The two armies composed of refugees suddenly became chaotic, and they were unable to advance or retreat.

Because the attack location chosen by Jiang Li was very awkward, whether advancing or retreating, it would take about ten days of marching.

Before they even reached their destination, they had already starved to death on the road.

So the confused soldiers could only stand there at a loss as to what to do.

Of course, among tens of thousands of people, there will be a few leadership talents.

This group of people soon began to try to establish prestige and seize power. After achieving some success, they began to try to reorganize the team and break it up into smaller units.

First go to the surrounding small villages to loot and plunder, and then march while looting.

But there was no way Jiang Li could let them get what they wanted.

As soon as there was such a sign, he ordered his men to rush in and kill the leader.

Time and time again, constantly undermining their will.

Arrows were also thrown from time to time to spread fear among this makeshift army.

One day, two days, three days, five days, seven days.

Seven days later, driven by hunger and fear, the two armies gradually lost their already weak will and knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

Only when they had knelt for a whole day and were on the verge of death did Jiang Li order his men to cook and let them surrender.

As soon as they smelled the fragrance of the food, these soldiers who were already starving to death had no chance of refusing and chose to surrender.

Of course, there were also people who, after eating, tried to cause trouble by taking advantage of their numbers, and then hundreds of wooden stakes were erected around the camp one after another.

These troublemakers who were hanged and dried on stakes became the best help in establishing military discipline.

Coupled with a group of newly emerged treeman generals and the magical means of the village chief, the two waves added up to more than 100,000 soldiers, which was so honest that it was simply touching.

Of course, Jiang Li did not treat them unfairly.

Treat them all equally, give them food and drink as they please, and restore the weight they have lost during this period.

Then the same old trick was used again.

This group of refugees returned to the two main cities with a large amount of food.

I don't do anything else but cook and roast meat every day, always in a position upwind, without stopping for a moment.

You know, the food for the city defense troops has now been reduced to a bowl of porridge for every two days.

When I smell these flavors, my tongue cramps and my eyes see stars.

This is especially true for the refugees in the city who have been out of food for a long time.

Wave after wave of refugees clamored to leave the city. In order to prevent riots, and because Jiang Li's army was far enough away, the officials in the city agreed to open the city gates.

Their goal was to maintain stability, but once this loophole was opened, those who left the city could eat immediately, and it became even more unbearable for those who stayed in the city.

First it was the refugees, then the civilians, and finally large numbers of soldiers escaped from the city every day under the cover of night.

After all, hunger can really drive people crazy.

In times like these, if you have food and soldiers, you can really do whatever you want.

Jiang Li turned this military disaster into nourishment to strengthen himself without bloodshed.

In the fantasy world, the long drought and famine lasted for one year and three months.

The two human cities that had originally dominated the war had been destroyed in the dust of hunger at some point.

And between them, a city blessed by a "miracle" rose from the ground.

Here, not only does no one starve to death, but many residents are overweight. Their lives are simply too comfortable.

What Jiang Li didn't expect was that he actually found some hidden treasures in this illusion.

After destroying the two cities, he actually found a few Qi-cultivating monks who were originally worshipped by the City Lord's Mansion, and several manuscripts containing ancient texts.

Jiang Li still has a great deal of curiosity and respect for the monks of this era.

After all, he was a pioneer who created the prosperous world of immortal cultivation bit by bit from nothing.

The hardships involved are indeed beyond the understanding of Jiang Li, who was born in this era.

After a long drought, a heavy rain brought all things back to life.

When Zi Yao came out of the forest with the remaining twenty villagers, she subconsciously patted the mechanical Si Nan in her hand.

I must have come to the wrong place. How could there be such a prosperous city in front of me?

Her original village had disappeared without a trace. The original site of the station had long been covered by Jiang Li's city.

During this period, there are more and more wild animals roaming in the jungle.

This is also one of the effects of the revival of spiritual energy. A small number of wild beasts have begun to awaken their intelligence, absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, and evolve into monsters.

This group of beasts dominated the mountains with absolute superiority. Although they were not necessarily very strong, the beast tide they drove was enough to pose a great threat to human cities.

During this period, a wave of beasts is also migrating here.

Zi Yao and his men encountered the vanguard of a wave of beasts and suffered heavy losses.

It was only after Zi Yao used the spell three times that she managed to lead the villagers out of the forest. Now, they had nowhere else to go.

"Sir, someone is outside asking to see you."

Jiang Li is studying several newly acquired handwritten volumes.

It is very difficult for a cultivator to return home at this time, and he needs to study everything on his own.

But it’s not that there are no benefits at all.

There are too few cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation in this era, and there is basically no competition.

No one competes with them for ancient ruins or top-level inheritances, and they can explore however they want. They are typical people who are both poor and rich.

These manuscripts were said to be copied from an inscription on a certain stele. They were unable to understand them as they had not yet fully studied ancient Chinese.

Jiang Li had learned some, but with his current level of classical Chinese, he could only roughly determine what kind of agreement this was.

But he couldn't discern the details.

He also tried to look for the inscription at the source, but according to them, the stone tablet disappeared not long after it appeared.

Moreover, the location was outside the range of the illusion, and it was completely foggy and impossible to explore. He could only give up and memorize these words in his heart.

Only when Qin Shuman came to call him did he wake up from his hard training.

When I got out of the city, I found out that it was Mo Men Zi Yao. She was still alive.

"Miss Ziyao, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you doing well?"

After all, it was an illusion, and Zi Yao looked no different from before. But the fatigue on her face could not be concealed.

"Alliance Leader Jiang Li, although it is presumptuous, I would like to know how you can achieve this level?"

Zi Yao looked at the magnificent city in front of her, she still found it hard to believe.

Even in reality, with her cultivation level at the Jindan stage, it would be difficult for her to easily develop a village into a city.

Not to mention the current situation where our strength is severely limited.

"It's nothing, just luck."

Jiang Li still used the old excuse of being a time traveler, but this excuse obviously did not satisfy the other party.

After thinking about it, he decided to give the other party a reasonable reason.

He called out more than three hundred monks who were reincarnated from ghost soldiers. This was a new batch born in this period of time.

"They were my first villagers. I was just lucky."

Three hundred ghost soldiers burst out with momentum. Aren't they all at the Qi training level? Zi Yao's face turned green on the spot. The cultivation of the young lady of the Mo Sect had been worn out in this illusion.

Now, being provoked by Jiang Li again, he almost burst into swear words.

Both villages were run-down and in similar conditions, but the villagers there couldn't possibly be exactly the same, so there was a bit of randomness involved.

But why is the gap so huge? Who is the real Mo Men member?

It’s better for Jiang Li to say it’s luck than to say he cheated.

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Zi Yao's first reaction was that she didn't expect that Jiang Li might cheat.

As an outsider who had just arrived, he had no idea how the test worked, and the possibility of him cheating was too low.

But even if he cheated, he was not kicked out of the illusion, which was also his ability.

After all, she herself was suspected of cheating.

It's really helpless that I can't even beat cheaters.

Looking at the huge city in front of him and the twenty frightened villagers behind him.

Zi Yao knew very well that she had no hope at all.

But the honor of Mo Men did not allow her to retreat in the most sacred Mozi trial.

"Alliance Leader Jiang, I actually have an unwelcome request."

"Can I let my people rest in your city for a while?"

Although the experience in the fantasy world was not as profound as the one in reality, it still changed her a lot. In the past, it would have been difficult for her to open her mouth.

"That's not impossible. But are you sure?"

Jiang Li asked meaningfully. Zi Yao seemed to be unaware of the seriousness of the matter.

Although she was somewhat puzzled, she still led the villagers into Jiangli's city. The bustling market in front of her made her feel like she was in another world.

Then not long after, she suddenly found that the image around her began to blur, and a large number of snowflakes appeared, as if the signal was unclear.

Before her surprised expression could stay on her face for long, she was bounced out of the illusion.

Within a few minutes of entering the city, all twenty villagers under her command had rebelled.

If you lose all the villagers, you will naturally fail the assessment.

It was not until she was ejected from the city core with a confused look on her face that she realized what Jiang Li meant by "Are you sure?"

And Jiang Li in the illusion will face the final test of the beast tide.

. . . .

"Did it fail after all?"

"Hmm? Where's Alliance Leader Jiang? Didn't he come out with you?"

"I originally wanted him to escape first, but we can't think about that much right now. Ziyao, go and take charge of the defense of the East District."

"The pressure there is the least. If there is a chance, run away with Xiao Yumi."

As soon as Zi Yao came out, she saw Granny Zi standing outside. But Granny Zi's words made her forget about the failure in the illusion.

"What! Mother-in-law, what's going on now!?"

In the real world, not much time had passed since I entered the illusion and came out. How did it become like this?

"Our position has been exposed, and the enemy has already attacked close. Without Mo Zijin, Qianluo City's defenses cannot be fully activated. We can only rely on puppets and disciples to manually control the defense equipment. The situation is very grim..."

After more than thirty hours of the Night Wolf Beast tide, most of the nearby traps had been destroyed.

The disciples of the Iron Wolf Sect no longer had any worries. They rode on Iron Wolves and carried tools to explore the area, and soon locked onto this unremarkable mountain.

Then they blatantly dug deep holes and buried high-energy and high-explosive spiritual bombs. The continuous and violent explosions made the entire Qianluo City begin to tremble.

Various gaps creaked and dust fell.

The gears of various mechanisms began to loosen, and some even fell off.

The Mo Sect disciples began to rush to repair the formations in order to maintain the stability of the main formation at all costs.

Fortunately, the city is buried underground and the impact of earthquakes has been specially taken into consideration, so the structure of the main frame will not be affected.

This explosion marks the end of another day.

The people of Momen couldn't take the initiative to attack, so they could only watch as the mountain was broken down bit by bit.

Even the specially reinforced rock formations could not withstand such torment.

I don't know how long it took, but it was finally completely peeled off.

The dome-like building below was revealed.

The Qianluo City buried underground looks like a huge turtle shell.

The building itself, which can support the mountain above, together with the protective light film of the formation, constitutes the Mo Men's powerful basic defense.

The ten Iron Wolf Sect flying boats, their bow cannons lit up with scorching light, then transformed into pillars of light, attacking the outer perimeter of the dome of Qianluo City.

When the smoke from the spiritual energy explosion cleared, the dome was completely unharmed.

Several rows of small holes suddenly appeared on the smooth surface of the dome. A series of dull sounds of breaking through the air were heard, and giant crossbow arrows more than ten feet long and as thick as thighs flew out from them.

It turned into a suppressed rain of arrows and shot towards the ten flying boats and warships.

This giant crossbow was extremely powerful and easily broke through the shield of the flying boat, turning these big guys into a hornet's nest.

The defense of Momen Qianluo City is not exaggerated.

Even though they were at a disadvantage, the Iron Wolf Sect still suffered a loss in the first round.

But this loss is far from enough to make the Iron Wolf Sect retreat.

After several attempts, they quickly found the weak area in Qianluo City's dome defense.

That's right above your head.

There were as many as twenty Iron Wolf Sect flying boats. They dropped all their loads and flew higher and higher, hanging a piece of something together, outside the shooting range of Qianluo City.

Only after it exceeded the shooting height of Qianluo City's crossbows did it move horizontally to above their heads.

Falling under the twenty flying boats was a piece of solid black gold heavy iron that was not much smaller than the flying boats.

This black gold heavy iron has not been refined, nor is it a magic weapon, it is just a piece of raw metal. This metal is not even too precious, its only characteristic is that it is heavy, very heavy! 　╰()╯

(End of this chapter)