Fire Monster

Chapter 130: Heartbreak (Additional chapter 910 for the chief disciple of the Floating Cloud Sect)

The barracks became quiet again.

Almost all the veterans were dispatched to build a defense and alert system consisting of outer city patrols, city wall patrols, and inner city rail vehicle patrols.

It is impossible for any high-level demon to penetrate these three layers of defense. As for low-level demons, they can basically be treated as small animals in the wild, such as buzzing mosquitoes, and can be ignored.

Zhao Guanshan first went to visit Yang Mao, Li Guangyu and the 129 new recruits. Now that supplies had been replenished, each of them had taken three doses of marrow cleansing liquid and were working hard to repair the disordered pure yang energy in their bodies.

It is expected to return to normal by tomorrow morning.

As for Sun Ze and the fifteen selected veterans, they will basically complete their advancement by midnight.

At this point, the forces that can be mobilized in this pioneering city can be determined.

There are 145 veterans and 129 new recruits. The only living people besides them are Cuihonglou.

That's also where the criminals live. According to Sun Ze's estimation, there are about three to four hundred or four to five hundred people. It is said that the boss behind Cuihonglou is the previous commander of the Fenweiying, and he is now a middle to high level official in the Demon Suppression Division.

In the future, perhaps there will be opportunities for cooperation between the two sides.

Zhao Guanshan was thinking about this while counting the supplies he had brought back by himself.

There are a lot of these supplies, and they come in all categories.

After all, this was the Chief Secretary's preparation for an entire pioneer city.

I don’t know if there is any conspiracy behind this matter, but it doesn’t matter. Zhao Guanshan has already paid so much. No matter who is coveting this pioneer city behind the scenes, he will never allow it. If someone sticks out his hand, he will chop off his hand. If someone sticks out his head, he will chop off his head!

"Energy storage spirit stone, demon-sealing potion, marrow cleansing spirit liquid. Hmm, these are the materials used to prepare the marrow cleansing spirit liquid. Is this the operating table for preparing the potion?"

The process of counting supplies is like opening a blind box, with surprises everywhere.

The Chief Secretary really suffered a heavy loss this time.

They brought ten workstations for preparing medicines and twelve workstations for repairing psychic weapons. It seemed that they were planning to open a workshop and store in Pioneer City to serve the various battle camps of the Demon Suppression Division on the front line.

Now all of this was accepted by Zhao Guanshan with a smile.

"Water, flatbread, meat jerky, tools, parts for psychic weapons, and a crossbow quiver for a psychic heavy crossbow. Great! I have to find time to repair a psychic heavy crossbow."

"This is a rune spike. Um, a specially made rune spike. And, wait, is this a component used to deploy a first-level spirit supply tower?"

Zhao Guanshan's eyes lit up. The first-level spirit-supplying tower was not a whole unit, but was composed of many parts that needed to be installed and debugged.

This will be a massive undertaking as there are six large trucks of parts involved.

But soon Zhao Guanshan shook his head and sighed, at least four of the cars were damaged.

It is not impossible to repair it, and it is not impossible to rub the parts by hand, but it will probably take at least one or two months.

"So, let's try another method. If the first-level Spirit Supply Tower can't handle it, let's build a simple first-level Spirit Supply Tower, the kind that can steal electricity openly. No matter what, I have to ensure the supply of energy storage spirit stones in the city and the charging of the Imperial Seal Chariot."

Zhao Guanshan is familiar with the matter of stealing electricity.

He did not delay and directly took out the relevant parts from the original first-level spirit supply tower, moved them outside, and found a suitable, open location in the camp to build it.

Really, it's easy.

Because a complete and perfect first-level spirit supply tower is at least responsible for providing the small town with a psychic vortex force field to control the demonic pollution in the city, thereby ensuring that ordinary people can live and work there on a daily basis.

This is actually the hardest part.

Now that Zhao Guanshan has given up this part, the only thing left is to use the psychic vortex to compress the demonic energy and transform the psychic energy, which can be done with your eyes closed.

Of course, Zhao Guanshan would definitely not admit that he assembled this himself.

Don't wrongly accuse me.

This is clearly the work of our Kaituo City's chief architect, Lord Hu Baimu!
For this purpose, Zhao Guanshan specially brought Hu Baimu out, dressed him in imperial armor and helmet, and placed him next to him like a rice dumpling, so that he could witness it with his own eyes and have a sense of solemn participation.

Who dares to say that this is not Mr. Hu’s masterpiece?
"Zhao Guanshan, I advise you not to waste your efforts. I will not tell you how to assemble a first-level spirit tower. I admit that you have some skills. You are from a declining immortal cultivation family. It's a blind cat that has met a dead mouse. I let you assemble the imperial seal chariot successfully and start it, but it's useless. You can't assemble this level of spirit tower. Haha, without spiritual power, let's see what you are going to do?"

Hu Baimu kept on chattering and mocking, and Zhao Guanshan treated it as background music, occasionally asking a few questions, but this time Hu Baimu learned his lesson and refused to reveal a single word except for cursing and mocking.

Zhao Guanshan didn't take it seriously and didn't dig a hole. Instead, he moved stones from the open space and piled them up to form a truncated cone-shaped space with a maximum diameter of five meters and a minimum diameter of only one meter.

It looks like a big bowl, or more precisely, a basin. After the stacking was completed, Zhao Guanshan glanced at Hu Baimu, who was suddenly speechless, with a half-smile. I never expected that I had already accumulated enough skills and experience in stealing electricity.

Through practical operations, we have long found the spatial proportion that is most suitable for the stability of psychic vortex.

Next, Zhao Guanshan moved a large amount of low-level material from the supplies, to be precise, a specially prepared soil.

He mixed the soil with clean water to make mud, and used it to grout the stone truncated cone structure.

Finally, the wood demon roots must be inserted at specific locations.

In this way, a simple, rough but very effective permanent base for the spirit tower was built.

But before Zhao Guanshan could continue, Hu Baimu's defense was broken, and he started cursing and swearing, unable to contain his anger.

"Zhao Guanshan, where did you learn the construction skills of this spirit-offering tower? You, you, you are guilty of a heinous crime, do you know that? I will expose you and report you to the Dao Palace! No one can build a spirit-offering tower without permission!"

"Master Hu, what nonsense are you talking about? Isn't this the skill you taught me? Don't worry, once a teacher, always a teacher. I will be filial to my teacher's wife."

"Ahhh! Zhao Guanshan, you will not die well!"

Hu Baimu was so excited that he fainted. He was really scared.

Before, he had thought that he would die a worthy death as a loyal minister of the governor, which would be a great pleasure. However, Zhao Guanshan's move was so unscrupulous and insane that he couldn't even explain it, or who would listen if he did?

When Hu Baimu woke up slowly, he saw a scene that made him tremble with fear. Zhao Guanshan had already assembled the first-level spirit-offering tower.

It’s over, it’s over, it’s all over, my fame is gone!
At this moment, Hu Baimu felt hopeless.

"Hey, Master Hu, what do you think I should do next? Please teach me!"

Zhao Guanshan smiled and continued to rub salt into the wound. He just didn't believe it. What kind of loyal minister of yours, the Governor, could withstand such torture!

Hu Baimu closed his eyes, did not listen, did not speak, and resisted in silence.

Zhao Guanshan didn't care and asked a few questions every once in a while. It was all just idle chat, but every sentence was useful and proved that he really had extremely rich experience in this area.

Once this level of spirit supply tower can be embedded with energy storage spirit stones, it can be put into operation.

Hu Baimu finally surrendered.

"Zhao Guanshan, do you think you can win?"

"Of course I think I can win. Or, can you give the Governor some reasons why they will win?" Zhao Guanshan laughed.

"After all, the Provincial Administration Bureau is one of the three giants along with the Demon Suppression Bureau and the Taoist Academy. They may not be able to do anything to you in a short period of time. No, actually, they can. As long as they give up some of their interests, they can transfer an elite battalion from the Demon Suppression Bureau and destroy you in a snap of a finger."

"What's the reason? The Demon Suppression Division has caused such a big mess this time. They are now in a hurry to plug the gap and have no time to spare. How can they mobilize an elite combat battalion?"

Zhao Guanshan shook his head. If it were before, when there was no vision from the statue, he really wouldn’t dare to take such a big risk.

But now he was certain that the Demon Suppression Division was really stretched to its limits and was struggling to maintain the blockade of the gap.

Under such circumstances, the Demon Suppression Division was very happy to see that their pioneering camp was able to gain a foothold and control the area.

After all, the Demon Suppression Division also needs logistical supplies.

"Early tomorrow morning, the governor will definitely send reinforcements to take over Kaituo City. They have the governor's order. If you dare to disobey, this matter will even alarm the Taoist Palace."

"Hey, this is really a coincidence. According to the development time of the Demon Mother's Lair, tomorrow morning, some of the Demon Mother's Lair will definitely hatch a large number of fifth and sixth level evil demons, and there is even a great possibility of hatching seventh level evil demons. I am not worried about the handover of the reinforcements sent by the Governor. I am only worried about whether they have the strength to pass through the control areas of the Demon Mother's Lair?"

"You guys are just overthinking. What's wrong with alarming the Dao Palace? What's wrong with the Demon Suppression Division being surprised? We will launch an attack on the Demon Mother's nest around the city tomorrow morning. We are doing real work. We are cleaning up the mess left by the Demon Suppression Division, understand?"

"So what if the Dao Palace knows? Does that mean that people who are from the Chief Secretary are noble, and people like us who can do things and do them well are lowly?"

"We were able to stabilize the situation and launch a counterattack when the front line collapsed, the demons invaded in large numbers, and even the highest commander was killed. If we don't give you a commendation, I'm going to wonder if the masters of the Taoist Palace were kicked in the head by the demons?"

"I'll tell you the truth. We will only have merit in this matter, and we won't be charged with any crime. You, Lord Hu, are the greatest contributor. I've even thought about it. From now on, the lord of this city will have to be you, Lord Hu."

"Stop! Stop talking! I surrender, I am willing to cooperate, I am willing to assemble a first-level spirit supply tower for you, I only have one request! As long as you agree, I promise to cooperate!"

Hu Baimu was completely upset.

He would rather hope that the Governor would think that he was being coerced. What could he do as a fourth-level clerk who was barely able to even tie a chicken? Faced with the threat of a group of burly warriors, what could he do?
But if he became the lord of this pioneer city, the nature of the situation would change completely.

(End of this chapter)