Heroes of Invincible Hidden Architect

Chapter 644

A new round is about to start, Qige bit her finger, calculating rapidly in her mind.

To limit the sending troops of [Ghostly Land], you need to occupy 4 grids adjacent to [Ghostly Land].

The good news is that one of the squares is close to the northeast wall of God's Choice and does not need to be attacked, and the other square has already been occupied before.

That is to say, there are only 2 grids that need to be occupied.

If troops are sent from two routes, one route goes north first and then east, and the other route goes directly east and then north, two rounds will complete the restriction on [Ghostly Land].

But now, the strength of the squares around [Ghostly Land] has increased a lot, and will increase again in the next round.

If the troops are divided into two groups, the losses may be huge, and there is even a risk of complete annihilation of the troops.

If the troops are combined, the loss can be reduced, but it will take 4 rounds at the fastest to limit the [Ghostly Land].

In 4 rounds, [Ghostly Land] sent troops 4 times. Not only did they have to face more troops, but they also faced the danger of being attacked by chaotic monsters at any time.

There are two paths, one is mortal, the other is half-dead.

"Just after the city was built, and before it even had time to digest the results of the city's construction, [Ghostly Land] appeared next to it, and the target was too obvious.

With the city, even if [Ghost Transformation Land] reaches the corner of the map, I am sure to develop it while swiping to surround it.

It happened to be brushed aside. "

Qige bit her finger, stared at her city, and took a deep breath.

"At this point, only strong men can cut off their wrists."

……

……

There is another advantage of having a city pool, that is, the decision-making and thinking time before the start of each round becomes infinite.

Because there are many buildings in the city that can be used before the round starts.

By combining flowers into words and patterns, Qige told Schmidt the current situation.

Knowing the current situation, Smith was also very nervous.

Flowers bloom and show her the way.

Holding the hem of his skirt, Smit trotted along with the white flowers that kept blooming and withering.

In the city, as the lord of the city, Smit moved as fast as a gust of wind, and even the [Twilight Wanderer] who followed her was left far behind.

Soon, under the leadership of Huahua, Smit came to [Burial Land].

The Boneyard is located around a lake in the Flowing Plains.

The soil and river water here are light gray, appearing gloomy.

Smit was wondering what the seven pigeons brought him here, and the flower turned again.

This time the flowers brought Smith to a farmland.

Hundreds of peasant huts are neatly arranged, and each hut can accommodate 3 farmers.

Seeing the flowers surrounding the farmer's shack, Smit took a deep breath after thinking about it for a while.

"My God. Brother Qige, what do you mean, don't you want me to kill the farmers and transform them into skeleton soldiers?!"

At this moment, a lot of flowers bloomed at the same time, forming a "pair" on the floor in front of Smet.

"This... this... this is too cruel."

Smit frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable:
"If I do this, what is the difference from those churches I hate?"

The seven pigeons from God's perspective covered their foreheads.

This is exactly what worries him the most.

If he asked Zhang Fu to do this, Zhang Fu would not hesitate.

The fourth natural disaster is an absolute interestist, as long as any action can generate enough benefits, there will be no hesitation.

But Smit is different from Zhang Fu. She has lived in the Yasha world since she was a child, and has her own views on good and evil.

In her eyes, she, like those farmers, is a living human being, and it is a great mental burden for her to let her slaughter her own compatriots.

When Qige was thinking about how to explain to Smit that the people in the Chaos Treasure House were all fake and not real, Smit suddenly took a deep breath and said to the sky:

"Brother Qige, I know you are different from those people.

I have grown up so much, and I have never seen a lord who loves the people more than you, even my father and Grandpa Mrak are not as good as you.

Brother Qige, I will do what you ask.

But I also have my persistence.

I will not force them, I will give them a choice. "

Smit took a step forward and gave the order to summon the peasants.

A streak of white light flashed in front of Smit, and when the white light dispersed, the figures of the farmers emerged.

In God's Choice City, a total of [-] farmers gathered in front of Smith.

Smit put his hands in front of his face and said to them:

"Citizens, our territory is at a critical juncture, and it may take your life to save it.

Those who are willing to die, please step forward. "

As soon as Smit finished speaking, the farmers ran towards her, scrambling to be the first.

In the end, all the farmers crowded in front of Smit, their eyes full of determination.

Smit was shocked: "What's the situation? Are they not afraid of death?"

It's morale.

Qige looked at the city panel, and the city was successfully built, plus many special terrain and building bonuses.

The morale of God's Choice is as high as 13 points.

Because living with the undead has reduced 3 points, there are still 10 points of morale.

With 10 points of morale, these farmers have already regarded God's Choice City as their home.

In order to protect their home, they are willing to sacrifice.

Seven Pigeons helped Smit randomly select [-] farmers. They arranged their clothes, said goodbye to their relatives, and all went to the burial ground.

Their bodies were swallowed by the undead springs of the Boneyard, turning them into skeleton soldiers with rusty swords.

Although they are all Tier 1 and Tier 1, peasants are the standard logistics unit.

【Farmer

Attack: 1
Defense: 1
Damage: 1
Life: 1
Speed: 3
No combat stunt]

【Skeleton Soldiers
Speed: 4
Blood volume: 6
Defense: 4
Attack: 4
Damage: 1~3
Special Skill: Undead]

In the big battlefield mode, there is no problem for 1 skeleton soldier to fight 5~6 peasants.

With the addition of [-] skeleton soldiers, Schmidt's troops suddenly became much stronger.

If it's just skeleton soldiers, it's actually not that powerful.

The point is, the natural wonder [Great Tomb of Nazarick].

When the big tomb was obtained, the big tomb gave God's Choice City 90 corpses, plus the 30 newly recruited, a total of 120 corpses.

The Lich is a long-range spell-casting unit. When attacking, it uses a cloud of death that damages the area of ​​​​the life unit.

They have 12 ammunition and 100 mana points, and they also have the soul-gathering thaumaturgy magic that can resurrect the undead and the super-wide-range group attack magic death ripple.

Having skeleton soldiers as human shields to protect the Lich can increase the Lich's combat capability several times.

In fact, the corpse witch and the skeleton soldier have always been the classic combination of the cemetery forces, and its classic level is no less than that of the knight angels of the human forces.

Therefore, the skeleton soldiers led by the corpse witch were divided into a team and attacked northward.

At the same time, human troops gathered and attacked eastward.

Smit's troops split into two groups to suppress [Ghostly Land].

Some of the remaining farmers are rushing to develop the city and build new city buildings, and the other part are all sent to [Kingfisher Wetland] for exploration.

The result of this exploration is different from the previous ones.

"A total of 3000 farmers should have generated [-] cards, but only [-] were generated.

This should mean that the entire [Kingfisher Wetland] has a total of only 3000 exploration results, reaching the upper limit.

It seems that I was right not to search repeatedly in the same square.

Since the exploration results have an upper limit.

That means that even if it is not Ouhuang, he can use exhaustive methods to step on all the results to trigger all the gold cards in the grid.

Of course, all gold cards are triggered, and none of the black cards can escape.

But this can be regarded as a way out for technical players like me. "

The lotus grows lotus root, and summer and autumn change.

A new round is about to begin, and various settlements will follow.

In Qi Ge's shocked gaze, there were two golden cards that suddenly turned into colors the moment they were opened! !
【explore:
Mass grave: A farmer discovered a strange mass grave deep in the wetland,
Weekly skeleton soldiers +80.

It can be consumed to advance the skeleton soldiers to the 1st-level 5th-level miracle soldier Skeleton Deadpool]

【Skeleton Deadpool

Faction: Cemetery

Rating: 1
Steps: 5
Quality: Miracle

Speed: 12
Life: 10
Defense: 1
Attack: 30
Damage: 40~60
Special skill:

Undead
Death for death: Ignore the enemy's defense, damage reduction, and damage immunity when actively attacking.
All die after attacking.

The Last Laughter: When all die, a real damage (5*your own number) will be caused to a random team of enemy units within 60 squares. 】

"This is... a powerful unit that dies together.

Ignoring defense damage reduction and damage immunity, it really cuts against the wind.

After one blow, the enemy is dead.

The death-for-death and the final laugh are two stunts that are so useful on skeleton soldiers.

Many high-level units of the undead have means of resurrecting the undead, which can make these two stunts take effect repeatedly.

Unfortunately, if mass graves could be discovered earlier, so many farmers would not have to be sacrificed. "

There is no medicine for regret in the world, Qi Ge calmed down and looked at another colored card.

【Sky Ship

Deep in the kingfisher swamp, a farmer discovers an inscription and an intact airship.

The inscription reads:

It is a great mythical building, built by a powerful architect whose name has not been preserved.

It has infinite power, can penetrate every corner of the world, and can also send soldiers to the corresponding position.

It's a pity that 600 million gold coins and 4000 level 4 resources are needed to restart the Skyship. 】

"Huh?! Huh?!! Skyship?! It's really a skyship, even the shape is exactly the same!"

The Qige people were dumbfounded.

Looking at the Chaos Treasure House he has experienced, the buildings and terrain generated inside cannot be randomly generated.

It is totally unreasonable for the Skyship to appear here.

"I'm pretty sure that the skyship was designed by Grandfather Kreidel and completed by me.

Before me, it was impossible for the Yasha world to have a skyship.

Could it be that the square grid world is an extraterritorial world outside the world of Yasha, and it happens that there are architects in that world, and they built a sky boat exactly like my "sky boat"?

How can there be such a coincidence? "

Qi Ge rubbed the center of her brows, feeling a little headache.

"If it is said that this boat in the sky is my boat in the sky, then what is going on with this treasure house?

The Chaos Treasure House is where Yasha and Chaos fight over something.

What will this chaotic treasure house be fighting for?

Could it be that this chaotic treasure house is fighting for the future of the world of Yasha?

wrong.

The future of the Yasha world is illusory, and chaos cannot have the power of the Yasha world to swallow the future.

If Chaos had such power, then Chaos would not need to invade the world of Yasha at all. "

Thinking of this, Qi Ge suddenly had a bold idea in her heart:

"It is possible that what this Chaos Treasure House is fighting for is a possibility for the future of the world of Yasha!
Grid world... Is it possible that the Yasha world in the future will become a grid world? "

At the moment when there is no other evidence to support it, Qige knows that no matter how much she thinks, it will only be a guess in the end.

He stopped being entangled and continued to check the cards that were turned over.

It's a pity that the subsequent cards never brought Qige such a huge shocking surprise like [Mass Grave] and [Sky Boat].

Exploration and development have been settled in turn, and finally it's the turn of conquest.

[Battle report 1: The northern [underground mine] was successfully captured, with a total loss of 3020 soldiers.

【Lich】Successfully revived 2010 people.

A total of 1010 [skeleton soldiers] were lost. 】

[Battle Report 2: The Eastern [Golden Sea] was successfully captured, with a total loss of 129 soldiers.

[Warhammer Priest] successfully revived 13 people.

A total of 7 [Holy Guards], 3 [Twilight Wanderers], 2 [Xinghan Heavy Crossbowmen], 6 [Warhammer Priests], 1 [Unfailing Banner], and 110 [Pikemen] were lost in total. 】. 】

“[The Flag That Doesn’t Fall] has fallen (sorrowful).”

Although both sides were successful, the loss was beyond Qige's expectation.

Such a huge loss made Qi Ge realize that he still underestimated the power of [Ghostly Land].

A new round begins, and [Ghostly Land] acts again.

Six green butterflies danced, 3 to the north and 3 to the east, reinforcing the two squares that could restrict it.

This action fully shows that [Ghost Transformation Land] is intelligent and not so easy to deal with.

Two bright red large skulls appeared on the map, which means that there are true Chaos troops stationed on these two squares.

This means that if the original organization is maintained and the attack is continued, without the Lich troops led by mythical units, the damage will definitely be unacceptable to Seven Pigeons.

"No matter what, the resources are very rich now, let's recruit all the troops that can be recruited first.

I put all my hopes on my next card!
My turn, Smit, draw a card! "

Under Qige's order, Smit chose to recruit at [Nazarick Tomb].

[Successful recruitment.

You successfully recruited Lich*29, Lich Hero*1]

Qige:?
"Um?!!

what?Is this a hero?What kind of luck is this, Smith? "

Under Qige's shocked gaze, the Great Tomb suddenly began to change.

The magnificent [Nazarick Tomb] covers an area of ​​1200 square kilometers, including castles, temples, underground tunnels, waterways and other diverse labyrinth structures, presenting a complex form of underground labyrinths and surface castles as a whole.

At this time, over the vast [Nazarick Tomb], countless black smoke was swirling around, condensing like black clouds.

These smokes are rapidly merging, forming a Lich holding a withered staff. His figure is tall and mighty, towering above the sea of ​​clouds like a mountain peak.

His face was covered in darkness, and his eyes gleamed with evil thoughts, making people shudder.

The body of the Lich gradually shrank, and finally half-kneeled in front of Smit, and said in a deep voice:
"My name is Mordo.

I wake up from the eternal slumber and come to follow the God of Destiny.

Your Majesty, please order, on the road against chaos, I will spare no effort"

【Modo

Rating: 76
Legendary Specialty: It can consume resources to help Lich-type arms advance, and the carried Lich-type arms will increase one shooting or casting chance every round.

Significantly enhance the attributes of Lich-type arms.

……

Legendary heroes have action points: 4 points]

The Seven Pigeons were dumbfounded. Smit, a level 5 hero, even summoned a legendary hero.

And, why is Modo? !
Mordo is a born commander, destined to spend his whole life on the battlefield.

Modo is different from Sandro, who is playing tricks. He is the commander-in-chief of Diya. Although he is only legendary, he is very good at fighting, as if he was born for war.

After the establishment of the Diya faction, a total of 4 foreign wars were fought, and 3 times were won.

The commander of these three times is Modo.

Modo was even so powerful that he was so powerful that King Diya was very afraid of him, finding faults repeatedly, and finally made him angry and rebelled.

……

Holding the staff in his hand, Modo seemed to understand the current situation at once, and said to Smit:

"Your Majesty, we must solve the [ghostly land] around the city as soon as possible.

Please hand over the Lich in the territory to me, and give me certain resources.

Under my leadership, your troops will be invincible. "

"This……"

Smit blinked, and suddenly saw the flowers on the ground form a large character: "Good".

She said at once:
"General Modo, then please."

[System prompt: Modo is advancing the Lich. 】

[System prompt: Your 140 Lichs are advanced to level 5 and level 5, the hidden unit Undead Shepherd

.

Your 9 Liches are advanced to level 5 and level 5, the purple-cloaked lich, a mythical unit. 】

Modo nodded and said to Smit:
"Although the number did not meet my expectations, it is enough to deal with the current [Ghostly Land].

Your Majesty, please order me to march. "

Smit glanced at the blooming and withering flowers under his feet, and said to Modo:

"General Modo, I will hand over all my undead troops to you. You can go out at will without my consent."

Mordo happily exhaled a puff of black smoke from his mouth.

He raised his staff and said loudly:
"Your Majesty, I am extremely grateful for your trust. I will definitely not let you down."

Mordo can act 4 times in one round, and he and his army are enough to knock out the remaining two squares around [Ghostly Land].

Those human arms that went out were all transferred back by Smith.

900 of them explore three unexplored squares, and all the rest are left to build cities.

……

A new round begins.

Modo led the team to the expedition, advancing on the map with overwhelming momentum.

At the beginning of the exploration, only 3 colored card was explored in 1 squares.

【Hades psychic tower

Natural wonders
Effect: Allows the hero to learn dark magic from level 1 to level 7. Learning needs to consume 1 action point of the hero. 】

Good news from the development team.

[City construction rate reaches 100%, complete the construction of the Congress and the castle

The city gets 100000 gold coins every round, and the output of all arms in the city is doubled.

The city gets the right to expand, and can expand to 7 squares. 】

Immediately afterwards, reports of four great victories came.

[Battle Report 1: [Xuanyue Cliff] was successfully captured without loss.

The hero Mordo summoned 100 Lich through legendary spiritualism. 】

[Battle Report 2: [The Vicissitudes of the Sea] was successfully captured without loss.

The hero Mordo summoned 30 Lich through legendary spiritualism. 】

[Battle Report 3: [Deep Plain] successfully captured without loss.

The hero Mordo summoned 110 Lich through legendary spiritualism. 】

[Battle Report 4: [Mountain Between Clouds] successfully captured without loss.

The hero Mordo summoned 40 Lich through legendary spiritualism. 】

[System prompt: Your occupied area has successfully formed an encirclement circle, and [Ghostly Land] is restricted.

[Ghostly Land] will no longer send Chaos monsters around.

Please build a city in the occupied area as soon as possible, otherwise the occupied area will gradually degenerate into an unoccupied area. 】

The role of a legendary hero is fully demonstrated at this time.

Under the leadership of Modo, Smit's undead army captured 4 squares in a row, without losing any soldiers, and there were 280 more Lichs.

Autumn leaves are fluttering, and heavy snow is flying.

Winter is here.

The large number of sacrifices made by farmers prevented Smit from accumulating enough food reserves. Fortunately, God's Choice City has developed, and food can be purchased with gold coins in the market.

Seven Pigeons asked Smit to divide his army into two parts: undead and human.

The human part is dedicated to search, development, and city construction, and all wars are fought by the undead led by Modo.

Schmidt has entered a period of rapid development.

Four rounds passed.Modo laid a nine-square grid again, and a new city began to be built.

After two rounds, the new city was successfully established and was named [City of Rest] by Smith.

The expansion of the territory of God's Choice City, together with the [City of Rest], just completely surrounded the [Land of Ghosts].

[System prompt: Your city has successfully formed an encirclement circle, and [Ghostly Land] is surrounded.

[Ghostly place] Die.

The next round of [Ghostly Land] will appear after 10 rounds, and the number of [Ghostly Land] that will appear in this round is: 2. 】

The green butterfly on the [Ghostly Land] trembled and fell, and the whole [Ghostly Land] gradually returned to normal, turning into a normal grid [Linlang Grassland].

But at this moment, Qi Ge started to have a crooked mind.

"General Modo can play 4 pieces of land in one round, and in three rounds, he can create a nine-square grid that can build a city.

The rapid development of building a city and recruiting troops requires a lot of resources, how can there be spare resources to squeeze out the resources to repair [Sky Boat].

Gotta find a way to get some extra cash. "

With the help of Qige, Smit dispatched a farmer and successfully captured [Linlang Grassland] without any Chaos troops stationed there.

This time, Qi Ge first chose [Explore] but did not choose [Development], but directly chose [Collect] and [Destroy]!
Explore first, collect later, and destroy last.

The card was flipped open, the golden light was shining, but no color was revealed.

Exploration ends, collection begins!
[Your total of 1 troops successfully collected food*43670, wood*21400, ore*13000, and gold coins*288760 on [Linlang Grassland].

[Linlang Grassland] was destroyed, and the development rate dropped to -200%]

[You destroyed [Linlang Grassland], and the howls of innocent souls resounded in the sky.

You have obtained 2860000 gold coins, high-level resources * 2400.Combination Treasure: Ghost King Cloak]

With a bang, the huge [Linlang Grassland] grid collapsed as a whole, turning into a large amount of resources and gold coins and gathering on Smit, leaving only a huge void.

The benefits brought by destroying the grid are terrifying. The resources needed for the repair of the Skyship were met by more than half in an instant, and an additional combination treasure [Ghost King Cloak] was obtained.

【Ghost King Cloak

Combo Treasure
Equipment Location: Cloak

Effect: The effect of Hero Spiritualization is increased by 200%.

According to the level of spiritualism, you can freely designate the undead creatures to be summoned.

Beginner: Zombie, Intermediate: Ghost, Advanced: Vampire

Master level: Lich, Legendary level: Dark Rider, Demigod level: Bone Dragon.

God Level: Dracolich]

The appearance of the ghost king's cloak made Modo stronger.

But it also made Qige affirm the conjecture in his heart.

"The ghost king's cloak is a unique combination of treasures. It will appear in this chaotic treasure house and be obtained by me, which means that the original owner of the ghost king's cloak [lord of the dracolich·Death Dogosus] is no longer there.

The world shown by this chaotic treasure house is really in the distant future. "

[Linlang Grassland] The void left after the grid was destroyed began to be gradually filled with the fog of chaos.

After three rounds, a new [Ghostly Land] will be generated here.

Qige generally develops his own city, and generally pays attention to the situation here.

one two Three!

Three rounds are over and the season is back in warm spring again.

A large amount of chaotic fog completely filled the void, and a new [Ghostly Land] was born.

[System prompt: An additional [ghost land] has appeared, please be careful. 】

And at the moment when [Land of Ghosts] was born, the four cities surrounding [Land of Ghosts] shone brightly at the same time.

[Ghostly Land] just appeared, then quickly faded and turned into a normal square.

[System prompt: Your city has successfully formed an encirclement circle, and [Ghostly Land] is surrounded.

[Ghostly place] Die.

The next round of [Ghostly Land] will appear after 4 rounds, and the number of [Ghostly Land] that will appear in this round is: 2. 】

"It's done! It's really possible!"

Qige was extremely excited.

"Haha, when it comes to cheating, I'm a professional!"

Seven pigeons immediately asked Smith to [explore], [collect], and [destroy] a dragon on the newly appeared square.

At the same time, with the efforts of Modo, Smit completed another "cross-siege" of a city.

Two squares were destroyed at the same time!

Collecting and destroying three times made Smit's resource reserves instantly full.

With enough resources, Smith ordered without hesitation to repair the skyship.

The skyship was restored on the top of the mountain, consisting of huge planks and cables, and its hull was decorated with colorful planks, shining brightly in the sun.

With the restoration of the skyship completed, the entire airship began to rise gradually, and finally reached above the clouds.

Smit looked out from the boat at the surrounding mountains and forests stretching to the skyline.

You will be at the top of Ling Jue Ding, and you will see all the mountains and small mountains!

[Tarling Sky reports to Captain Smit.

The construction of the Skyship is completed, is it equipped with a Chaos Compass? 】

"load!"

Smit pressed the Chaos Compass in the cockpit of the Skyship, and the square world map in front of Seven Pigeons was suddenly lit up.

The whole world, the names of all the squares, the number of Chaos Guards, production, whether there are natural wonders, etc., are all seen by Seven Pigeons.

With the delivery function of the skyship, General Modo's troops can be like chess pieces in Go, where they can land wherever they want.

Qige used flowers to construct a grid map of the world in front of Smit, and reminded Smit with flowers of different colors to help Smit find the direction of attack.

Under Qige's remote control, in just two rounds, Smit found 【Elf】, 【Fairy】, 【Orc】, 【Lizard Man】, 【Cyclops】, 【Phoenix】, 【Unicorn】 , [Tauren] five races.

We also found a new legendary hero—the legendary girl from Elemental City, Luna, the Daughter of Firewall.

With the addition of new races, and some new resources found on each square, Smit's territory is more prosperous.

In the third round, two [Ghostly Lands] appeared at the same time.

But this [Ghostly Land] did not pose any threat to Schmidt.

As soon as they appeared, they were beaten down by Luna and Modo's troops and entered a restricted state.

[System prompt: Your city has successfully formed an encirclement circle, and [Ghostly Land] is surrounded.

[Ghostly place] Die.

The next round of [Ghostly Land] will appear after 8 rounds, and the number of [Ghostly Land] that will appear in this round is: 4. 】

After three rounds, eight cities were established at the same time, and two [Ghostly Lands] were destroyed.

Gradually, there are more and more heroes under Smith, and the scope of the territory is also getting bigger and bigger.

After Smit successfully found the miracle building [Lucky Treasure Making House] and started producing treasures, the progress of the game was accelerated again.

[Shenxing Gloves]: The number of hero actions +1
[God Walking Boots]: The number of hero actions +2.
……

One by one, powerful treasures were equipped by the heroes under Smit, and more and more territories were brought into Kneel by Smit.

After another fifty rounds, at this time, the number of [Ghost Transformation Lands] in each round has reached 64.

But Smit was fearless.

[Ghostly Land] will always appear on the unoccupied squares first, and there will always be a city encirclement around such squares.

[Ghostly Land] Die as soon as you appear, and die as soon as you appear, constantly being exploited by Smit.

At this time, as long as Smith occupies all the squares step by step, he can successfully attack.

But Qige doesn't, he's going to play flirtatiously.

"On the destroyed grid, the chaos and fog will be gathered to give birth to [Ghostly Land].

[Ghostly Land] Once born, it will be surrounded by the army of the city, die quickly, and become an ordinary square.

This is equivalent to, except for the first square, the destruction of other squares by Schmidt is actually consuming the power of chaos.

Then what am I in a hurry for?
Kill it!
I want to see if the chaotic energy in the land of ghosts is endless! "

ps: There is no double monthly pass this month, you can vote directly if you have some.It's been three days since the monthly ticket list fell, and the hamster didn't notice it!
Fortunately, a book friend reminded me.I'm so stupid, I could have saved some draft QAQ.

(End of this chapter)