North Court.
Heavy snow swirled and wrapped in silver. But it couldn't hide the giant city standing on the land of Xia Kingdom.
North Court Base City.
It was built on the original site of North Court. At the beginning of the doomsday, North Court didn't suffer major damage. The entire base city was still full of tall buildings. Even though heavy weapons such as mortars and anti-aircraft guns could be seen in many places, giving the whole city a more somber atmosphere. But it still couldn't hide the prosperity of this former international metropolis.
North Court Base City alone had tens of millions of survivors, much more than the entire Tiannan Province.
This was thanks to the initial doomsday. The North Court regional army responded quickly and had the world's top army. They quickly killed the demonic wave and suppressed several cracks of the abyss.
Now, with North Court Base City as the core, eight large shelters as satellite cities established a defensive circle, covering an area comparable to one-third of Tiannan Province.
Unlike most of Tiannan Province, where human hunters could only move in a small area, the North Court's defensive circle was a safe zone!
There were a total of 28 cracks of the abyss in the circle, all of which were suppressed by the army and turned into resource points that could continuously extract spirit stones.
The wandering demonic beasts had also been strangled again and again.
Now, within the defensive circle, even ordinary survivors wouldn't encounter any demonic beasts as long as they walked along the road.
North Court Base City had built a number of railroads connecting the major satellite cities and transit stations. The defensive circle was a bit like the scene before the doomsday. Humans were no longer forced to stay inside the cramped city walls.
Outside the base city, a large number of fields had been reclaimed in the vast wilderness. In addition to planting conventional crops such as rice and potatoes, there were also many crops such as green fruit trees, ground dragon corn, and other crops that had mutated after the doomsday.
It provided a lot of food for people living in the North Court's defensive circle.
Only the outposts and fortresses on the periphery of the eight major satellite cities were fighting every day, like a stubborn rock to resist the impact of the demonic wave.
Every day, hunter teams from the surrounding provinces and cities and even large migration teams came from other places to enter the defensive circle for shelter.
The strength of North Court was also growing.
… …
"Norland is indeed the safest place in the world. If I hadn't come here, I wouldn't have believed that the wilderness was safe."
"That's true. Besides, Norland has a patron saint. I heard that the patron saint can shatter a mountain with a slap and can easily destroy a demon tide by himself. Now that we're in Norland, we don't have to worry about anything anymore."
Two young men carried a truck full of building materials, chatting and laughing as they walked away.
Gray Blade stood on top of a tower, overlooking the busy figures below, and hearing the various voices.
He frowned slightly.
Gray Blade was not a citizen of the Xia Kingdom. Instead, he did not want Norland to be too strong, which would frustrate the lord's plan.
"However, according to my speculation, there are at most three protectors of the Norland. If there are fewer, there might only be one surnamed Meng, so I'm not too worried …"
The possibility of a conflict breaking out wasn't high, but as the head of intelligence, Gray Blade needed to think of every possible situation and leave a way out.
"But there are more and more experts in the territory. If I don't improve my strength, I may be left out … No, after this mission, I must apply for seclusion and strive to break through to the Transcendent."
Gray Blade was also a genius with A-level aptitude. These days, although there was no shortage of cultivation resources, after all, it was not as convenient as in the territory, so he stayed in the thirteenth stage.
He had gradually fallen behind the first echelon.
Gray Blade was somewhat anxious and looked at the strong man next to him. "How's the recruitment going?"
"At present, our mercenary group of 500 places has been filled, and other ordinary employees have been recruited five or six hundred people." The big man scratched his head. "Brother, our transit station hasn't started operating yet. It's a big loss."
"It's worth it to exchange a few spirit stones for a few days' time. When our transit station opens, it'll be worth hundreds of spirit stones every minute, understand?"
Yan Dazhuang scratched his head, not quite understanding.
As a hunter who was convinced by Gray Blade's' physics' in the early days, and later joined the intelligence department, Yan Dazhuang could be regarded as a senior figure. However, he didn't know how to disguise or investigate. He only knew one word: reckless.
It's fine if you just rush over when you encounter trouble.
Gray Blade knew very well that he ordered Yan Dazhuang to do things, but it was better to say that he used Yan Dazhuang as a mouthpiece to inform his subordinates.
… …
The new transit station was located about 20 kilometers southeast of Norland Base City.
The lord ordered him to investigate Norland's intelligence and find a place to build a station. At first, Gray Blade planned to buy a large piece of land in Norland. Later, he calculated that the price of land in the base city was extremely high. It's not that he couldn't afford it, but it was better to choose to build in the wild.
After the recovery policy, many survivors of shelters moved to Norland, and the rest were transformed into transit stations. The number was much smaller than before.
Some people saw business opportunities and chose to build transit stations at major traffic crossings.
However, the establishment of transit stations had strict requirements. In theory, they all belonged to the government. There were no private transit stations. The application and construction procedures were also very complicated. But Gray Blade used some means to calculate the cost, and it was much cheaper than buying land.
There was no size limit for the transit station. In the future, if the lord felt it was too small, he could continue to expand.
Even if the labor costs, material costs, and other construction costs, plus the spirit stones spent on the application process, it was only a few thousand units.
Extremely cheap.
Gray Blade packaged the information and sent it to the distant Tree Shade through the contract.
… …
Lord's Castle.
After a few hours of delay, Tang Yu finally received the contract message.
"The transit station is almost built. The first batch of rune equipment to be shipped to Norland should also be ready."
In order to open the market as soon as possible and earn spirit stones from the Norland hunters' pockets, Gray Blade's investigation naturally included the Norland's rune equipment market.
Compared to the average large shelter, it was quite mature.
There was D-grade rune equipment circulating in the market. According to Gray Blade's prediction, Norland even had the ability to produce C-grade rune equipment, although the output would not be high.
"Although the Tree Shade's rune equipment of the same level is better, if you want to make a splash, you still have to consider the choice of goods."
It was impossible to establish an adventurer's guild in Norland. So Tang Yu planned to add B-grade equipment to the first batch of goods, and even put one or two A-grade rune equipment as the shop's treasure to attract customers.
Knives, swords, firearms, armor, props … many weapons and equipment flashed through his mind.
Suddenly, Tang Yu's eyes lit up.
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