The central area, the territory of the undead, the abandoned unknown village.
The people who were found by the undead in the territory gathered together and were driven by the undead to an open space.
Over the past few days, the prisoners' fear of the undead has decreased a lot. After all, the undead did nothing to them and even gave them food. Even in the hearts of the homeless, the undead are not only not scary, but also have a layer of brilliance about them.
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But the undead's unusual behavior today still made everyone nervous.
The clearing has been surrounded by undead, and there are three black warriors and hundreds of skeleton knights standing in front of it.
Some sharp-eyed people noticed that there was a palm-sized eye floating in the sky, which seemed to be staring at them.
The leading black warrior took a step forward and whispered. The murmuring person immediately stopped talking and looked at him.
"As a black warrior under the command of the Lord of the Undead, I convey my Lord's order to you. You must respect and obey. If there is any abnormality, we will kill them."
As these words were spoken, invisible pressure spread from the Black Warrior and the Skeleton Knight, causing everyone's faces to turn pale, their bodies to tremble unconsciously, and they lowered their heads and did not dare to look any further.
Finally came.
Everyone lamented in their hearts.
Ever since they were found by the undead, they knew that such a day would come.
Judgment!
Judgment from the Lord of the Dead.
Whether they are dead or alive depends entirely on the mood of the Lord of the Undead.
The number of people brought here by the undead is not small, more than 20,000.
Most of them are wanderers and small tribes, and a small number are ratmen vassal races who have not had time to evacuate.
They look like anything, it's like a gathering of monsters.
Black Warrior was very satisfied with everyone's reaction.
"The Lord of the Undead has ordered that you will go to the border of the rat people and establish a town as the first town residents to come into contact with the rat people."
Black Warrior's words made everyone present raise their heads in surprise.
Good news, great news!
People with flexible minds have analyzed many things from this sentence.
The first is that they don’t have to die.
The Lord of the Undead has no intention of killing them, otherwise he would not send them to the border.
The second news is that the undead do not plan to seal off the territory, but plan to contact the rat people.
Some of the imprisoned people are members of the rat race and are relatively loyal to the rat people.
After establishing a town, they will become residents of the town, which means they have the opportunity to escape back to the Skaven territory and no longer have to live in fear of the undead.
"My Lord is merciful. You should be grateful and serve my Lord wholeheartedly."
"Under our arrangements, you will head to the border soon."
The Black Warrior transformed the information received from the soul network and conveyed it to the people in front of him.
He saw excitement on some people's faces and knew what those people were thinking.
You are happy too early.
If you want to betray the undead, you have to ask us if we agree.
After conveying Li Ziyu's words, the Black Warrior turned to look at the Skeleton Knight. The Skeleton Knight nodded slightly, and the Black Warrior looked at everyone again.
"Line up and imprint the mark of the undead."
When they heard that the mark of the undead was to be branded, the expressions of many people present suddenly changed.
They still want to return to the territory of the rat people, but if they are branded with the mark of the undead, it is a waste of time.
There are many slaves in the rat race, and these slaves will have rat marks on their bodies. Everyone present knows what the racial mark means.
This is not simply a mark on the body with a branding iron, but a shackles with magical power.
Some people shrank and hid in the crowd, their movements unable to be hidden in front of the Black Warrior.
The Black Warrior pointed at the few people in the crowd who were trying to hide.
"He, him, and him, bring him here!"
The skeletal undead stepped forward to separate the crowd and walked over, pulling out the few people who were pointed out and pulling them towards the Black Warrior.
"let me go!"
"I don't want to be a slave!"
These people struggled, and some even struggled with the undead skeletons, and even beat the undead skeletons to pieces.
None of them expected that they could get rid of the skeleton undead so easily, but they couldn't allow them to think too much and turn around and run away.
But before they had even taken two steps, there was the sound of horse hooves behind them, and the Skeleton Knight passed them by.
The person who escaped suddenly froze on the spot, a blood line slowly appeared on his neck, and his head fell to the ground.
"Line up and imprint the mark of the undead."
The black warrior didn't even look at the few people who escaped and were killed, and repeated again.
Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.
This time everyone was honest.
The life they had lived in the past few days gave them the illusion that the undead were not as ferocious as they imagined, which gave those few people the feeling that they could escape.
The skeleton knight told them with the sword in his hand that the undead are still undead, and if they want to resist, they must be prepared to be killed.
The first ones to step out from the crowd and bear the mark of the undead were the older wanderer and the younger wanderer from before.
As wanderers, they feel the kindness of the undead, and living under the rule of the undead is at least better than wandering under the rule of the ratmen.
The elderly wanderer is very keenly aware that this is an opportunity!
Maybe they really have a chance to live a good life in the Central Belt.
So he took the young wanderer and stood up first.
A skeleton knight came over, stood in front of him, stretched out his finger and pointed at his forehead.
There was a burning sensation on his forehead, as if someone had burned it with a branding iron, making the elderly homeless man turn pale instantly.
Sweat dripped down his temples because of the severe pain.
The pain on his skin was second to none, but the most important thing was that he felt pain coming from his body.
That is the pain coming from the soul.
The mark of the undead is different from the marks of other races. It is not only marked on the body, but also directly on the soul. It is more vicious than the marks of other races.
Fortunately, the pain did not last long, and a white skull pattern appeared on the forehead of the elderly homeless man.
The Skeleton Knight withdrew his hand, motioned him to go aside, and looked down at the young wanderer.
The young wanderer's eyes were a little dodgey, not daring to look at the Skeleton Knight, but when he looked at the older wanderer and saw the encouragement in his eyes, he gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves, and handed his arm to the skeleton with his eyes closed.
knight.
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"ah……"
The young wanderer screamed in pain, but as soon as he screamed, he disappeared instantly. The little man gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and shed tears, but refused to scream anymore.
A white skull appeared, and the Skeleton Knight pointed to the side. The young wanderer staggered to the side of the older wanderer, and was hugged by him, gently rubbing the mark.
With the leader in the lead, the other wanderers no longer hesitated and lined up to step forward.
Pain is inevitable, but it will happen sooner or later.
The first few people who escaped have told them that if they want to resist the undead, they must be prepared to die.
Everything is going on in an orderly manner.
On the other side, the undead prepared food and brought it over.
Anyone who has been branded with the mark of the undead can go to the undead to receive food.
Being able to have a full meal still made the homeless people very happy, and the pain just now was forgotten.
After everyone was branded with the mark of the undead, the Black Warrior gave them two days to rest, and then headed towards the border of the territory under the care of the undead.
Along the way, except for the need to rush, everything was fine.
Wandering around has always been the daily routine of the wanderers, and now they have no complaints when traveling. Not to mention that under the protection of the undead, there are no threats such as wild beasts and monsters, and they still have food to eat regularly.
After arriving at the predetermined border location, they saw supplies piled up.
Most of them are stone and wood, which are used for them to build houses.
Since Li Ziyu planned to build a city on the border, he naturally needed to build houses.
He transported these stones and wood to the border in a corpse transport truck.
As for what the city will look like, it is also very simple. Li Ziyu planned to build a smaller city first. The urban planning is a pure Tianzi grid, with a total of four areas and two main roads.
The style of the house is also stipulated. The main body is made of stone, and the roof is supported by wood. The shape is very unique, especially like a tomb...
If 20,000 people want to build enough houses, they can't do it without some time.
Li Ziyu was too lazy to wait and directly sent the skeleton undead to help with the construction.
With the help of these undead people who work hard and work tirelessly, I believe the speed of construction will increase a lot.
The first house was built by the undead as a model for others.
Although there are undead to help, it doesn't mean that other people can be idle. They also need to work.
The large-scale construction work on the border has naturally attracted the vigilance of the rat people.
They sent people over to investigate. The undead did not attack these people, nor did they interfere too much. They just let them watch as they pleased.
"Not a military building?"
"What are these undead doing?"
The newly appointed Lords of the City of Ilmaha sat together and studied the information sent back by the spies.
They don't understand the undead tribe, or no one understands the undead tribe.
This situation is very distressing.
Whenever the undead make any movement, they will become very vigilant.
The previous city lord was killed by the undead, and they didn't want to make the same mistake again.
When they came to take over as the lord of Ilmaha City, someone among the rat men gave them a hint and asked them to find a way to regain the lost territory.
The rat people have never been a race that allows others to bully them. Although they ceded their territory to the undead due to rules, they are not willing to let it go like this.
If given the chance, they will still attack the undead to wash away the shame of the past.
The undead have already proven their strength to the rat people. The newly appointed Lord of Shangxia City does not intend to start a war directly, but wants to understand the undead first and then talk.
"Should we send someone to contact the undead?" the Lord of the City thought for a while and said.
"No, let's see what the other party is going to do first. Didn't the spy say that the other party doesn't seem to be building a military building?" the lower city lord shook his head and said.
"Well, then I'll listen to you." The Lord of the City didn't say much and nodded in agreement.
In terms of subordination, the lower city lord has greater power than the upper city lord. It is the lower city lord who makes decisions, not him, the upper city lord.
The task of the upper city lord is to engage in economic development, develop the above-ground part of the Ratman city-state, and provide nutrients for the underground part.
The lower city lord controls the real power of each city-state, including the army.
Under the attention of the Rat People, the border city was changing day by day, with new houses being built every day. They could also generally see that they were building a small city.
The undead are actually building a city!
The upper and lower city lords of the Illamaha city-state breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I have some doubts about the undead building a city, it is still better than building military facilities.
The other party's construction of a city is a good signal, which means that there is likely to be exchanges between the two parties in the future.
As houses go up one after another, more and more people live in the new houses.
With a fixed place of residence, these people who were collected by the undead suddenly felt a sense of belonging.
Especially those homeless people who once wandered in the central area and suffered so much that they never thought that one day they would own their own house.
They never thought that the person who gave them the house would be the undead.
People from those small tribes also returned home.
They used to have some resentments, but now those resentments have disappeared.
It is not easy for small tribes to live anywhere, let alone in the central area where there are many powerful tribes.
They have to survive in the cracks, have to resist dangers from all sides, and are exploited by the rat tribe, vassal races, large tribes, and villages.
Life is no better than a homeless person.
They really wanted to join the Ratmen, but they didn't want them.
Many small tribes disappear every year, which is the same as Li Ziyu's base camp.
Weakness is the original sin.
But now, they were gathered together by the undead, allowing them to build residences and giving them shelter from wind and rain.
The houses are all made of stone and are better than the houses they once lived in.
What else is there to be dissatisfied with.
Except for those vassal races who were still grateful to their masters, everyone was smiling.
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Isn't the Undead tribe much stronger than the Ratmen tribe?
At least it gave them new hope!
In addition to residential houses, there are other buildings, such as the Hall of the Dead in the center of the city, cemeteries, wells for water collection, bathhouses, etc.
They can understand the cemetery. It is a place where dead people are buried. Every tribe will have such a place.
However, according to the requirements of the undead, there is only one cemetery in this city, and no cemetery is allowed to be built at will. No matter what race you are, the corpses must be buried in the cemetery in the center of the city.
The cemetery occupies a large area, the land has been rearranged, and the undead have planted vegetation in it. It has an inexplicable feeling of vitality, but it is a little less eerie.
In the center of the cemetery is the Hall of the Undead, which enshrines a stone sculpture whose face cannot be seen. In the words of the Black Warrior, this is the great Lord of the Undead!
But people who have seen the stone carvings have doubts in their hearts.
He is obviously the Lord of the Undead, so he must look like a skeleton. The undead around him are all skeletons, but this stone sculpture looks like a human being.
The Black Warrior did not answer their questions, but just told them that they could believe in it.
There is no need to insist on this. If you want to believe in it, then believe in it. If you don’t want to believe in it, it doesn’t matter.
In fact, it is just a management tool.
Li Ziyu is a time traveler city lord, not a god, and cannot receive the power of faith.
The Hall of the Dead is the largest and tallest building in the entire city.
The well was a surprise. Li Ziyu thought of it and asked the undead to try digging it. Unexpectedly, he succeeded.
People living in the city obviously love wells.
The existence of wells made it much more convenient for them to drink water.
What residents don't understand is the bathhouse.
What's the use of this thing?
bath?
The vassal races can understand it to some extent, but the wanderers cannot understand it at all.
They may not take a bath for years.
But the spirits of the dead have requirements that they must be washed and kept hygienic.
Since there is a request, they can just do it. Now they don't want to offend the undead.
The trees in the wasteland were not so lush, and Li Ziyu didn't have any coal resources, so he could only use cold water in the bathhouse.
After the residents took a shower, they looked at themselves cleanly and felt a little confused.
This feels... quite good.
The city is already in operation. The city wall is the kind of bone wall that was used in the gathering place of the undead. It is simple and convenient and can be used as soon as it is transported.
On the border between the Ratmen and the Undead, a brand new city has appeared.
Li Ziyu abandoned the name and named it Rat-Dead Border City.
I don't mean to curse, I just want to say that this city is the border city between rat people and undead.