The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 402: Seeking Stability Leads to More Trouble
The false Nagas are planning their grand victory.

Shaqir persuaded the other two commanders, Natus and Rumaq, to ​​stick to the same strategy to the end.

It has to be said that Shaqier's strategy of forbearance worked.

For Faust now, internal pressure is more effective than external pressure.

External pressure is nothing more than countering each move, but internal pressure can be suspicious.

Faust also realized this, so his steps never stopped, nor were they conservative, but rather gradual.

But the enemy always remained silent, which made Faust feel overwhelmed.

As we all know, if you pull your fist back to accumulate power and then punch out again, it will definitely be a heavy punch.

Faust became increasingly wary of this heavy blow, which led to him seeking to be more cautious in his actions.

Moreover, people always subconsciously pursue perfection.

Faust is no exception.

Fort 22 had been in operation for a hundred days. To be honest, he didn't want to see it collapse suddenly under the sudden attack of the Water Evil God, causing countless casualties.

The result is that investment continues to increase.

This increase is not linear but exponential.

It was not difficult to build a simple temporary settlement, but to build a fortress that could resist the attack of the extraordinary army, the investment in various aspects increased immediately. The earthwork alone was several times the previous investment.

To establish an effective early warning and multi-level resistance system on this basis, the investment would be several times that of building a castle.

The earthwork volume is not that high, but the investment of extraordinary resources has increased.

Only the extraordinary are suitable to deal with the extraordinary.

No, I want to use technology against the extraordinary. It's not impossible. Both technology and quantity must be piled up, and they must be comprehensive. Otherwise, as the defending party, I will suffer a lot.

If the werewolves in the Dark Forest provide the cyberpunk-level technology system that Priest Luo has deployed in the Freedom Heights of Alex Star, then there is indeed no problem. Holographic printing technology is applied to all aspects. The advanced nuclear fusion energy alone can maximize the effects of railguns, plasma force field shields, etc. Any attack will have to pass this energy barrier first.

But the werewolves in the Dark Forest do not have such advanced technology. Their technological system should be said to be a typical magical civilization, and the key points were provided by Priest Luo through the Moon God Cult's divine system.

In other words, you don’t need to know any principles. Just pray to God, communicate with him, and once it’s approved, you’ll have everything you need.

The magic array is like a mechanical device or a treasure pot, spitting out finished products endlessly.

Some require the provision of raw materials, while others do not even require raw materials and are similar to remote transmission.

The latter is somewhat like the facilities of the Protoss units in "StarCraft". It is very complex and cannot be built overnight.

But it has been built and is just waiting to be remotely transmitted and then used, which is much faster.

This is how the werewolves support the marsh people.

For example, Xinyibao was the first to benefit. Various facilities were transferred into place, and an industrial base seemed to have emerged out of nothing. These industrial mother-machine-like supporting facilities, combined with local conditions and resources, produced a large number of prefabricated parts and finished products for local construction. Naturally, the shelter changed with each passing day.

Point A has achieved the interim goal, point B also wants it, and point C... and even all of them.

This is human instinct to pursue perfection.

All the shelters were upgraded, from temporary shelters to new semi-permanent towns. There were even preliminary plans for future development... all the jars and cans were created.

If it were anyone, they would not want to abandon these hard-earned works easily. There are too many things entrusted to them, emotions, hard work, and visions for the future.

Even Faust, who is almost omnipotent in the eyes of mortals, is unwilling to give up easily. It is easy to imagine the mood and attitude of those who are already poor and have been forced to have nothing towards these things.

Therefore, being the savior is not only the highlight moment, but more about the daily immersion and fall.

Seeing injustice, drawing your sword to help, and then saying goodbye in a casual manner, fantasizing that the rescued person will get better after going through this ordeal, this is a typical highlight moment.

After helping each other, we will send each other off until the end, and gradually from familiarity we will develop into concern. This is the daily immersion and fall.

Unless you are a person without feelings, who can abandon your heart without any ripples?

Faust has emotions, and they are rich. He needs the supernatural, and his own humanity needs it too.

Inevitably, these all became a burden weighing on my heart, and then like the numbers after the multiplication sign, they multiplied the inner pressure.

So Shaqir’s strategy was so successful.

Faust is not the kind of good man who is willing to be pointed at by a gun, but if the name of this gun is "Saving the World and Bringing Peace to the People", he is still bound to be hit, and it is not something he can just throw away casually.

After the winter snow, there was another cold wave. Even the old people in the marshland said that this year's winter cold was abnormal. Even if there was no evil god disaster, such a winter cold sweeping across the marshland would be enough to cause an ice and snow disaster.

Of course, it was not only the marshland that was affected, but even the Sky-cracked Mountains in the western part of the Barren Land were frozen for thousands of miles.

The Tianlie Mountains block the warm and humid air currents and ocean breezes from the Silent Sea, but also make themselves lush and green, forming a very distinctive scenery of white snow-capped tops, coniferous leaves in the middle, and broad leaves at the foot of the mountain.

At the same time, it is also one of the few areas in the desert that produces crops. Some people have built manors in the valley to produce a small amount of food and several cash crops, which has become a major reliance for the survival of people in the desert.

As a result, we suffered a severe disaster this winter.

Thanks to the full-scale cooperation between the Shirami family and Eagle's Nest Castle, a large amount of food has been delivered, which has greatly eased the basic contradiction. Otherwise, the problem could not be overcome year after year, and the wasteland would have to stage a battle for survival with smoke and death everywhere.

Either they beat others to death, or they are beaten to death by others. The reason can be very simple, but the population must be reduced, otherwise everyone will die...

This is one of the main reasons why remote areas like the Wasteland cannot develop. The looting and the tough folk customs are just appearances. The essence is that the basic survival materials represented by food are unstable in output. Thus, a hidden population barrier is formed. If it is exceeded, chaos will inevitably occur.

The barren lands protected by the Sky-Splitting Mountains were all trembling with fear from the cold. The situation in the new territories of the kingdom separated from the northern mountains of the swamp was naturally even worse.

The kingdom does not even have a title for the new territory that can be uniformly recognized by all the nobles. This specifically involves a dispute over interests.

The troubles that the king and the nobles could not handle overflowed to the wetlands because of this winter snow disaster.

A group of people ran along the frozen coast to the island of Samasia to find food.

Faust was speechless and even disgusted.

I thought to myself, "I haven't come to the swamp to do business, and you guys haven't had any contact with me for thousands of years. Now that I'm here, you guys are starting to intensify your work for me!"

But they were disaster victims, braving the severe cold and many other risks just to stay alive. It would be miserable if they froze to death or got frostbite on the road, and it was difficult for him to kill them since they had no grudges against them.

So it was handed over to Spring.

The main reason is that Spring is good at handling complex interpersonal relationships. Unlike him, his emotions are written on his face. When encountering unhappy things, he either turns his face away or just uses force. He himself knows that doing so can easily make a small matter bigger and make a relationship that could have been peaceful become very strained.

But as the saying goes, his strength does not allow it, and he does not want to put himself in a difficult position.

What's more, Spring is the external steward of Eagle's Nest Castle and a seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister. He has a low position but great power, which makes it convenient for him to connect with the new leader of the kingdom.

He, a student of Javier Hugo, did have to give some respect to everyone, but he was not a royal person at heart.

He also did not want to be a citizen of the kingdom, as this would make it more convenient for him to act.

If he were a member of the kingdom and handed over the lava barrier in the Igneous Basin to Lena from the venture capital company to deal with, there would obviously be something wrong.

The laws of the kingdom stipulate that whether you are a freeman or a tenant farmer, as long as you are a citizen of the kingdom, you have rights and obligations. You may not be able to enjoy the rights, but if you talk about obligations, this may be a problem. The buying and selling behavior after the capture of the Lava Barrier is very illegal.

Of course, Javier Hugo has a big fist and the capital to do whatever he wants, but Pastor Luo himself keeps himself clean and does not touch this kind of personality. As his student, he naturally does not want to create a reputation of "students are more domineering than teachers", so it is indeed freer not to be a member of this kingdom.

As soon as Spring showed up, the foragers fell to their knees and begged desperately.

No one is so stupid as to say that this is our promised land.

It would be inappropriate to resort to knives and guns.

After asking about the situation, Spring settled them on a coastal protrusion in the mountainous area. He cast a spell to quickly generate ice walls and build ice castles to resist the ice storms from the ocean with abundant icy power.

Although it was cold inside the ice castle, the temperature was only a few degrees below zero due to the fire pit, so it was still bearable.

After treating the wounds and giving them some relief food, Spring came to discuss with Faust. "The situation in the new territory is much more serious than expected."

Faust withdrew his gaze from the gloomy ocean and sneered, "Sometimes I wonder, if it weren't for my teacher, and the Dark Forest had not been saved ten years ago, but had been left to rot, would life be miserable for the entire kingdom now?"

"But there are no ifs in reality. Lord Hugo also said that. His arrival and his actions disturbed the stinking water here. This world, which was originally decaying and dying in silence, was now filled with waves of stinking water."

Faust's eyes sparkled. "You mean the kingdom is full of smoke and dust? It's possible that the fifth evil god is causing trouble?"

"The probability is very high. After all, it has been confirmed that three evil gods usurped the authority of the earth, fire, and water laws in the elements in ancient times. They are not original gods, but they have occupied some of the authority of the original elemental gods.

Then, the wind element probably could not escape its clutches.

Finally, there is the fifth element, the soul.

Although there is no trace of him, hiding among the intelligent creatures and stirring up trouble is one of the methods used by the Soul Evil God. "

Faust nodded. "This speculation is indeed logical. The possibility is very high. However, if we intervene in a sensitive area like the New Territory, even Eagle's Nest Castle will face a sharp increase in pressure, right?"

"Indeed. The vast East Wasteland bordering the Dark Forest, the lush forest plains, the volcanic rock basin, and even the marshland here have directly or indirectly consumed our strength.

Not only that, many regions in the kingdom have purchased large quantities of food from us. This is not the key point. The key point is that a considerable number of buyers are not using it to alleviate the problem of food shortages, but hoarding it in order to seek high returns. "

He has no ability in governing, and his first priority is profit-making.

When feudal lords become rotten, their idiocy sometimes really exceeds the lower limit of human cognition. They are just playing to destroy the pot, as if they will never be able to do it again after this one.

"So, what is Eagle's Nest's strategy for this situation?"

"Since some people are seeking death, let's give them a push and let them die quickly!" When Spring answered this, the murderous intent in his wording and tone, coupled with the sinister expression, made him look like a standard villain.

Faust clapped his hands and said with a smile, "You are worthy of being my teacher's subordinate. This is how it should be!"

Yes, although the ultimate goal seems to be somewhat noble and glorious, the specific practices can be described as dark. This is the school of Pastor Luo.

The great, glorious and righteous thing is to prevent a large number of intelligent souls from falling into the hands of the Soul Evil God.

In order to prevent the proliferation of a large number of negative emotions, the dark forces in the already dark main material world will become more active, becoming a hotbed for evil gods to cause trouble and migrate.

But this does not mean that the Luo priests will follow the path of righteousness and be constrained and restricted by universal morality. In other words, as the East says, a gentleman can be deceived by his own way.

The methods used by Eagle's Nest Castle are actually very dark.

Big grain merchants buy grain and sell it! As long as they can pay, they will sell it in any amount!
The Dark Forest's output is not enough? There is also the Pure Land of Stars and Moons, and the body of the Old Ones.

Planting in the void, breeding with alien blood.

Mastering the biochemical avenue means being able to make adjustments at the seed gene level.

The interaction between the Dark Moon God of Death and nature allows the reverse establishment of the environment of the life realm. It is not capable of being used to carry out some advanced supernatural projects, but it can meet the basic needs of farming, such as soilless cultivation, photosynthesis... then there is no problem at all.

As for the breeding of alien blood, to put it simply, it is to grow flesh and blood similar to grafting on the bodies of the Old Ones at the border of the void.

Genetic control, abnormal blood, and the proliferation of flesh and blood at a speed comparable to that of the BOSS transformation in the Resident Evil series, to produce meat products, is definitely a low-level decentralized application of extremely high-end technology, a crushing pattern. Ordinary animal husbandry to obtain high-protein meat is weak compared to this.

It is precisely because of this hidden production guarantee that Dark Forest is able to sell its products openly.

As long as you can provide me with something equivalent that I approve of, I'll give you as much as you want.

This one rule alone has killed a number of unscrupulous businessmen who measured Dark Forest's production capacity, tried to buy out its products, and then monopolize the market.

Stockpiling also costs money. Like meat, the extraordinary storage device is indeed a super safe depository for Niuba Plus, but this device has its own maintenance costs.

Even using it for long-term storage rather than turnover of goods is a loss in itself.

The darkness of the Dark Forest is not just about crushing the guys who make malicious takeovers in terms of output.

After all, if these big businessmen really unite to plot, the Dark Forest will not be able to hold on.

Hence the Ghost Assassin.

Anyone who tries to hoard food will be visited by the Ghost Assassin, causing them to suffer heavy losses or even kill themselves.

To this end, Pastor Luo himself provided resources and technical support, giving birth to a group of dark killers who are not human at all, and even have no entity under normal circumstances, and live in the shadow plane.

Not only that, the Dark Forest is also actively building an intelligence agency called the Thousand Faces, using latent spies, bribed and controlled informants as tentacles to obtain intelligence, and then provide strong logistical support for the Ghost Assassins.

This is how the huge amount of money earned by Eagle's Nest was spent.

Another major funding project is targeted poverty alleviation.

Of course it is not to support ordinary people.

In the current era, supporting ordinary people, from a certain perspective, is to force them to die. Lords or bandits like this kind of fat sheep. The cost of crime is low, but the rewards are good. Who else should they do if not you?
The Dark Forest supports families like the Shirami Family in Yangding City in the Desolate Land.

However, high-end families like the Shirami family are a minority, and most of them are small local nobles.

They basically all have one thing in common, which is a strong desire for progress.

And they want to make progress through legitimate means rather than through crooked means.

Barons and even knights from poor mountain villages began to rise up without money. They took the initiative to go to their homes to solve their financial problems, provide professional and technical guidance, and make their territories flourish.

For this purpose, a security company was established to serve the entire kingdom. In fact, it was an armed contractor that specialized in fighting against those garbage lords who were greedy for money and liked to play the role of robbers and rob their neighbors.

If you dare to fly a pirate flag, I will make you disappear from the world. Let's see how many times you can play the game of being a businessman, a bandit, and a lord.

It can be said that Dark Forest has done a lot of things overtly and covertly in recent years.

However, even when facing Faust, Eagle's Nest Castle's acting manager Paz and external deacon Spring would not reveal it on their own initiative, but they would not deliberately hide it if asked.

Faust was talking a lot this time, and only then did he realize that there were so many things hidden in the dark.

However, no matter how powerful the Dark Forest is, it has not yet grown to the level of being able to take charge of world affairs.

The business of killing one person to warn the rest can be done, but everyone has one situation or another and is ready to act, so it is really impossible to take care of it.

With the addition of the more than 200,000 people in the swamp, the Dark Forest is already a little stretched in terms of manpower, and now it seems that new leaders will be needed.

"From a certain perspective, these new leaders are not even as good as the Marshlanders. The Marshlanders' breeding of clams has formed a unique technical system, which is constantly iterating. It is not a problem for them to feed themselves. As long as the lord sucks less blood, they can maintain it.

But these new leaders have absolutely no commendable means of making a living.

This winter's ice disaster will make it difficult to plant crops in time next year. We already rely on the weather for our livelihood, and if the farming season is delayed, the consequences are unimaginable."

“There is no worst, only worse. It feels like we are always dealing with a mess. Any good suggestions?”

"Living as a pseudo-prisoner, working as a gardener in the Night Palace."

The so-called Night Palace is the original mountains of ashes.

After ten years of cleaning up, Pastor Luo returned to the real world from the Mountains of Ashes. When he passed by the Mountains of Ashes, he saw a unique ecosystem formed by the soil and rocks that had been eroded by the power of darkness for many years.

He thought then that in the future, this area would become a natural treasure trove of extraordinary resources.

In fact, Eagle's Nest has always had a special monitoring system for the Ash Mountains. They know the changes in the Ash Mountains much more carefully and comprehensively than Priest Luo, and they know it much earlier. They named the Night Palace.

And with the opening of the mountain road from the Windward Valley to the Marshland Highlands, the ash mountains that were like a thousand-layer pancake were naturally included as their own garden.

We specially organized a group of people, taught them skills, and let them enter the night palace to take care of the vegetation, so that it can generate economic benefits earlier. It can also be regarded as a project.

"As I recall, the environment of the Night Palace is not very friendly to ordinary people."

Spring said: "Then let them become natives suitable for survival there. There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world."

Faust nodded: "Very good, let's do it this way, I'll leave it to you."...

(End of this chapter)