Chapter 329

"Commander Fang, are you sure you really want to do this?" Wen Qingqing confirmed again.

"Yes." Fang Yu nodded, "But the prerequisite is that the protective barrier you mentioned can really play the role you described."

"If the effects you describe are exaggerated or deceptive in any way, Ice Flame Castle can reclaim all of our territory at any time."

Although the Shangshen Cult possesses the ability to transport goods over long distances, the teleportation of living creatures has not been seen so far. According to their investigation, only Wen Qingqing and her mother in the Ice Flame Castle have demonstrated such ability.

Then they might think this way - the Shangshen Cult's infiltration of Ice Flame Castle has just begun, and Ice Flame Castle still has absolute control over the fortress.

Since you have decided to leave the fortress and seek a new refuge far away, you might as well take a last gamble.

If they win the bet, everyone is happy; if they lose the bet, they can recover their losses as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the Shangshen Cult has completely established its foothold in Bingyan Castle, they will have no room for advancement or retreat.

"There's another premise."

Fang Yu said, "If the protective barrier can really protect the entire fortress as you said, then all the people in Ice Flame Fort have the right to continue living here."

"The Shangshen Cult cannot expel them, let alone persecute them."

"Please rest assured about that."

Wen Qingqing said, "The purpose of the Shangshen Cult is to make the world prosperous and strong. We cherish the lives of every customer and are not interested in interfering with the management of the fortress."

Manage the entire fortress? Don't be ridiculous. Wen Qingqing doesn't think she has the ability to do that.

She originally just wanted to open a branch, then slowly figure out how to bring the surrounding neighborhoods into the protective barrier, and then take it one step at a time.

Who would have thought that Fortress would become so big?

Wen Qingqing hesitated for a moment, then added, "As for your suggestion of donating all the land to the Shangshen Sect, I need to ask for your permission."

According to the information she learned on the forum, the number of people who can guard the barrier is limited, and one must register to be protected.

Those who are not registered will be blocked by the protective barrier and will not be able to enter.

If she rashly accepted the land of Ice Flame Castle, resulting in everyone being blocked outside the castle, she would become a sinner.

Wen Qingqing can't bear this responsibility.

"Of course." Fang Yu nodded. "Then let's end our conversation today. I hope..."

"Wait a moment!"

Before Fang Yu could finish his words, he was interrupted by Wen Qingqing.

"Don't worry, I'll give you an answer right away!"

Fang Yu: “…”

Who is more anxious?

However, he still didn't say much, just observing Wen Qingqing. Her eyes were looking forward, but her focus was obviously not on him, as if she was looking at something in the air.

Could she really communicate with the gods?

As an atheist, after seeing the supplies that Wen Qingqing brought out continuously, he couldn't help but feel a little skeptical.

However, Fang Yu still prefers mystical abilities.

He waited patiently and soon saw Wen Qingqing's expression become strange.

Her gaze finally returned to him, and she said, "Chief Fang, please wait patiently for 10 minutes. The Shangshen Church will give you a reply in 10 minutes."

Wen Qingqing said this because she had consulted Tang Yu'an.

Now all employees know that as long as they add @God's ID in the store channel, what they say will have a chance of being seen by God, and they don't have to worry about being seen by other employees.

So she tried it, and to her surprise she actually got a response.

To be honest, Tang Yu'an was also shocked when he received the news from her.

Donating all the land and houses of Ice Flame Castle to the Merchant God Cult? The leader of Ice Flame Castle is too bold!

He quickly discussed it with Zhou Qi through a private chat with his friend. Zhou Qi felt that they could definitely take it down. After all, they now had the directional jump function.

This is a function that was unlocked when I upgraded to lv30, but I haven't tried it yet.

That was why Tang Yu'an did not make any promise to Wen Qingqing, but asked her to wait and give her an answer in ten minutes.

"Mom, we're going to have a castle!"

After hearing his explanation, Tang Xueyun was also shocked. "Can we really manage it like this?"

In her opinion, her son's territory was already larger than she could have imagined, and now he had to take over another fortress?

She just felt under tremendous pressure.

"There are employees, and the conditions there are harsh. Without the protective barrier, they will have no choice but to leave and find new places to live. Many people will surely die."

After Tang Yu'an patiently explained it to her, he opened the panel and unlocked the directional jump function.

The directional jump function requires 1 million points to unlock. Considering the practicality of this function, Tang Yu'an will not complain about its high price.

There is always a reason why something is expensive.

After unlocking, add points to the jump account, then select "Start Directed Jump".

[You are currently performing a directional jump. Please select the location for this directional jump on the map.]

[Note: The location of directional jump can only be selected in the unlocked area of the map]

Then, a map popped up.

Tang Yu'an can draw circles on the map, and it doesn't matter if the lines are distorted. The smaller the circled area, the higher the cost of directional jump.

That is, the higher the precision, the more expensive the directed jump.

Tang Yu'an tried to enlarge the map of Ice Flame Castle. The entire fortress map had basically been unlocked, but the green dots representing potential customers still occupied the majority.

"Speaking of directional jump, will the landing point be on the ground or in the sky?" Tang Yu'an asked the system.

If it was on the ground, he would have to find an open space.

[In RV mode, it is the ground; in flight mode, it is the sky]

Seeing the system's reply, Tang Yu'an finally felt relieved and directly selected the jump location among all the unlocked areas of Ice Flame Castle.

[This directional jump requires 123940 points. Do you want to deduct them? ]

This comes in both small and large amounts...and it's quite expensive, so it can't be used frequently.

Tang Yu'an thought so and clicked the deduction button.

[Points deducted successfully! Directional jump in progress, please wait...]

The scenery outside the spacecraft began to change, and after about three minutes, the picture finally stabilized.

The green mountains outside were originally full of vitality, but now they have turned into a world of snow and wind covered in silver.

Looking down from the window, you can see a fortress covered with ice and snow, and outside the fortress is an ice field that stretches as far as the eye can see.

Beautiful flowers grew on the ice field, and their petals looked like balls of blue flames, just as Grandpa Li had described to them before.

Looking down from above, the scenery is breathtakingly beautiful.

[Directional jump completed]

Tang Yu'an glanced at the map and saw that they had indeed crossed from Qingmu Castle to the top of Bingyan Castle!

This directional jump function is so practical!

Although the cost is high, it can save lives at critical moments.

Thinking of this, Tang Yu'an directly edited the task and sent it to Wen Qingqing.

The other side.

Wen Qingqing was shocked when she received the task prompt.

Although she inevitably had some doubts in her heart, she had learned to obey after passing Lao Mo's ideological and moral test.

There must be a reason why the Lord God did this, all she has to do is obey!

"Chief Fang, let's sign a contract!" Wen Qingqing said firmly.

Fang Yu was stunned. "Is it decided like this?"

"Yes." Wen Qingqing nodded.

Fang Yu looked at her suspiciously, and after confirming again and again that he was not mistaken, he finally gritted his teeth and asked someone to bring over the contract that had been prepared in advance.

"Can you see if there's anything wrong?"

Wen Qingqing read the contract from beginning to end, and the general meaning was similar to what they had said before.

The management rights of Ice Flame Fort still belong to the fortress government, but in the future, half of the fortress's annual financial income will be handed over to the Merchant God Cult - of course, the premise is that the protective barrier can really take effect.

"No problem, but I have one thing to remind you. Those who harbor ill will towards the God of Commerce, the God of Commerce Cult, or even me will be repelled by the protective barrier."

Fang Yu nodded. "Not many people in the fortress know about the Shangshen Cult. Since they are unaware of it, they shouldn't have any ill feelings towards it."

Then the only ones left are those who have ill will towards Wen Qingqing herself.

Based on Wen Qingqing's social circle, this number of people would not exceed 50 at most. Compared with the remaining tens of thousands of people, Fang Yu naturally knew how to choose.

"Okay, that's settled then."

Fang Yu and Wen Qingqing formally signed the contract.

"Is this all right?" Fang Yu asked.

"It should be okay..." Wen Qingqing was actually not too sure.

They looked at each other, and just when Fang Yu decided to say goodbye and leave, there was a sudden noise outside.

"What happened?"

Fang Yu and Wen Qingqing hurried to the window to check, only to see that the heavy snow outside had stopped, and...

Wen Qingqing opened the window and the noise came in.

"The snow is melting!"

"It's getting warmer! It's getting warmer!"

People came out of the house one after another, some stood there in a daze, while others cheered and ran around to tell others.

More and more people cheered, and their voices combined to form a powerful momentum.

Although the temperature is not warm, probably close to zero degrees, it is really warm compared to the previous extreme cold of dozens of degrees below zero.

The sky was white and there wasn't much sunlight. How could it suddenly become warmer?

"Look over there!"

Fang Yu soon discovered something unusual. He saw a huge object appearing in the sky above the fortress, which looked a bit like the spaceships recorded in movies and TV shows.

"Ping An Chamber of Commerce..."

Wen Qingqing suddenly pointed at the printed words on the spaceship and said excitedly, "This is sent by the gods! Ice Flame Castle is under the protection of the gods!"

Is this really the case?

Two hours later, all the latest information about the fortress was summarized on Fang Yu's desk.

As they watched, the ice and snow had stopped covering the entire fortress except for one small square.

The temperature has risen to a little above zero degrees. At this temperature, as long as you wear thicker clothes and heat the kang at home, you will hardly freeze to death.

This was not a change for the entire area. Heavy snow was still falling outside the barrier, and it seemed that only the Ice Flame Castle was spared.

Of course, when Fang Yu saw that there were still a few people who had a grudge against Wen Qingqing in the small square, and no matter how hard they tried, they could not leave the square, he understood that this was indeed the work of the Shangshen Cult.

So how did they do it?

How did that behemoth come to the skies above Ice Flame Castle? According to eyewitnesses, the spaceship appeared out of thin air!

But no matter what, wasn't this protection effect a little too fast? He had just signed the contract less than two minutes ago, and the Shangshen Sect's protection barrier was already in effect?

What was the point of his previous hesitation and entanglement? What was the point of wasting time and sacrificing manpower and resources?

It’s just that simple!

If they had known this, they should have found Wen Qingqing earlier and handed over the territory to the Shangshen Sect!

Fang Yu was in deep shock. He couldn't help but go to the window again and look outside.

If they could maintain this temperature, they wouldn't need to look for a new place to live. Wen Qingqing also said that the protective barrier could resist the invasion of mutant creatures!

This speed... this effect...

Is there really a God of Commerce in this world? Perhaps only a god could achieve this level of achievement.

He, who was originally a staunch atheist, was completely shaken at this moment...

The protective barrier of Ice Flame Castle was naturally opened by Tang Yu'an.

He jumped the spaceship above Ice Flame Castle in order to open the protective barrier of the main store. There were only tens of thousands of people in Ice Flame Castle, and the main store had more than enough places for overnight stays.

Besides, it was daytime now, so he had plenty of time to add these hundreds of thousands of people to the overnight stay list.

Of course, thinking that some people might be excluded, he still left a small square so that these people would not be sent outside the Ice Flame Castle.

After all, even if someone has ill intentions towards the Shangshen Sect, they cannot be said to be bad people.

However, this is only a temporary measure. The Ice Flame Grocery Store must be built as soon as possible, and at least two stores must be built. This way, when upgraded to level 3, it can accommodate the population of Ice Flame Castle.

Tang Yu'an judged that Wen Qingqing's mission was completed, gave her the mission reward, and then gave her a new mission.

Wen Qingqing also put the contract she made with Bingyan Castle into her personal warehouse - this was the reward she had just received, and then notified Tang Yu'an through the store channel.

Tang Yu'an took it as Yin Guang.

When he saw that Ice Flame Castle was willing to hand over half of its annual fiscal revenue as protection fees, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Looking at Fang Yu's signature again, the more I look at it, the more I like it.

The leader of the Ice Flame Castle was very decisive, and he liked it! So Tang Yu'an found Fang Yu's cursor on the map and sent him a recruitment task.

Such outstanding talents must naturally be recruited!

Soon, Fang Yu accepted the recruitment.

Tang Yu'an gave him the novice guidance task as usual, and then ignored him because Tang Xueyun urged him to go back to sleep.

The construction of the branch store in Ice Flame Castle would take time, and given the situation of the castle, his involvement was not necessary, so Tang Yu'an returned to his original world with peace of mind.

Two days later, Tang Yu'an delivered the upgraded vending machine to the Zitian Grocery Store, and then moved the teleportation array to the surface.

Then he gave Zhanxiong a guidance task, asking him to speed up the immigration work in Zitian Fort.

At the same time, let Linhai Town cooperate.

Five days later, he went to the alternate dimension again.

Although less than ten days had passed in the original world, almost nine months had passed in the alternate dimension. The vending machine's warehouse was full, and he needed to clean it out.

At the same time, a large number of points were also settled.

The vending machine business earned more than 7 million points from Giant, with an average profit of nearly 1 million points per month.

And because he stayed in the original world, with a huge difference in the speed of time flow, the profit speed felt almost like a money printing machine.

In a word, awesome!

Of course, Tang Yu'an did not forget to visit the Fire Dragon Clan.

Not even two days after the little phoenix left with him, it ran back to the Fire Dragon Clan's territory on its own. Tang Yu'an never had any restrictions on pets, so he didn't bother with it.

However, after Yinbi and Wangcai followed them, they couldn't stand the heat and ran back with their hair burned.

Tang Xueyun helped them shave their hair, but ended up making both dogs autistic. They then ran to the giant forest in another dimension and only came back when their hair had grown back.

Then they would never go to the Fire Dragon Clan's territory.

Yuanbao went to take a look out of curiosity. Although his hair was not burned, he didn't want to go there again.

Black Pearl, on the other hand, was able to withstand the high temperatures of the Fire Dragon Clan's territory and often went there to temper its mutated metal dagger.

Of course, from time to time, he would bring back some local specialties to give to Tang Yu'an.

Thanks to the little phoenix, the three newborn fire dragon babies successfully passed through their weak period and grew up healthy and strong.

When Tang Yu'an came to visit, Little Phoenix wanted to leave again.

So, the one-year-old dragon cub asked to go with them again, and this time he refused no matter what.

Obviously, during this period, it also did a good job of convincing its parents, so Yan Lie and Wen Ya did not stop it.

Only after understanding the specific contents of the contract with Tang Yu'an did he finally agree to let them become partners.

"I might not be able to come over for a while. Is that really okay?"

"It's okay, just take it out to play!" Yan Lie said with a tired look on his face.

It's so great to have someone to help take care of the baby! He can finally get a good night's sleep and go out and play!

"Okay then." Tang Yu'an agreed and successfully took the dragon cub Yanyan as his pet.

However, because the dragon cub was too big and its appearance was too conspicuous, Tang Yu'an took out the cat toy.

The giant dragons didn't react much, but the three little dragons and the little phoenix were all attracted.

Tang Yu'an quickly stuffed the cat toy into the dragon cub's claws and successfully turned it into a little orange cat.

The Fire Dragon kitten opened its large, confused eyes and tilted its head slightly: "Meow?"

After trading magnifying glasses, the dragons that were watching immediately showed cute expressions.