Infrastructure Throne

Jin Dahe and the two brothers are neighborhood gangsters who spend their days idle and earn their living by collecting debts for others.I thought that I could easily eat Father Li's blacksmith shop, but I didn't expect to kill a ruthless character of unknown origin halfway.

Several burly men collecting debts stared at the young man with apprehension in their eyes: "...Don't think that you are so arrogant and dare to renege on your debts. Believe it or not, I will let no one dare to go to your shop again!"

Shen Qingze stood on the spot with the knife in hand, squinted his eyes and said nothing, but the threat was palpable.

Jin Da hesitated for a moment, even if he is a rogue, he is also a principled rogue, this trip is for money, not murder, two bullying subordinates tugged at the hem of his clothes, wondering: "Boss Jin..."

"I know!" Jin Da stared at the two of them, suddenly became a little hard, turned his head and said harsh words at Shen Qingze, "Don't be complacent, I didn't bring anyone with me today, we'll come back next time! Let's go!"

The nearby village women watched the few people leave, and then looked at Shen Qingze with awe and surprise. Since the attack of the orcs last month, all the young and strong in the village were conscripted to Yuanliu City, and none of them came back. There are hardly any males left.

Shen Qingze picked up the contract that the other party had dropped on the ground, and tore it into two pieces without blinking: "Don't worry about the shop, I'm going to work in the city to earn money, tell me what you want to buy, don't borrow usury anymore gone."

Old man Li grabbed his sleeve, looking anxious: "How can there be such a job that pays so much? In case those people come again... You'd better pack up your things as soon as possible, and leave quickly, the cracks in the bricks under my rice vat There are more than a dozen copper coins hidden, enough for you to make do with for a few days."

Shen Qingze was noncommittal: "Then what should you do?"

Father Li's sunken cheeks pulled a wry smile on both sides: "I'm a careless old man, let them do what they want."

Shen Qingze shook his head, looked down at the overused curly blade of the hatchet, and said lightly: "This is useless, help me with a crossbow."

Father Li stared at him in a daze, and sat tremblingly on the stone bench, he was speechless for a long while before he came back to his senses: "I know the crossbow, but what is the crossbow?"

Shen Qingze: "I'll draw it for you."

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In order to allow players from all over the world to experience the thrill of advancing the historical process, the game background of "Dawn Century" is set relatively long and complex.

In the east of the mainland stands the mighty Great Xia Empire, in the west there are the Mansi Allies composed of several large and medium-sized kingdoms, and in the south near the sea is the Blue Sky Merchant Alliance jointly established by the Human Race, the Sea Race, and other monster races.

The major civilizations are very different and ancient, with different skin colors, species, and cultures.

Old also means backward.

In the blacksmith's shop, the flames in the brick furnace were burning vigorously, the temperature in the small room was rising like summer, and the sound of forging hammers rattling and rattling non-stop.The big white dog napped outside.

Shen Qingze used charcoal to draw a simple version of a single soldier crossbow on paper, which could shoot five arrows in succession.Although the lethality is not as good as the Godly Zhuge Crossbow known as the "cold weapon semi-automatic continuous crossbow", it is more convenient to carry and easy to make.

Originally, in the game "Dawn of the Ages", all weapons were provided to the players with blueprints, which were modeled in a one-to-one simulation scale.

Shen Qingze is not good at weapon design, but this crossbow happens to be the most difficult and most valuable item among the novice benefits. When finalizing the draft, he paid more attention to it, so that he could barely draw it from memory.

Fortunately, Father Li is an experienced old blacksmith who has made many bows and crossbows. Shen Qingze explained the principle, but it didn't bother him.

Hardwoods for crossbow arms, copper materials and iron arrowheads for crossbow bolts are readily available in iron shops.

It's just that the complicated process is really not an easy task for Mr. Li, who has bad legs and feet.

The technology is backward, and manpower is needed.

Shen Qingze squatted in front of the furnace and blasted the wind vigorously, sweating profusely. In an era when there is no other source of power to replace manpower, it is conceivable that the efficiency is low.

The two of them worked hard for half a day before they managed to make a usable Liannu.

The ingenious old man Li used an old water bag to sew a leather case for hanging the crossbow on his waist, and stuffed some remaining copper coins for him.

"This Liannu is the most delicate weapon I have ever made..." Father Li sighed, guessing that the young man was going to do some dangerous work, his black eyelids looked worried.

Shen Qingze wiped off his sweat, walked out of the iron shop, and the big white dog immediately squatted obediently at his feet upon hearing the noise.

In the afternoon of autumn, there are very few villagers coming and going, and the sun shines through the dead leaves on the yellow mud, presenting a sense of desolation and gloom.

Shen Qingze put away the dagger and potion from the gift package, he never comforted others, before leaving, he only left two words for old man Li, which was concise but powerful.

"rest assured."

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Yuanliu City.

As you can tell from the name, this city is built near the water.

As the northernmost city in the Dawn Continent, its north side, to be precise, is at the bottom of the Great Rift Valley 20 kilometers north of Yuanliu City, where there are ferocious orcs and endless monsters.

This group of descendants of the legendary intermarriage between the human race and the monsters has frequently attacked the northern border of the human race for nearly a hundred years, burning, killing and looting, and robbing the resources of the human race to feed their own group.

Yuanliu City, which is close to it, bears the brunt and becomes the target of the orcs' invasion and humiliation.

Fortunately, there is such a natural moat as the Great Rift Valley between each other, blocking most of the orcs who cannot fly.

In the evening, Shen Qingze brought the big white dog into Yuanliu City.

One person and one dog walked on the desolate streets in the city, many shops on both sides were closed, the houses were dilapidated, and many black and white mourning cloths were hung.

The road surface was muddy and dirty, and it seemed that it had not been cleaned for a long time, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt and stench.Pedestrians are in a hurry, and ragged beggars can be seen everywhere.

Not far away, craftsmen, under the supervision of the guards, were repairing the broken walls smashed by the orcs.

In order to resist the attack of the orcs, the north side of the city wall of Abyss was built higher than the south side.Although in Shen Qingze's view, the city wall is nothing more than a high earth wall built with stone bricks and rammed earth, its defensive power is a mystery.

"Big brother..." Shen Qingze, who was in deep thought, came back to his senses after a timid call, and when he lowered his head, he saw a little boy in tattered linen, holding his trousers.

The big black eyes stared at him: "Can I have a steamed bun? I'm so hungry..."

The boy was yellow and thin, and his yellowish skin could barely be discerned. His short black hair was frustrated into a chicken coop by the plaster. He was stared at by a tall big white dog, and he hid in fear.

Shen Qingze was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't have steamed buns."

The boy's longing eyes instantly lost their light, Shen Qingze thought for a while, and took out a copper coin from his pocket: "This is for you."

"Ah! Coins!" The boy grabbed the copper coins and ran away without even saying thank you, as if he was afraid that he would regret it.

In the dirty alley behind the street, several unkempt children rushed out. They were naked and skinny, chasing the boy to fight for the copper coin, wrestling and rolling in the yellow mud.

"Give it to me! Mine!"

"My idea!"

"Don't run!"

"..." Shen Qingze narrowed his eyes and watched the group of beggars disappear into the corner of the alley, with a trace of indifferent pity in his eyes.

The next moment, he touched his empty stomach again, and the corner of his mouth curled up in a self-deprecating way, perhaps it was himself who should really feel pity.

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A month ago, a group of orcs rode big eagles over the Great Rift Valley, hovered over the city, and launched a fierce attack during the autumn harvest season, snatching most of the winter grain and supplies in the granary.

Although the guards led by the city lord were finally repelled, the soldiers and civilians suffered heavy casualties, and Father Li's only son died in this battle.

For a whole month, this battered city was shrouded in gloom and mist.

Not long after that, Shen Qingze, an unexpected visitor, respawned at the birth point of the city, and was brought back home by Father Li who collected his body.

When Shen Qingze first arrived in the Dawn Continent, he racked his brains every day to learn new languages ​​and survival skills, until he saw the devastation with his own eyes, and felt a little regretful.

War, alien race, misery, hunger, death, poverty...

——When the game was first structured, why did you set such a hell-difficult birthplace?

The only advantage, perhaps, is that because the locals have been at war with orcs for many years, players born in this place will permanently get the [Sturdy Folklore] buff and enjoy double power bonuses, making Shen Qingze's attribute board inherently unique. high starting point.

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Every novice birth point in "Dawn Century" must have a place for players to earn currency.The young man led the big white dog and went straight to the only tavern in the city.

The evening sun slanted into the half-covered house, and there were few customers in the tavern, only a few wounded soldiers, begging the tavern owner for a sip of wine.

"The injury is still not healed, what wine to drink?" The boss brought two cups of tea angrily.

The wounded soldier sighed and drank the tea with half fear and half resentment on his face: "If you don't drink it now, if those damned beast slaves come again next time, you might die."

The tavern owner was a little panicked: "Didn't it be beaten away? Will you not come again?"

The wounded soldier smiled wryly: "Even if they don't come, I don't know how many days the little food left at home will survive..."

Another wounded soldier shook his head: "This time, the beast slaves are coming aggressively, riding a big eagle, and descending from the sky. How can we defend against it? It is said that there is a witch priest among them, and the captain of our team was cursed to death by him!"

"The city lord fought hard to get seriously injured, so he wounded the witch priest and forced the beast slave to retreat... I don't know what's going on now..."

Shen Qingze stood in front of the counter and listened carefully to their conversation. The boss noticed him and hurried over to greet him: "My guest, what do you want?"

Shen Qingze slightly nodded: "Boss, I heard that you are hiring people here, I can do some work for you."

"Just you? Are you alone? Do you want to take the job?" The tavern owner was taken aback, frowned and looked up and down. The young man was tall and thin, and looked elegant and refined. His hands were too white, and he couldn't find any calluses from rough work. Nothing like an outlaw.

Shen Qingze flipped his palm, and the high-quality fine iron dagger flashed coldly, like a gust of wind, easily picked up a lock of the boss's hair, and nailed it straight into the wall behind him.

He raised his eyes and stared at the slightly changed eyes of the boss: "It's just me, can't I?"

There was a moment of silence in the tavern. In this border town, not to mention fine iron, even iron is very expensive.

Under the gaze of several strange eyes, Shen Qingze got the task he wanted, greeted the big white dog, and disappeared at the entrance of the tavern with his slender back facing the afterglow of the setting sun.

"That mission has been hanging here for two or three months, right? Is that guy crazy?" The two wounded soldiers looked at each other, "You want to hunt King Kong bear alone?"

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According to a rough map given by the boss, when Shen Qingze rushed to the foggy forest on the outskirts of the city with the big white dog, the last sunset glow in the sky had turned into a dark blue curtain.

The foggy forest is not dangerous during the day, but it will become a nightmare for people when the dense fog falls at night.

The sound of howling wolves and bears came from far away in the depths of the forest.

The King Kong bear is powerful, but has extremely poor eyesight, and acts by smell at night.As the architect of the game, Shen Qingze is well aware of the habits and weaknesses of this novice elite monster.

He didn't intend to confront the King Kong Bear, who is born with great strength, but took local materials, made a simple trap and buried it next to the tree stump where King Kong Bear often haunts, and shot a gray rabbit looking for food with a crossbow. Half cooked as bait.

The whole person dexterously climbed to the top of the tree, lay in ambush among the layers of leaves, raised his crossbow, and was ready to give a fatal blow to the Wolverine bear who fell into the trap!

An hour passed in a minute and a second, and the sky was completely dark.

Shen Qingze took a mouthful of dry food, and the cold autumn night wind poured into his collar, making him shrink his neck from the cold.

The big white dog yawned under the tree beside him. He heard something, and suddenly pricked up his ears. His front paws lay deeply in the direction of the forest, and he bowed his body to warn the owner on the tree.

A black shadow is coming towards the trap and the hare——

There seemed to be a muffled hum, the big fish was hooked!

Shen Qingze breathed lightly, looked down through the gaps in the leaves, the cold and sharp arrows aimed at the shadow under the tree, as long as the machine is lightly pressed, the prey will be his!

"Who is it? Get out!" A deep scolding suddenly tore through the silence.

In the blink of an eye, a long spear pierced through a thick branch from bottom to top!

The sharp tip of the gun shone a little coldly under the moonlight, as if it had eyes, and precisely pointed at Shen Qingze's ambush position, piercing straight to the throat!

Shen Qingze's pupils suddenly constricted - then where is the Vajra Bear, it is clearly a human being, and he is also a powerful man!