Barren stone road, the end of the South Valley.

It is a wide and hidden valley, surrounded by either dense primeval forests or towering mountains, and between the only way out of the barren rocky path, there is only a small mountain path for a few people to walk in parallel, and it is extremely secret.

Originally, it didn't have a name, but one day, when nearly 100 magnificent buildings rose in this deserted valley, and a group of people regarded it as a paradise for their lives, it came to be called 'Zhongnan Valley'.

After nearly a week of non-stop galloping, Ash finally returned here with Johnson and others.

At this time, he was standing on a boulder raised from the flat ground in the valley, looking at the people below who bowed down to him, and sighed infinitely in his heart.

Below him, in addition to Aina, Adie, and the six armored infantry led by Johnson, there were also twenty pikemen who he had left here, three archers he brought with him when he built the three watchtowers, and a total of sixty villagers, these nearly a hundred people knelt on one knee so quietly, bowing their heads and waiting for Ash's instructions, because Ash had not come back for too long, these people suddenly saw him appear, and even their eyes were filled with tears, in this world, Ash is their spiritual pillar, absolute leader, It is the king whom they worship and respect in the depths of their souls!

Without telling them to get up, Ash quietly enjoyed the glory that could only belong to him, crossed his fingers, sat quietly on the throne-like boulder, and set his eyes on the long-lost base.

The scenery in the valley is still the same, dozens of buildings of all sizes stand quietly, on one side, there is a large area of rich and fertile land, three watchtowers are like three giants guarding the base around, because of the continuous mining of trees, the site here is much wider than the original, so that close to the south of the jungle, now there is a very large open space, at the foot of a mountain in the distance, the original stone mining site seems to have been stopped, no way, the work efficiency of these villagers, Ash is still very clear, Although the number of those quarries is huge, it is only natural that they have been mined in the past half a month.

After taking a rough look at the current situation at the base, Ash pulled out his sleeve again, revealing the bracelet that he hadn't paid attention to for a long time.

The bracelet that combines simplicity and magnificence is not stained with a trace of dust, five beads of different colors, but crystal solid, shining under the reflection of the sun, Ash's right hand lightly touched on those orbs, and he saw that from left to right, a string of numbers lit up in turn.

Wood 51,300, food, 3,900, gold 20, stone 18,000, population 91/150.

The accumulation speed of this kind of resources made Ash very satisfied, the only thing that made him feel unhappy was that he went out of the city this time, and his original plan was to exchange for gold, but he didn't expect to suffer from this series of changes, so that his poor gold reserves did not improve in the slightest.

"In the end, I didn't catch anything, I didn't say anything, and I made an enemy for nothing, and I lost so many people! What a hard time I have come! ”

Ash only felt a sudden pain in his temples, and covered his head very depressedly, the only gain from coming back this time may be to know the identity of his body, by the way, and the brand that Nana gave him.

Thinking of this, he took out the Thor's order from his arms again, and looked at it again, and for some reason, he always felt that this brand might have some unexpected use, and when Nana handed this thing to him, that look was unnatural.

"If you have a chance in the future, you must find out where this thing came from."

Ash said something to himself, then got up and stepped down from the boulder.

There is no way, and now we can only use the function of the market to exchange other resources for gold.

Originally, Ash didn't plan to use this method to obtain gold, because it would be too much of a loss to do so, and you must know that the selling and buying prices of the three resources are all more than doubled!

Ordering the villagers to go back to work, Ash arrived at the market gate, surrounded by the remaining soldiers.

Looking at the huge building in front of him, Ash's eyes showed three more icons, showing wood, food, and stone in turn.

Sure enough, Ash found that every hundred units of wood and food sold could be exchanged for a pitiful thirty units of gold, while it took sixty-four points to buy, and the stone was worth a little more and sold for one hundred and forty points, but now that the stone mine he found had been exhausted, it was naturally impossible to exchange it for gold until the next stable source was found.

Of the remaining two resources, food is collected at a significantly slower rate than wood, and looking at the endless lush jungle in the distance, Ash knows that selling wood is his only option now.

Without the slightest hesitation, Ash clicked the button to sell the wood.

The next moment, a coin collision-like sound sounded in his mind, with his every movement, the wood on the bracelet would shrink a little, and the gold was slowly growing, Ash just observed the changes on the bracelet, while continuing to sell the wood, until the amount of gold reached 9020 points, he finally stopped, the 9,000 points of gold, enough to spend his 30,000 wood, a long time of accumulation, suddenly gone most of it!

However, although this is a pity, it does not make Ash feel much pain, after knowing the 'sinister' of the outside world this time, he may only be able to obtain gold in this way for a long time in the future, and he must get used to it earlier, at least, until he finds a stable source of gold income.

He had already decided that he would not want to step out of the scope of his base unless necessary, unless he was killed, unless the clan moved!

Ash's fists clenched unconsciously when he thought of what he had been through in Fett City, the embarrassing experience in the canyon, and the soldiers who had died trying to protect him!

"Mo Feng, you wait, it won't be too long, I will get all this back from you with interest!"

Ash swore in his heart, then suddenly turned to the center of the town standing in the middle of the base, and then a red and blue icon appeared in front of him.

'Evolve to the Castle Age, Cost: 800 Food, 200 Gold'

Upgrade OK!

Ash clicked the upgrade button without hesitation, and the next moment, a blood-red progress bar appeared above his field of vision!

After that, Ash decided to produce 50 armored infantry, 50 archers, and put the construction of a full 50 houses on the agenda, plus the phone bill of the upgrade era, in just a few moments, he spent 3800 food, 3250 gold, and 2750 points of wood!

Looking at the base, which was busy again, Ash suddenly felt a little tired.

In other words, the reason why he can still have such a big mental head just now is actually just because of the excitement brought by returning to the base, the high tension of the fighting, running, and mental tension all the time, as well as the long-distance running for nearly a week, has already tossed his exuberant energy to the point that there is not much left, and now he will roughly finish the things he wants to do, without worry, and his spirit will relax a little, and he will naturally feel tired.

Anyway, unlike before, this upgrade is estimated to be completed at least tomorrow, and before that, the soldiers will be automatically produced one after another, and he has nothing to do, so he roughly ordered a group of soldiers, and then walked towards his residence alone.

Different from other buildings, the villagers spontaneously built a very atmospheric two-story house for Ash, which is located halfway up a lush cliff to the west of the base, from where you can overlook the entire base, the house covers an area of nearly 1,000 square meters, including staircase plank roads, pavilions and pavilions, although it is also made of wood, but from the point of view of details, it is much more exquisite and gorgeous than other buildings, obviously, the villagers spent a lot of thought when building this building for Ash.

As Ash walked up the stairs up the newly hewn stone steps, the tiredness of his body came at him like a flood of beasts, but the two sisters, Aina and Edie, who knew his condition, followed him early in the morning, and were able to take two steps forward to hold him up and keep him from falling asleep.

"I almost made you see a joke."

Ash, who was supported by the two women, one left and one right, smiled and said to them, and held their two soft wattles with his backhand, at this time he was so tired that he felt embarrassed to even say a word more, and he could only express his gratitude in this way.

It's just this subtle action, but it makes the two sisters Aina and Adie blush in unison, and they all misunderstand what he means, not to mention the gentle Aina, even the lively and straightforward Adie lowered her head in shame, thinking that her master suddenly changed her personality and finally planned to accept them.

Noticing their performance, Ash understood that the other party was mistaken, but she didn't have the strength to explain, so she was helped up the stone steps by the two girls.

Ash was carried back to his bedroom by Aina and Die.

He was so tired, the long stone steps looked unusually magnificent, but they were so tiring to walk that Ash was so tired that he fell on Aina's fragrant shoulders less than halfway through.

At this moment, the two sisters were so distressed that they took a lot of effort to silently lift him up and send him to the bed without waking up Ash, and tiptoe to loosen his clothes and scrub him, and the movements were as gentle as they could, and they were busy until the evening.

This careful waiting was really a little more tiring than even feeling the day's journey, which led to the fact that when Aina and Die's two daughters finally took care of Ash, they were also so tired that they had no strength, and they didn't care about Ash's previous order not to allow them to share the same room, so they lay down beside Ash left and right, and fell asleep tiredly