Chapter 1,223 Jackdaw Valley and Frost Dragon Crystal
Let’s not talk about the ordinary lords who are talking about it.
T1 lords including Chen Rui are also gearing up.
I vow to carve out a niche in the endless continent.
It is conceivable that the indigenous people will definitely suffer in the next few months.
Lords comparable to the fourth natural disaster will sweep away like locusts.
Taking advantage of the internal conflicts in the kingdom that are gradually detonating, they frantically plunder everything they can touch.
All aboriginal settlements below Bangcheng will be wiped out.
Traveling merchants walking on the giant city-level straight road also have a high probability of being attacked.
However, when the giant cities around the world react, what awaits those radical lords will be ruthless crusade armies.
The price of radical development is to become enemies of indigenous forces prematurely.
Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other, wealth and honor are found in danger.
This is also the price they have to pay, and it is also a new screening.
If we can survive the crisis under such circumstances, we will not only get an opportunity to maintain rapid development, but also understand how to use indigenous people to supplement the resources for development.
So it is no exaggeration to say that this announcement itself is equivalent to a potential challenge.
The announcement was used to make most lords feel a sense of urgency about the future, thereby greatly increasing the average development progress of the first batch of lords.
Of course, this would also intensify the conflicts between the lords and the indigenous people.
It can be said to be a conspiracy that kills two birds with one stone.
The lord system only needs one announcement to regulate the development trend of the lords from a macro perspective.
But compared to others, it looks like he's been injected with chicken blood.
Zong Shen looked extremely calm.
His advanced level of development prevents him from being sympathetic to such radical routines.
It was like using the tricks used to deceive kindergarten children on college students. He just found it boring.
Even without this sudden announcement and the strange situation in the Kingdom of Vigia, he would have already taken action against the indigenous people, and even now he has captured the giant city of Lentax.
And he won it single-handedly.
The [Legion of Guides] he supports cannot keep up with the progress at all.
Cultivating [Legion] is just because Zong Shen doesn’t want to miss out on the “version advantage”.
Regardless of whether [Legion] has a supporting role for him, since the lord system encourages lords to stick together for warmth, Zong Shen will never wait and see completely.
If the coming of the lord is regarded as a game.
Then forming a [Legion] is definitely a major trend in the advancement of "versions".
Again, he can accept that he doesn't need it, but he can't accept that he doesn't have it.
Under such circumstances, Zong Shen decided to form the [Legion of Guides] and used his own strength and influence to continue to grow the legion and maintain its top position in T1.
Even if he himself is a little transparent, he has the title of Commander of the Strongest Legion as his trademark.
[Legion of Guides] will also usher in vigorous development.
The reason is simple.
And there is no need for Zong Shen to worry too much.
Just as the other lords were discussing the content of the announcement and the changes in the Kingdom of Vigia.
Zong Shen had already passed through the long-distance transmission channel along the light beam under the guidance of Mai Raven.
This channel is parallel to each other at both locations.
After passing through the side of the giant city of Lentax, it looks like it is upside down.
Fortunately, the light beam will complete the guidance and posture adjustment throughout the process.
Landing smoothly on the snow-covered ground, Zong Shen looked at everything around him with interest.
Mai Raven, wearing a red velvet robe, stood beside him with a somewhat indifferent expression.
It is different from the giant city of Lentax that was quickly frozen under the influence of the Law of Frost.
Jackdaw Valley was originally close to the north of the mainland.
This is one of the two giant city-level bases under the Calamity Raven Church.
Another stronghold is on the ocean east-north of the mainland, called Disaster Island.
This place is located on the northern border of the continent, far away from the giant city of Lentax.
That ultra-long-distance transmission channel spans almost one-third of the endless continent.
Normally, when members of the church move around there, they must go through multiple node transfers before they can reach the depths of the Rotten Bone Forest.
Then use the method of riding or walking to reach the giant city of Lentax.
Near Jackdaw Valley is the [Strong Wall of the Gods] mountain range.
On the trade roads extending from the north, you can often see highland barbarians wrapped in white bear coats, as well as dwarf mercenaries drinking strong wine and carrying big hammers.
Jackdaw Valley is a supply point to the south of Northland.
The traveling merchants that come and go revitalize the economy here.
Due to the cold climate, this place became the main base of the church.
As for the Disaster Island far out at sea, although it is an area comparable to a giant city, it actually does not have that many people.
Even Calamity Island and Jackdaw Dale are divided into two different factions within the church.
Far away on that island, there is another fanatical force belonging to the Calamity Raven Church.
They call themselves Disaster Devotees and believe in the laws of disaster and misfortune.
The total population is less than 20 million people.
Among them is a mysterious black-robed disaster apostle group, and it is said that there are also many ships.
There is little contact between the two branches, and each has a complete teaching and administrative structure.
There is a red-robed bishop in Jackdaw Hollow, and there is also one in Calamity Island.
For so many years, both sides have regarded each other as vassals and branches, and have almost no contact with each other.
Only during the Centennial Ceremony will people be sent to attend the ceremony.
The festival will be held alternately between Calamity Island and Jackdaw Dale.
In other words, Zong Shen only controls part of the Calamity Raven Church.
In other words, it is active in this part of the Endless Continent.
This is also the reason why the Calamity Raven Church often reports miracles, but is still only a second- or third-rate force.
Compared to the Jackdaw Valley faction who prefers to expand their territory.
The believers who are far away on the Disaster Island seem to be reclusive and contented.
They silently thrive on the island, maintain their faith, and rarely take the initiative to cause trouble.
These situations were all queried by Zong Shen through the strategy module when the shuttle arrived.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! When the light beam responsible for pulling around him disappeared, Zong Shen's feet fell on the snow that had been trampled into mud.
The problem here is between 5℃ above zero and 25℃ below zero all year round.
It is not a terrible cold, but the snow does not melt all year round. Whenever there is abnormal airflow, there will always be a snowfall.
There are a total of 12 cities and 146 villages in this area.
The total population within the jurisdiction of the power is as many as 30 to 40 million.
There are no towers built on the outskirts of the valley.
This creates a large open settlement.
A large number of forts were built around the passes and main roads.
In order to ensure basic food supply, a large area of farmland has been cultivated nearby.
Almost all the sunny slopes outside the valley have been reclaimed.
The types of crops here are very monotonous, and a food crop called highland barley is mainly grown.
There are also several types of terrestrial and cold-tolerant vegetables.
The overall yield of highland barley is pretty good, and coupled with the blessing of the natural magic array, it can basically meet the food supply of the population within the jurisdiction.
In addition, residents living in Jackdaw Valley also raise a variety of cold-resistant livestock.
For example, the northern yak has a docile personality, a strong physique, produces meat, and has a high wool yield.
There are also brown pigs covered in thick down, chickens with many feathers, etc.
During two specific periods of the year, the climate will get slightly warmer.
At that time, the mulch near the roots of the trees in the forest will melt away, and the spores frozen in the soil will grow rapidly.
In just a few days, a variety of fungi will appear in the forest.
These fungi grow very quickly and taste delicious.
It will take advantage of the short opportunity to leave spores for reproduction in the forest.
These are the specialties of Jackdaw Valley.
A major trade route leading to the north is not far away.
Trade activities and circulation are very intensive, and there is still no shortage of various living resources.
Take a breath out casually.
The warm breath will slowly disperse in the cold air like white mist.
Ahead are a large number of churches and towers...
The stone wall has been covered with a layer of solid ice, glowing palely under the moonlight.
The Jackdaw Valley is particularly noisy under the night sky.
The stars are shining all over the sky, dotting the dark night sky.
It had just darkened, and there was a sense of tranquility here that was isolated from the rest of the world.
The surrounding frozen soil and silver-covered forests also shine under the moonlight.
It's not yet the time of winter in the north.
The silvery white hanging on the treetops are all condensed rime and ice.
In the dead of winter, Jackdaw Valley will be shrouded in snowstorms, and the temperature will drop to below minus 45 degrees Celsius.
The cold winter period in the north normally lasts about four months.
Heavy snow can accumulate several meters thick if no one clears it.
Almost every winter, there are many disasters involving snow that collapses houses.
Wild ice and snow winds and biting frost cyclones often appear in the sky above the valley.
Whenever winter comes, this place will become an isolated and remote area.
If you want to go south, you need to pass through an extremely vast forest.
Countless powerful monsters and ice beasts live in that forest.
If you go north, there is the ice plateau.
The strange peaks and ridges completely frozen by the frost cyclone are difficult to climb.
And those strong northern barbarians living in the mountains are not vegetarians either.
When heavy snow closes the valley, there is no hard straight road to the outside world.
The most convenient way to enter and exit is to use the space teleportation array.
Otherwise, you have to brave the cold and heavy snow to cross forests or mountains.
During the cold winter, the commercial road hundreds of kilometers away from the valley will also be closed.
The season of winter has really arrived.
Jackdaw Dale is difficult to reach from the ground or from the sky.
For Zong Shen, who lives in the southeastern part of the mainland.
This icy and snowy scenery is undoubtedly very novel.
Recently, in order to implement the relocation plan for the giant city of Lentax.
Jackdaw Valley was forcibly closed inside and outside, stocked up on food in advance, and set up a large number of sentry posts.
Foreign merchants and mercenaries will no longer be allowed to enter and leave the valley at will.
At this time, facing the transmission channel is a large open space.
A large amount of supplies arrived here from the giant city of Lentax, and were then moved away by the believers who had been waiting for a long time.
The sturdy northern yaks seemed to be wearing velvet coats, dragging the same huge frame.
Not only do they produce meat and wool, they are also excellent draft animals.
Although the speed is not fast, the load capacity is very high.
Because Zong Shen controlled the apostles and believers who were fighting in the giant city of Lentax.
So there are no more supplies coming there.
The waiting believers gathered around the bonfire in twos and threes to keep warm.
Meanwhile waiting patiently.
The advantage of the church's power is reflected in order.
Believers will strictly abide by the orders issued by the bishop or deacon.
And implement it firmly.
They can always do a good job without coercion or inducement.
And it's not far from this open space.
There is also a huge deep pit.
The diameter of this deep pit is four to five hundred meters.
The depth is more than a thousand meters.
Standing at the edge of the pit and looking down at it, you can't even see the bottom.
Moreover, there are still strands of blue-white cold air rising continuously in the pit.
It looks like there is a cold spring hidden below.
"Where is this?"
Zong Shen pointed to the big pit and asked Mai Raven.
I glanced in the direction of his finger.
Red-robed Bishop Mai quickly answered.
"Sir, that is the burial place of the Frost Ancestor Dragon."
His tone was calm and indifferent, but it aroused Zong Shen's strong interest.
The Frost Ancestral Dragon that Mai Yi talks about is the skeleton of the ancestral Frost Dragon.
As a high-level monster that is also proficient in the Law of Frost, its skeleton after death is still considered a precious treasure, and it is also the best carrier to receive the projection of God.
That's why the Raven God of Calamity can use that dragon skeleton to exert his mid-level strength as a demigod to crush the giant city of Lentax.
This shows the power of the Frost Ancestral Dragon before its death.
Even though it has been turned into a skeleton, its burial place still has a mystery.
Standing by the big pit, Zong Shen felt awe-inspiring in his heart.
Such a huge pit was definitely not dug by human hands.
It should be that the Calamity Raven Church has some other means of receiving the dragon's remains.
Wisps of cold air seemed to penetrate into the bone marrow.
This caused a large number of hard ice crystals to appear around the crater.
His intuition told him that there should be something good in this deep pit.
Zong Shen looked at Mai Yi silently.
The latter hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking.
"There are a lot of frost dragon crystals in this tunnel."
"That's a precious magic crystal with frost properties."
"As for the effect..."
"Please take a look."
After saying that, he took out a blue-white crystal stone the size of a thumb knuckle from his storage jewelry.
As soon as this crystal was taken out, it radiated a chill towards the outside world.
At this time, not far away, a group of large birds lined up and passed by at low altitude.
Bishop Mai quickly threw the crystal in his hand.
Then the next second, the crystal exploded, releasing a large amount of cold air.
The sudden onset of cold air instantly froze the big birds into popsicles.
In Zong Shen's field of vision with [Eye of Magic Sense] turned on.
Where the ice crystals exploded, the threads representing the magic power of the frost element became extremely disordered.
