Chapter 90

As they traveled along the way, Cheng Yang continuously killed the demonized beasts they encountered. Liu Xiyue, who followed behind him, was also not idle, constantly using the Holy Word Spell to attack any stragglers.

It had to be said that Liu Xiyue's Holy Word Spell was the perfect method for assassination. When she attacked, her lips only moved slightly, showing no signs at all. However, every demonized beast she targeted without exception met its end.

Although this was still just the initial stage of Liu Xiyue's growth, the power of the Holy Word Spell combined with her extraordinary luck was already showing its potential. If other ordinary combatants had just started their careers, it would be considered good if three of them could team up to kill a first-stage demonized beast. Even then, the person responsible for tanking the beast would still lose some health. But Liu Xiyue was completely different; her battles could be described as passing through a sea of flowers without a single leaf touching her.

Fortunately, this skill was only a single-target attack. If it were a group attack, it would be a bug-like skill.

Cheng Yang felt that if the growth coefficient of magical attacks in the future priest development system did not decrease, then Liu Xiyue's power would be unparalleled. However, if her attack attribute growth was limited, this skill would not be so extraordinary. After all, if her attack power was not enough to defeat her opponents, the skill would be useless.

Since Liu Xiyue had been following Cheng Yang all along, and they were quite far from the main group, no one noticed that a large portion of the dead demonized beasts were due to Liu Xiyue's efforts.

Liu Hao was also following in the main group, walking alongside Li Wanshan.

"Captain Li, do you think the lord has any special intentions towards Liu Xiyue? I've never seen him be so enthusiastic about any girl before," Liu Hao couldn't help but ask Li Wanshan, looking at the two people in the distance who were constantly attacking.

Li Wanshan smiled and said, "You're overthinking it. Didn't you guys suspect the lord had something for Wang Lu before? What was the result? Don't think too much about it, just focus on killing the beasts."

Liu Hao muttered, "I actually hope Yangzi can be with this school beauty, they would make a perfect match!" However, his voice was very low, and Li Wanshan and the others didn't hear it.

In fact, Liu Hao wasn't the only one with this thought. Among the large group of people following behind, a significant portion believed that Cheng Yang had some special intentions towards Liu Xiyue, after all, why else would he be so enthusiastic about a girl who was so beautiful?

Cheng Yang, of course, had no idea that Liu Hao and others were discussing him behind his back. Even if he knew, he would just laugh it off. In this harsh end times, survival was the most important thing, why bother about what others said?

Since Cheng Yang had already cleared this section of the road in the morning, there were no large groups of demonized beasts, and the journey went very smoothly.

If not for the need to take care of the unconverted people and the combatants carrying the wooden materials, their speed would have been even faster. However, because of these people, it took them nearly five hours to cover the 30 kilometers. If it weren't for the danger of falling behind, some of the ordinary people would have already dropped out.

When they arrived at Dongshan Village, the sun was almost setting. Cheng Yang immediately had Yu Kai use the transported wooden materials to build a wall, and then let the others proceed with their conversions.

This time, they had transported about 400 units of wooden materials. After building the wall, there was still a considerable amount left, so Yu Kai used all the remaining wood to build level 1 residential buildings.

After making these arrangements, Cheng Yang still left Liu Chengen with the 80 newly converted combatants to stay in Dongshan Village. He then took the rest of the combatants and left Dongshan Village.

Dongshan Village was not like Xianghe Village. Xianghe Village had convenient transportation with Luofeng Village, and if they encountered danger, they could receive timely support. However, Dongshan Village did not have such an advantage. For a long time, Dongshan Village would be in a state of isolation. Therefore, necessary supplies were essential. Cheng Yang planned to visit Dongshan Village again the next day to bring more people and supplies.

After returning to Luofeng Village, Cheng Yang let everyone go about their own business, while he himself began to tally the day's harvest.

What Cheng Yang was most concerned about were the wooden materials and stone materials. As for the spirit energy points, with the nearly 7,000 points provided daily by the Blood Altar副本, he had no worries.

In recent days, more and more combatants in Luofeng Village had obtained logging and mining tools. With Cheng Yang raising the material acquisition prices, everyone's enthusiasm for mining and logging had greatly increased.

Yesterday's logging output had already reached 700 units, but since 400 units were transported to Xianghe Village, the remaining wood was not enough to build any structures. Today's logging output increased again, finally breaking 900 units. Even though 400 units were transported to Dongshan Village, the remaining 800 units of wood were enough to build a practical structure.

However, the mining of stone materials over the past two days had not been very ideal. Unlike logging, stone materials required suitable mining sites. Currently, only two such sites had been discovered around Luofeng Village, each capable of accommodating no more than ten people. The daily output of stone materials was only about 200 cubic meters. Although this was enough to build structures, it was a drop in the bucket for road construction.

Cheng Yang opened the territory's attribute page and, after some deliberation, decided to build the barracks first. In terms of practicality, the quest hall was undoubtedly the most useful, but without a formal military position, one could not accept quests from the quest hall. This was a rule set by the deities, which Cheng Yang, as the lord, could not change. Even he himself would have to follow this rule to accept quests from the quest hall.

After Cheng Yang chose to build the barracks, a white light suddenly appeared on a vacant lot directly south of the altar. After a moment, the white light dissipated, and a vast building stood there, resembling an ancient military camp.

The barracks were absolutely a restricted area in the territory, accessible only to military personnel or officials of a certain level. However, since the barracks were not yet officially operational, there were no such restrictions at the moment.

Cheng Yang stepped into the barracks and carefully examined its structure.

This was the first time Cheng Yang had entered a barracks. In his previous life, he was a mercenary and did not have the authority to enter a military camp. His knowledge of the barracks' layout was mostly from what others had told him.

This barracks was only a level 1 barracks, with an area of about 40,000 square meters. While this number sounds large, it was actually only the size of a few football fields.

Around the barracks, there was a wooden fence about two meters high. On the left side of the fence were rows of barracks, and on the right side was a training ground.

There were fifteen barracks, and from their size, each could accommodate about 100 people.

The training ground was quite different from modern military training grounds and more resembled ancient training grounds, though with some differences.

On the training ground, there were weapon racks, a sparring ring, and targets, all prepared for the training of combatants.

In the center of the barracks stood a more imposing building, about three stories high. This was the central management area of the barracks, where officers managed the barracks and rested.

The barracks manager could recruit combatants as soldiers here and also dismiss soldiers. The soldiers in the barracks could also advance their ranks here.

As the lord of Luofeng Village, Cheng Yang naturally would not take on a soldier's identity in the barracks. He was not like a certain emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who, being the first person in the empire, still gave himself a grand general title. To Cheng Yang, this was simply ridiculous.

For the highest commander of the barracks, Cheng Yang had not yet appointed anyone. He planned to appoint Niu Bing as the manager of the barracks, as his straightforward personality suited this position. However, since Niu Bing was currently leading his team on a sweep, this matter had to be postponed.

In the central building of the barracks, Cheng Yang opened the attribute panel of the barracks.

Barracks (Level 1): A place for the army to reside and train, capable of accommodating 1,500 soldiers. Barracks increase training speed by 10%, and using skills in the training ground grants double skill proficiency. The barracks' enhancements for soldiers increase with the barracks' operational rate, with a maximum of double the base enhancement. Current operational rate: 0%.

Cheng Yang had already heard about the attributes of the barracks in his previous life. For him, the most pressing matter now was to increase the operational rate of the barracks.

The operational rate of a barracks indicates the strength and activity level of the barracks. It is closely related to the number of soldiers stationed, the ranks of the stationed soldiers, and the efficiency of the training ground.

Because of the existence of the operational rate, the role of the barracks would become increasingly significant in the later stages. For example, as a level 3 village, Luofeng Village could already build level 3 residential buildings, which increased training speed by 30%. However, the barracks, being only level 1, only increased training speed by 10%. If we ignore the number of people the buildings can accommodate and the cost, residential buildings were definitely better than the barracks.

However, as the level of the barracks increased and the enhancement ratio gradually improved, the double effect would make the enhancement ratio very significant, possibly even surpassing residential buildings.

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