As for the reason why people who eat melon believe so firmly, it is actually very simple.

Because we are now in a crypt challenge, and we must be prepared to resist the attacks of crypt monsters at any time. No one can be immune alone.

Being able to still have the energy to carry out territory expansion tasks under such circumstances is enough to illustrate Zong Shen's strength. This guy is definitely a hidden boss!

This immediately aroused the enthusiasm of gossip among the melon-eating crowd.

The name Zong Shen quickly became a hot word on [World Channel]!

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In the Kugit Empire in the west of the continent, there is a large open basin area in the mountainous empire territory.

There are more than 7,000 surviving lords scattered in this area, and the development of one territory among them is particularly eye-catching. It has initially formed a settlement with more than 200 farmers and 50 or 60 soldiers.

However, less than half of these soldiers are second-level light infantry recruited through barracks and training books.

There are only thirty or forty professional soldiers recruited through finished recruitment coupons.

Even so, this level of troops is enough to dwarf this area.

There are many arrow towers in the territory, guarding all directions. There is no city wall built, but the territory is surrounded by horses and roadblocks. Occasionally, carriages will enter the territory carrying merchants and goods.

Selling some of the handicrafts and daily necessities they brought, and at the same time purchasing some livestock products such as poultry, eggs, cattle and sheep in the settlements.

This territory has also developed animal husbandry, raising some cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks, and has cultivated a lot of farmland around the territory. Unfortunately, due to the challenge of underground caves, these farmlands are in a state of neglect.

If you look down at the entire territory from above, you can find that this territory is beginning to show signs of prosperity.

This development progress is better than Zong Shen, especially the number of farmers, which really makes the current Zong Shen envious. Being able to obtain so many farmers in a short period of time shows that he has already mixed up among the nearby aboriginal forces.

Like a fish in water.

The fastest way to gain population is to rob, but this also means that you will be on the opposite side of the local indigenous forces, just like the Calamity Raven Church in Odo Village, which will continue to be attacked by the indigenous people.

Army crusade.

Unless you are strong enough, this path will not work in the early and middle stages of development.

In addition, we need to establish good relations with the indigenous people, often help them solve their problems, and gain the right to recruit local farmers on a regular basis.

Another option is to take in villages that were destroyed by bandits, heretics or some kind of monster, and to take in those villagers who lost their homes. However, no matter which method is used to obtain the population, it cannot hide that the lord of this territory is an extremely strong man.

fact.

The farmers are rich enough to train soldiers, and the ratio between soldiers and civilians is relatively more balanced.

For example, Zong Shen's territory only has a total of thirty-four farmers, but more than seventy warriors. This ratio is very uneven. Although there are more than two hundred kobold workers, they are actually of little use.

Kobold labor is equivalent to armed miners. It can solve the labor problem of quarrying and mining, but in the end it cannot replace the important position of the basic population of farmers.

Therefore, increasing the population is also one of Zong Shen's short-term development goals, but in this territory, this lord completed it one step ahead of Zong Shen.

At this time, just outside this territory, a man wearing light blue light armor and a chainmail hat was pulling the spear out of the head of a zombie.

Behind him were a dozen warriors, who were cleaning up a group of cave monsters with him.

The crypt monsters here are different from those in Zong Shen's area. They are a combination of ghouls and carrion beetles. There are also flying monsters in the sky, but they are not gargoyles, but night demons with two pairs of slender wings.

Its attributes are similar to those of gargoyles, and its level is also captain level. It's just that the types are different, but the overall configuration of crypt monsters is still similar.

At this moment, a red-beaked parrot suddenly landed on his shoulder. He stopped killing, took a few steps back, and left the fighting range.

He reached out and took off the chain-mail helmet that protected his neck, and held it in his hand. Under the helmet was a very young man.

Judging from his appearance, he must be about seventeen or eighteen years old. His expression is very indifferent, there is no emotion in his eyes, and his overall temperament is very stable and sophisticated.

After he took off his chainmail helmet, the parrot leaned its head next to his ear.

"Dear Lord Chen Rui, Lord O'Donnell asked me to convey this to you, please check the ranking list."

"Someone has replaced your ranking. It is currently a fifth-level territory."

The parrot relayed it in a loud voice, and it made no difference whether it was heard or not.

At this time, it was already more than an hour after Zong Shen was promoted to the fifth level territory.

After saying that, the parrot waved its wings and flew away.

Chen Rui's expression changed a lot, and he who had always been calm actually showed an expression of disbelief.

He shook his head in confusion and took a few steps back.

The expression on his face changed from disbelief to deep doubt.

He stopped where he was and opened the [Territorial Ranking List].

The one ranked first is Zong Shen, and his level is not level five, but level eight!

In other words, during the time when the news spread, Zong Shen was promoted to the third level of territory!

"This is impossible!"

"There is no such person among the top 100 lords in the previous life."

"How is it possible that I suddenly reached the first place now?"

"Has history been rewritten?"

Chen Rui regained his composure again, but there was still a puzzled expression on his face.

From the first day of landing, he has arranged all development trajectories and plans.

And everything is indeed similar to what he planned. He does not look like a lord who has come for the first time, but like an aborigine with rich experience.

Therefore, he developed extremely quickly and quickly accumulated goodwill among the aboriginal people. At the same time, he took the lead in exploring several ruins in the area, gained abundant military capital, and then relied on his soldiers to annihilate a group of plunderers.

Bandits who made a living by selling people to slave traders acquired one to two hundred farmers at one time, laying the foundation for development.

There are two of them who are heroic talents. Their step-by-step prediction of details allowed him to reach the current development speed. Before that, all the situations were under his control.

What he was worried about was not that someone had reached level 5 territory, but that a variable had occurred, a variable that he had never seen before. With the wings of a butterfly flapping slightly, a storm might be born thousands of miles away.

Yes, he was a reborn person and died ten years after the arrival of the lord.

When the Adventers took control of most of the entire continent's population and resources, the real disasters and challenges officially began.

The entire sky was completely opened up and became some kind of passage...

He finally understood the meaning of the term "Earth" and also understood why the continental forces in the last era sadly withdrew from the scene. Everything was for the sake of a terrible dispute!

He originally belonged to a middle-level lord, relying on the thigh of a legion commander in the area, and his territory also developed to the level of a state city.

But under the catastrophe, he died tragically after being unable to resist for a few days.

However, God did not kill him, and Chen Rui was reborn one day before the advent.

He tried to spread the news in advance and attract attention, but it was in vain.

The advent happened suddenly, and except for some small items such as watches, pendants, rings, etc., nothing else could be brought into this world.

But Chen Rui's greatest advantage lies after his arrival.

He knows almost all the ruins in the entire area and knows how to obtain many treasures.

He also knows how to gain the trust of the indigenous people in the early stage and how to gain more people.

Although I don't know the situation in other regions, I am well aware of the various major events that have occurred in the entire continent in the past ten years, the changes in various alien strongholds, heretical forces, and aboriginal forces.

This is a great advantage for his development. Those legion commanders who can rise are all the overlords of a region, but in this life, the overlord of this region will eventually be his, Chen Rui!

Everything originally developed according to his expected trajectory, but now variables finally appeared.

"I don't know who this Zong Shen is."

"His name was not among the army commanders in all regions in the previous life."

"His name is not among all the giant city-level and imperial city-level lords."

…

"Variables have appeared. I must master all the resources in the entire area as soon as possible."

"Especially that ancient altar... we must take it down as soon as possible."

Chen Rui is indeed a man of two generations, and he quickly adjusted his mentality.

With the rise of Zong Shen and the emergence of variables, he was unable to change it. The only thing he could do was to accelerate development and master all the relic resources in the area as soon as possible, so as to take the lead.

Only when a catastrophe breaks out can he change his destiny.

It's not like he didn't try to tell other lords about the catastrophe.

But no matter what method he uses, he cannot speak out. The words he speaks will be silenced, and the notes and codes left behind will also be erased.

There is no way he can do it in any way, it's like the laws of this world prohibit him from speaking out.

Therefore, the big layout cannot be carried out, and we can only try our best to develop ourselves.

Chen Rui's expression returned to normal, but his eyes became darker again.

He raised the spear in his hand, moved forward again, and stabbed the gap between the head and body of a carrion beetle. This was its weakness. As a reborn person, he naturally knew the weaknesses of some monsters.

The battle was still going on, and Chen Rui did not have any extreme reaction and seemed to accept the fact.
To be continued...