"Brother, where have you been and why did you come back? I'm so anxious at home!"
Still far away, Su Chan's voice had a hint of crying.
However, after rushing to Somo and jumping into Somo's arms like a bird, Su Chan's mood gradually stabilized.
"Hey, brother, this is an emergency."
"Don't worry, there is no place for your brother in this new world!"
He touched Su Chan's smooth hair and looked at Oreo, who was already laughing, and Chen Shen and others rushing out from the village gate.
Somo stood up straight and walked forward.
"Director, you are back!"
"Well, nothing happened at home, right?"
"No, no, everything is fine. The surrounding ones are very quiet. It seems that winter is coming, and they are also busy!"
"That's good!"
After quickly understanding the situation with Chen Shen, Sumo felt relieved after ensuring that the tree people from before had not taken advantage of this period to invade the depression.
Then, followed by a group of management.
The crowd that had just emerged began to move towards the village again.
"Director, this is the gate we just put up yesterday afternoon. The sign hasn't been put up yet. We're just waiting for you to come back and put the sign up."
"We use a mixture of gravel and mortar to pave the paths in this village. Whether it is raining or snowing, we can ensure sufficient structural rigidity and will not be washed away by rain."
"Oh, by the way, we have also found a stable source of sand. The location is probably from our depression to the north, in a small river about a hundred kilometers long. There is a lot of natural river sand at the bottom of the river.
Excellent building materials!”
"Hey, in China, digging river sand secretly is illegal, but in this apocalyptic wasteland, no one cares about it. You can dig as much as you want."
"These prefabricated houses are made of frames made in the furnace. As for the red paint, we bought it when we completed the Hope No. 1 last time. I didn't expect it to be used here."
"We initially planned to build these walls with wood. Finally, when we all sat down together and took stock, we found that after cutting down the wood, we would have to wait at least a few years to build it into a large scale. On the contrary, we had to use iron to build these walls.
There is also an iron mountain that can be supplied, which is enough for a year and a half, so we built these iron fences!"
Along the way.
Pointing at the "newly appeared" buildings, Chen Shen introduced them in a babbling tone, obviously having been preparing for a long time.
We walked from the beginning of the village to the end of the village, and then walked around from the end of the village to the first prefabricated house.
After taking a look at the villagers who had returned one after another and gathered around him, Sumo smiled and stepped forward to open the door of the house.
call.
The moment the door was opened, a "thick" smell of new iron came out, mixed with a slightly damp musty smell, and a faint body odor.
There was no cover at all, and all the smell rushed directly into the nostrils of everyone behind.
Compared to the clean and tidy apartment buildings in civilized times, this kind of smell can be said to be "garbage dump".
But compared to the Free City, which still uses open-air toilets, and the residential buildings in other human territories in the wasteland.
This place is nothing short of “paradise”!
People who live in it don’t have to worry about the game having a convulsion one day and they can take back their shelter directly.
As long as you have the strength and enough materials, you can add as many floors as you want and modify them however you want.
Moreover, this is the true private realm.
They are in this apocalyptic wasteland.
Home!
"Director, we still need to rely on generators to supply electricity for the time being, so everyone in the boardroom can only use simple light sources for lighting."
"As for the windows, we solicited everyone's opinions at that time. Everyone agreed that winter was coming soon and the number of windows could not be too many, otherwise sealing and warmth would be a big problem, so we opened these few!"
The interior of the prefab house is interconnected.
In this way, steel can be saved and maximum structural stability can be obtained with the least material.
Second, you can prepare for future heating to ensure that one house is hot and the other is cold.
However, according to a large room with eighty people, there are only two wooden windows in this room, one placed in the front of the middle and one at the back.
This leads to the accumulation of such a smell just after people have lived in it for more than a day.
"We still need more windows. For an area like this, I need to add at least three more. Otherwise, before winter comes, if someone gets sick and lives in this stuffy jar, others will suffer."
"
"After building a house, I understand that you do this considering safety and the future, but comfort is also what we must have."
"We must give everyone a sense of belonging and let them know that this is their home."
“As for the issue of keeping warm, I already have an idea, so there’s no need to worry!”
details make a difference.
After seeing the miserable primitive appearance of the Demon Soul Tribe outside the Free City.
Sumo already has a new understanding of village construction.
Water can carry a boat and also capsize it.
For more than a day, the smell in this room has made people frown.
After waiting for five or ten days, the smell will only accumulate and become stronger.
By then, when the first villager begins to feel disgusted with the smell, and then changes the subject of disgust to the house itself, the whole situation will get out of hand.
At that time, the concept of "home" that was finally created will be quickly washed away.
If you want to clean up this mess, you will have to work five times or even ten times as hard.
Thinking of this, it is better to take precautions from the beginning and pay some price to completely eliminate these hidden dangers.
"Okay, I'll tell people to go down and do it now, and try to open all the windows to be added by night."
After hearing that Somo could solve the heating problem, Chen Shen no longer refuted it. Instead, he readily accepted it and called the people behind him to quickly give instructions.
Of course, this news could not be hidden.
As waves of cheers rang out, after looking through the small crack in the window for a while, Sumo laughed with satisfaction.
Compared to the group of greedy demon souls in Liberty City who only want to contribute points, these villagers in the depression are undoubtedly too cute.
They are extremely easy to satisfy.
Even though only three windows are open now, everyone seems to be celebrating the New Year, venting their joy.
"At this stage, we need to ensure that everyone has a bed of their own, a cabinet to store personal belongings, and suitable bedding. These are the first livelihood projects we need to complete."
"By the way, how are you doing with the farming land I mentioned earlier!"
Apart from a simple iron frame bed, the internal facilities in the house were basically some utility cabinets that the villagers had built before, scattered on the ground.
There is a long way to go to tidy up the indoor environment.
Instead of rushing to issue orders for improvements, Sumo and his party left the village again with a sense of management.
"We have only allocated five acres of land for planting winter wheat. We started reclaiming it yesterday afternoon and have completed about two acres of land so far."
"We chose the land to plant rice leaves right there!"
Pointing to the top of the fruit tree mountain, Chen Shen showed a sly smile.
"You chose the top of the mountain?"
Chen Shen nodded: "Yes, Director, you said that these rice leaves need to be exposed to the sun every day and have the best soil and conditions to grow high-quality rice leaves. And considering that we have no way to do it yet.
To comprehensive territorial defense”
"So, in order to ensure maximum safety and concealment, we have leveled the top of the mountain and created a platform of about one acre, which is definitely enough for planting!"
human wisdom.
It lies in constantly thinking by drawing inferences and thinking about how we can cover everything.
I followed a group of people up to the fruit tree mountain and looked around, and found that under the cover of the surrounding fruit trees, I couldn't see what was inside at all.
Even Su Mo couldn't help but marvel.
"Very good, it seems you didn't take a break after I left. I'm very satisfied with these things."
"In this way, our plan can be realized quickly. In this way, Chen Shen, Li Hu, Pei Shao, Shen Ke, the four of you follow me!"
Pointing to the four people in the crowd, Somo walked forward at the lead.
In fact, since the white fog appeared that night, Somo followed the fog and then disappeared.
Several people had some guesses in their minds, and they could roughly guess where Somo went.
At this time, being called by Somo, the four of them became aware of the situation. They quickened their pace and broke away from the large army, and began to follow Somo's rear step by step.
After a while, a group of five people arrived at the familiar place of parliament.
Iron Rock Mountain Top!
Different from the desolation before, this time standing on the top of the mountain, the bottom is full of life.
The potential value was restored, and the rain washed away the salt in the ground. In just a few days, the dry yellow land was covered with a light green.
Given time, this place will definitely become a fertile grassland just like the Candlelight Plain!
"This time I went to the Demon Soul Clan!"
As the four people behind him stood still, Sumo got straight to the point and threw Wang Zha directly.
As expected, although the four people were suddenly shocked, they still controlled their surprise well in their movements.
"Director, the Demon Soul Clan. The Demon Soul Clan is not really in the underworld, right?"
"Are you going down there?"
I heard Chen Shen swallow a big mouthful of saliva, and then spoke with difficulty.
Sumo couldn't help but be startled and became happy!
"What are you thinking about? The Demon Soul Clan are just ordinary creatures. They also have their own territory, their own cities and their own people."
"The location of their city is probably five hundred kilometers west of our depression!"
Pointing in the direction he came back from, Somo's eyes were dark.
Of course, if this were said to others, the four of them would definitely have doubts, but to Somo, it was a certainty.
Subconsciously, Li Hu raised his hand.
"Director, are you talking about their city? Are they also humanoid creatures like the tree dwarves and people from the Empire of Light?"
“Otherwise this city”
Sumo nodded: "Yes, their cities are basically the same as our ancient Chinese cities. They also have courtyards and several-story high-rise buildings."
"And their social structure is extremely complete, from basic trading places, to violent law enforcement agencies in the city, to various restaurants, blacksmith shops, tailor shops, and personal shops, everything is available."
"Although they still have some confusion in details, in terms of progress, they have completely formed an organizational scale!"
After talking about the general situation, looking at the horror on the four people's faces, Sumo simply said some more details.
From the strange abilities of the Demon Soul Clan, to the detection device at the city gate, to the chaotic three-party relationship in the city, the escort team and the Chamber of Commerce are already at odds with each other.
The powerful memory ensured that when Sumo spoke, he could also draw out the specific appearance in an extremely expressive manner.
After adding some of the same details as the ancient Chinese capital.
Relying on their good storytelling skills, the four of them soon formed a rough impression in their minds.
"It's too strong. This kind of ability is simply a foul. If you can pretend to be another alien race, you can still have the other person's abilities."
"It is simply a natural fighting weapon!"
From the perspective of combat, this was Li Hu's first thought.
"If we can also have a certain template and properly allocate the work, we will definitely be able to achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2."
"Even if it works well, our development speed will be ten times or a hundred times faster than now!"
From the perspective of people's livelihood development, this is the first reaction of Shen Ke, the Minister of Agricultural Logistics.
"As expected of Dwarf Polly, he is the toughest opponent. This Demonic Soul Tribe really has something. In the past, our intelligence work was limited to how to penetrate the other party's internal personnel and how to bribe the other party to conduct intelligence theft."
"But now, if we have this ability, we can directly arrange for our own people to disguise themselves and go in. We can even infiltrate most of their people and create a perfect dark under the light."
Pei Shao, who is extremely sensitive to intelligence, also has a different understanding of this ability.
In the end, as the village chief, Chen Shen also considered other aspects that were different from the first three.
"Director, if you say so, the relationships within the Demon Soul Clan are so complicated, we can definitely arrange for a team of people to go in and lurk in advance."
"If we can open up the trade line between us and the Demon Soul Clan in the Free City, and let the things produced in the depression circulate, it will be like completely revitalizing the situation!"
Seeing that the four of them were considering how to develop from different aspects, Sumo nodded with satisfaction.
"Yes, what you said is exactly what I wanted to say!"
"The Demon Soul Clan are friends, not enemies. Before we completely touch their fundamental interests, even if there is friction, they will choose to reduce big things to small things."
"This is very different from tree people. However, the specific implementation will have to wait until the mark is in place."
After saying that, just like when he showed it to Moore, Soma once again took out the previous mark from the container at his waist.
But this time, the mark went beyond the knowledge blind spots of the four people.
After looking at each other for a while, the four of them looked at each other, but they couldn't give the same surprise as Moore.
"Okay, just know this for yourself and don't tell the people below."
"Even in the future, the arrangements for our mark will first satisfy those who can be trusted. All villagers who want to obtain it must undergo a series of tests from us."
"Before I notified you, you just kept this matter in your stomach and just pretended that you didn't know about it!"
After taking back all the marks, he continued to give some specific general directions.
Seeing the four people leaving excitedly and standing on the top of the mountain, Sumo couldn't help but let out a big sigh of relief.
In Liberty City, he is a passer-by. No matter how it develops, good or bad, it has nothing to do with Somo.
But in this land where more than a thousand people live, Sumo is the one who has to shoulder the responsibility. If a decision fails, he will have to swallow the consequences.
"Hey, if you think about it like this, time flies by quite quickly. Before you know it, another three days have passed."
"There's no point in saving this thing at the claiming point. It's better to use it as soon as possible if it can be used!"
After considering the resources at hand for a while, Su Mo couldn't help but feel happy when he thought that he hadn't had time to check today's daily report.
After the depression began to develop, more and more territorial points were obtained day by day.
On the first day, it was only 0.7.
After adding the potential value, it rose to 1. On the first day of going to the Demon Soul Clan, it skyrocketed to 1.3.
After these two days of high-speed infrastructure construction in the depression, yesterday’s territory point has exceeded 1.5!
Completely sounded the "clarion call" for rapid development!
As for today's harvest, I took a look at the village that was just completed yesterday afternoon, the fields that have been cultivated, and the flat ground.
With anticipation, as Sumo thought, a slightly illusory panel slowly popped up.
At the same time, a touch of pleasant green slowly emerged from the small envelope of the daily newspaper!
This chapter has been completed!