Chapter 1027: Heart Toward the Light (3)

The sudden turn of events left Zhao Chi with a bellyful of questions.

But he still felt very excited.

At that moment, a compulsory clan voice message rang in his ear.

The voice was aged, the tone firm.

It was Zhao Shizhang.

【I am Zhao Shizhang】

【Not long ago, I received a message from Captain Li. This battle is a trap—a trap aimed at those alien races】

【The alien races have already taken the bait】

【At Horn Cliff Town, there are not only General Yan Ling's World-Breaking Army, but also Jiang Yang's Heavenly King Army, Chang Xian's Blade Army, and Jiang Xiao's Iron Blood Army】

【In effect, it's four rebel armies besieging this one alien platoon】

【Their target is not us, so they won't attack us either. We are safe】

【So this time, the alien races are sure to lose】

【And we... are essentially the alien races' accomplices...】

【However, they've given us one chance: we may choose to join one of the armies】

【And we must decide within half an hour, then attack the alien races together as a pledge of allegiance】

【There'll be no vote this time. I have decided to join the World-Breaking Army】

【After all, the other three each have their own problems】

【The Heavenly King Army needs no explanation—they're a large bandit army, as everyone well knows】

【Chang Xian's Blade Army is actually decent, quite upright in their methods, with a good reputation. Unfortunately, they have too few members and are still very weak. Joining them offers no future】

【Jiang Xiao's Iron Blood Army has a mixed reputation. They too rose from bandits and have plenty of unsavory history. Although they've restrained themselves somewhat recently, joining them is still not a good choice】

【So joining the World-Breaking Army remains the best option. What does everyone think?】

【If you have any questions, raise them quickly. In half an hour, we will turn around and attack the alien races】

【This time, no one is to queue for a match on their own. Arrangements will be made】

The group chat exploded instantly.

Zhao Chi didn't know why, but he deliberately opened the Stream Village group.

Only the alien races were talking in the village group; not a single ordinary lord had spoken.

They must have sent the same information to the heads of the other clans, and the other clans were also in the midst of deciding.

He closed the village group and entered the clan group.

The clan group had already begun discussing.

In just this short while, there were already dozens of text and voice messages.

Zhao Huai 【No wonder Instructor Li went straight into battle. I thought they were really going to negotiate】

Zhao Jiao 【Yeah, I also thought Instructor Li was going to use that alien platoon leader or whatever to make the aliens withdraw. Didn't expect him to just attack】

Zhao Huang 【This is much better. We should have fought long ago. Kill those alien bastards】

Zhao Qizu 【I have no objection to joining the World-Breaking Army】

Zhao Qizong 【Neither do I】

Zhao Qiye 【Actually, joining the Blade Army would be pretty good, but the World-Breaking Army is fine too. I also agree】

With several of the clan's elders in agreement, there was really nothing left to discuss.

Afterward, everyone expressed their agreement, but with all sorts of concerns.

Zhao Jing 【So this counts as leaving home for good, right? We can't go back to Stream Village anymore? I still have a lot of materials in my home warehouse】

Zhao Cang 【We should be able to go back and pack our things after the victory, right? After all, everyone still has quite a bit of stuff over there. But we definitely can't keep living in Stream Village afterward】

Zhao Hong 【Sigh, from now on we can only hide and run. Don't be fooled by how lively these four rebel armies look fighting now—once it's over, they'll split apart again. Our good days may be numbered】

Zhao Qiye 【There's no helping it. It's already happened. And the fact that they didn't treat us as alien lackeys to be dealt with along with them is already a good outcome】

Zhao Qi's family 【Exactly. Our luck is actually pretty good. Even if life gets harder in the future, isn't it at least better than dying in battle for the aliens right now?】

Zhao Hong 【That's not what I meant. I was just stating an objective fact】

Zhao Qizu 【Zhao Hong, quiet】

Zhao Chi's brows knitted tightly.

He was all for fighting the alien races.

But the alien races were so strong that he still wanted to warn everyone.

Posting it directly in the group wasn't appropriate... so he'd send it directly to the clan head.

And it wasn't easy to say directly either.

Zhao Chi 【Clan Head, aren't the alien races very strong? I have no experience. Could you tell us how the alien races fight?】

Zhao Shizhang replied immediately 【Hmm... that's a good question, but you might not need it. I'll post it in the group for everyone to see. You come take a look too】

So the clan head knew how the werewolves fought?

But on second thought, that made sense.

They certainly had access to more information than he did.

Soon, Zhao Shizhang posted the precautions in the group:

【Everyone, I have already, on behalf of the Zhao clan, formally replied to the other side, clearly stating that we wish to join General Yan Ling's World-Breaking Army. They have agreed】

【However, we must kill some of the alien races to demonstrate our resolve and willingness to join】

【At 10:30, we will be released, and some alien enemies will be assigned to us for combat】

【Everyone, fight with all you've got】

【However, there are some characteristics of these alien races I can share with everyone】

【These alien races are werewolves who came from Wangyue City, able to transform into wolf form, and their strength is indeed very strong】

【They are not ordinary werewolves, but special werewolves whose entire race has undergone genetic modification, possessing the ability to fuse with equipment】

【The exotic armor they normally wear and the weapons they carry can fuse into their bodies upon transformation】

【The exotic armor will fuse into their skin】

【So if you want to hurt them, you must first deplete the durability of the armor on their skin】

【Weapons will fuse into their claws and teeth】

【This also causes their claws and teeth to deal extremely high damage. After all, in wolf form, claws and teeth already deal high damage, and with weapon attributes stacked on top, their damage is terrifying】

【So, relying on this, they tore off a piece of the cake from the nobles】

【Now, they want to completely replace the nobles and rule over us】

【So when fighting these werewolves, everyone must go all out and must focus-fire to kill them】

【Also, don't be nervous — they aren't unkillable, they just have equipment buffs making them more durable】

So that's how it is.

Zhao Chi had speculated this before, but hadn't expected his guess to be correct.

These werewolves' genes are really not bad — fusing weapons into the body, achieving the realm of unity between person and sword?

The werewolves at Yanping before should all have been elites, and what fused onto their bodies was at least steel-grade equipment.

Even more than that.

No wonder it took full-power attacks a dozen or even dozens of times to kill them.

After all, high-grade equipment has extremely high durability, and breaking through it indeed takes a long time.

And their weapons, stacked with the power of wolf claws, could break through the female soldiers' iron armor in three attacks — that makes sense too.

And Yanping himself was a lord, so naturally his equipment was even more luxurious.

It took him being surrounded by himself and several women to be taken down.