After more than a month of effort, the number of people who reached level 10 finally reached 1000 this morning, and the light screen above the Revival Spring also changed as people expected.
The Beast Tide will arrive after 24:00:00. When the Beast Tide arrives, if the school gate is breached, the school will lose all its protection. Please be prepared and try your best to resist the Beast Tide. The 24 hours displayed on the light screen immediately entered a countdown state, turning into 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.
Watching the changes on the light screen, the people below began to discuss, and the teachers also organized some student representatives to return to the auditorium for discussion, and Liang Mushui and his group were among them.
During the discussion, everyone expressed his personal opinions. Some people felt there was nothing to be afraid of, as after level 10, besides Black Bear and wild boar being a bit difficult to kill, other wild beasts were basically not worth considering.
Some people expressed deep concern, as a Beast Tide would surely involve a huge number, and they might even be completely overwhelmed. Others were concerned about whether there would be any benefits after the Beast Tide ended and if they could leave this place, but the information provided on the light screen was too little, and at this stage, everyone could only constantly ponder and guess.
"Liang Mushui, do you have any opinions?" Teacher Chen suddenly asked Liang Mushui amidst the discussions.
The teachers made no attempt to conceal Liang Mushui's affairs; they even publicized him among the students. The students also knew that Liang Mushui had played a significant role in achieving the current situation, so everyone quieted down and looked at Liang Mushui.
Facing everyone's sudden attention, Liang Mushui was stunned for a moment, then he adjusted his state and said: "I don't want to say much else. I am only concerned about one thing: the consequences if we fail to resist the Beast Tide. Although the light screen only mentioned that the school would lose its protection, what would happen after losing protection?"
Liang Mushui paused and continued: "Regarding this, I have two guesses. First, the Revival Spring will lose all its effects, and we will also lose the ability to resurrect. Second, the effect of the Revival Spring will still remain. If the school is invaded by wild beasts during the Beast Tide, we are very likely to be killed by wild beasts and then resurrect at the Revival Spring. But please don't forget, we will have a weak period when we resurrect. The more times we resurrect, the more severe the weakness will be, and the duration of weakness will continuously stack. If it really develops to such a situation, everyone should be very clear about our fate."
After listening to Liang Mushui's words, a scene appeared in everyone's mind: they were too weak to move, killed by wild beasts, and then continuously resurrected and killed again.
The thought of this filled everyone present with unprecedented fear; it was a scene worse than death.
"That's just your guess, right? It's also possible that after we fail to resist, the Beast Tide will return to the forest," someone present retorted.
"You're right, that's just my guess, and the possibility you mentioned also exists, but do you want to gamble on it?" Liang Mushui looked at that person and said contemptuously.
In fact, most people leaned towards Liang Mushui, after all, Liang Mushui's experiences were there, and they would never believe that the Beast Tide would automatically retreat if they failed to resist. More importantly, just as Liang Mushui said, they couldn't afford to gamble.
So, everyone's opinions quickly unified. This Beast Tide must not be underestimated, and no matter the cost, they must resist it. Then, everyone present began discussing how to resist the Beast Tide again, this time with more enthusiasm and intensity.
Watching the lively discussion, Teacher Chen felt deeply relieved. He didn't expect Liang Mushui to unite everyone with just a few words. In fact, Teacher Chen and the others' initial idea was to resist this Beast Tide with all their might, but he hadn't yet figured out how to guide everyone to unite. He didn't expect Liang Mushui to perfectly accomplish what he wanted to do.
Finally, after some discussion, two plans were directly approved. The first was that since the light screen only required them to guard the school gate from being breached, they decided to dig a moat around the school gate, as the Revival Spring was relatively close to the school gate and the water in the pond was inexhaustible. The second was to create a large number of obstacles like caltrops. In case wild beasts passed the moat, they could still block the advance of the Beast Tide on land as much as possible.
Just as everyone finished their discussion and prepared to take action, Liang Mushui mysteriously pulled Teacher Chen aside and whispered to him.
"What do you need these things for? These things have almost no lethality; at most, they can only cause some interference." It turned out that Liang Mushui hoped Teacher Chen could help him make some tools, but after hearing Liang Mushui's request, Teacher Chen felt a wave of doubt. However, out of trust in Liang Mushui, Teacher Chen readily agreed and promised to make them as soon as possible and hand them over to him.
Meanwhile, on the other side, just as the students were preparing to dig a pit for the moat, they discovered that within a 1-kilometer radius of the school, the originally soft soil had become indestructible, as if it was specifically designed to counter them.
This change gave the teachers a feeling: it seemed to be preventing them from taking shortcuts, forcing them onto a path of direct confrontation. If this guess was correct, the role that caltrops could play might not be very significant.
So, the teachers immediately changed their plan. A small portion of people with not very high attributes still looked for materials to make caltrops. The remaining majority were divided into two halves to conduct combat drills. Although it was a drill, everyone took it very seriously, especially after Liang Mushui's two terrifying guesses were revealed, they became even more desperate. During this time, everyone's cooperation continuously improved, and they also explored some formations.
24 hours passed quickly. At this moment, everyone was in their assigned positions as previously arranged. Two rows of semicircular caltrops were placed 20 meters and 15 meters in front of the school gate. Behind each row of caltrops, sufficient personnel armed with short swords were ready, forming the first line of defense.
At 5 meters from the school gate was a Bronze Wall Iron Wall made of iron doors from various classrooms, with only a 1-meter gap left in the middle for wild beasts to pass through, where everyone would then concentrate their attacks.
And about 10 meters from the Revival Spring towards the school gate, various buckets and washbasins were filled with water from the Revival Spring. This was to allow those in combat to recover their status as quickly as possible.
At this time, Liang Mushui was also ready for battle, and the items he entrusted Teacher Chen to make for him were already placed in his ring.
"I have finished the items. To meet your requirements as much as possible, I specifically found several physics teachers to complete them with me. However, due to material and technical issues, we only made five, but I can assure you that the effect will definitely satisfy you."
Recalling the usage instructions given by the teacher, Liang Mushui genuinely felt that having the teachers around truly saved him a lot of trouble.
Finally, at the end of the last second of the countdown, the light screen above the Revival Spring changed again.
First wave of Beast Tide begins 15:00
Then the ten minutes displayed on the light screen began to count down, turning into 14:59.
Next to change was the school gate. As soon as the countdown ended, the school gate began to emit a faint white light, and a long health bar also appeared above it.
Due to Liang Mushui's uniqueness, he was assigned to the front line as a scout. Soon, Liang Mushui felt something moving rapidly towards the school in the forest.
"They're coming, everyone get ready!" Liang Mushui shouted.
As soon as his voice fell, others also saw it. An uncountable number of Wild Dogs surged towards the school like a tide. Although everyone had prepared themselves mentally, seeing this scene still made them pause for a moment.
When the pack of Wild Dogs was about to reach the first line of defense, Liang Mushui and his group launched their attack first. Everyone continuously unleashed the Wind Blade, a long-range attack skill. Facing such a large number of dogs, they didn't even need to aim. At this moment, they only sought to quickly empty their mana bars and eliminate some of the Wild Dogs.
Soon, the Wild Dogs arrived in front of everyone, and the caltrops also played their part, blocking the advancing Wild Dogs. The Wild Dogs also jumped up, trying to cross the caltrops. But before the Wild Dogs could land, they were met with a fierce sword strike. After level ten, Wild Dogs were already expendable minions in everyone's eyes.
Despite this, under the advantage of overwhelming numbers, a small number of Wild Dogs still managed to cross the two rows of caltrops and reached the second line of defense, but they were quickly dealt with.
Thus, 15 minutes passed, and the countdown on the light screen reached zero. The first wave of the Beast Tide ended. Only a few people suffered minor injuries. Liang Mushui and his group immediately rotated, returning to the Revival Spring to recover their status, while also sending some people to collect the cleavers dropped by the Wild Dogs.
After about ten minutes of rest, Liang Mushui and his group noticed that the light screen had changed again.
The second wave of the Beast Tide began, with the same countdown, but this time the Wild Dogs had turned into wild cat.
With the light screen's prompt, Liang Mushui was no longer assigned to the very front, but rather to the area between the first and second lines of defense.
Because wild cat were much faster and more agile than Wild Dogs, many more wild cat broke through the two rows of caltrops. However, facing the iron wall formed by the iron doors, the wild cat had no choice but to obediently follow the arrangement, entering through the specially left gap in the middle, and then being killed.
Thus, the first three waves of the Beast Tide did not cause any harm to Liang Mushui and his group; on the contrary, they left them with quite a few skills and equipment. But now everyone became even more serious, because everyone knew very well that what they were about to face would not continue to be as simple as the first three waves of the Beast Tide.