Chapter 33 Situation

  "Zhou Yue, why don't you pick one out? Don't you think it's suitable? If you have any requirements, just let me know and I can ask them to make some adjustments!"

  At this time, Zhou Yue was standing still on one side. Qin Lang couldn't help but walk forward and ask if that small arm shield was the one he had personally designed for himself, thinking it wasn't bad, but he wanted to hear Zhou Yue's opinion even more, after all, Zhou Yue was better than him in agility.

  "I'm coming to no use! Although it's only a dozen kilograms of weight, it will still affect my speed. You know, we're not strength specialists, what's the point of defense? In the shortest time, launch the fastest, simplest and most lethal attack is the king!" Zhou Yue shook his head and smiled, this was also his own requirement and experience.

  Upon hearing this, Qin Lang was taken aback for a moment, then seemed to suddenly realize and said, "Ah! It's indeed you who has experience, I understand now. However, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it like you did. You have the Enhanced Refining Evil Ghost Tooth in your hand, and your agility has reached 24 points, making it not difficult to implement what you said. But my agility is only at 19 points, which is far from yours!"

  Zhou Yue didn't continue the conversation, now in this team of theirs, three forces have already emerged. Ranked first is naturally the military faction led by Tang Kun, including him, there are a total of ten people who have risen to level 3, their overall strength is the strongest, and most importantly, Tang Kun can continuously mobilize more elite soldiers for training.

  Ranked second, naturally, is the business force led by Qin Lang. This rich and handsome man is not simple. Although his overall attributes are currently in the second-tier stage of the team, it's worth noting that he has a team behind him. Guan Hong is level 3, followed by Wang Qiang and four others who were also level 3. In addition, Qin Lang brought three tall and sturdy bodyguards this time. Although these bodyguards are all level 0, their qualifications are not bad, with basic strength attributes around 12 or 13. Once they grow up, they will be no weaker than Zhao Dashan and Li Dan.

  And the third force is the weakest, don't look at Zhou Yue being there, but it's clear that if they can't seize the opportunity to upgrade in time, Zhao Dashan and Li Dan will eventually be won over by Qin Lang, that guy is too good at dealing with people.

  At this time, Qin Lang brought Zhao Dashan and others to the side of the two Hummers, letting one of his bodyguards take down two wooden boxes. Everyone looked inside and couldn't help but gasp in surprise. It turned out that these boxes were filled with the thick Tang knives that Qin Lang and Guan Hong had used before.

  "A small token, one for each of you. This Tang knife is specially made, much better than a bayonet!" Qin Lang said with a smile, and this move of his greatly increased the admiration of even Blue Hongliang and others towards him.

  After this round of persuasion, Qin Lang mysteriously led the crowd back upstairs and into a conference room on the third floor of the Ningcheng Hotel, which had been booked in advance.

  At this time, after everyone came in, Qin Lang had someone close the door and looked around at the crowd with a more serious expression. He then said in a deep voice: "Everyone, we have all been through thick and thin together, there is something that I just obtained from a special channel, it's top-secret information, normally, ordinary people like us shouldn't know about this, but I, Qin Lang consider everyone as brothers, if I don't say it out loud, I would be betraying the meaning of brotherhood!"

  Qin Lang's words were loud and clear, except for the nine soldiers led by Lan Hongliang who remained expressionless, the others all changed their expressions.

  "At this time, Qin Lang continued: 'Everyone, it's been nearly thirty hours since the disaster occurred, and there has been a lot of intelligence about that strange black city. According to the latest news, this disaster is unprecedented, with a global impact, and all cities with dense human activity have identical black cities appearing. Currently, we still don't know what kind of nature these black cities are, but one thing is certain: the ancient armies that emerge from them are extremely terrifying. Although they are ancient armies that existed in our human history, their combat strength is by no means inferior to ours, with modernized weapons.'"

  "We no longer need to pay attention to the disaster situation abroad, because all major and medium-sized cities within our country's borders have already fallen. In these thirty hours, at least 100 million people have died or gone missing! However, it is worth noting that the government is still functioning, the military is still maintaining its formation, and we may not necessarily be without a chance to make a final desperate bid for victory!"

  Here is the translation:

  "Up to this point, Qin Lang paused for a moment before continuing: 'According to the latest intelligence analysis, there are 19 ancient military forces that have appeared within our country's borders. These include the strongest and most representative armies from the Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty over the past two thousand years. The top-ranked army in terms of combat strength is the Imperial Army of the Great Qin Empire. They are centered in Xianyang, occupying parts of Shaanxi, Gansu, northwest Inner Mongolia, and Xinjiang. All major cities in these regions have been occupied by them. According to precise computer calculations, a phalanx formation of 10,000 Qin soldiers can annihilate an entire armored division within five minutes. They possess a halo called 'Wind Whispers Nine Heavens' that greatly enhances their attack and defense capabilities, with an attack range of up to five kilometers in diameter. The 500,000 survivors in Xianyang were mostly killed by just three volleys of arrows; only a small number managed to escape! In comparison, the archers of the Yellow Turban Army are almost like ants!"

  As soon as this remark came out, everyone including Zhou Yue took a deep breath and their faces changed greatly. Most of them had witnessed the terrifying power of the Yellow Turban Army's archers, with a range of up to 600 meters, one arrow could pierce through the chests of over a dozen people. But unexpectedly, the Qin army's arrow array was even more terrifying, with a strike range of five kilometers! Fortunately, what appeared in Chishan City were only the Yellow Turbans!

  Taking a deep breath, Qin Lang continued: "The second-ranked military power is the Yulin Army of the Great Han Empire. It is centered on Chang'an and occupies parts of Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Sichuan, and Hubei. All major cities in this region have been occupied by the Great Han Yulin Army."

  "The third-ranked military power is the Tang army, centered in Luoyang, occupying parts of Henan, Hebei, most of Shandong, part of Hubei, part of Jiangsu and part of Zhejiang."

  "The fourth in military strength is the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, centered on Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, occupying all of Outer Mongolia, most of Siberia, central and western Inner Mongolia, most of Central Asia, and a part of Europe."

  "The fifth-ranked military power is the Ming army, centered in Nanjing, occupying parts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, all of Hunan, part of Guangxi, all of Guangdong, Taiwan, most of Southeast Asia, most of South Asia and a small part of Africa."

  The sixth strongest force is Xiang Yu's army, the Overlord of Chu, with Wuchang as its center, occupying part of Hubei and part of Sichuan.

  "The seventh in military strength is Haixi's Eight Banners Army, centered on Shenyang, occupying most of Northeast China and the entire Korean Peninsula."

  "The eighth in military strength is Yang Guang's Great Sui army, centered on Yangzhou, occupying a part of Jiangsu and a part of Zhejiang."

  "The ninth in military strength is the Great Song army, centered on Kaifeng, Henan, occupying parts of Henan, Shandong and Zhejiang."

  "The tenth in military strength is Cao Cao's Qingzhou army and the Hu Bao cavalry, occupying Xuzhou."

  "The eleventh in terms of combat strength is Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, occupying Qinghai."

  "The twelfth in military strength is Liu Bei's elite White Ears army, occupying Chengdu."

  "The thirteenth in military strength is Sun Quan's relieving army, occupying Red Cliffs."

  "The fourteenth in military strength is the Northern Garrison of Eastern Jin's Xie Xuan, occupying Hefei, Anhui."

  "The 15th strongest is Jinwu's Iron Pagoda, occupying Changchun."

  "The sixteenth in combat ranking is Xixia Tie Rui Zi, occupying Yinchuan."

  The seventeenth in military strength was Li Zicheng's Dashun Army, which occupied part of Hubei.

  The 18th strongest military force is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's army, which occupies most of Guangxi.

  The nineteenth in military strength is Zhang Jue's Yellow Turban Army, occupying a small part of Hebei, a small part of Henan and a small part of Inner Mongolia.

  After Qin Lang finished speaking, everyone fell into silence, and a sense of despair began to spread among the crowd. Among these people, they were all very familiar with the 19 ancient military forces that Qin Lang had mentioned, because they were all famous existences in ancient history, almost all of which occupied the pinnacle of their respective eras!

  But it's precisely because of this that they feel terrified. How powerful is Zhang Jue's Yellow Turban Army? They basically already had a deep understanding yesterday, but what they didn't expect was that among the 19 ancient military forces in the country, Zhang Jue's Yellow Turban Army was actually the weakest one.

  Think again about the Qin Shi Huang's Qin army arrow array, with a strong combat power that can annihilate an elite armored division in just five minutes. Although this is a computer simulation calculation, it is enough to describe the terrible power of the Qin army arrow array. And then there are the Han Dynasty's Feathered Forest Army, the Tang Dynasty's army, the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, and the Ming Dynasty's army, all of which are renowned in history, it's simply like a doomsday!

  "Why not use missiles and nuclear bombs?" someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, and this question was also what everyone including Zhou Yue was particularly concerned about. Is it possible that these ancient armies are more powerful than modern artillery?

  Upon hearing this question, Qin Lang smiled wryly and said: "You're right, even the most terrifying Great Qin army's arrow array can't withstand modern artillery, but the problem isn't here, it's in that Black City. No matter how many ancient troops we kill with cannon fire, as long as the Black City remains intact, it will have no effect. Those ancient troops will keep appearing endlessly. As for those Black Cities, to be honest, no matter what kind of attack method is used, including missiles and nuclear bombs, they can't even scratch them. Since that's the case, continuing to use artillery attacks would be pointless. Not only would it not gain us any experience or drop any items, but more importantly, all major cities across the country have already been occupied, so our military's ammunition supply isn't infinite either. Eventually, there will come a time when we'll run out of ammo. If we choose to use modern weapons to attack, that would just be a temporary solution, a last resort."