Chapter 186 Pre-plan preparation and bad news
Zhao Xing said: "Didn't I just say that our agricultural supervisor's planting capacity was overflowing, so I just looked at other things casually. It's purely coincidental."

No one believes this.

You were so well prepared, you were just about to poke the fire demon's eyes and nose with the gun, and then say you didn't mean it... Who would believe you if you told others?
It's obvious that you have been planning to attack the Fire Demon Clan for a long time!

Zhao Xing drank water tactically.

Whether you believe it or not, anyway, I believe it.

Liao Rulong listened to the conversation between Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie and also understood some of the meaning.

The Fire Demon Clan can fight, and they can do so in a relatively easy way.

The prerequisite is to get the fifth-level earth fire lotus under the Flame Mountains. It does not require a mature form, seeds and seedlings will do.

If we can get it, then the Flaming Mountains will no longer be an insurmountable barrier.

Attacking Huolong Pass from the inside would not reduce the difficulty much.

Pu Zhong, the counselor behind Liao Rulong, was commenting on the second half of Zhao Xing's words.

Zhao Xing knows these things so well, he must have already figured out how to steal the Earth Fire Lotus.

Maybe there are still some reservations, and there is always a sense of wanting more.

After hearing what Zhao Xing said.

Liao Rulong and others had no appetite to drink anymore, and immediately took Pu Zhong and other commanders to discuss the attack on Huolong Pass.

"Captain, let Chen Shijie stay. We can call them when the army sets out." When they were about to leave City No. 92, Pu Zhong suddenly whispered to Liao Rulong.

"Huh? Why?" Liao Rulong looked at Pu Zhong in confusion.

"The two military agricultural officials may have some specific discussions on planting." Pu Zhong said.

Pu Zhong saw that Zhao Xing had something else to say.

He guessed that he might only want to tell this to Chen Shijie.

Maybe he wanted to give the credit to Chen Shijie?

After all, Chen Shijie is the one he trusts the most and is closest to.

I have only been working with the commander, Liao Rulong, for a short time, so some things are not convenient to talk about.

"Old Chen." Zhao Xing called Chen Shijie to a separate room in the outer city. "I will go with you to Huolongguan to steal the Fire Lotus this time."

"You're going too?" Chen Shijie said, "There's no need. I can just take people to steal."

"No, I want to go." Zhao Xing said, "Fire Dragon Pass is not simple. The Earth Fire Lotus is a treasure that the Fire Demon Clan values ​​very much. There are many traps along the way and the terrain is complicated."

"With me here, things will go more smoothly for you."

Chen Shijie didn't know where Zhao Xing got his confidence from.

But seeing Zhao Xing's insistence, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell Liao Rulong to transfer you to the front line."

"The action team must be led by you," Zhao Xing said, "don't let an outsider lead it."

"Why do I feel that you emphasize this point because you want to take command?" Chen Shijie looked at Zhao Xing with a smile.

"Is it that obvious?" Zhao Xing looked up.

"I will definitely be able to take command of the action team." Chen Shijie said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Go to the military world and look for the book Nanman Qiwuzhi and its author." Zhao Xing said, "The author's name is Zhang Chunfang."

"During the reign of Emperor Wen, he was sent as an envoy to various southern barbarian tribes."

"He wrote the 'Records of Strange Things in the Southern Barbarians' and must have seen the Earth Fire Lotus. I guess he knows a lot about the Fire Demon Clan. The military world should have archived his geographical intelligence on the Fire Demon Clan."

Chen Shijie nodded: "Okay."

The information about the military world is as vast as smoke. If Zhao Xing hadn't reminded him, Chen Shijie wouldn't know where to start if he wanted to learn about the Fire Demon Clan.

"Prepare some more mechanisms. This list is what I came up with after reading that book. It might be useful."

Chen Shijie looked at the list, not knowing what to say: "You said you had no intention of attacking the Fire Demon Tribe?"

"Okay, that's all I have to say. Call me when you set off," said Zhao Xing.

"You don't have to go." Chen Shijie reiterated, "It's still a little dangerous."

"I also know high-level escape techniques, so you don't have to worry about me." Zhao Xing said with a smile.

“……”Chen Shijie always felt that Zhao Xing was a monster.

If others can comprehend a high-level method at the seventh level, they can be called geniuses.

But for Zhao Xing, it was as easy as eating and drinking water.

"How many advanced techniques do you know?"

"Not many, only nine."

"Your word 'also' makes me want to hit someone." Chen Shijie's mouth twitched. "Okay, then you follow me."

After separating from Chen Shijie, Zhao Xing returned to his room.

In fact, if it were someone else, he would definitely not take the risk of going to Huolong Pass in person.

Then why did Zhao Xing do this?
There are two reasons. First, taking down Huolong Pass will indeed bring huge benefits. As long as they can get a share of the Qinggang mining area, he, Long Xiao, Chen Shijie, and even many others can be granted the title of marquis.

Maybe he could complete the leap of more than ten levels of the four titles of Baron, Viscount, Earl, and Marquis at one time.

Because this is the biggest point for obtaining military merit in the early stage.

Second, Zhao Xing had a detailed military map of Huolong Pass in his mind.

How to navigate the underground lava river, how to pick the earth fire lotus, and what the approximate defense force was during the reign of Emperor Jing, these strategies were only known by Zhao Xing.

If he didn't go in person, Lao Chen and the others would definitely encounter a lot of setbacks, or at least it wouldn't be so smooth.

If he goes along, even just a little reminder, without saying too much, can make the plan go more smoothly.

The last reason was that Zhao Xing wanted to try to change Chen Shijie's fate.

Bring forward the idea of ​​the Earth Fire Lotus, and let Chen Shijie be the planner and person in charge of the operation.

Then, Lao Chen’s contribution to the capture of Huolong Pass must have accounted for a large proportion.

He wanted to push Chen Shijie's military achievements to over one million as soon as possible!

In this way, even if Lao Chen died, he could transform into a Yin God body, which was equivalent to buying insurance.

It is even possible that Chen Shijie can reach the sixth or even fifth rank faster.

People with high official positions and great military achievements are more likely to die.

If Chen Shijie's fate could be changed and he hadn't died in the end, then Zhao Xing could have made more adjustments to his future plans.

If Chen Shijie's fate could not be changed, Zhao Xing would be more cautious in the future.

Of course, Zhao Xing would not tell Chen Shijie about these ideas. Even Pu Zhong thought that Zhao Xing just wanted Chen Shijie to make a contribution.

Who would have thought that Zhao Xing knew the Fire Dragon Pass so well? And he had so many thoughts in mind.

Life goes on, no different from usual.

The difference is that a lot of people have come to the military city on the front line one after another.

The Shenwei Army added a large number of fire sorcerers to him and Wen Shaoyang's troops.

By August 20th, Liao Rulong's troops had expanded to 38,000 people.

August 21st.

Liao Rulong's troops took a batch of equipment and supplies and set off for Zhiyou City on a dragon-shou tower ship.

Zhao Xing continued to complete his duties and advanced tasks in City No. 92.

"On the fourth of last month, my progress of [Momentary Primordial] reached the advanced third level."

"My combat merits have exceeded 25, and I've also made it into the top ."

"On July 43th, although I didn't concentrate on the mission, my combat merits reached , ranking st."

"I haven't been doing any missions since then. Instead, I've been studying the spells of the Self School and the Yin-Yang Self Sutra. As a result, I was ranked out of the top 500 again when the results were settled on August 1st."

"On August 13, I resumed my mission."

"As of today, August 5, the number of military merits has increased by 48 to ."

"Now my ranking has entered the top 500 of the seventh-grade list."

"However, the speed of gaining military merit has obviously slowed down." Zhao Xing looked at the military merit and ranking in the Earth Realm.

Since Liao Rulong's troops decided to rest, the military merits given for his main tasks were reduced to the minimum.

Without fighting, there would be no need for so many military supplies, so the military merits given would be lower. Although there were advanced tasks, since Zhao Xing was not the first to follow up, there was no particularly exaggerated increase.

Of course, adding 8 military merits in 5 days is still a very fast speed.

Because at this time in the southern theater of war, many armies have set their sights on the fat piece of meat called the 'Fire Demon Territory'.

Preparing for a major war.

Nanhuang fought and retreated for more than two months, and was pushed by Da Zhou to a front line of more than 10,000 miles. Finally, they could not help but want to fight back.

Both the Golden Feather Royal Court and the Holy Spirit Royal Court dispatched a large number of troops to the Fire Demon Clan's territory.

This was the first time that the Southern Wilderness mobilized a force of more than three million to engage in confrontation.

Southern Wilderness also needs a victory to stop the momentum of Great Zhou.

Otherwise, if we keep retreating, the battle will end in a real rout.

Once the two royal courts in the Southern Wilderness made a move, the Great Zhou naturally had to pay attention. Most of the troops withdrew their forces, began to increase their troops and reorganize, preparing for a major battle.

Therefore, in the past month, small-scale scout teams of a hundred people have been engaged in minor operations.

No one had much military merit to gain, and Zhao Xing was not the only one.

On August 22, Wen Shaoyang and Liao Rulong's troops of the Shenwei Army began to send out vanguard troops to search eastward from the Wolf God Tribe.

At the same time, Chen Shijie's action plan for Huolong Pass is also constantly being improved.

With Zhao Xing's reminder, Liao Rulong purchased a lot of engineering equipment from the military.

According to the list given by Zhao Xing, he bought a lot of things, which would cost a lot of money, but Liao Rulong bought them without hesitation. He trusted Chen Shijie, and Chen Shijie trusted Zhao Xing.

That means he can also trust Zhao Xing's vision.

In the list, some are useless, some are useful, and true and false are mixed together.

But as long as Zhao Xing joins the action team, he will definitely be able to use these useful equipment.

In addition, Zhao Xing himself was also preparing.

"Sneaking into the enemy's interior, using the Straw Man Technique and the Waiting Transformation Technique are all useful spells."

"Now I can achieve the unity of three methods. If I can achieve the unity of five methods, I will be able to realize the method of the grass man of the self."

"The invisible straw man in the straw man technique is also a high-level technique and a necessary spell for lurking."

"After practicing the internal transformation method, one can directly transform into the appearance of a barbarian."

"Unfortunately, I am not yet ready for all of the above."

"You will regret not having enough knowledge when you need it."

"Now we have to rely on external objects to disguise ourselves."

Zhao Xing looked at the boxes, which were filled with colorful magical weapons, all of which were ordered by Chen Shijie.

At this moment he was inspecting the quality of these treasures.

But Long Xiao couldn't stand it anymore: "That's enough! You keep showing off."

Even though Zhao Xing didn't think so, in Long Xiao's opinion, this kid was just showing off!
Wang Ji immediately defended him, “If I knew nine kinds of high-level techniques, I would also say them every day.”

Long Xiao was speechless. He took out something that looked like a mask from the box and asked, "How do I use this?"

Zhao Xing glanced at it and said, "Engineer Wang, teach him how to use it."

Wang Ji nodded, ran over to get the mask, and put it on Long Xiao's head: "Thousand Machine Transformation Headgear, fifth-level top grade."

"The head piece of the Thousand Machine Transformation Suit."

"Once you put it on, your head will transform into the appearance of an alien race."

hum~
When Long Xiao put it on, the mask immediately covered his entire head and extended to his neck.

Then two devil horns grew on Long Xiao's head, his cheeks turned red, and his eyes became twice as big as before, as if his eyes had opened.

There is not a single hair on the top of the head, only layers of wrinkles, as if the brain is exposed.

"Wow~" Long Xiao glanced at the bronze mirror, "It's just like the real thing! I can even feel the blood flowing under my cheeks."

"If you can tell it's fake, then the engineer and weaver who made the Thousand Machine Transformation Suit...everyone in this process line will go to jail." Wang Ji said proudly. "Usually only a fifth-grade person can find its flaws."

"Amazing." Long Xiao touched his cheek and the horn on his head, having a lot of fun. "By the way, didn't you say you can transform into a thousand different types? Can you only transform into a Fire Demon?"

Wang Ji handed over the instruction manual: "Just touch the earlobe to change. There are eighteen changes in total. Memorize the order before using it, and be sure not to make the wrong change."

"Otherwise your infiltration will turn into a forced attack."

Long Xiao nodded and began to familiarize himself with the operation.

When he turned around, he saw Zhao Xing walking out with two devil horns on his head.

He was also equipped with the Thousand Machine Transformations.

"Huh?" Long Xiao looked at Zhao Xing. "Wang Ji, why does he look more handsome now?"

Wang Ji explained: "The Qianjibian headgear is adjusted according to the user's face, perfectly fitting the facial meridians and blood circulation."

"What do you mean?"

"It means Zhao Xing is more handsome than you, even after he puts on the hood."

"..."

Long Xiao was silent for a moment, then ran away angrily.

…………

The equipment was in place and I spent a day getting familiar with the situation.

On August 23, Liao Rulong's troops arrived at Zhiyou City.

Zhao Xing received the transfer order and was also preparing to leave City No. 92.

As soon as he left, the position of chief officer fell to Wang Ji again.

But everyone was reluctant to let Zhao Xing leave.

It took us an hour to see him off.

"He is really popular." Long Xiao curled his lips. "Even an old seventh-rank like Song Fang couldn't bear to part with him."

"Don't you see what Zhao Xing has brought to them?" Chen Shijie said with a smile, "In the two months since he came to City No. 92, everyone's military achievements have doubled."

"The number of people in the Ministry of Agriculture has even more than doubled."

"The Ministry of Agriculture is the source of the industry. With the increase in the efficiency of the Ministry of Agriculture Supervisor, the other departments will also have more military missions."

"Zhao Xing adjusted the direction of each department's tasks and benefited everyone. It's not surprising for such a superior to kneel down and say farewell."

What is military merit? It is one’s future, being granted land and title, bringing honor to the family.

"Whoo~"

Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief after boarding the Dragon Head Tower Ship.

Everyone was so enthusiastic that he could hardly stand it.

"Let's set off." Chen Shijie ordered.

Boom~
The dragon-headed ship rose from the ground, sank into the strong wind layer, and headed towards Zhiyou City.

The speed of the Dragon Head Tower Ship is faster than the Swordfish Flying Boat and the Nether Flame Warship.

It only took three hours to fly over Zhiyou City.

"Boom~"

The building ship landed inside Zhiyou City.

At this time, Liao Rulong also stood at the landing square in Zhiyou City to greet him.

As soon as they met, Liao Rulong told him bad news.

　I was stuck in a coma yesterday and didn’t go to bed until four o’clock.

　　I didn't sleep well during the day because I was worried about the plot.

　　After I got up, I deleted all the 4,000 words I had written, rewrote them, and am posting them now.

　　I guess I’ll have to wake up before updating today.

　　Forgive me, brothers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)