Teyvat: The road to becoming a god begins in the desert

Unlike Rhodes who planted crops directly here.

Residents of Aru Village usually pile some debris in this empty yard. If they have some spare money, they will build a few more simple warehouses in this yard.

As for why he didn't want to plant something to improve his family's economic situation, but instead wasted the land almost like a waste.

It's really because the benefits of abundance are too expensive.

Except for the farmland at the foot of the mountain where the village is responsible for the expenses and can afford the loss-making business of large-scale planting, ordinary villagers really cannot afford it.

Just like Rhodes' current experimental field, Chun Chun is a loser. No matter what he grows, all the fertile benefits he invests in it will be lost, and this does not include the money spent on buying seeds.

In contrast.

He planted this experimental field using traditional fertilization methods and grass grids. As long as the crops in this field can mature smoothly, he can actually make a fortune.

"What a despicable tactic to suppress."

After comparing the growth of the two pieces of land at the same time, Rhodes complained.

It is clear.

The boon of abundance is a trap.

There is no bounty of abundance.

Crop yields would be several times smaller, and the ability to withstand severe weather would be essentially zero.

Therefore, if Aru Village wants to maintain an adequate supply of food, it must purchase abundant benefits from the Ecclesiastical Order.

And as far as Rhodes knows.

The bountiful benefits in the rainforest area are distributed free of charge by the Order, but in the desert area they must be purchased through the Order or through smuggling.

After this operation.

This alone is a bountiful boon.

It is enough to open an insurmountable economic gap between the rainforest area and the desert area.

For example, Aru Village now spends a large amount of molas on the benefits of fertility every year.

Plus the issue of business license.

Such a two-pronged operation means that although Aru Village has far more resources to utilize than other desert tribes, it has never been able to save Mora to develop itself, and its own economic lifeline is still firmly controlled by the Order. In addition to the The Imperial Academy bows its head and surrenders, and there is no other way.

"No wonder those old people don't agree to open up business."

In the past, Aru Village was impoverished, but the Jiaoling Yuan could not control them at all.

poor.

But there is freedom.

They do whatever they want.

People from the House of Worship have no right to make decisions here.

But now.

Behind the seemingly glorious scene, it was actually hampered by the Holy Order at every turn.

"It can be considered a choice with pros and cons."

Rhodes stood up and returned to the room.

The choice of the old guardians of Aru Village is for freedom, and Candice's choice is for the life of the villagers.

There is no way to judge who is right and who is wrong.

It can only be said that everyone’s starting point is good. There is nothing wrong from the perspective of the old guardians, and there is nothing wrong from the perspective of Candice and Uncle Anpu.

"What did you see yesterday?"

Rhodes groped around on the bookshelf and quickly found a book. He opened the book where he saw it yesterday and started reading.

He made this bookshelf himself.

The wood he needed was cut down from a date palm tree and dug out by his own hands.

The tools are still the same, second-hand goods bought from Uncle Bud.

As for the "Sumi Botany" he is reading now, he happened to see Asher at the big market in Aru Village and bought it from Asher.

And he didn't just buy one book. Rhodes spent more than half of his savings to buy many second-hand books from Asher that had been eliminated by the Order.

The presence of smugglers in Aru Village is not unusual.

Because the rules set by Candice did not prohibit smugglers from entering the village to trade.

The disciplinarians also knew about this.

But no one would come to the village to arrest people.

The reason is simple, it's Candice.

Even though she is only a four-star character in the game, the current guardian's strength is actually very terrifying.

There are even rumors that even Gale Disciplinary Seno is no match for her.

Of course.

This rumor was told by the smuggler Asher.

Although the guardian of Aru Village and the Gale Disciplinary did not fight to prove who was stronger, Sainuo did not enter Aru Village to search for smugglers. Every time he came to Aru Village, he strictly abided by the rules of not fighting. This rule is an indisputable fact.

Under such criticism.

The big market in Aru Village naturally became a carnival time for smugglers.

On this day, all kinds of slang about contraband can be said to be flying all over the sky. If it weren't for the regular merchants who came to trade, Rhodes almost thought he had arrived in another world.

Rhodes, who took advantage of the grand bazaar to buy many works of the Sheng Lun Sect, spent the rest of his time immersed in books besides taking care of his two experimental fields.

There is always nothing wrong with learning more and applying more.

But today's reading time is not as peaceful as every day.

Just when Rhodes was looking at it in rapt attention, a rush of ringing bells resounded through the entire Aru Village.

"sandstorm--"

Rhodes, who was already familiar with Aru Village, naturally knew what the bell meant.

A sandstorm is coming.

Judging by the sound of the bells.

This is also a very large sandstorm.

Once a sandstorm occurs, the guards of Aru Village, regardless of whether they are on vacation or not, as long as they are not injured or injured, must rush to their posts as soon as possible to deal with possible threats in the sandstorm.

Chapter 21 Monsters in the Great Sandstorm

"Attiya, how is the situation?"

With a long sword in his hand, Rhodes rushed to the north suspension bridge as quickly as possible.

When he arrived.

Attia and the others have piled various obstacles on the suspension bridge.

This is the most common defense method in sandstorms.

The villagers had already hid in their homes when the alarm bells rang, with all their doors and windows locked, quietly waiting for the sandstorm to pass.

The scale of the sandstorms Rhodes experienced in the first two times was not large. Those who hid in the sandstorms and took advantage of the opportunity to attack the village were just some beasts that could not even use elemental power. Even if Rhodes did not take action, Attia and the others could easily deal with them.

But this time the situation is obviously different from before.

Attia's face was particularly serious and he said: "The village uses the highest level of eighteen bells, indicating that the scale of this sandstorm will be very large. Rhodes, be careful, there will definitely be monsters in a sandstorm of this scale." It’s unknown what level of monster is among them.”

After that, he handed over a pair of goggles and a set of sand-proof masks and clothes.

This is essential equipment when dealing with sandstorms.

Aru Village specially purchases them from the rainforest area.

The quality is very good and can be reused many times.

With these things, the guard's sight will not be blocked by the yellow sand in the sky, and he can deal with the threats in the sandstorm more calmly.

"Monster."

Rhodes muttered softly and put on his goggles and sandproof jacket.

At the same time, the long sword was also unsheathed, and together with the Attia mercenary group, they were waiting at the other end of the suspension bridge.

Talk about it.

This was the first time that Rhodes pulled out the sword given to him by Desiya in actual combat.

Just like Desiya said.

This is an old sword.

There are some scratches visible to the naked eye on the sword.

But scratches are scratches, the quality of this sword is still very high, at least much stronger than the weapons used by most people in the village.

At Attiyah's suggestion.

Rhodes was not at the forefront of the team, but in the middle of the guard team, responsible for the front and rear support.

Because many monsters can fly.

And monsters and beasts are different.

Beasts generally have no idea in their attacks and just rush forward. Monsters usually attack in coordination. Moreover, the more advanced monsters have thicker scales, making it difficult for ordinary arrows to penetrate them.

In order to deal with the attack of this high-level monster.

The Attiya Mercenary Group is equipped with two giant weapons that look like ballistae. This is a weapon developed by scholars from the Myoron Sect of the Teaching Council.

At the Teaching Council, this kind of weapon that requires five people to work together has long been eliminated.

The weapons currently used by the Order are all fully automatic and mechanized. As long as they are properly arranged, one person can complete the loading and firing process.

However, the weapons eliminated by the Teaching Order are still weapons of the level of mass murderers when placed in the desert.

This kind of crossbow is loaded with a giant arrow that is about two meters long and as thick as a forearm.

It is extremely difficult to pull back a bowstring capable of firing such a huge arrow.

To operate such a ballista, three people are required to rely on auxiliary equipment such as auxiliary pulleys to manually pull the bow string to the predetermined position and fix it. The other two people will then load the arrows. Finally, the operator will be responsible for aiming and firing. The whole process is roughly It takes five minutes.

Attia demonstrated the power of this weapon with complex structure and troublesome operation to Rhodes once.

Across this suspension bridge, which is about fifty meters long, it can penetrate the thick rock on the opposite side.

It penetrates directly, not just stabs it in.

What amazed Rhodes even more.

After colliding with the mountain rock at high speed, the sharpness of the arrow was not worn at all.

In other words.

This arrow can be reused.

In terms of power, the rocks will be penetrated like this.

No matter how hard the scales of those monsters are, they will still die if they are hit.

This also made Rhodes sigh once again at the advanced technology of the Order Academy.

Don't say anything else.

Just this ballista, in Rhode's technologically advanced past life, it could be regarded as the masterpiece of Li Da Bian Fei.

Various sophisticated and complex mechanical structures bring terrifying power that can penetrate mountains and crack rocks.

In such an era without computers and precision CNC, it is really difficult for people to imagine how it was made.

When the two ballistas were fully loaded, the large-scale sandstorm that had been warned came as expected.

Rod swore.