I've just finished summarizing the clues collected by Fan Yiyi and Han Shuang!
Xiao Guanghan, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: Firstly, there are many pregnant women in this city. It's possible they aren't truly pregnant, but rather infested by something like mutated giant mosquitoes, which can also control people's behavior and alter their personalities.
However, how long they need to infest, and what they intend to do by changing people's personalities, are all unknown...
I personally suspect they are waiting for an opportune moment.
As for the moving city... I can't analyze this easily, but the park's location must be the monster's lair!
Only by charging in there can everything be revealed.
However... my suggestion now is that we depart immediately and proceed according to the new map modified by Han Shuang!
If all goes smoothly, we should reach the interface city before nightfall and stay there for the night!
Hearing Xiao Guanghan's words, Fan Yiyi and Han Shuang both nodded in agreement.
Knowing there were monsters in the city, why would they wait here to die instead of leaving?
As for the direction of the park, they couldn't go there at all.
So many people had gone there and never returned, indicating that the monsters there had designed extremely intricate and vicious traps.
Although this is a gamified world, death is still real death.
Life is only once; why not stay alive by staying away from known dangers?!
Zhang Chen also nodded, indicating his understanding.
This is a decision any normal survivor team would make.
You guys can withdraw first, but I need to stay behind to eliminate this hidden danger!
Zhang Chen said with a serious expression.
Previously, when Zhang Chen wanted to eliminate monsters, he knew them inside and out, and he already knew their weaknesses before attacking.
It was an attack launched from a position of assured victory.
But now, facing unknown danger, doing so carries significant risk.
Alright, alright, something fun is about to happen again!
Xiao Bai said, rubbing his hands together.
Woof! Woof!
Er Pang also barked twice.
These two guys get stronger the more they fight, and now they've definitely become battle-hardened fighters.
I don't understand, why would you go somewhere knowing there's danger?
Fan Yiyi asked Zhang Chen strangely.
I just had a strategy meeting with the leaders of over a dozen large camps in this city!
Even more frightening is that the city lord, Jiao Qinghe, whom we suspect is problematic, also attended this meeting.
Professor Xiao just said the monsters here are waiting for some opportune moment, and I think that moment is tomorrow's all-out assault.
At that time, the strong fighters from every camp will all follow the wrong route into the trap, and the camps will be in a state of weak defense.
At this moment, those things inside the women will suddenly burst out, catching everyone off guard.
This monster's ambition is huge; it wants to devour tens of thousands of powerful survivors here.
If I don't find a way to stop it, and its plan succeeds...
As he said this, Zhang Chen paused and gasped for air.
Everyone guessed the latter half of his sentence even without him saying it.
Mutated creatures grow stronger by devouring infected individuals and survivors.
If it devoured ten thousand powerful survivors in one go, it would undoubtedly grow to a level where no one could contend with it.
By then, even if they successfully reached the interface city, they probably wouldn't be able to defend against an attack from a monster of that caliber.
Moreover, once this monster becomes invincible on land, it will be like a game of Pac-Man.
The more it eats, the bigger it gets; the bigger it gets, the more it eats...
It grows larger by eating, and eats more by growing larger...
Ultimately becoming a terrifying existence that ends all survivors!
Then... quickly contact the leaders of the other camps for a secret meeting, cancel tomorrow's operation, control all pregnant women, and capture the city lord. We can definitely force information about the monster out of him!
Fan Yiyi urgently suggested.
You can't imagine, the city lord of this city only has the strength of a mid-level Awakener at stage three, so I'm certain he's just a puppet!
The real city lord is still observing us from the shadows.
And with so many camp leaders, if I tell them the truth, I can't guarantee that each of them can keep it secret perfectly and flawlessly!
If even one person slips up and the monster attacks prematurely, we'll be at a disadvantage!
Zhang Chen analyzed calmly.
Then what do we do? Are we still going to die tomorrow, knowing that battle is a banquet of deception set up by the monster in advance?
Han Shuang asked.
I'm going to check out the park on the map in a moment to see what's really there!
Zhang Chen suddenly said.
As soon as he said this, Fan Yiyi and Han Shuang were so shocked their jaws almost dropped.
Has this Zhang Chen gone mad? How dare he go scouting alone?
Xiao Guanghan, however, nodded and said:
Not bad, that's a good idea!
Fan Yiyi and Han Shuang maintained their shocked expressions and turned their gaze to the professor.
It's understandable if Zhang Chen is crazy, after all, his strength is already established.
He has the capital to take risks.
But Xiao Guanghan... Professor, why are you joining the fray?!
As soon as the city lord got the operational plan, he would definitely counter it and redeploy his traps!
He would never have imagined that someone would scout immediately after the meeting ended, catching him off guard; this is our advantage!
Xiao Guanghan said with a smile.
It's true that it's unexpected, but who knows how powerful this monster is? What if even Zhang Chen can't defeat it... then we...
Han Shuang said with a pale face.
Don't worry, that's impossible!
Xiao Guanghan waved his hand and analyzed:
This monster doesn't have the ability to devour so many survivors from our camps all at once, which is why it thought of setting up traps, dividing us, and defeating us one by one!
Hiding in the thick fog is even more proof that its strength isn't that great!
Otherwise, it wouldn't need to be so troublesome; it could just rush out and kill the survivors, which would be simpler and more efficient!
Han Shuang frowned and said:
Professor Xiao, we all understand what you're saying, but aren't we discussing Zhang Chen right now, not the entire city's survivor camps...
As he said this, his expression suddenly froze; he understood.
What Xiao Guanghan meant was that even the combined strength of all the survivors from the city's camps might not be Zhang Chen's match...
If the monster can't even eat the entire camp, how can it defeat Zhang Chen?
Perhaps at best, it would be a draw.
Hiss... The combined strength of all the survivor camps in the city might not be Zhang Chen's match?
This... isn't this too exaggerated!