RITAAB 62.1

Chapter 62 【o(*￣︶￣*)o】PART 1

Xia Liangsheng knew which floor Qin Jiulin’s house was on, and when he looked up, he saw the lights in two different rooms of Qin Jiulin’s house turn on.

He blinked in slight surprise, “Hmm?”

Qi Yu was not there, so he must have already gone upstairs to rest. The ones going upstairs and returning to the house at the same time were only Qin Jiulin and Liu Zhongyuan. The two different rooms lighting up at the same time meant they were not sleeping in the same room!

“So it was all a lie, from beginning to end… Just now, they might have noticed I came back, so they deliberately held hands first, just to show me, huh?”

Xia Liangsheng’s hope was rekindled, “Okay, since it’s all fake, then I know where I stand…”

After Qin Jiulin and Liu Zhongyuan returned to the room, of course they did not share the same room. Qin Jiulin went back to his own room, while Liu Zhongyuan was different. He first followed Qin Jiulin to the door of his room, then leaned in and blew Qin Jiulin a kiss.

“Good night, darling.”

Before Qin Jiulin could react to the blown kiss, Liu Zhongyuan quickly scurried back to his own room and closed the door. What else could Qin Jiulin do?

Should he now burst open Liu Zhongyuan’s door and beat him up? He never expected Liu Zhongyuan’s true personality to be so outrageous.

However… sometimes, this might not be so bad? At least it could slightly soothe his mood.

He turned on the light in his own room and decided to rest first. Later, he still needed to discuss that military base mission with Gao Siyang, after all, that was of the utmost importance.

The current military supplies could probably last a month, as long as no accidents occurred. If an accident happened, it definitely wouldn’t last a month.

The place they were staying now seemed safe, but the surrounding areas were all dangerous. Everyone knew the population of Mo City and how many were beastmen – about 70-80%. Out of the remaining people, how many could survive among these beastmen?

Looking at the current number of the military plus those they’ve found, it doesn’t even add up to 20,000! The number of beastmen, including them, is not even 20.

The number of regular beastmen is only a few hundred. Could this meager number kill the millions of half beastmen roaming Mo City? And they planned to take over the entire Mo City before winter.

Logically, this was simply an impossible task.

However, there were somewhat favorable conditions. If half beastmen in a concentrated area had no food, they would turn on their own kind, causing self-cannibalization.

Although it would stop at a certain degree, as time passed, it could greatly ease the pressure. And the method they used to deal with the beastmen in the plaza was also very effective.

But if they wanted to use that method in other parts of Mo City, they still needed to discuss it thoroughly with Gao Siyang. It might have worked wonders in a small plaza, but that doesn’t mean it would have the same effect in other places.

If they triggered a beastmen riot, that would truly be a catastrophe.

Qin Jiulin had only seen a beastmen riot once before, not in Mo City, but in a small town, where the number of half beastmen was around 20,000-30,000.

Perhaps they had been starving for too long, so after seeing bloodshed, they simply couldn’t be stopped. In the end, the 20,000-30,000 beastmen in the town went berserk, attacking everything that could move within their sight. After killing those around them, they went out to the surrounding areas to search.

That 20,000-30,000 beastmen riot resulted in the entire town and an approximately 10-mile radius being completely wiped out, with not a single living thing left.

Of course, the remaining beastmen scattered to who knows where, and whether they survived or not was unknown, but the entire town and the surrounding large area had truly become a haunted land.

At the time, witnessing this scene in the shadows had terrified him. If he hadn’t run fast enough, who knows if he would have been surrounded and killed by the beastmen. beastmen were indeed formidable, but in the face of an absolute numerical superiority of enemies, even the most powerful beastmen could only await a beating and death.

Qin Jiulin sighed lightly as he lay on the bed, “Time to sleep first…”

***

Over the next two days, Liu Zhongyuan took them both to talk to Gao Siyang about the mission.

Gao Siyang, “Is this the method you used before to reclaim the plaza?”

Liu Zhongyuan, “Yes, the effect was quite good. What does the Captain think?”

Gao Siyang, “Since you’ve used it before, we can try applying it in other places as well. After all, this method triggers mutual cannibalism among the beastmen. Previously when you used it, the number of beastmen in the plaza was not particularly high, so it didn’t cause too much damage.”

“But the further into Mo City, the more dangerous it becomes, so we need to be extra careful. Let’s start from the outskirts and slowly push inward around Mo City.”

Qin Jiulin sighed inwardly, the Commander really lived up to his reputation. He didn’t even need to be reminded and could already perceive this point on his own, without being blinded by the effectiveness of the method. Quite impressive.

He was somewhat tempted. With such a brilliant Commander, if he were to join the military, it might not be a bad choice? But he was just thinking about it.

Gao Siyang noticed Qin Jiulin’s gaze, “What’s wrong?”

Qin Jiulin, “Nothing, I just think the Captain really lives up to his title as the Commander.”

Gao Siyang smiled, “Oh? Are there any flaws in the method that I’m not seeing?”

Qin Jiulin, “It’s just my concern, but I don’t have any definite evidence.”

Gao Siyang, “No problem, just say what you’re thinking. We can always verify it later.”

Qin Jiulin, “The method we mentioned earlier is indeed useful, that’s undeniable. But as the Captain said, when we used this method, we had already eliminated a portion of the beastmen in the plaza and its vicinity, reducing their numbers somewhat, so the effect was quite good.”

“However, the half beastmen near the city center are numerous, totaling in the tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions in a small area. That’s no small number.”

“In areas with such a high density of beastmen, their food supply is absolutely insufficient. That means they could potentially slaughter their own kind around them to temporarily alleviate their hunger.”

“When a large number of beastmen who have been starving for a long time suddenly smell the scent of fresh blood, what might happen then?”

This was something Liu Zhongyuan had not considered. Gao Siyang and Liu Zhongyuan pondered that scenario.

The dense masses of beastmen, all in a state of hunger from prolonged lack of food, would become crazed with desire for the fresh scent of blood. They would then descend into indiscriminate attacks on anything alive around them.

Gao Siyang said gravely, “A large number of beastmen would simply go berserk and attack everything around them without distinction.”

Liu Zhongyuan drew a sharp breath, “This… this is too terrifying!”

Gao Siyang, “And the possibility you mentioned is indeed quite real! No, it will definitely happen. When you used the method before, this situation didn’t occur, likely because you had eliminated some of the beastmen beforehand, so the remaining ones were already accustomed to the scent of blood, and the effect was good, but not to the point of horror.”

Qin Jiulin, “If we use it, I suggest starting from the opposite side.”

They were currently located in the northern suburbs of Mo City, and the experimental site would be in the southernmost area. Even if any problems arose, they would have enough time to respond.

Gao Siyang, “Let’s do it that way!”

 

While there was a certain risk, this would minimize the risk as much as possible. Gao Siyang also hoped to take control of the entire Mo City as soon as possible, absorbing more survivors, and then properly establish this new home, hoping that more people could survive.

 

Qin Jiulin, “Since that’s the case, we’ll need to gather the flying beastmen.”

 

Liu Zhongyuan, “Why don’t we let Qi Yue try it first? If the effect is good and it’s controllable, we can then find some other flying beastmen to join him.”

 

Gao Siyang looked at Qi Yue, “What do you think?”

 

Qi Yue naturally had no objections. Dropping things from the sky was no challenge for him. As long as he flew high enough, there would be no danger.

 

“No problem, leave it to me!”

 

Gao Siyang, “In that case, we’ll try it for the first time today. Oh yes, remember to bring some equipment, so we can observe the situation on-site.”

 

Qi Yue, “Okay.”

 

Preparing a blood bag and equipping Qi Yue didn’t take much time, about an hour would be enough. This time, Liu Zhongyuan and Qin Jiulin wouldn’t need to go.

 

They came to just join the military side and watch the real-time footage from Qi Yue’s end.

 

Qi Yue grabbed the blood bag and flew up high into the sky. Of course, he flew very high, far out of reach of any ground-based creatures, and at a safe distance from the rooftops.

 

As he flew over, Qi Yue saw that the closer he got to the city center, the more numerous the half beastmen became. He even spotted some of them climbing up and down the walls of the high-rises.

 

Some were even jumping back and forth between two buildings, each time their legs pushed off the wall, creating a dent in the surface and many cracks.