Chapter 780: Fog reconnaissance, strategy recovery

The three people have different divisions of labor. Mariel is responsible for controlling the defensive arrow towers on the north, west, and east.

Howie is responsible for the defensive buildings in the south and territory and observes and summarizes the situation in all directions.

Vereesa is responsible for mobilizing troops and generals based on the situation, and coordinates operations with the defensive arrow towers.

"The black light is the largest in the north, which is most likely the direction where the enemies are concentrated."

"The black light is sparser in the east, and the remaining two sides are more even."

"Mariel, please adjust the gunner's perspective of the magic artillery tower and see if you can see the gray fog."

In front of Howie was a collection of [Commander Tower (orange)] connected to sentry towers within the territory and various buildings with the [Eye of True Sight] effect.

Able to perform a certain degree of observation and sight distance adjustment under the influence of the [Eye of True Sight].

At this time, all the authority of this part was gathered in front of Howie.

He turned around and reported to the two of them based on the implementation situation.

This is the upper half of [Commander Tower (Orange)] but not the top, because the top is easily attacked, and the middle and upper middle sections are the safest.

The command room as a whole is a ring-shaped reinforced room with three workstations.

Each workbench can be used by a commander to occupy and control the authority within the tower.

You can also divide the permissions in advance. This division can be lifted at any time and the permissions of the entire tower can be shared.

After the [Commander Tower (orange)] was built, most of the related buildings in the territory were connected.

This is like a command terminal with permissions, capable of summarizing building permissions.

This enables centralized scheduling and control, which is a great convenience and advantage for defensive warfare!

After hearing Howie's report, Mariel immediately tried to remotely control a [Magic Energy Turret] placed in the north with the permission of the command tower, and successfully entered [Gunner Mode] for overlooking observation.

Unfortunately, this perspective still cannot see through the situation inside the fog.

"No, I still can't see what's behind the gray fog."

Mariel exited [Gunner Mode] and turned to Howie and shook her head.

At this time, Vereesa, who was sitting on the other side, suddenly spoke.

"I asked Bot stationed in the north to dispatch the [Magic Mechanical Falcon] to investigate."

When she said this, she immediately used the sound transmission function of the command tower to notify the garrison in the north of the territory.

Bot is a fighting hero who inherited an unclaimed territory.

His talents and abilities are quite good, and his mind is relatively flexible.

Now he has been assigned a certain combat mission, serving as the node and command hero of the northern garrison.

He has prepared some practical and portable props in his storage compartment.

This [Magic Mechanical Falcon] Zong Shen originally used challenge points to redeem a lot of [auxiliary props].

It was used by him as a tool to assist reconnaissance in the early stage. It can transmit the images seen by the [Mechanical Falcon] back in real time in the form of magic energy projection, which is very practical.

It is now distributed to frontline combat heroes as an auxiliary tool for reconnaissance.

Vereesa is also a veteran hero in the territory, and a legendary hero among the elves.

Therefore, when Mariel and Howie faced Vereesa, they would feel their auras being suppressed.

She was also vaguely the dominant figure in the command room.

Her orders passed through the sound transmission function of [Commander's Tower (orange)], and sounded like a regional broadcast in the defensive position in the north of the territory.

After receiving the order, Bot, who was on the front line, immediately took out the [Magic Mechanical Falcon] and the matching projection crystal from the storage compartment. All the falcons have been charged and can be released for reconnaissance at any time.

After confirming that it was correct, Bert raised his hand, and the metal wings of the [Magic Mechanical Falcon] spread out, and a little light cyan wind energy surrounded it to assist its flight.

The mechanical falcon flapped its wings and flew towards the gray mist ahead according to his instructions.

This fog of war is clearly visible, at least nearly 20 kilometers behind the outer perimeter of the defense circle.

This distance is exactly the radius of Zong Shen's current territory.

Where there is no fog, everything is normal and observation can be carried out normally.

But where there is fog, it is just a blur, and nothing can be seen clearly.

The place shrouded in mist is outside Zong Shen's territory, where the blackened orcs are deployed.

It was obvious that the lord system still respected the scope of his territory, and did not put the blackened orcs closer because Zong Shen shrank his defense.

The clear rules and clear settings prove that this time the challenge is relatively formal.

After releasing the [Magic Mechanical Falcon], Bot immediately mounted a hybrid prairie horse that was waiting nearby and galloped away in the direction in which the Mechanical Falcon flew away!

Along the way, they bypassed the dug trenches, roadblocks and horses.

He stopped after only advancing 11 or 12 kilometers. It was enough to get here!

This is because the effective detection range of the [Magic Mechanical Falcon] is 10 kilometers. If it exceeds this distance, it will not be able to send back images and may lose control.

The current level of Zong Shen's territory is lv19, which means that the territory is a circular area with a radius of 19 kilometers.

The outer defense line is about two or three kilometers away from the Lord's Fortress, so Bot still needs to ride a hybrid prairie horse for twelve or three kilometers to extend the detection range of the [Magic Mechanical Falcon] beyond the fog of war.

The mixed-breed prairie horse has fine scales on its neck and is the standard military horse of the Kingdom of Avalon. The more scales, the higher the level of the horse.

There are not many of these horses in their territory, and their speed is much faster than ordinary prairie horses.

But it took him seven to eight minutes to advance more than ten kilometers.

As time passed but still during the deployment, the fog showed no sign of lifting.

Bot reined in his horse in time. From here, the fog in the north was only a few kilometers away from him.

When viewed up close, the fog looks like extremely stable gray clouds.

If viewed from the air, the territory looks like an island sunk in a gray sea.

This feeling is very depressing, like being under siege.

What makes people even more anxious is that no one knows what is hidden in the fog.

He opened his palms and activated the crystal projection.

At this moment, the [Magic Mechanical Falcon] has flown into the fog, and logically it should be able to send back images.

After waiting for a while, the crystal projected a beam of light, forming a picture.

The first thing that catches the eye is the endless haze.

The Falcon was still flying, heading towards the limit of its effective detection range.

Suddenly, the outline of the sentry tower and camp appeared vaguely in the screen.

Just when Bert opened his eyes to take a closer look, the projected image suddenly disappeared.

"Crack..."

There was a faint crisp sound. Bert looked down at the projection crystal in his hand and found that it was already covered with cracks.

The [Magic Mechanical Falcon] also lost its senses, and he was unable to give any instructions!

He did not dare to delay, so he quickly turned the horse's head and slapped the horse's butt hard. The hybrid prairie horse neighed, raised its hooves and ran quickly towards the defense circle of the territory.

In the command tower, Vereesa watched Bot from a distance through the view of the nearby sentry tower.

However, because the distance is too far, the sentry tower's [Eye of True Seeing] does not have the ability to increase the sight distance.

So when Bert walked away, she couldn't see him.

Another seven or eight minutes passed before Bot returned to where he was.

Everyone had been tipped before and knew that the nearby guard tower was the eyes and ears of the control tower.

So Bot immediately ran to the nearest sentry tower, raised his head and loudly told Vereesa what the [Magic Mechanical Falcon] had seen and the situation of the lost contact!

After receiving the news, Vereesa, Mariel, and Howie looked at each other.

"Since the outlines of sentry towers and camps appear in the fog, this means that the opponent is not only coming with troops, but also a complete camp!"

"I will report to the adults now!"

Vereesa said urgently, using the sound transmission function to amplify the sound on the high tower of the lord's fortress.

…

When Zong Shen learned the news, the countdown in the sky had already changed to 23:29:42.

Sixteen minutes have passed since the release ended!

The fog still hasn't dissipated. I don't know whether it will continue to exist or whether it will dissipate before the attack.

And Zong has been trying hard to contact the strategy module.

Unfortunately, the strategy module is still intermittent.

According to the last challenge announcement, the 15 to 60 minutes after the countdown appears are the deployment time, so he does not have to worry about the dark orcs launching a surprise attack.

After hearing the news reported by Vereesa, Zong Shen raised his eyebrows.

This is not good news!

Simply deploying offensive troops and deploying troops plus a complete forward camp are two concepts.

With the advance camp in place, the attacker can advance and retreat in a controlled manner.

Secondly, it also has a great impact on Zong Shen's counterattack plan.

If he wanted to take the initiative, he had to defeat the advancing camp in that direction.

Of course, there is a sufficient buffer zone between the two parties, ranging from a dozen kilometers outside the shrinking defensive circle to a range of 25 kilometers to 40 kilometers away from the fortress shrouded in the gray fog of war.

To put it simply, the current situation around us is like a sandwich egg.

The territory fortress is the center point, the shrinking defensive circle is the egg white, and the territory range is the eggshell.

The outside of the shell is completely surrounded by gray salad dressing.

The theoretical buffer zone is from the egg whites of the defense circle to the gray mist of salad dressing.

And there is also the residence of the dark orcs.

He lowered his head and analyzed for a while, then raised his hand and made a gesture to indicate that he understood.

First of all, the gray fog of war is not a physical barrier, it just blocks perception and vision.

[Magic Mechanical Falcon] can pass it over, then he can pass it over.

So Zong Shen had a bold idea in his mind, wondering whether to ride Xiaoheizi or Yingjiang for high-speed assault to conduct close reconnaissance. If he could see it with his own eyes, he could analyze more clues.

However, after a brief thought, he gave up the idea.

The [Magic Mechanical Falcon] ended up directly disconnecting, and who knew if he would get lost in it. Secondly, no one could be sure of the dark orcs' methods, and the air was not absolutely safe.

If the car rolls over, it's all over.

The safest thing is to continue waiting for the strategy module to recover.

As long as the strategy module comes, the shortcomings in information will no longer exist.

Regardless of whether the information is comprehensive or not, the safest solution is still to stick to it, which is also the core goal of the challenge.

So he chose to stay where he was and continued to call the strategy module.

At the same time, he also took out the communication crystal and asked Vereesa to use the authority of the command tower to send a team of wolf cavalry in various directions as field scouts.

The Wolf Cavalry team can approach the fog for observation.

Zong Shen judged that the gray fog not only blocked the field of vision, but also acted as a boundary.

At least this boundary cannot be crossed until the offensive team is fully deployed.

This restriction should be effective for both parties.

The wolf cavalry can approach the edge of the fog and get closer to test it bit by bit.

There are twelve wolf cavalry warriors in a team. They can send one to scout, tie a rope around the scout's waist and pull back if there is anything slightly wrong.

In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the advanced intermediate space mage Reese Ulysses personally took charge of running the errands.

She carried four communication crystals with lower numbers and handed them to the team leaders who were exploring in four directions.

Reese Ulysses is an important member of the territory, and Zong Shen will not let him be in danger, because she can lead the members of the territory to emerge in an emergency.

The Wolf Cavalry is different. Even if one or two teams are sacrificed, it doesn't hurt. Everything is for the final victory.

As long as you survive the challenge, all losses will be restored!

After arranging backup reconnaissance methods, Zong Shen felt a little relieved.

In fact, he had many ways to prepare before the challenge began.

For example, he used the blank beacon position of [Thousand Kilometer Portal (Orange)] to mark three space beacons in the territory of 15 to 50 kilometers.

He had already seen it just now. Although this was an independent challenge area, the surrounding terrain and environment, including the spatial coordinates left behind, were perfectly reproduced.

In addition, the strengthened Reese Ulysses also arranged three [Shadow Wormhole] opening beacons according to this standard. These six beacons basically cover points in all directions on the periphery of the territory.

It was also Zong Shen's preparation for the subsequent major counterattack and countermeasure plan.

…

More than ten minutes have passed, and the frontline scouts have not yet reported the results.

But Zong Shen successfully called out the strategy module!

[Come in response to your call, great——Little Zongzi]

…

Zong Shen looked at the golden subtitles and couldn't laugh or cry.

He doesn't understand whether the strategy module has independent consciousness and personality.

Because many times the strategy module will complain about him or even ridicule him.

He could sense that the complaints were well-intentioned.

But sometimes the strategy module behaves normally.

It made him feel that the strategy module was a very personable person, and he felt like both a teacher and a friend.

Now that the plug-in is in place, it’s time to query the information.

Before the complete deployment of those dark orcs is completed, it is wise to understand the enemy's situation first!

"Please tell me the number and strength of the Dark Orcs?"

(There is an advanced camp of dark orcs in each of the four directions of the territory. It is isolated by the fog, and the quantity and attribute information is missing. Please wait for the fog to dissipate)

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