Five Frozen Centuries

Chapter 394: Strange Situation

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Wei Huo planned to come into contact with the metal devils personally. His main purpose was to figure out their existence and their combat power.

Observing the combat power of the metal devils was very important. After all, Wei Huo and the others did not know many rules of the other world. For example, the tolerance of the ground and the density of the objects were different from the previous world.

Simply put, an attack that could only shatter stones in this world could shatter planets in another world. If one did not understand the difference between the two worlds, one would easily suffer.

However, Wei Huo believed that Mythical creatures were still at the peak of this world or even at the peak of the secondary stage. After all, Mythical creatures had already come into contact with rules. No matter which world they were in, rules were the strongest existence.

For example, Wei Huo could now use the Rule of Death to capture all the metal devils there, but there was no need for that.

Wei Huo observed the battle carefully. The two parties involved in the battle were the defenders and the attackers. The defenders were the metal devils of the city. From Wei Huo’s perspective, all the metal devils in the city seemed to have been mobilized. Even newborn metal devils were on the battlefield.

The metal devils seemed to have combat power as soon as they were born. They were different from humans. They even threw metal devil eggs at their enemies during the battle. As soon as the metal devil eggs landed in the enemy camp, they would immediately hatch and the metal devil children would rush out to attack the enemy.

Wei Huo was confused. Did newborn metal devils have the ability to identify their enemies?

Wei Huo estimated that a metal devil’s reproductive ability should be very strong. Otherwise, they would not be throwing metal devil eggs away.

The metal devils incubated by the metal devil eggs were a little similar to spiders. They had eight legs, but those were their only characteristics that were similar to spiders. Apart from these eight legs, the metal devils did not look like spiders at all. They did not know how to spit silk either. They had sharp teeth, and when they were facing enemies, they would quickly approach them with their eight feet and bite them.

However, in Wei Huo’s eyes, this war was meaningless. The teams on both sides seemed to only know how to fight with their entire team. They did not care about strategy at all, nor did they think of using strategies like Tian Ji’s Horse Racing Strategy or using different troops for different types of enemies.

From Wei Huo’s perspective, there were no commanders in either camp. They were just swarming forward to kill the enemy.

Besides, they had no concept of being captives or surrendering. They would kill the enemy without any hesitation. At the same time, even if they were about to die, they would not beg for mercy. Instead, they would think of ways to jump up and bite the enemy. It would be worth it to cause any harm before they died.

The war had reached its climax. A large number of metal devils had died in battle, and there were no more reinforcements on either side. They kept fighting and dying. In the end, the metal devils defending the battlefield were the first to die.

Although the winning side had won, they had won miserably. They only had dozens of metal devils left. These dozens of metal devils attacked the city and started destroying the buildings in it.

However, new metal devils appeared. These metal devils did not seem to have the ability to move, but they had strong defensive and attacking power. These immobile metal devils waved their ‘tentacles’. Once they caught prey, they would send it into their mouths and grind it with their sharp teeth.

The metal devils on the offensive did not stop. They kept attacking the immobile metal devils without using any skills.

In reality, they only needed to use long-range attacks against these immobile metal devils. However, they still charged forward brainlessly and were grabbed and killed by the metal devils with their tentacles.

In the end, the attackers finally killed the tentacle devils after sacrificing a lot of metal devils. Then, the metal devils continued advancing. They did not know anything about the art of war, nor did they have any combat skills. They were not adaptable either. Wei Huo suspected that they were not intelligent.

Soon, they attacked the core area of the enemy. This area was even tighter, and guards appeared as well.

The guards were very powerful. They did not participate in the battle but instead guarded the place. However, Wei Huo felt that the guards were too rigid. They did not attack even after their army was destroyed. The guards were too rigid and not flexible enough.

Wei Huo did not know why the guards were there. In his opinion, the metal devils seemed like they had copied the devils. However, they only had instincts and no intelligence. That was why they were using this method to fight.

Wei Huo even thought that, as long as there was a commander on the defense, the outcome of the battle would be completely different. They could even achieve a complete victory, as the restraining effect between different kinds of soldiers was obvious.

The devils holding energy weapons gathered and launched long-range attacks. The close-range devils formed a defense circle, and the powerful guards attacked the enemy’s rear camp. They moved the immobile tentacle devils to the center of the battlefield and hid them.

As long as appropriate adjustments were made, it would be enough to severely injure the enemy. On the other hand, if the attackers had a good strategy, they could minimize their losses.

However, these metal devils did not have a consciousness.

At that moment, the battle ended. The final victor was the defender. The powerful guards had paid a heavy price and destroyed the attacking party. Wei Huo had also discovered a detail during the battle. The metal devils seemed to have unlimited stamina. The metal devils, who had been fighting for a long time, were in good condition. Their stamina had not decreased in the beginning of the battle or during the battle with the guards later.

Besides, the death of their companions had not affected them during the battle. It seemed like these metal devils did not have any intelligence. They were only acting on instinct. However, the problem was, what was going on with these buildings? What was up with the weapons?

If one had no intelligence, would one build houses? Would one build weapons?

This alternate world did not make sense.

Wei Huo had been following the attacking party. However, the attacking party had been completely destroyed. Upon seeing this, Wei Huo decided to come into contact with these weird metal devils himself. Otherwise, he would not be able to figure out what was going on with them.

However, at that moment, a wind suddenly appeared in the city and the battlefield outside it. Soon, the dead metal devils shattered and turned into tiny silver-white metal particles. These particles started gathering again, and then metal devils appeared out of thin air.

The assembling attackers and the defenders were ready to face the attack—everything was replayed. They had all been revived, and the destroyed weapons had reappeared. Then, after they waited for a few seconds, the war started again. The attackers and the defenders rushed forward like bees and fought. There was no strategy or technique. Countless metal devils died again.

The exact same script was acted out again. Wei Huo gradually understood what was going on.