looked at the approaching city wall, his tone very low.

“Now the chances of winning are less than twenty percent. If we further shake the morale of the troops, Brother Hachikuju, I think you understand the consequences better than me. Saying they died in battle would instead stir up the ferocity of the two wolf riders.”

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