This made Zong Shen subconsciously follow what he said.
But until there are signs of climate change, no one can be sure what the next round of challenges will be.
Zong Shen didn't care whether it was a weather-type challenge or a combat-type challenge.
As long as he can get enough benefits.
These are the resources and foundation for the rapid development of the territory in the future.
However, although this series of challenges was very rewarding, it made Zong Shen a little bored.
He just hopes to get through this challenging month quickly and usher in some leisurely time.
Because the emergence of challenges has seriously affected the normal development of the territory.
Zong Shen can only regard this period of time as a period of accumulation, and work hard to accumulate energy for subsequent development.
When he finished his random thoughts, he finished his breakfast in one go.
It is warmer next to the stove than other places, and the warm porridge and large sausages also bring nutrition and heat to the body.
After eating this meal, Zong Shen felt warm all over his body, and his originally stiff joints returned to their normal state.
"I don't know what the third phase will be like."
"If the polar temperature of minus 50°C to minus 70°C is combined with wind and snow, people may freeze into ice sculptures!"
"Such temperatures only exist in science documentaries about the North and South Poles."
Zong Shen sighed in his heart and walked quickly out of the kitchen and into the living room.
I started chatting with the girls and briefly talked about my future development plans.
With no outing missions and lack of entertainment facilities, Zong Shen could only chat with them to pass the few hours before the start of the third phase of winter.
During this period, Doris took the initiative to send a communication request using the communication crystal.
She asked about today's mission and explained the situation in the living area.
Most of the frozen soldiers yesterday were safe and sound.
However, two Rhodok crossbowmen, a dragonborn ranger, and a light crossbowman showed symptoms of fever.
Doris and Howie have fed them [Witch Doctor Apprentice's Medicinal Decoction], arranged for special personnel to take care of them, and increased the power of the heater in the cottage where they are located.
At present, these sick soldiers have improved.
Only when he heard this did he feel relieved.
Non-combat attrition is more frustrating than combat attrition.
Especially now that the territory is in urgent need of population, every warrior and every farmer is the territory's most valuable asset.
He highly praised the work performance of Howie and Doris, and finally asked about Aisia's location before hanging up the communication.
As expected, she and Tasia went to the [Magic Palace] again for meditation practice.
Several exits throughout the [Magic Palace] have been made simple to block the wind.
At the same time, a large heater is placed in the center to ensure heating.
The ten meditation rooms there are always full.
If it weren't for the important responsibility of protecting her living area, Doris would even want to practice meditation.
As the number of mages in the territory increases, the importance of the [Magic Hall] is self-evident.
As a rare-level special building with three functions.
In addition to being able to meditate and practice, it can extract a magic skill book of up to the fourth level every 72 hours.
Level 4 group skills can be stimulated every other week.
You can choose three group skill categories: friendly buffs, enemy debuffs, and enemy kills.
It can play an outstanding role in defending against external enemies.
Zong Shen has already drawn skill books twice through [Magic Hall].
Once it was [Blood Nova], and once it was [Chain Lightning].
Counting the time, it's time to extract skills again.
He even lost two days, all due to the influence of winter.
He has decided that after the third stage of winter begins, he will take Aysia with him.
In terms of combat, he is sufficient on his own and only needs a powerful assistant to support him at all times.
As a fourth-level Holy Light Deacon, Aysia is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Now the [Magic Hall] can be said to be the gathering place for magicians in the territory.
This building allows the mages in the territory to have higher magic strength and wisdom attributes.
The two effects of the skill book that can be extracted and the use of group skills can continue to serve the territory and further cultivate the master.
Unfortunately, [Magic Palace] is limited and cannot meet the needs of all mages.
Zong Shen actually had a solution to this problem already, but he was still hesitating and struggling.
He made a fist with his right hand and rubbed it. When he opened his palm again, a strange stone the size of an egg appeared in his hand.
This stone shines with orange light, as clear as luminous amber.
[Architectural replica stone (orange)]
This is a legendary item obtained in the points lottery of the previous round of challenges.
Able to reproduce a building that does not exceed the legendary level.
He hesitated in the two buildings [Moon God Spring] and [Magic Palace].
The former is legendary and the latter is rare, but both have great effects.
Besides, it would be a bit wasteful to use orange building replica stone to replicate the purple [Magic Palace], so Zong Shen left it for several days. According to his idea, it is best to wait until another orange building appears before using it.
Carve stone to carve again.
As for [Moon God Spring], he does not want to reproduce it. As a high-end recovery potion, its value is only accepted by those lords with higher development progress, and with the general development of the lords, plus these few points exchanges
, which greatly alleviates the vacancy in pharmaceuticals.
This situation has further squeezed the market of [Moon God Spring]. At present, one Moon God Spring can stably meet the sales demand, and at the same time, part of the surplus can be used for self-use.
Zong Shen did not intend to use a rare functional prop like the replica stone in a hurry.
For this reason, he decided to ask for opinions on the strategy module today.
"Should I use the replica stone in the Magic Palace or the Luna Fountain?"
(Legendary replica stones are best used on legendary buildings with special functions. There are not many buildings in the territory that meet the requirements. You can consider Luna Spring, or continue to collect it. Anyway, it will not have long legs.
road)
The suggestions in the guide were very simple. After reading it, Zong Shen decided to collect it.
At present, the only thing in the territory that meets the requirements is [Moon God Spring]. Others such as [Artisan Statue], [Red Gold Barrier Pillar], and [Incomplete Thunder Field Wonder] are all epic-level or even wonder-level buildings, exceeding the limit of legendary level.
.
The preciousness of the replica stone is self-evident, and Zong Shen has only obtained it once in so long.
If it were used for [Moon God Spring] where there is no urgent need, I'm afraid there would be no such store after passing through this village. After all, there are many powerful special buildings in the legendary level.
"Let's let it go first..."
"It would be great if I could get a rare replica stone."
Zong Shen shook his head and couldn't help but said.
In the final analysis, all his hesitations were due to poverty.
He put away the replica stone, which was a really good thing.
It's not my fault that it hasn't been put to use for the time being. If I were to blame, I could only blame Zong Shen himself.
Zong Shen arranged the situation at Doris' place, and then chatted with the girls for a while.
It wasn't until around ten o'clock in the morning, after the blizzard stopped, that Zong Shen, who was so idle, suddenly called Mariel to go out together.
They left the lord's small building, Zong Shen led the way, and Mariel followed him to the open space outside the small courtyard.
Compared with the morning, the snow had become thicker again, and it had already covered Zong Shen's lower abdomen.
Fortunately, he was clearing the way ahead, otherwise the snow would have almost reached Mariel's chest.
They now seemed to have entered a torrent of white snow. If it had been another half day, even people might have been buried alive in it.
The difficulty of going out in this weather is comparable to a polar expedition.
Zong Shen had been mentally prepared for this, and he directly took out the [Magic Drilling Machine] without any ink.
He opened the cockpit and sat in with Mariel.
After sitting down, he closed the glass hatch and took out a thermal ball and placed it on the empty seat next to him.
After the driving contact in the morning, he found that the "heating technology" engraved on the cockpit alone was not enough to maintain the long-term temperature in the cockpit in such a climate.
So this time he added an additional magic heat ball to keep the relatively closed cabin at a suitable temperature as much as possible.
Mariel looked at the driving department with curious eyes. At her age, she was very curious, especially for this rare magic mecha.
Magic energy products are rare in this world, and can only be seen in giant cities.
These advanced things are all serving the nobility or the kingdom.
Zong Shen skillfully started the drilling machine, activated the drill bit, and began to break through the snow.
This time his goal was the northwest of the territory. He was going to the farming and pastoral area to see those poor cattle and sheep.
The few pieces of primary fertile farmland in the central area are basically dead.
[Agricultural Tower] was obtained too late and has not been built yet.
Although Zong Shen made preparations for the pasture to keep out the cold before winter came, only God knows how many of these cattle and sheep could survive under such drastic climate changes.
If he froze to death, Zong Shen could only wait until the winter was over, and with tears in his eyes, have the cattle and sheep processed, peel off the fur, cut the flesh and blood, and process them directly.
After all, food can never be too much until the territory realizes farmer reforms and becomes self-sufficient.
This is why Zong Shen wants to cooperate with Mr. Mars to build a large ranch. Not only because Mr. Mars has experience and connections, but more importantly, if the ranch is named under Mr. Mars, the cattle and sheep in the big ranch will not
Influenced by challenges.
It can also save a lot of manpower and material resources in operation. Zong Shen only needs to provide money and provide protection for the ranch.
"Sir, are you going to see the cattle and sheep?"
Mariel looked at the control department for a while, then looked at the direction through the transparent glass cover, and immediately understood Zong Shen's intention.
"Yes, this challenge is a major blow to the territory's agriculture and animal husbandry."
"Fortunately, farming and animal husbandry in our territory have just started."
"If it were those lords who are obsessed with farming, I'm afraid they would have fainted from crying in their territories by now."
Zong Shen said in a calm tone while controlling the main control lever.
His mentality is actually very good. He had this awareness long before winter came.
Hearing what he said, Mariel just nodded.
The drilling machine advanced through the thick snow, and the three sets of drill bits in front drilled out large areas of snow.
The scattered broken ice and remaining snow falling on the glass hatch cover were quickly melted due to the temperature difference between inside and outside.
The entire glass cover is hazy with rain and fog, especially the inside is almost covered with fog, so it needs to be wiped from time to time.
This is a general-purpose magic drilling rig. Its design did not take much consideration into operating in cold areas, so it is not surprising that this problem occurs.
Zong Shen didn't care. He could have the strategy module show the terrain ahead in the form of golden lines and plan an obstacle-free navigation path for him.
After driving the drilling machine for about ten minutes, they finally arrived at the farming and pastoral area.
Parking the drilling machine next to the [Primary Ranch], Zong Shen opened the cockpit and flipped out flexibly.
He came to the other side and gave Mariel a hand.
The snow here is one or two fingers thicker than in the central area.
Just standing in the snow and taking a look makes me feel suffocated.
Zong Shen took out his trident and used it as his snow pole, and walked in through the gaps in several windproof walls.
The pasture is surrounded by wind-proof walls on all sides, leaving only a few gaps wide enough for one person.
Several first-level huts were built in the middle, and a large heater was placed in one of the huts.
The interior is filled with burn-resistant pine oil blocks and wood, which are divided into several burning levels to delay the burning time as much as possible.
So far, the effect is better than Zong Shen imagined.
Because of the windshield and hay shed, the visible snow here is 40 to 50 centimeters less than outside. In addition, the large furnace provides continuous heating. Many factors combine to make the situation inside the ranch better.
It's pretty passable.
At a glance, Zong Shen saw that more than 80% of the cattle and sheep were still alive, but they were just gathering lazily next to the hay sheds and haystacks, with no desire to move.
There were more than ten or twenty cattle and sheep lying on the ground stiffly. It was not clear whether they were frozen to death or frozen stiff.
As for the pregnant cows brought by Master Mars, they were not affected by the winter due to ownership issues. From Zong Shen's perspective, these cows stood abruptly in the snow and could still move around as if they were nothing.
This contradictory sense of déjà vu is really weird, and it’s no wonder that the indigenous people in the south would notice it, and even support the puppet lords and try to intervene.
As long as the aboriginals were not blind and their brains were not forged, they would be able to see the abnormalities of the lords.
Zong Shen curled his lips in embarrassment, the 20% loss was still within the acceptable range.
I just don’t know how much I can survive after the third stage.
The polar cold will greatly weaken the function of the heater.
For this reason, Zong Shen is going to make some additional arrangements again.