Rock collar.

On the main square of the city, the players within the alliance are shouting and actively releasing team information.

"The elite team of the Zult expedition, who is above lv18, lacks a mage priest."

"The second echelon of self-improvement civilian teams! Lack of tanks, warriors, small German barbarians, private chat with equipment rating! It is required to be online for a stable time, and you must not leave the team in the middle of the agreement after signing the agreement! ”

After a day of fermentation, the entire game world is now probably a similar team scene, the Chult Peninsula is a wild area, not in the area where players can be born, so most players are looking forward to the unknown Chult, the ancient war is about to rekindle on that peninsula, players rush over it for nothing more than experience, equipment.

Players in the region north of Karinshan will have to rush to Karinshan to assemble and then take a boat across the Shining Sea at Karin Harbor to reach the Zult Peninsula.

Players from the southern realms, such as Char, Harua, and the ancient Mulholland, mostly chose land and air vehicles to rush to the peninsula area.

In a few days, the statistical map of the population flow of the Faeron Continent, which is as busy as the Spring Festival, will be presented in the monitoring area of the official game operation, with thick or thin red lines, from the Northland, from the Western Soil, from the Moon Sea and Cormier in the Central Land, from the Desperate Eastern Regions to the Seren, Sesk, and Agralon, from the Dragon Coast, Tumis, and Quesen Tower on the southern shore of the Falling Star Inland Sea, as well as Am, Tesser, and other countries.

These red lines, which represent a large number of players moving, will converge in the transportation hub cities, and then jump to the next city, eventually leading to the Zult Jungle!

“…… I had a hunch that the first expansion was coming! ”

The Rock Territory's Nodashir Station, this week, after the Nordahill members got out of the plot of the return of the demon sunflower, almost all the members of the team have completed their professional advancement.

The magic archer Ost hammered the table excitedly, he carried a tough cowhide travel backpack behind him, stuffed to the brim, the longbow and quiver hung aside, the whole person was a long-distance outfit, at this moment the other members of the team in the station hall were dressed similarly to Oster, all full of energy, ready to go.

"Alright, ready to go."

The dwarven warrior Todak walked down from the stairs, he had completed his advance as 'Dwarven Defender', his shield hung behind him, and he carried a heavy purple quality warhammer in one hand, and the stairs were overwhelmed as he walked, making a strange babbling sound that made his teeth ache.

The Dragonborn Paladin followed him. Balassa had completed the Divine Purifier advancement at an early age, and the week before he had returned to the Platinum Church in Comantor for a secret promotion training, gaining new expertise and skill points, and his strength had improved considerably.

Finally, Ichi Takekawa and Quicksand at the Fingertips, two wanderers, walked to the Residency Hall with a female bard player in their arms.

This poet's sister paper is naturally Ren Qingwu, during this time she rushed to lv15, and the female president Yufie who pulled her to level up was promoted to lv18, and the two of them took the last train of the second echelon and the first echelon respectively.

Within Nordahir, the ID of 'Sleeve Dance Flowing Years' has long been ranked on the position column of [Regiment Leader], alongside the ID of Charles, regardless of high or low, and then there are Deputy Regiment Leader Todak, Barasa, Director of the Life Department Liya and others.

"Let's go."

Ren Qingwu has changed into a rather eye-catching bard robe, this cloth robe with red tones, cuffs and hem inlaid with fine variegated gems makes her even more beautiful.

Recently, Ren Qingwu has successively harvested several pieces of purple equipment, some of which were given by Charles, and the other part was auctioned by herself in the trading house, don't look at Ren Qingwu's level is only the tail of the second echelon crane, and now after getting half a set of purple clothes, her equipment score has caught up with the first echelon, and her combat effectiveness is not weak at all.

At the gate of the territory, Ren Qingwu walked here with more than a dozen people from Nordahir, but saw that the female president, Yufy, was also arranging for the elite group of the 'Twilight Blade' to rush to the Chult Peninsula.

Blood Eagle and Bussman led a team, Long Yan and Yifeng also led a team, and yesterday Zhang Ze hurriedly left with An Ying.

Judging from the current situation, the middle and high-level leaders of the rock collar are almost empty, and only the female president Yu Fei is left to take care of the house.

Yu Fei waved his hand to send away the elite group of 'Twilight Blade', and turned back to Ren Qingwu with a wry smile: "Xiao Wu, I'm starting to envy you a little now." How good the identity of the team is.,Go wherever you want.,Rush over where there's a plot.,Arbitrary and chic.,The game should be played like this.。 ”

"Yufie, if you want to go out, you can always find an NPC to manage the affairs of the territory." Ren Qingwu seemed to be smiling, and heard the female president's complaining words insincerely, "There is no shortage of NPC management talents in the city hall of the rock collar now." If you don't worry, and Charles is not there, then you can only watch the house. Actually, you enjoy it, right? ”

The female president was speechless.

"Oh, yes."

Yuffie suddenly patted his smooth forehead, "The Nordasir team enjoys a high treatment in Arabe, you can go to Arabe Airport to try to apply for a special hot airship, if Alabe officially approves it, then your team will not have to work hard, and it will take about two days to reach the Chult Peninsula." ”

"Okay, thanks for the reminder." Ren Qingwu was stunned for a moment and nodded.

Sending off a team again, Yu Fei sighed softly, retracted the gloomy color at the bottom of his eyes, and looked back at the vibrant territorial city behind him, and his capable temperament returned to the female president again.

As Ren Qingwu said, the fun points of the game are different for each player, just like the sensitive points of women, which are strange. For Yuffie, leveling up and getting gear is a lot of fun, but it's far less enjoyable than managing a large territory.

She enjoys the sense of accomplishment of nurturing and building.

"The middle and high-level are gone, but the inland river construction plan cannot be interrupted." Yu Fei dragged his chin with his white fingers, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "Qi Guangming, that guy hasn't left yet, just right, send him to supervise the construction of guard towers and fortresses along the Thun River." As the saying goes, make the best use of things, make the best use of people......"

The chairwoman was turning around and about to walk down the stairs behind the city wall when her expression suddenly became strange.

In the flow of people directly below the city gate, there were several figures she was extremely familiar with.

"Hey—" Yuffie beckoned loudly against the wall.

"Yufy, why are you here?" As the NPC guards at the city gate bowed and saluted, these people walked up to the city wall without hindrance. Yu Fei didn't answer, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It's a coincidence that you came back, Xiao Wu Xiaoxuan and they just left with their front feet." ”

"Really?"

"Jemi, the stars are sinking, you go to Arabe to join the group." The priest waved his hand, "I'll have to go back to the Astral Boundary later to get enough Astral Stones." You may not be participating in the drama events on the Zult Peninsula. ”

"It's too late to catch up." Yuffie bowed slightly, "They took the Tifanton route, going through the portal of Tifanton to Arabe. ”

"Let's use the flying arts." The priest smiled and said to the two silent female mages.

These few people are naturally members of the exploration who have returned from the astral plane.

"I have already notified Lala and Flying Flame Seeker, Qian Fan is also on the way, there are a total of 18 people after you gather, there are exactly three teams, how to distribute it depends on Xiao Wu's arrangement." Charles shrugged, "Of course, you two masters have privileges, so choose for yourself." ”

Jemi is not a weak character, and after retiring from the team, he applied flying magic to himself and disappeared into the western sky with a whoosh.

Her best friend Lala is in the team, and it is impossible for Jemi to stay.

But the stars sank and stayed.

"I'm going to go with you." Starry stared earnestly at Charles.

"That might be a while, are you sure?" Charles's eyes widened slightly, "At least ten days later, the specific time depends on the earning efficiency of the astral boundary, after all, I, the lord, want to get enough astral stones for the territory...... You see, for example, in this event, if the Rock Collar lays a portal to Karin Harbor, our Guild players will be able to arrive at Karin Harbor in an instant and cross the Sea of Glory by boat, and it will only take a day or two to reach the story area. ”

"Not in a hurry." Xing Shen shook his head, "This is only the beginning of the plot, once the war that has lasted for more than 30,000 years is rekindled, how can it be extinguished in a short time?" ”

"Well, that makes sense, then let's say it." Charles nodded, "For the next period of time, we'll brush up on the astral mission together." ”

Yuffie watched from the side and didn't speak, and seemed to have a bit of a snack flavor.

"Astral Boundary? I'd like to see it too......" Yuffie let out a surprise to herself.

"You're lv18? I met a very powerful aboriginal warrior monk in the astral realm yesterday, why don't I take you to try your luck and see if that warrior monk accepts apprentices? Charles tilted his head to look at the female president.

"Still don't." Yuffie bit his lower lip and said, "There must be someone watching the territory, otherwise the inland river construction plan will be suspended." ”

"Yes!" Charles clapped his head.

The three of them walked down the city wall as they talked, the Blighted One silently followed, and the group shuttled through the bustling bazaar of the Rock Collar.

Recently, there has been a sharp increase in the number of merchants coming and going to the Rock Territory, especially the desert merchants, who have almost swarmed to this side, led by the Mistress of the Silent Oasis, Via.

A number of sturdy sand guards mingled with the crowd, most of them with scimitars at their waists and their bare upper bodies with bronzed skin.

Near the city gate, there is a newly opened sandsmith shop, from the outside, a white-bearded burly old sandman, in front of the forge table to pick up a heavy hammer to beat, the newcomer and the aboriginal mercenaries waiting aside, after a while the gold is handed over, the repaired weapon is satisfied with the blacksmith shop.

There are many unfamiliar faces inside and outside the street.

Charles noticed a group of players coming out of the alley, and the residents who passed by looked frightened and bowed their heads and walked away.

Without detecting spells, the charr can sense the blood on the players of these evil factions.

"Wait!" Charles stopped the group.

"What for?!"

The barbarian player who led the way with a one-handed battle axe glared at him viciously.

"Have you done any trouble lately? Why are NPC dwellers so afraid of you? Charles frowned.

"Committing a crime? What's wrong with committing crimes? The Barbarian player looked impatient and gestured to the tomahawk in his hand, "Get out of the way!" Otherwise, an axe will knock you down! ”

"Boss!" At this time, the wanderer player next to him tugged at the barbarian's sleeve, and his expression was full of fear, "He, he's the lord of the Rock Domain!" The god who dominates the list, I just watched his live broadcast this morning, it's him! ”

Bang.

The heavy tomahawk fell to the ground. The Barbarian player opened his mouth, and his vicious face showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, and explained in a panic: "Great God, no, lord, I really didn't do anything! Absolute law-abiding citizens! ”

Charles himself detected the lie and let Mavis know the thoughts of the evil players before he waved them away.

"I don't know if it's the right decision to let evil players swagger through the streets of the city." Charles sighed.

"At the beginning, the people complained, and the security value of the territory panel has been dropping, but it has just stabilized in the past few days." The female president, who had been in the mode of watching the play, finally curled the corners of her mouth and spoke, "You don't know how tired Salen is as the city sheriff, he has to go to at least dozens of brawls and fight scenes in a day, both in the city and on the outskirts of the city. ”

"Judging from the current situation, the NPC Knight Patrol is gradually becoming inadequate."

"First, there are not enough personnel, and there are dead spots in the patrol coverage area, so that when the territory develops, there are more and more evil people among NPCs and players, and darkness and crime will breed and take root in these dead spots of law and order."

"Second, the strength of the knights directly under the Rock Territory is becoming less and less abundant, if it weren't for your entourage, that heroic berserker would be taking the lead, invisibly deterring many criminals, and the security situation in the Rock Territory would continue to deteriorate, and even cause disgust and protests among the people, and the population of the territory would not increase but decrease."

Charles listened quietly.

Law and order and public sentiment are a set of values that are positively correlated. The better the security situation, the more popular the territory, or the comfort of living, will have a good data on the territory panel.

Now the Rock Territory is gradually passing through the stage of savage and extensive development, with a permanent population of thousands, and if you count the mobile natives and players, the population in the territory area is at least one or two thousand. In the next month, this number will double again, so in Charles's opinion, the female president's analysis is correct, and the Knights directly under the Rock Territory need to be expanded, and the size of at least a thousand people can form a sufficient deterrent.

At the same time, the Rock Collar must continue to absorb the exemplary and heroic professionals among the aborigines to supplement the lack of high-level combat effectiveness, otherwise it will be difficult to fill the gap in the Rock Collar with several of Charr's own retinue, Salin, Alyssa, and Antinoya.

To put it simply, it is to raise people, to invest in aboriginal professionals and managers who are worth investing in, and even if the total level of the player's army increases, these aborigines will not be easily surpassed or abused by the player, and lose their value.

Indigenous people can also be trained and learned to improve themselves.

However, the above are medium- and long-term plans, and it takes time to expand the Knights directly under them, and it takes a certain amount of time to train them into the army, so it is impossible for new recruits to devote themselves to the work all at once.

The conundrum before Charles and Yuffie is, what will the Rock Collar do to ensure law and order in the near future?

At the very least, the status quo must be maintained and not further deteriorated, otherwise the security value of 65 [Pass] displayed on the territory panel will drop below 60 points and become [Unqualified], [Poor] and [Bad].

From [unqualified], the territory will turn into negative growth, in other words, development regression, public security will worsen the city's economy, and the population will grow negatively.

Charles didn't want to kill his territory because of a decision he made.

Sitting in his office at City Hall, Charles pondered.

This was his lord's office, and the total time Charles spent here was probably less than 24 hours.

Xingshen returned to his residence to learn spells, and Alyssa suddenly disappeared. Charles sat as he sat down, and suddenly a string of crisp laughter sounded in his ears.

"Guardian ......"

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(PS: A large chapter of more than 4,000 words.) Continue Ticket Ticket! (To be continued.) )