Edge of the Apocalypse Chapter 385: Wild Highlands
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"Go up one **, yes, raise it up a little bit."
The construction site is busy during the day. Scaffolding has been erected on the foundations of the steel mill and the weapon workshop. The workers are transporting blocks of polished square stones to the foundation and starting to build the walls. From the perspective of progress, it is slightly faster than Allen's estimate, thanks to the high work enthusiasm of the workers. Under Allen's governance, the opportunities for work in Storm City have increased significantly, which is good news for civilians.
Due to the increase in workload, Storm City recruited workers from all civilians in the territory, which caused people from several small towns in the territory to flock to Storm City.
In addition to the construction of steel mills and weapons workshops, in the southern part of Storm City, a temple that has been abandoned for a long time is being rebuilt. The temple originally enshrined the **** of harvest, but in the past ten years, due to Storm City's military power as the main development goal, the **** of harvest related to agriculture has been neglected and is gradually declining. So far, only one dilapidated temple and a few old priests remain.
After Ellen and them met several times, the temple was given a chance to rebuild. The rebuilt temple will become a church, a place where Father Miró preached. Not long ago, Father Miró also started activities. He played the trump card of Vera. After Vera tried his best and made accurate predictions about several merchants in Suer City, now even Storm City began to appear some sporadic rumors about Vera and Christian sects.
Only when the time is right, Allen and Edward will support Father Miró’s church as the two city owners, thereby expanding the church’s initial influence.
After transforming the leaders of Sul City and Storm City into churches, it is time for the church to infiltrate the rest of the empire.
"Master Allen, Master Edward has arrived."
When returning from the construction site to the City Lord’s Mansion, the guards notified him. After a while, Allen met Edward in the study. There was also a young man who came with Edward this time. He looked only twenty-five and sixty-six, dressed in suitable clothes, and he had a strong academic temperament.
"This is Mr. Charlie, my new clerk and assistant." Edward introduced. Listening to his tone, it seemed that he intended to train this man, otherwise he would not be brought to Alan.
"Good noon, Lord Ellen." Charlie saluted Ellen, his manners impeccable. This is not something that can be cultivated overnight, it can be seen that this Charlie has a good background.
After a few brief conversations, Edward winked at Charlie, who knew the opportunity to retire, leaving room for the two of them. After Charlie left, Edward said directly: "I heard you want to organize an expedition?"
"Your news is well-informed." Allen frowned and said: "You didn't come here on purpose because of this, did you?"
"It can't be said to be deliberate. But besides bringing Charlie to meet you, I do plan to join you on this expedition." Edward shrugged, "Buried in files all day, I'm about to get rusty. Plus. The affairs of Sur City are not as complicated as before, so I can get out of my body and do other things."
"It wouldn't be nice if you even left. After all, the two city lords are suddenly absent. God knows if Dark Iron Fort has any unexplainable thoughts." Allen said.
"It doesn't matter, as long as outsiders don't know that we are not at the same time. I can be responsible for this **."
"Well, it seems you are going to make a decision."
"Of course." Edward made a gesture: "So, what is our goal?"
"A former base of Idavar." Allen walked to the table and handed Edward the information that Lucy had deciphered from the fraud box.
After scanning it, Edward said in surprise: "It turns out that we are not the first visitors to this planet. It seems that this planet used to be the testing ground of Idahua."
"And there are many secrets hidden in this planet. For example, humans. You have been to many planets. You should know how low the probability of encountering the same kind of life in different star regions in the universe." Allen said: " And now as far as I know, the high-level intelligent life on this planet is not only humans, but also some life forms called alien species."
"These secrets do not have much to do with us. Anyway, as we learn more about this planet, some related secrets will one day be unearthed by us. But now, the base of this Idahua star It’s really necessary to explore it. If nothing else, just say that the communication system in the base is worth a gamble.” Edward shook the information in his hand and said: “At least, I see the renewal of communication with the earth. Hope to establish contact."
"Lucy said the same as you."
"There is also this so-called queen, assuming it is a biological weapon. If we find a way to control it, then our strength will increase by a few points."
Allen said solemnly: "We have to be as cautious as possible about this sex. You have already seen the devil in the Bymon legend. Judging from the ciphertext deciphered by Lucy, the queen is the cause of life. The culprit of the mutation. If its cells have some kind of infectiousness, I think it is too difficult to control it. Otherwise, why the power controlled by Idahuaxing still ends in failure."
"Furthermore, we don’t know how long this base has existed. To be precise, the queen’s life may be dead. Even biological weapons have a lifespan limitation. Not a machine like Blade Runner."
"No matter what, we will know when we find the base. I doubt whether we can find this base. After all, so long has passed. I believe the old landscape has also changed. The probability of finding it is estimated not to be too high."
The two were discussing some details of the expedition again, and they split their preparations. Allen is responsible for selecting candidates for the expedition, while Edward prepares the necessary tools.
In terms of candidates, Allen, Lucy and Edward are naturally on the list. In addition to them, Roy and Broy need to manage and train the army, and they must be unable to escape. Adele was preparing her private fund-raising plan and couldn't go. So the only people who can go there are two brothers, Regis, Belmode and Tang Ji Tang.
After confirming the list, Edward spent a day preparing the necessary tools. In the early morning of the next day, a team quietly left Storm City. Allen and the others disguised themselves as adventurers. Everyone wore a cloak covering their faces, carrying fire/guns and other common weapons and tools on their backs. On Lucy's war horse there was a cloth bag with dozens of fire thunders inside.
Fire thunder is far less powerful than grenades, but in a world lacking modern weapon production technology, girls can only kill them. Everyone had great expectations for the Idahua Star base located in the wild highlands. For members of the hunting group, that means an opportunity to reconnect with the earth. Once they reconnect with the earth, they don't have to be lost in the interstellar universe forever.
For Allen, it means more. Re-establishing contact with the earth means being able to get the support of the family. In that way, talents, technology and even magic weapon technology can be introduced to this planet. At that time, Allen's power will advance by leaps and bounds, and the expansion of his influence will increase by geometric multiples. The ever-expanding territory and power meant that Allen was able to give back to the family in a certain proportion.
This planet is vast, and the richness of resources must exceed Allen's expectations. Not to mention, the Thames Silver Mine under the control of Storm City alone will be able to continuously create revenue for Beskode in the next ten years. And this is the wealth in Allen's territory now, and God knows what treasures will be waiting for him to dig with the expansion of his power in the future.
So in the crowd, it can be said that Allen is most looking forward to the base. If all goes well, the base will be an important turning point in his entire expeditionary career**.
Walking on the blood rock wasteland, you can see more business travelers than ever before. With the eradication of Dick's gang, Dark Iron Fort and Storm City began to build military stations on the blood rock wasteland. The small bands of bandits in the wasteland have no room to survive, they have to leave the wasteland to find another place, otherwise they will only be completely wiped out by the two cities that have reached an agreement temporarily.
As a result, the wasteland ushered in the unprecedented security. Caravans can freely travel between several cities and Violet Port, and with the frequent commercial activities, this border land will flourish step by step. At least until the relationship between Allen and Sharon does not deteriorate, the borderland will only become more and more lively.
Passed wind erosion gorge and bypassed Violet Harbor. A week after leaving Storm City, the wild highlands were gradually in sight. Riding on the war horse, Allen could feel that the terrain was rising upwards, and the horse's walking was no longer as easy and fast as the previous few days. In some places with very steep slopes, Allen and others even had to dismount before they could lead the horse across the hillside.
When the yellow-brown rocky land was gradually replaced by towering pine and cedar trees, the vegetation on the ground became denser and denser, and finally entered a large virgin forest, Allen knew that his party had entered the wild highland area . The wild highlands are full of forests, dangerous cliffs, dangerous caves and even bottomless cracks. At the same time, this is also a barbaric area impassable by the Empire's Constitution.
There are no roads in the wild highlands, so the merchants in Violet Harbor would rather take the longer road to reach the Ark Harbor by water. He is not willing to venture into the wild highlands, because this is the world of beasts and thugs. In this impossible zone, no matter what happens, it is not surprising. Even adventurers rarely enter the wild highlands, even if this highland has ancient ruins from a long time ago.
For Allen and others, this is the first time they have entered the wild highlands. Everything is new to them. Here, they see a more majestic landscape than the Aspen Mountains, taller trees, and countless unnamed creatures.
This highland is as straight as a natural gene bank. Allen even considered that if it is expected to re-establish contact with the earth, then he can hire a team of hunters to hunt the creatures in the highlands, and then sell them to the federal biological research center, which is also a huge fortune!