Chapter 257: Departure

When time entered the war......... The sword masters of the Peace War Regiment have become more adaptable.

I have to admit that the most peaceful of the six cities in the central part of the country has also grown up in the constant war.

Every qualified sword master has gone through countless combat training since childhood, and when they pick up weapons, they won't think much about messy things.

Foreign? Alien beasts? In there? How many? Let's go together?

When the city of Ninh Binh took the lead in tearing up the unspoken rules of the old archipelago, there was no doubt that war would break out.

"Old Islands......

Thinking of the observatory where most of it was buried underground, when he recited the name of the place, Zheng Li thought a lot, he had a lot of conjectures, but he couldn't confirm it.

In front of him was the vast expanse of the sea, and the sailors who were setting sail on the deck.

The era has entered a new cycle, when steel warships have become unreliable, and spirit warships are expensive and rare, the mainstream of maritime transportation still returns to the Age of Discovery.

In this marine world, the materials of wooden sailing ships are easy to obtain, and the stability and technology are mature, and there is no need for a large-scale steel smelting system, but it has become the mainstream.

Among the so many craftsmen who have traded in Xingtai Town, there are even funny artists, but there is no boatwright or carpenter...... After all, on the ghost side, this is also a very valuable practical item.

There are a lot of spies and spies among the ghosts, and when the ship left, there was already a row of flagpoles and wooden poles........ Zheng Li didn't give an explanation, but he could guarantee that there wasn't a single mistake, and the townspeople even secretly called themselves "mind-reading carnivores".

There are a lot of messes in Xingtai Town, but human sailors, sailors, and shipwrights are indeed trustworthy, especially when there is an arithmetic on board.

Two large sailing ships and three medium-sized wooden boats are all the belongings of Xingtai Town.

Its main channel to and from the human world is still the steel ship of the Digital City, and the stable route that is not afraid of pirates and wind and waves is incomparable to the wooden ship.

The big ship of the digital city has already come and gone, and Zheng Li suspects that it has just come full circle....... It has directly relocated most of its non-combatants.

The ghost farmer cried and cried when he was on the dock, but when he got on the big boat, he was so surprised that he didn't have any worries or worries........ In their eyes, this is a big ship to live a good life and an opportunity to soar.

In fact, this judgment is not wrong, every year, some ghost youth and teenagers are selected and sent back to the border of Digital City, returning to Mercury (Earth).

They don't qualify for the Digital City, but that doesn't mean they don't have to travel long distances, they complete the First Blade Ritual in the Border City, become a rookie sword master, and undergo a series of training.

The Four Spirits system is a specialty of the human world, and it is a ubiquitous elemental spirit, as long as you are still on the main plane of Mercury and are recognized as a human being, you can conclude a four-spirit contract at any time and become a sword master.

Well, the question arises, the Mercury plane is ....... There are some small and medium-sized planes linked to Mercury, where the First Blade Ritual can still be held, where there are no high-dimensional existences and world rules that resist the invasion of the four spirits.

But the world of demons is different, it is strong enough to erode the plane of Mercury (Earth) in turn, and in that ocean and the continent beyond, it is impossible to complete the Ritual of the First Blade.

And this is relatively good, at least it has little impact on professional sword masters.

In the large, super-large worlds farther away from the plane of Mercury, the will and protection of the four spirits cannot be reached at all, even the veterans who have become the sword master cannot gamble on the blade, each spirit blade and spirit clan are "stand-alone" running off the network, and everything depends on the system composed of the sword master and the spirit blade.

This means that there is no effect in the short term, and if you can't add new blades in the long term, you won't be able to progress again.

And because there is no protection and blessing of the four spirits, the success rate of the spirit blade breakthrough and evolution will also be greatly reduced.

Many sword masters must rotate back to the main plane, otherwise they will definitely get stuck....... Whether this is something that the four spirits can't do, or whether the four spirits deliberately restrict it, there are many conjectures and doubts.

The fact that the four spirits can't do it doesn't mean that the four gods can't do it, and some remote areas have a larger territory than the four spirits, so it won't be expanded for the time being.

The will and rules of the plane are real, and here it is Zheng Li's ability to use it, and the success rate of the gambling blade is also significantly reduced.

He asked the arithmetic Lu Sanqi, and learned that the success rate of the sword master's gambling blade here was obviously lower than that outside, and it was to the point of despair, and the breakthrough and evolution of the spirit blade had also been negatively affected to a certain extent, which was quite speechless.

Later, Zheng Li found out that he was in the best condition, and the rest of the Peace War Regiment said that he was obviously unwell, feeling easily tired and unable to use his strength, and his combat power must have declined to a certain extent.

The only exception is Lin Yuying and Lin Qiaoyi, who are becoming more and more spiritual, they even feel that their strength is increasing, and the recovery and growth rate of spiritual energy are increasing significantly.

"If you don't get it, we'll get stronger."

Lin Yuying's words were nodded in approval by Zheng Li, and he also felt refreshed.

I vaguely feel this way, but the impact is not great, it seems, is that the "ghost" ability is inexplicably playing a role, and I am also recognized by the world as a member of the ghost clan?

Zheng Li also inquired about the ghost sword masters under his command, and learned that they would not feel well until they reached the main plane, and they would return to normal when they returned to the Old Islands...... There are many of these things that make people think about it very scary.

That's right, the ghost sword master, Zheng Li's guards, and many ghost sword masters in the militia, this number is not small.

On the contrary, there are not many human sword masters........ Most of the human races in Xingtai Town are free and independent, with hunters, artisans and merchants, and most of them have now returned to the first three cities.

If they really want to be on an errand, why don't they go back to Mercury........ There are too many choices for human sword masters, and they are all better than the town guards and militia teams.

The ghost man who became the sword master must also return to the Old Isles due to the policies of the Digital City and the orders of the Prophet.

After they come back, they will not only be reused, but also have all kinds of "various magical abilities", and they can even fight with the ghost clan master, which can be called a rich and noble homecoming.

"Riding on an iron boat" has become a symbol of glory and wealth among the ghosts..... But in Zheng Li's opinion, if Digital City and the Prophet really trusted these ghost sword masters, they would not be forbidden to stay in Mercury.

On the deck of the sailboat where Zheng Li was now was a busy team of sailors and town guards, among whom were the captains, vice-captains, and elites of the ghosts.

Zheng Li was still surprised and happy when he learned that he had all the sword master strength of two hundred people, but when he learned that he generally only had one or two blades, and the degree of breakthrough was quite low, and his strength was extremely average....... Zheng Li hesitated to send them back to the "former three islands, so as not to be inexplicably damaged, and there are still spies from the ghost clan inside."

Well, the first three islands, that is, the islands numbered one to three, are the largest garrisons and fortresses of human beings in the old archipelago, and they are also the anchoring places of most of the spirit warships, and the gathering place of ship wives.

What? Ship Han? How could there be such anti-human things in this world, at least Zheng Li resolutely denied their existence...... Even if it is theoretically possible.

Most of the inhabitants have been taken away by the big ship of the Digital City, and they will be temporarily resettled in the former three islands, waiting for the end of the war....... Lu Sanqi said that they had arranged it separately, and the details seemed to be confidential.

What remained in Zheng Li's hands were only five ships, hundreds of sailors, and militiamen....... The only thing we can really look forward to is the companions of the Peace War Corps.

Xingtai Town can't be abandoned at this stage, the firefly cart has not yet evolved the new function of entering water and then exiting water, and among the three combat groups of the Peace War Regiment, Zheng Li left one as a garrison.

The remaining two larger galleons, one in one group, were also accompanied by a large number of sailors and militiamen.

Fortunately, the prestige established by Zheng Li before is still there, and it is today that he is looking for and killing the spy in public, and the arithmetic Lu Sanqi also promised to fly in public.

With the combination of Fuwei and the authority and rules accumulated in the town for a long time, it is no problem to ban it in the short term.

The town guard composed of about fifty two-bladed ghost sword masters, as the only army in Xingtai Town, can probably be expected a little, especially in the battle just now, these young men performed very bravely.

Just three hours ago, Zheng Li experienced his first battle..... Or farce.

A group of tattered demons with more minor demon minions rushed over directly on a wrecked ship that could sink at any moment, and then the scattered barrels became their landing ship...... The battle lasted less than 20 minutes, and Zheng Li and his colleagues in the Peace War Regiment didn't even have time to make a move.

This kind of low-intelligence ghost clan will attack everything in front of them, including their own people.

On land, they will also consider the difference in combat power between the two sides, but at sea, it is already a kind of luck to be able to encounter it, and hunger will even drive them to dare to challenge the Leviathan of the Great Whale.

This mutual fight and rookie killing on the deck also ended like a farce, and it also reminded Zheng Li of the previous "warm-up game".

"Is it a broadside battle, because the warm-up match is too close to the 'spawn point' of the two sides, it is true that most of them have been ugly broadside battles, is this also a kind of missed topic.........

In this era of "superhuman" per capita, the firearms of the old era can be used, and it really doesn't mean much.

The wooden ship of the route is more of a carrier, and when the vehicles on both sides do not reach a certain level, in most cases it is still the passengers on it who will win or lose.

It seems that the Prophet is reminding the warbands in his own way to prepare for broadside battle....... It was this subtle hint that was probably drowned in the mockery of the event system.

But the battle itself reminded Zheng Li.

"They don't sail far, and there may be islands and bases nearby."