Chapter 377 - 351: The Grand Transport of Rare Timber
Da Fei couldn’t help but be taken aback, "The logging team can’t come back? What happened?"
The military advisor spoke gravely, "It’s likely that the spatial fluctuations caused by our recent entries and exits of the Nasir Space have alerted the Demons, so they have interfered with the space. Since Nasir Space has lost the maintenance of the Nasir Ancient Tree, it has become very fragile. If it’s forcefully disrupted, it could completely collapse, and our logging team will be in danger!"
——System Prompt: You have triggered a territory event "The Trapped Logging Team"!
——Newbie Tip: Territory events are random occurrences around a lord’s territory. Successfully dealing with them will grant additional rewards to the lord.
Da Fei’s brows twitched, so this was a territory event! All players knew from the beta test that after building a city, the system wouldn’t let the player lords build in comfort or boredom. It would always spawn random events around the city to challenge them.
Territory events usually wouldn’t be good news. The types of events where one gets a windfall for doing nothing definitely didn’t exist,
and only by overcoming challenges would one receive material rewards. So for those lord players who had built their cities in extremely poor and dangerous places, random events might be their only chance to develop. Moreover, the more adverse the environment of the city, the higher the rewards from the events.
Speaking of which, my territory is surrounded by powerful enemies, inconvenient in transportation, poor in resources, and the population isn’t growing. It seems to meet several characteristics of an adverse environment, right? So the rewards from this event shouldn’t be low, right? In any case, I need to solve this problem quickly.
Da Fei asked, "How can we rescue them and get out of this predicament?"
The military advisor solemnly said, "The current Nasir Space is extremely fragile, practically on the verge of collapse. We can’t transport a troop over, but it’s no problem to send Lord City Lord alone. Please, Lord, go over there and lead them out of the predicament. Our advisor Tai Da is still over there; he should know the path to escape!"
Damn it! Last time when things went wrong, at least I could transfer an army down. Now I can only transport myself? Fine, let’s hurry up then!
Da Fei said busily, "Let’s set off then, I’m ready!"
The advisors quickly said, "Please, Lord City Lord, come to the Teleportation Array, and we’ll use its power to transport you over!"
Now, with Da Fei positioned at the Teleportation Array, a group of advisors cast spells around it, and amidst the flashing lights, the scene changed, arriving at the Nasir Ancient Tree Space with its dark red sky and Withered Grassland. Here I am again!
As soon as Da Fei appeared, there were cheers from not far away, "It’s the City Lord, the Lord has come!"
Da Fei looked into the distance and saw that the place once home to the Wisdom Ancient Tree had now become a mountain of logs, with groups of Elf workers and Tree Spirits waving at him from afar. Damn, they really turned the ancient tree into logs!
An advisor hurried over from the crowd to Da Fei, "Lord City Lord, you’ve arrived at just the right time; there’s a big decision that needs to be made by you!"
This advisor was of course Tai Da. Da Fei quickly said, "Go ahead, as long as it can help us escape, anything is negotiable."
Tai Da shook his head and said, "Lord, if we were just looking to escape, we could retreat now through the World Tree’s spatial passage in one piece. But then, we would barely be able to bring any of the rare wood we’ve been painstakingly harvesting and selecting these past two months."
Da Fei’s brows twitched, "Rare wood?"
Tai Da immediately said, "Yes, they are 400 units of Ancient Iron Wood, 100 units of Ancient Cold Crystal Wood, 100 units of Ancient Storm Wood, 100 units of Ancient Radiant Wood, 100 units of Ancient Fire Wood, 100 units of Ancient Rock Wood, and 100 units of Ancient Dark Star Wood. In total, 1000 units, plus thousands of units of ordinary wood. Even if we abandon all the ordinary wood, we still wouldn’t be able to bring all 1000 units of rare wood in one go..."
Da Fei listened, dumbstruck, "I’ve only heard of Ancient Iron Wood, but there are so many other kinds of wood?" This seems like an even rarer resource than rich mines like Ancient Iron Wood. I always thought that such rare resource-rich mines were only found in the New World, seems I was hugely mistaken!
Tai Da sighed, "Our Druid research on trees is beyond what most people can imagine. Many trees aren’t as ordinary as common folks think. Ancient Iron Wood is easily identified by people because of its incredible durability and hardness. However, those rare woods with other magical attributes can only be selected by us specialized Druids. This Nasir Ancient Tree has survived for eons and has gained wisdom, of course, it would produce a large quantity of different kinds of rare wood with magical properties!"
I see! Looking at the pile of wood shining brightly before him, Da Fei’s eyes gleamed with greed as he hurriedly asked, "How much can we take with us at one time?"
Tai Da pointed at the facilities and workers in the camp, "Please look, Lord. We have a total of 300 Elf Woodcutters; each can carry 1 unit of wood, then there are 40 Elite Tree Spirits, each capable of carrying 5 units of resources, and then we have 3 food transport carts that can carry a maximum of 30 units of resources. That means we can only carry 530 units of rare wood at most. We will have to give up half of the wood, and once our troops enter transport mode, their marching speed will be incredibly slow, making it very possible for the enemy to catch up—actually, I suspect that this spatial fluctuation is a long-premeditated move by the Demons. Otherwise, why wouldn’t they come earlier or later, but just as we finished working? They must be aiming to snatch our harvest because they lack the ability to select from this ancient tree!"
I see!
Da Fei gritted his teeth with a fierce frown; he was always the one to make the killing blow and snatch others’ BOSSes to reap the results. But on this day of great fortune, how could he be robbed of his earnings? This was an ill omen! Not that I’m superstitious, I’ve been playing the lottery for years, and I believe in this kind of thing!
The issue now is choosing between transporting goods and bailing out, huh? Pfft! Just struck it rich today, totally my lucky day, how could I possibly hit a snag? I’m gonna transport everything, and of course, get out clean!
Da Fei starts checking the attributes of the workers and tree spirits.
—— Elf Woodcutter: Small-sized Elf Clan creature, Attack 4, Defense 1, Damage 1-2, Health 8, Attack Speed 11, Move Speed 11, Command Value: 0, (1 when dispatched), Stamina: 120,
Special Skill: Logging (high extra damage to wooden buildings or machinery), Wood Transport (can transport 1 unit of wood).
—— Kingdom Elite Tree Spirit: Large-sized Elite Spiritual Creature, Attack 34, Defense 55, Damage 16-29, Magic Resistance 65%, Health 650, Attack Speed 7, Move Speed 6, Command Value: 12, Stamina: 250.
Special Skill: Production, Weight Transport, Advanced Defense Skill, Flower Demon Coexistence, Root Entanglement, Defense Stance, Auto Recovery.
Weight Transport: Can transport 5 units of resources.
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Holy moly! Looking at the attributes of the Elite Tree Spirit, Da Fei nearly wet himself! Is this the elite form of a level 6 Tree Spirit? 650 health points! You scared the living daylights out of me, my Charming Emperor, even my level 8 Necromancer Dragon only has a little over 1000 health points!
A normal Tree Spirit is like this: Attack 19, Defense 29, Damage 10-21, Health 181, Magic Resistance 60%, Attack Speed 7, Move Speed 6! Normal Tree Spirits enjoy the same repute as the Undead Race’s Death Knights at the level 7 troops, one being the strongest meat shield and the other the strongest DPS.
This Elite Tree Spirit is basically the epitome on the meat shield path of blood and defense! Plus, it has the Production and Transport special skills that the normal Tree Spirits don’t even possess, which shows its intelligence far exceeds that of normal Tree Spirits. This is a super species that is both battle-ready and productive during downtime!
Holy moly, I want it, I’m dying to have it! Is the system showing off these high-ends just to tease me and give me a lifelong goal?
Of course, the key issue now is how to transport everything all at once, right? Easy peasy. Just yesterday, I maxed out my logistics skill to prepare for escaping, and today is when my Master-level Logistics Skill comes into play. For these 1000 units of rare wood, totally worth it! Plus, understanding the Grandmaster-level Navigator later requires maxing out all Master-level sub-skills!
Da Fei pulls out 5 Skill Books awarded by Old Ma and Old Coltner, slapping them down one after another!
—— System Prompt: You have used 5 Skill Books and gained 5 Skill Points.
Then he takes out the logistics skill book, and a burst of golden light ensues!
—— System Prompt: You have spent 4 Skill Points, your logistics skill has been upgraded to Master Level! Your march speed on land has increased by 100%.
—— System Prompt: You have spent 1 Skill Point to learn the logistics sub-skill "Overburden Transport"!
—— Overburden Transport: The hero’s transport wagons and troops can carry extra materials. Every level of logistics skill allows for an extra 20% overloading, but at the same time, the troops’ speed decreases by 20%, their stamina consumption increases by 20%, and the transport wagons’ durability starts to decrease!
Yep, I’m playing this Overburden Transport game! During the beta test, this skill was also known as the ant-moving, ball-breaking Divine Skill! Not to be used unless it’s time to skedaddle! As a Chinese, who doesn’t overload? So this choice between two isn’t an issue at all!
Right now, this troop can normally carry 500 units, and carrying 500 units more would be overloading by 100%, just the limit for Master-level Logistics Skill. As for the increase in stamina consumption and the slowdown in march speed, pffft, for someone like me who has the Extreme Survival skill and three great plague achievements, these are no issues at all. Not to mention, Tree Spirits with a staggering 250 Stamina are just made for overloading, right?
Da Fei vehemently waved his hand and immediately instructed the waiting adviser, Tai Da: "Ditch all the normal wood, take away all the rare resources, I’m going for overburden transport!"
Tai Da perked up but also frowned, "Transporting and marching is already slow, once we overburden it’s unimaginable, what if we’re chased?"
Da Fei heaved a long sigh, "After all, we have 40 Elite Tree Spirits, if we can fight, we fight, if not, we dump the resources and run, right?"
Tai Da nodded, "You truly make decisive decisions, Lord City Lord, this issue had me twisted up all morning, alright, I’ll start the transport right away!" And then he turned and shouted loudly, "By command of the Lord City Lord—"
—— System Prompt: 40 Elite Tree Spirits, 300 Elf Woodcutters have temporarily joined your team!
Work officially begins!
March is slow, no biggie, I’ve got something else that’s slow, no, two things! I almost forgot, I am the Grandmaster-level double catapult guy! (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)