The age of great voyages

Chapter 284 Real Time Strategy Game?

After researching for a while, Lin Chen already understood what was going on. This crystal ball was a simulator used by the Tower of the Highest for all players participating in the trial. The resources obtained could be exchanged for various buildings or subordinate units.

It's like the main base in the game. Initially, it can only be exchanged for simple things such as the most basic peasant tents, and then through the development of plundered resources to unlock simulator permissions to exchange for slightly advanced buildings and subordinate units. It can be said that the more resources plundered, the more powerful they are. will be stronger.

You have certain basic resources at the beginning, exchange basic resources for buildings or summon your subordinates to explore the map, build a base, and then slowly develop. This Lin Chen is very familiar, but familiarity is one thing, but it is not easy to operate, because the game is a game after all. , The big deal is failure, and failure here means being out. The most important thing is that he is still a burden here. His projection is still an ordinary person, so he can't just come here casually like in the game. At least he can't just mess around until he has a certain strength.

There is also a third interface on the light curtain, where each tester can choose a basic skill of any power system, such as the basic swordsmanship of the knight profession, the basic meditation of the mage, the basic meditation of the wizard, and the basic skills of the martial arts. Basic internal skills, etc. Only when basic skills are practiced to a certain level can you consume resources to unlock permissions and obtain more ability exchanges.

Lin Chen thought about it for a while, and chose a mage's basic meditation. This time, he wanted to take the mage's route for the trial, so as to facilitate the cooperation with the construction science.

He still has a bunch of intermediate subjects hanging on the attribute panel. This stuff belongs to knowledge, unlike kung fu projections that cannot be shared. No matter how many projection avatars he divides, he can share this knowledge. Now these 240 four subjects have been strengthened to intermediate , you can already try to make the magic pattern structure.

The skills conferred by attribute abilities are very comprehensive and versatile, and have been strengthened to the intermediate level, which means that this discipline has reached this level and has fully reached the standard to make magic pattern structures. The only difference now is magic and mental power, and of course materials and proficiency.

Since this trial is a projection, it means that the power level will not be too high. Even if the fourth-order legendary level powerhouse appears at the end of the later period, it is unlikely. If the magic pattern structure can be produced in the trial , wouldn't it be very easy and simple to sweep the trial.

Moreover, his real body is still studying at the Supreme Academy, and he will definitely strengthen all subjects to advanced levels at that time. At that time, he will definitely be able to learn more advanced constructions, and he may definitely learn second-level constructions. The construction used by the level can also allow the third-order level to span a large level and have a legendary strength.

After choosing basic meditation, a ray of light flew out of the crystal ball and shot into Lin Chen's forehead. A large amount of information about meditation instantly appeared in his mind. At this moment, he had mastered how to meditate and could sit down immediately as long as he wanted to. Meditation strengthens mental strength.

This crystal ball is a prop that is bound to Lin Chen. It cannot be damaged. It can be put away and released, and carried with you. Lin Chen studied it for a while, and then spent fifty gold and fifty units of food in one go to summon ten farmers.

There was a faint light on the crystal ball, and the silhouette of a human figure on it slowly lit up. When the light reached the extreme, a white light flew out, and quickly outlined a human figure in midair. Middle-aged man with pitchfork.

The farmers were summoned one by one, with an interval of about 1 minute. After 10 minutes, all ten farmers arrived, and Lin Chen felt a little more at ease.

Although the farmer's combat power is not good, he is an adult man after all, and he still has a certain fighting power. Even the farmer in the game will have basic combat power, and at least he can still deal with ordinary beasts.

The summoned farmers are all random in terms of height and appearance, but there is one thing in common. They are all middle-aged men around 30 years old. A farmer has four pitchforks, three dung forks, two sickles, and a shovel, as if he was still working when he was forcibly summoned from another world.

But in fact, these are lair-like creatures, not real people. The things in their hands are just random simulations of farmers.

With ten farmers in hand, Lin Chen had time to look around. This was a wasteland covered with weeds. It was very empty with not many trees. There were faint hills and hills in the distance. There was no water source yet, but I believe If there was a water source, he ordered four of his men to search around. Their order was to come back if they saw wild animals or water sources.

After his men left, he checked the light screen again and took a look inside. On the bottom level of the second interface, 'Build', which is the summoning character area, he found that various basic farm tools and seeds could be exchanged, but no weapons could be exchanged. As well as powerful weapons, you should have to forge them yourself. Of course, the troops recruited by then should bring their own simple weapons, otherwise it will be too difficult to mix.

After waiting for a while, a farmer came back first and told him that many goblins were found in the south. After a while, a farmer from the east came over and told him that he found a small river there, but there were crocodiles in the river.

Lin Chen waited for a while, and when the other two farmers came back, he immediately set off west with a large army. He planned to build a temporary base at the water source by the river.

Ten minutes later, a small river appeared in front of him. The river surface was about seven or eight meters wide, but the river beach was two to thirty meters wide. Swimming fish, there is a not very dense forest not far from the other bank.

“This place is great!”

Lin Chen fell in love with this place at a glance, and didn't compare anywhere, so he decided on it directly. He chose a flat ground and summoned a bonfire at the first time. He summoned two tents beside the bonfire, and two new tents appeared on the construction panel immediately. He built a watchtower next to the camp, and then surrounded the campfire with a wooden fence, leaving only one door.

The sentry tower was simply built of wood, about five meters high, less than two floors high, with a ladder for going up and down, and the fence was tight, about two meters high, which could guard against ordinary wild animals.

So far a simple base has been established, and most of Lin Chen's basic resources have been used, the next step is to develop.

There are only so many basic buildings, and the barracks are all gray. If you want to build a building, you must first unlock the core level. Now it is level zero. You must collect [-] units of food, [-] units of wood, and [-] gold to unlock it. .

Food and wood are easy to collect. The key is gold. Without gold mines, you must exchange excess resources into crystal balls for gold. Different resources have different exchange prices. The rarer the resources, the more valuable they are. For example, the value of wood and food is definitely less On stone and iron.

It was the morning at this time, and Lin Chen asked three farmers to go up and down the river in the north-south direction, and when he came to explore the west, that is, the other side of the river was temporarily ignored, and he brought seven farmers to the river and directed them to try to hunt. Crocodiles are not only clearing the surrounding threats, but also obtaining supplies.

Crocodile skin can be used to make leather armor, teeth can be used to make arrows, and meat can be eaten.

If it was something like his real body, of course he would not look at it, but now he started as an ordinary person, and his ability overwhelmed the power of an ordinary true god, and he did not bring over a single bit of power.

Fortunately, these crocodiles are not too big, so they can be dealt with on the river beach first, and then lead them ashore.

The crocodile was much more clumsy on the shore than in the water. Seven farmers turned it over together, and was stabbed to death with a dung fork. Under the circumstances, he did not dare to step forward.

The corpse is easy to deal with. Let the farmer with the sickle and shovel cut it open, and then store it in the space of the crystal core. The crocodile skin and teeth are placed separately, and the meat can be directly replaced by him. The meat of a crocodile three to four meters long is about It is equivalent to 22 units of grain. It seems that one unit should not be measured in one kilogram, but another unit.

There were many crocodiles in the river, and then three crocodiles were brought up to kill them one after another. The remaining crocodiles probably felt that something was wrong and all ran away, which made him feel a little regretful.

But this is only temporary, after a day or two they will forget again, and if someone is still around, they will be attracted to them again.

Throw the crocodile residue into the river, wash the ground with water to wash away the bloody smell, so as not to attract other beasts, and other farmers who explored the surrounding area came back one after another. According to his instructions, they only need to investigate the surrounding kilometers, not too far.

The three farmers brought different news. Nothing was found in the west, but enemies were found up and down the river. There was a small lake about one mile south along the river, where some grayscale murlocs were found. There is a kobold tribe about a mile or so up the river to the north.

Lin Chen didn't complain about why the kobold tribe didn't mine in the mountains but lived by the lake. This assessment itself is the supreme existence arrangement of the two void domains, no matter how unreasonable it may be.

Both tribes are his enemies and potential threats. At the same time, the resources in the early stage may be provided by these two tribes, especially gold. It is too bad to rely on other resources to exchange. It is necessary to know that a full [-] units of food and wood can be exchanged. One gold, stone and iron cost ten units to exchange one gold, but buying these with gold is only half, that is, five units and fifty units.
Relying on resources to exchange for gold in the early stage is definitely a trap, and it must be obtained from other sources. These two tribes are both threats and resources.

The two farmers didn't dare to go forward too much, and only saw a part of the strength of the two tribes from a distance. The grayscale murloc tribe was the strongest and knew how to use water. The village was also built in a muddy river bank, which was inconvenient to deal with. Lin Chen Decided to tackle the relatively easy kobold horde first.

Well, I hope there won't be an Awakened Dragon's Blood or Warlock superclass in the kobold tribe, otherwise it will be troublesome.

The plan is temporarily set like this, but it is not certain. Before that, Lin Chen sent farmers to continue to explore westward and across the river to the east, just like playing a strategy game. Mapping is the most important thing. Anyway, the recruited similar nest creatures are not Real people, dead are dead.

Before that, Lin Chen did not skimp on resources and consumed another thirty units of gold and the same food. He summoned six farmers again and had ten gold left to spare. If this temporary camp was gone, he would not be able to build a house. .

Humans live in groups. When there are many people, they will become more courageous. He began to lead his men to look for crocodiles or fish along the two ends of the river. This is his only source of food for the time being. At the same time, he asked two of them to summon them with axes. The farmer crossed the river to cut trees and collect wood.

Anyway, it doesn’t take so many people to fish and kill crocodiles. All resources are needed in the early stage. If there are no stones nearby, he would like to ask people to dig stones
Well, this is impossible. It is impossible to spend this effort in the early stage. Stone materials should not be needed in the early stage.

After a whole day, Lin Chen led a group of farmers along the two ends of the river, and caught a total of seven crocodiles and some river fish. They harvested a total of 234 units of crocodile meat, 11 pieces of crocodile skin, 248 pieces of crocodile teeth, and 16 units of wood. .

The main reason is that the logging place is a bit far away, there are not many farmers logging, and the tools are not at hand, and the trees are not big, so it is not bad to be able to cut 16 units.

Back at the camp at night, he lit a bonfire. He asked the farmers to build two simple tents and cover them with grass as a temporary residence. There was one tent hardware, but he was reluctant to build another one. They were all loyal summoned creatures anyway. , there will be no loyalty seats and no opinions.

The next day, Lin Chen continued what he had done yesterday. Unfortunately, there were a lot of crocodiles in the river. Yesterday he killed a large number of them. There were not many left. After half a day, he killed three of them. In the afternoon, he decided not to go. He stayed at the gate of the camp thinking hard about the follow-up How to do.

He doesn't know how other people start the game. Like this trial mode similar to real-time strategy games, the initial stage is very important. There is no time to waste, but there can't be too much loss. If one step is wrong, the advantage will be lost. It is accumulated.

He thinks that he is strong enough, but the other trainees are not weak. With [-] trainees, there will always be some lucky ones who have a good start and can accumulate a lot of resources soon. If Lin Chen wants to win, he can't continue. After doing something like hunting alligators, he needs to do something big.

After thinking about it, he asked half of his men to continue fishing and cutting trees, and he took the other half of the farmers to go north along the river. He wanted to personally investigate the situation of the kobold tribe and see if there was any possibility of capturing them.

The small river is winding and meandering, and the river beach is very soft. The place close to the river can easily sink your feet. The land on the side is very fertile, and the developed fields are fertile fields, which is very good.

About 800 meters up the small river, he saw that the small river turned a corner here, rushing out of a large swamp-like mudflat, and many kobolds were holding sharpened wooden sticks on the ground. I don't know what to look for in the mudflat, eel or loach?
(End of this chapter)