Chapter 233: The Jungle of Thorns, The Place to Bury Treasures
After hesitating for a moment, the man gave the meat in the bowl to the natives with a spoon.
After all, the meat can be eaten again in the future, but there may be no one to tell the secret next time.
So, a group of newly arrived natives surrounded the native and listened to him tell the story of Chris's battle with the armored crocodile.
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Soon, the diners met Chris.
"Hello, lord count."
"Good afternoon, Lord!"
Whether they were new settlers or former natives, they all greeted Chris very eagerly when they saw him.
Chris greeted everyone with a smile. The reason why he came here was to impress the new people.
Sure enough, after he appeared, the new citizens began to gain reputation continuously.
Reputation from Gilus 1, Reputation from Hot 1...
This lunch provided Chris with 8,000 reputation points, which can be said to be quite a harvest.
When wages are paid in the afternoon, there will probably be another wave, so don’t miss it.
Chris circled the audience, said hello, and left.
After lunch, everyone continued to work. The new settlers were all very motivated and full of hope for their future lives.
After all, where can I meet a lord who provides food, accommodation, and fifty copper coins a day?
In just one day, they built more than 800 houses.
It is said to be a house, but it is actually a shed built with trees and hay, which only serves to protect it from wind and rain.
Chris decided to use it for the time being and build houses with blue bricks later.
But this kind of house is enough for free people, and this kind of living conditions has far exceeded before.
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In the evening, the new immigrants came to collect their wages happily after a busy day's work.
Chris still came to the scene and left the payment to Jonathan, while Shiloh was responsible for taking notes.
According to the previous distribution method, two people who are familiar with each other can receive a silver coin together, and then Shiloh writes down their names. The purpose of this is to prevent someone from coming to collect it multiple times.
The person who receives the salary generates two reputation points for Chris.
These eight thousand people generated a total of sixteen thousand reputation points.
Including noon, 24,000 points were generated in just one day.
Chris felt very happy. It seemed that the only way to improve himself was to develop his territory.
From this point of view, the 200,000 reputation required to upgrade to the fifth level is not that far away.
Of course, as time goes by, the gratitude in the hearts of the new subjects gradually decreases, and the reputation generated will become less and less.
Therefore, it is necessary to continue to expand the territory and recruit more territorial citizens.
After paying all the wages, Chris clapped his hands and said loudly: "That's it for today's work. Everyone has done a great job. These houses built are your temporary residence. I will arrange new work starting from tomorrow.
, everyone, let’s go to bed early.”
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The next day, Chris assigned jobs to the new citizens as planned, and then brought 2,000 people to Thorn Ridge.
At this time, hundreds of square kilometers of jungle had been completely burned to ashes.
There is still a very high temperature here, and it will probably take a week or two to cool down.
Chris ordered: "Jonathan, take the people around and let me go in to see if there are any surviving poisonous insects."
"yes!"
Tina said: "I will go with you."
"That's fine."
The two of them plunged into the ruins of the forest. The ground was still very hot, even a little hot to their feet.
But this is no problem for Chris, and Tina also releases heat insulation magic to keep the surrounding temperature constant.
There was only endless ashes as far as the eye could see, and wisps of blue smoke were rising in many places.
There was no movement around, and no matter how powerful the poisonous insect was, it couldn't resist the flames.
And even if you manage to survive by hiding in a corner, you will starve to death if you don't have food for several days.
The reason why Chris came in was purely to avoid the 0.000% chance that there would be some particularly tenacious poisonous monsters of Warcraft.
They walked among the ashes for more than an hour without seeing any life.
"It seems I'm worrying too much. That Vajra Dragon Armored Scorpion is the only magical beast in this jungle." Chris looked relaxed.
If that guy hadn't been killed by him, he should have survived the fire.
Suddenly, Tina pointed her white fingers into the distance and said, "Chris, I'm not dazzled, it seems like there is a chain there."
Chris followed her gaze and used his mind to ask Reimu to strengthen his vision. Sure enough, he saw a dark chain-like thing five or six hundred meters away.
"Let's go over and have a look!"
The two quickened their pace and arrived at the place five minutes later.
It was indeed a chain, as thick as a man's arm, covered with a layer of black ash, and a bit hot to the touch when picked up.
Chris pulled it out and found that the length of the chain was only about three meters. It should have been tied to a big tree before, and the other end was buried underground.
"Tell me, what is this thing for?" Chris looked at Tina.
Tinayu rubbed her delicate chin with her hand and said, "I think it's a mark to make it easier to find the way back."
"In other words, what might be buried under here?"
The two looked at each other and said in unison: "Treasure!"
"Get out of the way first, I'll pull it out and take a look." Chris turned into a real dragon form.
"Okay." Tina used the floating technique and came dozens of meters away.
Chris flapped his wings and flew into the air. The dragon's claws grabbed the chain and suddenly increased his strength.
He found that what he had pulled up was a huge door panel, covered with half a meter of soil.
Accompanied by the sound of "ka ka ka", a layer of rectangular sand two meters wide and four meters long was pulled up from the earth. A dark hole was exposed underneath, with a faint cold air, as if leading to the abyss of hell.
Both of them's breathing became rapid.
It turns out that the legendary treasure is in this thorny jungle.
It’s no wonder that no one has noticed it for so many years. Ordinary people passing by here will subconsciously stay away, preferring to take a few more detours rather than enter.
Who would want to go to a place full of poisonous insects and thorns? Even Chris was almost defeated by the poison of the Black Crystal Scorpion, let alone the others.
Lifting the door panel aside, Chris returned to his human form and came to Tina's side.
"Would you like to go in and take a look?" Chris was tempting.
Tina's expression was very solemn: "Perhaps, there will be great danger inside."
"But I destroyed the thorn jungle. Sooner or later, this entrance will be discovered by others." Chris grinned, "There is no reward without risk. If there is really Caesar's inheritance, then we will make a lot of money this time."
Already."
"I'll go with you."
"Okay, let's go in and have a look!" Chris naturally took Tina's hand, and the two slowly moved towards the entrance of the cave.