To tell the truth, the current situation of the obsidian collar is as worrying as dancing on the tip of a knife, and the details of all aspects are not considered, just the external and internal troubles from the giants are enough to hurt the internal wounds of Wutong's heart.

First of all, there is a question from Andrea's country:

Grand Duke of Ador coup d'état, Her Majesty the Queen is trapped; The Duke of Griffon [in Wilshire] and the Duke of Dragonhawk in [Breezeshire] are the King of Qin, who shows his attitude, but is held back by the endless tide of beasts from the [Eluden Field]; The [Academy of Arcarnics] in [County Arcarix] sided with the camp of the Grand Duke of Ador, and fought against King Qin's [Academy of Venan]; The [Antian Inner City] in [Fairhaven City] and the floating imperial city [Anle Palace] above have become the last position of royal orthodoxy, and in the case of being invincible, they are surrounded by eleven [Floating War Mage Towers] from [Arcarix County], although compared to the Floating Imperial City, the Floating Mage Tower is a little insignificant, but don't forget, the [Floating War Mage Tower] is a professional war fortress!

The situation in Andrea's country was stalemate with each other all of a sudden, and no force dared to act rashly, because the slightest carelessness would lead to a full-scale war of destruction, and the current situation could only be resolved from the side.

The Northern Province was invaded by the undead legions of the Kingdom of Cannas, but the [Kingdom of Cannas] and the [Kingdom of Serein] are currently fighting each other, and the main focus is on the domestic battlefield.

After the undead army entered the territory of Andele, they only stationed in the [Valley of the Stars] in the [Star Mountains], neither attacking nor retreating, but instead built a huge fortress between the Grand Canyon of the Stars.

They are trying to lay a solid nail in the country of Andel, just like the [Oserrent] fortress back then, and when the country is stable, they can attack, retreat and defend, and firmly grasp a "bridgehead" position.

And the [Kingdom of Serene] was not to be outdone and sent a huge order to Andele, also to support the Grand Duke of Adore, according to research, the [Academy of Arcarnics] in [County of Arcarix], those war mages and a huge group of warlocks, it seems that the predecessor of the [Silver Flame War Mage Group] of the Holy Kingdom [Serene] during the [End War] period!

And the Arcane Knights of Arcane County, which is known as the three major knights of Andel along with the "Griffon Knights" of Wilshire and the "Dragon Eagle Knights" of Breeze County, most of its members come from the [Arcane Knights of Arcanix Academy] who graduated from the [Arcarix Academy].

In order to obtain the throne, His Excellency the Grand Duke has been a little frenzied, promising the Northern Province to the [Kingdom of Kanas], and the Southern Province to the [Kingdom of Sereen], if you guess correctly, even if you are defeated, [Wilshire] and [Breeze County] will not hesitate to read out with their powerful aerial force.

Therefore, even if the Grand Duke's coup is successful, the land of Andel that can be ruled by him in the future will probably only be left in the Central Province, and it is difficult to imagine what His Excellency the Grand Duke thinks.

These are only part of the external and internal troubles, the chaos is not only these situations on the surface, the turbulence in the secret is more than the crisis on the surface, the major dragon pattern families are ready to plan, although they do not participate in politics, but war is always the time to make a fortune, how to make a fortune in the current chaotic situation, is the problem they need to consider.

Not to offend anyone, nor to be co-opted by anyone, this is the fundamental style of the Dragon Pattern Family that has stood on the Kovarare continent for thousands of years.

Although the aborigines are the masters of the continent of Kovare, the players are the protagonists of Endless!

It is said that heroes come out of troubled times, and the players who can't fight hard with the aborigines at this stage are not willing to watch the aborigines' performances, and the major player forces are taking advantage of the situation to frantically expand their strength, and the progress has increased I don't know how many times compared with the previous stage.

or join the Grand Duke's camp, or join the queen's camp, and join the major dukes' strength or the major legion forces guarding the border, as for the major aristocratic family forces, Kannas forces, and Sereen forces, there are even more counted.

The major guilds in Adele's country have also flourished all of a sudden, and powerful players have entered the middle and low management of major professional guilds, while small guilds and small groups with low power have tried their best to join the large and small "Thieves' Guild", "Assassin's Guild", "Killer Guild", "Spy Guild", "Intelligence Organization", "Smuggling Alliance", "Neighborhood Gang" and other aboriginal forces.

With the development of the big plot of "Endless", these players who are active in all walks of life, each with their own stage, each with their own excitement, and the huge "Endless" world always has enough space for players to play, and will eventually become the main actor on the stage.

And at this time, Wutong built a city in the northern province at the tip of the sword, which is equivalent to exposing himself to the nose of the undead army of Cannas, which is equivalent to raising the middle finger to the Silver Flame Church that pursues him, which is equivalent to a provocative slap on the ass of the coup party, which is equivalent to opening a mocking halo and challenging the vicious "Zodiac" guild alliance!

Originally, Wutong was able to mix with the wind and water, because although he was the leader of "Secret Shadow", he generally did not leave an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of, although he was close to "Secret Shadow", but he was out of the way, so that the enemy had no way to catch him and chase him fiercely.

And at this time, when he built the city, he not only exposed a huge weakness and trapped himself in the territory, but also caused huge pressure on "Secret Shadow", which had already spread the stall to the limit, and "Secret Shadow", which had already spread the stall to the limit, had no spare strength to spare manpower and resources to assist Wutong in building the city.

This makes Uncle Housekeeper, Lean Pig, and Lin Linling, the leader of the professional game, love and pain for their own behind-the-scenes boss with extraordinary ability to cause trouble, what they love is that he can always find a channel to expand the industry, and what they hate is that they can't move slowly?

The "flatbread" he snatched back was piled up into a mountain, and before he finished eating a bite, he snatched back a lot of it, which was a sincere desire to strangle and choke to death those of them who were doing things below!

But the problem is that from Uncle Housekeeper to Lean Pig and Lin Linling, everyone knows that there is no way to do this, the crazy expansion of "Secret Shadow" can't stop, and it can't stop, it can only continue to accelerate its expansion, so as to continue to maintain the current advantage of always being the first, once it slows down, the foundation is too shallow, or the "Secret Shadow" with no foundation will eventually be swallowed up by the forces of those wealthy lords.

What are the advantages of Secret Shadow? The advantage is the huge game resources, once the monopoly of game resources is stopped, no matter what aspect it is, the leather bag company "Secret Shadow" will become shattered under the fangs and sharp teeth of the wealthy lords who eat people and do not spit out bones.

If you want to survive, "Secret Shadow" must be like a tenacious balloon, constantly blowing itself up enough, expanding to a size that exceeds the open mouths of the wealthy lords, so that they can't swallow it, and even if they want to swallow it, they have to risk choking to death, so that they can continue to struggle in the monstrous tide of the virtual economy industry.

The times create heroes, and a lot of opportunities are placed in front of "Secret Shadow" and Wutong, which is like a big piece of fat, "Secret Shadow" has to work hard to open its mouth wide and stuff it into its slender throat, even if it can't be stuffed, it has to be held in its mouth and not let others eat it.

Otherwise, once someone else eats a bite, those "hungry" predators with "sore feet and soft hands" will have the strength to deal with them.

So, Wutong and they are now forced to go to Liangshan to catch ducks on the shelves, and if they can't do it, they have to do it, and the test is the pressure resistance of the "Secret Shadow" composed of everyone's rabble, isn't it said, people are forced out?

So far, "Secret Shadow" has survived, and it seems that it will continue to endure, even if there are many hidden dangers caused by such crazy expansion, they have to continue to speed up the expansion, the faster they run, the safer they are, as long as they run slowly, the wolves and giant crocodiles who are chasing after them behind their butts will salivate on the pink ass of "Secret Shadow", and gnaw hard.

The biggest advantage of "Secret Shadow" is that there is Wutong, the weird behind-the-scenes boss, who has first-class ability to cause trouble, first-class ability to spread cakes and pick children, Uncle Housekeeper and Lean Pig and Lin Linling, they are very sad and angry and feel that they have become a professional nanny group that wipes Wutong's buttocks, but the problem is that Wutong's guy is not good at "pulling", he is the same as "pulling thin", spraying everywhere while running, making them tired of following him and wiping their lives.

Therefore, the sycamore can't fall down, even if he "strained" and pulled out the anus, he has to run forward with an indomitable "jet".

This time, Uncle Housekeeper, they have been tossed to the limit, Wutong built a city, and "Secret Shadow" can't draw any manpower to help, so Wutong must survive this hurdle by himself, become a king and lose to a coward, and win or lose in this dynasty.

Wutong built a city, just destroyed by Wutong Legion Town, and within the scope of the Pan-Kovarare Continent, it is impossible to turn a blind eye to the "Zodiac" that has been attacked, the biggest crisis is approaching, Wutong is now this obsidian and obsidian city is built and built, and it has to be built if it is not built!

Wutong, who almost scratched the hair on the back of his head, gritted his teeth and stared at the obsidian collar 3D three-dimensional virtual reality map on the light curtain, grinding his teeth with burning eyes: "Mom, it's a fork!" No one wants to snatch a copper coin from Lao Tzu! Isn't that what it is, Lao Tzu fought with you! ”

The stubborn Wutong also put his mind on it, no longer thinking about that much, but thinking about a way, to build the obsidian collar, at least to survive the current difficulties, the monster siege god horse is considered a "natural disaster", and the more dangerous one is probably from the player class's "[***]".

"There are only so many things I can use now, Zhuoya, you see, if you want to build the Obsidian Collar completely, how much budget will be needed in total?" Wutong spread the old bottom in front of Zhuoya, the light butler.

Although it is said that it is unable to give any support to Sycamore, "Secret Shadow" is still close to the possibility of preparing a large number of various materials for Sycamore, and through the caravan to transport it to the Obsidian Territory, on the periphery of the Obsidian Territory, after handing it over to the Sea of Skeletons used by Sycamore to block the road to the Obsidian Territory, the skeleton sea will be transported into the Obsidian Collar, and then the empty car will be filled with those small obsidian crystal balls and transferred out, and the caravan will secretly transport the headquarters of Auraon, and handed over to the "Secret Method" under the name of Sycamore for processing.

Obsidian is an excellent arcane material, and in normal times, it is equivalent to a good thing for gold coins, but now, Sycamore is standing on a huge gold mine, but it is difficult to turn it into a usable gold coin.

The forces of "Zodiac Signs" are unremitting in the blow to "Secret Shadow", and if they want to transport materials into the Obsidian Territory, the "freight" cost is almost equal to the value of the materials, because the weak "Secret Shadow" has to hire mercenaries from the "Mercenary Guild" to carry out armed escorts to resist the attack from "Zodiac".

Even so, the caravan was attacked several times, and the fire-filled Wutong even opened the "Massacre Order" again regardless of it, and released the fierce beast of "Ali Papa's Privateer Group", and frantically attacked any forces and caravans that had dealings with "Zodiac", this decision directly stirred up the situation of the entire Adele, and the people affected almost all the player forces of the entire Adele.

The notorious "Ali Papa Privateer", as well as the "Obsidian Collar" and "Secret Shadow" behind it, are a bit beyond the trend of the development of the public enemy of the whole people, but Wutong They can't show weakness now, nor can they compromise, they can only resist so toughly, because once the weakness is exposed, what awaits them is the people who come to pick peaches one after another.

In desperation, he can only use "Whoever provokes Lao Tzu, who gnaws a bite!" The mad dog style, frenzied to forcibly deter those guys who are about to move, gambling that none of them dare to play with "Secret Shadow" alone!

Zhuoya flipped through a booklet in her hand and shrugged helplessly: "Master, do you want to listen to the truth or comfort?" ”

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Wutong was speechless for a while: "Zhuoya, are the light spirit butlers as humorous as you?" ”

"Okay."

Zhuo Ya smiled playfully: "Then I'll tell you the truth, with our current materials and the strength we have, if we want to build the Obsidian Collar, it's almost like a fantasy!" ”

Wutong was worried, scratching his ears and cheeks: "Don't we have nearly 10 million skeleton laborers?" Well, even if you have more than 3 million disasters, won't there be more than 7 million skeletons left? If it really doesn't work, I'll take Ah Gu to [the weeping wilderness] to catch a batch of 'strong men' and come back." ”

"It is necessary to continue to get more labor, otherwise even the current progress cannot be guaranteed!"

Zhuoya shrugged helplessly: "Told you the truth, right?" The power we can control at present, in addition to a large number of skeletons, is only the small inferior demons and little cowardice that Miss Aglaya and Miss Busomis continue to summon, and there is no need to spend on this, and the only expenditure is the energy potion required to summon. This is one of our strengths and weaknesses. ”

She paused and looked at the account book: "At present, the skeleton labor force is about 7.3 million, and the number of little bad demons and little cowards summoned by the two young ladies has also reached more than 20,000 respectively, and if there are more, the material supplies will not be able to keep up, and the skeletons don't need to eat, and the little bad demons, little cowardly demons, fire crows, and needle-toothed dragons all need food and water." ”

Sycamore is worried again, this is why Sycamore can't transfer the manpower and material resources from Aoraon's side, and even can't hire players or aborigines to help build the city, there is nothing on the obsidian plain, all materials need to be supplied from the outside world, even if they hire people, they can't feed them, they can only rely on skeletons who don't eat, drink, or pay their salaries.

"And want to build an obsidian collar"

Zhuoya is also embarrassed, although she has a wealth of experience in managing the territory, but it is difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, in the hands of this new owner of her own family, except for this extremely valuable territory and the golden meteorite obtained by accident, there is almost nothing, what can you let her come up with? It can only be carried out in a step-by-step manner with the existing forces.

"I've calculated, even if I don't consider the Arcane Lord's Mansion built in the shape of a mage's tower, it's just a crude obsidian building, with no decoration, no interior repairs, no"

"Don't think about that!"

Wutong Xin said that he didn't even have food to eat now, who cares about these face projects? He said categorically: "Don't pay attention to beauty, don't pay attention to artistic surnames, only pursue practical surnames and efficiency, you calculate for me how much it costs to build a defense and health [***] system?" ”

Zhuo Ya sighed: "I won't say anything about the overall quotation, so as not to hit your confidence, and give you a reference data, taking the scale of the obsidian tower where we are now seven hundred and eighty meters as an example, to build it into an imitation mage tower building, that is, without installing any arcane organs, facilities, and internal furniture, furnishings, and utensils, it is just an empty rock tower, and the cost of building the tower body alone is 15 billion standard gold coins!" ”

Sycamore gasped.

Zhuo Ya comforted and said: "But fortunately, our obsidian tower body is ready-made, there is no need for the cost of building materials and engineering for the tower, only the internal repair is needed, and it will be built into a rough building, which will cost about two to three billion gold coins, please note that I did not count the underground cave under the tower!" ”

Wutong didn't feel comforted, two or three billion gold coins, or in the case of removing the cost of building the tower and the cost of materials, how much would it cost to convert it into real currency?

I heard that the price of gold coins has dropped to 1:1 now, so it will cost two or three billion yuan to exchange it for real coins, right? Isn't that an exaggeration? Is this the size of the amount it should be now?

Theoretically, the consumption of more than 100 million gold coins should only come into contact after players have passed the 9th rank and entered the [Legendary] rank, right? At this rate, who among the players can afford to play such a huge game?

But Wutong didn't take into account that the Obsidian Collar and Obsidian Pillar Group he had now should not have appeared in the current situation where players are generally Tier 1, let alone the mysterious golden meteorites that caused the Obsidian Pillar Group

Moreover, in reality, is it possible to build a 780-meter-high skyscraper with two or three billion real coins? Two or three billion gold coins, that is, it sounds exaggerated now, and when everyone enters the [legendary] level, it should be time to "treat money like dung", right? At that time, the value of gold coins should be depreciated, and the higher value currency will become the main currency in circulation.

"Taking the Obsidian Tower as a reference, our Obsidian Pillar Group has a total of 366 Obsidian Pillars of different heights, and the average cost of 2 billion rough decoration will probably cost more than 700 billion gold coins, pay attention!" Rough 'Oh! A rough building that does not contain any furniture or facilities! If all of them are 'simple', the cost will be multiplied by ten times, and if they are 'hardcover', they will be multiplied by a hundred times, and if you want to build a mage tower-type arcane building, the minimum will be multiplied by a thousand times, and there is no cap! ”

When Wutong heard more than 700 billion gold coins, he had already given up, who cares about the back? Anyway, at present, if you count all the belongings of "Secret Shadow", the total value is not even a fraction of more than 700 billion yuan, so why do you still think about it?

Directly unthinking, Wutong said categorically: "Okay, then put the focus on the outer city wall, we are not in a hurry to develop the territory now, we just need to guard this territory and not be taken away by others, we will win!" ”——

(Trouble: The monetary system in "Endless" is extremely large and complex, relatively perfect, and there is still a point of reasonable surname, and there will be larger denomination currencies later, such as platinum coins, some of which have been mentioned earlier, so the exchange of game currency to real currency is set according to current demand, and the possibility of inflation cannot be ruled out.)

In addition, outside of the story, the main material plane "Earth" where we are located, there are also high rollers who spend tens of millions of soft girl coins to play games, and there are also guys who are reluctant to charge even Q coins, such as me.

Therefore, considering the background of the era in which "Endless" is located, "Virtual Economy" and "Entertainment for All", I think it is acceptable to exaggerate the amount a little more, but don't link the currency exchange rate in "Endless" to the real economy, I can't explain it.

(To be continued)