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"Wu" (坞) means a place with black soil.

In the Qiulong Mountain area, most houses use blue tiles, which connect to form a vast, dark expanse. Therefore, the word "wu" can be understood as a village settlement with interconnected rooftops.

"Bao" (堡) means to protect the land, and can be understood as a structure with the function of protecting the local area.

Therefore, a "wubao" (坞堡) is a residential settlement with military defense capabilities.

In these large settlements, villages are connected to each other, with layers of walls stacked upon each other. Each village has a watchtower with a drum hanging from it.

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If any village encounters an enemy situation, they can sound the drum, and the surrounding villages will respond by beating their drums in succession. Villages further away will also continue to sound the drums, and even more distant villages will do the same.

In this way, the sound of the drums can spread for hundreds of miles in an instant, and the militia stationed in various strategic locations will mobilize their forces to encircle and suppress the bandits.

This entire system is the basic military defense structure of the various wubao in the chaotic Qiulong Mountain area, where bandits are rampant.

And now, Li Hai stands at the outermost layer of the Zhou Family Fortress defense system - the outer rampart.

The so-called rampart (垒壁), the character "lei" (垒) can be visually understood as a pile of earth clods, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom.

The character "bi" (壁) means to open up the earth, using knives and axes to create two neat, smooth, and steep sides. It is a higher level of "lei," more solid, straight, and flat.

Therefore, the outer rampart of the Zhou Family Fortress is a winding, continuous earth and stone wall.

Outside this stone wall is a winding dirt road, large expanses of farmland, and farmers and livestock walking in the fields.

Li Hai did not choose to move at night, but waited until the sun rose and the sky was bright before coming to this Zhou Family Fortress.

The reason is not complicated: he did not want to resort to sneaky assassination.

Li Hai wanted to slaughter Zhou Yugen and his family like dogs in the marketplace, in broad daylight and in full view of everyone.

After arriving at the Zhou Family Fortress, Li Hai stood on the road, and the surrounding pedestrians and vendors began to avoid him unconsciously, not daring to approach him at all.

Almost everyone who detoured was inwardly filled with fear and amazement at Li Hai's size and strength.

However, there were also many simple villagers who were not too afraid, but simply marveled.

For example, an old farmer carrying a hoe fearlessly struck up a conversation with Li Hai as he passed by:

"Young man, you are really strong."

Li Hai also happened to want to ask for directions, so he simply stood by the road and chatted with the old farmer:

"Old man, are you done working for the day?"

"Finished, finished. The old man has little land and less work."

"Is the land your own?"

"No, no."

The old farmer shook his head repeatedly, "More than 90% of the land in Zhou Family Fortress belongs to the Zhou family. I am just a tenant farmer of the Zhou family."

Li Hai frowned immediately upon hearing this: "That's so harsh. How do you support your family like that?"

"You can't say such things."

The old farmer waved his hands repeatedly, looking terrified, "The old man will be miserable if the Zhou family hears it."

Then he sighed and said, "The old man has no family, just myself."

"Where is your family?"

"They all died, killed by people."

"The Zhou family?"

The old farmer was silent for a moment, then said, "If my grandson was still alive, he should be about your age, but probably not as strong as you."

Li Hai nodded: "Old man, do you know which direction to go to Niujiao Town?"

"It's simple, just follow this road straight without turning, and you'll be there in a few miles."

"Do all the Zhou family members live in Niujiao Town?"

"Niujiao Town is the most prosperous in the entire Zhou Family Fortress, so all the Zhou family members live there."

"I understand."

Li Hai nodded and said, "Old man, if you are free today, you can go to Niujiao Town. I will slaughter the entire Zhou family there, to avenge you and everyone."

"Ah?!" The old farmer was dumbfounded, "Young man, what... what are you talking about? Old man... old man, I don't understand."

Li Hai said nothing more, just smiled, then turned around and took a step, rushing towards Niujiao Town with heavy afterimages, leaving the old farmer and pedestrians on the road standing there dumbfounded.

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Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Along the long mud road, heavy, muffled sounds kept coming from the fields, and sudden, exploding soil pits kept appearing.

The pedestrians on the road looked in fear, but could not see anyone, as if an invisible beast had just swept past, without intersecting with the human world.

They did not know that Li Hai was actually running, rushing towards Niujiao Town at a speed of more than fifty feet per second.

If he ran on the road, every one of these pedestrians would be crushed to pieces and die without a complete corpse.

Fortunately, Li Hai was not so crazy. To avoid harming the innocent, he only ran quickly in the uninhabited fields outside the road.

Even so, the strong wind brought up by Li Hai's rapid run still shook the big and small trees near him, causing them to rustle.

"Huff~"

"Sip~"

Li Hai, striding and running fast, maintained steady breathing. His strong heart sent streams of blood to his limbs, allowing inexhaustible strength to surge within him.

In fact, as he delved deeper into the realm of Steel and Iron Bones, Li Hai became more and more certain that he was immune to almost all firearm attacks.

Even the so-called anti-material sniper rifles might not be able to harm him.

Because his current body strength was so exaggerated and terrifying that it could even withstand bombs and artillery.

At the same time, Li Hai was not idle during the run.

He glanced at the personal interface and pushed the supernatural skill he learned from Qiu Fangzheng to the end with a thought.

In an instant, Li Hai gained two more entry characteristics: [Absorb Yin 1] and [Conceal Breath 1].

At the same time, he suddenly understood the essence of the supernatural power 《Yinji Gathering Yin》.

The so-called Yinji refers to mountains, and mountains are eternally silent and solid.

Therefore, 《Yinji Gathering Yin》 is a supernatural power that can both absorb the yin energy of deep mountains and conceal traces and hide breath.

But the strange thing is that living people cannot withstand yin energy. Too much yin energy will cause illness, and even weaken luck and lead to death.

Therefore, 《Yinji Gathering Yin》 is actually a ghost-like supernatural power born for the dead, which can only be activated and effective after the possessor of this supernatural power dies and becomes a ghost.

This is the fundamental reason why ghosts like Qiu Fangzheng, whose corpses were rotten and had no concept of bloodline, could still possess bloodline supernatural powers.

From this supernatural power, Li Hai also suddenly realized.

Where there is one, there is two, and where there is two, there is three.

Since there are such things as double-entry supernatural powers, then there must also be more powerful supernatural powers, martial arts, spells, etc. with more entry characteristics in this world.

Waiting for him to find, to discover, to pick.

"Arrived."

Li Hai stopped outside a tall archway, "This is Niujiao Town."