Ride and Cut

Surrounded by the distorted and depraved environment of the whole world, two conditions are necessary for the Chimu Great Forest to maintain peace and harmony and become the last piece of pure land for tiger spirits and iron giants.

On the one hand, it is the iron giant who selflessly contributed his talent, propped up a sky for all the creatures in the forest, and resisted the ubiquitous spiritual storms from the outside world.

This is certainly the most basic and important premise, but it is not enough.

On the other hand, because of the superior geographical conditions surrounded by stone walls, sand spiders will try to attack the forest only on full moon nights. Usually, the inside and outside of the wall can generally live in peace.

This condition is also indispensable.

Sending troops one day a month is still within the acceptable range for Tiger Spirit, and it can still maintain its life.

Even from another, more despicable point of view, it is not necessarily a necessary condition for the long-term stability of the entire Twilight Forest to lose part of the population on a regular basis and avoid exceeding the upper limit of environmental carrying capacity.

But if you have to fight sand spiders every day, that's another matter. No matter what war madman is, he will never be able to hold on for too long.

This is not a question of whether to fight or not, but that a state of war can seriously disrupt production. No matter how good a fighter is, he has to have a full stomach before he can fight.

This truth has never changed since the day when intelligent life began to learn to beat its own kind with sticks and stones until today.

In fact, it's only been two months at most, and the natives in the Twilight Forest have obviously found it difficult to deal with it.

Otherwise, Chief Saitos wouldn't look so tired, he must have been running around to act as the fire captain.

"It's really a headache." It's not that Li Cha has never been in the sky, he can see everything clearly in the sky.

Trying to wipe out the sand spiders purely by force is simply not realistic, because their numbers can only be described as terrifying. In contrast, even if it is as broad as the Twilight Forest, from a high-altitude perspective, it is like a small boat floating on the vast ocean.

"Li Cha, you must help us." Chief Saitos shook his head and sighed, "If there is anything you want in this forest, just take it."

"Don't talk about the chief like that, you have helped me so many times before, how could I just sit idly by." The lord smiled slightly, "You should tell me the specific information first."

Although Li Cha could not be regarded as a compassionate heart to save sentient beings, he was even more not an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf.

He remembers whether others treat him well or not.

Regardless of other things, just that pair of Heart of Iron and Huili Treasure Map, the affection is not enough. As long as it is within the scope of its ability, since the iron giant has spoken, there is no reason to refuse.

"The main thing is to guard a few gaps in the stone wall. You have seen it." Chief Saitos said with a straight face. "The number of sand spiders is usually not as exaggerated as in previous full moon nights, about one-fourth to one-fifth. But the last full-moon night was the most exaggerated since we settled here, and it will probably be similar in the future."

"How many days until the next full moon?"

Saitos replied immediately without thinking: "There are still seven days."

"Seven days..." Li Cha nodded, "It's more than enough, and it's completely in time. I will bring people back before the next full moon."

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The lord flew back to the Alpine Fort in a hurry alone, and when he landed, the sun in the sky had just faded away the last ray of light.

The rapid air flow blew his hair into a chicken coop. Li Cha took off his goggles and threw it to the maid, and walked towards the lord's hall with the chicken coop on. A moment later, the sound of the horn began to spread in the twilight.

Alpine Fort has three types of alarms.

The brass whistle only represents alert. After the whistle is blown, the patrol team will expand the search area. At the same time, the citizens should try to stay at home and avoid going out.

The horn means entering a state of war, and all Ripper fighters must gather as quickly as possible.

There is also a large bronze bell being cast in the blacksmith workshop, which has not yet been completed. After it is put into use, once it rings, it means life and death. At Jieshi, all adult men in the entire Gaoshan Fort must temporarily join the army and obey dispatch.

Even the lowest level copper whistle is not trivial, let alone a horn.

The calm was broken in an instant.

As a territory born and developed from wars, emergency response has long been familiar.

"Hurry up!" Soldiers holding torches gathered in a long line towards the school grounds. The officers' urging voices were short and powerful, and the footsteps gradually changed from chaotic to orderly.

At the same time, the heavy warehouse door was also opened, and the slaves chanted and moved all kinds of materials out like running water and loaded them into the wagon. On the other side, the grooms are tying fat and strong work horses to the carriage.

There is order in haste. .

"Li Cha, what happened?" Annie ran over like a light butterfly, wearing a pink patterned nightcap on her head, looking a little dazed.

She was probably sleeping just now, but after getting up, she hurriedly changed her clothes and forgot her hat.

"The sand spiders are rioting in the New World. I have to bring someone to help me." The lord did not remind her, "Listen, buy as much salt as possible, at least dozens of tons. Then recruit two thousand people and send them to the New World together with the salt."

"Dozens of tons!" Annie froze for a moment, "Do you have any concept of quantity? Do you know how many gold coins cost dozens of tons of salt?"

"You don't need good salt, coarse salt is fine." Li Cha took advantage of her to twist his face in a daze, "Don't be stingy, spend money when it's time to spend, understand?"

"But why do you need so much salt?" The half-elf girl realized that she was still wearing a nightcap, blushing, took it off and hid it behind her back.

"The meat of the sand spider is edible, and one can only dig out thirty or forty pounds of good meat." The lord lectured and said, "A small amount makes a lot, and a pile of sand makes a tower. This is a huge wealth. If it is stored properly, it may be enough to feed the entire Northeast Province for a while. Salt money is nothing."

When he agreed to send troops, he had already made up his mind. Anyway, since he had to fight, he would never let go of any oil that could be squeezed.

Marinating the sand spider meat and storing it would not only be enough for Gao Shanbao to eat, but he might also make a lot of money.

"I understand. I will send a caravan to purchase immediately." Annie took a deep breath and nodded repeatedly.

"Add another fifty thousand gold coins to me." Li Cha shook the space ring on his hand.

He was going to exchange some more dinars, and go to the new world to see what was missing, so that he could buy them directly in the system store. After all, this expedition was too hasty, and many things were too late to prepare.

"Why?" The half-elf chick looked at him vigilantly, like a little white rabbit looking at a big bad wolf, holding on to the vault key like a conditioned reflex, "You can't withdraw money unless you make it clear."

"You figure it out! It's all my money, why is there so much?" The lord rolled his eyes, very angry.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot..."