Chapter 6

  "General, to be honest, Ive always felt guilty towards you. Why dont you go and join Han Hus side? You know the situation of our mountain stronghold, you can lead him there, and use my head as a stepping stone for your advancement. This way, you and your daughter will live a life of wealth and glory."

  Cheng Dalai thought and thought, but couldnt think of a way to successfully defend against this attack. With only four people, it would take two days just to dig a hole, how could they guard? The only solution might be to send Xu Shenji over, utilizing his "no strategy" attribute, poisoning the milk one mouthful at a time, guaranteeing that within a few days, the entire Blackstone City would collapse on its own. Then, he could start developing from the city itself, skipping many steps in the process. At that point, many aristocratic families would be eager to form alliances with him through marriage.

  This thing Xu Shenji had really thought about, in fact he had a half-night ideological struggle last night. However, thinking of Han Huzis cruelty, if he were to surrender, let alone offer advice, he would probably be killed by Han Huzi as soon as they met. So, following Cheng Dalai was not necessarily a bad choice, at least he looked very confident.

  If Xujing learns where Cheng Darens confidence comes from, the two will probably collapse together.

  Xu Shenjis face turned red with rage, and he pointed at Cheng Dairens nose: "You, you misunderstood me! The old master treated me like a brother. If you wont avenge him, I will avenge the old master myself! Our fraternal bond is such that even death cannot sever it; after we die, well continue to follow the old master in the underworld!"

  Qin Mans eyes lit up beside him.

  Cheng Dali was still very regretful, this is the only way he could think of for now. Other ways, really cant think of.

  "Military advisor, do you think they can give us five days?" asked Cheng Da Lei.

  "How is it possible that from Blackstone City to here, at most one and a half days, back and forth would take no more than three days. He absolutely wont give us five days." Xu Shenji said.

  Cheng Dalai nodded, it seems that there are at least five days. These five days are the last preparation time for himself.

  First defense of the mountain stronghold

  This is a task given by Shan Ze Zhi Xin, and it also reminds the difficulty. Of course, the greater the difficulty of the task, the richer the reward will be.

  "Big boss, big boss, someones come to attack our mountain stronghold!" Xu Linger rushed over in a hurry, panting heavily with sweat dripping down her face, the jade rabbit on her chest trembling slightly.

  "Arrived so quickly!" Cheng Dairen was shocked: "How many people came..."

  "One person." Xu Linger patted her chest, dizzying Cheng Dairens eyes.

  "Only one?"

  "Yes, there is only one person, a man with a gun, and he looks quite handsome." Xu Linger said shyly.

  "Lets go and take a look." Cheng Dairen was even more perplexed, who would be crazy enough to come alone to attack the mountain stronghold. As he thought this way, Cheng Dairen completely forgot how he had robbed someone else yesterday.

  The four of them walked towards the village gate, with Xu Shenji muttering to himself: See, see, I told you we should have left early.

  Bang!

  A heavy hand rested on Xu Shenjis shoulder, and he turned his head to see Qin Man standing like an iron tower behind him.

  "What do you want to do?"

  "Good fellow, I heard everything you said just now. I know youre also a good fellow." Qin Man patted Xu Shenjis chest: "From now on, you are the brother of Qin!"

  "Cough, cough, cough... Its only right, were all good men." Xū Shénjī helplessly rubbed his aching chest, thinking gloomily to himself that he and this zero-intelligence brute were truly unable to connect.

  Still feel good about acting with Da Lei Cheng.

  In front of the mountain strongholds main gate, a man stood with his horse, holding a gun.

  "The bandits of Heli Village, come out quickly and meet your death"

  "If Miss Su makes even a slight mistake, Ill cut you all down and kill every last one of you!"

  Deng Chang and his three companions arrived at the gate of the village, only to see this scene: Lin Shaoyu was riding a horse, using an iron spear to knock against the wooden palisade that blocked the entrance.

  As soon as he saw Cheng Dairen, Lin Shaoyu became even more agitated: "The four of you - no, the three of you. Ben Shaoxia doesnt fight with women. The three of you come out and die!"

  I thought it was someone from Blackstone City, but it turned out to be Lin Shaoyu. Cheng Dalai rushed to Qin Man and said, "Qin brother, drive him away."

  Qin Man responded with a sound and walked out of the mountain stronghold. Lin Shaoyu put his gun behind him: "Go back and get your weapons and horses, Ben Shaoxia will not take advantage of you."

  "Is it useful?"

  Qin Manbai gave him a glance, suddenly took a step forward, like a wild leopard in motion, fiercely grabbed Lin Shaoyus gun handle, and pulled Lin Shaoyu off the horse, grabbing his back clothes, and flung him out. With a rumbling sound... Lin Shaoyu fell to the ground, rolling down the mountain slope, and his cries echoed from far away at the foot of the mountain.

  "Ill be back!"

  "When he climbs up later, dont make it difficult for him, let him take the horse away."

  Cheng Dairen was about to return to the mountain stronghold, thinking about how to defend against the impending attack on Blackstone City. He had just taken a step forward when his movements suddenly froze, due to a line of small characters appearing in his mind.

  Dui, successfully completed the first mountain stronghold defense, reward...

  Cheng Dalai suddenly stopped, could this be a mistake? The ultra-hard task that was specially hinted at, was it really completed just like that? It shouldnt be, such an easy task, the system wouldnt give a difficulty hint...

  Cheng Dalai suddenly had an epiphany and thought of a possibility: the system encountered a problem, in other words, this is... a BUG!

  Cheng Darui thought that the first defense task was to defend Heishi City, and the systems task was triggered based on this. Given the gap in strength between the two sides, it was definitely a super difficult task.

  However, things took an unexpected turn. No one could have anticipated that Lin Shaoyu would suddenly go berserk and launch a solo attack on the Toad Slope Fort, replacing the Black Stone City troops who were originally assigned to the task.

  So, the difficulty of the super task has decreased.

  Cheng Dairens heart was racing, the difficulty had been reduced, but the reward shouldnt be reduced too, right? It was an S-level task with E-level difficulty, and the reward... must still be S-level.

  Award... motivation... is...

  The system is probably also very depressed now, and Cheng Dalai feels that the prompts it gives are so slow that they stutter. He covers his chest, his heart pounding rapidly.

  "Hurry up, anyway things are already like this, you might as well be decisive and dont drag it out."

  Ding! Reward: one exquisite iron spear.

  Ding, reward all mounts in Shanzhai Village with an upgrade.

  Dui, reward a well of water

  Ding, Reward: Shanzhai Skill - Healing (Increased recovery from injuries within the stronghold)

  Dui, Shanzhai random skill upgrade for one person

  A reward of ten mu of farmland

  Ding, reward wooden chest x10

  Cheng Dalis two legs went numb, and he fell to the ground with a thud. His entire face turned a deep crimson color, his heart racing like a drumbeat, pounding nonstop.

  "Big winner, big winner..." Xu Shenji helped Cheng Dali up: "Whats wrong with you?"

  "Its exploded, its exploded..."

  Cheng Dalai muttered to himself, the humming sound kept ringing in his ears, he had never felt that this sound was so pleasant, it was all the voice of happiness.

  Hiss, received the task of defending the mountain stronghold for the second time. This time, the difficulty of the task exceeds the current strength of the mountain stronghold.

  This is the last hint message, Cheng Da Lei knows that these were originally rewards for defending Hei Shi City, but Hei Shi City will still attack itself. Moreover, even if they successfully defend against Hei Shi Citys attack, the reward wont be as generous as this time.

  Its not time to be happy yet, the second attack is the real challenge, the real crisis.

  At this moment, a figure emerged from the mountain slope, crawling and walking, holding an iron spear in his hand, with tattered clothes on his body.

  "Haha, Im back again, didnt expect it, did you?"