Chapter 171: Challenge the second stage, the difficulty increases

[A new week has officially begun, and the second phase of the Wild Moon has begun. In addition to the original refreshed monster forces, monster strongholds such as cottages, crypts, camps, and nests will randomly appear in the wild. ]

[The rules are as follows: 1. The number and difficulty of monster strongholds are randomly fluctuated, with the lowest difficulty being one star and the highest being five stars; 2. After a monster stronghold is refreshed, it will not immediately launch an attack on the territory, but will launch a general attack on the nearest territory at the end of this week; 3. After destroying a monster stronghold, you will have a chance to receive special rewards such as conquest points, territory reputation, territory crystals, and stronghold treasure chests based on the star rating.]

[At the beginning of a new week, the number of buildings to recruit in the territory, such as the Tauren Camp, Refugee Camp, Shadow Scout Camp, etc., has been restored. ]

[At the beginning of a new week, new treasure chests, buildings and other refresh points appeared near the territory. ]

[According to rumors, a mysterious pyramid ruin appeared nearby. ]

At twelve o'clock in the morning, a new week arrives.

The map has been refreshed, and it is time for joyful exploration and harvest.

Mo Yu lay on the bed, quietly checking the messages refreshed on the lord's panel.

The difficulty of Wild Moon has been upgraded again.

The originally refreshed monster forces will attack spontaneously, and the territory only needs to undertake the defense task. With the advantages of city walls and defense towers, the difficulty of spawning monsters is greatly reduced.

But now, the territory needs to switch from defense to offense and attack the newly refreshed monster strongholds.

In this way, if the attackers are not strong enough, they will easily suffer casualties and fall into a vicious cycle.

If left unchecked, there will be more and more strongholds in the wild and more and more military forces.

By then, if a wave of troops comes out in full force, one territory may have to face dozens of times the number of troops, which will make the situation even more difficult.

It can be predicted that after this week, the number of lords will drop significantly.

I'm afraid this is also the original intention of conquering the world. In this way, powerful territories grow rapidly and weak territories are quickly eliminated.

It's cruel, but it's a fact that we have to face.

Mo Yu did not feel much pressure about this.

With the current strength of his territory, there is actually no essential difference whether it is a siege or a defense.

The defense tower's firepower is strong enough, and its range advantage is very obvious, which can easily eliminate the defensive advantage of the defenders.

In this kind of positional battle, Mo Yu is not at all inferior.

The real headache is the outdoor encounters.
Therefore, the territory's military teams also need to seize the time to develop and grow stronger.

Otherwise, when facing other lord forces in the future, it would be easy for the other party to see through the strength of the defense tower and fall into an embarrassing situation in the wild.

"I hope there will be more monster strongholds, otherwise there won't be enough to push!"

Mo Yu stretched and felt a little tired.

For him, the emergence of a large number of monster strongholds is a good thing rather than a bad thing.

Not only can you plunder resources from monster strongholds to promote the rapid development of the territory, but you can also further upgrade defense towers.

His absolute main force, the Victory Gun Tower, needs to kill a large number of monsters. It only needs to kill a few thousand monsters to be promoted to the fourth level.

The remaining defense towers are also stuck on killing epic monsters or special upgrading materials.

I believe that after clearing these monster strongholds, a considerable number of them will be able to break through to level five or even higher.

In addition to the monster strongholds, the new wild buildings and treasure chests are also extremely exciting.

What excited Mo Yu the most was the appearance of a relic building, a pyramid, near the territory.

Teemo's scout team has set out overnight and will bring back the locations of these buildings and monster strongholds tomorrow morning.

At that time, Mo Yu will lead the team to eliminate them one by one.

I chatted with Lei Xiaolong and asked about the general situation.

Overall, it's pretty stable there.

The balance of the three forces is not easy to break before one of them becomes dominant.

Moreover, they are now in the Wild Moon and are under constant defensive pressure. The other territories are not very enthusiastic about external expansion.

However, there were quite a few minor frictions.

For example, there are often scouts from other territories, and there are even guys who sneak behind monster groups in the middle of the night and try to fish in troubled waters.

Fortunately, Lei Xiaolong has made some progress recently thanks to the shadow scout given to him by Mo Yu.

Moreover, in an environment like a dungeon, which scout can compare to the Shadow Scout?

Therefore, most of the minions that came from other territories were wiped out one by one by the shadow scouts.

This also resulted in the other two forces being even more cautious about acting rashly.

Now that we have entered the second phase of Wild Moon, monster strongholds have appeared and territories are even more afraid of conflicts.

After all, with one more territory, the defense pressure will be reduced after a week.

The only thing you need to be careful about is to prevent other territories from stealing your territory when you attack the monster's stronghold.

"Wait a few more days, I'll come over." Mo Yu comforted Lei Xiaolong.

As the only lord's follower, his value is much greater than those three adventurers.

Given the power structure in the underground space, it is very likely that there will be a large number of monster strongholds that cannot be taken down.

After all, everyone is afraid of losing troops in siege and being annexed by other territories.

So the first day of the week will be the riskiest day.

I'm afraid this is also the day when Mo Yu can reap the rewards.

Therefore, his plan was to resolve all the hidden dangers near the territory before the seventh day.

Then go over there, grab the greatest benefit from the monsters attacking the city, and pacify the underground space as quickly as possible.

As for going there now, on the one hand, it would take a long time, and on the other hand, it would probably be difficult to take over several territories.

According to Lei Xiaolong, there is another portal in the underground space.

Once an attack is launched, many variables may arise.

For example, escaping through a portal to another place, and then coming back to harass;

Or maybe several territories could unite and even attack Lei Xiaolong's territory.

On the contrary, a week later, when Mo Yu goes there, he can not only help Lei Xiaolong guard the territory, but also fish in troubled waters among the monsters.

Even if some territories wanted to overturn the table or escape, it would not be so easy because of the interference of these monsters.

Even, they might not be able to detect Mo Yu who was taking advantage of the troubled waters.

why not.

With such thoughts in mind, he became drowsy and gradually fell asleep.

……

"Shhhhh!"

Mo Yu heard a slight sound while he was in a daze.

Soft and subtle sounds were tapping on the window.

His consciousness gradually became clear, and he listened attentively for a while. Mo Yu, who was gradually waking up, seemed to realize something.

He opened the window.

Sure enough, it rained.

In the dark night, drizzle like gossamer is falling softly.

As soon as the window was opened, a lot of rain poured in with the cold wind.

The warmth of the constant temperature magic circle was driven away.

The rain is not heavy, but fine and dense.

At this rate, after one night, I'm afraid that only the ground will be wet, which will not cause much impact on the territory.

However, the temperature has dropped significantly and is much colder.

The temperature is still okay now, but Mo Yu is more worried that it will continue to drop.

According to normal seasonal changes, this drop in temperature is often a sign of colder weather.

It is very likely that the temperature will continue to drop and gradually enter winter.

If it continues to decline, there will probably be problems.

Ordinary houses were not like his lord's courtyard, which had a constant temperature magic array. If it got colder, it would be easy to freeze to death if people didn't pay attention to keeping warm. The people in the lord's house had finally managed to get clothes to cover their bodies, but they were still far from meeting the requirements in terms of keeping warm.

Tinder rabbit fur is an excellent cold-resistant material, but there are only so many rabbits, and even if they were all plucked out, they would not be enough to supply so many people.

"I hope there are more beast monsters in those monster strongholds so that I can collect more beast furs."

Mo Yu looked at the dark night sky and sighed.

I looked at the time and it was just past three in the morning.

I don’t know how long the rain will last. I hope it will stop tomorrow morning, otherwise it will have a great impact on his exploration.

Moreover, the territory's external gathering and labor will also be affected to a certain extent.

Because of the rain, the environment in the territory seemed very dim. Fortunately, the torch tower itself had a layer of top to block the raindrops.

The gentle orange-yellow firelight brought dots of light to the territory.

At this moment, Mo Yu was stunned to see four goblin spearmen standing upright outside the courtyard gate under the reflection of the torch tower outside the window.

Even though it was raining, there was no sign of leaving the post.

Given the Goblin's temperament, he was able to achieve this, most likely due to Da Zhuang's training.

Because Mo Yu often woke up in the middle of the night, in order to prevent him from being found, these goblins would guard outside the yard at all times.

Once there is any order, no matter when, it can be passed on immediately.

In addition, the patrolling soldiers did not stop because of the rain.

They guarded the city walls, watchtowers and other locations, remaining vigilant.

Mo Yu coughed, which immediately attracted the attention of the goblin spearmen.

"My lord, what are your orders?"

They were completely wet. Although the rain was not heavy, it was very dense.

"Tell the soldiers patrolling outside to return to the barracks and stay there. You should also go to take shelter from the rain and keep on guard at the four sentry towers and the strategic center."

Taking into account the impact of the weather, Mo Yu decided to reduce the pressure on the soldiers a little.

If you get sick, it will be difficult to treat.

The Holy Healing Light Tower heals external injuries, and even the Tree of Life Tower directly replenishes vitality.

If you get sick, it might take some work.

Mo Yu doesn't want to lose staff due to this factor.

Besides, he is not a completely black-hearted boss and he will consider the feelings of his employees to some extent.

"Yes, sir. We will pass on your instructions immediately."

The goblin spearman saluted respectfully and then simply went down.

Despite Da Zhuang's orders, Mo Yu's orders still have the highest authority in the territory.

In fact, the significance of these soldiers' night patrols is more to train them and form a strict military style.

In fact, the significance of guarding against foreign enemies is not that great.

Mo Yu's defense tower is on standby 24 hours a day, and enemies attacking at night basically have no chance of getting close to the territory.

Besides, the tactical radar tower is also there, so if there is any emergency, the territory will be put into combat readiness status immediately.

At the strategic center, there is the horn that was brought back from the Fallen Monster Tribe.

Although this thing has no attributes, it is enough to convey information.

Once the horn is blown, it means that the territory enters the first level of combat readiness and everyone must immediately take up their posts.

Seeing the goblin spearmen walking away, Mo Yu closed the window.

As the cold wind stopped, the hot air around me wrapped around me, making me warm and suddenly I felt sleepy.

Speaking of which, he didn't wake up naturally today, and Mo Yu had not yet reached the optimal five hours of sleep.

I wrapped myself in the quilt, lay on the bed, listening to the rustling sound of rain outside the window, and my heart felt exceptionally calm.

In less than five minutes, the only sound in the room was steady breathing.

……

When I woke up again, it was already bright outside the window.

I actually slept too long today. I have to say, it’s really easier to sleep on rainy days.

After stretching his body, Mo Yu quickly got up.

When I came out into the yard, it was still drizzling, and the bluestone slabs on the ground were soaked.

There wasn't much water on the ground.

The rain was not heavy, and even though it fell in the middle of the night, it seeped in quickly.

However, in such weather, it is difficult for Mo Yu to be in a good mood.

In the territory, the people have all gotten up.

Because it is a rainy day, today is not as busy as usual. Except for the fixed resource collection points, the remaining personnel were gathered together by Da Zhuang to carry out basic language learning.

The teacher was replaced by a goblin translator who was proficient in multiple languages ​​and brought back by Mo Yu yesterday.

In terms of professionalism, it is better than Merrill.

Coincidentally, Merrill was also liberated.

She has been officially listed as Annis's deputy and has shown rapid learning progress.

At least in terms of making first-level magic scrolls, Merrill is no less capable than Annis.

Judging from the situation, she should be able to master the production of second-level magic scrolls faster than Annis.

Merrill worked very hard. Apart from working time, he spent most of his time in the library, and occasionally went back to the magic tower to practice magic.

For such a talent, Mo Yu naturally did not hesitate to give him a position and decisively gave him a formal appointment.

The other magic apprentices were suppressed. Some of them worked hard to improve themselves, while others were secretly jealous and said things behind their backs.

Mo Yu had it all in mind. He planned to take these magic apprentices to the battlefield to see blood in two days.

During the last Undead War, they just hid in the back and cast two spells, so they were not really that dangerous.

Take him out, let him experience the beatings on the battlefield, and have a little ideological baptism, and my guess is that his attitude will change.

"The territory is my home, and its development depends on everyone... Labor makes me happy... Happiness is achieved through hard work..."

The goblin translator's teachings are mixed with a lot of personal opinions.

Mo Yu wants to deepen the ideological understanding of his people through this learning process, in conjunction with the library's belief in civilization.

Da Zhuang had arranged for people to do this kind of thing every day during breakfast and dinner for several days.

Brainwashing? Time will tell.

Cui Zhengli followed Dazhuang, with dark circles under his eyes. He looked very haggard, perhaps because he didn't sleep last night or something.

But his expression was not depressed, he even looked a little excited.

Bertha and Zhong Han were not seen. It was said that they were familiarizing themselves with the territory under the guidance of the goblins.

After a while, Mo Yu, who was going to the ranch to check, ran into the two of them.

The expressions on their faces were also one of shock and excitement.

After looking around, they realized that the territory they had developed in the past and Mo Yu's territory were two completely different concepts.

The tall city walls, the numerous defense towers, the large population... all indicate that this territory is thriving.

A thigh that couldn't be any thicker.

Although the three did not communicate, they had reached a consensus.

In this case, if the treatment is not too harsh, why not stay and work hard?

Mo Yu saw the expressions of several people and roughly knew what they were thinking.

This is also the significance of letting these people visit the territory, to show their own strength and erase their little thoughts.

(End of this chapter)