At dawn, a convoy drove out of the Thunderfire base. Goray stood at the window of his office, watching the convoy leave. Their destination is the Abyss of the Dead Stars, a construction team led by Eren who will build and expand the scope of the building based on the outpost that the Blade Demon had left near the abyss, transforming it into a forward base.

Gao Lei transferred Allen to the necessary engineering team, including two engineers, several assistants, and 50 sappers at the base. Of course, it is not realistic to build an forward base in a short period of time with this strength alone. Therefore, when needed, the soldiers of the border army also had to act as sappers. If they are asked to plan the base like an engineer, of course they can't do it with drawings. Transporting cement and laying stone bricks is not a problem.

Naturally, the three of Lucy also set off with the army, and they all now have level 14 strength. In addition to Lucy, Goray officially bestowed the rank of sergeant on Bloy and Willik, allowing them to share some of the work with Alan.

It's not been a smooth journey, and it's the season when dangerous species are active. Along the way, many dangerous species eyed the convoy, but the aura emitted by Allen and the others made these beasts aware of the danger. Only those who don't open their eyes will attack the convoy, and the result will naturally be some corpses in the wasteland, and then they will be eaten by other dangerous species.

Due to the rough roads in the Winter Twilight Mountains, it was difficult for the convoy to travel. Eren had no choice but to take a different route, bypassing the western side of the mountain range and turning into the Ice Demon Valley. It's not the same as the last time they arrived, the last time Eren and they came was winter, and Ice Mordo hibernated in his lair. It's early summer, and these dangerous species of apes are frequent. It's just that the intelligence of the ice demons is quite high, they only observe the convoy from afar, but none of them dare to appear within the convoy.

Alan put down the binoculars.

He was at the back of an off-road vehicle, and just now, he had witnessed at least four teams of ice demons moving on the cliffs of the valleys on either side. The dangerous species that resemble white apes are eerily quiet, and as you can imagine, these fellows are disciplined internally, like an army.

After the convoy left the Ice Demon Valley, it stopped near the Dead Star Abyss. Under Peter's orders, the Bianjung army began to set up temporary camps, which connected the abyss with only a dilapidated trestle bridge, so it was said that the convoy, even the people, was extremely troublesome. To build an advance base, you have to start by building bridges. The original trestle was naturally unusable, but the frame was still there, and after fixing and expanding, the convoy was able to pass through Guò.

However, the engineer said that with the number of sappers in the team, it would take half a month at the earliest to complete the project. Moreover, the bridges built were only temporary, and later they needed to be strengthened or even built with one or two more iron bridges to meet the needs of large-scale marches.

However, this can only be done after the forward base has been established.

Alan approached Peter and told him that the team needed to stay here for half a month, and a series of jobs followed. For example, the safety of the camp is a top priority, you know, their location is not far from the Ice Demon Valley, and God knows if those neighbors will coexist peacefully.

The idea was quickly dismissed by Allen.

As soon as the first three days were normal, the engineering corps began to work, and the sentinels and defenses of the camp were also in good order. By the evening of the fourth day, some soldiers began to notice traces of the ice demon's activity. There weren't many ice demons that appeared, and at most there were only four or five at a time. But as if they were observing the camp, they took turns haunting, and the distance gradually narrowed.

To do this, Allen has set up a safety line. The security line is three hundred meters away from the camp, and if an ice demon crosses or even enters the security line, the sentry is responsible for killing it.

On the morning of the sixth day, as soon as Alan got up, he heard scattered gunshots outside the camp. He changed his clothes and came out of the tent, and Peter came up with a tin flask, shook the flask and asked, "Take a bite?" ”

Alan shook his head, he didn't have the habit of drinking as soon as he got up.

"What's going on?"

"The soldiers noticed that an ice demon had crossed the security line and shot a few heads, scaring the rest away." Peter took a few sips, wiped his mouth and smiled, "But I bet those guys won't stop there." These things are very cunning, they are probably testing where our bottom line is, and soon we will have our busy. ”

Alan nodded: "Let's get ready." ”

"It's nature."

At night, Allen had the soldiers set up searchlights at the edge of the camp, illuminating the space within three or four hundred meters of the camp in front of the camp. Under the light, you can see ice demons gathering. They seemed to have developed a deep interest in the human camp, and they all emerged from the Ice Demon Valley and gathered in the clearing outside the valley. The Ice Demon is quiet, with the occasional squeaky chirping. The voice was short, as if he was talking about something.

The atmosphere became oppressive.

After the number of ice demons exceeded 100, the soldiers of the border army all changed their serious expressions, and the number of ice demons was still increasing. Peter handed the binoculars to Allen, and the two of them stood on a rock, and they could see the ice demons a few hundred meters away. In sight, some of the most numerous, gray-haired and black-faced guys with the largest number of ice demons showing their fangs. Among them are some special ice demons, one of which has light blue hair, and the other is larger and has silvery-white hair.

Alan pulled his gaze, and at the exit of the valley where the light was not in sight, there were still ice demons continuing to drill out, apparently preparing to storm the camp. These guys are smart, they stick to the exit of the valley, and they are far from the safety line that Eren has demarcated. Once they had gathered a sufficient number, the Ice Demons began to advance, and instead of rushing forward like other dangerous species, they snaked towards the camp in several gray fronts like armies.

"Prepare for battle." Alan Dao.

Peter smiled, this battle will be in charge of their border army, and Alan plans not to intervene if it is not necessary, so as to touch the strength of this army. He didn't pay attention to the attack of the Ice Demon, there were a lot of dangerous species, but they didn't exceed the military strength of the Bianrong Army. What's more, there is plenty of ammunition on the side, and there are even weapons like firefighters/guns. If you lose all of this, then you don't need to build any forward bases, just return to the Thunderfire Base.

There is a faint source reaction in the air.

After some training at Windsor Belo, Alan is now much more sensitive to the source force than before. The reaction came from the Ice Devil, who held up his binoculars to see the blue-furred Ice Demons holding their heads with their arms outstretched, their claws releasing freezing gas, gradually forming ice picks. The ice demons clasped the icicles and threw them like javelins in a parabolic trajectory over the camp's defenses.

These are throwers, and they are good at long-range attacks in dangerous species like Ice Demons. The larger Ice Demons, on the other hand, are saboteurs, they are hot-tempered and far more powerful than ordinary Ice Demons, and they will always smash their prey to the fullest.

At this time, dozens of ice picks began to fall at the highest point, exploding over the defensive line, and a hail rain fell. The soldiers were all wearing helmets, and many of them had five or six levels of source power, and the hail was not very lethal to them, but only caused a wave of harassment. The Ice Devils weren't ready to stop there, they continued to throw icicles, and a large number of gray-haired Ice Demons began screaming and attacking.

The battle began.

The soldiers of the Bianjung Army began to attack after simply stacking the cover with stones, and the dense network of fire brought down a large area of the Ice Demon, and the forward of the Ice Demon could not even break through the safety line and became angry on the spot. Pitt still has a hand in the firepower of the camp, and under his arrangement, the firepower of the defensive line takes into account the range and concentration of the attack, which makes the opponent who attacks head-on suffer enough.

However, if you consider attacking from both sides because the frontal fire is too strong, then the two wings, which have been relatively quiet so far, will surprise your opponents. For on the flanks of the defensive line, Peter was placed there with soldiers armed with rifles, and although they were few in number, their firepower was not much inferior to that of the front.

The Ice Demon did not divide his troops.

The throwers no longer threw icicles in vain, their bodies lit up with Dao Source Force light lines, and their claws continued to release freezing gas. The frozen air sprayed onto the battlefield, and when it met the heat of the battlefield, it immediately formed a large ice mist. The mist became the ice demon's last cover, much to Peter's surprise. Under the cover of the ice mist, the ice demon began to attack the flawed firepower net.

The saboteurs were even more ferocious, charging after the ice demons, their hands covering their heads and faces, rushing straight through the barrage and leaping towards the soldiers behind the cover. Leaping into the air, the saboteur's arms spread wide, and the freezing air swirled between his claws, quickly forming a spiked puck of ice ball. Holding the ice ball and smashing it down, even if the soldier rolled away in time, he was still injured by the sharp ice chips that flew when the ice ball exploded.

The line of defense was slightly confused.

Peter snorted and ordered the officers to strike and clear the vandals as fast as they could. The saboteurs, as fierce as they were, were no match for those level 10 veterans, and soon these big guys were all turned into corpses. At the same time, the Soldier throws the Demoman/Grenade into the battlefield, and in addition to the large swath of Ice Harvest, the blast wave of the explosion blows away the ice mist at the same time.

In this way, the form of the ice demon strives to become bad.

Seeing this, Alan knew that if the Ice Demon had no reinforcements, or if a high-level xenomorph appeared, the outcome of the battle would be almost predictable.

Perhaps it meant that it would not be beneficial to attack again, and the ice demon began to retreat. There was no confusion in the retreat of these guys, and some of the ice demons continued to attack the defensive line, taking charge of breaking the rear so that the rest of their kind could retreat safely. Of course, the ice demon left behind after the break eventually turned into a corpse.

The battle is over, and the soldiers clear the battlefield. The corpses of the Ice Demons, especially those who have destroyed them, although they have not yet formed the Source Jade, they still have valuable parts. The Ice Devil's claws are still precious, and the crampons of the thrower and destroyer are some sequence materials used to drive ice-based abilities, which can be collected and exchanged for certain military merits.

When Alan turned to leave, he suddenly felt something, and suddenly raised his binoculars to look in the direction of Ice Demon Valley. Just above the valley, under the unique moonlight of the Underworld Star, a strange figure appeared under the moonlight. R1058