Chapter 9: A Frightened Insect
They rested for an entire hour, during which Zhang Yang took out dozens of units of wolf monster meat and bear monster meat, roasted them half-cooked on the campfire, and gave all the soldiers a full meal.
At this time he still wanted to recruit a chef, but finally gave up decisively. He decided not to use his precious nine recruitment quotas and keep them just in case.
Fortunately, the half-cooked barbecue did not affect the deliciousness of the monster meat, which tasted very good. The only thing was that after eating the monster meat, the common routines in the fantasy world did not occur, such as feeling hot all over, being reborn, and having a huge increase in strength.
"I really hope I have entered a fake fantasy world!"
Zhang Yang laughed and teased himself. His mentality had been adjusted well at this moment. Of course, this might be the effect of his B-level soul, which made his ability to withstand pressure become extremely strong.
After eating and drinking, they set off. Zhang Yang only brought the spearman captain Wu Yuan, three elite archers, five sword and shield soldiers, and five spearmen, a total of fifteen people. As for the rest of the soldiers, they all stayed in this temporary base. There was only one entrance and exit here. As long as it was blocked with stones and tree trunks, they could hold out for a while even if monsters attacked.
They used the same tactics as before, turning on level one stealth + level one vision, locking onto the monster's position, then sneaking up quietly, ambush, and annihilate it, with surprisingly good results.
After all, Zhang Yang already has a spearmen captain, and this kind of ace combat power is really cool.
So within two hours, they killed four level 3 buffalo monsters, two level 2 wild boar monsters, a level 4 black panther monster, and another level 1 green wolf monster.
It was as if Zhang Yang’s good luck had finally arrived, and the monsters they encountered were all small monsters. Of course, this might also be because the most powerful monsters in this area were the two spider lords.
Eight little monsters were exchanged for four elite spearmen and four elite sword and shield soldiers. At this point, the military force under Zhang Yang had expanded to an unprecedented level.
A captain-level soldier, 11 elite soldiers, and if you take into account the confinement skill that Zhang Yang has mastered, this is truly a strong and powerful force.
"Almost done, we can go back now."
Zhang Yang was in a good mood, but he did not get carried away by the improvement of his combat effectiveness. Seeing that it would be dark in two or three hours and there were no yellow or red spots in the first-level field of vision, he decided to end today's hunting and reinforce the temporary underground camp before the sun set.
Nothing unexpected happened on the way back, but when he was about to return to the underground camp, Zhang Yang looked at the surrounding trees with some confusion. If he remembered correctly, before he encountered the Spider Lord in the morning, at least one-third of the trees here were extremely twisted and hideous, and the weeds on the ground were half-dead.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but in just half an afternoon, the trees and weeds here seem to have grown much more lush.
"It's full of vitality. The primeval forest is really willful."
Zhang Yang didn't take it seriously, after all, they were just flowers and plants.
"Cut down trees, cut down trees, and seal up all the entrances to this place. The forest is very dangerous at night. Prepare some bonfires, and kill any monsters that come!"
Zhang Yang gave orders loudly, asking all soldiers to go out and build the underground camp into an impregnable structure.
Next, he would open the first-level vision every half an hour. He would not let his guard down, and he now had enough energy. After deducting the cost of training elite soldiers, he still had 850 points of energy.
Two hours later, the sun disappeared and the forest became dark and quiet. Zhang Yang jumped out of the pit for the last time and opened the first-level vision. It was magical, there was nothing there, as if all the monsters had hidden themselves.
At this time, Zhang Yang felt that something was wrong. According to normal biological laws, some wild animals should be more active after nightfall. However, now there is not even a single insect chirping, and the entire forest is dead silent.
"Village Chief, the forest seems to be foggy. I feel like something malicious is watching us."
The captain of the spearmen, Wu Yuan, was standing next to Zhang Yang and spoke solemnly.
When he said that, Zhang Yang felt a chill on his scalp.
"Go back! Block the entrance."
When Zhang Yang almost trotted into the underground camp, he seemed to hear a creaking sound from far away, but he couldn't tell what it was. "This forest is too weird. Block it, block the entrance."
Even though the soldiers had brought huge stones and tree trunks to block the entrance several times, Zhang Yang was still worried. He felt like he was almost becoming a frightened insect.
"No, I have to upgrade the village construction order."
Zhang Yang murmured to himself that he should never let his guard down at any time. He now had enough energy and the opportunity to upgrade the village construction order, so why not upgrade it?
You can't have a baby if you keep the trump card, no matter whether it's worth it or not.
At this moment, he still has a piece of incomplete fantasy village building order dropped by the Spider Lord. If used alone, the chance of successful upgrading is 55%.
Then he also has a fragmentary Spider Tribe civilization code blueprint. With this item, the chance of successful upgrading can be increased to 65%.
The remaining 35% depends on energy.
100 points of energy can increase the success rate by 5%. A total of 700 points of energy are needed to make the success rate reach 100%. Zhang Yang now has 845 points of energy in his hand, so what else can he do? Upgrade!
With a "hum" sound, a strange rhythm vibrated in Zhang Yang's heart. Then, the two fantasy village building orders in his hands automatically floated in the air. Zigzag lines began to emerge from them, and at first glance, people would think they were two balls of wool.
Zhang Yang stared at it in amazement, hoping to see some clues, but unfortunately, after just a few seconds, the lines and textures extracted from the two village construction orders filled his field of vision, and these lines and textures began to automatically combine and connect. There were so many changes that he couldn't understand them, in fact he couldn't see them clearly.
Because the speed of this combination connection becomes super fast, from dozens or hundreds of line combinations per second to tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of line combinations per second.
Finally, after ten seconds, all the lines and textures disappeared, as if it was an illusion. The fantasy village building order in Zhang Yang's hand was successfully upgraded, and he didn't even notice any changes.
With a blink of an eye, Zhang Yang opened the attribute panel in his field of vision.
Fantasy Village Building Order (White)
Energy: 145 Status: Semi-activated (some functions can be used without placement)
Available features: Level 2 Concealment (can conceal an area of 20 square meters after activation, consumes 5 energy points per minute, and becomes ineffective when a dangerous target approaches 10 meters)
Available features: Level 2 protection (after being turned on, it can form a fixed defense energy shield, covering an area of 20 square meters, and the defense effect is slightly improved, consuming 5 energy points per minute, and after being broken, it will instantly consume 10 energy points, forming a self-explosion, causing dizziness to all targets within a diameter of 30 meters)
Available features: Secondary field of view (after being turned on, it can scan all dangerous targets within a diameter of two kilometers, and distinguish them by green/safe, yellow/dangerous, red/extremely dangerous, and purple/fatal. It consumes 20 energy points to turn it on once and lasts for 10 seconds) Available functions: Recruitment (available recruitment quota, 9 people) Other functions: Please place a village construction order and build a village before using it.
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Generally speaking, Zhang Yang was very satisfied with the upgraded village, especially the second-level concealment and second-level protection, which expanded the area from ten square meters to twenty square meters. This meant that he could protect more ordinary soldiers in battle. After all, he only had nine precious recruitment places left, so every soldier was his most precious asset and he could no longer squander them as recklessly as before.
"I don't know if placing a village construction order and building a village will increase the number of recruitment quotas?"
Zhang Yang was forced to think so, but then he changed his mind and realized that it was meaningless. Even if he wanted to issue a village construction order, he would not build a village in this extremely dangerous forest. Wouldn't that be courting death?
Therefore, the most urgent task is to improve the strength of the soldiers and get out of this damn primeval forest as soon as possible. Once outside, we can naturally make long-term plans.
At this time, the village construction order was upgraded, and Zhang Yang felt more at ease. He could attack or defend, and just wait for the monsters to come and kill him, hahaha!
(End of this chapter)
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