blueteamnovel #570 - Mutation of "Poisonous Flower Vine"
#570 - Mutation of "Poisonous Flower Vine"
Liang Yue's claw strike naturally couldn't take everyone below away with it.
After all, the 80,000-strong Japanese vanguard army stretched out in a long, straggling line, and they had to be transported in batches; even by train, it couldn't be done in a single trip.
Large-scale, destructive skills did exist, but he couldn't just use them for fun on his own territory, could he?
Moreover, arbitrarily changing the terrain would be detrimental to future development.
Therefore, his current goal was actually just to gather the island nation's troops below together for easier handling.
And so, as Liang Yue's palm slowly descended, the originally unobstructed railway transportation line below suddenly underwent a strange distortion.
The nearby hills on both sides immediately seemed to lose the constraints of Earth's gravity, converging towards the middle.
"Rumble ~ ~ ~!"
Large amounts of earth, stones, and trees, along with accumulated snow, simply collapsed downwards!
Like a breached dam, a massive amount of earth and rock instantly buried and filled the valley below.
Along with it, a full eight train cars of the island nation's vanguard army disappeared.
The remaining train cars behind, caught completely unprepared by the sudden event, crashed head-on into the young mountain of earth, rock, and snow.
"Boom ~! ! !"
Accompanied by a series of violent explosions, screams, howls, and the sounds of train whistles mingled together in the valley below.
Some Japanese soldiers, sensing the danger, immediately scrambled out of the windows and doors of the train, leaping down regardless of the speeding train, and plunging directly into the thick snow beside the tracks.
It took about half an hour for the island nation's advance force to slowly recover from the chaos. Under the command of several officers, some began rescue efforts, while others telegraphed for help.
Another group of squad members was assigned to the rear of the tracks, responsible for intercepting any incoming trains.
Frankly speaking, the artificial landslide caused relatively little damage to the island nation's army below.
It was estimated that only one or two thousand people were buried, which, compared to the 80,000-strong vanguard army and the 500,000 to 600,000-strong island nation volunteer army, might not even be a fraction of a percent.
However, Liang Yue's goal of blocking the railway and gathering the Japanese soldiers was achieved.
For the entire afternoon, more than twenty trains successively stopped on the tracks, and more than 20,000 soldiers, carrying various rescue equipment, crossed mountains and ridges, shouting slogans as they jogged into the scene.
Due to the limitations of the narrow terrain, the rescue site appeared somewhat scattered. The teams pushing earth and passing things resembled rows of ants, almost covering the entire valley.
After nightfall, gas lamps were lit on the scene, stretching for several kilometers, with various slogans and shouts ringing out incessantly, creating a lively scene.
Seeing this, Liang Yue's lips curved slightly, and he looked up at the distant mountain peaks, where the last rays of the setting sun were gradually disappearing.
In the proper Diablo 2 game, this skill was originally useless. Apart from helping to kill a few small monsters in the very early stages, it had no other use.
However, its skill form and damage output model were good, with continuous summoning, AoE damage, and poison, etc.~
Unfortunately, as the player's level increased, the damage of this skill couldn't keep up.
But in the real world, especially with the help of the system, Liang Yue and others had completed the real-world transformation of the skill, and the situation was different.
Not only could the size, damage, and coverage of the Poisonous Vine be changed, but even the form of existence and attack mode of the vine could be altered in many personalized ways as the user's proficiency and control over the skill increased.
For example~ now!
"Ah! ! !"
"Earthquake ~! !"
"Lie down!"
"No! There's something underground!"
"It's poison!"
"There's a monster!"
"Everyone be careful~ Ah! ! !"
"Ugh wah~ crack crack!"
… …
Accompanied by a series of panicked and desperate screams, a giant centipede, as long as fifty or sixty meters and seven or eight meters wide, burst out from the inside of the landslide across the railway track.
Winding and twisting, its speed was extremely fast!
In the blink of an eye, it had already begun to dance its huge body, constantly moving and shuttling along the railway line in the valley.
Flying close to the ground, howling like the wind, unrestrained!
Heading straight for the densely populated areas, going wherever there were more people!
Hundreds of sharp, knife-like claws constantly waved, and wherever it passed, even the mountains, rocks, and soil violently churned. A set of serpentine movements easily slaughtered all the Japanese soldiers along the way.
At the same time, plumes of ghastly green mist were constantly spewing, surging from the centipede's body.
In just a few breaths, it had filled the entire valley.
Those Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough not to be directly slaughtered by the centipede and hid in the grass and behind the rocks were not so lucky this time.
Anyone who was沾上 (zhān shàng) touched by this poisonous mist immediately foamed at the mouth, clutching their own necks with both hands, and fell to the ground with a ghastly green face.
In just five or six minutes, under Liang Yue's control, the Poisonous Vine below had poisoned and killed all the Japanese troops along the railway line, leaving no survivors!
… …
Two days later, the Japanese headquarters, after repeatedly calling without receiving a response, finally realized that something was wrong.
So, they once again dispatched a trainload of Japanese troops, plus several island nation异人 (yì rén) 'gifted individuals' to investigate.
Appearing very cautious~
The results obtained were also quite pessimistic.
From the investigation of the on-site terrain and the deaths of many island nation soldiers, it could be judged that they must have experienced a terrible catastrophe before.
Landslides, deep caves, deadly poison, scattered vine remnants, more than 20,000 horribly dead bodies… …
The conclusion drawn from this did not support them continuing to carry out the invasion mission issued by the headquarters.
Unfortunately, due to the pressure of the situation, they had already boasted to the Tsar and the Allied Powers that they would help send troops to suppress the bandits, and it was not so easy to back out.
Moreover, Japan itself did have this urgency and need.
And so, knowing that this place was dangerous and suspected of harboring some kind of ferocious creature, a certain place in Northeast China, which had been temporarily designated as the island nation's expeditionary force headquarters, once again issued an order to insist on advancing.
The only difference from before was that this time, in addition to tens of thousands of elite Japanese soldiers, there was also a considerable group of, over a hundred, island nation gifted individuals!
Three days later, these reinforcements arrived one after another.
Subsequently, they immediately joined forces with the reconnaissance personnel who had already reached the valley, working overtime to clean up the scene, transport corpses, and repair the road collapse caused by the landslide ahead.
And so, that night~
When these Japanese devils once again lit the gas lamps, working overtime and enthusiastically carrying out the road repair project…
Liang Yue, who had been waiting for a long time, summoned another Poisonous Vine.
In an instant, a giant centipede surged out from under the ground, like a wildly dancing silver snake, ramming and crashing everywhere in the Japanese troops' ranks, spreading endless poison.
In order to deal with the group of island nation gifted individuals who came with the army, Liang Yue also summoned five crows, three dire wolves, a grizzly bear, and a thorny spirit.
Yes, after the system's real-world transformation, wolves and bears could coexist… …
Once they appeared, the three dire wolves, shining with a radiant glow, rushed out like shooting stars, moving at great speed, heading straight for those island nation gifted individuals.
In comparison, the Druid's magic bear excelled in strength. Every move was full of wildness. With a single slap, a living island nation soldier was directly turned into mincemeat.
After the bear's paw landed, even the ground would tremble, causing those around to lose their footing.
As for the crows, their auxiliary role was greater than their attack. They could cause chaos against ordinary Japanese soldiers, but against gifted individuals, they could probably only play a restraining role, but it was better than nothing.
The thorny spirit passively added a magical thorn aura to these summons. After being attacked, it would proportionally, or even double, reflect the damage back.
Quite insidious!
However, Liang Yue only dabbled in this, and after increasing the thorny spirit's level enough to reflect 100% of the damage, he didn't pay much attention to it anymore.
… …