Chapter 111 Soul Battlefield
Outside the castle, the two newly built huge granaries were already piled high with grain, a full one million catties.
With the monster meat, wild fruits obtained from hunting, and the large amount of vegetables produced in season, it is possible to sustain the food supply until the second season.
But this does not mean that the food crisis has been resolved.
According to last season's production, 200 acres of official land can produce about 400,000 kilograms.
At present, these 1,200 acres of second-season crops can produce about 2.4 million kilograms.
Among them, 600 acres of land are distributed to villagers, and villagers are required to keep half of it, which is 600,000 kilograms. This is enough for them to use this winter and next spring until the summer harvest.
It's even more than enough, after all, the appetite of these villagers is comparable to that of ordinary people on Earth.
In this regard, Zhang Yang left room for maneuver. He could not let the villagers starve and then reduce their loyalty, so he would continue to distribute land next year to ensure that every household would have surplus food for one to two years.
The principle of having food in hand and not being worried also applies to these villagers.
By then, the most primitive commercial exchanges such as barter should have appeared in the villages.
"But in this case, we only have 1.8 million kilograms of grain. We need to rely on this grain to get through the cold winter and spring, and then we can get food until the summer harvest. Do you think it is enough?"
Zhang Yang stood outside the granary, watching the soldiers and villagers carrying the food into the granary in high spirits. They only thought that the village chief had brought in a lot of food this time, and how long would it take to eat it all? But Zhang Yang, Wu Yuan, Wang Shen, and Ryan all knew that was impossible.
There are currently 105 captain-level soldiers in the village, which means that even if they eat only 80% full, and even with vegetables and fruits, they still have to eat 3,150 kilograms every day.
If we take into account 42 elite soldiers, 24 berserkers, 5 heroes, 4 quasi-heroes, and 4 storm swordsmen, then 5,000 kilograms of food will be consumed a day.
That's 150,000 kilograms a month. If there's a lot of physical labor and fighting going on, then the minimum would be 300,000 to 350,000 kilograms a month.
For example, Zhang Yang planned to reclaim 10,000 acres of farmland, cut down trees on a large scale, attack the orc tribe, and dig rivers, etc. At these times, the daily consumption of all soldiers and farmers must be the highest, otherwise they will not be able to work.
Winter lasts for four months, spring lasts for four months, and the summer harvest has to wait for another month. "Wu Yuan, Wang Shen, Qin Yidao, the three of you stay at home. As for the two salted fish, I will take Ryan, Duan Kuan and the others on a large-scale hunt to make up for the missing food gap and gather enough demon souls needed to upgrade the soldiers."
After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Yang finally made a decision.
He had no choice but to go hunting. He couldn't just go and start the hero trial again.
Next, Zhang Yang returned to the castle and first tried to use the soul force field to warm the Wood Demon Tower. As expected, the soul force field had no effect on the Wood Demon Tower. It seemed that he could only wait until winter to hunt for ghost crystals to repair and upgrade the Wood Demon Tower.
"I'm going to stay in seclusion for a few days. Prepare two large piles of firewood for me at the training ground. I'll need them."
After giving the order, Zhang Yang entered the Wood Demon Tower. He wanted to merge with the demon soul of the Demon-Horned Lizard Lord.
This thing is of very high grade. Liu Kai once hinted that if this thing is sold, he is willing to provide 5 million kilograms of grain.
But Zhang Yang is not stupid.
The reason why he took out the game's village building order, the incomplete fantasy village building order, blueprint codes and so on, was because they were not needed for the time being.
But the demon soul of the devil-horned lizard can improve itself immediately.
And according to Liu Yu's guess, there is a critical point for the number of times each person merges with demon souls. The more times demon souls are merged, the worse the effect will be.
This is the correct way. Otherwise, if you hunt monsters all over the world, capture monster souls, and increase all attributes by +1 each time, wouldn't you be invincible very quickly?
There is nothing so cheap in this world.
Zhang Yang himself estimated that there were three reasons why he was able to break through to the extraordinary level within half a year.
First of all, his starting point is high, and he starts with a C+ strength soul.
Secondly, he had a clear goal from the beginning. He did not improve other attributes, but went directly for the soul. As for other people who were bound by the village order, they might hope for balanced development, so naturally, their advancement to the extraordinary level would be slow.
The third point is that he didn't make much use of the fusion of those garbage demon souls.
Yes, this is very important.
For an ordinary complete demon soul, after fusion, the attribute will be randomly increased by +1, but it will never be added to the highest attribute.
The complete demon souls at the elite and captain levels also have their attributes randomly increased by +1, but it will not be added to the highest attribute.
Only lord-level and hero-level demon souls will have all attributes +1. Zhang Yang's first fusion was the Spider Lord, with all attributes +1.
Then he merged a level 5 red eagle spirit, strength +1,
Next is the Deer Demon Lord, with all attributes +1, a 300-year-old ancestor spirit, and soul +1.
The last one is the level 33 fox demon soul, with all attributes +1, successfully breaking through to the extraordinary level.
During this process, if he merges with garbage spirits a few more times, then it is very likely that when he merges with the fox spirit, it will become random +1.
The probability of random +1 falling on the soul attribute would be very small, so it would be impossible for him to break through to the extraordinary level without five, six, seven or eight years, because although the gap is only one level, it is enough to form an insurmountable gap.
At the end, with continuous random +1, it might be extraordinary strength, or extraordinary agility, or extraordinary defense, but it is impossible to have an extraordinary soul.
As for the difference between soul transcendence and other types of transcendental attributes, it is very obvious.
This can be seen in the previous battle at Bald Ridge.
If Zhang Yang had not had an extraordinary soul and had mastered a unique magical structure of the fourth closed circle, he would definitely have been turned into a roast chicken.
If it were Liu Kai, Yuan Gang, Liu Yu, Liao Zhongyuan, and Duncan, even if they were all extraordinary, they would definitely not be able to kill the devil-horned lizard, and might even be defeated.
"Golden scales."
At this time, Zhang Yang's mind moved slightly, and he summoned a golden scale and placed the demon soul of the devil-horned lizard on it. This demon soul was actually flashing with a golden halo, which was obviously one level higher than the light golden fox demon soul.
At the other end of the golden scale, there is a very familiar object.
"First-grade foundation-building pill?"
"If I replace you, there will be no trouble." Zhang Yang was very depressed.
When he first encountered this grade of foundation-building pill, he thought he had won the jackpot, but it turned out to be a pit, and a deep one at that.
Since this grade of foundation-building pill can be exchanged continuously, it means that this thing is not of high value. Apart from being able to unlock the admission ticket mission for the Xianxia Village Building Order, don't expect to become a cultivator all of a sudden.
Look downward,
"Level 35 extraordinary lord demon soul, complete, with soul-oriented specialties, and contains demon genes."
"Use method 1 to upgrade the magic professions in the village, including priests/mountain gods/mages, etc., and can upgrade 20 recruits to junior mages/priests. It can also upgrade a level 1 mountain god to a level 15 mountain god, with a success rate of 100%."
"Use method 2 to upgrade the soldiers in the village (regular/elite). You can upgrade 50 captain-level soldiers/50 Berserkers, or upgrade 20 Berserkers to Storm Swordsmen, or upgrade 2 Storm Swordsmen to Hurricane Swordsmen. The success rate is 100%."
"Usage method 3 can also be used by the person who binds the village building order. After use, all attributes will be +1, and a new talent/spell/aura will be obtained randomly. If the compatibility reaches more than 90%, a deeper talent/skill will be triggered."
"Friendly reminder, since the soul strength of the person who has bound the village order has reached extraordinary level, the effect after this fusion will be fixed at soul +1, with a success rate of 100%."
"It requires 100 units of magic horned lizard blood, one unit of magic horned lizard incomplete essence, and 10,000 energy points."
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As expected, even this precious golden lord-level demon soul can only improve the soul +1 after transcendence, and there must still be a critical point.
"Perhaps when my soul strength reaches A+, it will be impossible to improve it by fusing with demon souls. At that time, I am afraid I will need to enter a more advanced world of village building orders, such as the fairy village building order."
"But for a higher level village building order, the task of building a village will definitely be extremely difficult. According to Yuan Gang, the official integrated national team has only reached the third level, the Doomsday Village Building Order, which is far from the Immortal Hero Village Building Order."
"So the foundation is absolutely important. I don't believe that there is no more important connection between these village construction orders. It is not enough for my village to last for only 300 years. It must last for at least more than a thousand years."
Zhang Yang thought about it and realized that there was no need to prepare for the second stage for the time being.
After thinking for a while, he put aside all distractions and chose to integrate.
Then the next second he screamed in his soul without any warning, because for some reason, the fusion process that had been extremely comfortable was now like being thrown into a frying pan.
What the hell?
Zhang Yang couldn't even think too much, as the evil spirit of the devil-horned lizard invaded the depths of his soul from all directions, bringing him torment like hot magma every second.
In just a few seconds, Zhang Yang felt like he was about to turn into a roasted chicken leg.
Where is the protective power of the village construction order? Where is the promised health benefits like taking a hot spring bath?
This world is too cruel, I want to go home! The horrible pain almost made Zhang Yang collapse.
What kept him from fainting and collapsing were his two talents.
One is the tenacity of the soul, the other is the wildness of the soul.
The former allows his soul to withstand impact, tearing and crushing that is one level stronger than the current soul strength, which is equivalent to allowing Zhang Yang to have A-level resistance when he is at A-.
The latter allowed him to think of the joy in life, the freedom of running and roaring under the moon, even in such extreme pain and despair.
Really, Zhang Yang used to think that it was all pretentious, whining pretentiousness, and nothing was as fulfilling as a bowl of braised pork.
But at this moment, in this torment of being unable to live or die, when the depths of his soul were collapsing and his entire world of memory was collapsing, he realized how important this wild talent purified from the blue wolf's essence was.
Without happiness and freedom as motivation, how can we fight against this cruel world?
(End of this chapter)
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