The process of building the fortress was very fast, and the core of the entire project was almost carried out on the original basis of Konoha Town. Wooden houses were torn down one by one, high-strength alloy steel began to stand on the deep foundations, and the special marking of military cement, which only the main army was qualified to use, was poured into the prefabricated slabs and grooves in the form of concrete, which soon became dry and became the most important building material.

Protective panels, combined with metal bulletproof layers, were repeatedly superimposed to form an indispensable wall, floor, and compartment inside and outside the fortress, as well as the thick and tall walls.

Military airships have extremely strong carrying capacity, and a huge amount of various materials and resources continue to arrive in Konoha Town almost every day. Both the quantity and the progress of the project are breathtaking. The military and civilian quarters were strictly separated, and the military fortifications became more and more intense, and the townspeople who remained were glad that they had chosen the best way to survive.

Oviado City does have too many advantageous conditions that Konoha Town cannot match, and it also controls the trade routes between Konoha Town and the inner territory of the empire. However, as Su Hao said to Count Thoma: in the border area of the empire, the most important thing is not how good the living conditions of the towns are, but the word "safety" must be the first thing.

Unfortunately, there are too few people who can truly understand the meaning.

The mayor's mansion had been bulldozed more than a month ago, and a multipurpose tower tens of meters high and covered with bulletproof armor plates took its place. Su Hao looked out from the window on the third floor, and could see the city wall being built hundreds of meters away, as well as the mechanical slave laborers who were busy going back and forth in various positions.

It's turning into a fortress. The design drawings were issued by the "Iron Warriors" legion, and were guided and revised by Technical Lieutenant General Steinberga. The entire fortification project was divided into three batches in total. The first was the renovation or reconstruction of the core building based on Konoha Town, followed by the complete expansion of military and civilian areas, as well as the construction of the outer city walls and various permanent fortifications. Finally, it is the post-finishing, as well as the addition and improvement of auxiliary military facilities.

The physique of the evolved human beings is stronger than that of the human beings on the earth in an all-round way, and the various weapon configurations of the main legion are far beyond the scientific and technological level on the earth. Su Hao calculated that at most, a legion company of 100 people would be enough to sweep across the entire earth and wipe out all the armed forces of the human race.

This contrast is no exaggeration. Among them, there are even a lot of Su Hao's personal feelings. To be precise, to destroy the miè earth, all it takes is a legion tactical squad. However, Su Hao still wanted to imagine his hometown better, so he inadvertently increased the share of this unequal power comparison.

He had always been puzzled: the status of special zircon was so important, why not take the space converter away and open a new space passage within the "Iron Warriors" legion, or other core areas? Although the second reopening of the passage must cost additional energy crystals, it can be insignificant compared to such a heavyweight comprehensive investment and reconstruction in Konoha Town. The amount of this is equivalent to the comparison of the cost of a 10-kilometer-long country dirt road and a highway of the same distance.

Su Hao felt that there must be some kind of secret in it that he didn't know and was difficult for outsiders to detect.

The Iron Warriors Legion deployed a full two hundred legionnaires in Konoha Town. This is equivalent to two combat units the size of a company. They weren't exactly infantry, and the "Chimera" tank, as well as the "Ghost Blade" main battle tank, which Dai Xiaolou had promised, arrived later in the form of parts by heavy airships. These warplanes have a terrifying appearance, and the thickness of the armor alone is staggering. Looking at those thick cannon barrels that made his scalp tingle, Su Hao suddenly felt that there was nothing in this world that could become an obstacle for him. As long as you drive these chariots like wild beasts to run them over directly, there will naturally be no more objections.

"As long as you kill all the opponents, all the rest of the world will approve of your actions. Even if you rob, plunder, insult, or even enslave, what you get is still praise. ”

Su Hao feels more and more like a poet, a very perverted poet.

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It's getting cold again. As a rule of thumb, such temperatures last for a week at most, and snow will begin to fall.

Five "Seeker" armoured transporters drove through the wasteland, their heavy tracks running over the weeds, crushing rocks and leaving clear marks on the slightly wet dirt surface.

Su Hao sat in the passenger seat of the first car, scanning the surroundings with a sharp and alert gaze. In the carriage behind him, eight legionnaires in power-suited armor sat facing each other, and the twin cannons mounted on the roof of the car were in charge of a special person, and no matter what the danger was, they immediately responded with a ferocious attack like a raging storm.

The abundance of armaments and supplies has brought a strong military force to Konoha Town. Su Hao must make his territory more stable and safe. The entire combat team, divided into tactical squads, led by all the officers, launched a search-style attack on the area around Konoha Town. He must minimize the dangers posed by the dark world and expand the living space of the town. Of course, there is also the more important thing to earn from the battle, as well as a large number of contribution points.

Vimore and Reilly sat in the back two cars. In addition to a small group of regular legionnaires, there were as many as thirty servants. They are all real "worker bees", and they can be trusted by Cheng Dù far more than these warriors from the legion configuration around Su Hao. But there is no way, the transformation from an ordinary person to a legionnaire requires a series of extremely cumbersome and complicated necessary procedures. They need to act with the main legionnaires, gain recognition for courage in battle, and then be eligible for a recommendation, so that they can be selected, participate in recruit training, fully brainwash and instill absolute faith in the emperor, get a certificate of five contamination issued by the clergy sent by the Holy See, and then undergo genetic gland implantation and modification, and determine that their physical adaptability meets the standards, before they can become real legionnaires.

The mercenary members of the original team, such as Kenson and Mo Xingkui, had followed Su Hao on more than five missions before, and after receiving recommendation permission, they were sent to the legion headquarters by airship for other tests. If there are no accidents, they will become new legionnaires in the next six months, which also means that Su Hao can get more powerful "worker bees" around him.

He couldn't send all his cronies out at once. Vimore and Reilly are the kind of people who have to stay. This is an essential rotation process that everyone who is selected to become a "worker bee" must go through.

The convoy drove at high speed through the wilderness for more than four hours, entering a dry area with sparse vegetation. The terrain has become rugged, and there are occasional abandoned human villages, mostly weathered and crumbling, with occasional bits and bones on the ground. But whether they belong to humans or dark creatures, they are no longer able to attract anyone's attention.

The car-mounted electronic map presents a circular search pattern, with a striking red dot appearing in front of the convoy in a triangle on a map made up of green lines. Su Hao looked at the map, raised his right hand, and the convoy immediately stopped, and the legionnaires and servants in heavy armor jumped out of the carriage one after another and began to assemble on the ground next to them.

The electronic map is issued by the Legion Intelligence Service. Every day, there is a huge amount of information going back and forth between the human empire and the dark world. Both sides know that their adversaries have sent spies within their own territory, but they will never be able to eliminate this potential danger. The red dot of light marked on the map is an outpost established by the dark creatures in the gray area. Intelligence shows that there are about 300 dark creatures inside this stronghold. The highest level of combat power is only the Dark Knight.

This is clearly not the practice of the regular army of the dark world. Of course, they will also build bases in critical positions, but they will only choose important passes, or directions to confront human armies. When it comes to setting up bases, the dark army is more cautious than humans. Because of their large numbers and ethnicity, in order to meet the logistical needs, it is necessary to have enough biological farms within the base. It was the practice of injecting human sperm into a large number of female slaves to give birth to babies. To outsiders, this kind of thing is no different from normal human reproduction. However, batch reproduction is quite different from individual reproduction. The Dark Army has a large number of human females with special traits, and they produce babies that inherit this gene, grow quickly, and are particularly prone to becoming fat and fat-rich. There are also farms in the Dark World, but the food produced is not eaten by the dark creatures, but is used to feed these human slaves. It's like feeding cattle and sheep with grass in human pastures, and then slaughtering them for meat. The difference is that the dark army supports a large number of human slaves, and they have a fixed time for fertilization and rearing. These human slaves are like leeks in the field, killing batch after batch, eating stubble after stubble, and as long as the women who are the seeds remain, the cruel and bloody reproduction will continue.

The changes in Konoha Town, of course, will not hide from the spies of the dark world. More than 200 legionnaires are a powerful fighting force. They are enough to attract the attention of the dark world, but in any case, they cannot be compared with a defense army. If the situation continues like this, and the number of these Legionnaires increases slightly, the Dark World will not change its strategy in this direction again. At most, that is, a confrontation with forces of equal size.

Everyone began to walk towards the dark outpost shown on the digital map.

Su Hao had already seen the towers and wooden fences in the distance. As the newspaper indicated, there were only low-scale defenses, and not even the outer walls could be built. This practice once again proves that the other party cannot be a dark army, it should just be a dark noble, or a search armed team sent by the family.

The Red Rock City in the gray area, and the former Konoha Town, all belong to this kind of civilian armed forces. Humans and dark creatures are plundering each other and attacking each other. Fighting and hatred have lasted for tens of thousands of years, before, now, and in the future.

Five armored vehicles were scattered around the legionnaires, fanning towards the outpost in the distance. Vimore and Reilly followed behind the different cars, staring intently at the changes in the distance. Not all minions are qualified to wear powered armor, and at such times, they must rely on vehicle armor to provide themselves with the necessary protection.

Five hundred meters, this is a distance from which an attack can be launched.

Su Hao believed that the other party had seen his attacking troops, and on the electronic detector he carried with him, dozens of signals represented by pale red colors appeared. This means that the outpost keepers are supposed to be dark humanoids, commonly known as dark humans.

Just when Su Hao was about to order the legion soldiers to follow him to charge, there was a sudden sharp sound in the air that cut through the air current, and he instinctively dodged to avoid it, and then saw that on the ground more than ten meters away behind him, a long black arrow made of all-steel was deeply submerged, leaving only the tail end swaying back and forth in the air, making a "buzzing" sound with a strong sense of power.

That's the biggest difference between dark creatures and humans. Their vision and power far surpass that of humans, and their weapons, while primitive, are enough to pose a deadly threat to humans. Su Hao believed that it would definitely be impossible for this steel arrow to penetrate his power armor at this distance, just like when he was in the DS Armor No. 66 Space Domain, the enemy guarding the mountaintop fortress could not threaten him with a bow and arrow. However, it is, after all, a weapon, fired at close range, and can be just as lethal.

"Bang--"

In the distance, above the watchtower, a dull, impactful gunshot could be heard. It was a single-shot gun unique to dark creatures, Su Hao looked in the direction of the bullets, and in the rear of the side of the No. 3 armored personnel carrier, a servant mercenary in camouflage uniform fell in response. He was shot through the chest, revealing a fist-sized hole. A gush of dark red liquid spilled onto the surface of the car, snaking down and dripping onto the ground.

"Rush over and kill them all!"

Su Hao's voice was extremely cold, and there was no room for negotiation. He turned on the short-range jet of the power armor to the maximum, and his entire body was pushed forward by the powerful force, like a line that suddenly jumped from the ground, and rushed straight towards the dark outpost in the distance.

Behind him, there are more than a dozen identical lines. The red top, white jet air, looking down from the air, looks like a cannonball coming out of its disembowel, rushing towards the same target.

The heavy wooden fence blocked the way, and it was cut by Su Hao with a chainsaw sword a few times. This kind of defense had no effect at all in front of the legionnaires. Obviously, the guardians of the dark creatures had no idea that the attacking group would be the elite of the human race. Their targets from beginning to end are ordinary human mercenaries.

A Dark Knight with a flail in hand lunged down from behind the wooden wall. Its armor bears a special insignia belonging to a certain family on its chest, and its wielding flail carries a terrifying power, and even the air is pulled by this huge force, making an extremely terrifying "whirring" sound. At the moment when the wolf's tooth hammer at the end of the flail had not yet fallen, Su Hao had already rushed past the Dark Knight's side. He grabbed the knight's arm with his left hand and dragged him over, completely losing his balance. Before the grizzled Dark Knight could get up from the ground, the chainsaw sword in Su Hao's hand had already slashed off with a piercing engine roar, cutting off its head on the spot.

Arrows were constantly being shot in the air, and the servants were constantly being shot, screaming and wailing fiercely. The combined cannons mounted on the armored vehicles also began to fire, firing wildly at every dark creature that could be seen. Under the impact of the legion soldiers led by Su Hao, the wooden fence dozens of meters long had been destroyed, and the "Searcher" armored personnel carrier slowly moved along the road they had opened up, and the injured mercenaries were quickly treated. This would have been unthinkable before, and they would not have taken the initiative to attack the dark creature stronghold. It's not fear or cowardice, but the strength of the two sides is compared, and the attackers must have suffered heavy casualties, and the effort is disproportionate to the gain.

The area of the stronghold is small, and more dark creatures are constantly running out of various buildings. They wore simple armor, and small-caliber rifles could not pose a threat to them when fired at long distances. Dressed in power armor, Vimore, Reilly and others followed closely behind the legionnaires, acting as protective shields for the second-line troops. They raised their shotguns and fired at them, erupting in a piercing firefire, and the frantic shouts of the dark creatures were far more than the gunshots. They are not afraid of death, wielding simple, sharp swords and rushing straight at them. Before rushing closer, he was beaten beyond recognition by the vehicle-mounted machine gun, and died on the spot.

Su Hao backhanded a sword and killed a dark warrior with dual swords. With his backhand, he pulled out his shotgun diagonally behind his back and aimed it at a dark guard on the tower directly in front of him, and the bullet hit the opponent's head accurately, blowing apart on the spot, and the remaining body lost control, falling from the top of the tower.

With the participation of the Legionnaires, the entire battle is basically a slaughter of dark creatures. In this outpost, there are only three Dark Knights in total. If it is an ordinary mercenary, there is no chance to break into it at all. Even a well-equipped Wehrmacht would have to pay a certain amount of casualties if it wanted to take it down. However, for the elite of the legion equipped with power armor, even if they are injured in such a place, it is a shame for them.

Su Hao needs more legionnaire "worker bees". To achieve this, it is necessary to involve the servant army in frequent battles. The Companion Priest completes the record, and as long as they log more than five battles, they are eligible to be selected as a Legion Recruit.