In the face of obstacles, zombies will normally follow an obvious path to try to bypass them, but if the urgency or aggro value exceeds a certain limit, they will cross in a straight line or destroy it, depending on the situation.

And the night attack of the zombies on the 12th triggered a new situation, that is, when the zombies are too winding on the road and continue to attrition, even if there are no targets nearby, they will go berserk and begin to advance in a straight line.

For the zombies, the rangers on the arrow tower are basically invisible, because the equipment of the rangers is basically isolated from the possibility of being regarded as a 'meal', especially if there is no big movement movement, and the sound of shooting is covered by the wind, and research has shown that the vision of zombies will also be affected to a certain extent at night.

The combination of these factors means that the zombies will not be particularly interested in the Arrow Tower and the Ranger above it unless they are relatively close.

In this context, their goal is still the original 'human taste'.

The humans of Aubonning City once thought that zombies had a more sensitive sense of smell than bears, and could smell the scent of prey from a few kilometers, or even a dozen kilometers.

But in fact, this is not the case, in the case of long-distance and ultra-long-distance situations, what attracts zombies is actually the spiritual energy field.

The more people there are, the grander this field can be, for the zombies, it is like a person in the dark wilderness, looking at the town lights at the end of the line of sight, I don't know how far, I don't know if I can go in a straight line, but I make sure that there is a town there, because the lights light up the sky, and there is a clear difference from the darkness in other directions.

But it must be said that this is a big goal, the zombies just know that the direction is the canteen, and when they get to the canteen, they will enter a state similar to 'only because they are in this mountain', whether they can eat or not, they have to rely on their sense of smell and sight to distinguish hunting.

As a result, Zhao Wenrui was slightly embarrassed to find that although the fish zombies did not pay special attention to the arrow tower in the dark, surrounded by the rejected horses, and constantly reducing their personnel, they were constantly attritional, so they went straight forward, and actually passed through the rejection area at a relatively fast price, and came to the mine.

Even if the ranger obeyed his orders and opened the oilcloth bag and showed his sweat suit, the effect of pulling hatred was very average, and the zombie after the rage was a tendon to admit death.

This means that in the whole process, the arrow tower does not have a long output opportunity, and the layout of the arrow tower + horse rejection array is a bit more than worth the loss, and the investment is large but the return is small.

The two teams of fish-touching zombies came from the general direction where the mine was located, and in the end, they relied on the quick reaction force and the circle tactics to kill all the zombies that rushed through the horse rejection area.

Although there were no casualties in the mine, the damage was severe, and the safety barrier value was only the last trace left.

The so-called security barrier value is the system's default effective protection strength, once this value reaches zero, it means that zombies can basically invade the inside, and the result is a massacre.

And in this night battle that was almost smashed, Zhao Wenrui discovered another detail of the zombies. That is, when they can't intervene to attack a specific target, the aggro is not stable and can be channeled.

This time, the mine was able to be saved, because the zombies who had no attack position for the time being were led away in circles, and the rest of the "open cans" were very serious and passionate, but they were constantly shot, and soon there was no personnel to supplement the attack position, and the follow-up was weak, and finally failed to break through the main facilities of the mine.

Due to the need for the rapid reaction force to protect the mine, the eastern defense line of Qingcao Town was severely tested by the other two fishing zombie troops.

The total number of the two zombies and the zombies in the area is close to 500, while the defenders only have 16 rangers, so that the wooden walls are breached.

If it weren't for the long shooting that stabilized the hatred, and the earlier use of sweatshirts, which caused the zombies to still frantically besiege the arrow tower after opening the gap, the situation would have been really big.

Afterwards, Zhao Wenrui was also a little afraid, and deeply realized the unreliability of taking it for granted and 'single mounting wall'.

At the same time, I am once again glad that my cautious style has played a role. When he opened the mines, he was faced with two choices, the stone mines in the west and the iron mines in the southeast, and he needed both mines, the latter being a necessary resource for training assault infantry.

After the Battle of the Hidden Gold Valley, he used the technology points he obtained to buy the training rights of the assault infantry, but it has not yet been converted into real profits, because of the lack of so-called iron ore recognized by the system.

After weighing it repeatedly, he finally chose a conservative approach because of prudence, expanding in one direction, rather than going hand in hand, otherwise it is estimated that the two lines would have collapsed by now.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of the 13th, Zhao Valve's lack of investment was finally in place.

Zhao Wenrui did not ask or question, but chose to treat it coldly, showing an attitude of 'money is a way to play with money, and no money is a way to have no money'.

Then Zhao Valve couldn't stand the pressure anymore.

Because the elite group represented by the king is not good at stubble, as soon as they saw that this was the case, they directly inquired and asked Zhao Valve if there was any difficulty, and there was no need to support it if there was difficulty, and now there are not many people who are optimistic about this pioneering action and are willing to invest or increase the proportion of investment, and they are willing to 'share worries' for Zhao Valve.

These people don't care whether Kleven Zhao betrayed the family or not, as long as he fights for the kingdom and hands over the defeated areas to the kingdom, without delaying them from obtaining benefits, then there is no problem at all.

Judging from the current development of Zhao Wenrui's new base, Qingcao Town seems to be stable, and it is even likely to be another undamaged victory......

Old man Zhao has an opinion on Zhao Wenrui, but he has no grudge against money. Especially the corpse hunting ranch, after this place was conquered by the pioneer general, it had a big impact on the Zhao family's main grain business.

If Zhao Wenrui can successfully establish a stable base this time, it will naturally be of great benefit to Zhao Valve.

On the 13th, Craven Zhao's elder brother Bruce Zhao arrived in Qingcao Town with the supplies.

In Zhao Wenrui's eyes, this name is not good, because the translation is Zhao Linlin.

Zhao Forest has been cultivated as an official successor since he was a child, and he is old-fashioned and polite at a young age.

Zhao Wenrui thinks that this is a good thing for him, if it is really the kind of brotherly relationship that is too life-oriented and can pull anything, he is easy to expose his stuffing.

He went to the station to greet Bruce, and as soon as he came up, he said that he had changed so much since he led the army into battle that even he was surprised.

The 'vaccination' is so direct, and there is no one left.

Next, it was more like a 'welcome leader to inspect the work' show, Zhao Wenrui took Bruce to take a look and explain the situation here.

For the ranger who Bruce was more interested in, he basically didn't hide it, took him into the barracks, and learned about the process of the birth of the downstream hero.

And frankly: "Technology is not in my hands, all I can do is to freely dispose of production and creation, as well as people." ”

Bruce asked casually, "Then does the other party mind if we send someone to pick up the technique?"

"I don't think I mind. Zhao Wenrui added: "In fact, as far as I know, as early as the late stage of the Battle of Zangjin Valley, there were people in the military department who did this here in various ways in a half-concealed way. There's no movement from the old man's side, and I thought my family wasn't interested in this stall. ”

"It's not that I'm not interested, but I'm afraid that you'll be embarrassed. ”

"I have a dilemma? This system, the army, is just a borrowed tool for me, and the easier it is to get started, the more it proves that the ownership and supreme command are not in my hands. ”

Bruce smiled from your heart and patted him on the shoulder: "It's good that you can have such an understanding, what the family has always worried about is that victory makes you mentally inflated, forgetting that the other party is just using you as a gun, and the family is your most reliable backing." ”

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid, the more powerful the other party's support is, the more it means that the other party has a choice, not me. If you want to pick up the technology at home, just send someone over, I am also picking it myself, and I am selling it to the outside world, while I can still sell it at a good price. ”

"......" Bruce felt that the old man was afraid that he had made a mistake this time, and his younger brother did not have the intention of betraying the family, but it was indeed too much changed than in the past. The original Craven Zhao would not pit himself so freely.

Zhao Wenrui didn't think that he could explain this matter by Master Qi Baishi's sentence 'Those who learn from me live, and those who are like me die'.

The Shine System is simply an interconnected system, and it looks like steampunk, in fact, in some high-end places, more than the cutting-edge parts of the modern industrial system he knows.

This means two situations, first, the highest-end part is too difficult to deconstruct, and the technology can't pick it up.

Second, what can be deconstructed needs the support of other links accordingly, and substitutes will seriously reduce performance or increase costs, and do not have practical cost performance.

For example, the Tesla Tower of the Shine System. Not to mention its core components, even the iron frame on the pedestal is a new material technology + manufacturing process for the kingdom, and if you want to get this technology, it is useless to have physical objects.

Zhao Wenrui didn't even mind letting Bruce visit the Alien Dimension Warehouse, and half-jokingly said, "I was worried that you would be jealous of my luck like everyone else." ”

Bruce smiled very much and said, "Where, I'm too late to be happy." We can be brothers, and you can still treat me badly when you are developed?"

Of course, it can't be treated.

Why be disadvantaged?

Compared with the territory, all kinds of creations, the army or something, Zhao Wenrui cares more about himself, the 'perfect plan' is his foundation, and the rest are just foreign objects and tools.

The train on the afternoon of the 13th brought with him the materials he had obtained through trading.

Obonin guards an iron ore mine with abundant reserves and excellent quality, so there is no shortage of steel.

However, the steel processing technology is relatively complex, and the output is not high, so the price is much more expensive.

Stainless steel is the only iron ore that the system can identify and convert into 'shining iron'.

Zhao Wenrui bought a batch of stainless steel by exchanging tents and work clothes for steel.

After exchanging for Shining Iron, the training of the assault infantry began. For him at the moment, the only use of Shining Iron was to create assault infantry.

The exterior of the assault infantry is full of steampunk elements, steam-assisted power exoskeleton plate armor, which is reminiscent of the plate armor of the peak era of cold weapons, as well as power armor suits.

Assault infantry are also equipped with monocular electronic night vision goggles and breathing masks.

It's just that their breathing masks are not dust-proof, but more like chemical-proof, with a tube connected to a backpack-style device.

The device provides specialized oxygen, which keeps the assault infantry in shape, while also leaving room for reinforcement, such as the change in the gas they breathe, allowing the infantry to gain excitement, pain dulling, and other effects.

Zhao Wenrui spent a whole day conducting various non-combat tests on the assault infantry, so as to intuitively understand the combat power and characteristics of this branch of troops.

After that, there was the non-stop training of assault infantry by the twin battalions.

At the same time, he also asked the non-systematic workers in Qingcao Town to open kilns to burn bricks, as well as collect materials such as masonry and stone from the ruins area.

The ruins are about 1 kilometre west of the quarry and are built on a mound. As far as the normal site selection is concerned, there is no better location to find within dozens of kilometers around. The terrain is high, so you don't have to worry about problems such as stagnant water, damp mosquitoes, etc., and the field of vision is wide, and the distance and distance of the stone quarry and forest area are moderate......

However, such a mixed stone and wood city fortress was very weak in the face of the zombies who were not afraid of death as soon as the gong sounded, and they were pushed without even a wave of corpses.

In addition to tactical concepts and other issues, Zhao Wenrui felt that the pioneers at the beginning faced a very serious problem, that is, they could not solve the problem of mutation of combat troops when they were injured. can be ridden in the face, and it is a situation that the stubborn side will almost inevitably face.

So if you are not careful, you will lose all the games.

This was a big reason why he preferred to have the Kingdom's regular army as police officers rather than go to the front.

Shining Soldiers are bitten or scratched, and do not mutate.

And now, with the addition of assault infantry to the battle sequence, the margin for error has become even higher.

On the 15th, the first batch of kiln bricks was fired, and together with the masonry obtained from the ruins, a masonry barrier was built at the eastern end of Qingcao Town. This has made the defense of this side have a qualitative increase.

On the 16th, with the improvement of the western rejection area and tactics, a group of more than 500 people became a free inspector of the new rejection and new tactics.

The biggest difference between the old and new rejection horses is that the new rejection horses are wrapped in barbed wire. Zhao Wenrui deliberately bought a wire drawing machine and a large number of wire rods to make a large amount of wire, and then mobilized people to make barbed wire in their leisure time by earning points by hand. The production capacity is still very considerable.

Although barbed wire rarely has a chance to puncture or cut through the skin of zombies, when they rush too hard, there is a high chance of being entangled. And their formation is always very dense, which can lead to stumbling and stampede problems, which can lead to chaos and slow down the group.

Zhao Wenrui also learned a lesson this time, did not let the soldiers shoot on the arrow tower, and simplified the complexity of the road to the horse rejection array.

Facts have also proved that there is no need for a labyrinth at all, which will only make it more difficult for others to identify the path, and a few simple twists are enough to deal with brainless zombies.

Faced with the assault infantry's guns, the zombies quickly went berserk, they could directly see the assault infantry, and the straight line did not seem to be too far.

But if you really launch a straight charge, you will find that this choice is particularly difficult, simply put, you will cross the fence and pits, and you will be shot and killed during the process, and you will have to endure pushes from behind.

As a result, the scene of groups of people turning on their backs appeared again and again, and the distance of just a few tens of meters was difficult, and the corpses paved the way.

When it finally got a face, there was not much combat power. Zhao Wenrui gave the order for the assault infantry to withstand the pressure and shoot at close range.

After the fact, it was found that there were not even moderately injured people, let alone damaged.

Zhao Wenrui has an increasingly intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness and protection ability of the assault infantry.

As soon as the battle ended, he launched a bold clean-up battle based on the experience of every time after the attack of the fishing zombies, there must be a period of vacancy.

It took about 60 hours to concentrate most of the existing combat forces and fight out of the eastern front barrier of Qingcao Town, and carried out a comprehensive sweep of the southeast region, including the iron ore area, until it was about 500 meters outside the boundary line of the area demarcated by the system.

At the same time, in terms of internal affairs, he was in no hurry to build the Tesla Tower and the mine. Instead, the tent was converted into a wooden house, and the residential area in the core area of Qingcao Town was completely finalized.

As a result, the system has further increased the number of people and money available to the account, but the gap in food production capacity has further increased. He pre-sold the camp tent that was withdrawn from the wooden house, and the batch of grain transported by Zhao Valve supported the pattern.

Zhao Wenrui's plan is to explode the lumberyard, and then take advantage of the abundance of money and wood to quickly establish a salient defense system in the southeast region, mining iron ore while letting the zombies play a game of spear and shield.