Mercenaries and Adventurers

Zhao Ji pushed the trolley out of the village and went to the Shiding camp first. He had buried a batch of Steppenwolf furs in the Shiding camp before. No effect.

After more than a day of trekking, Zhao Jicai arrived at the gate of Shiding Camp. I don't know if it's because he had a good rest in the village for the past two days, and he was in good spirits, but he didn't dream about elves anymore.

Hearing movement in the camp, Zhao Ji carefully pulled out his long sword and turned over to the big rock beside the camp to observe quietly.

Fortunately, a few fox-like animals were digging the ground of the camp, and the place where they were digging hard was exactly where he had buried the wolf fur.

Dude, that's enough to make them smell.

Zhao Ji descended from the sky and killed a fox resting on the outermost ground with a sword. The remaining small animals fled in all directions screaming, but Zhao Ji killed two of them with his sword and then kicked them away with his legs. got one.

There was only one left. It was originally digging its body into the ground, but when it was aroused by the sudden incident above, its whole body jumped into the pit and collapsed it. Its entire upper body It was suppressed by the soil, and only the lower body was left kicking outside.

Zhao Ji looked amused, and grabbed the little animal by its tail and pulled it out. Before it turned over and bit it, Zhao Ji threw it on the stone to die, but the little animal turned around in the air, and its limbs moved first. Yu's head touched the stone, and after being cushioned for a while, he kicked his legs and ran away.

The little animal that was kicked by Zhao Ji before also ran away reluctantly, so Zhao Ji did not go after it.

Look at his camp, the place where he used to sleep has become the nest of these little things, the original campfire was scattered by them, and the ashes were scattered everywhere.

This place can't stay anymore. After making a judgment, Zhao Ji removed some wood from the Shiding camp and stacked it outside the camp. The cloth used to shelter the sleeping place, Zhao Ji ignored the dirt and piled the large pieces of cloth into a ball.

After tidying up, Zhao Ji used a shovel to continue digging the soil that the small animal could not dig. Human tools are not comparable to the meaty claws of small animals. He quickly dug out the wolf skin he had buried before. .

The ground is still relatively dry, and it seems that the rainfall of the previous few days has not penetrated into the lower soil layers. But the wolf fur buried in the soil still gave off a bad smell.

Zhao Ji pinched his nose to pick out the smelly wolf furs one by one, and found that the source of the smell was the fragmented fat layer on the back of the fur that he hadn't cleaned up before.

Holding his nose with one hand, and scraping off the rotten fat layer with a dagger in the other, Zhao Ji specially found a place with wind, otherwise the stench would be contaminated on his body.

The cleaned wolf skins taste much better. Zhao Ji tied them to the trolley and prepared to find time to clean them carefully after arriving at the tree root camp.

Among the supplies this time, Zhao Ji brought more tools, but not many ordinary things.

These tools can facilitate his future work, whether it is to clean up the goblins, or to clean up the relics and use materials.

It took another half a day before Zhao Jicai returned to the tree root camp.

It seems that except for the activities of birds and bats, there are no other small animals living here. It's strange that Zhao Ji's things in the tree root camp show no signs of being tampered with.

Of course, it's so strange that Zhao Ji would press it on the ruins. Anyway, most of the ruins are emitting mysterious influences that he doesn't know about.

This time he went out, firstly, to carry the elf ruins that had been explored, and secondly, to hunt more goblins.

How to deal with these two things, he had a plan when he was in the village. This time, he specifically asked for a lot of tools, just to make it easier for him to carry various materials in the ruins. At the same time, these tools can also create many traps,

He guessed that being attacked many times had already made the goblins very angry. As long as he went to do something near the goblin settlement again, a large number of goblins would definitely come out.

And that's when tons of traps come in handy.

As long as a large number of goblin warriors are killed this time, the entire goblin settlement will not have enough resistance, and he can wipe them out with confidence.

Of course, after two days of trekking in the wild, the first thing he did when he arrived at the tree root camp was to take a good rest.

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Dreaming again.

The female elf didn't fly directly on the plant island that was driving above the ocean. Although she was quite anxious, there must be rules here, so she had to drive a five-meter-tall long-armed monkey forward.

The height of this long-armed monkey does not include its long limbs. Behind the monkey's furry back, there is a very light metal seat specially for elves to ride on.

The female elf sat obediently on the metal chair, pulling the fluffy hair on the back of the long-armed monkey as an instruction. This kind of long-armed monkey is very obedient. It stretched its arms and legs, climbed among the huge bushes, and skipped the blocked passageway underneath.

From the perspective of the elves, Zhao Ji discovered that they are very prosperous underneath, and all kinds of races drive cars, ride various animals, or walk on their own feet, all walking on the suspended roads .

It is said to be a suspended road, but in fact, it can be seen at a glance that it is a specialized type of huge vines that grow into flat plants. The elves' manipulation of the plants has reached a magical level, and the plants can grow into whatever they want.

It's a pity, after all, it is a vine road hanging in the air, and the width of the road is still not enough, which makes the whole road quite crowded. All races can only move slowly while cursing the people in front.

Zhao Ji also laughed straight at the sight in the dream, and almost woke up just like that. Road congestion is indeed a major problem that cannot be solved in any world.

The female elf pulls the hair on the left, and the long-armed monkey crawls to the left, making a cry while climbing, reminding the residents living on the climbing plants.

It can only be known from the fact that such long-armed monkeys are rarely seen around. This kind of riding beast that moves fast in the three-dimensional artificial plant environment can only be controlled by the real masters here-the elves.

The female elf quickly stepped over many huge trees and huge vines, and came to the center of the entire area.

She jumped off the long-armed monkey in an open place, took out a small glowing leaf from her clothes pocket, and fed it to the huge long-armed monkey who was looking forward to her.

The small luminous leaf fell on the monkey's huge rough hairless palm. The long-armed monkey let out a happy cry and carefully put the thing into the small box on its chest, and then sat on the spot, looking from behind. A large banana was taken out of the storage space under the chair, and he ate it happily.

The female elf bid farewell to the long-armed monkey who was eating a huge banana, and then turned around and flew up.

The surroundings are all elves, and many elves are flying in the air as the first choice for movement. The female elf is not flying fast, and while judging her own position, she dodges other elves in the air.

The elves avoid it when they fly, probably because of their rules.

Fly and fly, fly and fly.

The central area is no different from other places. Tall giant trees grow one after another. The difference is that each giant tree is divided into different areas at different heights.

The closer to the upper layer is the living area of ​​the elves, and the closer to the lower layer is the work place of the elves.

The female elf flew higher and higher until she came to a shining treetop. She seemed to have lived here. The elves around greeted her friendly, and she responded one by one.

Then, the female elf approached a small elf dwelling. Zhao Ji knew just by feeling that it must be the elf's home.

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After waking up tired, Zhao Ji yawned and poured himself a small glass of beer. This is the treasure he brought this time, so he should drink it sparingly.

He drank beer, fiddled with the raised campfire a few times, and began to record what he saw in his dream last night in his notebook.

He was sure that what he dreamed was real, but it was just something that happened ten thousand years ago. For some reason, he connected the dream with the female elf.

Is it the magic that the female elf cast in the ruins?

Can magic span thousands of years and be cast accurately?

He didn't know about this, but it was probably possible, after all the elves possessed such a magical and huge power.

Sitting by the campfire, Zhao Ji faced the rising sun and looked at the four huge petrified tree stumps beside him, looking at their appearance in his dream.

Zhao Ji was insane for a while. While lamenting the magnificent magical plants of the elves, and lamenting that time can turn them all into the past.

Turned into only the remains of these fractures.

Where did the elves go from here? According to legend, elves live a long life. Are they still alive? What were they doing here? Incorporate elf blood into native flora and fauna?

Zhao Ji couldn't answer any of these questions, and he could only hope that the next dream would give him answers.

But as long as he dreams, his sleep quality will be poor, which will affect his state again. Fortunately, he had discovered that as long as he had enough energy during the day, he wouldn't have dreams about that at night.

And the dream will not fall, when I continue to dream, the story in the dream will continue from the previous period.

After a while, Zhao Ji moved his body and started working.

He took out a short-handled logging ax from the tools he brought, went to the dense forest behind, and chopped down a few trees. Pull the tree back to camp and chop off the branches leaving only the trunk. Then take out a bladed bark planer and pull it back and forth repeatedly to remove the bark on the trunk.

Zhao Ji then used an ax to split the trunk into suitable pieces of wood. Carefully trim a round piece of wood into the shape of a round wooden plate with an axe, Zhao Ji then drew out his long sword, and drilled a suitable round hole in the middle of the thick wooden plate with the tip of the sword.

Zhao Ji took out a dagger, dug a groove on the edge of the thick wooden plate, and then carefully smoothed out the rough parts in the groove to make it smooth.

In this way, a pulley in which the rope can be placed in the groove is ready.

In this way, Zhao Ji prepared several similar pulleys.

Next, Zhao Ji prepared several sticks made of the strongest part of the trunk, and other wooden materials.

Every time he makes one, he writes and draws in the notebook. In the place where the notebook is unfolded, in the middle is an artificial jack made of pulleys, ropes and wood.

Zhao Ji carried the wood and tools as the base, first climbed onto the tree stump where the ruins were located, and nailed the wood together with iron nails. Beyond the edge of the stake, Zhao Ji also used downward wood to firmly clamp the entire platform to the edge of the petrified tree stake.

Finally, the platform is two meters long on each side and is very firmly fixed on it.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ji dug a hole in the middle of the wooden platform, carried a strong and thick tree trunk from the camp, and inserted the trunk in the middle of the hole.

Where the bottom is in contact with the petrified tree, Zhao Ji also specially made a base to prevent friction and allow the thick trunk to slide.

Zhao Ji dug some dents on the trunk to increase friction, and then tied a long rope in the middle to the trunk. The rope was wound around the trunk twice, and then the two ends of the rope were extended to the petrified tree stump. internal. In order to distinguish the two ropes, Zhao Ji also dug two other holes on the platform, and put a small strong branch in each, so that the two ropes that control the turning of the trunk in the middle of the platform hang down from this direction.

Zhao Ji climbed to the inside of the stump, and the bat feces underneath did not change due to the rainfall of the previous two days, but became harder due to the colder.

Zhao Ji pulled the hanging rope, and the sound of turning came from the trunk above.

very good!

This simple wooden tool is still effective, and it is no trouble to Zhao Ji, who has received a higher education.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Ji, who made persistent efforts, carried a strong wooden beam on his back. It was long and placed horizontally on the vertical tree trunk in the middle of the platform, and the front and back were inconsistent in length.

Because the long section needs to be transported inside and outside the tree stump, Zhao Ji tied it to the platform with a rope on the short section. After maintaining the balance of the beam, Zhao Ji used other wood and nails to fix the beam and the rotating tree trunk together.

Zhao Ji tried to make them as strong as possible, just use more nails for this purpose.

After that, Zhao Ji calculated and fixed the wooden pulley and rope to the long end of the beam. On the short end of the beam, hang some stones from the back to make the left and right weights of the beam as equal as possible.

After Zhao Ji felt that there was no problem with this part, he untied the rope tied to the short part of the beam.

Give the thing a hard slap, and there's a solid reverberation throughout the jack.

Next, there is the barrel for loading the transport.

Zhao Ji hollowed out the middle of a tree trunk, and reserved the strong outer bark and part of the trunk, as well as the bottom of the trunk, which turned into a rough wooden barrel. It looks almost similar to the buckets made by goblins. For this, Zhao Ji can only think that things are similar. Can he have the same technology as goblins?

How can it be.

The wooden barrel is tied to the bottom of the rope hanging from the pulley, and one or two small things can be put in it, but the load is not small.

Zhao Ji brought in the wooden box containing the armor, then hung the wooden box containing the armor under the barrel, and then he began to pull the rope beside the barrel.

Once, twice. As Zhao Ji pulled the rope, the barrel and wooden box went up lightly. Zhao Ji didn't need much effort to lift the wooden barrels and boxes weighing more than ten kilograms to the top of the tree stump.

Zhao Ji hangs the rope on his body again, and pulls the rope that controls the rotation of the tree trunk with both hands free. The one on the right is the rope that controls the rotation of the entire jack to the outside of the tree stump, and the one on the left controls the rope that controls the rotation of the jack to the tree stump. Rope that turns inside.

The test is completed, this part is considered good. Zhao Ji lowered the wooden barrel and untied the tied wooden box.

Then he climbed up the stump and made a gesture at the height of the barrel just now.

Here, a wooden crossbar should be installed on the platform outside the tree stump, just enough to slam into the rotating wooden barrel, let the vertical wooden barrel turn sideways, and then let the things inside fall from here, and fall on the edge of the tree stump Outside.

Do it as soon as you think of it, Zhao Ji quickly completed this thing.

He then cleaned up the outside and underside of the tree stump in this place so that the things that fell would not fly everywhere.

Because he would use this thing to transport the estimated hundreds of tons of silver brick walls out of the ruins.