Chapter 1026: The importance of talents, the hungry dead

Every time he thinks about this, Zong Shen feels a sense of urgency in his heart.

This is the greedy nature in people's hearts.

And greed will become his motivation to maintain progress.

After Zong Shen briefly evaluated the value of these [Seven Flower Silver Coins] and [Five-Headed Bird Gold Coins], he decided to temporarily exchange only part of them for fine gold and mithril materials.

At present, the most urgent needs for territory construction and expansion are wood, stone, hemp, iron, copper and various primary and intermediate elemental runes. The daily consumption is huge, easily millions of units.

In comparison, the consumption of materials such as mithril, fine gold, gem powder, advanced/special grade elemental runes, and magic gems is not large.

He considered that the trading market of fine gold and mithril had not really started to boom yet, so he decided to save this batch of resources for later use.

As for the consumption required for territory construction, you can first use the original inventory.

In addition, the biggest hidden danger in Azshara Mine has been eliminated by Zong Shen. In the future, more manpower must be deployed to increase the daily output of ore resources and try to be self-sufficient.

Not to mention that there are thousands of resources in unclaimed territories waiting for Zong Shen.

Therefore, he is not worried about the construction consumption of the territory at all.

Just keep the original arrangement.

Another crucial point is that it is affected by the [Quick Inheritance] privilege.

The population of the territory he inherits will remain in its current state and converted into recruitment rolls.

In other words, the territory does not need to bear population pressure in a short period of time. It can flexibly decide how many people to recruit according to the development progress, which is quite convenient.

To prevent the territory from increasing its population at once, causing excessive load on all aspects.

If nothing else, hundreds of thousands of people consume a lot of food and drink every day.

At present, farming in the territory has only just started for a few days, and it cannot support such a large population.

In addition, a sufficient number of folk houses and stone houses need to be built. In the absence of high-rise residential buildings in the Endless Continent, just building stone houses that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people will take a long time and massive resources.

Population is not only a productive force, but also means resource burden and consumption.

The accumulation of resources required for food, clothing, housing and transportation will be staggering.

If the population is compared to the "food" for the development of the territory, then Zong Shen must ensure that the territory has a certain scale of production and construction capabilities, so that everyone can create value.

Recruitment of the population does not have the above problems.

It is entirely possible to recruit the appropriate population based on the development level of the territory.

This allows the territory to maintain rapid development without adding additional burdens.

Moreover, having a population reserve is equivalent to solving one of his worries. At the same time, it does not prevent Zong Shen from attacking aboriginal villages and state cities, plundering a large number of people and various craftsman talents.

Aboriginal towns basically developed step by step from settlements and experienced a relatively long period of time.

If the lords' territories were "quick-build", then the aboriginal towns were "natural growth".

There are huge differences between the two in terms of structural systems, economic cycles, and agricultural and animal husbandry production.

The lord's territory can take a few months to complete the construction and development of the indigenous people for decades.

The price is that the talent within the territory is extremely uneven, and a few months simply cannot meet the talent training cycle.

Not to mention, even training a blacksmith apprentice is not easy.

Moreover, the way for the lord to obtain the initial population all comes from the lord system. The lord himself cannot decide what kind of talents he has, and not all lords can be like Zong Shen who can fool a senior blacksmith soon after his arrival.

As for buildings like [Special Knowledge School] and [Advanced Library], they are rare but hard to come by.

Therefore, most lords have almost no craftsman talents in their current territories.

At most, there are a few apprentices or craftsmen with junior professional titles who forge arrows, crossbows and whiteboard equipment on a daily basis. There are also some lords who have talents in medicine, rune forging, magic technology and so on, but their professional titles are all Not high, let alone high-level and special-level craftsmen, even intermediate craftsmen are quite rare.

On the other hand, aboriginal towns have quite a complete range of technical talents of all types.

Junior craftsmen can be found in villages.

There are intermediate and high-level craftsmen in Bangcheng.

If you want to find higher-level technical craftsmen, you have to go to Giant City.

Regular giant cities have large-scale workshops, and a few giant cities also have some famous workshops.

Any workshop that can leave its name in the mainland must have a master craftsman.

Therefore, if Zong Shen wants to find talents in various fields as quickly as possible, he must use his brains from the indigenous people.

Including the archaeologists and rune interpreters mentioned by Zoe, they all have to find solutions from the giant city of Lentax.

In addition to violently plundering the population, he can also choose to go to a state city or a giant city to advertise for workers. As long as he is willing to provide sufficient remuneration, he can definitely attract many craftsmen talents.

In addition, the taverns in each city are also good places to recruit talents.

If the city is compared to a giant, then every street is a blood vessel in the giant's body.

The pubs in the streets are like little hearts, constantly pumping new blood into the city.

There's no better place to recruit than a tavern.

But no matter which city it is, any tavern that can occupy a place in the city must have power behind it.

Either it's the underworld forces, or it's the layout of the aristocracy.

It's not a big problem for Zong Shen. He has enough dinars to overcome all obstacles.

Before the aboriginal order collapsed, those heavy coins still had unparalleled power.

Zong Shen did not intend to let go of these two avenues, violent plunder and open solicitation.

He planned to do it at the same time, so that he could replenish the extremely lacking craftsman talents for the territory as soon as possible.

Zong Shen lowered his head and thought, Zoe and Colby didn’t bother him, they just drank in silence and thought about their own things.

When he finished thinking and raised his head, Colby, who had been silent until now, took the opportunity to speak.

The sturdy Da Kao sat on the chair like an iron tower. He took out the shuffled cipher text parchment from the storage compartment.

This thing was also found from the undead behind the bar in the ruins hall of the Shadow Poison Assassin Alliance.

"Sir, this parchment was found from the dead."

"It seems like it should be related to the Shadow Poison Assassin League back then."

"It's just that the content has been encrypted and my subordinates cannot interpret it."

Colby stood up, and after finishing speaking, he bent down and offered it.

Zong Shen raised his hand to take the parchment, narrowed his eyes and scanned it carefully.

[An ancient encrypted message parchment]

[An encrypted message is recorded above]

[(Urgent information came from the dimensional secret meeting. The traitor Karl Argas has caused damage to the barrier node. High-level officials from all races have gone to the Abyss of Eternity. It is suspected that there are demons from outside the territory.

Grand Elder Farsi asked all branches to evacuate immediately, retain a small number of manpower, seal up the treasury, and meet at XXXXXXX, waiting for further instructions from the elders)]

(XXXXXXX land has been permanently destroyed, and the data in this era is incomplete, so it cannot be displayed.

This is a secret report sent by the top brass of the Shadow Poison Assassin League.

In fact, not long before the blood-burning demon invaded, the Shadow Venom Assassin branch in the giant city of Azshara had already completed its evacuation, leaving only a small number of manpower.)

…

Zong Shen stared at the parchment, and the content on it reminded him of something.

Judging from the information in the secret report, before the blood-burning demon launched a full-scale attack on the Endless Continent, there were already signs, such as the "betrayer Karl Argas" who destroyed the dimensional barrier.

This also explains why the blood-burning demon's large-scale dimensional teleportation channel can be opened so easily.

In addition, there is also the content that "high-level officials from all races are heading to the Eternal Abyss, and it is suspected that demons from outside the territory are scurrying here", which also vaguely reveals a hint of conspiracy.

"interesting…"

"It seems that the bonds in the last era were more complicated than I imagined."

He put down the parchment and nodded gently to Colby.

At this time, Colby then took out several other items.

It included a pitch-black soul core, several extremely hard bone materials, and a white-headed skull only the size of a melon.

These things all come from the undead "Jack" who cried out for hunger in the ruins cellar.

After killing high-level undead, if they are skeletons, they will turn into powder, while if they are ghosts, they will dissipate invisible.

Everything that can be left behind is basically precious material.

And because "Jack" was killed by Colby himself, these trophies were naturally presented to Zong Shen by himself.

Colby placed these things on the table before sitting back down.

Zong Shen knew it after just one glance.

In his mind, lines of golden subtitles emerged clearly.

[Hungry Dead: Little Jack’s Soul Core (Gold)]

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【Exquisite ribs (orange)】

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[Essential tibia (orange)]

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[The spine sucked by resentment (gold)]

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[Skull of the Hungry Dead (Glory Level I)]

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Not much to say about the soul core, its purpose is to provide pure soul power, and it can also "charge" the [Soul Absorption Bottle], which can be exchanged for a complete soul below the gold level.

The bones at the back are relatively rare skeletal materials.

Due to various reasons, these bones absorb various complex energies along with the birth and death of the undead, and eventually become precious materials that can be used to make the necromancer's staff, armor, or undead magic weapon.

For example, the [resentment-sucking spine (gold)] can be used as the main body of the staff.

It can emit undead will-o'-the-wisps, and can also independently absorb the power of the undead and shadows traveling around it.

With just a little processing, a dazzling staff can be made, which will increase the level of the material.

However, this staff has distinctive characteristics and is suitable for use by necromancers.

Spellcasters of other elemental systems are not only useless, but will be affected by the death energy.

Zong Shen didn't mind it and accepted the order directly, which further enriched the material inventory.

Among these items, the most valuable one is the little head.

It is a special undead weapon, a magical item that is accompanied by powerful undead.

And the grade is not low, reaching the Yaoguang level. Although it is only the entry-level Yaoguang I level, its value is better than the common golden epic level equipment.

Zong Shen grabbed the head, held it in his palm and observed it.

Judging from the size of its head, it should have been a child under ten years old.

There is a layer of gray-brown enamel on the surface of the bone, giving it a somewhat ceramic-like texture.

Moreover, when Zong Shen came into contact with the head, he could feel various forces in his body reacting to it.

This thing is like a universal container, and Zong Shen seems to be able to put any power in his body into it.

Not only that, this head also vaguely conveyed a feeling of hunger and thirst.

It wants to devour everything, be it power or elements.

To be on the safe side, he did not try to input power without permission. Instead, he summoned the strategy module with a thought.

As information about related items emerged, Zong Shen also showed an expression of sudden realization on his face.

[Skull of the Hungry Dead (Glory Level I)]

[Quality: Yaoguang Grade Ⅰ]

[Effect: Hungry Condensation (any power other than holy light can be input into it, and the condensation is converted into the power of the undead and the power of shadow, with a huge storage capacity)

Will-o'-the-wisp (by consuming the internally transformed undead power and shadow power, eject an undead will-o'-the-wisp with a maximum range of 120 meters and a diameter of 1.2 meters. It can cause 200 points of magic damage to all enemies along the way per second, with no cooldown time. )

Condensed Skull (using the skull as a carrier, it condenses the hungry dead to come to help in the battle, lasts for 10 minutes, and has a cooling time of 12 hours)]

[Passive effect: Undead Nourishing (the skull of the hungry dead that condenses a large amount of undead power and shadow power can convert the power into experience points to feed back to any undead unit. The specific conversion ratio depends on the specific situation)]

(A head from a poor child. It’s hard to imagine that little Jack starved to death.

He was only eight years old. He was trapped in a cellar and became food for the trapped people.

Not only were his limbs and trunk cut off, he was also tortured by hunger during his lifetime.

Oh may this poor kid rest in peace

Precisely because of such a tragic experience, its resentment after death was mainly based on the wreckage, and it turned into a high-level undead. It talked about its hunger all day long. It longed for all flesh, flesh and energy, and finally died from Colby's knife. Down)

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This is an undead weapon that is more auxiliary.

It has some effect, but not much.

For undead units, this thing is an out-and-out "power bank".

It can be charged by drawing the power of other elements, thereby converting any power into the power of necromancy and shadow, and then into experience points suitable for the undead.

"It's a good thing."

Zong Shen did not play with it excessively. After all, the main body of this magical weapon was a child's head.

He felt sorry for Jack's life experience, but more than 10,000 years had passed and nothing could be changed.