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"Then please wait a moment, Boss. I'll go get ready."

"Go."

Seeing Chen Zhan hurried away, Geng Xuan shook his head.

He shook his head not because he had any opinion about Chen Zhan himself, but because he was somewhat impressed by the change in the atmosphere of the Giant Bear Gang.

The Giant Bear Gang is like a deformed giant baby that was forcibly raised by potions.

It looks majestic at first glance, but it cannot withstand close scrutiny.

Many chronic diseases are caused by abortion.

However, this is normal.

It is impossible for a normal force to develop from nothing to the current situation in just three or four months.

It is normal to have problems, otherwise the world would be abnormal.

Geng Xuan saw this but treated it calmly.

His requirement for the Giant Bear Gang is simple: to be a handy and qualified tool when needed.

When not needed, you can stay quietly without getting in the way or disobeying.

That's it.

He doesn't care whether it is "consistent inside and out" or just shiny on the outside but rotten inside.

What if even this most basic requirement cannot be met?
easy to do.

Producing "Lucky Fruit" is not a skill exclusive to Wuyou Palace.

……

While waiting for Chen Zhan to prepare, Geng Xuan focused his attention on the "Flint Bead".

Before that, I just opened my eyes and woke up.

Geng Xuan discovered that compared to when he rested last night, the "Flint Bead" had gained six more points of white luck.

In addition, forty-seven new groups of residual energy were captured. After refining them, more than a thousand points of red luck and more than forty points of black luck were added.

All this happened within a few hours of his rest.

And just when he woke up, a little bit of Baiyun and three groups of Hongming's remaining energy came to him on their own initiative.

This means that the battle against the "remnants of Wuyou Palace", in which he did not personally participate, has officially begun.

And as time goes on, its scope and intensity are increasing little by little.

From Yuanjing to other places in Yuanzhou where a large number of cultivators are entrenched, the "remnants of Wuyou Palace" are like grains and pieces of special gunpowder.

The thousands of people who were scattered were like balls of hot, scorching sparks flying everywhere.

When they have limited manpower and insufficient strength, in order to kill more "experience monsters", they use various means to strengthen their strength, expand the team, and urgently develop more temporary gang members to help.

The tiny "sparks" turn into bigger "flames".

A wonderful "mutual restraint" relationship was formed between them and the "remnants of Wuyou Palace".

Because according to the rules summed up by Geng Xuan, the good luck they brought to Geng Xuan by constantly pulling in people, and the corresponding bad luck that dissipated, would inevitably first entangle them, the "perpetrators".

This is not because they are the "prime responsible persons", but because they, the "flames" scattered in the "gunpowder pile", are the group that is most likely to bring disaster upon themselves at the moment.

Even if they do not actively look for the "gunpowder", the "gunpowder" will gather around them like iron filings attracted by a magnet, and then be detonated by them.

This was a situation Geng Xuan had anticipated long ago.

This is the most efficient way to "solve the problem" he can think of.

Through this method, the group of "Wuyou Palace remnants" can be eliminated and destroyed in the fastest, cleanest and most efficient way.

The only problem is that this is too cruel to "our own people".

When he realized that this matter had begun to enter a "positive cycle" and the sparks he had scattered were gradually spreading like wildfire.

What Geng Xuan was thinking about was not controlling the "fire".

But -

"Give them some fuel."

Add oil to the fire.

This is what Geng Xuan has to do now.

Less than half an hour later, Chen Zhan came to report to him: "Boss, everything is ready... But there is a problem now."

"what?"

"No token prepared."

Geng Xuan said, "It's okay. You can use other items as a substitute and then replace them later."

"...Yes." Chen Zhan paused and responded seriously.

In his opinion, "Su Ruiliang" had a contradictory feeling about the Giant Bear Gang's recruitment of new members, which was "both careless and harsh".

Unable to figure it out, he decided not to make things difficult for himself and just follow the orders carefully.

……

The camp training ground was now full of people, and they had all been arranged in neat arrays according to their cultivation levels in accordance with the Giant Bear Gang's special rules for recruiting new members.

There was only one person standing in front of everyone.

This person is Xu Peng, who is in the late stage of marrow refining and still holds the title of temporary gang member.

Entering the training ground, Geng Xuan glanced at the crowd and asked Chen Zhan, who was following him, "Including those temporary gang members, how many new members are there this time?"

"Two thousand and seven people." Chen Zhan replied.

Geng Xuan was surprised: "So many?"

Chen Zhan explained:
"When you, the leader, led your cavalry north, there weren't many official members, and even fewer accompanying you. This is how the situation unfolded."

Geng Xuan nodded.

“…However, although there are many people, their strength is very weak.

Apart from Xu Peng, there are only three people with the ability to fight with marrow refining, and they are all in the early stage of marrow refining.

There are nearly 800 people in the Leather Refining Realm, and nearly 700 people in the Flesh Refining Realm, accounting for more than 70% of the total number of people joining the gang this time."

The implication is that with the current status of the Giant Bear Gang, there is no need to absorb so many minions.

Generally, the membership composition of top forces is not a pyramid structure, but a spindle structure.

Geng Xuan was naturally upset that Chen Zhan still didn't forget to "give advice" at this time.

Turn a deaf ear to it and let it go in one ear and out the other.

"Okay, let's get started."

Geng Xuan walked up to the platform and expressed his gratitude to Chen Zhan who was standing beside him.

Chen Zhan sighed in his heart, and could only take heavy steps, saying loudly: "Giant Bear Recruitment begins now."

There is nothing much to elaborate on the subsequent process.

The only thing Geng Xuan cared about was that after the recruitment ceremony ended and the Giant Bear Gang had 2007 new members, he had gained another points of white luck.

Correspondingly, the bad luck deposited in the "Flint Bead" dissipated by fifteen points and turned into disaster and dissipated.

After the recruitment was completed, Geng Xuan arranged for Xu Peng to stay behind and asked him to personally select 300 people to guard the camp.

The rest of the people began a nearly 100-mile cross-country march, each carrying dozens to hundreds of kilograms of food as load.

Originally, Geng Xuan planned to take the water route.

But Chen Zhan told him about those ships that transported supplies through the waterways.

After all the supplies were unloaded, they were all taken away, and not a single ship was left behind.

Not to mention keeping the ship, even the dock was completely demolished.

If he wants to use the waterway, he must first get a batch of ships.

After knowing this, he gave up the idea and didn't even take the time to go to the north to take a look in person.

More than 1,700 people were "off-roading" on the mountain road, with some going fast and some going slow, so there was naturally no need for Geng Xuan to personally monitor and escort them all the way.

Someone has arranged all of this.

Therefore, Geng Xuan did not wait for everyone to leave the camp, but set out alone and rushed to the temporary camp first.

Running at full speed, in less than half an hour, he had left behind nearly a hundred miles of mountain road and returned to the temporary camp.

Only one day after leaving, Geng Xuan discovered that the appearance of the camp had changed dramatically.

Not only had the camp itself changed dramatically, but everything around the camp was very different from when he left.

The dense forest that originally surrounded the camp has become bare.

Instead, there are neat houses that were quickly assembled in rows using a large number of wooden boards.

The original tent area was "squeezed" into a very edge corner.

Just as Geng Xuan stopped to watch and take in the new camp, Luo Qing, who was with Peng Ke and several local masters, noticed Geng Xuan's arrival and quickly left the others behind to come and pay him a visit.

"This camp is changing so quickly." Geng Xuan said to Luo Qing.

"When there are more people, things will go faster."

"How many people are there in the camp now?"

"As of last night, after Hong Quan and others used Xuanyou horses to transport the second batch of people to the camp, there are now 967 people.

If nothing unexpected happens, the number of people will exceed 2,000 by tonight." Luo Qing said.

Geng Xuan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and said, "Are you also counting the people I brought out of the basin?"

"No." Luo Qing shook his head.

"Why did it increase so much today?" Geng Xuan was curious.

"Just about an hour ago, I received a message from Qingyuanji.

Before you went north, didn’t you send a letter to Yuanjing, asking them to send all the extra Xuanyou horses over?

A total of six hundred Xuanyou horses arrived at Qingyuanji at the hour of Mao today.

In addition, after Fan Hongsheng and his team learned that the ancient river dredging project had officially begun and that there was an urgent need for Xuanyou horses, they also transferred all of their Xuanyou horses to Qingyuanji for use, and they also arrived this morning. "

"With the addition of these two batches of Xuanyou horses, the number of Xuanyou horses available to us is now nearly 1,200." Luo Qing said.

Geng Xuan nodded and said, "Tomorrow the number will be increased to about 1,400. In addition, I will bring more than 1,700 people out of the basin.

They will arrive soon.

Now, they are all official members of the Giant Bear Gang, all of them have cultivation skills and are the best labor force."

Hearing this, Luo Qing couldn't help but let out a breath of cold air, his eyes becoming a little blunt.

After a while, he muttered, "So, the number of people in the camp will reach about 4,000 today?"

Geng Xuan saw him like this and asked, "Is there a problem?"

“I was just thinking about the accommodation for tonight, but it shouldn’t be a big problem.

...What I'm most worried about now is the food problem. I wonder if Ji Cong and his team can deliver the first batch of food within the planned deadline."

Geng Xuan saw that he was thinking about this issue, so he said to comfort him:
"Don't worry about food. From now on, you won't have to worry about food within the construction site."

"Has the boss solved it?" Seeing him speak so confidently, Luo Qing couldn't help but ask curiously.

Geng Xuan nodded:

"The more than 1,700 people who came from the basin, and the 200 Xuanyou horses, did not come empty-handed. Today alone, more than 2,000 dan, or 300,000 to 400,000 jin, of grain should have entered the camp.

It is enough to support the camp for many days. Later, the mountain road will be repaired to facilitate the passage of vehicles and horses, and it can even supply food for tens of thousands of people.

Once the waterway is opened, we can even provide food and drink for hundreds of thousands of people."

Geng Xuan had no intention of storing the grain in the basin warehouse to hatch eggs. Considering that grain was rotting and spoiling every second, he would rather stuff it into more people's stomachs as soon as possible.

At this moment, Geng Xuan was thinking about more than just the river dredging project.

In a short period of time, assuming that the amount of food and population in Yuanzhou remain unchanged, the more people eat here, the less food pressure there will be elsewhere.

Perhaps, the direct impact range of this effect is not large, but just like the ripples in the water will never be limited to one corner of the water, but will definitely spread to the entire surface of the water.

The entire Yuanzhou is like a whole body of water, and each area is by no means isolated from each other.

"If that's the case, we'll have enough labor available. A maximum of a thousand people will be enough to build the camp.

There is no need for more. So, we can officially start construction tomorrow... Guo Zian complained to me this morning..."

At this point, Luo Qing suddenly remembered something, looked at Geng Xuan, and said:

"Boss, Guo Zian came back from inspecting the scene last night and he was in a state of daze.

He would say "I have a problem" from time to time, but when asked what the problem was, he refused to tell me.

Finally, I was forced into no choice but to say that I had to talk to you about this first.

He mentioned this to me this morning and told me that if you come back, you must go to him immediately."

"Is there something wrong with the on-site investigation?" Geng Xuan's eyes narrowed when he heard this.

Luo Qing nodded and said, "It should be related to the scene, but I can only ask him what the problem is... What I am most worried about now is the impact of this incident on the project."

"Where is he now?" Geng Xuan asked.

"It's not far ahead... I'll take you there."

With that, Luo Qing took Geng Xuan out of the camp and headed towards the silted section of Zhushui River.

……

Guo Zian was not at the silted-up area of the Zhushui River, but at the edge of a steep slope nearly ten miles away.

He stood at the top of the steep slope, facing the silted section of the ancient Zhushui River, and looked into the distance.

Below, and in the surrounding mountains and forests, were the other members of the Guo family who had left Yuanjing with him, as well as more than twenty guards and assistants arranged for him by Luo Qing.

Seeing Luo Qing leading "Su Ruiliang" approaching quickly, he did not show any courtesy to greet them, but still stood there motionless and looked into the distance.

Soon, Geng Xuan appeared beside him, standing side by side with him on the edge of the steep slope, looking far into the direction of the silted-up section of the ancient Zhushui River.

With his sharp eyesight, he could see more clearly.

Starting from the position under his feet, the slope gradually slowed down from a steep slope of over eighty degrees.

When it reaches the silted-up section of the ancient Zhushui River, it has turned into a small "basin" covered with vegetation.

Geng Xuan didn't say anything for the time being, but followed Guo Zian's gaze and looked at him for a while.

But apart from the mountains and forests that remained green even in the depths of winter, nothing unusual was seen.

He then turned around and asked Guo Zian beside him: "What's the problem here?"

"This is one of the mountains that collapsed that year." Guo Zian said.

Geng Xuan had already noticed this before he even came to Guo Zian's side.

The only thing that is unclear is that this is "one of the four places".

But as long as he walked around the area, it would not be difficult for him to see.

"What's the problem?"

Guo Zian was silent for a moment and asked:
"Boss Su, do you know that there are many mysteries between stones?

Some of the stones look as if someone has used great force to squeeze fine sand together.

Very broken and powdery.

It is easy to deform under the sun and rain.

Some are layered and have better texture, but only to a limited extent.

This is also the mountain most prone to collapse, as long as there is plenty of rain and there happen to be cracks leading into the interior of the mountain.

It's easy to erode cavities from the inside, small cracks become big cracks, and then -

boom!
The mountain just separated.”

Having said this, Guo Zian stamped his foot on the ground and said:
"However, the rock of this mountain is the most difficult to be eroded by water and cause a landslide... Of course, we can't say that this possibility is absolutely impossible.

But according to my investigation, the collapsed mountains everywhere are all made of this kind of rocks.

This is a bit…”

At this point, Guo Zian shook his head slightly, with an expression that said, "This is unreasonable" and "I can't figure it out."

Then he said:

"I was afraid my judgment was wrong, so I circled around for dozens of miles and found that the rocks on other hilltops were the same as these four collapsed mountains.

But guess what, not to mention such a huge landslide that completely blocked the ancient Zhushui River channel, we didn’t see it.

Even smaller-scale collapses and cracks have disappeared.”

Having said this, he turned his head to look at Geng Xuan and said, "Don't you think this is strange, Boss Su?"

Geng Xuan did not answer Guo Zian's question, his expression became completely solemn.

Along the way, there was dense vegetation and the ground was covered with humus and bushes. Geng Xuan did not see any exposed rocks.

I didn't pay attention to these.

But when he heard what Guo Zian said, he immediately understood.

He even knew that the rocks described by Guo Zian as "broken and powdery", easily weathered and metamorphosed, and eroded by water were collectively called "sedimentary rocks" or "sedimentary rocks", and shale and sandstone all belonged to this category.

The rocks beneath...

Geng Xuan squatted down and looked at a large area of rock that had been completely exposed after Guo Zian and his men dug up the "skin".

There was no need for careful identification to determine that Geng Xuan had made a judgment. This was igneous rock, as opposed to sedimentary rock, or "magmatic rock", and it was the kind that was particularly resistant to water corrosion.

But as Guo Zian said, this does not mean that a mountain formed by this kind of rock will never collapse.

But the probability of natural collapse must be very small.

Especially when there are so many mountains around that are made of the same rock and have not collapsed or cracked at all as a control group.

But not only did this place collapse, it collapsed all over at once.

Guo Zian sensed something was wrong based on his experience.

Even with his reminder, if Geng Xuan still couldn't find the problem, then his eyes would be useless.

He squatted on the ground, his eyes moving.

Then, his fast-moving eyes froze in an instant and stopped at a certain place.

Guo Zian noticed his gaze and also looked towards the rocky area, asking curiously, "Boss Su, is there any problem here?"

Geng Xuan said: "Did you notice that the cracks in the mountains in this area are radiating out from this location."

"How can we tell this? Besides, this mountain collapsed nearly four hundred years ago. I don't know where it has been washed away to."

Guo Zian said, aren’t you making things difficult for me?
Geng Xuan did not explain to him and continued walking along the edge of the steep slope for a distance. He pushed hard with his feet, shaking the ground apart and revealing the rocks underneath.

Then, he pointed his toes at a certain spot and said to Guo Zian, "It's here too."

This time, Guo Zian did not directly express that he did not understand.

Instead, it was compared and observed with the first abnormal point pointed out by Geng Xuan and other areas.

This is what Geng Xuan finds so rare about Guo Zian, who was born in this era.

In order to help Guo Zian understand, Geng Xuan, who originally thought there was no need to see more, continued to walk along the edge of the steep slope. From time to time, he would shake the ground apart, revealing an area of rock below for Guo Zian to see.

After looking at six places in succession, the suspicion on Guo Zian's face disappeared, replaced by shock and said:

"This... this is actually man-made!"

At this moment, such a picture has appeared in Guo Zian's mind.

During a particularly heavy rainy season nearly four hundred years ago, under the scouring of rain that far exceeded that of previous rainy seasons, this mountain suddenly made a creepy cracking sound.

The source of the cracks were exactly the locations that Geng Xuan had pointed out for him along the way.

Just from this point, Guo Zian knew that this must be man-made.

Another picture came to Guo Zian's mind.

Those are craftsmen clearing the mountain to get stones.

They swung the hammers vigorously, driving thick iron nails deeply into the hard rock.

There will be a long distance between the iron nails.

But just keep hammering those nails and a piece of rock will fall off the mountain.

No matter how closely connected they seemed before.

What is the essential difference between these two pictures?

"This this……"

Guo Zian was dumbfounded and couldn't believe what he was thinking. He murmured:
“How could this be man-made?
It must not be easy to cause such a huge mountain to collapse, right?
…The point is, what good does this do him?
This can't be a joke, right? "

“…Doesn’t he know how terrible the consequences will be if this river is blocked?

Millions of people!
Back then, there were millions of people living in the Lifang markets on both sides of the Zhushui River, and their livelihood depended on the Zhushui River!
Doesn't he know that if this river is blocked, these people will have no chance of survival?
...Who could be so crazy?!"

At this moment, Guo Zian only felt his scalp tingling and his soul trembling.

Can't figure it out.

He really couldn't figure it out.

He couldn't help but think that even with the Wuyou Palace's extreme viciousness, they would never do something that would completely harm others and not benefit themselves.

The point is, it's millions of people.

Not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.

From the first day of killing in Wuyou Palace, until now, how many people have been killed directly? !
Geng Xuan, who had been silent all the way, said softly, "It was man-made. Besides, I know why he did it."

"Why...why?" Guo Zian asked in a trembling voice.

"Protect the pure land in his heart and let others leave this land." Geng Xuan said.

"Ah?!" Guo Zian was confused and had a face full of question marks.

"You must think that this person is very evil and bad, right?" Geng Xuan asked.

Guo Zian nodded hurriedly.

This kind of person would not be able to do such a thing unless he has a heart ten times more vicious than all the people in Wuyou Palace combined.

"But I must say that this man was a recognized good man during his lifetime.

After his death, he was still worshipped by generations.

In your heart, regard him as your ancestor, as God, and as saint.

Even now, there are still thousands of people thinking of his goodness?" (End of this chapter)