Chapter 90 The War Begins!
Chapter 90 The War Begins!
Defense Area 50 is jointly responsible for the recruit assessment instructors and powerful recruits.
With this kind of arrangement and configuration, it is destined that Defense Area 50 is the weakest defense area.
But what is surprising is that the number of recruits who are willing to stay far exceeds expectations, which also makes the instructors feel a lot less stressed.
Although the actual combat power of the new recruits is not very high, they make up for it in numbers.
Other defense areas only have more than 20 veteran squads stationed, but there are over 100 squads in Defense Area 50.
In this way, even if the overall strength of Defense Area 50 is still the weakest, it will be difficult for disaster beasts to slip through. Even if the recruits cannot kill the level 30 high-level disaster beasts, they can still effectively contain them for a long time, waiting for instructor support.
The instructors also allowed the recruits to form teams freely. According to the most standard group configuration,
There are five teams in a group, with four teams covering a core team, forming a four-guarantee-one tactical layout.
A team leader was selected to provide unified command to the five teams in the group.
On Xu Yan's side, everyone agreed that Xu Yan would be the team leader.
In terms of configuration, there were already four teams.
Xu Yan's team,
Wu Dayong's team,
Pang Fei's team,
Lu Meng's team.
One more team was needed to form a complete unit.
As for the fifth team, Xu Yan couldn't make up his mind on who should be invited.
They definitely couldn't choose a team that was too weak.
But when those strong teams saw that Xu Yan had a life-related professional team, and the team leader was a farmer, they all declined Xu Yan's invitation politely.
Although many of them were inspired to join the war against the beast tide because of Xu Yan,
That didn't mean they were willing to risk their lives by following a farmer as a leader.
Everyone's priority was ensuring their own survival.
Just when Xu Yan was hesitating whether to show his hand in front of everyone in advance,
The former chief instructor of District 36, Instructor Yang, pulled a team from nowhere.
This team was a recruit team from another defense zone.
Xu Yan was not impressed.
All members of the team were girls, and all of them were swordsmen.
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They each had a long knife at their waist,
Unlike the long swords used by other swordsmen, these were all Tang Swords, with a distinct and sharp shape.
A Tang Sword team!
The leader, Liang Qiu, had long black hair and a delicate face, looking cold and aloof.
She spoke no greetings or words at all.
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Instructor Yang explained:
> "Xu Yan, when you mobilized new recruits in District 36, you did a great job. Our District 36 became the recruit district with the greatest contribution, and I received a personal award from my superiors. I owe you a favor. Now, I'll return it to you."
> "Although your team is pretty good, it still has configuration problems and lacks raw power."
> "This team is made up of girls who all went to the same university as me. The captain is Liang Qiu! They are very strong. Even though they are also new recruits, they're basically a veteran-level team."
> "All members are level 25, rare-profession Ancient Warriors. During the recruit assessment, their team wiped out a cluster of 30 level 20 poisonous beasts. They ranked 4th among the top 100 recruits!"
> "For the next battle, they will form a team with you. If you cooperate well, it shouldn't be difficult for you to survive."
> "That's it. You should start running drills with them as soon as possible. The war is about to start, and I have to return to plan strategies with my own team."
After Instructor Yang finished speaking, he left in a hurry.
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Xu Yan looked at the Tang Sword Team and was very satisfied with the favor Instructor Yang had returned.
> The opponent's level is 25, and my level is 15. The difference is exactly 10 levels.
That means they can still eat the effects of Tree World Fruits.
Moreover, ranked 4th among the top 100 recruits, they were among the best.
They perfectly met his needs.
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What Xu Yan didn't know was that while his team was busy farming money by hunting Disaster Beast Cores,
They never bothered to register their recruit assessment completion.
So their data never entered the recruit power rankings.
Otherwise, this Tang Sword team's ranking might have been pushed down a few places.
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Xu Yan took the lead in reaching out his hand.
> "Hello, Liang Qiu, my name is Xu Yan, from the Dayan City Military Region—"
But before Xu Yan could finish speaking,
Liang Qiu interrupted him coldly.
> "No introductions are needed. Instructor Yang has told us everything."
> "I don't understand why your team lets a farmer be the team leader."
> "But since Instructor Yang personally asked us to come, I have to give him face."
> "I won't compete with you for the team leader position. We're used to acting alone. We don't take orders, and we don't give orders."
> "When the battle starts later, all of you just follow us. I won't let you die. That's the only promise I can make."
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Xu Yan wasn't offended by Liang Qiu's attitude.
After all, most geniuses are arrogant.
> "When the battle starts, they'll listen to me anyway."
Xu Yan was already used to this standard process.
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His teammates didn't say anything, but they were secretly happy in their hearts.
They wanted to see how Liang Qiu and her team would beg Xu Yan for one or two Tree World Fruits later.
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The War Begins!
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The second wave of the beast tide arrived.
After being filtered by the first and second lines of defense,
A large number of Disaster Beasts charged toward Baitan City!
> The frontline fighters threw out powerful skills, prioritizing killing the highest-level beasts first.
The battle noises were so loud, they spread all the way to the rear—and even inside the city.
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The people inside Baitan City began to panic.
Everyone rushed toward the train station, desperately trying to escape the city.
> Crowds pushed against each other, causing stampedes.
The station nearly collapsed from overcrowding.
If the Baitan City Military hadn't sent troops to maintain order,
The city's entire transportation hub might have collapsed.
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Defense Zone 50
The battle began.
The instructors stood at the front, trying to kill all level 30 Disaster Beasts before they slipped through.
But some beasts still got past them.
The recruits had no choice but to contain them and wait for backup.
Soon, a large number of Disaster Beasts rushed toward the city walls, forming a small beast tide!
> Facing the wave of beasts, the recruits hesitated—
But they had numbers on their side.
All of them drew their weapons—
And charged down the walls!
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Xu Yan's team
Xu Yan gave the order.
> "Everyone! Attack!"
"Yes!"
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But before Xu Yan finished giving the command—
Liang Qiu and her Tang Sword Team—
JUMPED OFF THE WALLS FIRST!