Urban Sims

Chapter 398 Improve Defense Power

town of Limburg.

Standing on the roof of the town center building, blowing the warm wind, looking at the thriving town scene, Zhou Ming felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart, but there was not much joy on his face.

Instead, there was a slight frown and deep worry.

"How can we protect this paradise-like prosperity?"

Protect for a long time.

This is a question that Zhou Ming has been thinking about recently.

monk.

A monk who has reached the late stage of Qi refining and above can deal a devastating blow to this border town.

As long as he offends one, Zhou Ming's years of hard work will be ruined.

If I were to use a vivid metaphor: Those monks with high cultivation bases are like dragons in western legends. They usually don't come out of the cave, but once they come out, they can destroy a city casually.

The difference is based on the level of cultivation, some are partially destroyed, and some are completely destroyed.

Of course, killing people and massacring cities at every turn is something that evil cultivators will do. Most decent cultivators will not do this kind of thing on purpose, unless they are careless when amplifying their moves, and they fall into a big city.

That can only be called Sao Rui.

What's more, if some monks want to deal with Zhou Ming, they may not necessarily destroy his foundation, just kill Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming died, and all his efforts were in vain.

Looking at Zhou Ming's current cultivation base, he has not reached the middle stage of Qi refining, and he can't even run away from the pursuit of high-strength monks.

So no matter what, Zhou Ming had to improve his own strength and the defense of Limburg Town.

To what extent?
Enough to defend one's own interests, enough to kill the strong in the late stage of Qi refining.

How can this be achieved?

Zhou Ming thought of three ways.

The first is to recruit guest officials.

In return for spiritual stones, spiritual coins, medicinal herbs, and elixirs, some monks with higher cultivation bases were recruited to sit in the town and hired as guest ministers.

This method has quick results, and there are many people who are willing to be guest ministers, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to recruit people.

The disadvantage is that the price is relatively high, a lot of remuneration is required, and it has to be well served.

The second is to build an army.

Establish a regularized and disciplined army, supplemented by strict training, and teach the method of battle formation. Everyone practices "Dragon and Snake Performing Martial Art". The cultivator fights head-on, although the chances of winning are not high.

But what about a hundred, a thousand, or 1?
Consuming energy can kill monks with lower cultivation bases.

In terms of weapons, develop plate armor to increase the defense of this army; develop crossbows or firearms to increase the attack power of this army, and monks with higher cultivation bases can also resist it.

The third is to cultivate monks.

The first two methods have certain flaws, and neither can completely and fundamentally solve the problem of insufficient defense in Limburg Township.

Some people say to develop technology, create laser guns, nuclear weapons, crush those monks, and flatten this plane. Of course Zhou Ming thought of this, and tried it long ago, but found that it was not working.

The laser gun cannot be used, and the hard metal, when brought to this plane, immediately becomes softer than mud, and its physical and chemical properties undergo reverse changes.

I tried mixing some black powder with sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter, but it couldn't even burn, let alone explode.

Technological progress is almost impossible.

You can only build a practice school by yourself, let the system check your physique, screen out some good seedlings, send them to the school, and invite a few monks and teachers to guide them on the road of practice, and provide spiritual stones, elixir and various materials to cultivate talents , Cultivate monks.

Strengthen the defense of Limburg town.

And this school was established two years ago, and its name is "Xiangxiang School".

There are currently 30 students in this school, and Zhou Ming is the principal, culture teacher, practice teacher, and miscellaneous teacher of this school...he has several jobs and is very busy.

Today, among the 30 students, 16 have "perceived" "Qi", and 8 have completed "Building the Foundation". Although there are not many students, Zhou Ming is full of confidence in the future!
"With the development speed of Limburg Town, the population is expanding at a rate of 10% per year, and there is almost no limit to the space for economic growth. There are also hundreds of millions of square kilometers of land in the virgin forest in the west, waiting to be developed. It may take about a hundred years. Can turn this small town into a huge empire..."

"If this empire has a population of one billion, with a ratio of one in [-], it trains talented monks and trains them with all the efforts of the whole country. I believe that at that time, this empire can completely compete with those large sects."

Of course, it is impossible to establish such a powerful empire in a hundred years or so.However, it is still very possible to accumulate power that makes large sects afraid and dare not act rashly.

But in this process, you still have to make sure everything is safe and prevent accidents.

So Zhou Ming planned to use a three-pronged approach. In addition to cultivating monks, guest officials should also be recruited, and an army should also be formed.

So Zhou Ming went to Jinyan City, and through some channels, released the news of "hiring a guest with a high salary":

Number of employees: 2 people.

Cultivation requirements: mid to late stages of Qi refining.

Salary: 5 Lingcoins per person per year (with year-end rewards and other benefits).

Length of employment: 10 years.

After the news spread, because the salary was very attractive, people soon came to apply for interviews.

Zhou Ming interviewed three batches of people, and finally settled on a couple.

This couple of monks are both in their early 30s. The male named "Su Yuanlong" is handsome, dressed in white, quite elegant, and his cultivation is in the middle stage of Qi refining; the female is named "Wang Caifeng", with a beautiful appearance and sword The method is outstanding, and the cultivation base is also in the middle stage of Qi refining.

The couple also have a son and a daughter. Due to long-term travel, their jobs and income are not stable, and their children cannot be taken care of well. By chance, they heard that Limburg Town is recruiting guest ministers, and the treatment is exciting, so they both settled down. thoughts.

Zhou Ming was even more pleasantly surprised. A group of monks who start a family and start a career with children and daughters are the most ideal recruits. You don't have to be too defensive. With children involved, you won't be half-hearted and leave whenever you want, which is more reassuring.

And when the couple arrived in Limburg Town with their children, they opened their mouths in surprise at the town in front of them.

"This... I have never seen such a lively town, it... is very special."

Su Yuanlong has seen many people in the world, but the town in front of him still makes him feel refreshed and unique.

How should I put it, this town brought him the first sense of vitality and vitality.

"I've heard some people say that Limburg Town is a very special place, but I can't tell where it's special. When I saw you today, it's really special..."

Wang Caifeng said with a smile, based on the smiles she observed on the faces of the townspeople, she felt that this town seemed to be filled with... happiness.

On the carriage, their sons and daughters opened their eyes wide, looking at the town in front of them. The depressed mood due to moving from the bustling city to the remote and backward countryside before became full of curiosity at this time.

Zhou Ming laughed, and said to them: "This town is still in the early stages of development... In the future, you will also like it here."

……

A house with the best facilities was vacated in the center of the town, and Ke Qing's family was accommodated, and a chef, a nanny, and all kinds of preferential treatment were provided. The other party was very satisfied and soon settled down.

A few days later, Su Yuanlong and Wang Caifeng were very bored, and took the initiative to go to the "Xiangxiang School" to serve as the spiritual practice teacher, which effectively relieved Zhou Ming's burden.

Therefore, Zhou Ming had more time to focus on the formation of the "National Protector Army".

"Hometown Protection Army", just from the name, it means "defend the hometown". The purpose of setting up this army is naturally to protect the hometown and maintain the development and prosperity of Limburg Town.

Zhou Ming selected 150 young hunters at a ratio of [-] in [-]. After three months of devil training, he formally formed a professional and regular army—the Home Guard Army.

Although this army is small in number, it has strict discipline, elite weapons, advanced ideological consciousness, and loves its hometown. It is an army with only combat effectiveness and faith.

Most of them, in order to defend their hometown and resist foreign enemies, are willing to fight to the death, even if they sacrifice their lives.

Of course, standing in front of these young and passionate soldiers, as the supreme commander, Zhou Ming knew in his heart that once faced with the invasion of powerful monks, most of them would not be able to play any role. Delaying a powerful enemy for a few tenths of a second, the role is equivalent to cannon fodder.

Their greatest value is mainly to maintain law and order, combat crimes, and maintain daily peace.

What about when the real challenge comes?
They really can only be used as cannon fodder?

I'm afraid they themselves can't accept this position, so every time Zhou Ming talked about the monk's threat, they held their breath in their hearts, and then devoted themselves to training desperately.

To prove their worth!
So Zhou Ming thought about it, these soldiers of the Home Guard Army must not be able to improve their talents, they can only strengthen their weapons.

Advanced weapons can sometimes eliminate the "generational difference" in physical fitness.

Technological weapons cannot be produced for the time being, Zhou Ming can only make a fuss about traditional weapons.

Divine Arm Crossbow—full name is "Single Soldier Uses Super Powerful Ultimate Form Divine Arm Crossbow".

This kind of crossbow, Zhou Ming spent more than a year, searched countless materials, drew countless design drawings, and even made trillions of simulations in the supercomputer.

In the actual manufacturing process, the manufacturing process of this kind of crossbow is complex, with extremely high requirements on materials and processing accuracy, and strict requirements on craftsman skills.

In order to create a full-power "God Arm Crossbow", Zhou Ming tried more than 300 kinds of wood, more than 500 kinds of animal strings, and more than ten kinds of metal materials. After several months, he finally succeeded in creating a handful.

During the test firing process, the performance was amazing.

A thousand meters away, a person hugs a thick tree trunk, and a fine iron crossbow can penetrate directly.

The initial velocity of firing is greater than the speed of sound, and its power is far superior to ordinary rifle bullets, even comparable to medium-caliber sniper bullets.

It was so lethal that even Su Yuanlong, who was in the mid-stage of Qi refining, changed his face wildly when he was standing a thousand meters away, saying that it was difficult to resist in a defenseless state.

"If all the arrows are fired at the same time, even the strong in the late stage of Qi refining will not dare to take it hard." Su Yuanlong commented.

Zhou Ming nodded, full of confidence.

Of course, the god arm crossbow is not without disadvantages, the cost is high (300 spirit coins a piece), and the use requirements are very high (the arm strength must exceed 500 kg to be fully stretched, and currently less than one-third of the soldiers in the township protection army can do it. ), but Zhou Ming still decided to build a production line and strive for mass production.

Because this is the first weapon that allows "mortals" to barely compete with monks.

That's why Zhou Ming gave it a domineering nickname for this god arm crossbow: Heaven-Defying·Tuxian Crossbow.

(End of this chapter)