Many people want to land on the surface, but many problems cannot be solved. First of all, the detailed conditions of the surface are a threshold, and intelligence needs to be collected, which will take two or three years.
After collecting the objects and knowing the difficulty of landing on the surface, you can overcome them one by one until you have overcome them and then you can land. Otherwise, landing is just a beautiful vision and a theory that cannot be practiced.
But Hong Kou obviously really wanted to land, so he built several outposts.
Lord Morgan was placed in an open space by the river and provided with two methods of building outposts, one is semi-buried and the other is elevated.
The semi-buried type means that half of the base is buried in the soil. The elevated type means that several pillars are used to lift the base off the ground.
Each has its own advantages. The half-buried type has stronger defense, but some pole-devouring beasts will dig into the ground. If it is high, you can avoid some small pole-devouring beasts, but it has insufficient defense against large enemies.
There is no perfect design solution.
In addition to a few old people, Lord Morgan also had several young volunteers. They all voluntarily left the lighthouse and came to the land they longed for.
"Let's just use the semi-buried type." City Lord Morgan chose the style of the base and dug a hole first.
Sure enough, just like the game "Minecraft", when opening a new game, everyone will generally choose to dig holes and hide.
In fact, it would be good if there is a cave. You need a cave and a water source. If there is no such terrain nearby, there is nothing you can do.
It is impossible for people to leave the water, so it is inevitable to live by the water.
The lighthouse has provided a lot of equipment, as well as many solar power panels, which can drive these electric machines.
City Lord Morgan knew that the surface was dangerous, so he first ensured the safety of the base and excavated immediately. The semi-buried base was completed in two days. It was like a tomb, with a sloping downward tomb passage directly connected to the tomb chamber.
At the same time, defense work is also in progress. An electrified power grid is being established around the base. Safety comes first, and the entire outpost base is surrounded to prevent dangerous creatures from approaching.
During this period, they did not have any production and could only eat the supplies sent by the lighthouse. The lighthouse sent a little bread and a lot of insect cakes.
"So many insect cakes? I don't know how many ordinary people will starve to death."
"City Lord, these insect cakes were all exchanged from the hands of the common people. The ordinary people would rather be hungry for ten meals and eat ten less insect cakes than exchange them for one loaf of bread. So Hong Kou exchanged one for ten, using
One piece of bread is exchanged for ten worm cakes for the mortals. If the mortals eat the bread, they will not die if they eat nine less meals."
"Doesn't it mean that some of the people on the upper level don't have access to bread?" City Lord Morgan said again.
"They just need to eat worm cakes. One piece of bread is exchanged for ten worm cakes. One worm cake is left for the people, and the remaining nine are given to us."
After a long time, Lord Morgan said: "What a scissor, Hong Kou is indeed suitable to be the Lord of the City."
"As long as we can stabilize our feet on the surface, everything will be worth it." Everyone also knows that both the common people and the superior people are suffering now. Some of the superior people want to eat insect cakes, and some of the common people have to eat less than nine meals. Lighthouse
We are living a more difficult life than before, and all the resources collected through scissors are being gambled on the surface of the earth.
Outposts are really important, collecting intelligence, reclaiming land, and preparing for the future.
In the early stage, the outpost has no output and is completely a black hole of resources. Moreover, the outpost is likely to be destroyed due to monster attacks, and all the early investment is in vain. Therefore, this kind of investment is completely gambling, and the risk is huge.
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The universe is a big casino. The only bet for many people is survival. They bet on survival and development. If they win, everyone will be happy, but if they lose, they will die. Moreover, this big casino has no exit. If you win, the bet does not end here, but you must continue to gamble. The winner
The fundamental bet is production and development. Sometimes we bet on development for survival, and sometimes we bet on greater development with survival and development. We cannot leave the casino of the universe until we die.
Lord Morgan actually considered investing in the surface, but the resources were too few and he didn't dare to take the gamble.
"Hope everything goes well." When we come to the surface, we may encounter a pole-devouring beast at any time, so we can only hope that an outpost can be established.
"Next, we should open up wasteland." The outpost base is basically completed, and the next step is to open up wasteland and cultivate land.
There are seeds, farm tools, water, and the season is about the same.
So the next day, they went to dig the ground.
After several years of rest, the land was already very fertile and did not require chemical fertilizers. They were worried about flooding during the rainy season, so they chose a highland for farming and then irrigated it with a water pump. The next step was weeding and waiting patiently.
While waiting, they also tried to look for food on the surface. They couldn't keep eating insect cakes. They looked around to see if there were any fruits or animals.
Plants have also been affected by Mana's ecology. Many plants have the characteristics of animals. They look like they are alive, and the plants are fleshy.
"I wonder if they can be eaten." They observed the surrounding environment and found many plants, but these plants were completely different from those recorded in the book.
"The ecology has changed completely. Even if the botanists of the old world are resurrected, there will be nothing they can do." Everyone looked at these strange plants and didn't know what to say.
"I don't know what the Devouring Beasts eat. Do they not eat anything other than absorbing the source of life?"
"I don't know, we know too little about surface ecology."
Lord Morgan sighed: "It's true that I didn't do enough."
"We can't help but blame the city lord. The lighthouse only has so many resources, and it is simply unrealistic to allocate a batch of resources to the surface. We have eaten so many insect cakes for so many days, but we have gained nothing. This kind of day of eating but not producing is still
It will take a long time, and even if everything goes well, a lot of resources will be consumed. Not to mention that the outpost may still be attacked, and then all the efforts will be in vain. The risk is too great." Everyone can understand why City Lord Morgan does not come to the surface.
, if it is a short-term collection of resources, it is acceptable, but if it is a long-term survival, the pressure is too great.
We all know that the surface is the future, but who is willing to bear the price? So the best thing is to find survivors on the surface, kill them and seize their land. The price will be borne by the people on the surface, a lighthouse or a lighthouse.
"No matter what, now that we are on the surface, we must complete the work and collect intelligence for the lighthouse." City Lord Morgan was very determined.
"It would be great if there were animals. We could see if animals would eat these weird plants."
Next, they cultivated while observing the surrounding ecology. The process was very careful. It was like returning to the primitive era, everything was starting from scratch, and each step was startling.
When the ancients faced nature, they didn't know which ones were safe and which ones were dangerous, and which ones were edible and which ones were poisonous. That's why Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs, because tasting all kinds of herbs was like gambling. It is said that Shen Nong was eating a hundred herbs.
After eating hundreds of plants, he ate poisonous plants, so he tasted hundreds of herbs. If Shennong ate poisonous plants as soon as he came up, then history would have nothing to do with him, and he would be an unlucky guy.
"If we have mice, we can let them help us test whether these things are edible." Someone thought of animal experiments.
It is obviously unrealistic to let them taste the herbs now. There are not enough manpower in the first place. If they eat people to death, it will be even more stretched.
But animal experiments don't matter. It's okay to let animals take risks. Unfortunately, it's hard to find animals now, at least they haven't found them yet.
This is a good thing and a bad thing. The good thing is that there are no monsters around, but the bad thing is that except for the pole-devouring beast, all other animals in Mana's ecology may become extinct.
"How about we apply to the lighthouse for a few animals for experiments?" If we can't find animals in the wild, we can only get them from the lighthouse.
The lighthouse has an old world farm with old world livestock.
It is necessary to conduct animal experiments.
"You can contact us and have a look." City Lord Morgan said. It should be no problem to ask for one or two animals.