Divine Tribulation of the Star Civilization - Chapter Extra 30. Hidden Sand Castle (7)

[Extra 30. Hidden Sand Castle (7)]

The old man nodded, “That’s it. No one can say which side we will encounter first. Therefore, in order to deal with emergencies, those scavenging bandits usually move together in a convoy and are equipped with sophisticated weapons. “

“Sophisticated weapons?”

Joyner was stunned for a moment, and then thought of the old-fashioned point-fire gun on the bandit Hui Ge.

She sneered in her heart. Are those two broken guns considered sophisticated weapons? If you include the powerful trolls, it seems that their most sophisticated weapons have been completely destroyed by her.

“How many people are armed in Hidden Sand Castle?” Joyner asked after thinking for a moment.

“Only the devil knows…” The old man rolled his eyes, then closed his eyes and recalled, “The world is changing, and armed gangs are constantly changing. Who knows how many people they have now?”

“I’m here. At that time, it could be said that all the people were soldiers. Although the gangs were changing, after all, who didn’t have machetes, axes, and sticks? Those who can be seriously recruited, organized, and able to merge with other gangs are probably only a few hundred people. With these people, it is considered a big gang. “

“You mean… a few hundred people can rule a gang .

A large gathering of nearly ten thousand people?” Joyner was a little unconvinced and kept mumbling in her heart.

“Hey, a hundred farmers with hoes can’t defeat one thug with a gun. Straight soldiers and organized groups are completely different things!” The old man squinted again.

“What about now?” Joyner asked again.

“Now? I don’t know what’s going on there now. There are probably less than half of the people alive there…”

Half?

So there are only a few thousand people…?

Just a few thousand people, Joyner disagreed.

Although these are things in the past, Joyner can roughly infer the basic situation of this place based on what the old man said one after another.

For example, the core area of Hidden Sand Castle is nothing more than a pre-civilized city ruins with a radius of only two or three kilometers and a permanent population of about 4,000 to 5,000 people, making it the most populous area. Several large gangs formed an alliance to stay in it, and the thugs may only number a few hundred people.

Most of the outside areas are reclaimed land, slave areas and breeding farms. The number of people is very small, so their entire sphere of influence is probably less than five kilometers.

If the guards guarding several traffic arteries are included, the area of influence of the armed personnel may be expanded a bit. Due to the limitations of supply lines and transportation capacity, it will never exceed fifteen kilometers.

According to Joyner’s speculation, these strongholds are distributed along a line, about twenty of them, guarding different directions. It seems that they are the strongest defensive areas outside Hidden Sand Castle.

Guards are divided into fixed sentries and mobile sentries. Each fixed sentry is equipped with a few to more than a dozen people to guard the communication line. If there is any situation, the mobile sentry will be notified in a timely manner. Mobile sentries usually have about ten people, and the patrol range may be about a few kilometers to the west and north. The total number of people can reach two to three hundred.

Joyner thought about it for a while. Breaking through the fixed stronghold was not a big problem, but patrolling the sentry post was more troublesome. But such a long patrol distance also represents an opportunity.

So, a plan formed in her mind.

——As long as you can hide from the guards at the fixed base and avoid the patrolling guards, it is not difficult to sneak into the Hidden Sand Castle.

Just as Joyner was thinking about it, she suddenly smelled a slightly fishy smell. The hairs on her body suddenly stood up, and she felt a strong sense of crisis.

“What’s wrong with you?”

The old man saw Joyner’s expression change instantly and looked around nervously, not knowing what was going on.

“There’s something nearby!”

Before she could finish her words, Joyner flew up a big tree alertly. It didn’t take long for the others to smell the fishy smell, and they suddenly panicked. They all covered their mouths tightly, not daring to breathe out, and curled up into a ball.

There was a rustling sound coming from the dark tunnel, and then the sound became louder and louder. The weeds in the depths shook violently, and then thousands of mice sprang out!

Countless mice had red eyes, dirty fur, and most of them were bald and fell off. The mice were as big as cats and were running madly toward the outside of the cave.

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“Oh my God!”

Joyner was shocked by this horrifying sight, her hands and feet were cold, and her heart was shocked: Could this be the raging rat that the old man called?

The black swarm of rats is like an army passing through!

They kept running through the woods, and the sound of “swish” was heard throughout the valley, forming a huge surging wave in the vast ocean.

But something more terrifying was yet to come. Within a few seconds, the grass behind them began to shake again, and countless large black and yellow snakes swam and followed them. After a while, a stomach-churning stench spread from all over the mountains and plains.

“Hurry, drive!”

“Snake, it’s a snake! Let’s go!”

Someone among the refugees shouted in fear. Only then did Joyner come to her senses and hurriedly ran towards the truck cab.

The snakes all over the ground swam quickly, as if they had ignored Joyner’s presence, and only focused on chasing the rats without stopping for a moment.

Just when Joyner was filled with panic and was about to open the car door, her super senses immediately noticed that something was not right. From a certain direction, a strong sense of crisis struck again!

“No, there’s something else nearby!”

Just a “swish” sound was heard, and a black shadow circled and fell from the sky.

“Pa—”

The ground was shaking, and the thing suddenly grew taller after it hit the ground!

It was as if a big tree suddenly grew out of the ground, standing upright under Joyner’s eyes.

“Hiss–“

A colorful snake stretched its head and chest across the front of the truck.

Is this really a snake? !

A huge sense of oppression came over – Joyner didn’t dare to move a step.

The monster’s body is more than ten meters long, twice as thick as the thickest tree trunk nearby. The appearance is extremely weird, with a huge ugly head shaking, with a cauliflower-like red and yellow flesh crown on the top of the head, and a bloody mouth wide enough to swallow a cow. The bright red snake tongue quickly expanded and contracted between the two pointed tusks, it was like a nightmare.

“Snake, Snake King!”

“It’s… it’s a legendary monster!”

Everyone present was stunned.

Joyner had never seen such a huge snake. Her body seemed to be frozen, her scalp felt numb, and she instinctively swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

She was even more frightened, and immediately thought that no wonder the rats before had fled in panic. It turned out that this tunnel was actually the lair of a terrifying monster!

Compared to the escaping violent rats, the big snake was obviously more interested in Joyner and the car full of humans behind her. But for some reason, the two sides miraculously reached a stalemate.

Her small figure was dwarfed by the huge enemy, and her courage to live was already on the verge of collapse as soon as she gathered it.

The refugees behind her let out uncontrollable low sobs. Even though Joyner turned her back to them, she could still feel the incomparable fear in the eyes behind her.

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