Chapter XXXVIII, Chapter XXXIX, Chapter 40: The Outpost and the Mobile Hut

Indeed, the outpost was not far from the refugee camp, as Ay had claimed, and after two days of full spurt, the crowd arrived at the outpost near noon on the morning of the third day.

When Hao saw this intact tower-shaped outpost, he was really relieved.

By this morning, the food carried by the team had been eaten, and most of the clansmen had only eaten four or five points of fullness, and the full amount of food was only supplied to those elves, and Hao had only eaten a little, and now his stomach was very hungry.

If there is a problem with this outpost, then the food of the people will be a huge problem in the future, and every day of delay in this war zone, or even an extra hour, the consequences may be devastating, but without food, it is impossible to march hungry for about 12 hours a day, right? This is not a march, this is looking for death, it is better to hide in this war zone and fight for luck.

So in Hao's mind, this outpost is the top priority of this evasion trip, and nothing else can reinforce the role of this outpost, fortunately, this outpost is safe and sound, and it seems to be unscathed, which makes Hao secretly happy.

The whole outpost is actually quite large, the height is not high, only ten meters high, three floors, but it occupies a large area, everyone has entered the outpost, and it does not seem to be crowded, and there are multiple separate rooms, of course, these are all left to the elves, especially Ay and Ichelle, the two elves, they are both law systems, a second-order magician, this is the most important thing, although the other is a magic apprentice, but also a magic system is extraordinary, not to be taken lightly, Hao's heart is very clear about their positioning, is the team's biggest hole card and heritage, a team assisted by magicians, and a team without the assistance of a magician, are fundamentally different things.

After everyone entered this outpost, Hao immediately ordered everyone to start resting, except for more than 50 people who were selected and divided into three shifts to patrol the tower wall, the rest of the people were exhausted and went into hibernation, and Hao took Mu and a few other non-commissioned officers to start checking the various material stocks of this outpost.

"There is more food than expected, this kind of food is enough for our team to eat for about fifteen days, if you save some, you can eat for twenty days, but this is not necessary, after fifteen days, it has basically left the battlefield and spread the circle, by that time, with the prosperity of the biological plants of the Flood Continent, there is no need to rush to the road, how can the food be enough." ”

Hao looked at the food inventory of the outpost with satisfaction, because in order to facilitate preservation, the food in the outpost is in the form of dry food, as well as dried vegetables, dried meat, and various spices, etc., the elven empire in the prosperous period is extremely rich in materials, and there are many types of food here, and the quantity is sufficient.

And then there are weapons, there are about 200 standard weapons of the elven army, and there are fifty elf standard crossbows, with a range of more than 800 meters, and the power is also very huge, and this kind of crossbow has a small enchantment of less than one order, which belongs to the magic enchantment, which is to make the power used in the crossbow smaller and faster, so these fifty crossbows are actually semi-enchanted creations, and the value is very high, especially for their current team, these fifty crossbows even belong to strategic weapons.

Whether there is a long-range counterforce, in many cases it is actually the same qualitative change, if there is, in the face of some enemies, at least you can confront each other, and then retreat, if not, then you may be killed by a single click, and in the end the group will be wiped out.

So these fifty elven crossbows, Hao didn't plan to let the clansmen use them immediately, he planned to choose them first, and then let them train and mature, so that they could be used at critical moments, in terms of crossbow arrows, there were only fifty arrows without crossbows, fortunately, these fifty arrows were made of a certain alloy that was tougher than steel, and they could be used repeatedly, which was not a big problem.

The rest of the things in this outpost, as well as a small number of tools, a few shovels, a few pliers, etc., are all used by the patrol soldiers when they occasionally need to repair something, which can be regarded as a surprise, and finally in terms of medicine, there are about fifty people in this outpost There are various medicines that can be used by about fifty people once, basically all of them are powders or granules, and there are no magic potions, but these medicines are enough to surprise Hao.

When Hao checked all the supplies, he returned to the hall on the first floor, where the ground was full of clansmen, everyone was snoring constantly, they were indeed too tired, after arriving at this outpost, hearing Hao's rest order, these clansmen really couldn't care about anything else, so they just lay down on the ground and fell asleep directly.

In fact, not only them, but also those elves are too tired, even if it is still noon, but even if the elves have chosen a room to rest, after Hao came to this hall, when he heard their snoring, his eyelids became heavy for a while, and he was a little drowsy.

However, his willpower was strong after all, and after only ten seconds, he came back to his senses, and then forcibly controlled the desire to sleep, walked out of this hall, and came outside the outpost.

There is a wall with a height of more than four meters around the entire outpost, and there are stairs to go up on this wall, you can patrol on it to check the perimeter, the thickness of the wall is also very good, it is made of rocks, Hao has read it from the books of the elves, these outposts are made by magicians to turn mud into stone magic, the entire city wall is a whole, and the tenacity is very high, with this wall, basically even the first-order demonic beasts are not afraid, even if they encounter second-order demonic beasts, it is extremely difficult to break this wall.

Hao came to the wall and looked into the distance, this outpost was built on a grassland, all around it was clear at a glance, in the distance there was a high mountain on the northwest horizon, and in the southeast there was a forest, in addition, there were dark clouds on the ceiling of the steel fortress, but it was not actually a dark cloud, but a cloud of resentment from the soul furnace of the underworld camp.

Hao has read similar information from the book, the underworld camp is the underworld, the lower plane of the underworld, where there are only a few lifeforms, and the other existences are all immortal life, but this does not mean that the underworld camp is the existence of brainless zombies, they have also developed a civilization that conforms to the lower plane of the underworld, although this civilization seems unbelievable to other lives, full of the horror and distortion of death, but it is indeed a civilization that belongs to the underworld camp alone.

The soul furnace is one of the creations of the civilization of the underworld camp, and it is the total source of energy of the underworld camp, which imprisons the soul of life in the furnace, and then through repeated tempering and torture, the astonishment of negative pain is triggered, and this negative pain is the best food and energy source for immortal life.

But this is not to say that the soul furnace is 100% the collection and use of negative emotions, just like human beings eating food, or transcendent professionals absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, in fact, the absorption rate is very low, most of them will be excreted, the same is true of the soul furnace, and the negative energy excreted, resentment and the like will have great pollution and radiation, no matter how beautiful the mountains and rivers are, once it is eroded by this pollution and radiation for a long time, it will also become a paradise for undead creatures, poisonous water will be all over the ground, the earth will grow pus, trees will wither and die, and even become a dead monster tree, and the life in it will continue to twist and mutate, becoming neither alive, and not dead monsters.

This is actually the real world, the reason why the Flood Desolation Race strongly resists the status of the creatures, the underworld camp is so, the demon camp of the bottomless abyss is no exception, basically all the lower plane life will carry this kind of corrosion and radiation, which is determined by the form and civilization of their life, although this kind of corrosion and radiation is far less than the erosion of the hidden existence at low latitudes, that is to distort the reality into a nightmare, but the corrosion and radiation of the lower plane alone is also very terrifying, once a certain area is corroded, I am afraid that it will not be able to recover for thousands of years, and it will even spread to other places。

Hao has seen some records of the First Ten Thousand Races War, in addition to the war of the Ten Thousand Races themselves, the heavens and the earth were shattered, and at the same time all kinds of forbidden spell magic, all kinds of summoning spells, or underlying weapons, radiation, corrosion, viruses, genetic mutations, etc., but the biggest impact is still the various camps and armies in the lower plane, and the corrosive radiation they bring has remained for thousands of years until the end of the Ten Thousand Races War, which is still the result of the best efforts of the Holy Thrones of all races to mediate.

And the invasion of the underworld camp, this is obviously just the beginning, it is a sign, which means that the lower plane of this war of all races will also enter, which is a very terrible news for Hao, very, very terrible, because for all races, human beings are resources, can be eaten, can be used, there are not many races that are simply used to eat, generally the more civilized, the more powerful the race, the smaller the chance of taking humans to eat, of course, the ancient beast lineage is different from the dragon race, but human beings fall into the hands of all races, in the war of all races, it is more likely to be used as cannon fodder, or used to experiment weapons, and there is a chance to escape。

But if it falls into the hands of the races of the lower planes, it is best to commit suicide immediately while it is captured, so that you can save your soul and leave a trace of thought, at least it will not be painful for a long time, but if the suicide is not successful, it will be like being stuffed into a soul furnace, unless it is exploded, otherwise a hundred years of endless pain awaits you.

The lower planes are almost all grandmasters who play with souls, and death is really only the beginning of pain for the creatures of the lower planes.

Hao looked at the black clouds in the distance, and his heart was also heavy, this black cloud seemed to be the future of the Flood Continent, the re-opening of the Great War of Ten Thousand Races, and the human beings on this Flood Continent would suffer the most tragic future......

(Human City, if it were, can resist the aftermath of the Great War of the Ten Thousand Races?? No, it is not the aftermath anymore, and the Great War of the Ten Thousand Races will start again, and the Human City will inevitably be attacked, and the Human City will ...... Can you resist it?)

(I took these people into the Flood Continent, all the preparations have not been made, there is no clue of the intelligence of the human city, there is no detailed information about the war of all races, and even the destination is not yet, where will I take them?)

(They follow me and entrust me with their lives, can I lead them to survive?Can I take them to Human City?)

(I...... )

Hao has a lot of thoughts in his heart, what has happened in the past few days, as if the burden is all on his shoulders, counting the elves here, close to a thousand or so people, in these days of contact, Hao has already touched the elves he followed, whether it is ability or character, to be honest, if he doesn't care about them, they won't survive for three chapters...... No, he didn't live for more than three days, and now that they were in the ranks, Hao felt that he was responsible for their lives, and the lives of his people, he ...... They must be taken out of this dangerous battlefield!

In the afternoon of the same day, after the clansmen woke up, most of the elves also woke up, this half-day recuperation, although it is impossible to completely eliminate the fatigue of these days, but everyone's mental state is indeed much better, and Hao also ordered the clansmen to make some meals, add meat and vegetables, a hearty meal, so that all the clansmen are uplifted.

As for the elves' meals, Hao is personally cooked, he has read a lot of books, which naturally includes books on various foods, because there are many treasures of heaven and earth, human beings will greatly improve their physical and mental quality when they eat them, and even some extremely rare treasures of heaven and earth, and there is a very small chance that humans can become aliens, that is, extraordinary people, at the beginning, Hao Ke read hundreds of similar books, so his cooking skills are actually quite good.

With staple food, vegetables, meat, and seasonings, Hao made a hearty dinner for these elves, of course, it was hearty from a human point of view, and at this time, these elves also began to feel rich, especially the taste was excellent, and they were all happy to eat.

At this time, the sky had begun to become dark, but the magic lamp of the elves on the ceiling of this outpost, after Yi Xue'er activated it with magic power, the entire outpost was lit up, Hao sat in front of the elves, and said to Ai Yi respectfully: "Miss Ai, I don't know if the parts here are enough to assemble a magic car?"

Ai Yi drank tea, there are tea leaves in this outpost, not much, but there are about two catties, this tea is actually a little inferior, and the tea that Ai Yi drank in the past must not be compared, but at this time, it made Ai Yi feel comfortable, she put down the teacup and said: " I looked at the types and quantities of these parts, and I could assemble a magic car, that's for sure, but there was a problem, I needed enough time to assemble, I calculated before, the various magic nodes, the burning of the magic array, and the infusion of magic energy flow, it would take me about three days to assemble it, during which time I couldn't assemble it while rushing to the road. ”

Hao's heart was overjoyed, and then he sank, he thought silently for a while, and asked again: "What about the power, how much horsepower can this magic car get?"

Ay said directly: "It's about thirty horsepower, which is definitely not comparable to a magic car with regular craftsmanship, but thirty horsepower is definitely achievable." ”

"Thirty horsepower, ......"

Hao thought silently for a while, thirty horsepower is not weak, this is the elven clan's power for magic cars, magic trains and other magic vehicles, this horse is not an ordinary horse, but the elven clan's unique mount unicorn force, any adult unicorn is a monster, not to mention the strongest unicorns, ordinary unicorns have at least one level of strength, and their output is very large, the output of thirty unicorns can even carry five or six hundred people forward, and if this magic car really has thirty horsepower, this can really be said to be the savior of the team's march。

In the whole team, the most slowdown is those human women and children, they can't walk like adult men, many of them have reached the limit these days, if they can take the magic car, then the marching speed will be greatly improved, and the thirty-horsepower magic car, as long as a few more planks and wooden loads are modified, then even the tired people can take turns to rest, so that it is not a problem to march hundreds of kilometers a day.

But three days......

Hao's brain was running wildly, starting from the border of the Elven Empire, this area, to a thousand kilometers outside the border of the Elven Empire, all the topographic maps appeared in his mind, and then the situation of each location, buildings, garrisons, forests, grasslands, mountains, lakes, rivers...... All of them were reflected one by one, and from the currently known situation, the nodes of the invasion of the underworld camp, the range of the soul furnace reflection, and the possible incoming racial armies around them, there were countless possibilities that kept scribbling on this map in his mind, one possibility, two possibilities, ten possibilities, and a hundred possibilities...... Thousands of possibilities......

After a few seconds, Hao closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he said: "No, it's not safe here, if we stay for one more day, the probability of not being able to escape the scope of this battlefield is fifteen percent, if we stay for two more days, the probability will immediately soar to seventy percent, if it is three days...... We will have nowhere to go, we will definitely be affected by the war! We will not be able to stay here for three days. ”

Many elves were puzzled, and looked at Hao in shock, no one spoke for a while, and Ai Yi took another sip of tea and said: "Then what do you say? I can't infuse magic while walking, that at least a high-level magician needs to be exposed to super magic skills to be able to do it, I can't do it." ”

Of course Hao knows this, unless he is exposed to super magic skills such as concentration or concentration, and may even need further mobile spell casting skills, otherwise when a magician uses magic, he must keep his body and mind calm, in addition to mental, it is almost necessary for the body to remain still, Ai really can't do it, and the magic car ...... It's also important that it's a two-man problem.

(Do the math again...... )

Hao frantically calculated again, on the virtual map in his mind, the speed of their team's march, the direction of marching, and the speed of any other possible incoming army, the direction of marching, the spread speed of the underworld camp, and the possibility of the time when the battle broke out...... On this map, countless lines are constantly crisscrossing and crisscrossing, and the red dots represented by their team are slowly moving outward, constantly shuttling between the gaps of all lines, encountering lines from time to time, and then collapsing......

“...... Make a workshop made of wooden planks!" Hao suddenly said to Ayi: "Miss Aye's assembly of the magic car, the space required is about five square meters, if it is made of wooden boards, Miss Ayi's weight, plus the weight of the parts, plus the weight of the planks...... It takes fifty people to be able to afford it, and in order to keep it from jolting, it is necessary to make wooden wheels, and at the same time, it is best to have people pushing and pulling in front and back, and it takes about a hundred people to maintain the momentum, if you move forward in this way, Miss Aye can also make magic cars during the day, but the efficiency is certainly not as fast as making them in the room quietly, so I expect that the manufacturing time of the magic car will be five days, and in these five days, our travel speed will be delayed, almost ten to fifteen kilometers less per day, so that in five days, we will travel fifty to seventy-five kilometers less, but it is worth itAlthough my people and I will be a little tired, but in the process of moving forward, we can keep choosing the direction, so that most of the dangers are avoided, as long as five days later, we can complete the magic car, by that time, the speed of a day is at least about 100 kilometers, we will completely cross the war zone in the remaining five days, and at that time, the danger will be greatly reduced!"

Ay was stunned and said, "You want me to assemble the magic car while walking?"

Hao shook his head and said, "I will definitely not let Miss Ai Yi walk, this will lead to a backlash of magic, and Miss Ai Yi is extremely noble...... Even if you put away all bloodlines, races, honors and other comparisons, Miss Ay is the strongest magician we have here, and she is also the only two transcendents of the legal system, and the importance of Miss Aye to all of us is irreplaceable, and the method I have cited has the least impact on Miss Aye, and the efficiency is determined by half, and Miss Ay will not be affected by this. ”

Aye said, "I don't mean me, I mean you do it...... Your people can stand it!? It's going to make a house without walls, and you're going to have to drag it along, and you have to keep it steady and fast, are you really sure?"

Hao nodded seriously and said: "I confirm, because our purpose is to live, for this purpose, anything can be overcome, can be done, as long as most people can survive, even if there is a sacrifice, it is not hesitating, and this is just a little more effort to write, a little more hardship, we can do it, I confirm, miss." ”

Aye and the other elves looked at each other a few times, but they didn't expect Hao's answer to be this, and they were so determined that after a long time, Ay nodded and said, "I can try, you...... It's best to try it too, and if it doesn't work, we'll think of something else. ”

Hao agreed, and immediately returned to the hall on the first floor, called half of the non-commissioned officers, and selected three hundred strong clansmen from among the clansmen, half of them were armed with weapons, the other half were with tools, and those who did not have tools followed, and then Hao began to cut wood with the clansmen, and then cut the planks and strips.

After dinner, more than 300 people worked for almost six hours, and it was close to the early hours of the morning, when Hao Cai took them back to the post and ordered them to rest.

Early the next morning, Hao began to use the paper and pen in the outpost to design this walking hut.

Because of the lack of tools, especially nails, there is no adhesive, it is very difficult to make a qualified hut, but Hao has also read books on carpentry and other crafts, and his brain has recorded all the knowledge he has seen in different categories。

After the design was completed, there were already clansmen who woke up one after another, and at that moment Hao woke up the clansmen who did not cut wood yesterday and did not patrol, and took them to start cutting wood and sorting out the planks, of course, these planks will definitely not be beautiful, and even uneven There are many, but at this time, I can't care about this many, in the case of enough people, Hao only does the work of small wood cutting combinations, and when the elves get up, a whole board of about five or six square meters has been made.

After that, the women of their own clan made breakfast, and Hao, with the help of Aiyi, a magician, and Yi Xue'er, a magic apprentice, made a mobile hut much faster, and the cutting and shaping of wooden planks with the help of magic was faster than the combined efforts of dozens of clansmen, except for the floor, the wall Hao only made a height of half a meter, so as to prevent parts and the like from scattering, otherwise just a wooden board is enough, and even the wall is not needed.

Then there are wooden tires, then wooden bearings, connectors......

It's also a shame that there is a magician in the team, and it's a second-order magician, and this second-order magician is also a magician from a noble family, and the amount of magic that Ai Yi knows is extremely large, otherwise Hao's idea can't be achieved quickly.

And at noon, after everyone had lunch, this mobile hut was ready, Hao let Ai Yi sit in it, and carried all the parts to it, and then, Hao and about a hundred clansmen, front and back, left and right four directions, or push, or pull, or support, together to push the mobile hut, the speed is definitely not fast, but in the case of using strength, the speed will not be too slow, but in this way, the force consumption of the personnel who push this hut is very large.

However, Hao's idea was finally achieved, and after testing it, Ay also confirmed that it could indeed be assembled in this hut, although there were some bumps from time to time, but as long as she slowed down, it still wouldn't cause the magic to backfire.

Suddenly, Hao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at that moment, he ordered the clansmen to bring everything that could be brought in the outpost, and then led the team to move in the direction he had designed, and in terms of pushing the hut, the number of a hundred clansmen was that all the clansmen took turns, and each hundred people pushed for half an hour, and then rotated the other hundred clansmen.

Only Hao, who has been pulling the leash, has been walking in the team, and has not let go, one hour, two hours, three hours......

His shoulders had worn out the skin, his muscles seemed to have lost feeling, and he didn't let anyone take his place, and he walked like this all day.