National Juggernaut

Chapter 709 Ambition
The life of the sword master is only fighting or war.

No one really likes war, because no one likes death, likes the inexplicable death of acquaintances, friends, and relatives around him, likes the sudden burning of things that he cherishes, and likes that the art, literature, and music that he pursued all his life have become indescribable. Worthy of a "waste of time".

The pressure of survival is always on everyone's head, and the race competition in the land of the gods is above everything else. Everything that has nothing to do with war is naturally regarded as "unnecessary existence", or even "unique skills and obscenity".

The longer the peace, the more valuable things that have nothing to do with war. On the contrary, when hundreds of years of war have become the daily life of the human race, even the level of compulsory education is constantly downgraded. In a sense, civilization is in the fall back.

Yes, education is downgrading. Most sword masters have been exposed to psychic powers since they were six or seven years old, and then began training in martial arts to develop basic combat abilities.

The outstanding ones advance to the next level, become talents recruited by major organizations, and then undergo a second assessment, and those who can become professional sword masters have eliminated countless peers.

Correspondingly, it is a huge income and a very high social status. A pure warrior, as long as his strength reaches a certain level, it will be very easy to become a middle-level member of a certain force or company. He also has a series of development opportunities and opportunities for advancement.

This is the reason why the "Adventure Webcast" is so popular, why the Juggernaut Competition has become an annual event, why every "champion" is chosen by the city's hero age, that's all.

read?It’s enough to study to a certain level, about thirteen or fourteen years old in junior high school, and then you can continue to study in technical schools or something depending on your interest. Anyway, you will stay in the safe area of ​​the big city for the rest of your life, and save a little more psionic energy to exchange for money. On the contrary, you can live better good.

Except for a very small number of researchers and scholars, most of them have become ordinary sword masters with two or three blades. It is the kind of people who occasionally watch professional fights, occasionally go to the yard to practice swords, and occasionally go to the edge of the battlefield to check the situation. The kind of fishing.

To say that it is the reserve army is flattering them, but more, it is the secondary arms that have not been adapted enough to the battlefield and have been eliminated.

This is obviously a waste of human resources, but it is the mainstream of this era. It is because of more than ten years of professional training that one can see the upper and lower limits of a sword master. At that time, it was too late to realize that he had not awakened.

First-level soldiers have a battlefield for first-level soldiers, and third-level chickens also have a field for third-rate chickens to peck each other. This world needs endless resources of combat power, and every reserve of combat power is precious. Many mythical creatures have "advanced" Retirement" was pushed back to the original track by facts and fate.

Such a result is not because of defending the country or anything, but the simplest thing-salary.

At the beginning, Zheng Ligang’s salary in the government was only about 3000 yuan, and the investment and operating expenses for renting a house in Sihuan were more than [-] yuan. If you want to "sophisticate", you will basically have a negative monthly expenditure.

But if there is a good B+ ability, the monthly subsidy can exceed [-], and the income linked to the battle can start at a minimum of [-].

The income of soldiers and civil servants is more than ten times, which is still the elite standard for rookies of the same age. If it is a rookie king like Zheng Li, the monthly expenditure and income are almost the life savings of the same age.

is this fairOf course it's not fair.

Because everyone's abilities and talents are different, some people can't reach the starting point of others through hard work, and this kind of unfairness itself makes everyone naturally yearn for spiritual improvement and desire to become a warrior.

Is this reasonable?This is certainly reasonable.

In the final analysis, the spirit of martial arts is the worship of everything that force can bring. This kind of social orientation keeps the soldiers flowing, and also makes those "talented" unable to bear the loneliness, and eventually come out to fight. This makes the resources of the society , fully inclined to war.

However, in the formation of a deformed social system, there are hundreds of times as many losers as there are winners.

Those who have determined their direction as non-professional fighters very early are actually realistic and lucky. They have time to learn a means of making a living before they are employed.

But many people are in the subtle distance between giving up and persevering. In the end, they can only rely on spiritual energy to live. Aren't the "workers" who make a living in cities aim at several times higher wages?

Although the risk is high, the other side of high income is that you can purchase more spiritual materials and continue to enrich your sword master's path. Maybe a certain bet will come back, maybe a certain evolution will break through. Maybe after decades of hard work, you will be able to become a talent.

Working as a worker/girl in a high-risk industrial city outside, working as a logistics worker on the edge of the battlefield, and doing odd jobs with a high-risk expedition team are the most common occupations for "gambling on the future". Many people gambled and lost themselves.

And if you stay in a safe city, the spirit crystals you can exchange for spiritual energy may not be enough to survive, let alone feeding spirit blades, let alone "progress".

The iron triangle of sword blade spirit, "sword" needs to be cultivated from an early age, apprenticeship requires money, and martial arts also requires income.

Not to mention the blade, which is the big head of unlimited investment. The spirit includes supernatural powers and psionic powers. The former is difficult to change, while the latter needs to continuously improve the blade to fly, and both require massive resources.

Moreover, the towns in the rear are safe. Without the "soul fragments" of the prey, the improvement of the spirit blade is also limited.

As a result, most of the big cities can only dawdle their lives ignorantly, satisfying themselves with bloody "competitions", and dreaming of becoming a hero in bed one day.

Ninety-nine percent of people will only have two or three blades in their lifetime. Is it because their talents are limited?In fact, the system of Spiritual Blade is a system in which as long as the investment is polished, there will be returns. As long as the resources are managed enough, the breakthrough is really only a matter of time. The key is "are there enough resources?"

It's not just one person's struggle.

The total amount of resources in the society determines the upper limit of each person, and how much they get on average in the end is the result of mutual introspection and competition. With such a small amount of resources, the internal balance is finally achieved through market behavior, and how many professional sword masters can be raised is actually a matter of fact. There are many.

Shiqian City has internal statistics. No matter how the prices of the 100 commonly used spiritual materials go up or down, the number of new elite sword masters is about the same in any year. The number of fighters is still not much different from previous years.

It's like a big wave washes the sand. It doesn't matter who can float up and down, but there is a limit to how much "floats up", which is directly linked to the territory of human beings.

The larger the sphere of influence of the big city, the more resource cities, industrial cities, mineral resources, and resource worlds that can be involved, the lower the price (relative price) of its local spiritual materials, and naturally it can supply more sword masters.

The more prosperous the era, the more professional sword masters, and the more corresponding human myths, and the abundant combat power, in turn, competes for more territory and resources.

In Zheng Li's view, this is the retrogression of civilization, but when other ethnic groups around are all "barbarianized" and "full of offensive tendencies", this kind of society that revolves around "sword masters" and "expansion" The system is the most reasonable and progressive social system in this era.

“The opportunity to expand is right around the corner.”

In this series of calculations, Shi Qiancheng's high-level executives had their own calculations, and Zheng Li also had his own calculations and selfish intentions.

"If I lose this bet, I have nothing, but if I win"

The farmland in front of me was still operating normally, and "mammoths" stood out from it one by one, and new troops entered the battlefield.

The front line has become a mess, and the bloody and cruel meat grinder battlefield has lasted for at least three days. The accumulated "deaths" on both sides have exceeded one million. This is no worse than any offensive and defensive battle in any big city. But the human battle The death toll is only in single digits.

Two of them were sudden investigations and were unlucky enough to die suddenly. They have already added honorary titles and pensions. The most hopeless way to die.

At this time, Zheng Li's greed was undisguised.

Among the many calculations, he was the most greedy. Among the many plans, he chose "I want them all".

".As long as this production line is maintained, this place will become a new 'big city'."

What big city?Within a circle with it as the core, all resource areas and spheres of influence, as well as the massive population and corresponding combat power resources that can be cultivated by the accompanying resources.

But in the final analysis, it is because the "strategic weapon" and "stable space" of the big city can shelter the residents in it to live and work in peace and contentment.

Then, as long as it can provide a stable safe area and an area where enough troops can be mass-produced, it can naturally be used as a big city.

Accelerating the production of troops seems to be an extremely mediocre strategic weapon, but coupled with the excellent individual combat power of the Centaur and the increasingly flexible and excellent operating methods of the Yuling Clan, the mass production of "four-blade" combat power has become possible.

Even if such an individual has a very short lifespan and should not be able to leave the world, it can only be used as a short-range strategic weapon, but the strategic weapons of other big cities can basically not move and hunt down.

"It is enough. As a local garrison group, the actual local lord, as long as this becomes a new strategic point, a 'big city' that is not a big city, a fortress-type satellite city, Shiqian City will not limit my development. , and will fully invest resources to make this land evolve rapidly.”

When this miraculous plan was finally realized, even if Zheng Li didn't say it himself, others could see his ambition.

Otherwise, why not go to other worlds to do this project?There are quite a lot of similar worlds. It is not difficult to find a big world and a world with exuberant life. Why would you risk destroying your own "territory" and start a war on your own territory?
Originally, he was worried that there would be too much interest in it. Even if Shi Qiancheng risked "breaking the rules", he would deprive himself of the enfeoffment of the garrison regiment.

But now that the title of "Queen of Heroes" has been dropped, Zheng Li knows that he can be regarded as a listed city high-level (false), and this fiefdom is already safe.

The enthusiasm in his heart made him devote more attention to his work.

front?That's not the point, at least not right now.

Countless lives were lost in each share, but the two sides are still testing, in the torrent of flesh and steel colliding, they have not yet reached a dangerous base point, a boundary line where both sides cannot bear the loss.

After confirming that this is destined to be a long-term war of attrition, instead of paying attention to the seemingly anxious battle situation on the front line, Zheng Li is more concerned with his own wealth, the world's continuous combat capability and resource allocation.

The battle situation on the front line was watched by special personnel. Unless the god-level combat power was dispatched, or the front line collapsed, Zheng Li didn't bother to pay attention to any emergency. Naturally, someone would notify Zheng Li.

Consumption, supply, distribution, logistics, all Zheng Li's energy and ability were used to prevent the collapse of the supply line and the replenishment line.

"There is a problem with the sixth farm. The divine blood channel will be cut off in the future. Go to a team and go to two groups to help connect it."

"The Altels sent out sentries and lurkers. Be careful on the front line. Don't let them go around and come back with two regiments to hold these points. There are trails across the mountains here."

At this time, Zheng Li didn't act anymore.

And the prediction of this "unpredictable prophet" itself is an opportunity to boost morale and promote himself.

The titles of "Eye of Time", "Prophet", and "Victorious Peeper" have been flying all over the sky. After this battle, Zheng Li will probably really get a widely recognized title.

Both sides are consuming, but also testing.

Test the opponent's military reserve, test the opponent's hidden high-level combat power. Time is on Zheng Li's side.

Even if there is no communication from the superior, Zheng Li can guess that his "reinforcement" should already be on the way, and the only thing the Reapers can rely on is their own army.

The strategically weak should change their tactics now, but up to now, the Reaper is still there, as if his army is really endless.

Zheng Li tried to peek into the future but still found nothing.

At least before obtaining the quasi-mythical God of Time, it is too much beyond his personal ability to observe the immediate future of a truly powerful high-dimensional god.

But judging from the results of observing himself, he was still alive for at least three days.
"The more variables involved, the more high-dimensional, the more difficult it is to observe. The difficulty of observing the actual battlefield is far more difficult than before the battle. This is still a capability suitable for use before the battlefield."

Zheng Liruo realized something, but he still tried to look into the future.

From the perspective of the logistics route, the Reaper has no reinforcements, but his strange and stable fighting posture is very likely to contain a hidden trump card.

"Besides the hidden Son of God, there seems to be something else."

(End of this chapter)