133: Chapter 133 Old Iron? Manman?

"Young Brother Lu Chen, for Feng City to have your help is truly like adding wings to a tiger. With just the two of you, you were able to rescue hundreds of Shi Village villagers safely without a single loss."

Mayor Ye Qingkong felt deeply gratified and personally commended Lu Chen and Senior Wang Rui.

But then, his expression shifted to one of deep worry.

Seeing this, how could Lu Chen not know that the Mayor had another mission to assign?

"This is all part of my duty. Is there another troublesome matter, Mayor? Please, speak freely. As long as it is within my power, I will do my utmost to contribute to Feng City!"

"Good! Young Friend Lu Chen, you truly are a model of excellence for our Great Xia. I will be direct then: I need personnel to sweep the Invading Monsters a hundred miles north of the city and open up a safe path there!"

Hearing this, Lu Chen was confused.

"Mayor, why do you need to sweep the path to the north of the city?"

"To be honest, Young Friend Lu Chen, it is because we plan to relocate the entire city to the northern front in half a month!"

"What? Relocate the entire city? You mean, take everyone in the Feng City area?"

Lu Chen was stunned.

He had never learned about this kind of history. In fact, there wasn't much history left from 100 years ago, let alone 200 years ago.

Lu Chen did not know if the current higher-ups had deliberately sealed away the past, or if it had been lost during the constant struggle against the Invading Monsters.

But the probability of it being lost was very low.

Because with the preservation of certain technological products, there should always be historical archives. It was highly likely that it had been sealed by the current higher-ups, unknown to the people of the present, with only some simple history of class advancement known.

And the purpose of their doing so was self-evident.

It was to build their order and create their era of power—the era of the nobility under the current guild-state model!

"But... relocating the entire city will surely attract countless Invading Monsters. Won't that mean sacrificing many people?" Lu Chen asked.

"We were born in this era; sacrifice is inevitable. It is better to lose half the people than to wait here for death!"

"Feng City's resources cannot sustain us for long. Furthermore, without the defense of a front line, we are under constant attack by Invading Monsters."

"Once a powerful Invading Monster attacks, breaks through the defense, and other Invading Monsters form a monster tide to invade, our entire city will be annihilated!"

"When you went to rescue Shi Village, you learned that Invading Monsters were already gathering into a tide. In fact, it's not just Shi Village; Invading Monsters are gathering into tides in other places as well, which indicates that there is a powerful Invading Monster BOSS commanding from behind the scenes."

Ye Qingkong said with a heavy heart.

He did not want to relocate the city either, but this was the only way for all the citizens of Feng City to survive.

"Mayor, leave these Invading Monster tides and the BOSS behind them to me. I can handle them!"

Lu Chen had absolute confidence.

But Ye Qingkong just smiled and shook his head: "I know you have the strength, but what about after this? What about next time? And what about the resources? Young Friend Lu Chen, without enough resources, hundreds of thousands of civilians will starve to death. Even class advancers can only hold out for a little longer. Only by moving to the northern front can we have a glimmer of hope. That is the cruel reality of the current situation!"

"Young Friend Lu Chen, I can only arrange a squad to accompany you to clear out the Invading Monsters. Are you willing to go?"

[Ding, 3rd Ring Mission Released — First Display of Edge]

[Difficulty: B-Rank]

[Mission Objective: Lead a squad to clear the Invading Monsters along the ten-mile road north of Feng City. Mission duration: 3 days.]

"Mayor, I am willing to lead the squad!"

Lu Chen accepted the mission.

He had wanted to go alone, but since the mission prompt required leading a squad, he assumed it was related to the mission rating, so he had no choice but to lead the team.

"Senior Wang Rui, as a scout, you know the distribution of Invading Monsters best. You will serve as Lu Chen's deputy and act as his guide!"

"Yes! Mayor!"

The two set off immediately.

At this moment, a squad was already waiting at the north gate. There were 12 of them, all elite class advancers from Feng City, with the lowest Rank being Fourth Rank.

"Captain Lu!" Seeing Lu Chen appear, they all saluted him.

"Hmm? Lao Tie? Manman?"

Lu Chen suddenly realized that two of the big guys in the squad looked very familiar. The man looked very much like Lu Tie from the Hell Squat Guild in Yunlan City, and the woman looked very much like Manman.

But then Lu Chen had a second thought.

These were ancestors from over 200 years ago, just NPCs recreated under the influence of the mission rules.

"What are your names?" Lu Chen asked the two.

"Reporting to Captain Lu, my name is Lu Shen, and I am a Heavy Armor Warrior!"

"My name is Zhong Yan, and I am a Heavy Shield Knight. Like Brother Lu, I am one of the tanks responsible for holding the monsters in the squad!"

What a coincidence?

Lu Chen was stunned.

He had teamed up with Manman before, and her name was Zhong Manman.

Same surname! Same class! And they looked almost identical.

Could Lao Tie and Manman actually be the descendants of these two ancestors?

It was just that in this mission timeline, he couldn't contact the real world. When the mission ended, he could ask about their ancestors' names.

"Let's move out!" Lu Chen led the team.

"Captain, 3 days is tight. If we want to complete the mission expected by the Mayor, the best way is to lure all the nearby Invading Monsters over and kill them in one go!" Senior Wang Rui suggested.

The other team members agreed.

"Captain, let us go lure the monsters!"

They completely disregarded their own lives, seeking only to successfully complete the mission assigned by the Mayor.

This touched Lu Chen. Even high-Rank class advancement elites had such a spirit of dedication. It was no wonder that Great Xia was able to preserve its flame after a hundred years and gradually become a powerful nation of class advancers.

One must know that when the era of class advancement began and the Invading Monsters descended, many countries on Blue Star perished. Today, there are no more than ten countries left.

Lu Chen's Insight was always active. He knew that there were not many Invading Monsters near the north road, but there were not few either, and their Rank was generally around Fifth Rank.

If they split up to lure monsters, they would likely be injured or even killed.

"No need, I have my own way to lure the monsters!"

Saying this, Lu Chen said to Senior Wang Rui: "Send me the coordinates of all the Invading Secret Realms and Invading Monsters along the north road."

"Yes!" Senior Wang Rui immediately confirmed all the coordinates and sent them to Lu Chen.

With these coordinates, Lu Chen summoned fifty thousand Soul-Devouring Rats and fifty thousand Iron-Claw Eagles, scattering them out to carry out precision strikes on all coordinates!

To make the evacuation of the Feng City citizens safer, Lu Chen expanded the clearing distance to a hundred miles away, far exceeding the mission requirements, and left Beast Pets to guard the Invading Secret Realms here, only returning with the squad on the third day.

"Captain Lu, how do you manage to contract so many Beast Pets? If all our fellow Beast Tamer class advancers in Great Xia could contract this many Beast Pets, that would be wonderful!"

"Yeah! The Beast Tamer fellows I know can only contract a few Beast Pets at most, and their strength is limited."

"If they could all be like Captain Lu, our Great Xia would definitely be able to complete our initial national strategic plan ahead of schedule!"

The team members were deeply curious. They had no intention of prying into Lu Chen's secrets; they were purely thinking about how to help their fellow Beast Tamers improve their strength.

"That's because I obtained a treasure that can increase the number of beast slots. Under normal circumstances, there is indeed no way to increase the number of contracted Beast Pets!" Lu Chen explained simply.

"I see. But with Captain Lu here, we will definitely be able to defeat the Invading Monsters!"

Saying this, Lu Shen suggested: "Captain Lu, can we take a group photo with you? I don't know if we will be able to act with Captain Lu again in the future!"

Lu Chen did not refuse.

Click!

Lu Shen took a photo with a camera.

Suddenly!

The laughing squad members instantly became serious: "Captain Lu, we have received an urgent mission from the Mayor and need to leave immediately. We will take our leave!"

Having said that, the 12 of them rushed to the mission point.

At this moment, Lu Chen also received a new mission.