In the morning in Canaan, as soon as the golden sun appeared on the horizon, the rumble of horse hooves broke through the calm of dawn. Horses leapt out of the woods behind the mountain ridge, and several centaurs wandering around the outside of the woods pinched their lips and whistled.
As soon as the whistle sounded, not far away, a tribe with only a dozen centaurs put away their tents, hung the few remaining supplies on their grazing animals, and fled in a hurry.
More and more knights jumped out of the grove, gradually breaking through a hundred people. Seeing the centaurs running hastily, the leading knight rode his horse and jumped onto a big rock, built a pergola with one hand, and looked into the distance.
After tireless exploration by players, there are very few "black areas" that still exist in the game area, but there is continuous darkness a few kilometers away.
In the darkness, the voices of people and horses neighed, and an army of "humanoid monsters" could be seen camping in the canyon between the two peaks.
This is already the edge of the game area, one of the southernmost protrusions of Extreme South City. Players can explore this farthest, and further ahead is a stronghold of the coalition of human countries on the semi-encirclement front.
The centaurs avoided the players and the darkness, took a big turn, plunged into a hazy stone forest, and disappeared.
Xia Miaomiao rode forward, took a decent look, swung her riding whip in a handsome manner, pointed at the thick darkness and said, "The distance is too close, less than 20 kilometers, right? Chunshui?"
Shao Bing nodded, looking solemnly at the enemies hidden in the darkness, "There is no other way, only these outer camps are left."
Truth looked at the surrounding environment within the range of the magic and said, "Being close to the border is also beneficial. It will be very convenient when the expansion pack breaks out in the future, and it will have a first-mover advantage."
Shao Bing laughed when he heard this and said: "Yes, danger and opportunity coexist. It depends on our ability."
Die Lianhua, the head of the Huamancheng family, rode back with several core members of her family. Before anyone arrived, laughter came first, "This place is nice. I just took a look at the stone forest over there. There is a
There are a lot of abandoned farmland around the abandoned mines. The soil is very fertile and the water conservancy facilities are still there. As long as we recruit enough indigenous NPCs, it will not be difficult to restore it to the past."
Shao Bing: "I chose to build a gang here because of this. From now on, all the way from here to 'Huamancheng' is our territory."
Everyone burst into laughter after hearing this, and looking at the surrounding environment, a sense of excitement and hope for the establishment of a foundation aroused in them.
This place used to be the cultivated land around the Rock Fortress, but it was destroyed by the Centaur Tribe Alliance, which made it look so desolate and desolate. Although the war that could break out at any time discourages most players who are preparing to form a gang, there are other places that are not like this.
benefits.
Because the borders, defense, farming, transportation, workshops, mining, etc. that belong to the civilized world are very developed. Of course, the development here is not worth mentioning based on the experience of the earth, but it also depends on who you compare with.
Most of the abandoned camps in the deep game areas are in some 'dangerous' places. If nothing else, the topography, topography and transportation are incomparable to this place. Players can also take teleportation, and NPCs,
What about the neutral camp’s caravan?
Without transportation, there would be no economy. Without supporting infrastructure, it would be impossible to gather enough aboriginal NPC populations. Without a population, how can we reproduce, develop industries, and build cities?
These require players to spend a lot of time, energy and money to build, but they are already available here from the beginning and only require a little recovery.
"And the most important thing you have forgotten."
The head of the Langya# family, Yuanyue Scimitar, smiled and said, "In the future, this area will belong to the public game area. It will be difficult for anyone to build a gang in the public game area in the future. Based on this alone, everyone is afraid that it will not develop in the future.
? Build a city? It’s not a big deal, in the future Chun Shui might be able to defeat the Grand Duke, the King or something like that.”
"Grand Duke, King? Then should we change our name to Your Majesty?"
"Your Majesty, please bow to me!"
"King of a spring river? That's not cool enough. Why don't you change your name to King George I?"
"Shit, what's the name of the good Chinese players' gang, George? I think it's better to call it Ying Zheng."
"What the hell, Da Qin?"
"This is a good idea, let the King of Qin get it."
"King Qin? Then should our gang also change its name? The Qin Dynasty?"
"No, other gangs would laugh to death if they spoke so loudly. I think it would be better to call them Da Qin Guards. In the future, if the gang expands, we can also form Imperial Guards, Su Guards, Imperial Guards, etc... I also want to go beyond
I think it’s good, what do you think of spring water?”
Shao Bing laughed: "Are you serious?"
"Don't you think it's great?"
"A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. A gang that doesn't want to build a country is not a good gang. This is called ambition. Besides, it's just in the game. What are you afraid of?"
"That's it. That's it."
It was just joking at first, but everyone became serious as he talked. Even the high-level combat backbones like Xia Miaomiao and Du Shiyu felt that the gang name of 'Da Qin Guards' was higher than that of brothers and sisters.
Much more.
"I think the Guards are ready," Xia Miaomiao said jokingly: "We will talk about Daqin and other things after the gangs are upgraded, at least until the city is built. People in the province laugh at us and yawn."
The words of the number one master have weight, and many people support it without thinking. More people also think that this name is more "reliable" than Da Qin and so on, so they also support it.
Shao Bing said uncertainly: "Then we call it the Guards?"
The heads of several other joining families looked at each other and nodded.
Shao Bing breathed a sigh of relief, "Then if everyone has the same prefix, there won't be any brothers. Are there differences between Langya and Huamancheng?"
The family heads all readily agreed.
After the camp was captured, this matter has been hanging in Shao Bing's mind. Although the alliance's families are mainly his family, and the gang-building orders and gang-building tasks are also his, but after all, it is "annexation", and he is afraid that several families will have something to do with it.
The idea is to unite in private and create a situation where the customers are the main ones.
Although Shao Bing is not afraid, the grass-roots business cannot withstand such troubles. It is an unexpected surprise that it can be solved smoothly now.
Guards?
Seems pretty good?
While patrolling their own territory, a group of more than a hundred mounted members were preparing to go back. Xia Miaomiao was eager for the small centaur tribe she had just discovered, so she formed two teams and left the main force to hunt.
During the construction of the 6-test server, the game behavior was silent, and the maximum number of participants could only be two teams of 10 people. It just so happened that the centaur tribe was not big, so it was a suitable prey.
The centaur tribe that is allied with the system also runs Punk City and the ranch on the Alpha plane, which requires a large number of centaur people to fill it. Everyone has to take this task for a long time, and the reward is generous. It also gives the centaur tribe the reputation of the allied tribe, and there is a chance.
If so, no one will let it go.
The large army was led back by Shao Bing.
The captured abandoned camp has become their territory, and a total of 109 usable abandoned people have been captured. At this time, these people are working outside the earthen city wall.
Clean up the long-abandoned farmland, dig ditches again, and introduce water from the river not far away... There are not enough manpower, and the players who are left behind are waving hoes to help.
It’s rare to see players working in the fields. Seeing these people coming back on big horses, these players yelled and cursed, but mostly they were joking...
With these 109 more mouths to fill, the newly established gang Yali Shanda not only has to take care of their food, but also provides their accommodation. Tuweizi is a refugee camp, and the original buildings did not pass the system assessment.
It needs to be cleaned and rebuilt.
This is another expense to hire a priest NPC.
The most egregious thing is that even the only stone building in the city is not up to standard. In the words of the NPC priest, every stone here is stained with the atmosphere of depravity. Living for a long time will cause players to suffer from various inexplicable conditions, and even...
A curse that is easily dispelled.
This stone building is the city lord's mansion. By the standards of the earth, it is at best a shabby house made of stone. Not only is it leaky from all sides, but it is also full of misunderstandings inside. Although the original abandoned city lord was a professional, he has long since degenerated into a strange person.
Damn it, he and his group of men have been doing business without capital for a long time, robbing houses, dealing with the black market and slave traders, making sacrifices to the great nobles of neighboring kingdoms, and being white gloves for doing dirty work, so they can survive in such a border area.
.
Now all this is accepted by the players.
The bandit White Walkers have been cleaned up and turned into experience and loot for players, including this start-up land full of dangers but also pregnant with hope.
Although it was not much better than a kennel, Shao Bing felt relaxed when he returned here. As soon as the city gate was closed, he felt a sense of security increased. The original defense facilities on the city wall were completely destroyed during the siege. The gang members of the mage profession were following.
The NPC hired at a high price recovered, stealing teachers and working as a supervisor at the same time.
Shao Bing and the others are disbanded. Everyone has a place to go. Hundreds of businesses in the city are waiting for prosperity. Passing the system acceptance in 5 days is the top priority.
The first thing to recover is the transmission.
This is also the most expensive and critical place. All building materials and the best resources are used in this warehouse-shaped building.
The teleportation array is located in the southwest corner of the city center. The inner walls are all made of hard rocks and are 3 meters high. The complicated magic patterns are engraved on the surface. Most of the expensive materials such as fine gold and mithril are used in these patterns.
It's up there.
When I walked in and took a look, compared to the chaos outside, it seemed much more orderly inside.
The NPC stonemason is polishing each stone, clang clang clang... The surface must be smooth and the length, width and height must be roughly the same.
Behind the stone field that is as tall as one person, a flat stone substrate has been spread out over an area the size of a basketball court. The teleportation array was built quickly. A large 'magic stone' suspended on the base was in a flaming secluded area.
Under the cold blue magic light, they were already in place.
If the system hadn't subsidized a large part of this, Shao Bing would never have been able to build such a large teleportation array. Even so, this newly established gang was burdened with heavy debts. What he could comfort himself with was that the debts were not his personal debt.
If you owe money to the system, there is no room for repudiation. However, if you have a lot of debts, you don't have to worry about it. If you have a lot of lice, it doesn't itch. Anyway, that's it. Shao Bing has long looked away.
He was satisfied with the progress of the teleportation array, and then inspected various construction sites in the city. The progress varied, but they all showed a prosperous atmosphere.
The problem is not the gang funds that have long since dried up, but the manpower.
What's the point of letting players work as laborers... It's okay in the short term, everyone is trying to keep things fresh, but if they do this for a long time, this newly established gang may break up and disintegrate.
The population, especially the aboriginal population (the system NPCs are too expensive), has labor, and can buy valuable time to build the gang's infrastructure before the "silent act" ends.
But, where to find so many aboriginal people?
Shao Bing was very troubled. He returned to his shabby residence and looked at a map of the surroundings. The aboriginal populations that could be found were marked with red circles. It looked like a lot, but in the silent mode of the game,
Don't make too big a move.
Just as they were trying to catch up, Xia Miaomiao and Du Shiyu led the team back and returned with a full load.
The seven or eight centaur prisoners were dejected and shackled by heavy system chains, followed by dozens of large livestock, including many strong horses that could serve as mounts.
Players who did not have mounts gathered around several times, and a small internal auction was held in the middle of the noisy construction site.
A mount that has not been domesticated in a systematic pasture is hard to get rid of. It is very difficult to capture it in the wild. But the current situation is different. Can it be captured repeatedly? Anyway, the capture rope is not expensive. As for the horse that is hard to get rid of and difficult to control, that is not a problem.
Yes, some players prefer this kind of more 'dynamic' mount, which is not as tame as the system's and is as docile as a tool and not exciting enough.
Six horses were bought at a high price, and the remaining livestock could only be given to the gangs to make public supplies. As there was not enough manpower, these livestock could be given to the aboriginals for domestication, which would solve part of the labor shortage.
Capturing centaurs was a task that had to be handed over to the system. Shao Bing looked at these unruly subhuman intelligent races with regret. It would have been great if they could have been left to serve as the aboriginal population.
He called over Xia Miaomiao and Du Shiyu, who were busy 'dividing the spoils', and told them about the problems the gang was facing.
"This is not easy. Xiaoyu and I will lead a team and scan the nearby maps." Xia Miaomiao agreed happily without letting Shao Bing waste much time.
Shao Bing was naturally happy. With a few words of thanks, it was time to log off.
It’s comfortable online, but there’s a lot of nonsense offline.
My daughter was watching TV in the living room, and as expected, there was news about the draw for the 6-test group.
While Shao Bing was cooking dinner for his daughter, he listened to the news that regarding the distribution of qualifications for the 6th test, agents from various countries resolved their differences at lightning speed and reached an agreement.
The unreasonable demands of the United States were collectively rejected by the agents. Ou Meng also disagreed with the Americans' insistence on the distribution rules based on the 'economic aggregate' and abiding by the principle of 'strength and position', and supported the distribution rules based on population coefficient, economic development level, and infrastructure improvement.
and the will of the people as a comprehensive reference.
The distribution ratio of the 6-test qualifications has been roughly determined, with China occupying the first place with 25% of the total. This is not surprising.
The 27 member countries of Europe and Mongolia have obtained the qualifications of large regional agents as they wished, with a total of 23% of the quota, ranking second.
The United States is third with 13%, Eastern Mongolia is fourth with 9%, Japan is fifth with 2%, and the United Kingdom is 1%... Basically none of the following countries exceeds 1%, including the de facto country with the largest population.
Hardness's own will is not strong, but he just protested a few times.
Similar hardness is found in the Middle East...
But because of Canaan’s huge economic and geopolitical interests, it refused to give up.
