Chapter 141 The Fall of the Spirit World Scene
Shinriwadin is also not far from Dehrim. It takes about 30 minutes on horseback and 2 hours on foot.
This is calculated based on the daily travel time.
If you encounter an emergency and enter a forced march state.
It takes about 20 minutes for the cavalry and about an hour for the infantry to reach the vicinity of Rivadin from Dehrim.
If physical exertion is not taken into account, the time can be further shortened.
Of course now.
Because it was early morning, Shen Mu and his troops had just finished breakfast, so they were not in such a hurry.
Just use the time you spend on daily travel to slowly move towards Xinriwading.
But on the way, Shen Mu looked at the bumpy patches of land on both sides of the main road. They were obviously desert terrain, and appeared like alopecia among the fertile land of Longcheng.
It looks quite abrupt and uncoordinated.
Shen Mu couldn't help but frowned.
Because he knew that this appearance was obviously the scene of the spiritual world beginning to land in the Blue Star World, and was causing changes to the Blue Star World.
Transform the Blue Star world into the spiritual world.
"And I feel that the changes seem to be becoming more and more obvious." Shen Mu frowned even more.
The last time I came to Xinriwading, I didn’t see so much desert terrain on both sides of the road.
In other words, not much change in the spiritual terrain was found in the area from Dehrim to New Rivardin.
Only two days had passed.
Shen Mu actually discovered that there was more and more desert terrain on both sides of this main road.
It is obvious that a lot of desert terrain covering an area of more than ten acres appears sporadically among the fertile lands of the original Blue Star world, turning those fertile lands into handfuls of yellow sand and a mixed layer of hardened sand and soil with only a small amount of thorny shrubs growing on it.
It looks extremely barren.
And at first glance, one feels a little uneasy.
"This reminds me of the land in the Sarand Sultanate." At this time, Airen followed Shen Mu. While riding forward, he looked at the desert terrain on both sides of the road and couldn't help frowning slightly.
In his impression, the steppes of the Khergit Khanate and the border area with the Sarand Sultanate are a mixture of grassland and desert.
But compared to the current scene.
The mixture of fertile land and desert seems a bit strange.
"But I have to say." Airen looked at the fertile land around him and the soft sandy land that had hardened on the surface due to lack of water, and raised his eyebrows and said, "Any cavalryman would like this kind of terrain very much."
"Indeed." Shen Mu nodded in agreement.
If before, the cultivated suburban farmland of Blue Star still had small obstacles such as irrigation canals, gullies, and ridges for the cavalry, it might have had a certain impact on the cavalry's charge.
However, it was changed by the desert terrain of the spiritual world and became extremely flat, which made it suitable for cavalry charges or tactical maneuvers.
This gave Shen Mu a feeling that everything was bad, but as things progressed, they actually got better.
What's more, Shen Mu now has the grassland bandits' stronghold and the recruiting building.
Whether they were the Kugits or the bandits, they were all light cavalry on horseback.
Better suited to these flat terrains.
This also made Shen Mu even more eager to see the establishment of this grassland bandit stronghold, and to recruit the Kugit people and grassland bandits, two types of light cavalry, as soon as possible.
The way forward.
As we got closer to Xinriwading, the surrounding areas showed more and more bald desert terrains from the spiritual world.
There is even a feeling of being connected into one piece.
There were so many of them, as if they were countless bubble ponds in a large swamp.
Until we arrived at the Vikia village of New Rivadin.
Looking at the foundation that has been laid and the wood that has been erected one by one, ready to start building the village.
Shen Mu's mood gradually became more relaxed from the initial solemnity.
This is my village after all.
"Respected Lord Shen Mu, respected Lord Aileyen, welcome back again."
The construction contractor from Vikia Kuche hurried over to greet them.
"Yeah." Shen Mu nodded, and at the same time he got off his horse, looked at the already excavated foundations and the hundreds of meters long walls that had been built, and asked, "How is it going now?"
"Oh, that's right, Master Shen Mu."
The construction contractor immediately replied: "The foundation has been dug. As long as all the processed wood is arranged neatly and erected in the foundation around the edge of the village, the wall will be built soon."
The construction contractor also seemed very confident when he spoke. After all, the workers under him were very skilled.
The walls built were tight and strong, and were tied together firmly with hemp ropes at the top layer.
Even if siege hammers were used to hit the walls, it would take a while for the wood to be broken and collapsed.
This is enough to show that the construction contractor is confident in the strength of the wall built by his construction workers.
Otherwise, this construction contractor would not have dared to boast before that he often obtained military construction contracts from lords, nobles and manor owners in the Kingdom of Vikia.
Although many of them are just subcontract construction contracts for certain military buildings.
But this also represents his strength.
If he didn't have a good reputation, he wouldn't have received so many subcontracting invitations.
"And the 20 village houses, 8 wooden sentry towers, 4 wooden watchtowers, 2 wooden city gates, and 20 wooden sentry posts have all been planned, and the foundations have all been dug."
The building contractor is still talking.
His tone seemed very relaxed and confident: "Master Shen Mu, these buildings can basically be completed within the next week."
"Well, you and your workers have done a good job." Shen Mu nodded and praised: "Keep it up."
However, right in front of Shen Mu, a dialog box appeared along with his thought communication system.
["New Riwading" is building:]
[Wooden fence (25% completed): 7 days of construction remaining. ]
[20 village houses (14% completed): 7 days of construction remaining.]
[8 wooden sentry towers (36% completed): 3 days of construction remaining. ]
[4 wooden watchtowers (33% completed): 3 days of construction remaining. ]
[2 wooden city gates (15% completed): 7 days of construction remaining. ]
[20 wooden sentry posts (41% completed): 3 days of construction remaining.]
[Tip: Consume 1000 Faith Points/each building to speed up the construction time by 1 day. ]
These are the buildings under construction in Xinriwading and the remaining construction time.
Most are 3 days or 7 days.
"In that case, let's speed up the upgrade of the wall."
Shen Mu pondered.
Then the mind communicated directly with the system and determined the idea of using the power of faith to speed up construction.
Wooden walls are a prerequisite for upgrading stone walls in subsequent castle buildings.
Build it in advance.
As Shen Mu confirmed, a new dialog box appeared in front of him.
[Ding! You have spent 7000 points of faith, confirming that the construction time of the wooden wall has been accelerated by 7 days. ]
【Your wooden fence at "New Riwading" is completed. 】
Just as Shen Mu confirmed it.
A new dialog box pops up.
And right in front of Shen Mu, the construction contractor who was originally communicating with him suddenly started to freeze and flicker.
And right before our eyes, the wall that originally surrounded the hill and covered the surrounding land and the edge of the Little Long River was quickly taking shape amidst the flashes and stutters.
It seemed like in the blink of an eye, the two-meter-high wall had surrounded the entire Xinriwading.
It means that the wall has been successfully built.
But this does not mean that Shen Mu wants to stop using the power of faith to speed up the construction of the building.
"Use the power of faith again to speed up the construction of the two city gates."
His mind communicated with the system again.
A new dialog box pops up again.
[Ding! You have used 14000 points of Faith Power to start speeding up the construction time of two "Wooden City Gates".]
[You have successfully built two wooden gates in "New Riwading". ]
[Your remaining reputation value is 33466 points. ]
At the same time, on the east and west sides of Xinriwading, the wooden city gate about 3 meters high paused and flickered for a few seconds, and quickly condensed from a virtual shadow into reality.
Then it means that the accelerated construction of the two wooden city gates has been successful.
With the successful construction of the city gates and walls, the entire New Riwadin has taken on a somewhat militarized look.
"good."
Shen Mu nodded in satisfaction.
In this way, simply closing the city gates at night can effectively prevent the undead monsters from invading in the dark.
What's more, there are 300 Vikian archers and 100 mercenary crossbowmen stationed there.
There is absolutely no problem in terms of defensive effect.
"In this way, wooden sentry posts, wooden sentry towers, and wooden watchtowers can all be built in 3 to 7 days. There is no need to continue wasting faith points. We can just let the construction contractor build them slowly."
Shen Mu turned his gaze towards the 20 houses in the village.
Now he has to consider the housing problem.
After all, this time in addition to the 400 long-range shooters, there are also 500 Vikia civilian units coming together to serve as population and plan to upgrade the current New Riwadin into a village.
Providing accommodation for 900 people is no small matter.
"There are 20 village houses, and there are still 7 days left to build. If you want to shorten the remaining time... then you will need more than 14 points of faith power?" Shen Mu came to this conclusion, and his eyes twitched slightly.
Sure enough, now in addition to the dinar, the consumption of the power of faith made him a little overwhelmed.
"The only thing to be thankful for is that Zhang Caidong will probably organize the ordinary people outside to pray today and replenish some faith power for me."
Shen Mu pondered for a moment.
"We have gained more than 2 ordinary people this time. If these 2 ordinary people pray sincerely, we should be able to gain more than 2 points of faith power every day."
From this perspective, the income of more than 2 points of faith power every day is not bad.
Of course, this is an optimistic estimate.
After all, not everyone can calm down and pray devoutly.
Interference from the outside world and internal friction will affect the effectiveness of devout prayers, the generation of spiritual energy, and the amount of faith power that is ultimately absorbed by the handle on the dragon flag fragment and converted into this spiritual energy.
What's more, these ordinary people had just accepted the collapse of their previous employer, the Diesel Company, and were feeling extremely anxious.
After another long journey, he arrived near his own town of Dehrim.
Confusion about the future.
Uncertainty about future life.
And be wary and cautious about unfamiliar things.
All of these will affect whether these ordinary people can calm down and remain calm when praying.
It will also ultimately affect the number of faith places generated.
This is why the diesel company was so domineering before, but was still polite to these ordinary people.
It is because they know that although these ordinary people have no combat power, they are directly threatened by the rules of the undead.
However, these ordinary people represent the creatures of the Blue Star world, and they are the most intelligent and have the most obvious fluctuations in thinking.
When the rules of the blue star and the rules of the spirit world merge together to resist the rules of the dead, they are now regarded as the best raw material for transforming into the power of faith by considering them as soul fluctuations.
Therefore, no one dares to cause too much harm to these ordinary people.
Instead, we treat them well and protect them.
It's like herding lambs.
Provide shelter, food and clothing.
Then let these lambs provide the power of faith like wool.
This metaphor is very vivid.
The lords of the spirit world are equivalent to farmers, while those human commanders of Blue Star who have signed contracts with the creatures of the spirit world and achieved resonance at the soul level are equivalent to sheepdogs.
Ordinary people who can produce the power of faith are equivalent to sheep.
The various monsters under the rules of the undead are equivalent to the hungry wolves outside that want to come in and devour the lambs.
Farmers are needed to bring their sheepdogs to resist.
After all, if the hungry wolf eats all the ordinary people who produce the power of faith, it means that the farm has lost its most important source of income.
Without a source of income, it is impossible to get enough food or enough supplies to maintain the farm.
Even if the sheepdogs didn't starve to death, they would scatter.
The farmer could only lead his increasingly dilapidated farm to destruction.
"If you think about it this way, it's actually similar to my current situation."
Shen Mu touched his chin at this time, looking at the castle he had built in the new Vikia village, which would be used as an important source of troops in the future.
I couldn't help but sigh: "After this small castle is built, maybe I can divert some of the Blue Star humans who are more loyal to me to come here to pray."
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Shen Mu shook his head and didn't think about it any further.
Instead, his thoughts communicated with the system again and contacted the last remaining reward.
The stronghold of grassland bandits!
“Begin to unfold.”
As Shen Mu gave instructions to the system.
'Om! '
The mysterious power from the Mount and Blade rules instantly changed his perspective to a third-person perspective again.
At the same time, right in the center of his vision, a simple house covering an area of about 500 square meters, built with wood, mud and stone, and surrounded by a circle of fences, stables and other complete architectural shadows, quietly appeared there.
At this time, it began to flash red or green light according to Shen Mu's perspective.
Shen Mu was not unfamiliar with this.
Red means there are obstacles or the terrain does not match, and the building cannot be deployed.
Green means that the building can be expanded.
"Then where should it be built?" Shen Mu pondered for a moment.
Looking at the village that has been built.
Especially the two-meter-high wall that completely covers a large area of land that covers the village.
"Then let's put this grassland bandit stronghold next to the west side."
Shen Mu looked towards the northwest corner of the west city gate.
When Dehrim was still a village, the area in the northwest corner was also planned as a military camp.
Although Xinriwadin is still a village now, it will need to be upgraded to a military castle in the future, so there is no need to consider civilian buildings.
Just consider the armory and granary as well as the related weapon workshop areas such as the craft and blacksmith shop.
The remaining buildings are those related to the military.
So there is no need to consider too many layout issues.
"From now on, the northwest and northeast corners will all be set up as recruitment buildings, the southwest corner will be set up as a warehouse area, and the southeast corner will be set up as a weapons workshop area."
Shen Mu made arrangements.
This arrangement is very good. At least in Shen Mu's opinion, there will be no problem in upgrading the village into a small castle later.
'Om! '
Just as Shen Mu was thinking about the arrangements, the building he was about to unfold turned from a phantom into reality.
A dialog box appears before my eyes.
[Ding! Congratulations! Your recruitment building "Grassland Bandit Base" has been deployed! ]
[You can recruit soldiers of your type through this building! ]
The dialog box flashes.
"Done." Shen Mu's lips curled up slightly.
Turn your head and look to the side.
In the northwest corner of the village wall, a wooden fence covering an area of about 500 square meters has been built.
There is also a stable of about 200 square meters inside.
A simple house of 200 square meters, built with stones as foundations, wood and covered with mud as insulation, appeared there.
There are five rooms in total.
Plus about 100 square meters of open space.
In the corner there are mannequins made of wood, wooden strips and mud.
There were several arrows and butcher knives stuck in it.
It looks shabby and doesn't look like a place where good people would stay.
In fact it is.
A stronghold of a group of wandering Kugit people who have broken away from their tribe, and the Kugit grassland bandits who make a living by robbery.
Of course, it is absolutely impossible for the people here to be hospitable and settle here.
And finally, in the stable.
There were 10 low-level grassland horses and 5 ordinary grassland horses that also solidified from the virtual shadows.
It materialized in the stable.
He lowered his head obediently and ate some hay in the trough in the stable.
From time to time, a "hissing" sound is heard.
Appears leisurely and comfortable.
In this way, the stronghold of the grassland bandits has been materialized.
"Not bad." Shen Mu nodded from a third-person perspective.
But when he wanted to cancel the third-person perspective, he subconsciously looked to the east again.
Because right in the sky, faintly in the corner of the eye, there appeared several meteor-like light spots falling.
"Wait." A hint of surprise appeared in Shen Mu's eyes: "The number seems a bit... so many!?"
He originally thought from the corner of his eye that there were seven or eight points of light falling like meteors.
But at this time he turned his head and looked.
But I found that there were more than seven or eight meteors.
Instead, above this sky viewed from a special perspective, forty or fifty gray, brown, or yellow points of light fell from the sky.
It was as if meteors were really rushing from the universe, one after another, falling on the outskirts of the city of Long.
Then, their own spiritual world scene blossomed, transforming this blue planet world. And this was not the first wave.
But one wave after another.
In this short moment, within just 2 minutes, Shen Mu had already seen forty or fifty meteor-like light spots floating in the air and falling towards this side.
Although it hasn't fallen completely yet.
But from the one that is about to fall to the meteor light that has just formed in the sky.
The number is really quite large.
"It's still because of that black line." Shen Mu looked at the eastern horizon again.
His brows furrowed further.
Because Shen Mu discovered that the black line on the eastern horizon was no longer just a simple black line.
The entire horizon was covered by something black that looked like a wave.
Apparently, within just a few days, the black line had grown into a black wave.
"Wait, wait, wait..."
Shen Mu's frown at this time was like the shape of a Chinese character "川", especially when he was looking at the black waves, he couldn't help but think of the several terrifying stages he had experienced before.
I couldn't help but blurt out: "Black Tide!?"
This really looks like the Kuroshio.
The terrifying rules of the dead completely enveloped the Blue Star world.
Even during the day, it seemed as if covered by a thick black veil, preventing the sun's rays from shining effectively, and making it impossible to dispel the darkness and gray fog in the entire Blue Star world.
Allow those terrifying undead monsters to roam freely in public in the Blue Star world even during the day.
Even the Blue Star commanders who have spiritual creatures as followers are forced to hide.
Not to mention ordinary people.
They all hid in their own safe houses, trembling and not daring to make any sound.
They were afraid that they would be discovered by the endless and terrifying undead monsters in this terrifying black tide and eventually be killed.
It can also be said that when the humans in the Blue Star world have become accustomed to the phenomenon that the rules of the dead will descend every night.
The mortality rate at night is not high.
As long as you light the light carefully, you can effectively avoid this approximately 12-hour night.
If you wait until the next morning, you will be safe.
But it is different during the Kuroshio Current.
The Kuroshio lasts for 7 consecutive days.
During this process, the number of terrifying undead creatures increased, and they became stronger and stronger. In addition, there were even more terrifying undead legions that would actively search for the humans on Blue Star.
Once they are discovered, these humans from Blue Star will be killed.
Even those undead legions would be organized into several battle sequences.
Then they will actively seek out the territories where the lords of the spirit world are located, and launch extremely proactive attacks on these lords who have integrated the rules of the spirit world and the rules of the blue star to counter the rules of the undead.
Many spiritual lords will have their territories invaded if they do not have enough accumulation or have no way to hide themselves.
The same end result is death.
"But logically speaking, a black tide usually only occurs about every three months."
Shen Mu couldn't help but frown: "Look at the current situation, why is the black tide so turbulent? It seems that it may rush over at any time and swallow up the Blue Star World again."
He had just experienced the black tide that occurs every three months two weeks ago.
According to habit, it will definitely take more than two months for a new black tide to appear.
Although the time when the Kuroshio appears is not completely fixed.
But it will definitely not exceed two weeks.
Sooner or later.
Just within two weeks within these three months.
"But if you think about it this way, the last black tide two weeks ago seemed to be more than two weeks earlier." Shen Mu couldn't help but frowned: "If I remember correctly, it seems to be two and a half weeks."
The last Kuroshio Tide came about three or four days earlier.
He couldn't help but frown even more.
Suddenly, I had the same thought in my mind.
"Is the Kuroshio coming early?"
Shen Mu looked towards the east horizon.
In the surging black tide, a new gray light spot appeared and was descending towards this side.
Not far from him, another new gray light spot fell on the ground.
From a distance, it looks like a desert terrain.
"Moreover, the spiritual world scene is falling into the Blue Star World at an increasingly faster speed."
Shen Mu couldn't help but feel more and more confused.
There is also a kind of warning.
"Or is it that the spiritual world is changing, and the speed of the Blue Star world is getting faster and faster?"
It feels like something big is about to happen.
It is precisely because something big is about to happen that the changes are so drastic and sudden.
"The storm is coming." Shen Mu clenched his fists, his face becoming more solemn.
This gave him the feeling of being on a seemingly calm sea.
But beneath the sea, no one knows how many undercurrents are surging.
What worries him most is.
But I have no idea how the undercurrent underneath is flowing.
He still knew nothing about it.
They can only blindly strengthen their own strength and make this ship sailing on the sea of suffering become stronger and stronger, able to withstand all kinds of winds and waves.
It feels quite passive.
"Sure enough, without any special spiritual inheritance, I have no idea what is happening now."
Shen Mu sighed.
But at this time, he had already completed the deployment of the grassland bandits' stronghold.
The building has taken shape.
This is a third-person perspective that can no longer be maintained.
'Om! '
With the fluctuation of the special Mount and Blade rules, he returned to his body again and resumed the first-person perspective.
"Forget it, I should better strengthen myself." He couldn't help but pinched his eyebrows and withdrew his gaze from the east.
All he could do now was to strengthen his own forces and make his ship stronger and bigger.
Eventually able to withstand the wind and waves.
Resist all dangers.
"Come and let me see what this grassland bandit stronghold is like." Shen Mu just happened to come to the fence gate of this stronghold.
Looking at the simple and dilapidated appearance of this stronghold.
There was still some helpless disappointment in his eyes.
It is indeed disappointing.
After all, the first impression this stronghold gave him was that it was like a long-abandoned building on a meadow at the foot of the mountain.
But if you think about it, you can understand that the Kugits were originally a nomadic people.
Even if you leave the tribe.
He became a roaming grassland bandit.
It is also impossible to live in a fixed specific location all the time.
Then this is no different from settling down.
This is particularly foolish for these grassland bandits, and their lairs will be easily found by law enforcement officers.
By then, once we have figured out the pattern of their activities, we will bring our troops and attack us.
The outcome would definitely be extremely tragic.
It would be great to just find an abandoned building like this and use it as a temporary resting place.
When there is business, I will gather my friends and stay here for a while.
When business comes, then rush up and rob.
If there is no business, stay here for a while to recuperate, and then look for opportunities somewhere else.
Commit crimes on the run.
It also seems very wise.
This way, the cunning rabbit has three burrows and will not be caught by the law enforcement forces or have its activity patterns figured out.
These are some small insights gained by these grassland bandits who have become professional robbers.
Besides, it won’t work without this understanding.
Those grassland bandits who did not have this kind of awareness had already figured out their patterns by the law enforcement troops, and were killed on the spot with their troops.
On the prairie, if you are not a member of a tribe, choosing to become a prairie bandit is not a wise choice.
Because leaving the tribe is equivalent to betrayal.
Although there are many tribes that secretly disguise themselves as grassland bandits to attack or rob other tribes.
However, any captured grassland bandits were basically either sold as slaves or killed. No one would try to recruit them for their own use.
Even that tribe would not acknowledge these grassland bandits as their own people.
Because the prairie has its own rules.
The herders need to help each other to survive the winter blizzards, spring famine and summer droughts.
This is why the herders are so hospitable.
Breaking the rules would be equivalent to destroying the foundation of hospitality and friendship among the Kugit people, which is based on mutual assistance.
It is absolutely not allowed by the Khan and those lords.
Of course, it doesn’t matter to Shen Mu.
Owning this stronghold meant that he had a steady stream of grassland bandits coming to him for recruitment.
Become his Shen Mu's light cavalry.
At this moment, 5 Kugits quickly walked out from the five dilapidated houses in the stronghold.
Among them were 10 Kugits wearing leather vests and steppe-style robes.
Carrying a short bow and quiver.
He also had a rusty butcher knife on his waist.
The other five grassland bandits always wore a layer of leather nomadic armor on the outside when running long distances.
Carrying a nomadic bow and a quiver full of feathered arrows.
Hanging around his waist was a nomadic scimitar, and in his hand was a spear more than two meters long.
Seeing Shen Mu at this moment, everyone bowed respectfully.
"Greetings to you, respected Lord Shen Mu!"
Even though they were all nomads, they had heard of Shen Mu's name.
After all, the name of this legendary figure is well-known in the continent of Calradia, no matter which kingdom it is.
It can be said that everyone is familiar with it.
Even the Kugit people who had left their tribe, betrayed the kingdom, and became bandits wreaking havoc on the grassland.
I still have great respect for this name.
"Very good." Shen Mu nodded at this time, stretched out his hand and made a gesture of standing up: "Stand up straight."
At the same time, in front of his eyes, the system was actively communicated and a dialog box popped up.
[Grassland Bandit Stronghold]
[Weekly recruitable troops: 20 Kugits (10 dinars/person); 40 grassland bandits (5 dinars/person). ]
[Tip: If you have 300 Kugits, you can upgrade this base to a "Bandit's Lair."]
"Recruit all." Shen Mu looked at the dialog box in front of him without any hesitation.
I made my choice on the spot.
[Ding! You spent 400 dinars and recruited 10 Kugits and 5 grassland bandits. ]
Then there was the crisp sound of metal coins colliding with each other.
And the dialog box that appeared in front of Shen Mu.
"Dear Lord Shen Mu, we are extremely honored to join your army."
At this moment, the 15 Kugit people were all excited, as if they had heard some call. They all half-knelt on the spot and bowed their heads to Shen Mu.
Their faces were all quite fanatical: "We once went astray, but it was all because of the chaotic war that left us with no choice but to choose the path of self-preservation. Now we have joined your army, and you have given us new choices in life. We are willing to use our lives in exchange for the glory of a new life in your army."
These words were spoken with great piety and sincerity.
"Very good, I need your help."
Shen Mu just nodded, raised his hand and said calmly again: "Stand up, you are all good light cavalry, I need your reconnaissance and exploration abilities."
"Understood." All 10 Kugit people and 5 grassland bandits stood up.
However, the look he gave Shen Mu was still very fanatical.
Shen Mu understood that this was the absolute loyalty that the Mounted and Bladed soldiers possessed.
That's what made him trust her.
"300 Kugits can upgrade a stronghold into a grassland bandit lair."
Shen Mu was also quite interested when he looked at these Kugit people and grassland bandits at this time: "After upgrading to a nest, we can recruit more and stronger grassland bandits."
Shen Mu really doesn't care whether he is stronger or not.
What Shen Mu cares more about is whether it is a lot.
Quantity issue.
After all, no matter how strong the steppe bandits were, they could not be stronger than the terrifying combat power of the Swadian heavy cavalry.
On the contrary, when there are more of them, these light cavalry can be used as a means of reconnaissance.
And guide the charge of the Swadian heavy cavalry, or lure the enemy into his encirclement.
The tactical combat effectiveness may not be that high.
However, its tactical sequence support capability has undoubtedly reached its peak.
"15 Khergits can be recruited every week."
Shen Mu calculated in his mind: "In this case, 4 Kugits can be recruited in 60 weeks of a month. In this way, 5 Kugits can be gathered in 300 months to meet the requirements for promotion to the old nest."
5 months is not a slow time.
Half a year.
However, Shen Mu also scratched his head. During this half year, these Kugit people, whether they were Kugit people or grassland bandits, could not suffer any losses.
So you must use it with caution.
Otherwise, the loss would be too great and he would have to wait a few more months, which would be a bit troublesome for Shen Mu.
After all, he is facing so many dangers now.
If we wait a few more months, we don’t know what dangers we will encounter.
Not to mention calculating by month.
Now the dangers Shen Mu faces are calculated on a daily basis.
This is without considering the undead monsters that appear every night.
What's more.
Just on the eastern horizon, seen from a special third-person perspective, a black wave is becoming increasingly turbulent, and seems to be on the verge of being out of control.
This further increased Shen Mu's worries.
“Let’s develop it well.”
Shen Mu sighed.
Just as he sighed, the construction contractor next to him came over.
"Lord Shen Mu, there is something I want to report." The construction contractor said.
"Go ahead." Shen Mu replied.
"Before, in the village called Sujia Village, my temporary residence with those construction workers was there."
The contractor said hesitantly, "In the past few nights, we always feel that some malicious eyes are looking at us."
He paused for a moment, then continued, "Although I don't know if it's true, many of us have reported that there are indeed people with malicious eyes eyeing us, which makes us feel very uncomfortable and even makes us nervous when we sleep."
"Hmm?" Shen Mu frowned slightly at this time: "You mean there were malicious eyes at night?"
This made him feel a little strange.
If it has bad intentions, it must be an undead monster under the rules of the dead.
But that's exactly where the strange thing happens.
If it was really an undead monster, it would definitely break in and attack them.
How could there be someone looking at them with malicious eyes?
Even the demons from the abyss would attack these unarmed construction workers and contractors with brutality and bloodthirstiness.
"Wait." Shen Mu suddenly thought of the demons he had met in Sujia Village before.
Or is it a demon that parasitizes among the spiritual creatures?
Can be active during the day.
"Could it be the devils from the nine levels of hell?" Shen Mu frowned.
Just when this thought popped up in his mind.
A dialog box suddenly popped up in front of him, proving his guess.
[Ding! The system detected an event, and a temporary task was issued - The Devil's Covetousness. ]
[Temporary mission name...]
"He really is a devil." Shen Mu frowned even more.
Without even looking at the details of the mission, he subconsciously turned his head to look towards the location of Sujia Village in the west.
It is still a once prosperous village.
There are small Western-style buildings everywhere.
There are small 2-storey villas everywhere.
But there are still remnants of the devil hidden there that he had not found before.
(End of this chapter)
