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It was already dark, and no one had come to the settlement of William's teenagers.

In the river bed, the airship has disappeared, and what stands is a small steel castle. It is a standard one-piece small iron castle in the New World. Lu Ming summoned it. Now more than 20 people are in the small hollow iron castle.

This kind of iron fort is like a hollowed-out iron box in the middle. The four walls are four to five meters high and have shooting holes. Ten slave musketeers, two of whom guard one direction of the iron fort, and the remaining two on the walls of the iron fort. Cruising on the pedals next to it.

Jack was on the observation deck towering on one side of the iron castle, observing the distance with a telescope.

At this time, Lu Ming took out a pile of lunch boxes, which were hot and fragrant. There were tens of thousands of lunch boxes in the storage ring.

Yuan Qing took more than twenty boxes of lunch, Yuan Ba ​​blew a loud whistle, and one of the slaves stayed on guard, while the other slid down the slide from the shooting position of the iron castle and lined up with the gladiator slaves. Receive a lunch box from Yuanqing Office.

The location is a bit far away from where Lu Ming rested. The relationship between slaves and masters in the Southern Territory is such that no shadow can fall on the master. Many slave traditions are as irreversible as the laws of heaven.

Beside Lu Ming were Sekhmet, Yang Youji and Miss Zhang.

The lunch boxes are also different from what the slaves eat, including steak, seafood and meat dumplings.

The slaves received a box lunch of two meat and one vegetable, which was already a delicacy to them. After all, they were out on the field and their daily meals were welfare meals.

And if you use the food standards of the third continent, this kind of two-meat and one vegetable lunch box is really an unimaginable level of gourmet food.

"Sir, should I replace Jack for dinner?" Yang Youji stuffed a large piece of steak and a dozen small dumplings into her stomach. She had blue hair and blue eyes, and was a delicate little girl in a light blue uniform. , very petite and cute like a lolita, but her appetite is not ordinary.

As an extremely good sniper, she naturally felt that it was her job to replace the observation position.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "There are arrangements over there."

Sure enough, under the lookout pole, there was already a gladiator slave climbing up the slide. It was a crossbowman gladiator with very keen observation.

Lu Ming looked at Sekhmet, who was sitting next to him and eating dumplings very delicately. She didn't ask for steak. A dozen seafood dumplings were enough to satisfy her hunger. Moreover, she loved eating dumplings.

Of course, these small seafood dumplings are not mixed with vegetables and meat like the Han people in the northern regions are used to. They are actually pure seafood, crab meat, badou fish meat and shrimp meat. They have no other flavors. Delicious, more suitable for Westerners to get started with Chinese food.

She is now wearing a "bronze battle suit" all the time. It is said to be armor, but it looks like the texture is green plastic armor, which is made of cheap COS material.

It is true that although the holy warrior armor has lost its magical effect and can no longer be incorporeal, it still has its own peculiarities. For example, it is indeed extremely light and is made of plastic material, but its protection level is no different from that of steel plate armor.

And although it was downgraded to a "green outfit", the color is still very bright and beautiful. When she wears it on Sekhmet, she really looks like a beautiful girl with silver hair and cold warrior.

"Although the armor is light, it is not comfortable to wear all the time. I will bring a tent in a while. You can have a good rest and go to the armor." Lu Ming said.

Sekhmet shook his head slightly: "It's okay, I'm not tired."

Lu Ming nodded.

At this time, the gladiator slave looking into the distance with a telescope on the observation deck made a strange syllable from his throat, like an eagle croaking. Only the next second did he react. He pulled the light rope next to him, and the searchlight outside the fortress suddenly flickered. Shooting out a high beam, the beam of light swims into the distance.

This gladiator slave who was named "Arrow Eagle" by Lu Ming, his first reaction after discovering the enemy was still the usual warning with special syllables.

However, although he had also been trained as a sentry, the time was still short after all, and he temporarily forgot that the enemy visible in the telescope was actually far away, still several kilometers away, and the searchlight could not reach it at all.

Lu Ming smiled: "It should be someone from the settlement of William teenagers."

Coming at night meant that they were still full of hostility. They probably didn't believe in the strength of their side described by the young men in William, and they were still prepared to kill and steal as much as they could.

……

Several searchlight poles on the south side of the Iron Fortress shine at a distance of about 1000 meters, and the beams of light travel to the left and right respectively, making it an impossible task for foreign enemies to reach the Iron Fortress silently.

This may also have frightened the lurking "guests". For a long time no one was seen entering the range of the riverbed searchlight, even though Jack was using a loudspeaker to reassure them that he would not attack them if they came over.

In fact, using tweeters in many areas still carries the risk of attracting vicious beasts.

Because there are not only lone ferocious beasts in the desert, but also wandering ferocious beast groups that failed to compete with other ferocious beast groups for towns in the early days.

However, this kind of wandering ferocious beast group usually continues to compete for the territory of the town after it grows in strength, and should not appear in this area.

Because this place is already far away from the nearest Hedong Town, not to mention the small town of Hedong Town, it is not worth being fought over by multiple groups of ferocious beasts.

When the airship arrived, no stray beasts were seen along the way.

Half an hour later, no one from the settlement had entered the searchlight area.

Then, the gate of the steel castle slowly rose, and a grass-green tank slowly drove out.

A few minutes later, the steel behemoth stopped in the searchlight pole.

There are five people in the tank, Lu Ming and Zhang Xiaoniang are in the rear gun compartment, Yuan Ba ​​and Yuan Qing are in the driving position and machine gun position in the cockpit.

Miss Zhang is a military doctor, but she is very skilled in loading artillery shells and is very skilled in aiming and training. Her name has an oriental charm, but she is actually a hot girl with red hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a light blue female officer's uniform. At this time, she clicked the red button Launch button.

There was a "bang" from a mound a few hundred meters ahead, like an earthquake, with mud and sand flying. Several figures hiding in a nearby ravine suddenly screamed and ran away.

At this time, Lu Ming opened the tank cover and got out of the tank with Sekhmet who was right next to him.

Sekhmet blocked half of Lu Ming's body, and the corners of her mouth curled up a little, because it was Lu Ming who asked her to protect him.

For the first time, Lu Ming became a coward who cherished his life.

Lu Ming was also a little helpless. He really couldn't afford to die here. If his head was smashed here, he would completely lose contact with the Third Continent. By then, he really didn't know what his people in the Third Continent would be like. What happened?

"Your leader, here comes one! Mr. Magician Three is here!" Yuan Qing shouted loudly after getting off the tank.

After a long time, a dark shadow slowly walked over and entered the searchlight lamppost.

The man in ragged clothes couldn't tell how old he was, because his face was covered with dirt and his hair was dirty in strands. He looked exactly like a beggar from a peaceful world.

Different from the beggar, his wrists, knees and other places are tied with several rusty iron pieces. It seems that they are equipped with armor as much as possible, and it is not to protect the heart and head and other vital parts, but to protect Injuries will affect your ability to continue fighting or your body position to escape.

Lu Ming couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Sekhmet. Armor like Sekhmet was completely shocking in this world.

"I'm Crazy Ya Heng." The beggar stroked his chest and bowed slightly, "It's an honor to meet Mr. Third!" It was a little different from Jack Wheel's accent, but it was still close to the southern language, and Lu Ming could understand it.

Lu Ming smiled: "Recently, I destroyed a nest of ferocious beasts and rebuilt the civilization of our mainland city-state for the city-state of Hedong. I think you should have gotten the news!"

"Yes, sir, I heard young William's whisper, but I still feel unbelievable." Crazy Ya Heng rolled his eyes, "I heard that sir, there are huge balloons that can fly?"

His face was covered with dirt and his expression was hard to read, but Lu Ming knew that he definitely didn't believe what young William said. He probably thought that he had given young William some weed juice like LSD.

"I welcome you to visit my city-state, because the Hedong city-state will be open to all peace-loving settlements for free trade, and my city-state will provide security!" Lu Ming smiled and pointed behind him, "You can come with me Take an airship to my city.”

It can be seen that after the madman Ya Heng was stunned for a moment, his eyes quickly moved, obviously considering the pros and cons.

"What's there to be afraid of!" Yuan Qing said angrily, "If I want to kill you all, I can turn you into scum with just one shot!"

Madman Ya Heng didn't get angry after hearing Yuan Qing's words. Instead, he looked at the raised gun barrel of the grass-green tank and murmured: "Is this an artillery piece?"

After all, the Third Continent had developed into the mid-eighteenth century before the wave of ferocious beasts. There must have been artillery, and the vocabulary and legends were probably passed down, but naturally few people saw the real objects. Jack Spinner also said that there were only a few of the largest ones. Only in the settlements, cannons left by the ancestors were found, and after repairing them, not many could still be used. He also heard that he had not been to the most famous settlements. After all, they were too far away, and the largest ones were The settlements, I heard, are all in the central or southern part of the continent.

It is said that there is an extremely powerful and peaceful Paradise Town that is not afraid of any ferocious beasts and welcomes immigrants from any settlement.

Many people from the settlements in the far north here ventured into the long journey to the south, hoping to enter that paradise.

But I don’t know if anyone has found it. Those adventurers did not return safely, and neither did Ben. Let’s not say that he died on the way if he couldn’t find it. Even if he found it, how could he risk coming back again?
However, Jack did not believe this legend. He believed that it was a lie made up by some wise men during that desperate period when the tide of ferocious beasts was at its most raging, in order to make the settlement people still have hope and have the courage to live. , because if mankind loses its dreams and hopes, it will not be far from being annihilated in the long river of history.

Regarding this point, Lu Ming felt that Jack was indeed a famous adventurer, and he still had some opinions of his own.

Jack also said that even if there is a paradise town, it is a city-state east of the river, and this is the real paradise.

These thoughts flashed through Lu Ming's mind, and he smiled at madman Ya Heng and said, "Please!"

Lu Ming walked forward, with Sekhmet following him.

The tanks rumbled slowly behind.

In the darkness, madman Ya Heng made some gestures and followed him.

The leaders of the apocalyptic settlement are naturally not ordinary people. Life and death are sometimes not so scary to them.

Back in front of the steel fortress, right in front of Madman Yaheng, the steel fortress and tanks disappeared, and the huge airship slowly floated out of the void.

Madman Ya Heng's eyes were full of shock. It was probably at this time that he understood how the title "Mr. Magician Three" came from.

But before he followed the large troops onto the airship, he secretly made some marks on the original locations of the steel fortress and tanks.

Lu Ming noticed his small movements and thought, he must have thought that he had used some kind of blinding method to make these things invisible. In fact, the steel fortress, tanks, etc. were still nearby.

He might have planned that if he could get back safely, he would come here to find the fort and the tanks and take them for himself.

……

The airship slowly took off, and Lu Ming accelerated slightly on the return journey. It took less than an hour to arrive at Hedong Town.

Madman Yaheng was allowed to wander around the planned trade market in the city.

This is an area in the city that is also surrounded by barbed wire. The area is roughly similar to the large trading market in Lu Ming's previous life. Many slaves are building walls. It will be completely isolated from the city. After entering the market from the outer city, it will be an independent area. I think It is not possible to inspect the city with naked eyes.

Under the guidance of a slave, Madman Yaheng even went to wash his face.

Lu Ming gradually followed the local customs. Although his subordinates included all slaves, Qingshui still used it as he should.

But the water used by outsiders, such as the face wash water brought to madman Ya Heng, is dirty water used by slaves to wash clothes and so on.

Even so, Yaheng immediately drank half of the basin and drank it. It seemed that the water he usually drank was much dirtier than this, and he might not be able to fill it up.

Seeing this scene, even the thin girl leading him was stunned.

Lu Ming didn't receive any snacks or tea from Yaheng. Yaoyao brought him a piece of black bread just like she did to the young William.

Yaheng couldn't wait any longer, so he immediately picked it up and stuffed it into his mouth, his eyes widening immediately.

It is also brown bread. The bread of the people in the city is soft and soft, and it melts in your mouth. It is simply unbelievable. Let alone tasting it in this life, I have never imagined that bread can taste so delicious.

Seeing the intoxicated look on his face, Lu Ming felt helpless. He had never thought that black bread, which was said to be so hard that it could kill people in a joke, would become a super delicacy here.

"Ya Heng, as you can see, we will provide this kind of bread and some water resources for trade. Everyone can exchange what they have, and nearby settlements can also come here to trade! We provide safety guarantee!"

Lu Ming also understood that most of the nearby settlements he mentioned had to walk for several days and nights to get here. The Yaheng settlement took two days and two nights to get here, so the distance was not too far.

"We are happy to trade with Mr.'s city-state!" Yaheng visibly became more energetic after swallowing the bread. He stood up and bowed slightly again.

Lu Ming smiled and said: "This is the situation. As for the trade point, it will take a few days before we complete the construction, so you don't have to rush."

"What does your city-state need? What is it urgently needed?" Yaheng asked, rolling his eyes.

Lu Ming smiled and said: "I mainly provide safe trade points to each settlement. We will take a small fee from it. In addition, we will see some goods we need. When the time comes, there is nothing urgently needed for the time being." Get your stone coins.

Ya Heng shook his head in disappointment.

"Then, I'll send you back?" Lu Ming said with a smile.

"I'd better walk by myself, thank you sir, but I want to walk back to the settlement and know the way again." Ya Heng rolled his eyes.

Lu Ming thought, this guy wanted to go back along the way to see where the steel fortress was hidden by the blind method, right?

Without saying anything, Lu Ming smiled and said, "Okay, I'll send you out of the city!"

"It's an honor to meet you, sir! Allow me to take my humble leave!" Ya Heng bowed again.

(End of this chapter)