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Ten minutes before Xiang Yang made the broadcast, Zheng Shigang and others had already taken control and did not escape. They were still trying to save Tieshan and the people led by the warrior captain.

However, they found that those soldiers who fled the city were all submerged by cluster bombs, and almost no one survived, so they did not dare to go out.

While they were still discussing what to do next, they learned that the people from Shenlong City had broken into the top of the city.

So I decided to surrender.

Because they were desperate, although they didn't know why Shenlong City would find people fleeing the city, they knew that if they left, they would most likely be wiped out by cluster bombs.

The people from Shenlong City will attack soon. Once there is a firefight, if the intruding troops from Shenlong City are damaged, their negotiations will become more difficult.

Anyway, they now control Iron King City and still have enough leverage. The best option is to surrender immediately and negotiate.

Therefore, as soon as he heard Xiang Yang's broadcast, Zheng Shigang came out and surrendered, because they had already decided to do this before the broadcast.

But the result was beyond everyone's expectations.

Without negotiating at all, they learned that Shenlong City had enough population to accept everyone except the warrior group.

The people in Iron King City thought they were dreaming.

Of course, the middle-aged warriors and young warriors who followed Zheng Shigang were also accepted. As warriors, they were exceptions.

The next step is very simple.

Tieshan's mouth was completely gagged and he couldn't even moan. He was tied so tightly that he couldn't even move his fingers and toes. He was tied into a big rice dumpling.

This prevents him from issuing orders to the city.

Because he can issue city commands by voice control or by pointing a hand in the air similar to a touch screen, that's why he is so restricted.

Binding other warriors in Iron King City is much simpler.

Except for Tieshan who was carried out, the others only had to be escorted out. They were all concentrated in the open space outside Iron King City. Those soldiers would be exiled without any supplies or weapons.

Naturally, Tieshan must be killed.

At this time, in the control room of Shenlong City, Bai Qianxue walked over and got close to Xiang Yang's ear.

"City Lord."

Bai Qianxue whispered: "This is a good opportunity. We can give it a try and practice digging out the city core of Iron King City."

It did not go through the internal communication channel, because this was a private conversation, and there was no way to achieve the secret purpose through city system communication, so we could only come over and whisper.

Except for the city lord, no one else can establish an internal communication channel.

What's more, it's a private, dedicated peer-to-peer channel.

Except for the default city-wide public channel, the communication channels that are usually used are all set by Xiang Yang in advance.

It is divided into many categories and modules, and different people are authorized. Those who have obtained authorization only need to open the corresponding channel.

Of course, the city-wide public channel can also be canceled or re-established. This is just a channel that is automatically established after unlocking the function.

Next to her, Luo Xiaoya snorted, feeling very unhappy.

She didn't understand why Bai Qianxue still acted so intimately in a public place like the control room since she was not qualified to be a competitor.

Isn't this clearly a challenge to her?

But Luo Xiaoya has no intention of showing off her temper. She is just a trainee preparatory soldier now, and she is not Xiang Yang's girlfriend or intended girlfriend.

She is a smart girl and knows her place very well.

Although they won, the matter was not over yet, so it was hard for her to cause trouble.

After Xiang Yang heard Bai Qianxue's words, his attention was attracted and he didn't notice anything else. On the contrary, everyone else in the control room looked at each other and couldn't understand Bai Qianxue's behavior.

"It is indeed an opportunity." Xiang Yang replied in a low voice.

The reason why they talked so quietly, not wanting others to hear, and not noticing other people's eyes, was because Bai Qianxue's suggestion involved a special condition for a county-level city to enter the third stage.

Of course, the teaching facilities in county-level cities do not need to teach this information, they only need to teach the conditions for upgrading to county-level.

Therefore, for the second-stage city, this is a secret, and very few people know about it.

Bai Qianxue only told Xiang Yang.

This special upgrade condition is called Devouring City by those who know it.

Because in the list of resources required for city upgrade, there is a city core, which means to devour some other city.

To upgrade from the county level to the city level, you need the urban core of a county-level city.

This will bring about a problem, that is, if a county-level city wants to upgrade and enter the third stage, they must defeat a county-level city and dig out the core of the opponent's city as their own spoils.

And because of the characteristics of the urban core, this will bring another problem.

What are the characteristics of the city core? It is a question of its survival period. The moment the city core is dug out, a city dies.

As we all know, the moment a city is destroyed, it will automatically send out a distress signal, which will last for at least seven days and also display the direction and approximate distance of the city at the time of death.

The reason why this process can be achieved lies in the core of the city.

At the core of a city, or at the very beginning of a city entering the death process, all energy sources will be cut off, the city will directly shut down, and all facilities will die with permanent damage.

However, there is still a small amount of energy stored inside the city core, which allows the city core to maintain a small part of its functions. It is at this time that the distress signal is sent and maintained.

After six hours, the city core will begin the automatic decomposition process.

This process is completely irreversible, but it takes about a week, which is how long the distress signal can be maintained.

Within this week, all structural materials and elements in the core of the city will gradually turn into regular gaseous elements in the air.

The protective shell will also quickly disintegrate at the last moment and turn into dust.

Then, the entire city core disappeared.

As for opening the protective shell of the city core, the structural materials and elements inside will vaporize instantly, and the protective shell will also disintegrate into dust and disappear.

Of course, the protective case is very strong and not easy to open.

Therefore, although the city core is one of the conditions for upgrading, there is no way to preserve this material. It can only be used within six hours from the moment it is dug out or the city dies.

Because after six hours, the decomposition process will start, and as long as it is decomposed, no matter how small the part is, it is useless.

When a city in the second stage is upgraded, the various requirements to be met are vague, and the resource reserves in the city are also changing dynamically.

The most difficult special condition is so harsh.

If you defeat a county-level city and obtain the core of the city, but find that other conditions have not been met, it is basically impossible to meet them in such a short period of time.

That is to say, hard work in vain.

This kind of wasted effort cannot be accepted just by talking about it, because most of it requires going through a war between cities of the same size that is extremely risky.

Therefore, entering the third stage becomes more difficult.

"Organize a team of people, and I'll leave this matter to you." Xiang Yang planned to adopt Bai Qianxue's suggestion, which was to try to dig out the core of Iron King City within six hours.

This way they can determine the exact location and how much time it will take.

The overall structure of county-level cities, the thickness of the city's skeleton, and the proportion of materials and alloys used will be different from those at county level.

Therefore, the defense is weaker and easier to be destroyed. It is much easier to cut through the ground than the county level, but it is best used for practicing.

In fact, Xiang Yang is also a little curious about what the core of the city looks like.

After confirming these, Bai Qianxue went to organize the manpower. Xiang Yang dealt with Tieshan first, because they needed to die in Iron King City before Bai Qianxue took the people out.

That is to simulate the entire process that they will encounter in the future. After all, now they are just getting familiar with it and trying it out.

"Qian Youliang." Xiang Yang said.

"Here." Qian Youliang was in the lookout group. He was a little excited. He finally saw his enemies and they had already controlled him.

"I'll leave Tieshan to you," Xiang Yang said.

"Thank you City Lord." Qian Youliang was very grateful. This was an opportunity for him to take revenge. He walked out of Shenlong City and headed to the open space where the prisoners gathered.

"You should recognize me, my name is Qian Youliang." Qian Youliang stood in front of Tieshan.

Although Tieshan was usually cruel, his eyes were full of fear at this moment. He recognized Qian Youliang and remembered that cooperation, because it was his first crime after entering the wasteland world, and it was still fresh in his memory.

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"This knife is for my wife."

Qian Youliang's knife penetrated Tieshan's right shoulder and reached his lungs, but his knife was slightly deflected to prevent him from killing Tieshan immediately.

"How many times did you use your swords in that ruins, and how many times did I use them to kill you today?"

At that time, Tieshan used several attacks to kill everyone. Qian Youliang didn't know, but it didn't matter anymore.

Qian Youliang said, and stabbed Tieshan's abdomen with the knife again.

"This knife will continue to be for my wife."

"..."

"This knife is for my son who is not yet six years old." Qian Youliang kept using the knife, saying it every time he attacked.

Tieshan wanted to plead, but unfortunately his mouth was sealed. He could only breathe hard and painfully, but the more he breathed, the more uncomfortable he became. Blood kept pouring out of his mouth because his lungs were injured.

Qian Youliang continued to draw his sword, stabbing into Tieshan's body continuously, making the people in Iron King City nearby tremble with fear.

They could feel this man's anger and hatred for Tieshan.

In the end, Tieshan was stabbed more than a dozen times before he collapsed. Before his death, there was only endless fear and pain in his eyes.

He had seen these fears and pains countless times, in the eyes of those he killed.

Now it was his turn.

At the moment Tieshan died, all the lights in Iron King City went out, the whole city made a bang, and the engines completely shut down.

Bai Qianxue has organized a team of people in the workshop and started to lead the team to the control room of Iron King City.

Because the core of the city is right below the control room, attacking from here is the easiest way to break through and destroy the core of the city.

Some basic operations are usually left to the workshop, because tools that cannot be classified into a specific facility are kept and used by the people in the workshop.

For example, a cutting machine.

Bai Qianxue confirmed the specific excavation location and timed it.

The floor of the control room was made of alloy steel plates. The workers in the workshop used cutting machines and giant electric drills to break open the ground. They dug in the wrong place the first time.

Bai Qianxue readjusted her angle and continued digging.

This is normal. Most people only know that the core of the city is under the control room, but no one knows its specific location.

While the urban core of every city is in the center, a necessarily fixed location, the control room is not necessarily in the same place.

Because the structure of each city is slightly different.

Although the control room is also in the center, there will be a large error, but this error will not affect the fact that it is located above the core of the city.

After three consecutive adjustments, they finally dug an arc-shaped outer wall.

"Found it, keep digging." This curved outer wall is the outer wall of the facility that stores and protects the core of the city.

Finally they broke through the curved outer wall.

The moment it was broken open, they heard a loud bang inside.

Continuing to dig a larger gap, they saw a circular space inside, with a diameter large enough for several people to enter at the same time.

Bai Qianxue jumped in personally. The space inside the protective facility was also arc-shaped, making it difficult to stand firmly because it was a sphere.

There is a round ball about one meter in diameter placed on the ground.

The outer shell of the sphere is translucent, and the interior can be vaguely seen. It is like a void, with countless thunder and lightning shining, illuminating the surroundings from time to time.

This is the core of the city. It was supposed to be floating in the air above the protective facility. Because the outer wall of the protective facility was broken open and the internal pressure changed, it fell from the air.

Bai Qianxue asked people to move out the city core of Iron King City and send it to Shenlong City.

"This is the urban core of a county-level city." Not only Xiang Yang, but others also looked at it solemnly.

Of course, except for Xiang Yang and Bai Qianxue, everyone here knew for the first time that the core of a city could be dug out.

As for why Xiang Yang dug out the city core of Iron King City, others didn't even understand.

But based on their own curiosity, most of them attribute this reason to curiosity or sudden whim.

"That's almost it. Now go and collect the loot from Iron King City." After the shock, Xiang Yang ordered.

This excavation took more than two hours, but everything went smoothly. It happened to be the moment when the city died that we brought people in and timed it.

You may not have such ample time next time.

There is a high probability that it will take a long time after the city dies before you have a chance to break into the control room.

What's more, county-level cities are stronger and more difficult to break through the ground, so it will be very difficult to dig them out within six hours and send them to Shenlong City.

However, if the search for the specific location does not take too much time, or if the entry is relatively timely, Xiang Yang believes that it is still in time.

After all, if they can't catch up, those county-level cities won't be able to upgrade.

It is indeed a good idea to try it in advance. At least you have the confidence in your mind, and you will be more likely to succeed when encountering it in the future.