005 New Missions, Equipment Repairs, Bloody Battles
In Icemark, the snowstorm becomes even more violent at the turn of day and night, especially at midnight, as if the whole world will be buried by the blizzard.
There were only a handful of tents in the base area of the Third Garrison Team, but they were not for human habitation, but for the protection of the snow wheat and some special grains they planted, and even some plants that could survive the wind and snow could not survive a night in this blizzard.
If the grain is destroyed at night, then their garrison team will have to borrow food from everywhere, and if they don't do it, they will starve.
Geo has repeatedly emphasized that at the Great Wall of Calamity, both the Night's Watch and the Guardians are self-sufficient, without any support or any logistical team.
As the first line of defense against calamity, the Great Wall of Calamity is completely cut off from the seven continents behind it.
The Seven Continents regard this place as an isolated place, and the people here do not consider themselves to be part of the Seven Continents.
Even for an organization close to the border like New Polar Night, the supplies provided can only reach the border at most, and not any further.
The only groups that come to the Wall of Calamity regularly are player support squads with special missions, but they also come and go in a hurry, and rarely spend the night here.
Among the nineteen large strongholds, Icemark City is ranked in the top three for its harsh environmental conditions, and even player support teams rarely set foot in it.
The player support team group in Li Xiang's communicator has been quiet, and everyone is acting as if nothing has happened, so they should have established a new group behind his back.
No one wants to have anything to do with the Great Wall of Calamity.
In the ice and snow, the clusters of bonfires are particularly eye-catching.
The defenders of the third garrison team performed their duties and sat cross-legged in front of their own campfires to rest.
Li Xiang was wearing a huge thick animal skin coat, wrapping his whole person, only revealing one head, tonight's task was to guard the grain behind him, he couldn't sleep, he had to stay awake at all times.
During the day, I spent the day shoveling snow and pulling weeds and cleaning the city walls. Even if he is as strong as him, he feels a little tired, sleepless all night, mentally depressed, and cannot persist without great willpower.
Luo Li in her arms shrunk into a small ball, eager to stuff herself into Li Xiang's clothes to keep warm, it was too cold.
When she is awake, she can rely on her will to resist the cold, but after she falls asleep, her body functions weaken, and she can only rely on instinct to fight the cold, which is still too difficult for her.
Li Xiang sat quietly on the ground like an old monk, his eyes flashed with a faint black glow, staring at the wind and snow outside the Great Wall, as if he was watching something.
Nothing was said all night.
The next morning, the wind and snow subsided.
Lori woke up from the cold, sneezing a small head out of his coat and startled by the melting snow in the sun.
"It's so beautiful...... she couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration when she was used to seeing all kinds of beautiful scenery.
Last night's snow melted at a speed visible to the naked eye, and although the cold did not dissipate, the snow melt was particularly beautiful.
"Don't be like a wooden pestle there. Gio's unceremonious voice came, and he walked briskly, throwing two large porcelain bowls that looked dirty, "Hurry up and eat, there is still a lot of work to be done after eating." ”
"Yes. Li Xiang didn't complain, picked up the reluctant Lori and put it on his shoulder, then picked up the large porcelain bowl and followed Gio to the long queue.
"There are a total of seventy-six people in our three garrison teams, including the captain and deputy captain, and you are now seventy-eight. Mainly responsible for the daily work and defense projects in this area, what are your skills?" Geo walked over to the wooden barrel, which was filled with hot rice porridge, and scooped the porcelain bowl into it.
Li Xiang also scooped two bowls of rice porridge and squatted down with him to the open space.
Rice porridge is sweet and has a strong taste, which is the same as food for two people who haven't eaten all day.
Luo Li took a sip of porridge and replied first: "I know how to treat and expel magic, as well as family secret methods." ”
"Then you report to the medical office today, the medical department patrols a team, and if they take you, you have to go to the medical office to work. Gio lowered his head and drank the porridge, his gray beard stained with rice grains, not at all like a very strong player.
At his level, in the Seven Continents, he has to be a sought-after big man from various families, and generally at his age, many players have long lost the will to fight, and most of them have retired or gone to the cold land to recuperate.
But now, Gio is like an ordinary old man, sitting side by side with him on the ground drinking porridge, wearing a dirty black robe, and living a life that does not look like a human being.
"Yes!" Lori nodded as she held the large porcelain bowl, and after the first day, she adapted quickly and had the rudiments of a city defender.
"I ...... I'm more proficient in mechanics, and if I fight, I can do some healing things. Li Xiang hesitated and said.
In the Great Wall of Calamity, his combat power can only be regarded as ordinary.
"Mechanical...... Speaking of which, I remember that your resume says that you are a master mechanic, and it just so happens that the weapons and equipment department over there said that there is a shortage of manpower, so I will help you contact it. When you don't work, you work with us, and when you have work, you help. ”
Gio smiled, mechanics are very popular everywhere, if it weren't for Li Xiang still in the first month's assessment period, with this skill alone, he would be able to live a little more comfortably on the Great Wall of Calamity.
After breakfast, Li Xiang was called to clean the city wall and overhaul various fortifications, while Lori trotted to the medical office to report.
In the Great Wall of Calamity, the biggest impression for Li Xiang is that the people here are twisted together as Gio said.
Everyone is united in order to resist disasters and survive.
Before coming to this world, he never imagined that one day he would be the same as before, doing the work that only ordinary people do, and living a stable and fulfilling life.
Under the wind and snow, he swung his hammer to smash the hard snow apart, so as not to freeze the machinery in the city walls.
The city defenders on the side stepped aside one after another, looking at him as if they were monsters.
This snow is no better than ordinary snow, due to the accumulation of years and months, some of them have long been solidified with the city wall, and if you want to break it with a hammer, you must have extraordinary brute strength, which is one of the most tiring and dirtiest jobs.
But Li Xiang just hammered and hammered, until lunchtime, he worked so mechanically until all the snow was cleared.
Now, no one despises him a little because he is a newcomer.
As a newcomer, Li Xiang got the most "generous" treatment, and Gio almost handed over all the most difficult work in the team to him.
After spending the whole afternoon busy, it was only at dinner that he saw Lori running in the distance.
Lori changed into a uniform, pure white like a fairy in the snow, carrying a medicine kit on her back, her face tired but full.
She returned to the base and sat next to Li Xiang, panting heavily, with a faint smell of sweat on her body, the smell was very mixed, it seemed that she was constantly sweating, and she was constantly drying This cycle alternates countless times.
The hardships of the Great Wall of Calamity are beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and Luo Li was deeply touched on the first day.
The little weight savings she had were not enough to use, there were too many wounded to help, and the medical department was already short of manpower, and every moment she could see people dying from pain, and then the bodies were thrown down the Great Wall amid the silence of her companions.
She was afraid that one day she would become such a cold corpse.
With a reluctant smile on her face, Luo Li still has the strength to speak during the day, but now she is drinking porridge with her head bored, and she will continue to run to the medical office for the night shift after it is over.
Li wanted to get up and look at the slowly falling hazy daylight, and always felt that the day passed extremely quickly.
Geo walked briskly and told him to follow him to the Weapons and Equipment Department.
The Weapons and Equipment Department is near the castle, and it is said to be a department, but in fact it is just a simple tent that has been erected.
There were three mechanics sitting in the tent, none of whom were dressed as night watchmen, but were obviously just ordinary magicians.
They were busy working in a pile of mechanical parts, and there were mountains of weapons and equipment waiting to be repaired.
"The most important thing about the Great Wall of Calamity is weapons and equipment, the magic weapons used by players, the essentia weapons of magic users need to be repaired frequently, and new weapons need to be exchanged for merit points to obtain, and the high merit points are astronomical for most people, so the weapons and equipment department is the most popular department. ”
Gio gave him common sense,
"Nineteen large strongholds are short of mechanics, and there are many mechanics who have been banished, but many of them are too poor to survive for a few days, and there are only a handful of player-level mechanics like you. ”
Not to mention in the Great Wall of Calamity, even in the Seven Continents, player-level mechanics are the targets of various forces and laboratories.
They have terrible resources, and they are also the main designers and manufacturers of all kinds of demonic weapons and essentia weapons at the moment, who would have a problem with their brains to banish such a person to the Great Wall of Calamity?
If there is a large flow of such talents, the supply of a large number of weapons and equipment that each force needs every day will be cut off.
Therefore, Ji's behavior against Li Xiang has been rejected by many small and medium-sized forces, they are the downstream customers of Crimson Heavy Industries, and they are extremely dependent on the weapons and equipment of Crimson Heavy Industries.
They don't understand the general trend, they don't understand the disputes of the upper class, and they only care about their own one-third of an acre.
Hearing that Jao had brought a player-level mechanic, the three people who were working suddenly lit up.
There was so much work that they felt like mechanical creatures, and they couldn't leave.
"I've taken care of the work here, you can go somewhere else. Li Xiang waved his hand.
The three of them were puzzled and a little frightened, the mountain-like weapons and equipment next to them were one-third of the workload of Ice Scar City, and he was doing it alone?
Li Xiang didn't explain much, and summoned a mechanical god in the shape of Bai Micha, this mechanical god not only has the combat power of a level 3 magician, but also can work with him, and is a relatively perfect mechanical creature.
Seeing that the mechanical god he summoned began to repair weapons and equipment in an orderly manner, and the speed and accuracy were better than their own, the three of them immediately moved out of the way.
Li Xiang sat down and began to repair these weapons and equipment with the mysterious metal console that he had conjured.
"Occult magician, or mechanically related, how could such a person be banished here!" The three of them couldn't help but exclaim, they were probably the most sought-after talents in the five thrones.
"Because he killed three players. Gio sneered, urging the three of them to return to their posts.
Hearing that Li wanted to kill three players, the three magicians immediately shrank their heads and ran away in horror.
"These tasks are not difficult, and the demonized weapons and equipment can also be sent over for maintenance in the future. Li Xiang thought about the progress of the Moon Shadow White Frost while repairing it.
This is the first Calamity weapon he's ever made, and it doesn't matter if it's slow, there's no room for error.
Hearing that he could repair demonized weapons and equipment, Gio's heart trembled, and he suddenly took out an old pair of fist gloves from his arms and handed them to him: "Look at this, is there a way to fix it?"
Li Xiang took the gloves, pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It can be repaired, but it is estimated that it can only exert about seventy percent of the combat power in its heyday, if you can give me a little more time, I can repair it to about eighty percent." ”
"That's enough!" said Joo, looking at him as if he were a monster.
This pair of gloves was damaged during the last bloody battle, and it had a great impact on his combat power, and he asked all the mechanics in Icemark City, but no one could fix it.
"I'll ask Commander Rita to put you in charge of repairing the Night's Watch's weapons and equipment in the future. ”
"I'm tired. ”
Lee wanted to keep his head down in his work.
When he was in the Seven Continents, he couldn't calm down and specialize in machinery because of too many mundane things, but now he has the opportunity, and the silence in the wind and snow and the sound of mechanical parts are intertwined, making him fall into a state of selflessness all of a sudden.
In less than half a day, the news spread that a mechanic who could repair demonic weapons and equipment had come to Icemark City.
Countless people came to find Li Xiang, and after a night, the hill beside him did not become less, but higher.
The next day, Gio brought Rita's appointment, and Li Xiang will temporarily work here as a special mechanic, and there will be a special person in charge of three meals a day.
No one complained.
Because a senior mechanic can save their lives, no one wants to offend the few mechanics of the Great Wall of Calamity.
When Li Xiang was dealing with this pile of weapons and equipment, he also used some of his own experience and ideas to strengthen or strengthen it, and this night, he saw the bloody battle that broke out outside the Great Wall of Calamity for the first time.
Countless locust-like xenomorphs frantically poured in, fearlessly climbing the city wall, wanting to cross the Great Wall of Calamity and head towards the Seven Continents.
This happens at the border, but compared to here, it's like playing at home.
Neither the number nor the combat power is of the same level.
Countless defenders rushed to the city wall for the first time, and killed with those alien bombardments.
The horn sounded, and the fire filled the sky.
As the battle heated, a vague black shadow rose in the clouds, a strange woman's face, screaming and screaming, and the sharp sound waves pierced the eardrums, knocking the weaker defenders to death.
The woman's face hovered in the sky, whistling towards the top of Icemark City!
This is a real calamity!
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