Chapter 148 Ice Dragon Horn, before the battle
“Sylvia insisted that I bring this new thing over to you…”
“Something new?”
Cao Xing became interested and said, “Show me.”
Ai Li stretched out her little hand, and then handed over an ice sculpture in the shape of a horn.
Cao Xing took it [Obtained: Ice Dragon Horn (Small)*1]
…
“Oh? Is this the new material the system said? Does it have any effect?”
Cao Xing took a look at the properties of this thing.
[Ice Dragon Horn (Small): After use, you can actively summon the power of the dragon, and in the next six hours, all the ice nests 30 kilometers near the territory will come to your territory. 】
[Note: In order to reward the user’s brave performance, you can choose to increase the probability of dropping the Ice Dragon Mark, or choose to increase the experience gained from killing the Ice Nest Monster. 】
[Option 1: You can choose to increase the explosion rate of Ice Dragon Mark and Glacier Splinter by 100%, and reduce the kill experience value by 80%. 】
[Option 2: You can choose to increase the experience value of killing ice brood monsters by 50%, and reduce the explosion rate of ice dragon marks and glacier shards by 80%]
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After reading the notes on the materials, Cao Xing was shocked! “Here I go…this thing can actually actively summon an ice nest thirty kilometers away to come to my territory.”
“You can also choose to increase the explosion rate of materials or choose to increase experience points. Isn’t this too humane?”
Cao Xing thought for a moment and quickly understood the reason for the appearance of this prop.
“I see, because after the official period begins, the survivors have to fight against the Ice Nest and collect resources at the same time. There is no time for development at all.”
“If this continues, the billions of survivors will be dying slowly, because their development speed cannot match the upgrade of the Ice Nest.”
“And in each region, there should be one, two, or several relatively powerful beings!”
“At this time, they can choose to attract all the ice nests near their territory.”
“In this way, other survivors will be less stressed and can have more time to collect resources and develop their territory.”
“And similarly, these strong men gained a lot of experience and props by killing the Ice Nest, which is equivalent to a win-win situation!”
Thinking of this, Cao Xing nodded secretly.
Then he thought about it: “How about giving it a try?”
“Calculated in proportion, the circumference of my territory is thirty kilometers, which is sixty kilometers in diameter. There are almost twenty or thirty territories.”
“In other words, if I use this mark, dozens of ice nests will fall near my territory every hour for the next six hours.”
“This pressure is still very high, which is equivalent to the difficulty of defense increasing twenty to thirty times.”
Cao Xingzai weighed it and then calculated his own strength.
Finally, he came to the conclusion that he could completely block so many ice nest monsters.
Cao Xing nodded, “You can give it a try. Whether it’s experience or the Ice Dragon Mark, they are both urgently needed for me.”
“Of course, that’s not possible now. Da Zhuang and the others are still out collecting resources.”
“If I use this ice dragon horn and a large number of ice nests fall down and kill my polar people, it will be great fun!”
Thinking of this, Cao Xing decided to wait until night, when it would be dark.
at the same time.
After a morning of fighting.
Blot, Assam and others have captured all the resource points in the surrounding five kilometers area.
The leader Cao Yi also laid the railroad tracks.
All eight resource points are connected to the [Ore Processing Plant] and [Lumber Mill] in the territory.
Cao Xing stood on the city wall.
Looking at the snow outside the territory, there were suddenly a few more railway tracks connecting the territory.
Dozens of mine carts were running back and forth, filled with various rocks, coal, iron and other metals.
Including wood can also be transported using minecarts.
In Cao Xing’s territory, the ore processing plants and lumberyards also began to work at full power.
“Buzz buzz!”
There was a constant sound of sawing wood and falling stones.
Although it seems a bit noisy.
But Cao Xing saw that the resources of his territory were growing at a gratifying rate, and these emotions disappeared without a trace in an instant.
[Wood +6]
[Wood +7]
[Stone +6]
[Stone +3]
[Iron +5]
[Copper+3]
【……】
“Very good. At this speed, not counting iron and coal, we can collect almost 13 pieces of wood and 9 stones in one minute.”
“And then, we can mine for at least ten hours a day.”
“In other words, I can collect thousands of wood and stone blocks every day!”
This efficiency can be said to be beyond the reach of other survivors! And this is the benefit of mechanized mining.
At the same time, the polar man Du An also came over with a look of joy and said: “Lord, the small communication device you ordered is ready.”
“Due to time constraints, I only had time to build 9 of them.”
After hearing this, Cao Xing also felt happy on his face.
In this way, he can send Assam and others out to clear out all the monsters near the territory.
Da Zhuang and others can also mine resources more safely.
[Obtain: Small communication device*9]
Cao Xing nodded and said, “Du An, you did a good job.”
“Now, go and make some more electronic components, and then install a magic water purification device in our room.”
“I obey! Dear lord!”
Then, Duan left here directly.
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After the battle, Assam and Andrew also walked back from the snow.
They came to Cao Xing and said respectfully: “Fortunately, Lord, all the monsters and beasts in several resource points have been cleared away.”
“We brought back the carcasses of those beasts.”
Cao Xing glanced.
Behind Assam and Andrew, there were four bodies they dragged back.
There are snow direwolves nearly three meters long, and wild boars covered with steel-needle-like bristles.
Cao Xing nodded, and then clicked on decompose directly.
[Decomposition is successful. 】
[Obtain: Damaged wolf skin (green)*1]
[Obtain: Fresh wolf meat*64]
[Obtain: Wolf Bone (Green)*31]
[Obtain: Wolf Fang (green)*8]
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[Obtain: Damaged wild boar skin (green)*3]
[Get: Fresh wild boar*189]
[Obtain: Wild boar bones (green)*173]
[Obtain: Wild boar tusk (green)*6]
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Cao Xing said with satisfaction: “Not bad, not bad. We have added another wave of meat. These bones and teeth can be used to make light armor and arrows.”
Assam continued to report: “We have also left an imperial soldier or centaur in each resource point to protect our companions in extracting resources.”
Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, “Well done, Assam.”
“Now, take a rest and then go deal with those ice nests outside the territory.”
Assam and Andrew looked at each other, then nodded: “I obey, Lord Lord.”
Time flies, and five hours have passed.
Just as Cao Xing expected, the current frequency of ice nests is almost once an hour.
Moreover, because of Cao Xing’s order, his men did not destroy the ice nest immediately when they saw it.
Instead, wait for all 500 monsters to hatch before destroying the ice nest.
In this way, these ice nests have become a tool for Cao Xing to spawn monsters.
Contributed a lot of experience points to him.
At the same time, a white light appeared again on Cao Xing.
The system prompt has appeared.
[Your level has been improved, current level: 15]
[Attribute tips for this upgrade: strength +4, agility +2, spirit +7, constitution +5]
…
He felt again that his body was getting stronger.
“This kind of upgrade feels really good. The most important thing is that my physical fitness has been enhanced!”
“This way, the situation at night won’t happen.”
Cao Xing’s eyes were filled with joy.
“By the way, I also have a gold-quality ring in my backpack. The required level is level 15. I can equip it now!”
The next moment, a very gorgeous ring engraved with exquisite patterns appeared in Cao Xing’s hand.
He put it on directly.
At this moment, Cao Xing’s physique and spirit were greatly improved again!
He looked at his attributes.
[Name: Cao Xing]
[Race: Blue Star Human Race]
[Level: Level 15 144/50000 (Level 2)]
[Detailed attributes: Click to view. 】
“Guigui, you don’t know this by looking at it, you’ll be shocked when you see it!”
His mental attributes reached 177 points! If you wear that [Wanderer Priest Mask], it will be 187 points of spirit! What is this concept?
Ice therapy can restore 150 health points per second, plus the bonus of [Kingdom Holy Ring].
He is now using [Ice Therapy], which is equivalent to 225 points of life recovery per second!
It can restore 13,500 blood points in one minute! Even Sarah now can regain her full blood volume in two minutes.
“It’s really terrifying!”
Not only that, as Cao Xing’s attributes improve, the Ice Armor spell can also add an additional 112 points of armor!
With these two skills alone, given to any level 1 soldier, he can challenge the enemy at levels six or seven!
“Too fierce! Hahaha!”
Cao Xing was very excited.
“The next step is to wait until dark, call all the citizens back, and then use the ice dragon horn.”
Cao Xing glanced at the countdown above his head.
[Distance to nightfall: 0:52. 】
[Current temperature: -17℃]
……
Night is coming.
But what makes Cao Xing a little worried is that Renis has not come back for so long.
You know, with Rhaenys’s current movement speed of a level 18 boss creature, plus Hilda’s queen’s will.
Her moving speed can even reach seventy or eighty kilometers per hour.
Even if the place Cao Xing asked her to go was relatively far away, logically she should come back.
Thinking of this, he felt a little worried.
However, the only thing that reassured Cao Xing was that there was no prompt that Renes was attacked on the battle list.
As the sky gets darker.
Under Cao Xing’s gaze.
A figure appeared in the snow and headed towards the territory at great speed.
After getting closer, Cao Xing saw the figure of the other party clearly, and joy suddenly appeared in his eyes.
It was Rhaenys.
He quickly opened the city gate and came to Rhaenys’s side.
This woman traveled nearly 400 kilometers back and forth today in order to complete the task assigned by Cao Xing.
Finally got back before dark.
Cao Xing said: “Thank you for your hard work, Lenis.”
The slender archer shook his head, “It’s okay, this is what I should do.”
Then, Renes began to report: “Today, I went to the area to observe the location according to the location mentioned by the lord, and indeed found a huge and deep forest.”
“But I didn’t enter because I felt a threatening atmosphere in that forest.”
“So, I went to search nearby and found a village about ten kilometers away from the forest.”
“From the mouths of the villagers, I learned that the name of this forest is the Witch Forest. It is said that there is a powerful witch living deep in the forest.”
Upon hearing the next sentence, Cao Xing’s eyes suddenly lit up.
“Witch?”
Rhaenys nodded: “Yes, they also told me a story.”
“Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a witch who lived in seclusion in the royal city. She had a strong talent for refining medicine, and the medicine she made even saved the dying king.”
“Her fame soon spread throughout half of the Western Continent.”
“And those nobles who were suffering from hidden diseases or some complicated diseases heard the news about this witch and rushed to the Ice Crystal Kingdom. They were even willing to spend a huge price just so that this witch could refine medicine for them. “
“And gradually, they discovered that many people were missing near the witch’s residence.”
“From commoners to businessmen, from nobles to royal families…”
“In just a few years, the number of people who have disappeared near the witch’s residence has reached thousands.”
“This matter has gradually attracted the king’s attention.”
“It wasn’t until he ordered the troops to search the witch’s house that the secret of the witch was revealed.”
“Then, those soldiers found a large number of corpses in the basement, living corpses!”
“They were horrified to find that this witch was actually using these people’s bodies to conduct some kind of horrific experiment!”
At this point, Rhaenys paused for a moment.
Cao Xing asked: “What happened next?”
“Later, the witch was rounded up and hunted by the army, and she escaped into a forest.”
“And together with the soldiers who were chasing her, they disappeared with her and never came out again.”
“This is the legend of that forest…”
“However, many villagers told me that the legend is false. There are no witches in that forest at all, because they have not seen any witches in that forest for hundreds of years.”
“So, I don’t know the authenticity of this matter…”
Cao Xing nodded, as expected after thinking about it.
For mortals, decades may be their lifetime.
The strong people in this world have long lifespans.
Even if there is such a powerful witch, she will gradually fade out of sight if she does not appear for hundreds of years.
The original story may have changed after being passed down for generations.
Therefore, we can only ask people who experienced it firsthand at that time as to what the facts are.
But this also made Cao Xing interested.
He nodded and said: “I understand, Renes. Now, you go back and rest.”
Rhaenys did not speak, but looked at Cao Xing with a suppressed look, seeming hesitant to speak.
Cao Xing noticed her state and asked, “What’s wrong, Rhaenys?”
“I…I…”
Rhaenys tried several times to speak, but she still couldn’t seem to muster the courage.
Then he gave Cao Xing a look of reproach, then turned around and left.
Cao Xing was a little confused.
He shook his head and pushed these thoughts to the back of his mind.
At this time, he looked at the sky.
As night falls, except for his own territory, the outside is completely shrouded in darkness.
Although the citizens can continue to exploit resources at night, Cao Xing has more important things to do now.
So, he ordered: “Assam, Andrew, go and bring back all our people!”
The two subordinates who have reached the level of die-hard loyalists completely obey all orders of Cao Xing.
They immediately headed outside the territory without hesitation.
After a while, the citizens returned to their territory like ants returning to their nest.
Cao Xing announced: “Everyone, go eat and regain your strength.”
“Attention all combatants, there may be a tough battle to be fought tonight, so be prepared to fight.”
Hearing this, everyone looked shocked! They all know how powerful Cao Xing is.
And even he said it was a tough battle, which showed that the battle tonight was indeed very difficult.
Looking at their serious faces, Cao Xing said with a smile: “Don’t worry, everyone. I believe that our strength can keep all enemies out of our territory.”
“You are absolutely safe within the territory.”
Assam was the first to respond: “My sword will cut off all those who attempt to invade the territory!”
Braun also raised his shield and said excitedly: “Aha! No matter what the enemy is, let them come over, Braun will shoot them all away one by one!”
Including Andrew and other combatants, they all responded and seemed confident.
And their strong self-confidence also infected other citizens, and smiles appeared on everyone’s faces again.
Cao Xing nodded and said, “Go ahead and gather here after you finish eating.”
“As you command, Lord Lord!”
Then, everyone entered the canteen.
After all the residents left, Liu Muxue came to Cao Xing.
There was concern in her bright eyes.
“Axing, what happened at night?”
Cao Xing smiled, “Don’t worry, we’re just dealing with some ice nest monsters.”
Then, he explained the effects of the Ice Dragon Horn.
After listening to Liu Muxue, the worry in Liu Muxue’s eyes gradually disappeared.
Then, she also realized the function of this ice dragon horn. If used well, it could bring them a lot of benefits.
A gentle smile appeared on Liu Muxue’s face, she held up a golden shield and said, “I’m with you too!”
Cao Xing also smiled and nodded.
“good.”
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At the same time, the citizens heard that there would be a battle in the evening, and they all ate much faster.
Cao Xing himself also took out a secret rabbit from his backpack and gnawed it with Liu Muxue.
After the two of them had eaten and drank enough.
In the open space below the city wall, everyone gathered together.
Assam, Andrew and others are ready for battle.
Elisa and others, as well as the group of imperial soldiers, were also checking weapons and arrows.
As for the group of citizens, they stood aside with serious expressions.
Everyone is ready and waiting for the battle to begin!
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