Just as Ouyang Shuo walked out of the tailor's shop, a system announcement sounded in his ears.
[World Announcement: Gaia Year 1, January 1st, countless Mutants descended from the heavens into the wilderness, cutting through thorns and thorns, using the sharp swords in their hands to expand territory and establish a foundation. In a month's time, countless beasts of the wilderness have been slaughtered. As the saying goes, retribution comes in the cycle of the heavens. It is also said that the weak are prey to the strong, the victor is king. Therefore, the beasts of the wilderness will gather under the leadership of the various races in three days, which is Gaia Year 1, February 1st, and simultaneously attack the players' territories. Swear to use the blood of the lords to wash away the grievances of the same race. All lords, please prepare for war, use the sharp swords in your hands to defend the dignity of the lords!]
[World Announcement: The monster attack this time is a mandatory global territorial defense mission. Any village whose territory is breached by the beasts will be removed. Territories that successfully defend against the beasts will receive additional rewards. During the mission period, there will be three major rankings: regional, national, and world. The top ten of each ranking will receive generous rewards. For those who enter two or more rankings, the rewards will be based on the latter. Those who enter the latter ranking will not occupy the spots of the previous ranking. During the mission period, non-residents are not allowed to stay in the territory.]
[World Announcement: The rewards for the top ten regional rankings are as follows: 1st place will be rewarded with 100 achievement points. Every time you fall behind, 10 achievement points will be deducted.]
[World Announcement: The rewards for the top ten national rankings are as follows: 1st place will be rewarded with 100 achievement points and 100 gold coins. Every time you fall behind, you'll lose 100 merit points and 10 gold coins. "
[World Announcement: The rewards for the top ten global rankings are as follows: 1st place will be rewarded with 300 achievement points and 600 gold coins. Every time they fell behind by one rank, they would lose 200 merit points and 50 gold coins. In addition, 1st place will be rewarded with a random hidden building. 2nd place will be rewarded with a random special item. 3rd place will be rewarded with a random beginner commander's tally.]
The moment the system announcement came out, the whole world was in an uproar. The weak were worried that their territories would be destroyed and panicked. The strong, or ambitious ones who thought they were strong, were completely tempted by the system's rewards. They became hot-blooded and excited. All of them rubbed their fists, determined to compete with the lords of the world.
Even Ouyang Shuo, who knew the news in advance, couldn't help but feel excited when he saw the generous rewards. His goal was to ensure that he entered the top ten of the world rankings, and strive to enter the top three. In order to achieve this goal, he needed a secret weapon.
In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo walked into the barracks. In the barracks, apart from the patrolling soldiers and those who were on garrison duty, the rest of the soldiers were practicing archery on the drill ground. Seeing him enter, everyone stopped training and lined up to welcome him.
Ouyang Shuo gestured for the soldiers to continue training and pulled Shi Wansui to the side. "General, you've worked hard during this period!"
Shi Wansui chuckled. "This general likes this kind of military life."
"That's good. What's the standard of these soldiers now? "Ouyang Shuo asked directly.
Shi Wansui said proudly, "After this period of training, all the soldiers have been promoted to Tier 2. Other than Lin Yi, the other four squad leaders are all at level three. "
"Very good. General's training does not disappoint. How are the traps in the territory coming along? "
"Because the territory is very large, I plan to set up four defensive traps in the territory. After a few days of hard work, they had finished setting up two defensive chains. Based on this progress, we should be able to finish everything in two days. "Shi Wansui was not careless. He was ambitious as well. Four defensive chains meant at least a thousand traps to be set up.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and asked, "General, have you heard of Fierce Fire Oil?"
"Fierce Fire Oil?! Is the master talking about the black magical liquid that can be ignited directly? "
"Indeed, the general is very knowledgeable."
Shi Wansui smiled embarrassedly. "Is there a deeper meaning to the master asking about Fierce Fire Oil?"
"Indeed, if we can buy large amounts of Fierce Fire Oil, would it help the general's defense plan?"
Shi Wansui paused and was overjoyed. "That would be very helpful. Unlike us, beasts are afraid of fire. If we have Fierce Fire Oil, we can set up a Fierce Fire Formation in front of the village. I'm confident that we can destroy them in one fell swoop. "
"Alright, I have nothing to worry about with the general's words. General, bring the soldiers and follow me to the primary market to buy Fierce Fire Oil. "Ouyang Shuo said happily.
Shi Wansui immediately picked twenty soldiers and followed Ouyang Shuo to the primary market.
Ouyang Shuo walked into the wooden hut and opened the material trading platform to search for Fierce Fire Oil. Fierce Fire Oil was sold in barrels. Each barrel contained 50 liters and was sold for 1 silver coin.
On the way here, Shi Wansui roughly estimated that to complete the Fierce Fire Formation, he would need 40,000 liters of Fierce Fire Oil, which was 800 barrels. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, Ouyang Shuo gritted his teeth and spent 10 gold coins to buy 100 barrels of Fierce Fire Oil.
In addition, in order to strengthen the territory's warning ability, Ouyang Shuo spent the last 10 gold coins to buy a building blueprint for a sentry tower. The sentry tower was made of stone and was very difficult to break through. At the same time, the sentry tower was equipped with a beacon that could send out warning information. Each sentry tower could accommodate two sentries.
[Stone Sentry Tower]: Primary military installation, has a strong defense and detection ability. Construction requirements: 20 units of wood, 200 units of stone. Construction time: One day.
On the square in front of the wooden hut, Shi Wansui grinned as he commanded the soldiers to transport the Fierce Fire Oil to the barracks. This thing was dangerous. No one would be at ease if it was placed anywhere else.
Ouyang Shuo gave the building blueprint to Shi Wansui and asked him to pass it to Zhao Dewang of the Construction Division. As for the location of the sentry tower and the subsequent garrisons, Shi Wansui was naturally in charge of it. According to his plan, it would be best to build more than three sentry towers to ensure a smooth warning system.
After coming out of the market, Ouyang Shuo finally felt more relaxed. Facing the upcoming monster attack, he had already done everything he could. The entire territory was like a meat grinder.
The key to victory or defeat in a war was nothing more than the right time, the right place, and the right people. There was no need to talk about the right time. Relying on the advantage of his rebirth, he had been preparing for this war since the day his village was upgraded to a level 2 village. As for the other lords, they only had three days to prepare.
They also had the advantage of the terrain. Relying on the four defensive traps, the early warning of the sentry tower, and the killing blow of the Fierce Fire Formation, they used the geographical advantage to the extreme.
Finally, there was the right people, which was an even bigger advantage. Relying on the primary commander's seal, the territory's army had long since left the era of militia and entered the ranks of the regular army. Coupled with Shi Wansui, one of the top ten fierce generals in history, they were simply successful in every endeavor.
Finally, there was the strong logistical support. Sufficient arrows and a large number of javelins were enough to ensure the consumption of this war.
After returning to the lord's mansion, Ouyang Shuo read in his office for an hour and then went offline.
In reality, it was already the cold winter season. The leaves in the district's garden began to slowly turn yellow, and one by one, they fell onto the path. Ouyang Shuo ran on the gravel road, enjoying the fresh morning air, his body and mind carefree.
When he returned home with breakfast, Sun Xiaoyue and Bing'er were already up. When the two beauties saw the breakfast in Ouyang Shuo's hands, they looked at each other and smiled, then sat at the dining table with great tacit understanding.
Some people say that habit is a very scary thing. Before Ouyang Shuo and Bing'er moved in, Sun Xiaoyue's breakfast was sporadic.
In just a month, she was already used to having hot soy milk and youtiao in the morning. She was used to having a sumptuous dinner waiting for her after school in the afternoon. She was even used to accompanying Bing'er to do her homework at night and telling her fairy tales. Unknowingly, whether it was her diet or her daily routine, there had been a huge change.
Sun Xiaoyue didn't notice at all. Maybe this was fate between people. This kind of wonderful fate allowed her to naturally bring Ouyang Shuo and his sister into her life. In a trance, they had already known each other for a long time. Now, they were like a family, living under the same roof, natural and harmonious.
As usual, after sending Bing'er to school, Ouyang Shuo returned home and switched on his optical computer. Today's forum was especially lively. Needless to say, the source of all this was the announcement that the system made last night.
The headline of the pinned post was a survey. The theme of the survey was to guess who would be in the top 10 of the China region this time. Also, it was to guess how many places the lord of the China region would occupy in the world rankings.
Without a doubt, the Six Lords of Handan were still the most popular candidates. What everyone was interested in, other than the Six Lords of Handan, was who else could occupy a place in the top 10 of the China region.
Among the list of candidates, Ouyang Shuo made it onto the list based on his reputation as the sixth village to be promoted to level 2. Other than him, there was also Xiong Ba of Tyrant Village, Piao Linghuan of Luo Ye Village, Lao Ai of Mischievous Stone Village, and Bai Hua of Lingxi Village.
Other than Bai Hua, these four were the lords of the top 10 villages in the China region that had been promoted to level 2. Bai Hua was able to make it onto the list because of her ID. As the mysterious player who had occupied the number one spot in China's eSports Hall of Fame for a long time, it was not too much to pay attention to her.
The most heated topic was the prediction of how many people from the China region would be able to enter the top 10 of the world rankings. Without a doubt, as the most influential player in the China region, Di Chen of the Six Lords of Handan was the most popular candidate. As for the others, they were not sure. After all, the world was too big, and there were crouching tigers and hidden dragons everywhere.
Most of the people boldly predicted that with the huge population of the China region, at least two people would be able to enter the world rankings.
Ouyang Shuo looked at the guesses of these players and did not say a word. From what he knew, in his previous life, only Di Chen from the China region was ranked third in the world rankings.
The others did not make it onto the list. The other nine places were occupied by the USA, Canada, Russia, Korea, Japan, England, Germany, France and India. Not a single country was able to occupy two slots. From this, it could be seen how intense the competition was.
This time, with Ouyang Shuo as the biggest variable, no one knew what the final outcome would be.
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