The difficulty of subduing the rat tribe was much easier than Xu Nan imagined, but there were many variables in the process.

Zula's death took a lot of resistance off the way for him, but it also brought new challenges.

The potential gaze of the Blood God put some pressure on him, and he began to wonder if it was the right choice to place Anonymous City here; Although this evil god has long lost much of his ability to struggle, the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, and if the state of the god of blood is better than Pierre's estimate, it may cause a catastrophe for the Anonymous City!

But after some analysis and thinking, Xu Nan finally did not choose to avoid danger.

It's not that he's bold, but because the world is full of crises!

The Northern Continent is already a relatively cold territory by the gods, but it is still constrained by the Heavenly Divine Kingdom everywhere; Even in a country like Wildfire City, there are many hidden chess pieces of the church, and as the bridgehead for Stephensand and Paradise Lost to enter the main material realm, compared to the evil gods, the gods of the heavenly realm are the existence that Xu Nan needs to watch out for the most.

The current location of the Anonymous City is actually a relatively stable reef among many turbulent currents and whirlpools.

Pointing in one direction at random: to the north, it is the border of the universal world and Afaria, not only are there many divine messengers, angels, and elect people stationed there, but it is also normal for the god of the Holy One to hide a few heavenly gods; To the south, it is the core area of the Eastern Kingdom, since the decline of Caesar's bloodline, the rise and fall of dynasties in the Northern Continent are accompanied by traces of the support of the gods, although now the control of the Heavenly Divine Kingdom over the main material realm is constantly weakening, Stephen Sand's name is enough to deter Xiaoxiao, but I am afraid that trouble is indispensable.

Now Xu Nan and Anonymous City need time to develop, and he doesn't want to waste any energy on fighting with the Church of the Gods and secular forces.

And the underground world is full of thunder, and if you go a little deeper, it is the territory of the ancient gods, although the ancient gods sleep more soundly than the god of blood, but their spokesmen are more ferocious than the other, far from what the city lord can provoke now.

In this way, the area of Wildfire City can really be regarded as "simple and simple" in the Northern Continent, after all, everything needs to be compared with the same kind.

"There's no way, who let the main material realm of the general world hide the dragon and crouching tiger, just fight a goblin, maybe the ancestors have dragon veins......"

Xu Nan laughed to himself, putting those less likely worries to the back of his mind.

After Zula's death, he managed to secure the allegiance of the Itka rats, and through a few simple means, incorporated them into the daily inhabitants of the Anonymous City, an act that was said to have caused a slight disturbance among the Iceborne, but which quickly subsided.

After all, Anonymous City has always been a diverse city, and many vaccinations were given before the people of the ice fields moved in; And after moving in, they also saw the city lord guards walking the streets openly - among them, the seven minotaur warriors of the city lord iron guard were the most eye-catching, and of course, the elephant guards with a heroic style were not far behind; When you go to the street in the middle of the night, you can still see the young lady in white with the newly born undead in the cemetery from time to time to familiarize yourself with the terrain route; As for the workaholic dwarfs on the plantation, they mingle with the people of the ice fields.

With these different races as a precedent, the appearance of the rat people only caused a temporary commotion.

The only thing that upset the people of the Ice Plains was that they felt that the Lord of the Castle had taken too much of a preference for the Itka rats.

As the main force of the miners, the Ice Plains are only allowed to open up a residence in the outer city, and if they want to live in the inner city, they must accumulate a high enough contribution or pay a sky-high price of Dengyun coins - of course, there is an additional way, that is, to accumulate war merits, but the current Anonymous City has not yet waged a war with the outside world - in this case, the rat people can directly live in the park of the new Super Alchemy Factory concept!

In this regard, Xu Nan didn't say much, time is enough to prove everything, in his eyes, the value of these rat people is indeed much higher than that of ordinary ice people.

The Iceborne's racial talent is really average, and they are better than their large populations and reproductive abilities - but that's what they compare to dwarves. The dwarves of Anonymous City have performed very well since they found their life in the plantation, and Xu Nan has found that they are better at farming than dungeon construction and mining, and their enthusiasm in this regard has put the creatures of the other races to shame.

Xu Nan pondered, the blood of the dwarf devils is estimated to depict the profound ancestral precept that if there is not enough food, they will become food, so when they encounter projects that can easily produce a large amount of food, they will be unprecedentedly enthusiastic about their work.

The current dwarf demon tribe has not only multiplied beyond expectations, but their output on the plantation is also very amazing, and with advanced earth technology such as hybrid rice, the dwarf demon tribe of no more than 1,000 people can already contribute nearly 10,000 people to the ration supply.

And after the completion of Anonymous City 2.0, Xu Nan also gave the dwarves the same treatment and status as the people of the Ice Plains, which made the grateful dwarves become the tap water for the city lord's benevolent word-of-mouth publicity, and to a certain extent, it also provided a good foundation for the security and stability of the Anonymous City.

As for the newly settled Itka rat tribe, the reason why they can get such preferential treatment is actually because of the supernormal magic talent attached to them!

Through previous observations, Xu Nan had long determined that this rat-man tribe had a rare magical talent under the radiation of the emerald mines that had been used for many years; The previous group evolution under Zura's guidance was only a small play on these talents, and they had even greater potential.

Although the rats are adventurous, they also have a curiosity to explore the truth, and what Xu Nan wants is to stimulate the exploration of the rats. His real purpose is to cultivate a group of practical and capable alchemy henchmen.

According to Driftfire's calculations, the Itka ratmen have a transcendent sensitivity to magic, but due to their racial talents, there are still many bottlenecks for them to become super-strong mages, at least much worse than the standards of the Arcane Empire; But to be a good alchemist is more than enough.

At least in the short term, this group of rat people will provide Xu Nan with initial alchemical support.

To this end, he deliberately opened the alchemy workshop where he had been working hard by himself, and purchased a large amount of elementary and intermediate alchemy knowledge from Paradise Lost for free for the rats to learn.

After Xu Nan's publicity and temptation, at least eighty percent of the rat people were willing to become the exclusive contract alchemist of the city lord and began to engage in alchemy study and work in the alchemy workshop.

Although at present, these rats have not been able to form an effective alchemy money-making effect, their learning progress is really surprising, and it is only a little weaker than Xu Nan's hanging wall that can master alchemy by only knocking on the blood vein fruit - the most powerful example is that not long after several adolescent rats entered the alchemy workshop, they drummed up a batch of more durable and durable inflatable puppets...... Of course, in terms of aesthetics, Xu Nan did not dare to agree, after all, there were racial differences.

In Xu Nan's planning, these rat people will soon become the backbone of the Anonymous City Alchemy Industrial Park.

He needed this strength very much, after all, with the rapid expansion of the mine, the first batch of high-purity gold and silver ore that had been preliminarily sorted had begun to be transported to the warehouses of Anonymous City.

The quality of these gold and silver ores is very good, and it only needs to go through the necessary assembly line procedures to be smelted into real gold and silver; And the magic industry system that comes with the cloud climbing ship also covers this part of the content, as long as the assembly line and machines can keep up, the production capacity is not a problem.

At present, Xu Nan only asked the professionals to organize a group of ice craftsmen to carry out experimental refining, and the effect seems to be very average, they can't quickly use the equipment on the cloud climbing ship to refine the ore correctly, even if Liuhuo provides a full range of operating instructions, the progress is not able to be carried out.

It can be seen that the Icemen are relatively less savvy, and at least in the short term, the Iceborns who have not undergone a lot of training are more suitable for working as miners than in the technical work of the alchemy factory.

In this regard, Xu Nan had a headache.

The ores were of high quality, but when the shortcomings of the Anonymous City's insufficient processing capacity were exposed, their whereabouts became a problem: Xu Nan didn't want to sell them cheaply to Paradise Lost or Stephen Sand, and he knew very well that those who sold their raw energy would only make a small profit at best.

Therefore, even under the pressure of increasing inventory, rising labor costs, and the inability of the alchemy system of Anonymous City to make a profit, Xu Nan is still trying various ore processing methods.

……

"How did your Arcane Empire deal with metal ore before?"

In the office, the lord of the city, who was bent over by a large pile of papers, reached out to grab the mug, but found that the coffee in the cup had dried up, so he could only wave helplessly to the elephant man at the door.

However, the elephant man guard who was appointed by Xu Nan as his personal assistant was obviously slow to react, and he didn't react to what Xu Nan wanted for a long time, which made Xu Nan sigh.

If it weren't for the sake of secrecy, he wouldn't have chosen an elephant man as his office assistant!

Fortunately, Liuhuo answered Xu Nan's troubles in a timely manner:

"The Arcane Empire doesn't deal with basic metal ores."

"These are usually dealt with by the appendages of the empire and then flow into the empire in the form of taxes and tribute......"

Xu Nan could only hehe.

Decaying Arcane Empire!

I'd love to try this rotten taste!

"I mean, those affiliates, what race are they? What is the level of civilization in the magical industry? ”

Xu Nan knocked on the table.

Flowing Fire thought for a moment and quickly replied:

"The extraction of raw ore is very simple, and there are some small factories that can provide such a business; But if you want to handle the metal ore perfectly and properly, it is still the Econo Silong that I can remember doing the best. ”

Ekano Siron?

Xu Nan was stunned for a moment, and after a simple bloodline knowledge retrieval, the surprise on his face turned into a bitter smile.

It turned out that the so-called Ekanor Tinsaurus was a member of the Ekno dragon family.

Dragons have a long history in the multiverse, whether they are humans, dwarves, or other races, their shadows are often seen in the history of dragons.

These creatures with huge bodies and extraordinary strength occupy the upper echelons of the multiverse biological chain.

But there are many opinions about the origin of the dragon, and even Stephen Sand's wise scholars cannot come up with a definitive conclusion that satisfies everyone.

After all, the development of the universal world has so far, and it has merged and annexed an unknown number of worlds, and it has already undergone great changes from the original original form.

According to the knowledge provided by Paradise Lost, the dragons of the universal world can generally be planned into three systems: the Dragon Island system, the Econnor system, and the Durier system.

The Dragon Island system is almost the original profession among the professionals, but all the dragon forms that exist in the Dragon Island are the masterpieces of Lannice at the beginning of creation; They were born in the great secret realm of the Garden of Eden and multiplied all over the world. The bronze dragon vest sleeping on Xu Nan's neck is the representative of the Dragon Island system.

Dragon Island is one of the few places in the world of Puluo that is not contested, and it is said to hide a huge secret from the beginning of creation, which even Ferlandor covets; It's a pity that the heritage of Dragon Island is unfathomable, not only with the protection of an eternal dragon that transcends the limits of time, but also some traces of strange ancient races.

The wife of the Lion King is one of the many ancient races on Dragon Island, and her strength is strong, Xu Nan can be regarded as having seen it, after all, even the sage clone of the Ice and Snow Goddess was pinched into jelly beans by that lady, no wonder the gods coveted Dragon Island so much but did not dare to start.

If the Dragon Island symbolizes the native species of the universal world, then the two giant dragon systems of Ecannor and Duraire are representatives of the integration of alien dragons into this world.

Both of these dragons were once kings of the other world, but their worlds were swallowed up by the gods of the Purs, and they could only merge into the Pur worlds in the end. Their numbers are very scarce, compared to the native species, which is simply very small.

Among them, the dragons of Eknor were even more miserable, they were swallowed up by the gods and sacked by the Arcane Empire led by the first wizard king.

For a time, the most popular dish in the Arcane Empire was made from the flesh and blood of the dragons of Ekano.

……

"There is no killing without buying and selling!"

Thinking of this, Xu Nan suddenly had a thrill.

He always felt that the dragon of Ekennor was familiar, and he could not remember it for a while; But at this point, he looked at the detailed cooking process of the Eknor Dragon provided in the Bloodline Knowledge, and he suddenly had an eyebrow.

He flipped to the last page of the Appendix, Appendix 4 of which contained the various cooking recipes of the Ekennor Dragon.

Among them, there is a page that has been updated recently, apparently recently attached, which reads:

【…… After the above process is over, it can be served, however, the essence is that the flavor is the best when smeared with Lao Gan Ma hot sauce produced in the earth plane as an adjunct......]

The annotator is Romans.

"I said how familiar I am, the first time I went to the teacher's house as a guest, the dragon that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to catch is the dragon of Ekannor!"

Xu Nan patted his head.

The Ekano Tin Dragon is a branch of the Ekano Dragon, which is a weak but natural ore processor.

They feed on all kinds of metal minerals, but they have an incomparable stomach, after digestion and absorption, they can excrete a large amount of metals with a very high degree of refinement, and only a small part can be absorbed by them, which can be said to be the cows of the dragon world!

The throughput of each Eknor tin dragon in a day is staggering, and with the current metal inventory of Anonymous City, two tin dragons are enough to meet daily needs.

The question is, where to get a two-headed tin dragon to work for yourself?

It was at this time that a message from Paradise Lost made City Lord Xu smile:

[Monsieur Romans has returned from his honeymoon and is in a good mood and can come to visit. 】

The payment is naturally Mr. Smith, whom Xu Nan has respected for a long time.

Without saying a word, he left the Anonymous City directly with the gifts and filial piety that had been prepared a long time ago, and entered Paradise Lost.

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