Chapter 13: Sudden phone calls
Zhou Xiaoning eliminated a small force composed of more than a hundred monsters, led by a leopard demon in the realm of old demons, due to his racial talent, the instant explosion speed of the leopard demon was even faster than that of some big demons. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Now that the demon king and the ghost king are not coming, and only a few big demons are relying on the scene, the strength of the leopard demon is already very good, but it is a pity that he met Zhou Xiaoning today.
"8,000 source power points, as far as a small boss is concerned, it's not bad."
In line with the principle that no matter how small a mosquito is, it is also meat, although the source cards that broke out in this round are of no great use to Zhou Xiaoning, he still put these source cards away. Now that the Two Realms City has just been built, everything is lacking, and it can't be wasted.
"You can do it, and prioritize collecting all kinds of metals." Zhou Xiaoning ordered the 5,000 ghost recruits who came with him.
Nowadays, the one-star construction of the Two Realms City has been completed, but from the two-star onwards, various metals are required for the upgrading and construction of functional buildings. The resources obtained from the old demon of Montenegro can only complete half of the two-star construction, no way, who told Zhou Xiaoning that the resource consumption is twice that of other lords.
It's just that in the basin, wood and stone resources are relatively rich, but there are no mineral resources at all.
In desperation, Zhou Xiaoning had no choice but to go out to collect resources.
This time, Zhou Xiaoning found a hardware market, and after sweeping the inventory here, the obtained metal resources should be able to last until the completion of the two-star construction.
The surrounding monsters and ghost forces have all been wiped out or driven away by Zhou Xiaoning, and within today, this place should be safe.
Zhou Xiaoning brought out all the ghost recruits, anyway, they stayed in the barracks and were idle, so it was better to come out and help Zhou Xiaoning fight. In this way, it can not only speed up the collection of resources, but also play the role of marching and training, killing two birds with one stone.
It was not the first time that those ghost recruits had done the same thing, they were familiar with the road, and they quickly collected a lot of metal, and they were stacked in front of Zhou Xiaoning in a few short hours, and several metal hills were piled up. And Zhou Xiaoning's task is to store these metals into different storage scrolls according to their types.
"Brubru, Brubru."
"Huh, phone bugs?"
In order to understand the situation in HZ City, Zhou Xiaoning has been carrying the phone bug with him during this time to facilitate contact with his father and Zhou Pingzhong. As far as Zhou Xiaoning knew, as early as eight days ago, the military had run out of ammunition and food, and now it is completely relying on the Chosen and the Evolver to hold on.
But then again, in the face of the tripartite battlefield at the same time, it is not easy for the military to hold on until now, which greatly exceeded Zhou Xiaoning's expectations.
As early as the day when the Two Realms City was completed, Zhou Xiaoning contacted Zhou Yimin and them with a phone bug, asking his father to quickly bring someone over to meet him. But I don't know for what reason, until now, they haven't moved, and they are really anxious to kill Zhou Xiaoning.
I have to say that the phone bug is really a magical creature, not only can it be used as a phone caller, but also bring its own caller ID function, a look at the phone bug's demeanor change, you can know who is calling.
For example, now, when Zhou Xiaoning saw the phone bug put on a capable but cynical look, he knew that his father was on the other end of the phone.
Zhou Xiaoning answered the phone and said unceremoniously: "Dad, if you want to continue to postpone, then you better not speak." I really don't understand, anyone with a discerning eye can see that HZ City can't hold it, why do you want to stay there? ”
"Son, I ......"
Zhou Xiaoning saw that Zhou Yimin wanted to say something, so he directly interrupted him impatiently: "Okay Dad, don't tell me that there are too many materials to sort out or there are many people accompanying him, and there are many people who need to be arranged, and there are only more than 2,000 people from our village, can it take a month to prepare?" ”
Zhou Yimin's expression was a little embarrassed, he has been doing one thing for the past month, and if this thing is done, it will definitely be beneficial to Zhou Xiaoning. It's just that this matter has not been solved before, and Zhou Yimin doesn't want Zhou Xiaoningkong to be happy, so he hasn't said it, but uses all kinds of lame reasons to delay time.
Finally, the hard work paid off, and most of the things were done, and the remaining small part was all up to Zhou Xiaoning.
For this reason, Zhou Yimin made this call to Zhou Xiaoning excitedly, and wanted to inform Zhou Xiaoning of the good news, but he didn't expect that as soon as the phone was connected, Zhou Yimin was scolded by Zhou Xiaoning for several minutes before he could say a word.
"Stinky boy, if you're by my side now, I'll promise to make your ass bloom!"
Zhou Yimin's mind couldn't help but come up with the picture of himself abusing Zhou Xiaoning, from how to catch Zhou Xiaoning, what to beat her with, and even what kind of pose to pose after the beating.
It can be seen that Zhou Yimin wanted to beat Zhou Xiaoning for a day or two, but his own mother, that is, Zhou Xiaoning's grandmother Xie Ping, was in the middle, so that every time Zhou Yimin had just come up with this idea, he was nipped in the bud by Xie Ping. As the only seedling of the old Zhou family, as long as it is not a violation of the law and a matter that touches the bottom line, Xie Ping will try her best to protect Zhou Xiaoning to the end, so that Zhou Yimin has no temper at all, so he can only YY himself to vent the depressed little emotions in his heart.
"Son, I don't have the time to joke with you now, what I'm going to say next is very important, and how much you can profit from it depends on you."
Zhou Yimin suddenly became very serious, with Zhou Xiaoning's understanding of his father, once he showed such an expression, it meant that the matter was really important, and there was no room for sloppiness.
Zhou Xiaoning stopped complaining and quietly listened to Zhou Yimin's narration.
It turned out that Zhou Yimin had not been idle for more than a month, on the contrary, he also did something that made Zhou Xiaoning stunned, he actually persuaded Wang Jianjun to abandon the HZ City base and lead everyone to come to Zhou Xiaoning.
If one side wants to develop, the population is indispensable, for example, Zhou Xiaoning's Outer Two Realms City cannot operate because of the lack of population. For this reason, Zhou Xiaoning was also very worried, he didn't know where to get people to come over, after all, now is not as good as in the past, long-distance migration has to risk his life, unless it is a last resort, generally no one will choose a thief to leave a safer station in such a dangerous environment and go to a place where the situation is unknown.
It just so happens that HZ City is now in an extremely embarrassing environment, and the fantasy creatures in the three regions are jointly invading, and the existing strength of HZ City is simply unable to resist, and the survivors of HZ City are desperate to find a more suitable place to live.
At this time, Zhou Xiaoning came with the news that he had established the Two Realms City in Yicheng, which made Zhou Yimin's mind active, and he began to contact Wang Jianjun frequently, persuading him to lead everyone in the base to defect to Zhou Xiaoning.
At the beginning, Wang Jianjun refused, after all, as the military commander of the town guarding one side, he held great power, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the emperor of HZ City.
However, as the situation in HZ City became more and more severe, coupled with Zhou Yimin's continuous propaganda in the base about how good and safe the Two Realms City was, the survivors in the base were moved, forcing Wang Jianjun to make a choice.
No, early this morning, Wang Jianjun came to Zhou Yimin and wanted to contact Zhou Xiaoning through him to discuss the specific relocation matters.
"Dad, thank you." Zhou Xiaoning said with emotion, he could imagine that Zhou Yimin must have received a lot of white eyes and hostility in this month, which contributed to this incident.
"Between our father and son, what kind of thanks." Zhou Yimin smiled swayingly, Zhou Xiaoning could understand his good intentions, and he would be satisfied.
"Okay Dad, I know what to do, you can hand over the phone bug to Commander Wang."
Zhou Xiaoning's eyes were full of determination, and then it was time for negotiations.
I think that at the beginning, Zhou Xiaoning took a group of people from the military village to the base to seek refuge from the military, but now the military is begging Zhou Xiaoning to help them, and it is really feng shui in turn.
"Hello Mr. Zhou, I'm Wang Jianjun."
Wang Jianjun put his attitude very right, and he did not become arrogant just because he was a military commander.
"Commander Wang, I haven't seen you for many days, how are you doing lately?"
Zhou Xiaoning quickly retracted his divergent thoughts, he occupied a very advantageous position in this negotiation, Wang Jianjun and they wanted to live, they could only retreat to Yicheng's side, but the military still had a lot of troops and evolutionaries, although Zhou Xiaoning was not afraid, but once they made a fuss, Zhou Xiaoning was also a headache. Therefore, this negotiation is mainly to determine the relationship between the two, whether it is cooperation and alliance, or integration and annexation.
"Mr. Zhou, it's better to skip the greetings, how about we go straight to the topic?" Wang Jianjun said very simply, he was next to him when Zhou Yimin and Zhou Xiaoning were on the phone before, and everyone knows what is going on in this conversation, so there is no need to play the twists and turns of politics.
"Happy!"
Zhou Xiaoning slapped his palm, he just likes such a crisp conversation, worry-free and effort-saving.
"Commander Wang, I can accept you, but it's not gratuitous" Zhou Xiaoning paused, sorted out his thoughts and then said: "First of all, I need eighty percent of the materials you have accumulated, and you also know that you suddenly have so many people, and the pressure on my side is not small. ”
"Yes."
Wang Jianjun agreed happily, after all, he didn't have much room to refuse, if Zhou Xiaoning didn't take them in, they would have to wait for death, even if they had more supplies at that time, what was the use?
"In addition, survivors can directly join the Two Realms City and become residents of the Two Realms City. But for the team of soldiers and evolutionaries you lead, I don't think you will give it to me easily, so I give you two choices. Either I will allow you to be stationed in Yicheng without interfering with each other, or I will be hired as a mercenary to complete the tasks I have given you, and I will take care of all your material needs. ”
On the other end of the phone, Wang Jianjun was silent, although Zhou Xiaoning gave two choices, the first seemed to ensure his independence, he was still the commander of the military and held great power, but with less than 10,000 soldiers and evolutionaries under his command, it was impossible to survive for a long time in a situation full of crises and lack of supplies.
And the second option, it doesn't sound like there's any problem, but all the materials are controlled by Zhou Xiaoning, so what's the difference between them and directly joining Zhou Xiaoning, the mercenaries say it nicely, but in fact it's just a fig leaf for them.
"Mr. Zhou, you win, I'll choose the second one."
Wang Jianjun sighed helplessly, now that he has no other choice than this?