Lords Trying to Survive: Strategizing from a Rundown Yard

When Zong Shen returned to the territory through the teleportation light gate.

On the rock base area near the Green Cypress Forest, the battle between the tauren and the centaurs finally came to an end.

Just as he had guessed before, the centaur side was ultimately defeated.

The tauren of the Stonetalon tribe lost about one-third of their warriors, and the centaurs of the Wildhoof tribe lost more than 60% of their elite warriors.

The remaining centaurs were all injured, and even the centaur Khan who led the team was seriously injured.

He retreated hastily back to the Wildhoof tribe.

Without the [Desolate Hoof Totem], relying solely on natural reproduction, they would need at least ten years to recover. .

The tauren did not pursue the victory, but silently dragged their dead and injured companions back to the Stonetalon tribe.

The chief of the clan, Manjiao Stoneclaw, has already issued clear instructions.

They will return to the tribe to regroup, and then the chief and the tauren prophets in the tribe will decide whether to launch a general attack on the centaurs of the Wildhoof tribe!

In addition, the news of a suspicious griffon hovering over the tribe also reached the chief's ears.

For such a situation, the tauren of the Stonetalon tribe still need to make more arrangements.

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But these situations have nothing to do with Zong Shen who returned to his territory for the time being.

The teleportation light door stood in place and disappeared after five minutes.

During the pursuit, the Eye of Cthulhu sensed Zong Shen's change in position through the mark.

Purple evil energy shone brightly as he sprinted forward, turned a sharp corner, and flew towards Zong Shen's territory.

If the Eye of Cthulhu was conscious, I'm afraid it would have begun to curse now.

Although Cthulhu is an evil energy and hopes to control nightmares to create fear, it will not torment people like this... no... it is tormenting the eyeballs!

After returning to the territory, Zong Shen's tense nerves could finally relax.

At night, the territory is still busy.

The erection of new buildings, the relocation of the defense matrix, and the addition of straw huts and dwellings all required a large number of manpower.

In addition, according to Zong Shen's previous plan, several fifth-level city wall circles will be built near the central circle.

This is also a big project and is expected to consume most of the resource reserves in the territory.

Fortunately, after the Xiao Heizi incident, Zong Shen went to take over a large amount of unclaimed territory.

In this way, we have obtained many basic resources, otherwise we would not be able to build it.

The construction of these city wall circles to protect the central area will not be wasted. After the defensive challenge is over, these city walls can be moved to the designated area, which can also be regarded as laying the groundwork for future territorial walls.

In addition to bringing back a large amount of basic resources, taking over unclaimed territory also resulted in many defense towers and buildings, which required secondary relocation and construction.

Therefore, farmers in the territory have basically mobilized.

Most of the hero-level talents also coordinate migration and planning tasks under the leadership of key heroes.

Luna, who went out in the morning, also successfully brought the kobolds back to her territory, including the remaining garrison and the two crypt demons.

The entrance to the mine is covered by an illusion magic disk, and four two-headed hell dogs are left behind just in case.

Others returned to their territories as soon as possible to completely curb the dispersion of the territory's citizens.

Currently, everyone is staying in the territory except Xiao Heizi who is not in the territory.

Griffons and manticores still adopt a nest rotation system.

While maintaining their original nests, Feihu and Yingjiang will return regularly, allowing the gryphons and manticores stationed in the territory to rotate.

After being intimidated by Xiao Heizi, Yingjiang and Feihu can reluctantly coexist peacefully.

The premise is that they are not allowed to stay in the same area.

The territory is so big, it’s okay for everyone to have their own side.

The first thing Zong Shen did when he came back was to take a comfortable bath in the hot spring hut.

Then he went to the industrial area in the southwest of the territory and handed the damaged [Magic Drilling Machine] to Ironhand Barenque who was studying the Evil Eye Gatling vehicle in the [Workshop], and gave it to him at the same time. Some [lubricating oil] are required to repair the damage of the drilling machine as much as possible.

At the same time, let him replace the metal cover on the back of the drilling machine.

He had a question before, and that was how Gurta and Letay locked his position.

Later, through the strategy module, he learned that Gurta had left a bloody tooth mark on the back of the drill.

This imprint is very effective.

It can lock the approximate location of the mark within a range of 10,000 kilometers to 100,000 kilometers, with an error of no more than two kilometers.

It can accurately lock marks within a range of 10,000 kilometers, with an error of no more than 200 meters.

However, the mark can only be sensed by the person who cast it, and cannot be shared within the Bloodfang Mercenary Group.

So Zong Shen doesn't have anything to worry about. After all, Gurta and Letai have been taken into the prisoner space by him, and they will be in a frozen state for the next week. Whether to kill or keep them is all at his discretion.

It would be unreasonable to just keep it, so I simply let the iron be replaced together.

After explaining, he went to the nearby [Blacksmith Shop] for a walk.

In addition to assisting in the forging of materials for rough forging and re-forging, the dwarf uncle has recently been responsible for the research of the "Gryphon Bomber", mainly considering how to install a combat platform on Yingjiang's body.

In addition to jet equipment, you should also consider equipping Yingjiang with a [bomb drop rack], an air-to-air crossbow, and even a mana cannon.

According to Yingjiang's size, if only one person is allowed to ride it, its load capacity still has a lot of margin.

Of course, what this refers to is a short-range load. It does not mean that the Eagle Sauce is loaded with weapons and has to continuously travel thousands of kilometers for attack and delivery.

The concept of a combat platform is easy to understand, but it is not easy to make it practical.

A large amount of rigorous testing and experimentation is required to ensure the maneuverability of the Eagle Sauce.

Only in this way can it meet the strategic definition of the "Gryphon Bomber" program.

High mobility penetration is an essential item.

So the dwarf uncle is also very busy.

There are quite a few beta combat platform components being built these days.

Yingjiang also has to come over frequently to cooperate with the experiments.

When Zong Shen arrived, a bonfire was lit outside the blacksmith shop.

In the open space on the side, the dwarf uncle is working with Doris, using the [Fire Breathing] skill of her staff to forge welding materials and make a mobile track that looks like a giant crossbow or a magic cannon.

On the other side are three groups of rectangular [bomb-drop racks] five meters long and fifty centimeters wide.

The bottom of the shelf is movable, fixed by a living axis, and a handle extends through the same rotating axis.

When dropping bombs, you need to manually shake the handle to open the [Bomb Drop Rack].

Once turned on, all the [bombs] in this group of racks will be released at once, and then affected by the flight of the Eagle Sauce, an uneven straight line will be exploded underground.

Taking the size of the most common [Goblin Bomb] in Zong Shen’s hands as an example, such a set of [Bomb Drop Racks] can hold approximately fifteen Goblin Bombs!

Three groups are forty-five!

Enough to plow out three paths woven by the explosions.

After Zong Shen learned about the situation at the [Blacksmith Shop], he left with his hands behind his back.

Originally, he was going to take a look at the relocation construction of the defense matrix.

However, he received Luna's crystal communication before driving the [Heavy Bearer Mecha] very far.

She and Vereesa were waiting for Zong Shen in the lord's fortress.

Vereesa wants to report on the harvest of items found in the Goblin tribe and nearby Alliance army ruins.

Luna needs to report the situation in the mine in person.

Originally, this situation was to be reported by the kobold chief Dutra.

However, the kobold has just returned from the mine, and there are still many things that need to be coordinated, which cannot be separated from Dutra.

Therefore, this situation can only be reported by Luna herself.

After getting the news, Zong Shen decided not to wander around for the time being and returned directly to the lord's fortress.

When they parked the [Heavy Bearer Mecha] and walked up the stairs to the fortress hall, Vereesa and Luna were talking quietly in the living room.

Seeing Zong Shen walk in, they immediately stopped talking, stood up and bowed to Zong Shen.

"grown ups!"

"Sir, you are back."

Zong Shen nodded slightly and sat down casually on the chair in the living room.

After looking at Vereesa and Luna respectively, his eyes finally rested on Luna.

"Then let Luna report the situation in the mine first."

Hearing what he said, Luna nodded and paused for a moment to organize her words.

"Sir, based on the reaction of the kobold chief Dutra."

"Yesterday, during normal mining of the West Road Mine, an unexpected situation occurred."

"The wailing of a suspected dead person suddenly appeared deep in the West Road mine tunnel."

"Follow the instructions you left before."

"Duttra sent a team of investigators to the West Road to investigate."

"According to what the exploration team said, there are a lot of traces of the undead wandering deep in the West Road Mine!"

"They also encountered attacks from resurrected skeletons."

"Fortunately, no powerful undead have been found in the West Road Mine Road yet!"

Luna looked calm and spoke in a slightly faster tone.

"Undead?"

"West Road Mine Road?"

"Isn't the west direction close to the bunker in Azshara Mountain?"

Zong Shen asked, and then the relevant location information appeared in his mind.

"Yes, they are indeed undead."

"Judging from the resurrected skeletons, most of them are the skeletons of elves, demons, and trolls."

"It should be left by the dead in the ancient battlefield."

"The resistance army turned to fight underground after the fall of Eshara."

"That includes the mine!"

Luna already had her own inference about this.

Zong Shen had obtained clues to the rebels' secret stronghold before.

The mine was also one of the places where the resistance was originally active.

Even after comprehensively analyzing the locations of Azshara's city sewers, mines, mountain bunkers, and bone burial bunkers, Zong Shen suspected that these four locations were likely to be connected to each other.

"I know, but what happened next?"

"Until there is a new mine exploration plan, the most important thing is to maintain the current status."

Zong Shen said softly, and Luna nodded with deep understanding.

"This is also what you have explained before."

"Dutra later mobilized a squadron of kobold miners to go to the West Road mine tunnel under the protection of the garrison, and asked the kobold miners to dig out a section of the mine tunnel that was 123 meters long."

"The extension line deep in the West Road mine tunnel is blocked."

"With such a long section collapsed and sealed, even the powerful and terrifying undead cannot easily get through it."

Luna reported truthfully that the mine has always been Zong Shen's heart.

It is also the main way for the territory to obtain resources in the future.

Originally, this mine could meet the long-term development needs of a huge city.

Even if part of it has been mined, the remaining part is an out-and-out treasure trove for Zong Shen at this stage!

Enough to maintain the development of the territory to the giant city level!

By that time, Zong Shen may already have more mines.

If it weren't for the defensive challenge, he really wouldn't have transferred the kobolds and the two hundred reserve miners back now.

But now that undead appeared in the mine, he had to adjust his subsequent plans.

After the defensive challenge is over, he is ready to take the team on a personal trip.

This time his goal is to more than double the existing tunnel in the mine!

It is a huge project to completely clear the entire mine, including the densely packed branch roads.

Not to mention that the mine itself may be connected to the mountain bunker in the northwest and the sewers of Azshara.

Taken together, the mine is connected to several underground ruins around Azshara. It may be a connected super-large ruins, so the exploration of several ruins actually has something in common.

It's just that the distribution locations are different.

It's like a dense network spread underground.

Starting from different directions, the ultimate goal is to understand the entire context.

"Luna, please tell Dutra these days."

"After the defensive challenge is over, I will lead the team to clear more mine tunnels."

"In addition, there are still about three days until the defensive challenge, so the kobolds and miners should not be idle."

"Deploy some of the high-level cavalry and wolf cavalry in the territory to form a guard team, and take them to collect stones nearby!"

After Zong Shen thought for a while, he issued a relatively clear instruction.

"I understand, sir."

"I'll go find Dutra in a moment."

Luna smiled slightly and sat next to Zong Shen.

After the report on what happened in the mine was over, it was Vereesa's turn.

She stood up, straightened her body and began to report.

"Sir, we have collected many items from the destruction of the Goblin tribe and the surrounding ruins of the Alliance army."

"Including a batch of treasure chests, dinars, equipment, traveling merchant supplies, etc."

"First of all, there are treasure chests. There are one platinum treasure chest, three gold treasure chests, seven silver treasure chests, eleven bronze treasure chests, and nine black iron treasure chests."

When Vereesa said this, she paused.

Zong Shen, who was sitting on the chair, showed a thoughtful expression.

The number of treasure chests in this wave is quite good, and there should be unscreened trap treasure chests among them.

In addition, he looted the treasure chest from the Wild Hoof tribe. Together, he opened the chest with a wave of vitality.

In addition, he still has a lucky bag that he has yet to open.

He was busy avoiding the Eye of Cthulhu at noon today and didn't even bother to use [Anna's Divination Coin]. He could only wait until noon tomorrow.

He wasn't in a hurry anyway.

After the divination was successful, he opened the box again.

Use the "lucky value" of the Endless Continent to influence the unboxing of the lord system.

As for the number of black iron treasure chests being only nine, it is easy to understand.

Some lords had previously ventured to explore the Alliance Army ruins near the Goblin tribe.

That surface ruins is not a secret among the regional lords.

After this period of exploration, some treasure chests were also taken away by those lords who took risks to explore.

Thinking of this, he nodded and motioned for Vereesa to continue.

"Ahem!"

"In addition to the treasure chest, two unknown rune gate keys were found, all from the Alliance Army ruins, as well as an Azshara Elf secret key!"

"Then it's dinars. I got a total of 2,679,382 dinars worth, as well as some uncorrupted ironware, cloth, clay pots, and horn cups..."

"There are about thirty-seven luggage boxes of various traveling merchant goods."

"The last thing is the equipment. The detailed types will be collected and classified by Mariel."

"Among them, there are the largest number of Goblin scimitars and black iron throwing spears. There are also a small number of good-grade equipment and Avalon standard equipment. The Goblins should have found them from the ruins or attacked the Kingdom team."

"The equipment, including the [Crossbow of Evil Intent] and [Wrath of the Evil God] you requested, have all been collected. In addition, a strange totem with carvings full of eyeballs was also found in the tribe. In order to ensure that there is no problem, I specially moved the territory Make a space in the storage box just for it.”

"The territorial storage box will not be disturbed in any way, so there shouldn't be any accidents."

Vereesa accurately reported all the materials collected.

Zong Shen knew everything else well.

Only the weird totem exceeded his expectations.

Including the previous strategy tips, it was not mentioned.

It is known that those goblins believe in the evil god Cthulhu.

Zong Shen became afraid of their things.

In particular, the totem is most likely the tribal totem of the goblins, and it is inevitably related to the outside gods.

He is upset now when he sees the big eyes.

"Thank you for your hard work Vereesa."

"Then you go and rest first."

"I will contact Mariel about the rest."

Zong Shen said with a smile.

Vereesa really put in a lot of effort in today's clearing battle.

It was not about combat, but almost all the subsequent looting and clearing was done under her command.

During the short half-day that Zong Shen left the territory, it was all up to these heroic talents to maintain the normal operation of the territory.

After receiving Zong Shen's affirmation, Veresa also showed a rare smile.

After nodding greetings to Zong Shen and Luna, he stood up and left the lord's courtyard, preparing to go to the hot spring pool to wash up and then rest.

Luna and Zong Shen were the only two people left in the fortress hall.

When Vereesa left, Luna, who was sitting next to Zong Shen, immediately put her hands around his neck.

Seductive lips pressed against her with burning emotion.

…

After a kiss, the two slowly separated.

"call…"

Zong Shen had not vented for several days and was a little breathless.

However, Luna had no further intention, which made him a little confused.

In the past, it was Luna who took the initiative than him.

But it's not a big deal. It won't be too late to get some rest later.

Now it is more important to look at the harvest first!

So he stood up and took Luna's hand to walk outside the fortress.