After two days of testing, there were indeed no native monsters within five miles of Log Town. The thousand or so lumberjacks were able to harvest in peace.
The quality of the wood produced accounted for about one-tenth of the total harvest. Most of it was grade 8 and grade 9 wood. Occasionally, there would be a small amount of grade 7 wood. Higher quality wood could only be found in the hinterland of the outer region.
Even so, Yang Rui was already very satisfied. With the current price of wood, just converting it into gold coins was already very impressive. Moreover, these grade of wood would be even more useful in Yang Rui's hands.
Since completing the 'Vanishing Mohist' mission, Yang Rui had also transferred over two hundred high-level carpenters into Upper Ink City while recruiting Liegeman for Sky City. They first learned the 'Divine Armament Golem Manufacturing Blueprint' and tried their best to collect Muscle Growth Materials from all over the world. They were prepared to prioritize the creation of golems.
Upper Ink City still had a lot of grade wood in stock for the time being. The only thing they lacked was Muscle Growth Materials. Although Yang Rui was the governor of a province and had already launched a resource exchange strategy, the amount of Muscle Growth Materials in his hands was still quite limited.
Yang Rui chose to start by creating golems because he had obtained three thousand divine crossbows in Upper Ink City. These crossbows could only be operated by golems of grade 3 and above. Only by creating the corresponding golems could the power of these crossbows be unleashed.
Yang Rui had discovered this when he collected one thousand divine crossbows on the inner city walls. These crossbows could only be used in conjunction with golems. It was the same for the two thousand crossbows on the outer city walls.
While collecting Muscle Growth Materials. Yang Rui also ordered people to recruit carpenters from all over the world. Now, Yang Rui wanted to build turreted ships. To build Bi 'ai, Warships, and various other Divine Armaments, the profession of carpenters had become very popular in Yang Rui's hands.
Yang Rui had already recruited carpenters through Sun Qian of Linzi and Cheng Yu of Fan County to all of Qingzhou and the northern part of the East County. However, the results were not good.
Recruitment had similar characteristics. Even the NPCs in the game had their own lives. No one was willing to abandon their homes and jobs and leave their original place of residence unless they had no other choice. In this regard, it was somewhat similar to Yang Rui's search for and recruitment of famous historical figures.
Another seven or eight days passed, and Sky City's level had risen to Small City. Its durability had also recovered to 82%, and its flight function had also been restored. Yang Rui could not wait to use Sky City to explore the Shrimp Barren Land.
Although the Flying Carpet might be faster, its flight altitude was very limited. Moreover, it was not suitable to fly in the forest, as it would easily attract the attention of Primal Monsters. Sky City, on the other hand, was much better. As long as Yang Rui wanted to, he could fly high in the sky. He would not be harassed or obstructed in any way.
In truth, after Yang Rui had teleported to Shrimp Barren Land, he had spent his free time learning about this place through the internet. This was the situation in Hokkaido.
Shrimp Barren Land was a large island surrounded by plains. The center of the island was filled with mountain ranges. Moreover, many mountain ranges formed a circle around the island, while the center was a continuous hilly area in the shape of a basin.
According to Yang Rui's observations and preliminary judgment, Log Town should be located in the center of the hilly area. Of course, this guess still needed to be verified by Yang Rui. Sky City was undoubtedly the best tool for figuring out the terrain of Shrimp Barren Land.
"Master, should we bring more soldiers as a precaution?" Zhang Ning asked.
Yang Rui had only brought 10000 personal female guards with him to Sky City for this trip. These personal guards had all been obtained from Yang Rui's trade with Dong Zhuo, while the Soldier Skill Book had been obtained after rescuing Empress Dowager He. Currently, all 10000 personal female guards had reached Fifth Grade.
"No need. My main goal for this trip is to figure out the general terrain of Shrimp Barren Land. I believe it won't take more than two or three days. I have no intention of getting into a conflict with anyone. Even if we run into any trouble, I believe we can easily avoid it with Sky City."
Yang Rui explained.
In truth, if it weren't for Cai Yan and Diaochan being in Sky City, Yang Rui had intended to explore the map alone. He hadn't expected the two girls to be interested in the novelty of Sky City, as well as the mysteries of Taishan Realm, Upper Ink City, Shrimp Barren Land, and Log Town. Thus, Yang Rui brought the two of them along.
Wei Xiu 'er had also wanted to come along when she found out about this. However, due to the logistics of food and resources, she couldn't make the trip.
Currently, Zhang Rang's supply of resources had been going on through the Coral Vessel. Even the trade with Li Su had continued. Even though he didn't know who ended up with Fan Li's Pouch of Goods, it was very convenient for the other party to continue purchasing resources from Green Province through Fan Li's Pouch of Goods.
Moreover, there was also the matter of building a transport team. It was normal for Wei Xiu 'er to be busy. Ever since the Wei Clan had decided to stand on Cao Cao's side, this little girl seemed to have been holding her breath and was determined to build a career of her own.
The Shrimp Barren Land was about the size of one of the three civilizations. It was almost the same size as Yang Rui's current Green Province. Moreover, Sky City's speed wasn't slow. Thus, after two days, Yang Rui had a rough understanding of the terrain of the Shrimp Barren Land.
Log Town was just as Yang Rui had predicted. It was located in the center of the Shrimp Barren Land. With the magnified scale of the mountains in the game, it was difficult to reach the center of Log Town from the periphery.
As for the plains in the periphery, it was just as mentioned in Juzi's notes. There were some backward Shrimp Barren Tribes scattered around. Moreover, these tribes were intertwined and often fought with each other.
"System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, you have killed an Ayinu (Shrimp Barren) Claw Nest Tribe soldier. Do you want to participate in the Shrimp Barren Land Tribe War?"
At that time, Yang Rui had brought Zhang Ning, Cai Yan, and Diaochan to the beach for a walk. Unexpectedly, soldiers from the Shrimp Barren Land Tribe appeared nearby. They were in a state of conflict. After Yang Rui decisively dealt with them, a system notification appeared.
Yang Rui had nothing to worry about. The Shrimp Barren Land had good wood resources. Of course, Yang Rui wouldn't be polite and immediately chose to participate.
Moreover, Yang Rui was very excited when he thought about how he was the first to conquer the Japanese territory. Naturally, he wouldn't reject this matter.
Through this incident, Yang Rui was reminded. Since he was already in the Japanese territory, why not go and stir up some trouble?! At this time, the second large-scale system storyline in the Japanese territory hadn't ended yet. Perhaps there would be some additional plot rewards.
Therefore, Yang Rui controlled Sky City and went straight to the south of the Shrimp Barren Land. He tried to cross the sea and directly enter the Japanese territory.
Currently, there were no Japanese players in the Shrimp Barren Land. The main reason was that the southern part of the Shrimp Barren Land was blocked by the Tsugaru Strait. If one didn't have a large ship, it would be very difficult to cross.
In the current game, the ship technology of the players from the Japanese civilization region and the players from the Three Kingdoms civilization region should be similar. The largest ship in the Three Kingdoms region's hands was only the medium-sized transport ship in the hands of Roly Meatball's boss.
Yang Rui was a special case and obtained the manufacturing blueprints of large and medium-sized ships, such as the Suanni and the Battleship. However, he still hadn't built a finished product.
"System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, you have killed soldiers in the southern part of the Japanese civilization region. Do you want to participate in the second large-scale system storyline in the Japanese civilization region — Shogunate Sunset?"
However, for Yang Rui, crossing the Tsugaru Strait was not difficult. After crossing the strait, Yang Rui easily found an opportunity to kill several Japanese soldiers near the coastline. The result was just as Yang Rui guessed. Sure enough, a similar system notification was sent over.
"Yes!" Yang Rui gave an affirmative answer.
"System Notification: Respected player Blazing Sun, the second large-scale system storyline in the Japanese civilization region is currently in the Chaos of the Heavenly Law. The storyline is divided into two factions, the One Direction Sect and the Lotus Sect. You can choose to join one of the factions.
At the same time, because you don't belong to the local Japanese civilization, you can choose to join the opposing faction (local civilization players can choose to join the neutral faction). Choosing this faction will oppose all the local factions. Under the same conditions, you can also kill all local players to accumulate Plot Points, Achievement Points, etc.
Please make your choice … "
After the system notification appeared again, Yang Rui did not waste any time and directly chose the opposing faction.
Yang Rui was originally there to mess things up. Since he could choose from the opposing faction, of course, there was no better choice. He could kill whoever he wanted!
When Yang Rui was looking up information on Shrimp Barren Land, he had also logged into the game's built-in forum. He had a brief understanding of the situation in the Japanese civilization region and knew that it was still in the second large-scale system storyline.
Currently, the only civilization region that had ended the second large-scale system storyline was the Three Kingdoms Civilization Region. Some other civilization regions were nearing the end of the storyline, and some regions like the Japanese civilization region were still in the storyline stage due to various reasons.
The first large-scale system storyline in the Japanese civilization region, the Storm of the Shogunate, spanned from the Chaos of the Ongren Rebellion to the Meiji Rebellion. It was not a short period of time. The second large-scale system storyline, the Sunset of the Shogunate, spanned from the Meiji Rebellion to the time when the heroes were divided. The time span was also very long, and the events during the period were very complicated. It was normal for the progress to be slower.
Moreover, the second large-scale system storyline in the Japanese civilization region did not have fixed sides. It was assembled from many small plots. The Chaos of the Heavenly Law that Yang Rui was currently in was one of the small plots. Heavenly Law.
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