Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

Chapter 135 confirms that the sandworms are all after the mineral resources.

As to what exactly a soul-guided vehicle is, Long You and the others cannot currently provide a physical demonstration, only a verbal description. Fortunately, this is a minor issue and will not affect the final decision.

The strategy has been decided; now it's time to execute it. Of course, executing the strategy is one thing, but the necessary verification process still needs to be carried out. The Lord of Northfrost City wants to confirm the current situation of Northfrost City one last time.

Luo Shixin didn't believe, or rather, didn't want to believe, that the sacrifices he had made over the past year of Beishuang City residents had been in vain. He only needed to lead the Beishuang City residents to break out of the siege as soon as possible, and the crisis in Beishuang City would be easily resolved.

In fact, Long You and the others also needed to verify their conjecture one last time; the decision to abandon a city was not so easy to make. Although Luo Shixin spoke with great certainty in the morning, that was only because the position of the city lord of Beishuang City required him to have such decisiveness.

However, in reality, a mature human city on the Panlong Realm continent is hard-won, and no one would be willing to give up a city unless it is truly the last moment.

Now that they need to abandon Beishuang City, both Long You and others who provided the information, and Luo Shixin who made the decision, need stronger evidence to solidify their actions.

Everyone needs to see for themselves that the sand worms are indeed heading for the mineral resources near and beneath Northfrost City. To prove this, everyone needs to witness firsthand that ordinary sand worms, which are not particularly intelligent, will not be driven to attack Northfrost City by higher-level sand worms when given a better option.

Actually, there was an opportunity to verify this last night (during the Panlong Realm period). However, due to time constraints, both the number of milk bottle soul tools and the amount of soul energy already contained within them were insufficient.

To avoid the possibility of the floating Starlink light source running out of its stored soul power and going out during nighttime battles, Longyou waited until it was completely dark and the sandworm swarm had begun to move on the surface before launching it into the air.

With the entire surface shrouded in darkness, the sandworms that come out to roam will naturally choose the Northfrost City walls, which are more attractive to them and are composed entirely of obsidian slag and other rare metal slag, as their activity location.

To the residents of Northfrost City, this was undoubtedly a manifestation of sandworms attacking the city.

Tonight, with sufficient stored soul energy, Longyou will launch a floating light source simulating sunlight over Beishuang City in advance, ensuring that Beishuang City and the area within 100 meters of its city walls are always bathed in sunlight.

According to Long You's observations of sandworms (when capturing live specimens to create targeted detection soul guides), once these creatures are exposed to light for a relatively long period of time, they will quickly fall into a berserk state and die within half an hour due to excessive berserk behavior.

Therefore, even from a purely biological instinct perspective, as long as Northfrost City is constantly bathed in sunlight, even if the city walls of Northfrost City are far more attractive than other open spaces, sandworms would not gather towards Northfrost City under simulated sunlight if their primary objective is not to attack the city.

As dusk falls and the sun's rays begin to fade, floating light sources, launched long ago, simulate the feeling of natural sunlight, still bathing the North Frost City area in daylight.

The residents of North Frost City had already taken their usual place atop the city walls early in the morning. Last night's defensive battle had given them confidence to defeat the formidable enemy; the sunlight streaming down from above now gave them the courage to continue their defense.

However, the psychological pressure caused by prolonged sand worm sieges is definitely not something that can be eliminated by a single successful (without casualties) city defense battle.

Therefore, in terms of the overall atmosphere, there was still a relatively uneasy atmosphere on the walls of North Frost City.

Finally, the last ray of light disappeared completely beneath the earth's surface, and except for the area where North Frost City was located, the area that could be seen from the city wall was completely plunged into darkness.

The rustling sound, like an inescapable curse, once again rang in the ears of the residents of Northfrost City.

Long You had already sent a large stealthy soul-guided reconnaissance drone to the outside of the north city wall of Beishuang City. When the rustling sound came, Long You had already focused his attention on the control tablet in his hand.

In fact, not only Long You, but also Luo Shixin, the city lord of Beishuang City, were all intently watching the image projected onto the control tablet. Through the high-definition camera, they could already see worms moving up and down outside the range of the light source.

Quiet, or more accurately, silent. Although not every resident of Northfrost City could see the images projected onto the control panel, the battle-hardened residents already sensed something was amiss.

Normally, the sandworm swarm would have already reached the walls of Northfrost City, but not now, not a single one.

Ten minutes later, the images transmitted back by the large stealth soul-guided reconnaissance drone showed that the sandworm swarm was indeed moving away from the walls of Northfrost City.

Players like Long You, who were not members of the human race from the Panlong Realm continent, cheered. What they saw indicated that their previous deductions based on indirect evidence were correct, and the difficulty of completing the mission had been greatly reduced.

However, in contrast to the cheers of Long You and others, Luo Shixin, the city lord of Beishuang City, actually choked up at this moment.

"I entrust the matter of breaking through to you all. You may use the resources available in North Frost City as you see fit. I have only one request: that no more people die in North Frost City."

"Lord Luo, your request is exactly what we must do."

I believe that the moment you see the Soul-Guided Vehicle, you will have full confidence in Northfrost City's breakout operation.

Sensing that the city lord of Beishuang City was not in a good mood, Long You and the others immediately suppressed their excitement and responded to the city lord's request with an extremely serious attitude.

The night grew deeper, but the residents of Northfrost City enjoyed a long-awaited peaceful night. For over a year, they had finally experienced the feeling of being able to rest quietly as night fell.

Except for those on duty who remained on the city wall to keep an eye on the movements of the sandworm swarm in the distance, all other residents of North Frost City went home to rest.

After giving specific instructions to the others, Long You and the others logged off to rest in the blacksmith shop. Tomorrow would still be a tough battle; the creation of the soul-guided vehicle would require the collective wisdom and effort of everyone.

Xu Sanshi has already sent clear information about reinforcements. In as little as one week, a force of 10,000 will arrive outside the sandworm-controlled area surrounding North Frost City.