✓ Global Overlord Era

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Chapter 52 Countdown to Advent (13)

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Jiang Feng got a full 3,000 Wolong mulberries in one go. He couldn't even believe that there were these things in his game package.
In the past, it was a blessing to have a few, but now he can finally give his comrades some protection so that they can recover their health faster.
In fact, there are some related hemostatic drugs and bandages in the army, but those cannot be mass-produced. They can only be produced on a small scale and given to those who need them most.
Now the Oak Territory seems to be doing wholesale. Jiang Feng is very fortunate that he has a good relationship with Lord Luo Ling and has reserved so many in advance.
If you go to the trading market to grab them, you will have to compete with billions of players for hand speed. Not only will you not be able to grab them, but you will also waste time and get angry easily.
"The territories at the top of the list are really powerful. We territories must work harder and can't fall behind."
Jiang Feng wanted to exchange all the mulberries in Luo Ling's hand. He said he would exchange 3,000 mulberries without any hesitation. Maybe there will be a lot more.
It's just that what he can give is limited. There are many good things, but whether Luo Ling needs them is another matter.
"Leader, Luo Ling suggests building good relations with local forces. We have already discovered traces of mountain dwarves in our territory and would like to meet with them. Based on previous experience in games, movies and novels, mountain dwarves love to drink, so we need to apply for a batch of strong liquor." Dwarves
love alcohol, especially drinking strong liquor with friends. Dealing with such people is not suitable for being reserved, but it is very suitable for Jiang Feng who came out of the army.
He actually has a sense of crisis. Just selling the ore in the territory is not a long-term solution. If he can learn forging technology from the dwarves, the value of these ores in his territory can be increased by more than ten times!
"I will try my best to help you raise it. Strong liquor is scarce now. We don't have food to make wine ourselves. We can only see if there is any liquor from the treasure chest."
"Thank you, leader."
If Luo Ling can build a good relationship with the elves, then others can also make friends with dwarves, humans or other races.
Jiang Feng is unwilling to fall behind. In this world, he must work hard to improve his abilities in order to take on various responsibilities.
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At the same time, Luo Ling poured all the ore he had exchanged into the wooden shed next to the blacksmith shop.
This wooden shed was a temporary building built by Andre and his two apprentices. It would not be recognized by the game system, but it could shelter from the wind and rain and hold some raw materials.
Andre, who had just consecrated the dagger, rushed out of the blacksmith shop with his weapon after hearing the sound. He quickly handed the dagger in his hand to the lord, and he lay on the ore pile with a perverted smile, looking around and touching it, as if it was his lover.
Luo Ling almost thought that his subordinates were going to rebel and kill the king, but he was stuffed with a dagger.
Dragon Tooth Dagger is an excellent equipment with strength 5, agility 5, sharp magic pattern, piercing damage 10, and bleeding effect.
I have to admit that Andre is very good at naming. It is obviously made of crocodile teeth as the main raw material, but he named this dagger Dragon Tooth, which sounds several levels higher.
The weapon is very effective, with double strength and agility, and comes with magic patterns, saving the trouble of enchanting players, and has a bleeding effect.
If you don't use medical supplies such as bandages to stop bleeding in time, even if you take Wolong mulberries or primary life potions, it will only temporarily delay the loss of health.
"Lord, you are so awesome! So many ores!" The blacksmith apprentice Clay was also happy. With so many iron ores and copper ores, he would have enough raw materials to practice, and maybe he would become a first-level blacksmith in the near future.
Another apprentice Jimmy's eyes lit up, and he picked up a heavy piece of magic iron ore and smiled foolishly, as if he didn't notice the weight of the ore at all.
For blacksmiths, sufficient and high-quality raw materials are quite rare, and the saying "a good cook cannot cook without rice" is true for this situation.
"Calm down a little, I plan to build a smelting workshop near the blacksmith shop. At that time, the blacksmith shop will no longer be responsible for metal smelting, and will focus on forging. How about it?"
It's better to have a clear division of responsibilities to avoid confusion and drag down efficiency.
Andre agreed very much, "There is no better news than this! With enough raw materials, Jimmy and Clay can practice well. In addition, can the lord expand and upgrade our blacksmith shop? One forging table and furnace are too small and not enough."
"The space and resources of the territory are relatively limited now. Let's expand the blacksmith shop after the territory is upgraded to level 4. The three of you take turns forging. When you are tired, let the two of you forge, and you can guide them from the side."
"That's what we are doing now. These two guys are not stupid. When the time comes, the lord should find a few more apprentices for us. We need them to pull the bellows and do odd jobs."
Apprentices basically start with these most basic jobs. It is impossible for them to pick up a hammer right away.
Luo Ling made a gesture and promised, "I remember, I will definitely arrange apprentices for you when the time comes."
There was no need to build a smelting workshop before. Now there is too much ore, and Luo Ling had to build this building on the open space behind the blacksmith shop.
Agricultural land in the Oak Territory has been basically used up, and there are only a few plots of land left for industrial use, with only commercial land being relatively empty.
With a loud ping-pong, a smelting workshop with a tall chimney appeared 3 meters behind the blacksmith shop.
However, Luo Ling did not start the smelting workshop for the time being, but he did recruit three smelting workers. Because smelting requires coal, it is also necessary to solve the problems of wastewater and exhaust gas.
Luo Ling himself does not have to worry about being polluted by others at the top, but he does not want to destroy the environment, so he must come up with a complete method.
Since this is a fantasy world, it is natural to ask for help from magicians.
Vera, who was reading a book under the cold spirit fruit tree, was naturally drafted into the army, and had no idea what new ideas her lord had.
"The thing is, I don't want the smelting workshop to discharge the wastewater used for cooling into the stream, and the exhaust gas from coal combustion cannot be discharged directly into the air. Is there any way to recycle and filter it?"
Whether as a modern person or as a druid, Luo Ling does not want to pollute this world.
This stumped Vera. She had no memory of such a situation. The blazing charcoal in the blacksmith shop had no protection.
"I need to study and think. I can't give an answer now."
Although she felt it was a bit tricky, she was very excited. She finally found some challenges, which was much better than going out to fight monsters.
Luo Ling did not put all his eggs in one basket. He searched for relevant clues in the forum. He should not be the only one who realized the importance of protecting the environment.
However, although the other players were aware of the problem, they did not have a sufficiently effective solution. After all, the existence of the great magician has not yet been born.
Just when he was looking for inspiration, the world channel suddenly exploded!
"Why did Joseph Ryan, who ranked 21st on the personal strength list, suddenly disappear? His territory ranking also suddenly disappeared..."
"Oh my God!"
"Oh, there must be no accident!"
"I remember that Joseph's territory was ranked 32nd before. Even if it dropped in the ranking, it would not be directly dropped from the list. Did something unexpected happen?"
"So scary!"
"What danger did the big guy on the list encounter?"
"Really, what happened, does anyone know? I want to find out the truth."
"It's too scary, I don't even dare to leave the territory."
"Even such a big guy has met with misfortune, how long can we live!"
"Oh, I really want to go back to Earth, it's too dangerous and difficult here!"
Being able to rank at the top among billions of players, the strength is naturally extraordinary. There is only one reason why such a person's ranking suddenly disappeared, that is, sudden death.
The unknown always brings terror.
Emotions such as panic, helplessness, and despair began to spread.
Originally, everyone was already tired of the endless beast tide attacks, trying to survive, struggling to survive, and constantly improving the strength of themselves and their territories.
As a result, it was found that players at the top of the list would actually encounter accidents. This emotion was very bad and even spread.
Luo Ling saw that his personal strength ranking rose by one place from 36th, but this was not the result he wanted. He would rather rise through his own efforts.
Not only the world channel, but also nearby channels, forums, and various group chats were talking about Joseph, and everyone had different guesses.
"Joseph is a player on the leaderboard after all, so he can handle normal situations. Even if he destroys the altar alone, he should be able to run away if he can't win."
"Could it be that he encountered other situations, such as encountering a powerful boss?"
"I might be more malicious in my guess. What if he destroyed the altar but was killed by other players? Killing people for treasures should be very common. You should all know that players can get an incomplete territory core after death, right? I just don't know if actively killing players can drop equipment."
"Don't guess blindly, see if anyone has any information."
"It turns out that everyone knows about the incomplete territory core. I thought it was a secret, so I didn't dare to say it."
"Yes, I picked up an incomplete territory core in the wild before, but I didn't dare to say it, for fear that it would lead some people astray."
"It should be a recognized secret, right? I can actually give a simple tip. I once encountered a sneak attack by two players when I was exploring in the wild. I finally killed them, but no equipment dropped. Although the system reminded me that there was an incomplete territory core, I didn't know where their territory was, so I didn't go looking for it."
"That is to say, this game does not encourage us to kill each other for treasures or equipment, except for vendettas or robbing territories."
Now the territories of each player are far apart, and the territories are not carried with you. Even if you kill a player, you can't get the incomplete territory core.
Luo Ling had guessed before that many people should have obtained the incomplete territory core, but he didn't expect that someone had killed other players.
The game is mixed with reality, and there is no legal constraint. Both parties are still superpowers. A disagreement may lead to a conflict, which greatly increases the probability of death.
He did not participate in the discussion in the Dawn group, but entered the forum to see the so-called insiders' revelations.
Joseph and I are from the same area, both from Esso Highlands. About an hour ago, Joseph asked us in the nearby channel if we knew the exact location of the Beast God Altar. He said that he had destroyed two altars and planned to destroy all the altars in Esso Highlands like Dusk Forest, and get the doubled survival point reward together. Maybe someone privately chatted about the location, anyway, no one in the nearby channel revealed it. This is what I know, I won't make any guesses about the results. What
the original poster said is basically correct. I want to add that Joseph and I are friends in real life. He is a very nice person. This time, someone sent a message to persuade him to destroy the other Beast God altars. The altars near his territory had been destroyed long ago. Maybe someone set a trap, and he foolishly jumped in and was used.
Why can ordinary players die, but the death of this leaderboard player is like the end of the world?
Wake up, everyone! Even such powerful players can encounter unexpected events, so don't let down your guard!
Don't look at the high ranking, in fact, everyone is the same.
It is said that he died together with the Beast God altar. When his ranking disappeared, there was an explosion in Esso Highlands.
It must have been solved by the Beast God, who made him destroy one altar after another. It's not too late to believe in His Majesty the Beast God now. When His Majesty the Beast God comes, we will all be his most loyal believers!
Get lost!
The news on the forum is true and false, and it is difficult to distinguish. There is even a group of surrenderists who spread the word that this is the revenge of the Beast God. If you want to survive, you have to believe in the Beast God.
Chinese people are generally non-believers, but Europeans and Americans usually believe in gods. Now that they have come to this world, there are real gods. It is not surprising that there are surrenderists.
In the past, the surrenderists were not so strong. Now they are making a big fuss by taking advantage of the situation of the players on the leaderboard, which is really infuriating. Damn
you, why do those beasts still attack your territory if you believe in the beast god? Your status in the beast god's mind is not lower than that of the beasts, right? No way? No way? No way?
Can you get artifacts by believing in the beast god?
You are obviously a human, but you have to run to be a dog.
Hehe, remember to worship at the beast god altar if you believe in the beast god! See if those guards recognize you, the filial sons and grandsons.
Yes, you beast god believers should go to the altar. It is not sincere to worship in your own territory.
Most players are unwilling to go along with such people. It is too much to believe in a local god.
Meanwhile, some other more passionate players were passionately speaking on the forum, scolding the surrenderists so much that it was hard to refute them.
Yes, it seems that believing in the Beast God does not bring any benefits. We
will still be attacked by the beast tide, and we will still be ruthlessly killed by the guards when we go to the Beast God Altar. So what is the point of believing in him?
Don't be too happy too soon, you Beast God lackeys. Look at the speed at which everyone is destroying the Beast God Altar now. Maybe he can only stay in his own kingdom of God and curse. I'm so angry.
Is there anyone who wants to team up to destroy the altar? Without the altar, let's see how they will kneel down.
Count me in!
That group of people is so disgusting. Now the Beast God has not descended yet. If he descends, I'm afraid he will take the initiative to expose our location and information.
Every player who dares to go out is a warrior. You deserve respect!
You must protect yourself. Even if you cannot destroy the Beast God Altar for the time being, you must come back alive and keep your useful body.
While you are still nagging, the silent players have destroyed many altars!
The silent ones are always the majority. Although there are more than 3 billion surviving players now, there are actually not many people speaking in the world channel and local channel.
Many people are working hard to do practical things. If you only watch the world channel, those who don't know would think that the Beast God has come soon.
But in fact, 160,000 of the 1 million Beast God altars have been destroyed, and they are still decreasing.
There are more than 20 hours left in the countdown. It is very likely that human players will complete the arduous task of destroying 50 altars, and they are not affected by the sudden death of Joseph, the player. It
is only morning now. Luo Ling even thinks that there may be 300,000 altars before tonight. It is not a dream to stop the Beast God from coming!
The army on the Chinese side is exerting its strength, and other organizations, families, and even large companies, communities, associations, etc. are also organizing players to launch attacks.
Luo Ling looked at the newly collected Wolong mulberries by the peasant women. He quietly put them on the trading platform, and the price was the same as the previous transaction with Jiang Feng.
There was no need to publicize it. As long as one was put up, it would be bought. Luo Ling could see the buyer's information, but he could not set a purchase limit policy. He could only see who was faster.
The number of stones on his panel was constantly increasing. Unknowingly, Luo Ling had sold hundreds of mulberries.
If these mulberries that can restore life can save a player, then he would make a profit!
But he couldn't sell items all day long. Improving the strength of his territory was the key.
So Luo Ling decided to sell items in his spare time, and he couldn't stop eating because of choking.
Now that so many stones have been harvested, the long-standing worry can be solved first. He walked straight to the south gate of the Oak Territory.
The area between the core urban area and the city wall is an agricultural planting area. Now most of the places suitable for reclamation have become wheat fields and sweet potato fields, and the middle is a road paved with broken ground spikes.
These spikes were very hard and looked very neat and beautiful when laid on the ground.
Just then, two soldiers on patrol came over one after the other. When they saw Luo Ling, they immediately knelt down and saluted, "Greetings, Lord!"
"No need to salute. Did you find anything unusual during your patrol?"
The shield-bearing soldier Gary said proudly, "Everything is normal in the territory." "Thank you for your
hard work. "
"Not hard!"
Luo Ling said with a smile, "I am going to replace the city gate and part of the city wall now. You can stop and take a look."
"Thank you, Lord!" Valen and Gary said in unison. They really liked to see Luo Ling perform this magical spell.
Luo Ling suddenly retracted the three-meter-high wooden city gate. The city gate that originally stood here disappeared without a trace, and you could directly see the open space outside the territory and the two sword grasses that looked like door gods. The
straight-growing sword grasses were like sculptures at this time. There was no sign of their danger. Once an enemy approached, they would be attacked by them like a storm.
The eyes of the two soldiers Valen and Gary were wide open. Such a large city gate disappeared in the blink of an eye. It was definitely not something that space magic could do.
"I recycled 25 points of wood, which is exactly half. This is not bad." Luo Ling spent 50 points of wood and 50 survival points to build this wooden gate. Now it is recycled, and the survival points will not be returned, only half of the wood will be returned.
He looked at his wooden wall that almost surrounded the edge of the territory, and suddenly felt that even if the recycling was halved, he should still make a lot of wood!
Because when he built the wooden wall, it was a level 1 territory. At that time, the territory was backed by a cliff, and only three walls were built, with a total length of only 300 meters.
After upgrading from a level 1 territory to a level 2 territory, the 300-meter wooden wall was directly expanded to more than 900 meters by the system, which means that he did not build the extra 600-meter wall.
After the territory was upgraded from a Level 2 territory to a Level 3 territory, and after swallowing up the incomplete territory core twice, the territory's area expanded a lot, surrounding the original cliff. The city wall also expanded, but a gap appeared in the north. At this time, the wooden city wall was 2,800 meters long, and the gap was almost 1,000 meters.
This is the real sense of taking advantage of the game system. Among the 2,800-meter wooden city wall, only the initial 300-meter city wall was actually spent by Luo Ling on wood and survival points. The remaining 2,500 meters of the city wall were expanded during the upgrade.
It cost 150,000 points of wood to build the 300-meter wooden city wall, and now the 2,800-point wooden city wall can recycle 70,000 points of wood, which is equivalent to a net profit of 550,000 points of wood!
I'm afraid that Luo Ling will not be short of wood for a long time.
So filling up the city walls, roads and other things before upgrading is to take advantage of the game system.
Now Luo Ling is stuck in the 3rd level territory and does not want to upgrade it, just want to replace all the walls with stone walls before upgrading, otherwise it will cost more than ten times the stone to replace the stone walls in the 4th level territory.
Recycling wood is certainly worth being happy about, but Luo Ling calculated the required stone again, and he felt bad.
A 1-meter wooden wall requires 50 points of wood and 50 points of survival points, while a 1-meter stone wall requires 100 points of stone and 100 points of survival points.
If 11 replaces 2,800 meters of wooden walls with stone walls, it will take 280,000 points of stone. But he also wants to fill the gap in the city wall on the north side of the territory by upgrading the territory, which means that he has to repair nearly 1,000 meters of city walls, a total of 3,800 meters of city walls, and 380,000 points of stone.
He couldn't laugh immediately. He originally thought that 3,000 points of stone were a lot today, which was really not worth mentioning compared to the astronomical figure of 380,000.
"Do it little by little, and then ripen a batch of sweet potato vines later. The task of replacing the territory's walls depends entirely on it!"
Luo Ling has made up his mind. At present, any items on the trading market in the territory will be settled with stone.
It just so happens that he has the dragon tooth dagger made by Andre, so he simply put it on the trading market at the price of 1,000 stones, but this is not a fixed price, but an auction.
If it can't be sold, then consider selling it at a lower price. If it can be sold, it can be regarded as a preparation for his future price tag.
Andre's creation of this dragon tooth dagger is not accidental, but after detailed research and demonstration. In his personal attributes, there is an additional self-created blueprint. As long as there are raw materials, Andre can create a dragon tooth dagger!
But the dragon tooth dagger requires the teeth of the long-tailed crocodile. Luo Ling only got 50 in total. Even if Andre made it without any mistakes, he could only create 50 dragon tooth daggers. Unless Luo Ling can find more leader-level crocodile teeth, otherwise this dragon tooth dagger will be a limited-edition weapon.
It is because of this that Andre has the confidence to forge the Dawn Sword, which requires higher blacksmithing skills.
"I hope there will be more players with resources, otherwise what can I do with such a long city wall!"
He resigned himself to the choice of building a stone city gate. If he could build 30 meters, he would build 30 meters first, and then replace it bit by bit.
The system's products must be exquisite. The tower is grand and simple, and the arched corridor is about three meters high. The stone city gate inside looks extremely heavy. The two doors are cut from a whole piece of granite. It is estimated that it will take several brute-force men to push. Once closed, it will be very difficult for the beasts outside to rush in through the corridor.
The city wall is made of long pieces of granite neatly stacked and arranged. It is pleasing to the eye and very strong. The five-meter-high city wall is as solid as a rock and will not be easily breached.
There are steps on the inside to go up. Luo Ling couldn't wait to lead two soldiers to the tower. The wall is about one meter wide and can accommodate several people freely.
The uneven wall battlements are neatly arranged, and the soldiers can hide behind the battlements to shoot arrows and defend.
Right above the city gate is a pointed building, which can serve as an observation tower and a wartime command center. In addition, there are a series of architectural facilities such as small beacon towers.
The wooden arrow towers next to it were successfully integrated into the city wall. They were directly erected on the city wall, and they launched indiscriminate attacks on the enemy from a high position.
"It really deserves to be a city wall that cost so much stone and survival points. It looks really good." Luo Ling was very satisfied with it. He had begun to imagine the scene after upgrading the stone city wall again in the future. Maybe he could ride a horse on the city wall.
He was a person who had been to the Great Wall and knew that the walls in his territory were not the final form. They could be higher, wider, and stronger!
Gary and Valen became bumpkins. They stood on the city wall, touched and looked around, and even gestured at the parapets. They were very excited.
"What do you think of this kind of city wall?" Luo Ling asked. Anyway, he thought that the 100 stone and survival points were worth it.
Valen's face flushed with excitement. He nodded desperately and said, "This is the most powerful wall I have ever seen. It is so great that no one can conquer it!"
"I don't even want to go down from this wall tonight. It would be great if I could patrol it all the time." Gary looked at the wooden wall not far away and saw the difference at a glance. He
originally thought that the wooden wall was pretty good, but now he finds that it is really average. There is really a difference when there is a comparison.
Luo Ling joked, "Let's work hard and try to build this wall around the territory as soon as possible."