Chapter 142

It was likely that the troops under Pan Feng, Liu Bei, and the Changshan Administrator Deng Song were even weaker in morale.

With this suspicion, Su Li hurried to check the other camps.

Sure enough.

The NPC soldiers he encountered were all listless and lethargic.

Yet the fact was, nothing unusual had happened last night.

Even if they were panicked by the "ghost wall" incident they encountered yesterday, causing them to sleep poorly, they shouldn't be this weak.

"This is bad, Brother Su."

At this moment, a hurried figure approached from afar.

Su Li turned his head to look; it was Liu Bei, rushing over anxiously with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

"You've also discovered that the soldiers' condition is wrong, haven't you?"

Before the three of them could speak as they approached, Su Li said it first.

Liu Bei nodded heavily: "That's right, Brother Su. We woke up early this morning and discovered that the local volunteers who followed us all seemed to have suffered severe physical exhaustion."

Speaking of this, Liu Bei's brows furrowed tightly: "It's not just them; even the three of us brothers feel physically fatigued, as if the sleep we got last night had no effect."

"That's right! Brother Su!"

"I usually have the habit of drinking early in the morning."

"Today, I don't know why, but I don't even want to drink; I just want to sleep. It's truly strange."

Zhang Fei also scratched his head and chimed in.

Guan Yu did not speak, but his face was equally grave.

"I have the same feeling as you all."

Su Li nodded toward the three of them, his gaze suddenly sharpening: "It seems the enemy's sorcery can not only trap us but also drain our physical strength without us realizing it."

"And we cannot recover through rest."

The current situation was clearly just like that.

Only by thinking this way could one explain the condition appearing on everyone.

However...

Even if they understood, the few of them could only stare at each other, having absolutely no idea what to do.

"Let's go find Mr. Ju and see if he has any solution."

After Su Li said this, he took Zhao Yu and walked toward the camp where Ju Shou was located.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang naturally followed as well.

Once they arrived, Su Li discovered that Pan Feng and the Changshan Administrator Deng Song had also come to Ju Shou.

It was clear they had all discovered the anomaly in the army.

The group gathered together, wanting to hear what Ju Shou had to say.

But the result...

Ju Shou's expression sank as he delivered some bad news: "According to my understanding, the Starry Earth-Fiend Art only uses astrology to alter the terrain and trap us."

"Such sorcery cannot affect our own physical strength."

"And there is no sorcery that can directly affect the enemy's body from a distance."

Speaking of this, Ju Shou paused, his face becoming extremely grave: "Therefore, I suspect it must be that Zhang Bao has utilized the power of the Earth Scroll of the Heavenly Book, the Taiping Essential Arts, to affect us."

"If that is truly the case, I have no good solution."

"We can only try our best to break the Starry Earth-Fiend Art before our physical strength is exhausted."

"Once the sorcery is broken, the effects contained within will naturally disappear."

Su Li and the others were not satisfied with this answer.

Ju Shou could be said to be their lifeline right now.

If even Ju Shou had no solution and they could only try to break the Starry Earth-Fiend Art before their strength ran out...

Wouldn't they just be leaving their fate to the heavens?

If they couldn't break it, wouldn't everyone just die from exhaustion?

But there was no help for their dissatisfaction.

With the lackluster intelligence stats of these people, they couldn't help at all.

They could only return to their respective homes, act like salted fish, lie still, and try to conserve their physical strength.

Returning to the camp.

A worried look appeared on Su Li's face; the current situation could be said to have reached a precarious point.

He could feel his physical strength draining away at every moment.

If this state continued for too long.

Even if Ju Shou broke the Starry Earth-Fiend Art by then, they would likely have reached the point of total exhaustion.

At that time, if the Yellow Turban camp seized the opportunity to strike, the consequences could be imagined.

"Man proposes, God disposes...!"

Sighing involuntarily, Su Li felt somewhat helpless in his heart.

Ever since he arrived in this world and obtained the [Hundredfold Growth] talent, he had been sailing smoothly without encountering any major difficulties.

And after the Red Blood Cavalry was formed, he had become somewhat arrogant.

He felt that with his own strength and the Red Blood Cavalry, he could roam anywhere.

As a result, the very first main storyline of this world taught Su Li what it meant to have people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens.

A single sorcery from the enemy left him completely helpless, forced to leave his fate to the heavens.

This feeling of being at the mercy of others was very uncomfortable.

But there was no other way.

Su Li could only rein in his distressed state of mind and do what he could.

For example, go and soothe the emotions of the Red Blood Cavalry.

Lest everyone's mental state collapse under these circumstances...

However.

Just as Su Li had Zhao Yu assemble the Red Blood Cavalry, preparing to provide them with psychological support, a thin figure wearing a bamboo hat approached them without anyone noticing.

Accompanied by a voice that was difficult to distinguish as male or female.

"May I ask this young master, are you worried about the current predicament?"

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“May I ask this young master, are you worrying about the predicament before you?”

When this voice rang in his ears, it wasn't just Zhao Yu who was startled; even Su Li himself was taken aback.

You must know.

He had already reached the level of a top-tier general.

A martial prowess value infinitely close to 100 points not only gave him super-strong combat power, but also brought him super-strong vision, hearing, and perception!

Normally speaking...

Let alone a person approaching quietly, even if a mosquito were to enter within five meters of him, he would be able to detect it with ease!

And now?

Looking at the thin, weak figure standing only three or four meters behind him, a wave of vigilance rose in Su Li’s heart.

This was a mysterious person wearing a bamboo hat.

Or rather, it was unclear whether they were male or female.

They were not tall, barely reaching one meter seventy.

They looked like a woman.

But from their physique, one could not discern any female characteristics, making them seem like an unremarkable man.

Wearing a bamboo hat that completely obscured their face, it was impossible to distinguish their gender from their voice either.

Yet, such a mysterious person of unknown gender had quietly approached within several meters of him without a sound!