Chapter 107 Abyss Formation and Creation

When Zhou Ji led twelve players out of the dense forest, an open wilderness appeared in front of them. First, he saw a large number of farmland and scattered small patches of dead trees and farmhouses. There was an ancient city standing in the mist in the distance.

"city!"

"It's a city!"

"We finally see the city!"

The players all cheered excitedly.

The city wall is tall and thick, probably because it has been heightened and strengthened many times.

It is about twelve meters high and a full twenty-five meters thick. There are also buildings such as turrets and watchtowers built on it. In addition, a large number of obstacles such as horses are set up near the city, making the entire city The city looks like a small military fortress with a solemn feel.

no doubt.

This is the ancient city of Shansang.

The city's terrain is slightly higher than the surrounding area, and it is surrounded by hazy fog. With the sky of the abyss as the background, it looks quite strange, majestic, and full of mystery.

"Hurry up and take a photo!"

“Take pictures and take pictures!”

"This is a very memorable moment!"

"After all, it is the first real town discovered in the Three Kingdoms of the Abyss!"

“Although it’s just a small town, it’s much more impressive than small villages like Hexi Village!”

"..."

The mission itself is very simple. After all, no matter what method is used, as long as you successfully stand in this area, you can complete the mission directly without doing anything.

But sixty-one players participated in the operation, and only twelve players finally arrived. It can be said that this journey was not easy.

Fortunately, the task was completed in the last few hours.

This shouldn't affect the triggering of subsequent tasks, right?

The evil spirit glanced around the ancient city of Shansang and saw that there was not a single tourist or pedestrian near the city. Not only were the surrounding farmlands abandoned, but most of the farmhouses and other buildings outside were also burned down, making the place look lifeless and lifeless. , showing a sense of desolation and decadence.

Ye Limeng: "This place doesn't look very popular!"

Zhou Ji explained: "The dragon lizard alien tribe invaded this place about a year ago and successively captured most of the nearby villages. Since half a year ago, they have attacked Shansang City many times, which not only caused a lot of losses to Shansang City, but also It has seriously affected farmers’ production.”

Brother Heitongrui: "So that's what happened. No wonder the farmland is abandoned."

Xiao Lingdang immediately said: "The lord said that the natives will not drop trophies when they hunt abyssal creatures, so supplies mainly rely on normal production or hunting of normal creatures. Now the villages everywhere are controlled by the dragon lizards. In the city Isn’t the food very stressful?”

Zhou Ji nodded with a solemn expression: "The ravages of the alien dragon lizards have not only made it impossible to raise agricultural taxes in various townships, but also made hunting extremely difficult. Food in the city is already in short supply. If this situation continues, I'm afraid there will soon be no civilians left alive." starve!"

The devil said: "Don't worry, our lord has great powers. As long as we can persuade Shansang City to surrender, we will be able to solve all problems with the lord's methods!"

Zhou Ji: "Although I think so too, it's not that easy."

"Why do you say that?"

Zhou Ji said: "The Lord of Shansang City is the former Wei Wangzhi of Shansang County. He was once a considerate and generous man, but his temperament has changed drastically since he started practicing evil magic of unknown origin more than ten years ago. "

Shansang was once a county of the Han Dynasty, but it lost contact with the outside world for forty years. Imperial officials such as county magistrate, county lieutenant, and county magistrate have long been meaningless. In this environment, whoever has the biggest fist will naturally win the title. That's the boss.

This Wang Zhineng became the city lord.

I guess his strength should not be underestimated.

According to Zhou Ji, he used to be a lieutenant of Shansang County, that is, a local military governor. So now he is at least an old man in his sixties or seventies? Is he still so good at fighting at this age? What about practicing evil magic?

Whether they offer the city voluntarily or seize the city by force, the Scourge Army is determined to win this place!

This is not only for a larger territory and more population, but also for obtaining a solid base in Woniu Mountain. Only in this way can we compete with the Dragon Lizard Clan, otherwise the fight will be too passive.

Brother Heitongrui immediately asked: "Lao Zhou, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhou Ji said: "Don't be impatient. When I get to the city, I will contact a few brothers. Then we will figure out a solution together."

After hearing this, the players were convinced that it would be convenient to have the help of the indigenous NPCs. Otherwise, even the dragon lizards would not be able to attack the city head-on, and they would not even think about it with the help of the Scourge Legion.

Zhou Ji went to Shansang Ancient City first.

Although players really want to follow it into the city and have a look.

But for the sake of big things, I can only wait.

Mr. Artist Pai looked at the ancient city from a distance and said: "Although this city is larger than places like Hexi Village, it only had a population of 30,000 to 20,000 in its heyday, which is not as large as the population of my hometown town."

Chen Xi: "After all, the maximum population in the Han Dynasty was more than 60 million, and a population of about 100,000 was usually a county or important town in various places. Even places like Chang'an only had a population of 300,000 or 400,000 most of the time... This population is certainly not worth mentioning in the 21st century!”

Little Bell said: "It feels so little!"

Xianyu Tuci also nodded: "We also have to take into account the population decline at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. If the number of players in Gui Sanguo is really related to the size of the territory and the population, then how many cities do we have to occupy to form a million-strong natural disaster army!"

"In fact, you can't think so." Hei Tong Ruige put forward his own opinion: "The population may have declined sharply at the end of the Han Dynasty, but this does not mean that the population of Gui Sanguo has also declined sharply."

"Huh?"

"Because the time and space of Gui Sanguo are distorted and disordered, each area has become a de facto independent small world. No one knows how many areas there are, and no one knows whether these small worlds will breed dozens or even hundreds of times the population."

"It seems to make sense."

"Maybe there are some places with hundreds or even millions of people in one map."

"It's too far to think about these now. The most urgent task is to get the ancient city of Shansang!"

"I don't know how long it will take for Lao Zhou to come back. Let's find a place to rest first!"

There is a relatively complete farmhouse nearby, which can be used as a temporary shelter for more than a dozen people to rest and stay.

"Oh my god!"

"I just realized I've been online for fifteen hours!"

"I'm almost there too. I'm starving in the real world. If I don't log off, I'll be kicked out by the system."

This game is so real.

Players should log off and take a rest!

Because not only do we need to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in real life, but our bodies in the game are also quite tired. Although we are not at the limit, considering that there may be big actions and tasks next, we naturally have to seize the time to conserve our energy as much as possible!

Of course.

In the players' view.

The game has a hidden fatigue value setting, which not only increases the sense of reality, but also is an important protection mechanism.

If the game body is a perpetual motion machine that never tires, then with the powerful sense of substitution and immersion of this game, I don't know how many players will be completely addicted and forget about time. If this goes on for a long time, the body in the real world will sooner or later collapse completely.

Precisely because the body in the game will also be tired and need to rest, players will be forced to log off for a period of time every day.

At least there will be no extreme situations such as starvation and thirst.

Players usually leave their bodies in the Abyss Barracks in the base camp and go offline, because the Abyss Barracks can speed up the recovery of fatigue value, and even if they are tired for about five hours, they can be fully recovered.

Now in Woniu Mountain, there is no teleportation point nearby. Players are unlikely to return to the base camp. They can only find a place to rest. As long as they don’t stay outside for a long time, it will not cause much impact on their bodies.

In addition to the difference in recovery speed.

Players also need to consider safety issues when they go offline.

The current area is a town. Due to the barrier formed by the Qiyun Divine Stone, ordinary abyss creatures cannot get close, but dragon lizards may appear nearby at any time. In addition, they must be alert to other possible risks.

The twelve players decided to divide into six groups, and take turns to go online on duty in groups of two. If there is a special situation or Zhou Ji comes back, they will immediately send a message to the offline players so that other players can log in to the game as soon as possible.

...

Luoshui Base Camp.

"Finally arrived at the first abyss town!"

Although the players have been offline to rest in the broken house one after another, as long as they are the people of the territory, they can provide vision for the lord.

Zhou Ji has pledged his loyalty to the territory and has been granted the Mark of the Stars, so his every move can be seen by Hang Yu as long as he wants to see it. He has already entered the ancient city of Shansang.

Not to mention the players.

Hang Yu is also very interested in the Abyss town.

Shansang City has spent forty years in the Abyss Age, which is not too long but definitely not short, so the city retains the style of the Han Dynasty while adding many elements of the Abyss Age.

The characteristics of the Han Dynasty architectural style are: ancient and rough, simple structure, grand style, mainly wood and supplemented by bricks and stones.

Shansang Ancient City has many more elements of the Abyss Age on the basis of the Han Dynasty style.

Especially some unique buildings.

Incompatible with the times.

Before Zhou Ji entered the city, Hang Yu noticed that there was a dark red tower standing at each corner of the city. Its texture was a bit like volcanic glass, and many hideous and painful human faces and outlines could be seen on the surface.

【Blood Tower of Wraith】, a first-level special building... Introduction: A special abyss creation built on the basis of a certain evil formation of the abyss, which can draw energy from blood and pain to form a huge defensive barrier to protect the city and release wraiths to attack the invading foreign enemies!

Blood Tower of Wraith!

A relatively common abyss building!

It can transform the energy of blood and spirit to form a very practical barrier that integrates offense and defense. With such a defensive creation, it is no wonder that the dragon lizards failed to break in after several attempts.

Although the Blood Tower of Wraith is very useful, it requires a considerable price.

Each Blood Tower of Wraith needs to be continuously supplied with blood and souls to maintain. If it cannot replenish enough blood, the blood tower cannot maintain the barrier. If it cannot supply fresh souls, the wraiths in it will lose control.

This means that if Shansang City wants to maintain order for a long time, it will inevitably have to find ways to obtain blood, and even hold regular living sacrifices, and the price must be paid by the people in the city.

Similar abyss buildings.

There is more than one Shansang City.

This town is not very strong in terms of the number of troops or the strength of the soldiers, and there are no powerful ministers or generals. The reason why it can be defended is all thanks to these things.

Hang Yu's expression became solemn.

Because the natives of the Three Kingdoms era could not have studied the creation methods of these formations and buildings out of thin air, it is likely that the city lord of this city obtained the knowledge from the abyss through some channel or method.

This is undoubtedly extremely dangerous!

If you want to obtain the knowledge of the abyss, you must get close to the abyss!

Even people with strong wills may be eroded and polluted in this process!

Hang Yu thought of the city lord Wang Zhi mentioned in the conversation between Zhou Ji and the player. He suspected that Wang Zhi had been polluted by the abyss. Although he did not turn into an abyss creature, his thoughts and spirit had been distorted.

This is not a strange phenomenon in the abyss world.

The will of the abyss can not only create horrible abyss nightmares and devour living beings in a simple and crude way, but can also indirectly affect normal living beings through other methods. In order to pursue the endless knowledge or treasures of the abyss, countless sages and heroes in the heavens and the worlds eventually corrupted from the inside out without knowing it.

Abyss buildings appeared in Shansang City.

The city lord Wang Zhi practiced evil skills of unknown origin.

These clues all point to a very bad answer.

Hang Yu originally wanted to obtain Shansang City peacefully through communication and negotiation. Now it seems that this method may not have much chance of being realized, and it is inevitable to use force.

But even the dragon lizards could not break the city for a while.

Hang Yu’s current strength has no chance of winning.

He can only find a way to break through from the inside.

After careful thinking.

Hang Yu edited a new task.

[Task name: Activate the luck stone of Shansang City! 】

[Task content: Shansang Ancient City is a town of 10,000 people. The luck stone nurtured in it can light up the advanced blessing point. Once activated, the lord can directly come to the city through blessing! 】

[Task goal: Please try every possible way and successfully activate the blessing point of Shansang City within 72 hours. 】

[Task reward: 120,000 spirit value, 150,000 contribution points, random treasure chest reward, which can be divided equally among participating team members! 】

Hang Yu does not require players to capture this city.

As long as the player finds a way to get close to the luck stone.

The luck stone of this kind of town can light up the advanced star blessing point. Although it does not support direct cross-region teleportation of ordinary people, Hang Yu, as a lord, can teleport, and then he can directly descend to Shansang City.

He personally takes action.

It should not be difficult to capture the city from the inside.

This task is quite difficult for players, but the rewards given are also very generous. Hang Yu believes in the wisdom and ability of players to make things happen!