Urban Sims

Town of Limburg.

Standing on the roof of the building in the center of the town, blowing the warm wind and looking at the prosperous town scene, Zhou Ming felt full of accomplishment, but there was not much joy on his face.

Instead, there was a slight frown and deep worry.

"How can we protect this paradise-like prosperity?"

Protect for a long time.

This is a question Zhou Ming has been thinking about recently.

Monk.

Monks who have reached the late stage of Qi Refining and above can deal a devastating blow to this border town.

If he offends just one person, Zhou Ming's years of hard work will be ruined.

If you want to give a vivid metaphor: Those monks with high cultivation level are like dragons in Western legends. They usually don't come out of their caves, but once they come out, they can destroy a city casually.

The difference is that depending on the level of cultivation, some are partially destroyed and some are completely destroyed.

Of course, killing people and massacring cities at every turn is what evil cultivators do. Most decent cultivators would not intentionally do such a thing, unless they accidentally landed in a big city while amplifying their moves.

That can only be said as a shame.

What's more, for some monks, if they want to deal with Zhou Ming, they may not necessarily destroy his foundation, they just need to kill Zhou Ming.

Zhou Ming died, and all his efforts were in vain.

Looking at Zhou Ming's current cultivation level, he is not even in the middle stage of Qi refining. When faced with the pursuit of powerful monks, he can't even run away.

So no matter what, Zhou Ming had to improve his own strength and improve Limburg Town's defense.

To what extent?

Enough to protect one's own interests and enough to kill the strong ones in the late stage of Qi refining.

How can one achieve this level?

Zhou Ming came up with three ways.

The first is to recruit guests.

In exchange for spiritual stones, spiritual coins, medicinal herbs, and elixirs, some monks with higher cultivation levels were recruited to serve as guest ministers.

This method works quickly, and there are many people who are willing to be guests, so you don't have to worry about not being able to recruit people.

The disadvantage is that the price is higher, you need to pay a lot of compensation, and you have to take good care of it.

The second is to build an army.

Establish a regularized and disciplined army, supplement it with strict training, and teach the battle formation method. Everyone practices "Dragon and Snake Yanwu Jue". This set of martial arts skills can be practiced to a high level and can be compared with the early stages of Qi refining. The monks fought head-on, although the odds of winning were not high.

But what about a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand?

The consumption of energy can kill monks with lower cultivation level.

In terms of weapons, if we develop plate armor to improve the defense of this army, and if we develop crossbows or firearms to increase the attack power of this army, monks with higher cultivation levels can also resist them.

The third type is to train monks.

The first two methods have certain flaws, and neither of them can completely and fundamentally solve the problem of Limburg Town's insufficient defense capabilities.

Some people talk about developing science and technology, developing laser guns and nuclear weapons, crushing those monks, and bulldozing this plane. Of course Zhou Ming thought of this and tried it a long time ago, but found that it didn't work.

Laser guns cannot be used. Hard metal immediately becomes softer than mud when brought to this plane, and its physical and chemical properties undergo reverse changes.

I tried using sulfur, charcoal, and saltpeter mixed with some black gunpowder, but it couldn't even burn, let alone explode.

The road to technology is almost deadlocked.

You can only build a training school yourself, let the system check your physique, select some good seedlings, send them to the school, and then hire a few monks and teachers to guide them on the path of practice, and provide spiritual stones, elixirs and various materials to cultivate talents. , train monks.

Enhance the defense capabilities of the town of Limburg.

This school was established two years ago and is called "Huxiang School".

There are currently 30 students. Zhou Ming serves as the principal, cultural teacher, spiritual practice teacher, and miscellaneous studies teacher of this school... He wears many hats and is very busy.

Today, among these 30 students, 16 have "perceived" "qi" and 8 have completed "foundation building". Although the number is not very large, it makes Zhou Ming full of confidence in the future!

"With the development speed of Limburg Town, the population is expanding at a rate of 10% per year, and there is almost no limit to the economic growth space. There are hundreds of millions of square kilometers of land in the virgin forest in the west, waiting for development. It may take about a hundred years to Can we turn this small town into a huge empire..."

"If this empire has a population of one billion and cultivates talented monks at a ratio of one in ten thousand, and uses all the efforts of the country to train them, I believe that by then, this empire will be able to compete with those large sects."

Of course, it would be impossible to establish such a powerful empire within a hundred years or so. But it is still very possible to accumulate power that makes large sects fearful and dare not act rashly.

But in this process, we still have to ensure everything is foolproof and prevent accidents.

Therefore, Zhou Ming planned a three-pronged approach. In addition to cultivating monks, he also needed to recruit guest officials and form an army.

So Zhou Ming went to Jinyan City and through some channels, announced the news of "hiring a guest with a high salary":

Number of people hired: 2 people.

Cultivation requirements: middle to late stage of Qi refining.

Treatment: 50,000 spirit coins per person per year (plus year-end bonuses and other benefits).

Length of employment: 10 years.

After the news spread, people quickly came to apply for interviews because the salary was very attractive.

Zhou Ming interviewed three groups of people and finally settled on a couple.

This couple of monks are both in their early 30s. The man's name is "Su Yuanlong", he is handsome, dressed in white, quite elegant, and his cultivation is in the middle stage of Qi refining; the woman's name is "Wang Caifeng", she has a handsome appearance and wields a sword. The method is outstanding, and the cultivation level is also in the middle stage of Qi refining.

The couple also has a son and a daughter. Because they have been traveling for a long time, their work and income are not stable, and they cannot take good care of their children. By chance, they heard that the town of Limburg was recruiting guest ministers, and the treatment was exciting, so they all had the idea of ​​settling down. thoughts.

Zhou Ming was even more pleasantly surprised. A group of monks who have a family, a business, and children are the ideal candidates for recruitment. They don't have to be too defensive. With children involved, they won't be half-hearted and leave when they want, which is even more reassuring.

After the couple arrived in Limburg with their children, the town in front of them made them open their mouths in surprise.

"This... I have never seen such a lively town. It is... very special."

Su Yuanlong has met many people from the world, but the town in front of him still makes him feel fresh and unique.

How should I put it, the first sense this town brought to him was vitality and full of vitality.

"I've heard some people say before that Limburg is a very special place, but I can't tell you what's so special about it. When I saw it today, it was indeed special..."

Wang Caifeng said with a smile. Based on the smiles she observed on the faces of the townspeople coming and going, she felt that this town seemed to be filled with... happiness.

On the carriage, their children opened their eyes wide and looked at the town in front of them. Their previous depression due to moving from a prosperous city to a remote and backward countryside turned into full of curiosity.

Zhou Ming laughed and said to them: "This town is still in the early stages of development... In the future, you will also like it here."

…

A house with the best facilities was vacated in the center of the town, and the guest family was accommodated. It was also equipped with a chef and a nanny, and all kinds of preferential treatment. The other party was very satisfied and settled down quickly.

A few days later, Su Yuanlong and Wang Caifeng, who were extremely bored, took the initiative to go to the "Hometown Protector School" and served as spiritual teachers, effectively reducing Zhou Ming's burden.

Therefore, Zhou Ming had more time to focus on the formation of the "Hometown Protection Army".

The "Hometown Protection Army", just from the name, means "defending the hometown." The purpose of establishing this army is naturally to protect the hometown and maintain the development and prosperity of Limburg Town.

Zhou Ming selected 150 young hunters at a ratio of 20 to 1, and after three months of devil training, he formally formed a professional and regular army - the Hometown Guard Army.

Although this army is small in number, it has strict discipline, elite weapons, advanced ideological awareness, and love for its hometown. It is an army with combat effectiveness and faith.

Most of them, in order to defend their hometown and resist foreign enemies, are willing to fight to the death, even if they give their lives.

Of course, standing in front of these young and passionate soldiers, as the supreme commander, Zhou Ming knew in his heart that once faced with the invasion of powerful monks, most of them would not be able to play any role. Perhaps their individual sacrifices could only If you delay a strong enemy for a few tenths of a second, your character is equivalent to cannon fodder.

Their greatest value is mainly to maintain law and order, combat illegal crimes, and maintain daily peace.

What happens when the real challenge comes?

Are they really just cannon fodder?

I am afraid that they themselves cannot accept this position, so every time when Zhou Ming talks about the threat of monks, they hold a breath in their hearts, and then train desperately and selflessly.

To prove their worth!

So Zhou Ming thought for a while, the talents of these soldiers of the Home Guard Army cannot be improved, they can only be strengthened in weapons.

Advanced weapons can sometimes eliminate "generational differences" in physical fitness.

Technological weapons are temporarily unavailable, so Zhou Ming can only make fuss about traditional weapons.

Divine Arm Crossbow - the full name is "Super Powerful Ultimate Form Divine Arm Crossbow for Individual Soldiers".

For this kind of crossbow, Zhou Ming spent more than a year searching for countless information, drawing countless design drawings, and even simulated it trillions of times on a supercomputer.

In the actual manufacturing process, the manufacturing process of this kind of crossbow is complex, with extremely high requirements on materials and processing accuracy, and strict requirements on the craftsmanship of the craftsmen.

In order to create a "god arm crossbow" with full power, Zhou Ming tried more than 300 kinds of wood, more than 500 kinds of animal tendon strings, and more than ten kinds of metal materials. It took several months to finally successfully build it. A handful came out.

During the test firing, the performance was amazing.

Thousands of meters away, a person can hug a thick tree trunk, and a fine iron crossbow arrow can penetrate it directly.

The initial launch velocity is greater than the speed of sound, and its power is far greater than ordinary rifle bullets, even comparable to medium-caliber sniper rifle bullets.

The destructive power was so huge that even Su Yuanlong, who was in the middle stage of Qi refining, his face changed wildly when he was standing a thousand meters away. He bluntly said that it was difficult to resist in a defenseless state.

"If all the arrows are fired at the same time, even the strong men in the late stage of Qi refining will not dare to take it head on." Su Yuanlong commented.

Zhou Ming nodded, feeling confident.

Of course, the Divine Arm Crossbow is not without its shortcomings. It is expensive to make (300 spirit coins a piece) and requires high usage (the arm strength must exceed 500 kilograms to fully draw it. Currently, less than one-third of the soldiers in the Home Guard Army can do it. ), but Zhou Ming still decided to build a production line and strive to achieve mass production.

Because this is the first weapon that can allow "mortals" to barely compete with monks.

Therefore, Zhou Ming also gave this divine arm crossbow a domineering nickname: The Heaven-defying Immortal-Slaying Crossbow.