Devouring Evolution Begins with Hedgehogs

After thinking for a while, Liu Ergou turned his head habitually, and told Eranster beside him, "You should implement this matter, and help Budley to repair the chimney as soon as possible. Anyway, the working environment is still guaranteed"

But he didn't want Eranster to wave his hand, "No, I have to strengthen the city wall with Abel during this time, I really don't have time, boss, you should find someone else!"

"Then Bufix, you are in charge." "I can't do it either, boss, I have to look at the forward base! And Winston has discovered a new hunting ground these days, I have to go with him to see it." Fix had no time either.

"Boss, you can go to Budley by yourself." Hoffman scratched his head and said to Liu Ergou.

"I can't do it either. I have an appointment with the smelting furnace these days, so I can't get away." Liu Ergou shook his head himself.

"Let me help Brother Budley!" Finally, the well-behaved Emil stood up on his own initiative.

"Hey! As expected of my grandson, how good!" Eranster immediately smiled, and hugged little Emil in his arms.

The forging furnace is also one of several newly built production facilities after the renovation of Beiyuan City.

Originally, at the level of Abel and Budley, the houses built were nothing more than some earth holes or sheds made of branches, and no complicated tools were needed.

But since De Lisi's people took over the construction work, they found that the tools they carried could not satisfy the scale of Beiyuan City's construction at all!

Therefore, under the auspices of Yastun, a large area was specially designated under the southeast wall of Beiyuan City, and a huge melting furnace was built.

In fact, in addition to this huge furnace, there are many other facilities responsible for engraving molds, forging raw embryos, and finishing in the entire area.It's just that the central smelting furnace is too conspicuous, so "smelting furnace" is simply used to refer to the entire area.

The chief person in charge of the smelting furnace is a Bison bison blacksmith named Hammer, who is by Liu Ergou's side at the moment, introducing him to the progress of the work here.

"To sum up, the existing supply of iron sand can basically meet the forging needs of construction tools. However, the reserves of iron sand are not large, and there are many impurities. In the current situation, this output is the limit."

The iron sand Hammer mentioned was an open-pit iron mine discovered not far outside Beiyuan City.After years of weathering, the ore is mostly scattered on the surface like coarse gravel, so it is called sand iron.

"If you want to build a well-equipped standing army of about 1000 people according to your vision, then with all due respect, the current production scale must be at least doubled, and the output of iron ore must be increased by at least five times! Not counting the demand for several rare ores."

"Well, I see." Liu Ergou nodded, "I will try my best to think of ways in this regard. Now you should follow the original plan and give priority to meeting the construction needs of the city!"

After thinking for a while, Liu Ergou asked again: "How is the research on those scraps going?"

The "batch of waste parts" that Liu Ergou said naturally refers to the abandoned guide rails that were brought back.

"Your Excellency came at the right time. We have already trial-produced something based on the nature of the batch of raw materials. Please take a look at it!" Hammer finished speaking and bowed slightly to Liu Ergou.

"Okay, you lead the way!" Liu Ergou nodded.

So, led by Hammer, Liu Ergou walked through a large busy forging site and came to a rather quiet house.

"My lord, this is our refining workshop. Some utensils with special manufacturing requirements will be carefully manufactured here."

"My lord, please come with me." Pushing open the door, Hammer made a "please" gesture.

What appeared in front of Liu Ergou's eyes was a crossbow bolt that was five meters long and thicker than his thigh!
The whole body of the crossbow is extremely smooth and silvery white, and it is completely made of metal.Complicated magic circles are engraved on the body and tail of the arrow, and the edge of the arrow also shines with a sharp cold light!
"My lord, this is the charged crossbow we made with that batch of raw materials, which can be fired with the dragon hunting crossbow in the city!"

"Tell me in detail." Liu Ergou pointed to the giant arrow.

"Yes. The batch of materials brought back by your lord, although we can't analyze them at all with our technology, let alone restore their original fine structure, but refining them is not a problem."

"This material has excellent magic-conducting properties, and after proper processing, special containers made of this material can be used to store magic power."

"It's just that the stored magic power is very unstable, and it will explode if you are not careful! We originally wanted to use this energy storage device as the energy source for the magic crystal cannon, but failed after several attempts."

"However, later we thought, since it is easy to explode, it seems good to use it as a bomb? So we have this trial-produced charging crossbow!"

"The whole body of this crossbow bolt is a hollow metal tube made of sand iron, and the inside is filled with processed magic material."

"Through the outer magic circle, you can charge the crossbow bolts when you use them, making them full of unstable magic power, and then launch them with the dragon hunting crossbow."

"As long as the crossbow arrow hits the target, the unstable magic power stored in it will explode instantly! Thus achieving the purpose of killing the enemy."

Liu Ergou realized immediately, this is simply a rocket from another world!
"What is the killing effect?" After calming down the agitation in his heart, Liu Ergou began to ask some key questions.

"Unfortunately, my lord, I haven't tested it yet. The crossbow arrow I saw is actually the only finished product so far. So whether it is the range, accuracy, or lethality, it is currently unknown."

"What about the production capacity? How many such crossbows can be made?"

"Because the magic-guiding materials used as the core energy storage components are limited, according to our estimation, if all the materials are put into it, about a hundred of them can be made."

"As for the production speed, since the magic circle on the outer layer needs to be hand-carved by craftsmen, it can basically produce three pieces per day."

After listening to Hammer's report, Ergou Liu nodded.

Not too much beyond my expectations, this charged crossbow was born entirely based on that batch of scrap parts, an accidental product.

This kind of thing can be used for some special purposes, but if it is used as a standing weapon, it is far from enough.

Thinking of this, Liu Ergou instructed Hammer: "Allow half of the materials to produce this kind of charged crossbow. The other half should not be moved for now. Maybe there are other uses."

"In addition, you organize some people to study whether it is possible to manufacture a crossbow bolt with the same function without using this special material? It doesn't matter if the effect is slightly worse, the focus is on mass production."

"Let's put aside the matter of weapons and armor first! The most urgent thing is to satisfy the construction of the city, and I will leave this matter to you. I will try to solve the problem of iron ore as soon as possible." Leaving the smelting furnace, looking for In a deserted place, Liu Ergou began to call the system in his mind.

"Al! Give me a map of the distribution of mineral veins in the entire North Plains!"

"The host has insufficient authority to call this function!" Al immediately rejected Liu Ergou's instruction.

Liu Ergou knew that when Al gave the reason of insufficient authority, it meant that from the perspective of the system, his strength needed to be improved.

But now, rather than improving his own strength, Liu Ergou needs to build this Beiyuan City as soon as possible!

"What about the situation around Beiyuan City? This should work, right?" Liu Ergou tentatively asked Al again.

"Ding!"

A reminder sounded, and several charts immediately appeared in Liu Ergou's mental world.

With the appearance of the chart, Ayer also began to explain to Liu Ergou: "With the Central Church of Beiyuan City as the center, within a radius of [-] kilometers, there are six kinds of common mineral resources, with a total of [-] resource points with reserves of more than [-] tons. place."

"There are three kinds of rare minerals, and there are a total of five resource points with reserves of more than ten tons."

"According to the systematic analysis, the most valuable ore vein at present is: Moria refined iron ore."

"Reserves: about 350 tons"

"Mining Difficulty: Easy"

"Location: About 45 kilometers west-northwest of Beiyuan City."

"Potential threat: cave goblin tribe, about [-] adult goblins."

Goblins again!
When De Lisi and her party fled to Beiyuan, they were robbed by goblins and had to give up a lot of supplies before they escaped by chance.

Originally in Liu Ergou's plan, in order to get back this batch of supplies, a fight with goblins was unavoidable. But now the Moria refined iron ore is involved!
Liu Ergou rubbed his forehead involuntarily.It seems that this goblin is really a hurdle that he must pass.

Thinking of this, various materials about this race that he had heard before appeared in Liu Ergou's mind.

According to legend, in ancient times, the demons who were jointly sealed by the gods were unwilling to endure their own defeat, so they used dark power to infect some fallen humans, elves, and orcs.

Driven by the power of darkness, these fallen people held a ceremony and sacrificed their bodies to the demons!And above this ceremony, the first goblin was born.

Regardless of whether this legend is the true origin of goblins, it describes the appearance of goblins quite appropriately: the appearance of humans, the body of orcs, and the long ears similar to elves, this is the goblin.

And just like their looks, the goblin race has not only the cunning wisdom of humans, but also the strong body of orcs!
Although I don't know if this thing has inherited some of the characteristics of the elves, but the combination of the two, coupled with its inherent brutal bloodthirsty, is enough to make goblins stand out among the dark races on the mainland. There is a place for it.

And the goblins on the wasteland, according to Eranster, seem to be much bigger than other goblins outside.

These goblins live in the wilderness with their families digging holes. Apart from hunting around, they go to the territories of other intelligent creatures to wreak havoc and looting!
Even the Mace rats have suffered from it!Later, it was Eranster himself who drove the offending goblin out of his territory.

Obviously, this is not a race that can communicate friendlyly.But Liu Ergou's personal power is far from enough to fight such a huge race with impressive strength and wisdom.

He needs an army, a well-trained and well-equipped army!

But when it comes to equipment, you have to find ways to increase the supply of ore!
Except for the fine iron ore vein occupied by goblins, the other resource points are either difficult to mine due to steep terrain, or have too many impurities and too little output.
In the end, we still have to find a way to grab this refined iron ore from the goblins!

Seeing that the problem has fallen into an endless loop, Liu Ergou suddenly became one head and two big.

After thinking about it, Liu Ergou decided to put this matter aside and solve the food problem first.

The soldiers and horses have not moved, but the food and grass go first.

After five days of research in the alchemy workshop, Liu Ergou finally found a way to release the essence of life stably.

During these five days, even because of a miscalculation in the middle, the fully activated life essence "stained" the entire room in an instant!

As a result, this originally unremarkable wooden house was once luxuriant like a big tree, with branches growing everywhere.Liu Ergou had no choice but to recruit a group of people from the construction site, and he spent the whole afternoon cutting and felling before cleaning up the workshop.

And in the hands of Liu Ergou, the originally rebellious essence stone is now lying quietly on a magic pattern board, exuding a warm and constant aura around it.

This magic pattern board is the final result of his five days.As long as a small magic crystal is inserted, the activated magic circle will activate the essence stone to a stable level, and leave the rest to the essence stone itself.

Just as he had planned for a long time, Liu Ergou came to the church square, dug a hole with his own hands, and put the magic pattern board and a tree seed in it neatly.

After inserting a magic crystal, Liu Ergou covered the magic pattern board with soil, and waited quietly with the people around him.

But after a few minutes, a new leaf broke through the ground.The green new leaves are proudly bathed in the scorching sunset, and they are not afraid of the hot and dry wind and sand on the wasteland.

Then, right in front of Liu Ergou's eyes, this new leaf quickly pulled out a still young branch, and at the end of the branch, there were already strips of equally young roots spreading out along the ground.

Seeing this, Liu Ergou picked up a large bucket of clear water that had been prepared, and poured it on the young sapling.

The clear water was poured on the long-dried loess, and it slowly permeated around, dyeing the originally gray-yellow ground a little brown.

But the small sapling in the middle seemed to be stimulated by something, and the roots suddenly agitated, and they penetrated deeply into the soil in an instant, absorbing all the water!

Losing moisture, the brown soil returned to its original gray-yellow color.But the young sapling seemed to be full of energy, growing rapidly under the gaze of everyone!

In just a few breaths, the original small seedling has grown into a green tree!Liu Ergou had to lead the crowd back to leave enough room for the growing tree.

This seed that Doris personally picked out in the Sunset Mountains is a descendant of a giant tree called "Salvison".

In Continental, "Salvison" has the meaning of "salvation".This kind of tree will absorb a lot of water around it, filter it in the body, and then discharge it through the trunk to form a small clean pool.

Just like its name, finding such a tree in the dense forest full of poisonous pools and miasmas is undoubtedly the salvation of travelers.