Monarch of Evernight: The calm before the storm

bsp;Qianye’s focus is on the layers of old and new logos. They were temporary supply points and scout posts for the two camps. As the local war situation changed, such locations changed the fastest, and the information from different time periods almost overlapped.

However, Qianye still discovered that if the dark race set out from the old site of the White Valve Fortress and headed for the central cave maze, it would happen to pass through his defense zone.

A detour is not impossible, but there are several new beast outbreak areas nearby, as well as a supply point that Yong Ye and the Empire repeatedly attack and defend in a tug-of-war to control. If Aiden hadn't foreseen encountering Qianye, of course he would have chosen to cross that area.

So Aiden is going to the central cave maze?

Judging from the current intelligence disclosed by the empire, the central cave has few resources and is very dangerous.

After the will of the giant void beast that shrouded the floating continent was eliminated, the empire once again organized manpower to conduct in-depth exploration again, and found that in a short period of time, there were several more types of ferocious beasts living deep underground. They were all strong men who participated in the battle of the essence of the void. Never reported. The highest level among them is a threat to the lieutenant general.

All in all, except for its location in the center of the floating continent, this is a worthless area.

Qianye did not doubt the accuracy of the information, because although the imperial family had symbolic possession of the central cave, they did not invest troops in it. The empire still doesn't know how the local ferocious beasts reproduce in the caves. They are killing them incessantly. If ordinary troops enter the caves, it won't take long for them to suffer heavy losses and be killed by the ferocious beasts in batches.

However, the battle with Aiden showed that the dark race’s understanding of the Void Floating Continent is different from that of the empire, and it is more thorough in some mysterious fields. Thinking from another perspective, the Void Behemoth Chaos chose this floating land as a back-up for its cemetery. Perhaps there are other unknown secrets here.

However, Qianye didn't think about it any further. These were all his speculations and he couldn't provide any solid evidence. He didn't think he was suitable to discuss this issue with the Li family.

At this time, the quartermaster has completed the registration, and the review process is not complicated. The Li family has its own set of supervision systems to evaluate the completion of such tasks. Some of the casualty records and special operations intelligence come from Yong Ye Fang. The accuracy of hatchback verification is quite high and disputes rarely arise.

The quartermaster checked the one-week defense zone performance evaluation manual just issued by the Li family, wrote down a rank in Qianye's name, and said: "The military merits of the defense zone guards have been registered, and it is currently a cycle. You Is there anything else I need to redeem? ”

"Others? Oh, no." Qianye shook his head. Although he has a Shadow Ode in his hand, only a fool would exchange such a thing for it.

"No? Haha, good luck guy!" The quartermaster's expression looked a little strange.

Qianye understood what he was thinking. Under the current situation, the dark race stationed in Luoxia Fjord obviously used the misty forest as a channel to increase troops. Even if the defense zone of ordinary people is at the edge or outer edge of the forest, they will still encounter battles to some extent. If there is a battle, there will be gains. The strong men who have completed the task of guarding the defense area will hand over some military merit certificates and trophies. The more they hand over, the more intense the battle is.

Qianye's mission was rated as high, but he actually had nothing in his hands. Naturally, no dark army passed by him at all, and he easily earned a huge reward.

Qianye was too lazy to explain and didn't care if others misunderstood. If he hadn't met Aiden by chance and entangled him in the defense zone, it's hard to say how many of the strong men in the defense zones near the central cave of the Li family would have come back alive.

The people in the Li family who are responsible for supervising and evaluating the war may learn some inside information from Yong Yefang in the future, but people like the quartermaster who are in charge of logistics and miscellaneous tasks will definitely not have access to relevant information.

While walking out of the exchange area, Qianye suddenly heard someone shouting not far away: "What did you say? The basic salary of a **** tenth-level brigadier general is higher than that of me? Are you, the Li family, blind?" ”

This man's voice was very loud, and his force was strong and thick. This roar not only buzzed and echoed in the hall, but also spread far away. Qianye frowned slightly. If he put the words basic treatment and tenth-level brigadier general together, he was definitely talking about him.

The conditions that Li Yanshou signed for him were indeed generous enough. In fact, the first batch of free strong men who joined the Li family's defense zone, including Du Li and Zhu Huan, received very good treatment.

However, since the military merit list was launched, and Jing Shui Disheng and Tian Fengyun Yanzhu were placed at the top of the list, the number of strong people entering the Li family's defense area suddenly increased. Naturally, those who came later would not get the treatment of the first batch.

The Li family played this game very well. They needed to recruit a large number of free and strong people, but they did not blindly increase individual treatment, but relied on the incentive mechanism. On the surface, it seems that the Li family has invested priceless bounty items, but if you count the number of new free powerful people, the average number is not so exaggerated. But if the Li family simply adds these gold coins to everyone's reward, they may not be able to recruit so many strong people.

However, everyone's basic treatment should be kept strictly confidential. Although there was a list of passing guests in the early days, Qianye's ranking was still a bit eye-catching, and Du Li's inexplicable provocation was partly due to this. But now the information on the powerful people participating in the war is completely thick, and it has begun to be divided into volumes according to different mission types. How could someone come to make trouble against him at this time?

Qianye stopped and had the urge to look back for a moment, but then shook his head. He had no intention of dealing with such a reckless guy who was incited by others. He would wait until the person behind the scenes couldn't help but jump out. Since he had chosen to accept the recruitment of the Li family, he was not afraid of getting into trouble.

So Qianye continued towards the next target, the workshop area. The horned dragon has been damaged in many places after two fierce battles, and the force array has been damaged and must be repaired. In addition, the heart armor that Wei Potian gave him had been kept in the Anduya space after it was damaged. The silk-wrapped fine gold was also a good material.

The workshop area covers a very large area, with more than ten large workshops connected to each other, each with its own division of labor. Just to provide energy for this workshop area requires two large power towers. This shows that the Li family has long-term plans to develop this place into a self-sufficient permanent base. This layout is very suitable for transforming it into a provincial center after the war. City.

Qianye walked into the armor area and was greeted by someone. The young man saw the brigadier general's star on Qianye's military uniform and immediately greeted him warmly: "What can I do for you?"

Qianye pointed to the one-meter-square alloy box in his hand and said, "One of my armors is broken and needs to be repaired."

"This is easy, please follow me. Today is the day when Master Zhu is on duty. You are really lucky."

The young man took Qianye to a workshop in the workshop, knocked on the door and said, "Master Zhu, there is a general whose armor needs repairing."

A rough and irritable voice came from behind the door: "Why don't you come to me for repairing armor? I'm busy! Send it to my disciples and see if they have time."

The young man was rejected and suddenly became a little resentful, and then tried to argue: "Master, this is a general! Can you at least take a look at it?"

"Get out!" This time the answer was even more straightforward.

Qianye was standing by and said at this time: "My armor is a bit special, I'm afraid your disciples can't handle it."

"It's special to have a fart!" The master in the sect was obviously used to hearing this kind of rhetoric, and he didn't give any face to it.

Qianye did not have time to understand the craftsmanship and materials of the horned dragon at that time, but he knew one of the main materials, so he said: "This armor is made of blue steel."

"Blue steel?!"

There was a sudden "pop" sound under the door frame, steam rose, the mechanical track clicked, and the door slowly moved away. As soon as the door opened, a wave of heat immediately hit my face, and it reflected the flickering light of the fire. It was like a big melting pot.

In the workroom, the fire was burning brightly, and a small pot of molten metal was rolling on the shelf, flashing with colorful colors from time to time.

Master Zhu was not tall, but had broad shoulders and thick arms. He was extremely thick. At this moment, he couldn't even care about the pot of molten metal. He rushed out and asked repeatedly: "Where is that armor?" ? Is it produced by Bai Valve? ”

Qianye was not surprised by Master Zhu's reaction, but he was surprised that the other party called him Bai Clan.

"It is indeed produced by Bai Valve, but how did you know?"

Master Zhu said impatiently: "Nonsense! Blue steel is the alloy first invented by Bai Val. Although the formula has been made public now, the largest production areas of several key ingredients are in Bai Val's hands. Over the years, Only Bai Valve has the best understanding of the physical properties of blue steel. If the blue steel armor is not made by Bai Valve, it will be discounted."

Qianye handed over the armor box and said, "It is indeed produced by Bai Vale."

"Hurry and show me!" Master Zhu grabbed it. The extremely heavy box was not too strenuous in his hands. He opened the front cover, took out the broken breastplate, and glanced at it. There was an engraving in the corner, and there was an exclamation: "White Songhe!"

Qianye had no impression of this name, so he asked casually, but Master Zhu rolled his eyes at him and scolded: "Even Master Bai doesn't know, but he is the real master in the field of armor! I wish Ruhuo Compared with Master Bai, he is nothing."

Zhu Ruhuo took out the horned dragons one by one at the door, holding the scarred armor pieces as if they were treasures. After he had seen the entire set of horned dragons, he raised his head and gave Qianye a serious look, but his eyes were Much softer.

Qianye asked: "Can this armor be repaired?"

Zhu Ruhuo carefully packed the horned dragon back into the box, staring at every line, every arc, and even every broken gap, as if these charred, gray paint, and dark silver mottled objects were in front of him. Nails are the most beautiful things in the world.

Qianye said it twice before Zhu Ruhuo came back to his senses and said: "Of course it can be cultivated, but it will take some time."

"How long?"

"Ten days, no, three months!"

The young man who brought Qianye here couldn't help but open his mouth. Before he could speak, Qianye also understood. Obviously, Master Zhu didn't want to repair the armor, but wanted to figure out Bai Songhe's method of building the horned dragon. Technique.

Qianye was not angry, and just said: "I only have one day."

"One day is not enough! I haven't had time to take another look!"

Qianye said expressionlessly: "If you can't fix it, I can go to Bai Vale to find someone to fix it."

Zhu Ruhuo opened his mouth, but no words came out for a long time. After a moment, he let out a breath, "With this level of loss, even if you take the White Valve, you can only restore the Force Array to 80%. One day is not enough You go back and forth."

Qianye smiled and said: "You mean the loaded load-reduction array? That's not important, just repair the defense part."

Zhu Ruhuo picked up the breastplate and looked at it carefully again, and said in deep thought: "The day is tight, and it can be done regardless of the auxiliary stacking array. You can come and pick it up at this time tomorrow! You're a kid! Fortunately, I still have two pieces of blue steel in stock. For the sake of this armor, I will only charge you the cost price, but I have a condition. A can only send it to me for repair!”

This was a small surprise for Qianye, so he agreed to Zhu Ruhuo's conditions, put the horned dragon down, and left the workshop area.

The next day or so was uneventful. Qianye had a rare moment of leisure and had a good sleep. It was a peaceful night, and there was no follow-up to the roar in the exchange area during the day.

It's just that it's the same calm before the storm.

The next morning, Qianye still had a leisurely time. After replenishing some field preparations, he went to the military merit redemption area to see how the two Shadow Blades were appraised.

Generally, when humans get black titanium weapons, they rarely use them directly. Most of them find ways to separate the black titanium contained in them and use them for various purposes, so identification and separation can be done at the same time.

There are a few more new faces in the military merit area. It seems that the Li family’s recruitment efforts have never been small. As the number of powerful people who heard the news increased, the complexity of the personnel also increased.

Qianye saw several teams in groups of three to five. Although their clothing was as ordinary and simple as possible, their equipment and style could not be changed. If these people were really free and strong men who lived on bounty, they would be crazy.

Military merit exchange has always been very efficient, Qianye was told that the converted value of the last loot had been included. He looked at the military achievements to his name and frowned.

In the total column is a third-level upper-level martial artist, which is equivalent to killing a first-level viscount. The number of military achievements is a bit small, but it is normal. Qianye fought endlessly with Aiden in both battles. He hunted flawlessly and occasionally harvested a few unlucky ghosts who unfortunately ran into their battlefield. In the later period, even the shadow of the dark scout was gone. Can't touch it.

However, if you include the two Shadow Blades, it is a bit ridiculously small. Although Qianye didn't know the specific content of black titanium in the Shadow Blade, he still had a basic impression of the purity. He estimated that it could be exchanged for at least a third-class military merit, and counting the additional rewards of special weapons, these two knives alone would be enough. It should be at least a third-class meritorious service.

"Can you show me the details? The military figures are a bit wrong."

PS: This chapter has a slightly longer word count, so I’m a little late, but I finally caught up.