《Clash of Lords: Civilization Game Comes to Reality》 #647 - All Quiet on the Northern Front (VII) How long does it take for a new soldier to become a veteran? Answer: One month and one day After one month of standard infantry training, he was thrown into the front-line trenches in one day. Get ready and stand at attention. "arrive!" He, Hal, was a 21st class Union Army conscript infantryman who had completed 30 days of infantry training. Organize training, weapon operation, and coordinated attack. One month for the barracks to teach them, and one month for the battlefield to teach them. Maybe it is not so reasonable, but it can quickly select the soldiers who are most adaptable to the battlefield, and then send the unsuitable soldiers to the corresponding production positions to start production training. Hal sat in the carriage, holding his rifle and wearing the rank of sergeant on his shoulder, which represented the deputy captain. The carriage was very quiet, with a few strands of cloudy sunlight filtering through the semi-open carriage. Everyone had already talked about everything they could when the carriage set off, and the rest was silence instead of communication. His training results were good. As a former adventurer, he was indeed more experienced than most of the infantry recruited by the lords from their territories, but he became the deputy captain mainly because of his spellcasting ability... The coalition required that each team must have at least one spellcaster who had reached the ''training level: beginner''. The coalition forces would occasionally distribute some technical equipment that required spell triggering, such as rune flints, water purification pipes, and reusable cooling patches, which were simple and practical equipment. This spellcaster is either the captain or the vice-captain. He suddenly began to miss the days when he was still an adventurer. When he was in a new team, he always missed his previous days. The people here call a small team a "squad", and a squad is composed of twelve human members. Some special mixed squads will be equipped with orcs and ratmen to let them deal with things that are difficult for human soldiers to handle. He heard that there were technical sergeants among the more elite troops. There was no such person in the light infantry squad that Hal belonged to. Their squad only had riflemen and a spellcaster. In terms of weapons, a squad is equipped with twelve bolt-action rifles and four shotguns, two grenades and smoke bombs per person, and possible explosive packs, 120mm rocket launchers and blasting tubes. The requirement is to carry out a 72-96 hour hold-the-position mission without subsequent supplies. The young soldier suddenly heard a heavy impact sound coming from the distance, as if it was thunder in the sky. He stuck his head out to look for the source of the sound, but found no trace of the artillery group outside. In order to avoid being discovered by aerial reconnaissance troops, the launch positions are hidden with dirt and bushes. From a long distance, they look no different from small dirt hills with trees growing on them... It would be even better if you ignore the large-caliber bombardment mortars hidden under the bushes. The coalition forces have the largest number of siege firepower, heavy mortars. A heavy steel mortar with low production cost and capable of firing with packaged propellant projectiles. It does not require high metal processing capabilities... but the barrel still needs to be produced with the help of standard mining casting molds. The ground lord who obtains the barrel can produce the gun mount and buffer rack by himself. He had seen that kind of bombardment mortar in the training ground. It was larger than the cauldron used by the kitchen squad to cook for the entire company. One shot could destroy any semi-permanent bunker within fifteen meters nearby, and shock the soldiers hiding in the bunkers so much that they bled from all seven orifices. However, according to the military manual, once a mortar appears, it means that the convoy is very close to the front line. The mortar has a very short range of about 3km and can only be deployed close to the front line. "Hey, deputy captain, look outside." The pockmarked man shouted. Hal couldn''t remember his name, but he knew that everyone liked to call him Pockmarked. Hal also gave himself a name to adapt to the local customs, called Wang Hai. Wang seemed to be a common surname among them. He turned around twice but didn''t find what Ma Zi was pointing at. The sound of cannons, which had no source, was still echoing outside. "In the sky!" The shadow hovering in the air was about to get close to the marching team on the ground, but was blocked by the low-speed airship that was providing air cover for the convoy. This floating bunker had almost no mobility, just like a bunker equipped with thrusters and released into the air. The garrisoned soldiers attacked the enemy with omnidirectional shooting windows in the bunker. Floating 50-200 meters above the ground, these towed bunkers are powered entirely by horses on the ground... and can float ten times faster than they could on their own. The seemingly bulky floating bunker does not require regular floating stones to propel its engines. It only consumes one-half to one-third of the floating stones of ordinary airships. It can also serve as an artillery observation balloon, a floating balloon with heavy armor. They made a bet that which side would win would be determined by who suffered less losses. This aroused the enthusiasm of the soldiers. They had little money and could only use military rations to bet... For example, the 200 ml of beer distributed every day. When they were nervous, they would take a sip of cold sparkling beer and the accumulated pressure would disappear immediately. But unfortunately, there was no winner between the airships floating in the air and the Holy Army, and the two sides separated after a brief encounter. The figures with the light streams threw a few bombs that were so crooked that they couldn''t be crooked any more into the convoy, then turned around and rose into the safer air. The airship, which had no maneuverability, could only watch the figures with the light streams disappear into the clouds in the distance. Hal failed to win the 200 ml of beer rationed today from his comrades. "Those things were looking for our artillery positions. Once the artillery opened fire, they flew over like flies. They had no interest in us." The captain who led them was not in the mood. He had lit the tobacco without knowing when and exhaled a puff of white smoke out of the trunk of the car. People like him who were often sent to the front line soon became indifferent to such things. He was a veteran who had just retired from the front line and was assigned to be the captain of their team of new recruits. However, the young recruits were not quite used to it, and he saw uneasiness on the faces of his team members. The instinct of life is to fear death, which is understandable. Appropriate training is to enable soldiers to overcome their fear of death and the unknown. "Our artillery fire, 305mm bombardment mortars, you may find them near the small undulations near the front line... Don''t worry, they usually won''t fall on your heads." Hal felt that his tongue could taste the bitter cigarette ash in the air. The drifting smoke gave the air a light gray color, as if this lingering bitter smoke had been lingering on the front line. However, as the deputy captain, he still needs to comfort the members of his team. (There will be another update tomorrow to make up for the previous one.) Warm reminder: The website is about to be revised, which may cause the loss of reading progress. Please save the "bookshelf" and "reading record" in time (screenshots are recommended). We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you! #646 - No war on the northern front (VI) Learn, fight. The loser does not want to fail anymore and must take a step forward. The first batch of Vatican vanguards who arrived in this world merged with the remaining Western Knights troops, and still reached cooperation under the contradictions... There was no other choice. If they did not cooperate, they would be violently bombarded by the coalition forces outside. The Pioneer Army can obtain the production capacity and resources of the lords, while the Western lords can obtain some of the Holy See''s technologies and training methods of special forces. And the big cake drawn by the paladins for them - joining the Holy See, becoming one of the Holy See, and obtaining more core technology. A new vanguard army was born. The special commissioners who came over to the Holy See did not like this behavior, but they also showed their traditional skills: "Leave it alone and give it up after use." As a paladin of the vanguard army, Evil naturally would not have been able to fly over the group of people who had arrived at the Holy See without any supply. She would rather act with her newly recruited lord troops than discuss with the insects sent by the central government. Based on the coalition equipment seized on the battlefield, they imitated their own infantry equipment. The gray military uniform is easier to clean than the uniforms they wear on weekdays, and it is more concealed in the forest. The new equipment also leaves room for carrying guns and bullets. A gray uniform that was the same as the coalition forces, but a few more hanging points were left to accommodate the cold weapons. The Western lords were not without rifles. They even took out the design drawings of the finished World War I rifle before the central government of the Holy See. No matter how unhappy Evil was, the airborne commissioner also handed over the design drawings to the Central battlefield and The command center of the coalition fortress group confrontation. This earlier rifle was not as good as iterated after mass production by the coalition forces. Large-scale production can quickly find out the shortcomings of the product and correct it. The products that have just stepped out of the production line in the design bureau are weapons that have not been tested for a long time after the battle formation. Stablize. At least there is no modern difference between the two sides in rifles, and there is still a gap in the support weapons of light infantry. However, the production capacity of the West is really not as good as that of the coalition forces that have developed ahead of schedule. Only the newly produced rifles and bullets seized on the battlefield can barely arm the front-line troops. The remaining disadvantages are smoothed by the trench closer to the hand-to-hand combat distance. Meli sat on the wood that had just been cut down and watched the Pioneer Army bury the white ash in the pit with moist mud. She didn''t know what she was going to do, so she could only sit aside and watch the cleaning work of the vanguards quietly. Whenever they arrived in an area, they would put down the bloody blood bait and use magic tricks she couldn''t understand to stimulate the blood bait. The taste is used to clean up the biochemical beasts in an area and the local beast groups that have undergone mutated due to eating biochemical beasts. "You will be hungry after eating corpses with fortification injections. The remaining fortifications will allow their bodies to develop quickly, just release a little bloody smell...those things will swarm." The centurion said, pulling out a well-preserved candy from his lining and handing it to Mellie to comfort her. The vanguard infantry team that found Meli was a very standard infantry cleaning team. Two specialized shooters carry single-shot rifles to fight monster infantry and large biochemical beasts. They need to save on every bullet distributed, and the full power is enough to bomb the head of the wandering deformed monster or in Their limbs have a big hole. The remaining members of the Pioneer Army team used trustworthy cold weapons to solve the problem. Mace hammer, long sword, short spear, short sword... Each strike is deadly enough in melee. "Are those...devils?" Meli recalled the various aberrant creatures smashed by a mace, and her belly rolled. If they are living creatures, their furs are torn apart, revealing a large area of ??muscles that only cause death if they are rotten. If they are dead, they eat and breathe like normal creatures. "These? These things are very gentle. They are just scouts driven by demons. Fortunately, we only need to fight these things." Of course, it¡¯s not just that. Sometimes the cleaning team also needs to raid small-scale border pass camps to obtain resources. Sometimes when they arrive at the outsider''s camp to prepare to harvest resources, they will find that there is only a piece of wreckage and ruins left here, and the walls are covered with heavy horse hoof prints. The coalition forces have visited here before them. The cavalry of the coalition forces has a longer raid distance and can even plunder outsider camps very close to the Pioneer Defense Zone, but because the Island Alliance is testing new biochemical beast groups... The cavalry teams rarely get close to the Pioneer Army to avoid conflict. defense zone. They don''t want to be accidentally hurt by their own people. After saying that, the Templar said to Melis and other words, but the Adventurer Girl couldn''t understand it. She suddenly remembered that she had been to the meeting place she had agreed to with her companions because of her worries. There is an irregular horse hoof print near there. "Their cavalry rarely takes the initiative to capture slaves, and may just be a regular war zone patrol... Your friends just need to hide in the woods, and they won''t pay much attention to the situation in the woods when patrolling." The centurion comforted. "You guys say the demon...I...what would happen if he was really taken away...what the hell is the demon?" Meli was nervous. The Centurion and the Templar looked at each other, and a complicated expression appeared on the Centurion''s face. "They are the same people as us... You can also call them another name, the coalition." (Caught up, let''s see how many more pictures I can update in the middle of the month, UwU) Warm reminder: The website is about to be revised, which may cause the reading progress to be lost. Please save the "Bookshelf" and "Reading Record" in time (it is recommended to take a screenshot to save), sorry for the inconvenience caused to you! #645 - No war on the Northern Line (Five) Biochemical beasts. Special monster troops of the Island Alliance. Injecting the adjusted biological catalyst into the bodies of ordinary creatures will allow them to obtain extremely terrifying physical fitness in a short period of time, and transform from ordinary combat beast troops into beast groups that are enough to disperse the battle formation. The biochemical group of the Island Alliance generally uses cats and canines as their biological blueprints. Bring these creatures to the battlefield, provide enough food after injection, so that they can develop rapidly in a short period of time... The size of small animals after injection of enhancer will increase by 2-3 times in 10 hours, and the movement speed will be as follows: All strength has been greatly improved. Hunger, madness driven. The enhanced biological instinct and excellent physique make the biochemical beast group enough to pose a threat to an entire team. It is generally not used on the human body. It is reported that the Island Alliance is developing a special human disposable intensifier injection, and plans to name XX Dragon, so that soldiers can obtain physical fitness at the same level as the Templar in a short period of time. But no matter how they adjust the proportion of the injection, they cannot let the testers receiving the injection live for a month. It is theoretically feasible to manufacture strengthening soldiers, but it is not theoretically feasible to manufacture strengthening soldiers. Life is always instinctively resisting transformation. But one month is better than biochemical beasts. The enhancer used by biochemical beasts on the battlefield gives them only a lifespan of 48-72 hours. "Hasn''t you killed before?! Why is there still here!" The centurion pulled out the short spear that pierced the neck of the half-hunter''s high hound. The ferocious beast with brown hair immediately began to struggle. The centurion''s spear was shifted three inches and pointed it at the heart below its neck. go. "It''s endless! There are so many such things lately..." In order to test their biological weapons, the Island Alliance always regularly launches these monsters in the control area of ??the Pioneer Army. On the battlefield, more and more biochemical beast groups are replaced by monster infantry to attack the Pioneer Army''s ground fronts. Biochemical beasts never need to consider lifespan, after all, they survive on average less than an hour after being put on the battlefield. No lucky person can accept this unnatural gift. The injection made by the alchemist and the necromancer will be created in one shot, and no matter what creature is, it will not last for three days. The trouble is that some local creatures will eat the corpses of biochemical beasts and absorb the unexecuted potions into their bodies, becoming more dangerous than other similar ones. These wild monsters that greedily gnaw on the corpse have become the ultimate lucky ones. They can naturally grow bigger, stronger and faster. Continue to cause trouble to the Pioneer Army. But they themselves are soldiers who are fighting against the existence of alien monsters, so how could they be afraid of such monsters? "rest in peace." Another Templar grabbed the attacking deformed hound and slammed it hard on the ground, and the mace hit its head and half of its body into mud. "rest in peace!" Turning around, his hand wrapped in iron armor grabbed the head of another deformed hunting dog, and smashed it into the soil with its body. "Leave!" His voice was as hoarse as a prayer during a sacrifice, but in a blink of an eye, he wiped out more than half of the deformed hunting dogs in front of him. The deformed hunting dog, which can easily tear open the arms of an ordinary soldier, was as tender and weak as a little chicken in his hand. It fell to the ground like a pool of tangible rotten meat, and it twitched from time to time because of its strong vitality. It would be better to say that this is the area they are most familiar with. Interactions with foreign races do not rely on chanting scriptures, on illusory gods, or on thousands of worship in the church. But the gun and the hammer. It is difficult for pagans to communicate, and it is difficult for foreigners to communicate. And when something is a pagan, a foreign race, a completely different alien from humans. When you see it, hear its sound, and know its existence. You can''t help but feel disgusted. Use a gun and a hammer to solve this problem completely. Hate is an efficient driver of war. In just a few minutes, only half of the aberrant hounds were left. A hound dog flew around the centurion''s back and aimed at his unprepared back. "careful!" Meli held the hammer in his hand back, and opened the deformed hunting dog who had attacked the centurion with a beautiful blow. He wanted to help the centurion who fell to the ground, but found that he had already used his waist close to him. The standard short sword that was fighting from a distance was drawn out. The deformed hunting dog that attacks will be cut open in the moment of flying, and its intestines will be rotten. Before she could speak, the centurion frowned and angrily scolded her for getting out of here. "Don''t come up! Go back!" Meli was startled by his tone, and held the scepter in his hand tightly and stood there: "I, I want to help you." The centurion didn''t say anything, but just glared and asked her to return to the back of the front. The adventurer girl quietly watched the vanguard soldiers slaughtered all the deformed hunting dogs attracted by the bait, watching them pile up the corpses on the ground with mud and cut firewood. The flames ignited, breaking the deformed hound and the remaining biocatalyst into ashes. "Before, thank you for saving me." Meli looked at the soldiers wearing red and white armbands, feeling a little aggrieved and wanted to say something. She should have been with her teammates to meet the adventurer teammates who were going deep into the trenches, but while collecting nearby information, she was discovered by the green skin hiding in the trenches, and the entire team fled in scattered. When she retreated, she lost her direction again and encountered these monsters with aberrant tumors growing on her body and her fur fell off and her muscles exposed... She had never seen such a monster before. Then a gray-clothed soldier equipped with a dagger and a spear and wearing a red and white cross armband walked out of the woods, used the cold weapon in his hands to deal with the aberrant hunting dog that was besieging her within a minute, and then muttered the words "hunting" and put them down Blood bait. The blood bait attracts the nearby aberrations of the deformed hounds at one time, and then slaughter and burn them in a concentrated manner. "This will block the spread of the agent...the flames will deal with everything, their kind tells us." Mellie didn''t understand for a moment whether the centurion was talking about whether they were the deformed hounds burning in the flames or something else. She couldn''t understand, and the experiences learned by adventurers did not support her understanding of these things. If she hadn''t encountered these soldiers, she might have turned into a distorted hound''s supper. "Nothing, child." The Templar''s hand was placed on Meli''s shoulder: "We will not die, and you are different. Before accepting the gift... a little mistake will make our compatriots always come from this world Disappear on." So stand behind and we will protect you. Warm reminder: The website is about to be revised, which may cause the reading progress to be lost. Please save the "bookshelf" and "reading records" in time (it is recommended to save screenshots). Please apologize for the inconvenience caused to you! Chapter 644 "Physical fitness: moderate." "Spellcasting ability: possessed, weak." "Psychological endurance assessment: ideal." "Cognitive ability assessment: acceptable." "Collaboration ability assessment: ideal." "......" "Class I acceptable personnel." Hal stood in front of the glass window, looking at the hard paper handed to him from inside the counter, which was already stamped with the special seal of the Rhine municipal agency. He took a deep breath and recalled the scene when he just walked into the government hall. The marble floor that was polished by water to reflect people''s shadows made people calm, but the row of outsiders in different clothes in the assessment bureau made him feel uneasy. The adventurers who were disarmed stood in a row with their heads down and received reports under the supervision of soldiers on both sides. They were all outsiders like himself, some of whom came from the same place as him and passed through the same door...Hal could feel a familiar taste from their clothes. In just a moment, he understood where many adventurers who disappeared while carrying out missions in the wild finally went. They were caught and brought here, but they took the initiative to follow the soldiers. In other words, they were the soldiers'' trophies, just like them? Slaves? The word slave may be very far away from modern residents, but for those who live at the junction of the Middle Ages and the Great Navigation, it is as common and widely recognized as animal cream... Maybe slaves are more common than animal cream. In this case, maybe his teammates are fine, maybe they are also brought here to become one of the "trophies". There is still hope. As for slaves, just escape. Hal mentioned the news of his adventurer teammates. The cavalry team only found a lot of blood at the scene, but no bodies. The horse cavalry simply checked the area where the blood was and took Hal away. The cavalry team could not waste time looking for a few missing people, and taking Hal was just a matter of convenience on the patrol. If he was lucky, his team would run into another cavalry team that was out for reconnaissance. As long as they didn''t take the initiative to attack, they would be safe... The lieutenant explained a lot of things to him, but he only understood one thing: as long as they didn''t take the initiative to attack, both sides active on the battlefield would not regard humans as enemies. "Please take your assessment report... sir?" The political clerk behind the glass tapped the table, reminding him not to stand here for too long, as there were still many people waiting to get the report. After walking out of the assessment bureau, Hal quickly found the lieutenant outside. There were many soldiers here, all wearing blue-black epaulettes, and he still saw the lieutenant at a glance... The cavalry team had their own gas masks, and now they all took off their gas masks and hung them around their waists. He sat on the stone steps of the flower bed in front of the door, chatting with his colleagues, and the freshly baked roast chicken was wrapped in thick oil paper and placed aside. "I don''t understand." Hal held the hard paper in his hand: "What does Class I acceptable personnel mean?" If he was dissatisfied, he didn''t feel too much dissatisfaction in his heart. The other party saved his life, but he was not very happy. There was a feeling of discomfort in his heart. "Of course, join us?" The lieutenant coughed: "Become a qualified coalition citizen." Hal watched his actions and remembered the wallpaper that said "Become a glorious coalition soldier" on the road. In terms of political propaganda, the Supreme Command only set a foundation and asked the lords below not to do things like blood sacrifice to the blood god and skull offering to the Confucian throne, otherwise it would be difficult for everyone to deal with it. "Let me see the report." Hal honestly gave him the slightly wrinkled hard paper. The lieutenant looked at it and showed a satisfied expression, then turned to his comrades. "The Municipal Assessment Bureau gave me two ideals, I won, come on, hand over all the cigarettes... Lao Li, don''t give me chewing tobacco to deal with things, I want cigarettes." "Fuck, you''re leaving with only two packs of cigarettes a week, can you leave some?" The cavalryman called Lao Li showed a painful expression: "Neither of the two superiors." "It''s normal for underage children to have stronger abilities, and they have strong adaptability." The second lieutenant took ten cigarettes from each of his comrades, stuffed the inner pocket bulging, and then stuffed the roast chicken in the paper bag into his arms. "Citizen, what do you want to do?" Hal grabbed the roast chicken bag, and the feel told him that the roast chicken inside had been torn for easy eating. "Class I people can choose their jobs freely, but they will be sent to the rear soon. Class IV people will not have the freedom to choose in the future." The lieutenant rubbed Hal''s head vigorously: "Not bad." "Class IV people? Are they... slaves?" Hal thought of the report in his hand and had a premonition in his heart. Combined with those dejected people, he had already associated them with the scene of soldiers pointing guns at them and forcing them to work. "It''s not as terrible as you think. Slavery has been abolished here a long time ago. They are backward and inefficient... Generally speaking, they will be sent to the pioneer camp to farm and temper their character. Don''t expect them to cooperate like you." The lieutenant took a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit a match to light the cigarette, and then threw the wood stem with sparks still on it into the soil of the flower bed to extinguish it. "If you take it to reclaim wasteland for half a year, you can almost work normally. If you are not good at temperament, you can reclaim it for another half a year. After you finish your work, you will do the corresponding training. Anyway, according to the above statement - everyone can find their own place." Having been accustomed to the comfortable life of modern times, few people are willing to return to their original backward and poor world, and they are not even worried about these people running away. As long as you can have a full meal, many people don¡¯t care where the duckweed falls. After a few years of running-in, it will perfectly become a part of the lord''s rule. "Is there any way not to go to the rear...I''m not used to it." Hal hesitated that he didn''t want to go to the rear, and he didn''t know how far the rear was for these people. The adventurers of the past know one thing very clearly that if they go to the rear, they will not return here for a long time. To be sent to a new environment, a new land, just like the adventure team he keeps trekking for survival. "Safe, the environment is pretty good, but you have the space to choose freely... There are many people who want to continue working here." The lieutenant held a cigarette in his mouth and teased that his colleagues did not have the unique eyesight of his own. "What do you need to do to join you?" He thought that if he could join the patrol, he might have more time. "Can you ride a horse?" a cavalry laughed, and Hal shook his head honestly. "We are not a cavalry team that fights immediately, just study for two months." The second lieutenant said: "But we are a direct patrol team, the regional patrol team directly under Rhine, which is different from those outside who need to camp if you see .¡± You can''t apply. At least we don¡¯t have to take on such a difficult task. We search for targets in the abandoned battlefield every day to confirm the safety of the environment, and then check whether there are new enemies here to be active. The tasks of patrol teams and frontline cavalry teams are essentially different, but they do not mean that they are weaker than the frontline cavalry teams, but the two sides are specialized differently. "So, you want to stay here, right?" The second lieutenant lowered his head and exhaled a breath of residual smoke. Hal nodded vigorously. "In view of the fact that you are the one I have recovered, there is indeed a clear path... Psychology, cognition, collaboration, three items reach at least acceptable levels, at least one of them reaches ideal, and if you pass the score after training, you can be directly Assigned to front-line troops.¡± You also have spell expertise, and you can probably get a spell support profession. Although the coalition forces were short of population, they did not need untrained soldiers. What they needed were qualified soldiers, not cannon fodder used to fill the trenches. Just been arrested... the people who were recruited could not pass the assessment and could only be sent to farm. "I''m so young, it seems like I''m here to recruit people as a young soldier. This is not easy to be... If you agree, I will take you to the town hall, and I will tie you up to the rule of our lord." Then, it is given indestructible. "Yeah." He nodded vigorously. "You can regret it at any time during the reserve phase," the second lieutenant added. "But after you switch to formal service, you must serve in full for three years." Hal nodded, not sure why the lieutenant would mention this, but he didn''t ask much when he saw the lieutenant and other cavalrymen all showed the expression of "You know what we are talking about soon." In this way, the days of the adventurer on him ended. The soldiers'' long service has begun. (Updated! 2 chapters away! UwU!) Warm reminder: The website is about to be revised, which may cause the reading progress to be lost. Please save the "bookshelf" and "reading records" in time (it is recommended to save screenshots). Please apologize for the inconvenience caused to you! Chapter 374 Night and Seagulls He planned to take advantage of this break to solve the tasks assigned by the system. The territory needs some time to improve and adapt to the technology of the fifth era. The fifth era is the watershed of the leaders'' enlightenment. The tasks of upgrading from the third era to the fourth era have not been solved yet, so the system will naturally not send new tasks to the task bar. Ji Lin has no doubt that the system has prepared tasks for him. However, before that, he still has some things to solve. Ji Lin looked at the sky that was gradually darkening. No matter how many times he looked at the sky without the moon, he was not used to it. Stars can still diffusely reflect their light through the atmosphere and fall on this area that has gradually been out of direct sunlight. The light from the stars is reflected in the atmosphere, adding a layer of luster to the sky that should be dark. This faint light will weaken as the direction of sunlight falling into this world changes... Over and over again, it is a new round of sunrise. "Ji, try this!" Alicia picked up a small piece of fried food with chopsticks, and she didn''t know what kind of food was wrapped in the golden and crispy skin. When Ji Lin suggested that she try it herself, a light flashed in her eyes, and her long white hair swayed gently with the girl''s head. She took over Ji Lin''s position instantly-Ji Lin had already demonstrated to her how to make fried food in practice, and she had already learned it! Ji Lin watched her carefully pick up the kitchen knife and cut off a small piece of pork belly. The tip of the chopsticks carefully fiddled with the small piece of pork belly rolling in the iron tray covered with a thin layer of starch. Until the pork belly was covered with starch on every side, she gently picked up the meat with chopsticks and threw it into the bubbling oil pan on the side. The oil pan made a splashing sound, and Alicia stepped back a little in front of the boiling oil pan and bumped into Ji Lin. Bread crumbs may also be included in the territory''s processed food menu. Bread crumbs are very easy to make. Steamed buns and toast only need to be peeled, cut, and evenly crushed after constant temperature drying... to get a small pile of bread crumbs. The blue light emitted by the slow burning of the crystal ore fuel reflected on her face, reflecting the amber eyes of the high-level priest, and illuminating her golden and white priest dress that swayed slightly with her movements. The chopsticks in her hand fiddled with the meat strips rolling in the oil, fried until golden and crispy, and then it was ready to be grilled. Sometimes people like barbecue, not because they like to eat the flavor of the food that has been smoked by charcoal fire, but because they enjoy the feeling of watching the food take shape in their hands. Sometimes they don''t even give priority to themselves, but provide it to friends nearby. A group of lively guys waved the barbecue in their hands. The things in memory are always beautifully embellished by time. "This is fried shrimp! Delicious!" She picked up a piece of thin dough with snow-white shrimp meat, and her delicate face was slightly flushed, as if the air had been slightly tipsy at some point. The chitinous shell of the snow-white shrimp meat had been removed, and now it was wrapped in a thin starch shell made by deep frying. It was a fairly large shrimp, and only half of it was placed in front of Ji Lin, and the upper half had disappeared in her mouth. Half of the delicious food. "Burp~" Eat, there is no need to hesitate. Ji Lin came to the conclusion after the machine crashed for three seconds. Anyway, I have lost my first kiss, so why am I afraid of this intentional or unintentional expression of affection... But I should find a chance to clarify some things with her later. The leader gave up thinking. It was a rare moment that she could feed Ji Lin in return. She made rapid progress in the skill of frying... The North Star of the Holy City was a master at everything. Although her progress in other cuisines was also amazingly fast, it was only in those that required an hour of preparation, which tested her knife skills, cooking process, and control of the heat, that she was still far behind Ji Lin''s accumulation over the past ten years. But frying was different. Frying could get results very quickly, and repeated production was very fast. She had a lot of fun, but Ji Lin was already fed and full. Really full. Looking at Alicia''s eyes, Ji Lin felt that he was only ninety full. She had already put all the ingredients that Ji Lin had mentioned before into the pot of oil and fried them once. After frying, she would take a bite herself, and if they were delicious, she would stuff them directly into Ji Lin''s mouth. Even green vegetables could not escape her clutches, crisp leafy vegetables, spinach, leeks, anything that could be thrown into the oil pan could not escape. She threw the unpalatable fried food directly to the seabirds that had gathered at some point. Ji Lin found the seabird that had taken a French fry from him... There were still some particles on its hair. If this guy was a whole circle bigger than the other seabirds. Seabirds of various shapes gathered in a small group, with long beaks, sharp beaks, and curved beaks. There were thin seabirds like white-feathered pigeons, and fat seabirds like geese. The former can be made into crispy fried pigeons after removing the hair and internal organs, and the latter can be made into a whole roast goose after removing the internal organs. If they hadn''t gathered in such a group, Ji Lin wouldn''t even know that there were so many kinds of seabirds in the territory. And the two expressionless light-cast servants blocked the group of seagulls with their bodies to prevent them from rushing up and disturbing the high-level priests who were enjoying it. Ji Lin secretly took a French fry and threw it into the sky. The finger-thick French fries were not clear in the dim night, and the seabirds had already keenly focused their sight on the French fries that drew a perfect arc in the air. The seabirds gathered here flapped their wings and stretched their necks to grab the French fries thrown by Ji Lin. There were still a lot of French fries left, and Alicia focused on turning the ingredients on the table into delicacies - Ji Lin bought a lot of ingredients from the territory market, enough for her to try here until dawn. Compared with all kinds of fried vegetables, the fish and shrimp produced in the fried territory are obviously more in line with the positioning of fried products, which is also the focus of the high-level priests'' attempts. The small boneless fish meat is coated with flour and put into the pot. It only takes three minutes to develop to the point of being outrageously fragrant... or the fish and shrimp meat are mixed together and minced, coated with a layer of starch and put into the pot. She is super good at this. Thinking of this. Ji Lin felt that his stomach was full again. The fat seabird had bypassed the blockade of the Lightforged servants at some point and quietly walked in front of Ji Lin. "Oh, oh, oh!" It stretched its neck, and the sound attracted the attention of the leader who was in a daze. "Huh?" Ji Lin looked at the big seabird that came to him to ask for fries, but it seemed that it didn''t grab the fries that Ji Lin threw. Yes, a seabird that grows so big is inferior to its agility. It tilted its head wrapped in white soft fur, stretched its neck and said "oh, oh" twice, and its mung bean-like eyes continued to stare at the plate next to Ji Lin. There was still half a plate of fries there, and the other half of the fries still exuded the unique aroma of potatoes. ? stretched out his claws, put a long prismatic crystal on the ground, and then looked at him expectantly. Ji Lin noticed the crystal put down by the seabird, but the territory did not produce this special crystal. He wanted to reach out and pick up the crystal. He was blocked by the seabird''s body, and ?''s meaning was very clear. One crystal in exchange for a plate... no, half a plate of fries. "Well~ This seabird must be good to roast. The Holy City doesn''t let us eat pigeons." Alicia approached from behind ?, and the magic fixed the seagull that wanted to spread its wings and fly high on the ground, and her slender fingers poked ?''s wings lightly. "Ji, what do you think." Poking, poking, Ji Lin saw the fat seabird trembling and retracting its head into its feathers. window._taboola = window._taboola || ; _taboola.push({ mode: ''thumbs-feed-01'', container: ''taboola-below-article-thumbnail---300x250'', placement: ''Below article thumbnail - 300x250'', target_type: ''mix'' }); Chapter 375 Exploration or Treasure Hunt "Well, I have never seen such special minerals." Ji Lin reached out and took the crystal that the sea bird placed on the ground, borrowed a ray of light and moved to the front of the crystal, letting the warm white light penetrate the translucent prism. Even though he was grabbed by the sea bird and fell to the ground just now, there was no scratch. The finger-thick prism flashed a blue glow in the reflection, and the crystal seemed to be flowing with light and shadow like water, and the flow of energy was wandering in the crystal like a gossamer. A kind of crystal that Ji Lin had never seen before, but it was very beautiful. The special thing is that the territory does not produce this kind of material at all. An ordinary territory does not produce special magic materials-Ji Lin has never seen regular materials that can show this property. It should be a mineral. Alicia squatted aside, waving French fries slightly on the seagull''s head. The crispy French fries exuded an aroma that seduced the seagull to stick its head out from under its wings. The other hand was constantly poking the fluffy long feathers of the seagull. With a flick, the French fries attracted the seagull to stick its head out from its wings. It stretched out its head and took the French fries from the girl''s hand in a swift move, hiding the French fries in its wings with its sharp beak. It was a joke to say that they wanted to eat this fat seabird. After all, they were already full and there was no extra space for a roasted bird. She just wanted to keep this seagull and rub this big pigeon that she had never seen before. Ji Lin held the crystal in his palm and felt that it was late at night and it was time to return. As the night fell, the Engineering College lit up with starlight. Those were the students who stayed in school and lit up the lights in their dormitories. Even in this small college, there were some people who didn''t want to go home during the holidays. "I''ll teach... Let''s go with you and take a look." Ji Lin was halfway through his words, and seeing Alicia''s hopeful eyes, he decided to take her with him instead. Originally, this kind of work was just to find an officer to help him complete the remaining work... "So, where can I find this thing?" Two people, one bird. Ji Lin placed a whole plate of new fries in front of him, pointed at the crystal, pointed at the fries. Then pointed in the direction of the fishing port on the coastline. Then he poked his head out from his wings, looked at Ji Lin pointing in the direction of the fishing port and shook his head, and pointed his beak at the other side of the Engineering College, a large area of ??coast that had never been developed. This coastline is so long that only the part near the city has been fully developed... The farther away is an area that has never been set foot on. There are gray-brown muddy saline land, full of salt-tolerant herbaceous vegetation, and various coastal animal communities on the coast. Since the territory has invested all its energy in the development of the sky island, the development of resources around the territory has also stagnated. Marginal effect, the efficiency of resource acquisition decreases with the increase of distance, and the cost increases accordingly. In this case, increasing the exploitation of resources in the sky island is a more effective solution-safer, more efficient, and more cost-effective. However, it seems that after entering the first era, some very interesting changes have also occurred in the territory directly under him. Ji Lin smiled. This guy really knows how to think. But hiding his head in his feathers to avoid danger, what kind of strange habit is this? He has brains, but not much. It seems that he really remembers where he found the crystal. There is still plenty of time, and he doesn''t have work tonight, and the night is not the operating time of the territory''s political affairs team. It''s okay for him to take a few days off. As long as the backlog of documents is processed before the weekend, it will not affect the normal operation of the territory. One bird, two people. Strolling along the narrow coastline, let the light-cast servants stay in place to clean up and return the kitchen utensils after they are done. After leaving a certain distance, the seagull finally agreed to stick its head out and lead them carefully over the academy wall into the still undeveloped coast. Night is not human time, but Ji Lin feels safe. The rising light ball followed their footsteps like a bright Kongming lantern, providing light for the area with a radius of more than ten meters, providing warmth like the sun. Ji Lin was thinking about what other magic this high-level priest would take out. Although the territory nominally had a large amount of magic knowledge reserves: whether it was sword energy spells from formations, standard three-element spells, or magic spells from the Church of Light... there were even extremely rare star vein magicians who could control regional weather. Just these three complete and one incomplete magic paths made other civilizations that specialized in magic come to kowtow to him. They didn''t have as many magic paths as Ji Lin... The only flaw was that there was not enough manpower and the technology of these different paths could not be integrated. Even if a high-ranking priest does not rely on the support and protection of the Crusaders, it is absolutely no problem for him to beat all the monsters that may appear outside the entire territory. Every time he walks a distance, Alicia will throw a piece of French fry as a reward for leading the way, and she will show some joy when she sees him catching the French fry in various ways. She regards this as a very interesting treasure hunting process... In a sense, it is true. After each era of promotion, the system will throw some resources to the territory of the lords, and then re-generate some mineral veins and rare resources. He has not conducted large-scale external exploration since the fourth era. The light that rose in the city of the territory at night disappeared as they walked further and further away. The territory was not like the cities on Earth. Once night fell, it brought extremely serious light pollution... Although that was an inevitable process of civilization development, it represented that human activities began to conquer and transform nature. A very faint light appeared in front of their vision, with the same luster as the sparkling crystal in Ji Lin''s hand, flickering and lingering like water waves. The faint light reflected the dark black sea surface, revealing broken blue ripples. Chapter 376 Crystal Cave ¡®Leyline Crystal Cave¡¯ ¡®Produce Leyline Crystal, 10 units of Leyline Crystal/day. ¡¯ ¡®Based on the current technical level and civilization tendency of the territory. ¡¯ ¡®The construction blueprint has been unlocked: Mechanical Crystal Mining Station. ¡¯ ''A cave rich in ordinary quartz crystals. After the earth veins are activated, it is at a weak node near the ground. During the surge of the earth veins, the ordinary quartz crystals are transformed into earth vein crystals. ¡¯ ¡®The special landforms of the territory are loaded into the territory, please check carefully. ¡¯ When he looked at the cave, the system displayed the resource point exploration report on the interface. Turning off the special location reminder, Ji Lin focused on the purpose of the Leyline Crystal. ¡®Leyline Crystal, ?bit replaces the standard magic crystal/crystal. ¡¯ ¡®It can be used as runic energy-guiding material, and as magic heavy-duty equipment production material. ¡¯ ¡®Using this material to create structural units will gain additional reliability bonuses and flexibility bonuses. ¡¯ ¡®If our test is correct, it even has biologically unique activity...¡¯ A light screen popped up in front of Ji Lin''s eyes and fell on the shimmering light not far away. A crystal cave. In other words, there is actually a leyline nearby that can be exploited? But there is no Star Vein Magician in the territory, and this damn system does not show him the Earth Vein form. The results can only be shown through changes in life. Areas with weak points in the earth tend to grow more vigorously than other areas. Wait, since it is judged as a resource point by the system...then none of the resource monsters stationed around the resource point will be here. Ji Lin placed the fries in his hand on the ground in front of the guiding seagull and touched its head. It stretched its neck and said "ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo its eyes on Ji Lin for a second before it began to enjoy the delicacies it had obtained through information exchange. After eating two French fries, it suddenly realized that if in the future it would You can also find places like ?, where it can also have a meal of this special food. I don¡¯t know if he can mobilize cannons to support the attack when the artillery team in the territory is not stationed. The 75mm cannon is also a cannon. The only disadvantage of this ability is that the three ? can only be used once. He didn''t know how to explain it to his opponent, but it seemed like he didn''t need so many explanations. He watched Alicia pull out the spear and let it float beside him. The light-cast spear was held in her hand, reflecting a hint of joy on the girl''s face. He forgot that this priest had read a lot of strange books... There was something in these strange books that told her. Any treasure will be accompanied by evil beasts. Sometimes adventure novels and chivalric novels still have some use. Just like there are always strange and magnificent caves on every coast. The cave is very spacious, and so are the guards. It''s just that these guards are too weak. The high-ranking priest put away the spear floating beside him and walked in front of a line of arthropod corpses. The insect wearing a crystal carapace was nailed to the edge of the crystal wall with a luminous cast spear. Light blue blood slowly dripped along its wound, and crystal stalks grew out of the dark brown soil. Dripping, sliding down to the ground along the shimmering crystal clusters, dyeing the soil blue. There are a total of twelve crab-like crustaceans with crystal shells and six limbs. Damn it, I have never encountered so many arthropods. Their skins are the same as those of the crystals around the cave, but underneath these crystals are not rock formations and soil, but real flesh and blood supporting life. Showing off his power, the crab was nailed to the wall, its six limbs hanging down weakly. "It''s so weak. It''s very deep inside. Let''s go in and take a look." She sighed softly, but it was true that the novel said there were monsters guarding it, so if there was a treasure... she set her sights on some deep caves. These arthropod monsters are not weak at all. The equivalent armor strength of these monsters'' carapace is as high as 160... which means that territorial riflemen cannot even penetrate its crystallized exoskeleton. Any one of them can easily kill steam spiders or annihilate a squad of riflemen, but it is not as effective against steam mechs with steam-rammed spears. Flexible, tough, and deadly. These monsters, which were strengthened by leyline crystals and leyline joints, did not withstand a round in front of the high-level priests. They were turned into hedgehogs at close range by light guns and nailed to the wall. A squadron of monster infantry evaporated within five minutes, and all twelve of them died. Ji Lin now knows that when Alicia told him in the Holy City that high-level priests were not good at fighting, there might be a trace of untruth in it. Maybe she means that high-level priests are less suitable for fighting than Skitarii...? However, at this stage, it is difficult for the lords to raise mid-level combat power, not to mention the existence that can evaporate a squadron of monster infantry in an instant if given time to prepare... The crystallized giant crab may be replaced by an infantry tank. An even more miserable end. Ji Lin counted and found that a total of one hundred and twenty luminous spears were used. She walked in front of Ji Lin, softly singing a distant song from the goddess of light, and ducked slightly to the side, causing the sea water to pour in and form a current. Ji Lin quickly followed. But the monsters have not been cleaned up, and there are still remnants deep down. Because the system did not prompt him that the cleanup was completed, nor did it reward him with the monsters at the monster location, all of which told him that there were still monsters left here. System buildings can be built here only after the cleanup is completed, otherwise the staff will be in danger here. Although he looks like a freeloader now, Ji Lin wants to say that he can also solve the problem without damage. "Hey, Ji, do you think a super ?? monster will suddenly appear to fight with us...just like a house ?small ? giant crab." Ji Lin took a look at the crystals around him. They were all very complete crystals, and a few showed signs of being chewed. This environment does not show any traces of the existence of behemoth units. There may be more crystallized crabs than outside, but that kind of monster has an area of ??500 meters and is ten meters high. There is obviously no place for it to survive here. . "There shouldn''t be one. If there is, then the monster will leave very obvious traces here." "Um, Ji, does the monster have any trophies on it?" "Well, there are a lot of rare materials that can be used on a monster of this size. After I go back, I will ask Chang Heng to lead a team to recover the body. No rare materials that can be used will be left." She spoke more than usual, and Ji Lin didn''t know why he felt a little... panic from it. It does not come from panic about possible dangers. "Will this cave collapse..." Ji Lin took a look at the cave. The crystallized rock structure made it perhaps even stronger than the city hall itself. It would not be able to shake it at all without several dense explosives. Not to mention collapse, even breaking the crystallized material here cannot be done by ordinary means. "There will definitely be no such thing." "This is what the story says. The protagonist explores the cave and fights fiercely with monsters. The cave collapses and he is sealed in the cave." She talked about the plot of the story, then turned around and stared at Ji Lin, her amber eyes sparkling. "Chongshan will lead a rescue team to take us out, half a mile at most." Ji Lin thought about it, gave a negative answer, and then quickly realized that she didn''t say the second half. window._taboola = window._taboola || ; _taboola.push({ mode: ''thumbs-feed-01'', container: ''taboola-below-article-thumbnail---300x250'', placement: ''Below article thumbnail-300x250'' , target_type: ''mix'' }); Chapter 377 A brief story (4k) (1/2) Chapter 377 A Short Story (4k) "Hmm, let''s keep going inside." Alicia walked back to the cave, carefully stepping on the slippery stones caused by the night tide. Ji Lin vaguely saw the amber eyes flashing with joy. Everyone likes to stay in a place where nothing changes, stay in the office to handle chores. "Hey, Ji, so do you think we will really find treasure?" Coastal caves are often the places where treasures are buried in stories. These strange and possibly interconnected special geological environments are natural mazes. They are submerged by the sea when the tide rises and revealed in the sun when the tide falls. But it''s a pity. The territory looked around, not to mention pirates, there was not even a ship belonging to the territory. Naturally, there will be no buried treasures here. All rewards from the system are directly distributed to the lord''s personal terminal...or these crystal crabs are the biggest treasures here. Some lords born on islands can set up salvage fleets to obtain rare blueprints and rare materials. That is a special route for their series of lords. They have more land under the sun, but face a larger and more vast world-but most of that world is ocean. "Well, if it is that kind of man-made treasure, it may not be, but this cave is of great help to the development of the territory." Ji Lin stopped walking as he watched Alicia walking in front of him, and his eyes fell on the quartz growing on the edge of the wall. It was a centimeter-long almost perfect hexagonal crystal, growing alone on the edge of the wall. She stood on tiptoe to cut the crystal completely, and raised her hand to show Ji Lin the almost perfect regular hexagonal prism. This crystal also shone with the same luster as the ground crystal that Ji Lin got from the seagull. This special crystal cave has a large number of quartz crystal clusters, which grow like mushrooms on the rock wall. Those quartz ores that have not been transformed into ground crystals by the surging ground veins have become amplifiers for spreading the luster of ground crystals. ¡®Quartz ore¡¯, ¡®gem ore¡¯, ¡®energy-conducting crystal¡¯. This is a rich mine, and an extremely rich mine. These minerals did not originally exist in this cave, but were carried by the ground veins to this cave/weak point, and then began to grow on the wall like living things. Ji Lin didn''t know why, and vaguely had this idea... Suddenly, he missed Gui Yu who could answer his questions at any time. According to her, the territory was not even half-understanding about the changes brought to the territory by the special veins. The wealth that can be brought will continue to increase with the exploration, and will be increased by the veins as time goes by. This cave itself is the best embodiment of wealth. It contains a large amount of ores that can be used as energy conduction materials, and also crystal materials that can be used as the reinforcement materials of magic civilization. The changes brought to the territory by the Star Vein Tower are definitely not as simple as the "10% increase in crop yield in the territory" written on the paper data provided by the system... ''New project has been added: vein research'' ''We have never realized what kind of power is surging in the land under our feet. The land we rely on for survival may be deeper than the sky. ¡¯ ¡®Unlock special ground vein buildings as the research process progresses, providing special bonuses for the territory. ¡¯ When Ji Lin realized this, the system placed the special research project in the territory''s research project column in a timely manner, and ranked it behind the steam core research project. Keep going forward. The karst caves on the coast, where water flows converge, and the seawater with a lot of salt erodes and takes away a layer of stone parts that originally belonged to the ground in rounds of ebbs and flows. Then the hard stone turned into accumulated water, and the accumulated water connected to form streams, and the streams turned into pools. ¡°Hey... Hey...¡± The light white short boots gently landed on a stone exposed above the water, the priest''s uniform swayed slightly with her jumping movements, and the soft shawl gently lifted up with the movements. Precise, perfect. One step away from landing on each stone exposed from the shallow water, smoothly crossing the road blocked by the sea. The light ball suspended in the air for temporary lighting slowly drifted forward with her movement, illuminating the center of the crystal cave. A regular, semi-circular geological cavity, with a large amount of accumulated water, densely covered with stone pillars and crystal clusters. This forest of crystal clusters that had not seen the sun for a long time began to refract various colors of light under the light created by divine magic. The colorful light confirmed that the light emitted by the suspended light ball was similar to or even the same as the sunlight. All white light is composite light, and it will present different light after being deflected by the prism. Crystals are the transmission of light. The crystal clusters alternately transmit light, mixed with the light of the ground crystal, making the interior of the crystal cave that has never seen dazzling light begin to sparkle. The priest lady waved to him on the other side. Ji Lin followed Alicia''s steps and wrapped his feet with source essence to avoid being soaked by the cold sea water. He wanted to learn from her and jump over the stones that had been corroded by sea salt countless times. The commander underestimated these smooth and reflective stones and overestimated his own balance ability... This was his misjudgment. If Alicia had been paying attention to him, he would have fallen into the water. The most serious injury suffered by the lord was because he fell down while playing with his female friend on a slippery rock while jumping on a ladder. The rock may have become MVP. It was hard for him to imagine that there was such a place on the coast two kilometers away from his territory. The natural landscape of the mine can only be chosen one of the two, which is a pity. If a plank road can be built here to pass through, it will be an extremely perfect scenic spot without any unnecessary development... But compared to the basic scenic spots that bring any income, the income from turning this place into a mine will be immediate. After crossing the stream formed by the accumulated water, they truly entered the interior of the crystal cave. No monster came to greet the two uninvited guests, and they only responded to the tapping sound of water drops falling on the stone surface. "?Óã." Ji Lin saw Alicia standing by the stream. She lowered her head slightly and stared at the water. The fish that usually live in a dark environment were disturbed by the light emitted by the light balls floating in the air. They fled in all directions in the clear and transparent stream without paying any attention to the two visitors who belonged to this place. With them. They ran away in panic, hoping to find a shadow in the light stream to cover their figures. "Hey, Ji, those big crabs grew up eating these fish." Ji Lin measured the length of these swimming fish with his eyes and fingers. If the crystallized crabs, which are almost as big as a car, really have to survive by eating these fish, then they will probably start killing each other if they grow into two. . "Well, it''s too small and enough to eat." After all, if monsters want to survive, they must find their own food source. Maybe they crawl out of the cave and hunt on the bottom of the sea, or they may hunt nearby things suitable for food. The system will specially provide energy to these thrown monsters remotely, and at most create some food sources nearby for them... These food sources will eventually benefit the lord. If the people in the territory encounter this kind of monster, there will be no resistance, and humans will become their blood food. Maybe I didn''t find it before, but now that I have discovered the monster''s nest, I must eradicate it completely. And other things... When Ji Lin had just invoked the source material bundle to protect himself, Ji Lin''s source material gave him a strange and familiar aura from the surrounding environment, but the magical light ball above his head was like a big light bulb that interfered with his mood. observe. Observation as human sight, exploration as the Sephiroth unfolds. "Alicia, can you turn off the light ball... I want to take a look here." The girl stayed for a moment, looked at the surrounding environment, lowered her head slightly and turned off the light ball. The light extinguished, and the azure shimmer extended and replaced the dominant position of the white light. ? is the kind of light that the earth vein crystal emits because it only contains the extremely high energy of the earth veins. That was the brilliance of the earth''s veins, the same as what he saw in Gui Yu''s world, with a heavy and cold aura, but with a hint of vitality of life and prosperity. The moment the light went out, the girl took a step closer to Ji Lin, and Ji Lin reached out and held her hand. Alicia''s eyes lit up, this is the story she wanted to tell! Following the data fed back by the source material, Ji Lin pulled Alicia through the cave. They passed through a jungle of stone pillars and crystals. Kill the crystallized crab in front of you. He marked the spot where the crystallized crabs lay their eggs, and secretly roasted two of them using magic to heat them on the spot. A well, an unguarded well. There is a pool on one side and a pool where you can see the flowing earth veins on the other side. ¡®You have discovered a Leyline Node/Leyline Weakness. ¡¯ ¡®You can build a branch Leyline Tower/Star Vein Tower here to completely control this area, and use the power of the Star Vein Master to improve the climate and terrain of the adjacent area. ¡¯ ''You have completed the exploration of the crystal cave, the weak point of the earth''s veins. '' "Great!" Alicia looked at the solid energy flow flowing slowly like a stream, showing surprise and joy. "Is this what the monsters are guarding?" "It''s ley lines, a very special resource, and this is the treasure they guard." Ji Lin explained, tentatively putting his fingers into the earth veins. The earth''s veins flowed around his hand like water, arcing and flashing. This was the pulse of the earth, and it would not be easily exploited by anyone. It will not violently inject everything it touches like an electric current, but a container that can permeate everything like hydrogen. "It''s amazing...I''ll give it a try too." She stretched out her hand and felt the flow and fluctuation of the earth''s veins. The materialized earth''s veins flowed around her palm like water, and water-like droplets fell on the ground. "Alicia, I have something to tell you..." Standing next to the flowing earth veins, Ji Lin coughed lightly and spoke to the girl who was leaning next to the weak point of the earth veins. If ? makes things clear, now is the best time. Ji Lin felt that he had inexplicably turned into a bad person who took advantage of other people''s emotions. "Uh-huh..." She tilted her head, revealing a hint of complicated emotions in her amber eyes. "I actually have two female friends with whom I have a very good relationship..." Ji Lin saw a little devilish smile on her lips, as if the wait had finally come to an end. Amber eyes looked directly into Ji Lin''s eyes, and her voice was very soft and ethereal. "After all, Ji, you are a guy who doesn''t like cleaning his own room..." It was like the god of death rubbing his blade leisurely. Ji Lin was sweating coldly when he heard it. He really didn''t have the habit of cleaning his room... and before that, his room was given to Jeanna for a while. During that time, he lived in the reception room, and left the most comfortable room for Jeanna. "I found super long golden hair in your room. The magic can only tell me that it is a girl, about three years old... She must be very beautiful, right?" She is not stupid. But if there is resentment, there must be some. He didn''t promise his own story, and he went to hook up with other girls. His heart told Alicia that he was an absolutely reliable person, that heart that was crying blood and shining with cold light and holding high a dazzling flag - it was like this when they first met. A heart that was crying blood and shining. It''s not like she hadn''t seen other leaders before, but their hearts were covered with dust, and the best people only showed their luster. What kind of person would shed tears and be unwilling to accept his past failures? So she knew that the guy in front of her, Ji Lin, could bring her very interesting stories, but even if there were no stories, she would be quite happy to be by his side. In the end, he was still a bastard. During this time, she had been waiting for Ji Lin to speak first, but this guy was only acting. She blinked and threw out the question that Ji Lin was most concerned about. "Do you want me to stay in the territory and help you work?" Ji Lin nodded, feeling the blade of the god of death wandering around his neck, he could already see the cold light on the blade. The first thing he thought of was that it seemed that his original wife was gone. The first thing he thought of was that if he was reborn, he might be able to return to his role as 007. "Did you kiss?" Ji Lin nodded with difficulty. "Did she kiss you or did you kiss her." Ji Lin nodded and shook his head. "Did she kiss you or did you kiss her." Ji Lin didn''t say anything, he was already sweating. He took a deep breath, looked back at what he had done in the past, and felt that he was indeed a jerk. Words no longer made sense, the communication in the eyes had conveyed all the information. She closed her eyes, her amber eyes no longer stared at him, and she raised her chin slightly. Ji Lin didn''t know in which novel he had read that when a girl closes her eyes to you, it means she wants you to move, and sometimes he really doesn''t want this bad knowledge to come in handy. Ji Lin closed his eyes and bowed his head with a desperate heart. It was very soft, not as hasty as Jeanne''s time, so he could almost feel the softness perfectly. "Okay, that''s it..." Alicia tapped her lips lightly, as if she was savoring the kiss just now... and didn''t feel anything. But she was very happy, really happy, but she was also a very greedy person. So. Alicia reached out and hugged Ji Lin, standing on tiptoe, her well-developed body pressed tightly against Ji Lin with only a layer of cloth between them. She moved again. window._taboola = window._taboola || ; _taboola.push({ mode: ''thumbs-feed-01'', container: ''taboola-below-article-thumbnail---300x250'', placement: ''Below article thumbnail - 300x250'', target_type: ''mix'' }); Chapter 644 "Physical fitness: moderate." "Spellcasting ability: possessed, weak." "Psychological endurance assessment: ideal." "Cognitive ability assessment: acceptable." "Collaboration ability assessment: ideal." "......" "Class I acceptable personnel." Hal stood in front of the glass window, looking at the hard paper handed to him from inside the counter, which was already stamped with the special seal of the Rhine municipal agency. He took a deep breath and recalled the scene when he just walked into the government hall. The marble floor that was polished by water to reflect people''s shadows made people calm, but the row of outsiders in different clothes in the assessment bureau made him feel uneasy. The adventurers who were disarmed stood in a row with their heads down and received reports under the supervision of soldiers on both sides. They were all outsiders like himself, some of whom came from the same place as him and passed through the same door...Hal could feel a familiar taste from their clothes. In just a moment, he understood where many adventurers who disappeared while carrying out missions in the wild finally went. They were caught and brought here, but they took the initiative to follow the soldiers. In other words, they were the soldiers'' trophies, just like them? Slaves? The word slave may be very far away from modern residents, but for those who live at the junction of the Middle Ages and the Great Navigation, it is as common and widely recognized as animal cream... Maybe slaves are more common than animal cream. In this case, maybe his teammates are fine, maybe they are also brought here to become one of the "trophies". There is still hope. As for slaves, just escape. Hal mentioned the news of his adventurer teammates. The cavalry team only found a lot of blood at the scene, but no bodies. The horse cavalry simply checked the area where the blood was and took Hal away. The cavalry team could not waste time looking for a few missing people, and taking Hal was just a matter of convenience on the patrol. If he was lucky, his team would run into another cavalry team that was out for reconnaissance. As long as they didn''t take the initiative to attack, they would be safe... The lieutenant explained a lot of things to him, but he only understood one thing: as long as they didn''t take the initiative to attack, both sides active on the battlefield would not regard humans as enemies. "Please take your assessment report... sir?" The political clerk behind the glass tapped the table, reminding him not to stand here for too long, as there were still many people waiting to get the report. After walking out of the assessment bureau, Hal quickly found the lieutenant outside. There were many soldiers here, all wearing blue-black epaulettes, and he still saw the lieutenant at a glance... The cavalry team had their own gas masks, and now they all took off their gas masks and hung them around their waists. He sat on the stone steps of the flower bed in front of the door, chatting with his colleagues, and the freshly baked roast chicken was wrapped in thick oil paper and placed aside. "I don''t understand." Hal held the hard paper in his hand: "What does Class I acceptable personnel mean?" If he was dissatisfied, he didn''t feel too much dissatisfaction in his heart. The other party saved his life, but he was not very happy. There was a feeling of discomfort in his heart. "Of course, join us?" The lieutenant coughed: "Become a qualified coalition citizen." Hal watched his actions and remembered the wallpaper that said "Become a glorious coalition soldier" on the road. In terms of political propaganda, the Supreme Command only set a foundation and asked the lords below not to do things like blood sacrifice to the blood god and skull offering to the Confucian throne, otherwise it would be difficult for everyone to deal with it. "Let me see the report." Hal honestly gave him the slightly wrinkled hard paper. The lieutenant looked at it and showed a satisfied expression, then turned to his comrades. "The Municipal Assessment Bureau gave me two ideals, I won, come on, hand over all the cigarettes... Lao Li, don''t give me chewing tobacco to deal with things, I want cigarettes." "Fuck, you''re leaving with only two packs of cigarettes a week, can you leave some?" The cavalryman called Lao Li showed a painful expression: "Neither of the two superiors." "It''s normal for underage children to have stronger abilities, and they have strong adaptability." The second lieutenant took ten cigarettes from each of his comrades, stuffed the inner pocket bulging, and then stuffed the roast chicken in the paper bag into his arms. "Citizen, what do you want to do?" Hal grabbed the roast chicken bag, and the feel told him that the roast chicken inside had been torn for easy eating. "Class I people can choose their jobs freely, but they will be sent to the rear soon. Class IV people will not have the freedom to choose in the future." The lieutenant rubbed Hal''s head vigorously: "Not bad." "Class IV people? Are they... slaves?" Hal thought of the report in his hand and had a premonition in his heart. Combined with those dejected people, he had already associated them with the scene of soldiers pointing guns at them and forcing them to work. "It''s not as terrible as you think. Slavery has been abolished here a long time ago. They are backward and inefficient... Generally speaking, they will be sent to the pioneer camp to farm and temper their character. Don''t expect them to cooperate like you." The lieutenant took a cigarette from the cigarette box, lit a match to light the cigarette, and then threw the wood stem with sparks still on it into the soil of the flower bed to extinguish it. "If you take it to reclaim wasteland for half a year, you can almost work normally. If you are not good at temperament, you can reclaim it for another half a year. After you finish your work, you will do the corresponding training. Anyway, according to the above statement - everyone can find their own place." Having been accustomed to the comfortable life of modern times, few people are willing to return to their original backward and poor world, and they are not even worried about these people running away. As long as you can have a full meal, many people don¡¯t care where the duckweed falls. After a few years of running-in, it will perfectly become a part of the lord''s rule. "Is there any way not to go to the rear...I''m not used to it." Hal hesitated that he didn''t want to go to the rear, and he didn''t know how far the rear was for these people. The adventurers of the past know one thing very clearly that if they go to the rear, they will not return here for a long time. To be sent to a new environment, a new land, just like the adventure team he keeps trekking for survival. "Safe, the environment is pretty good, but you have the space to choose freely... There are many people who want to continue working here." The lieutenant held a cigarette in his mouth and teased that his colleagues did not have the unique eyesight of his own. "What do you need to do to join you?" He thought that if he could join the patrol, he might have more time. "Can you ride a horse?" a cavalry laughed, and Hal shook his head honestly. "We are not a cavalry team that fights immediately, just study for two months." The second lieutenant said: "But we are a direct patrol team, the regional patrol team directly under Rhine, which is different from those outside who need to camp if you see .¡± You can''t apply. At least we don¡¯t have to take on such a difficult task. We search for targets in the abandoned battlefield every day to confirm the safety of the environment, and then check whether there are new enemies here to be active. The tasks of patrol teams and frontline cavalry teams are essentially different, but they do not mean that they are weaker than the frontline cavalry teams, but the two sides are specialized differently. "So, you want to stay here, right?" The second lieutenant lowered his head and exhaled a breath of residual smoke. Hal nodded vigorously. "In view of the fact that you are the one I have recovered, there is indeed a clear path... Psychology, cognition, collaboration, three items reach at least acceptable levels, at least one of them reaches ideal, and if you pass the score after training, you can be directly Assigned to front-line troops.¡± You also have spell expertise, and you can probably get a spell support profession. Although the coalition forces were short of population, they did not need untrained soldiers. What they needed were qualified soldiers, not cannon fodder used to fill the trenches. Just been arrested... the people who were recruited could not pass the assessment and could only be sent to farm. "I''m so young, it seems like I''m here to recruit people as a young soldier. This is not easy to be... If you agree, I will take you to the town hall, and I will tie you up to the rule of our lord." Then, it is given indestructible. "Yeah." He nodded vigorously. "You can regret it at any time during the reserve phase," the second lieutenant added. "But after you switch to formal service, you must serve in full for three years." Hal nodded, not sure why the lieutenant would mention this, but he didn''t ask much when he saw the lieutenant and other cavalrymen all showed the expression of "You know what we are talking about soon." In this way, the days of the adventurer on him ended. The soldiers'' long service has begun. (Updated! 2 chapters away! UwU!) Warm reminder: The website is about to be revised, which may cause the reading progress to be lost. Please save the "bookshelf" and "reading records" in time (it is recommended to save screenshots). Please apologize for the inconvenience caused to you! #645 - No war on the Northern Line (Five) Biochemical beasts. Special monster troops of the Island Alliance. Injecting the adjusted biological catalyst into the bodies of ordinary creatures will allow them to obtain extremely terrifying physical fitness in a short period of time, and transform from ordinary combat beast troops into beast groups that are enough to disperse the battle formation. The biochemical group of the Island Alliance generally uses cats and canines as their biological blueprints. Bring these creatures to the battlefield, provide enough food after injection, so that they can develop rapidly in a short period of time... The size of small animals after injection of enhancer will increase by 2-3 times in 10 hours, and the movement speed will be as follows: All strength has been greatly improved. Hunger, madness driven. The enhanced biological instinct and excellent physique make the biochemical beast group enough to pose a threat to an entire team. It is generally not used on the human body. It is reported that the Island Alliance is developing a special human disposable intensifier injection, and plans to name XX Dragon, so that soldiers can obtain physical fitness at the same level as the Templar in a short period of time. But no matter how they adjust the proportion of the injection, they cannot let the testers receiving the injection live for a month. It is theoretically feasible to manufacture strengthening soldiers, but it is not theoretically feasible to manufacture strengthening soldiers. Life is always instinctively resisting transformation. But one month is better than biochemical beasts. The enhancer used by biochemical beasts on the battlefield gives them only a lifespan of 48-72 hours. "Hasn''t you killed before?! Why is there still here!" The centurion pulled out the short spear that pierced the neck of the half-hunter''s high hound. The ferocious beast with brown hair immediately began to struggle. The centurion''s spear was shifted three inches and pointed it at the heart below its neck. go. "It''s endless! There are so many such things lately..." In order to test their biological weapons, the Island Alliance always regularly launches these monsters in the control area of ??the Pioneer Army. On the battlefield, more and more biochemical beast groups are replaced by monster infantry to attack the Pioneer Army''s ground fronts. Biochemical beasts never need to consider lifespan, after all, they survive on average less than an hour after being put on the battlefield. No lucky person can accept this unnatural gift. The injection made by the alchemist and the necromancer will be created in one shot, and no matter what creature is, it will not last for three days. The trouble is that some local creatures will eat the corpses of biochemical beasts and absorb the unexecuted potions into their bodies, becoming more dangerous than other similar ones. These wild monsters that greedily gnaw on the corpse have become the ultimate lucky ones. They can naturally grow bigger, stronger and faster. Continue to cause trouble to the Pioneer Army. But they themselves are soldiers who are fighting against the existence of alien monsters, so how could they be afraid of such monsters? "rest in peace." Another Templar grabbed the attacking deformed hound and slammed it hard on the ground, and the mace hit its head and half of its body into mud. "rest in peace!" Turning around, his hand wrapped in iron armor grabbed the head of another deformed hunting dog, and smashed it into the soil with its body. "Leave!" His voice was as hoarse as a prayer during a sacrifice, but in a blink of an eye, he wiped out more than half of the deformed hunting dogs in front of him. The deformed hunting dog, which can easily tear open the arms of an ordinary soldier, was as tender and weak as a little chicken in his hand. It fell to the ground like a pool of tangible rotten meat, and it twitched from time to time because of its strong vitality. It would be better to say that this is the area they are most familiar with. Interactions with foreign races do not rely on chanting scriptures, on illusory gods, or on thousands of worship in the church. But the gun and the hammer. It is difficult for pagans to communicate, and it is difficult for foreigners to communicate. And when something is a pagan, a foreign race, a completely different alien from humans. When you see it, hear its sound, and know its existence. You can''t help but feel disgusted. Use a gun and a hammer to solve this problem completely. Hate is an efficient driver of war. In just a few minutes, only half of the aberrant hounds were left. A hound dog flew around the centurion''s back and aimed at his unprepared back. "careful!" Meli held the hammer in his hand back, and opened the deformed hunting dog who had attacked the centurion with a beautiful blow. He wanted to help the centurion who fell to the ground, but found that he had already used his waist close to him. The standard short sword that was fighting from a distance was drawn out. The deformed hunting dog that attacks will be cut open in the moment of flying, and its intestines will be rotten. Before she could speak, the centurion frowned and angrily scolded her for getting out of here. "Don''t come up! Go back!" Meli was startled by his tone, and held the scepter in his hand tightly and stood there: "I, I want to help you." The centurion didn''t say anything, but just glared and asked her to return to the back of the front. The adventurer girl quietly watched the vanguard soldiers slaughtered all the deformed hunting dogs attracted by the bait, watching them pile up the corpses on the ground with mud and cut firewood. The flames ignited, breaking the deformed hound and the remaining biocatalyst into ashes. "Before, thank you for saving me." Meli looked at the soldiers wearing red and white armbands, feeling a little aggrieved and wanted to say something. She should have been with her teammates to meet the adventurer teammates who were going deep into the trenches, but while collecting nearby information, she was discovered by the green skin hiding in the trenches, and the entire team fled in scattered. When she retreated, she lost her direction again and encountered these monsters with aberrant tumors growing on her body and her fur fell off and her muscles exposed... She had never seen such a monster before. Then a gray-clothed soldier equipped with a dagger and a spear and wearing a red and white cross armband walked out of the woods, used the cold weapon in his hands to deal with the aberrant hunting dog that was besieging her within a minute, and then muttered the words "hunting" and put them down Blood bait. The blood bait attracts the nearby aberrations of the deformed hounds at one time, and then slaughter and burn them in a concentrated manner. "This will block the spread of the agent...the flames will deal with everything, their kind tells us." Mellie didn''t understand for a moment whether the centurion was talking about whether they were the deformed hounds burning in the flames or something else. She couldn''t understand, and the experiences learned by adventurers did not support her understanding of these things. If she hadn''t encountered these soldiers, she might have turned into a distorted hound''s supper. "Nothing, child." The Templar''s hand was placed on Meli''s shoulder: "We will not die, and you are different. Before accepting the gift... a little mistake will make our compatriots always come from this world Disappear on." So stand behind and we will protect you. Warm reminder: The website is about to be revised, which may cause the reading progress to be lost. Please save the "bookshelf" and "reading records" in time (it is recommended to save screenshots). Please apologize for the inconvenience caused to you! #646 - No war on the northern front (VI) Learn, fight. The loser does not want to fail anymore and must take a step forward. The first batch of Vatican vanguards who arrived in this world merged with the remaining Western Knights troops, and still reached cooperation under the contradictions... There was no other choice. If they did not cooperate, they would be violently bombarded by the coalition forces outside. The Pioneer Army can obtain the production capacity and resources of the lords, while the Western lords can obtain some of the Holy See''s technologies and training methods of special forces. And the big cake drawn by the paladins for them - joining the Holy See, becoming one of the Holy See, and obtaining more core technology. A new vanguard army was born. The special commissioners who came over to the Holy See did not like this behavior, but they also showed their traditional skills: "Leave it alone and give it up after use." As a paladin of the vanguard army, Evil naturally would not have been able to fly over the group of people who had arrived at the Holy See without any supply. She would rather act with her newly recruited lord troops than discuss with the insects sent by the central government. Based on the coalition equipment seized on the battlefield, they imitated their own infantry equipment. The gray military uniform is easier to clean than the uniforms they wear on weekdays, and it is more concealed in the forest. The new equipment also leaves room for carrying guns and bullets. A gray uniform that was the same as the coalition forces, but a few more hanging points were left to accommodate the cold weapons. The Western lords were not without rifles. They even took out the design drawings of the finished World War I rifle before the central government of the Holy See. No matter how unhappy Evil was, the airborne commissioner also handed over the design drawings to the Central battlefield and The command center of the coalition fortress group confrontation. This earlier rifle was not as good as iterated after mass production by the coalition forces. Large-scale production can quickly find out the shortcomings of the product and correct it. The products that have just stepped out of the production line in the design bureau are weapons that have not been tested for a long time after the battle formation. Stablize. At least there is no modern difference between the two sides in rifles, and there is still a gap in the support weapons of light infantry. However, the production capacity of the West is really not as good as that of the coalition forces that have developed ahead of schedule. Only the newly produced rifles and bullets seized on the battlefield can barely arm the front-line troops. The remaining disadvantages are smoothed by the trench closer to the hand-to-hand combat distance. Meli sat on the wood that had just been cut down and watched the Pioneer Army bury the white ash in the pit with moist mud. She didn''t know what she was going to do, so she could only sit aside and watch the cleaning work of the vanguards quietly. Whenever they arrived in an area, they would put down the bloody blood bait and use magic tricks she couldn''t understand to stimulate the blood bait. The taste is used to clean up the biochemical beasts in an area and the local beast groups that have undergone mutated due to eating biochemical beasts. "You will be hungry after eating corpses with fortification injections. The remaining fortifications will allow their bodies to develop quickly, just release a little bloody smell...those things will swarm." The centurion said, pulling out a well-preserved candy from his lining and handing it to Mellie to comfort her. The vanguard infantry team that found Meli was a very standard infantry cleaning team. Two specialized shooters carry single-shot rifles to fight monster infantry and large biochemical beasts. They need to save on every bullet distributed, and the full power is enough to bomb the head of the wandering deformed monster or in Their limbs have a big hole. The remaining members of the Pioneer Army team used trustworthy cold weapons to solve the problem. Mace hammer, long sword, short spear, short sword... Each strike is deadly enough in melee. "Are those...devils?" Meli recalled the various aberrant creatures smashed by a mace, and her belly rolled. If they are living creatures, their furs are torn apart, revealing a large area of ??muscles that only cause death if they are rotten. If they are dead, they eat and breathe like normal creatures. "These? These things are very gentle. They are just scouts driven by demons. Fortunately, we only need to fight these things." Of course, it¡¯s not just that. Sometimes the cleaning team also needs to raid small-scale border pass camps to obtain resources. Sometimes when they arrive at the outsider''s camp to prepare to harvest resources, they will find that there is only a piece of wreckage and ruins left here, and the walls are covered with heavy horse hoof prints. The coalition forces have visited here before them. The cavalry of the coalition forces has a longer raid distance and can even plunder outsider camps very close to the Pioneer Defense Zone, but because the Island Alliance is testing new biochemical beast groups... The cavalry teams rarely get close to the Pioneer Army to avoid conflict. defense zone. They don''t want to be accidentally hurt by their own people. After saying that, the Templar said to Melis and other words, but the Adventurer Girl couldn''t understand it. She suddenly remembered that she had been to the meeting place she had agreed to with her companions because of her worries. There is an irregular horse hoof print near there. "Their cavalry rarely takes the initiative to capture slaves, and may just be a regular war zone patrol... Your friends just need to hide in the woods, and they won''t pay much attention to the situation in the woods when patrolling." The centurion comforted. "You guys say the demon...I...what would happen if he was really taken away...what the hell is the demon?" Meli was nervous. The Centurion and the Templar looked at each other, and a complicated expression appeared on the Centurion''s face. "They are the same people as us... You can also call them another name, the coalition." (Caught up, let''s see how many more pictures I can update in the middle of the month, UwU) Warm reminder: The website is about to be revised, which may cause the reading progress to be lost. Please save the "Bookshelf" and "Reading Record" in time (it is recommended to take a screenshot to save), sorry for the inconvenience caused to you!