Chapter 96: Yunyang Sect’s helpless choice Although the three elders hold high positions, they are also aware of the current situation they are of whether Su Chen has real ability or not, they seem unable to admit it, and it is impossible for them to admit it. The Yunyang Sect is the number one sect in the Great Zhou. A disciple who was driven away, but a very talented disciple. If such a thing were to be exposed, what would happen to the prestige of the Yunyang Sect? From now on, will the judgment of the Yunyang Sect’s top leaders still have authority? Thinking of this, the three elders did not say anything more. “On the front line, let’s arrange a few more hall masters to provide reinforcements. In the current situation, this is the only way to achieve immediate results." On the Yunyang Sect front, their demands are not high, and they are satisfied as long as they can hold out roughly. They can accept the occasional leakage of monsters to infiltrate the rear line. But no more lives can be lost.
The death of another disciple in the front-line defense was a severe blow to morale. After returning, the elders also need to think about how to face the sect leader's questioning. Also, how should the investigation disciples be arranged? Now on the front line, the accuracy of the information collected by the reconnaissance disciples carefully trained by Sun Xuerong is not optimistic. They are far from achieving the same level of intelligence gathering as they did in the previous two years. In this case, do these exploratory disciples need to be trained further? Or should we just cancel the investigation of disciples? "Let's wait a little longer. After Jianyun and Xingwan have tried it on the front line, we'll see what to do next. The two children said that they had some insights. With their natural talents and understanding, they could achieve the same exploration abilities as others." Hearing Sun Xuerong's words, the first elder and the third elder nodded. If the front line is still not stable, the sect leader might ask the elders to go to the front line to command in person. Yunyang Sect’s front-line camp. After the three elders left, the remaining four hall masters did not leave immediately. They still had a lot to talk about right now. "Senior Sister Zhao, you should be cautious about what you just said. You have studied the habits of monsters, so you should be able to make a more accurate assessment of the beast tide." Xia Kun looked serious. He had been unable to calm down since he heard what Zhao Li said. The elders didn't trust her enough, but he believed in Zhao Li. The same was true for the other two hall masters beside him. Hall Master Zhao Li may not be a big deal in other aspects, but she has done extremely in-depth research on the habits and activity patterns of monsters. Hearing this, Zhao Li hesitated for a moment, but did not answer immediately. She led the three of them out of the front line and into the frontier wilderness.
"Come and take a look at the wilderness frontier now, and see the traces of these beasts. Most of the time, the monsters that harass our defenses are commanded and controlled by big monsters or golden monsters behind the scenes. Most of the traces left behind are relatively neat. But look at how messy it is now, the traces left by the beasts nearby. From the night attacks, one could also feel that these beasts were becoming more and more violent. These monsters may have been forced by some powerful force to come and harass us." Zhao Li paused for a moment when she said this. The expressions of the three hall masters beside him were even more serious. “There are currently two main theories about the causes of the beast tide. First, there are celestial demons or even demons above celestial demons going crazy in the wilderness, so that these demons can only escape from the wilderness and fight for their lives in the area where we humans survive. The second is the famine that occurred in the wilderness. These monsters were controlled by stronger monsters and then attacked our front lines. Of course, it is possible that both situations occur at the same time.” Zhao Li began to speak, these conjectures are the summary of many years of experience of the human race, the summary of experience gained at the cost of human lives. "I feel now that the first situation is very likely to have occurred, but it's not that bad." Zhao Li's words made Xia Kun and the other two even more nervous. If a beast tide really appeared, not to mention the disciples on the front line, even the hall masters like them might be annihilated. "Sister Zhao, don't speak halfway. What does it mean that it’s not that bad? To be honest, the three hall masters were a little scared. “I feel like there are already signs of a beast tide in this wilderness. But it is just a sign, and we still have room to maneuver. Now, we need to let those monsters know that we are not soft persimmons and we are not objects that they can ravage at will. If they are scared and cowardly, they will naturally not dare to come again. But if we continue to indulge them like this, these monsters will gain some benefits. It is very likely that a beast tide will really form." Zhao Li's voice was very soft, but to the three hall masters, it was deafening. "Frozen three feet is not a day's cold. The formation of the beast tide did not happen suddenly in a few days. After going through the formation period and the rapid change period, a beast tide will eventually form. But if we don’t handle these things well, we may really run into big problems on this front.”
Hearing that the beast tide would not happen in the near future, Xia Kun and the other two felt a little more at ease. But this beast tide is really a big problem that must be considered. "Senior Sister Zhao, what do you think we should do now? I feel like there will be little immediate relief for the situation on the front lines.” Hearing this, Zhao Li also sighed. “Actually, I just wanted to mention this matter to the three elders. If this situation continues on the front line, those monsters will only treat us as soft persimmons. The best way is to ask other sects for help and quickly reverse the current downward trend. If we can't deal with these declines now, these monsters will become more aggressive. It's just harassment now, and after a while, the monsters will start to launch large-scale raids on us. If this situation really happens, we will have to ask for help from the strong men of other sects." Many people thought that since large sects had a large number of people, there shouldn’t be any problem guarding a defense line of dozens of miles. But in fact, take Tiangang City as an example. At most 30% of the sect's people can actually participate in the front-line garrison. The sect has many affairs to deal with, not just guarding the front line. In addition, for every disciple on the front line, logistics support must be increased. The preparation of various resources and related support work is an extremely labor-intensive process. Furthermore, these safeguards cannot afford to fail. If there were logistical problems, the front line might collapse faster. Besides, the disciples also need rest and rotation. Asking 30% of the disciples to go to the front line to resist was even considered a rather harsh condition. Under normal circumstances, the front-line garrison will be maintained at less than 20% of the sect's personnel. And now, the Yunyang Sect has sent 30% of its disciples to garrison the front lines. In order to increase the defensive capabilities of the front line, the sect could not arrange for other disciples. Asking for external help is the best way. “The elders will probably not agree to ask other sects for help. After all, we were still helping others last year, and they might not be able to save face.” (End of this chapter)
