Lords of Hegemony: Conquer from the Mermaids

Chapter 31 Spirit Stone Consumption

After waiting for a while, Jiang Bin finally came back with the gray-tailed mermaids.

This time, a total of 12 gray-tailed mermaids came to collect resources. This hillside was previously occupied by the Fulang monster, so there were no living creatures around and it was very safe.

Meng Zheng decided to set up a base here, so that he could take a rest after collecting resources and also prevent being attacked by other monsters.

The hillside is surrounded by vast open space. Although it is underwater, most underwater creatures like to swim close to the bottom of the lake.

Just arrange one or two people to be on guard, and you can take the surrounding environment into consideration.

After Jiang Bin went up the mountain, he kept directing people to build a stronghold, while arranging people to collect resources such as corals, wood, and seaweed. By the way, he also asked three people to build a mermaid hut to prepare for the people who would be stationed here later.

Looking at Jiang Bin who was busy running around, Meng Zheng did not disturb him too much. After signaling the three patrolling sea yakshas to be on guard, he took the rest of the people to continue exploring the situation on the hillside.

According to the previous report from the patrolling Yaksha, there are two monster groups around the hillside, namely the Blastoise and the Lake Stone Monster.

This unstable factor must be eradicated quickly.

With previous experience, Meng Zheng was more adept at commanding the patrolling sea yakshas this time.

The patrolling Yaksha has multiple skills and is very powerful. It can fight, run and control.

With mutual cooperation, ordinary mid-stage yellow-level creatures could not defeat the combined forces of the patrolling sea-yakshas.

Soon both groups of monsters were wiped out and a lot of precious supplies were harvested.

Among them, the lake stone monster community actually collected a large number of water spirit stones. A rough estimate showed that there were at least thousands of them. Meng Zheng suspected that there must be a water spirit stone mining area here, otherwise it would be impossible for a weak monster like the lake stone monster to possess so many water spirit stones.

As for the Blastoises, they are actually a group of big turtles that can spit water. Although the water arrows they spray are quite powerful, their movement speed is too slow. In front of the patrolling Yakshas who are good at swimming, they are no match at all. They slaughtered the entire colony in a few strokes and harvested a large number of turtle shells.

These turtle shells are very suitable for making shields and can be handed over to mermaid craftsmen to provide materials for equipment manufacturing in the territory.

There was nothing much to do next. Except for the lake ditch farther away, which had not been explored yet, Meng Zheng and others had patrolled the area of ​​several kilometers around the hillside several times.

The sky gradually darkened, and seeing that he could not find any more gains, Meng Zheng decided to go back.

"You guys continue patrolling! Lord Cangyue and I are ready to go back." He waved his hand, signaling the patrolling sea yakshas who had been following him to continue working.

He returned to the Canghai tribe with Cangyue and five patrolling sea Yaksha guards.

Today's harvest was good. I got the Blue Rice Cultivation Manual and the Vortex Ring, the Blue Abyss Secret Realm Map, and a lot of spirit stones and manufacturing equipment.

He gave a hundred of the spirit stones in his hand to Cangyue as a reward for her hard work during this period.

As for the remaining spirit stones, Meng Zheng planned to give all of them to Jiang Tao, except for the amount he would set aside for the construction and development of the tribe.

Currently, the soldiers of the tribe are undergoing integrated training, which requires a lot of resources, not only meat, but also sufficient spirit stones.

Ordinary gray-tailed mermaids are similar to ordinary people, except that they are stronger and know a little water magic.

In order to become a qualified soldier, these gray-tailed mermaids must cultivate to the yellow level or above, otherwise they will only die when facing powerful monster groups.

In order to quickly improve the strength of the soldiers in the territory, the Eternal Will grants each tribe a privilege.

As long as you build the corresponding soldier transfer camp and invest enough resources, after a certain period of time, you can transform them into qualified soldiers.

If there is no soldier transfer camp, and only the corresponding training methods are mastered, then the soldiers themselves must practice to improve their strength.

Generally speaking, only powerful heroic characters have exclusive special arms. As long as they are led by these heroic characters, the speed of improving their strength is no slower than that of soldiers changing their jobs in the camp.

The disadvantage is that it requires high-quality soldiers, consumes a lot of resources, and is difficult to arm quickly on a large scale. However, if a territory has a sufficient population, it is still possible to recruit enough soldiers.

Although the soldier transfer camp is easy to use and has no requirements for the quality of soldiers, its development ceiling is limited, and there is a lack of leadership, so the room for development is too small.

But it is very suitable for use in the early stages of a territory to ensure the safety of the early development of the territory.

"There are still more than 700 spirit stones. I don't know if they are enough." After counting the spirit stones under his hands, Meng Zheng was a little worried.

If the territory wants to develop, it needs too many resources.

Special buildings require rare minerals and spirit stones.

Training an army requires equipment, weapons, and spirit stones for cultivation.

Cultivating fish also requires a lot of feed. If you want the fish to grow faster and breed more fry, you have to invest a lot of spirit stones.

Spirit stones, spirit stones, spirit stones, spirit stones are needed everywhere.

However, the Canghai tribe can only obtain a certain share of spirit stones by conquering monster groups.

There is no stable channel for collecting spirit stones.

This really gave Meng Zheng a headache. The monster horde would eventually be killed, but the development of the territory could not be stopped.

If you fall behind by one step, you will fall behind step by step. Meng Zheng understands this principle very well.

There is a chance of finding a water spirit stone mine on the hillside in the eastern area. Once the settlement in Jiangbin is built, we will arrange people to investigate the surrounding mineral resources.

The shortage of spirit stones in the territory must be resolved within a short period of time.

With Cangyue's help, Meng Zheng quickly returned to the tribe and signaled Cangyue to practice on his own.

Meng Zheng went to find Jiang Tao, who was training soldiers. "General Jiang, how are these guys? Are they training seriously?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Tao approached from the training ground. His massive frame exuded an oppressive presence, and every move exuded immense power. He saluted Meng Zheng and replied, "Chief, these youngsters are excellent. They've trained very diligently. I believe that in the near future, they will become an elite force within the territory."

Meng Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and a surge of pride surged in his heart as he watched the soldiers diligently training. He knew these soldiers were the future of the territory; they would protect this land and resist the invasion of foreign enemies.

However, reality is always full of challenges, and Meng Zheng's thoughts quickly returned to the issue of resources.

He extended his hand and handed the bag of spirit stones to Jiang Tao: "These are the spirit stones we seized today, almost 700 in total. See if they are enough for the training ahead."

Jiang Tao was silent for a moment, then replied, "My Lord, if we continue to consume at the current rate, I'm afraid this reserve of spirit stones won't last long.

If a gray-tailed mermaid wants to become a mermaid militia, he must at least reach the first level of yellow rank. To become a professional soldier, he needs to reach the third level of yellow rank.

To train into a Crazy Wave Battle Guard, one needs to reach Yellow Rank 4 or above, otherwise it is impossible to form the Crazy Wave Hundred Battle Formation.

The mermaid militia camp has been completed today. As long as one hundred spirit stones are invested, the 14 gray-tailed mermaids in the current territory can be converted into mermaid militia.

However, if you want to further improve your strength later on, each person needs at least ten spirit stones a day to ensure rapid improvement in cultivation."

14 gray-tailed mermaids require 140 spirit stones a day.

After deducting the 100 spirit stones required to switch to a militia, the remaining spirit stones are only enough to sustain about 4 days of training.

It’s a headache. Building an army is too expensive.

(End of this chapter)