Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 94
Seven or eight people poured into Jiatu's wooden house together, and it seemed a little crowded.

However, everyone was used to the cramped and narrow environment of the shelter, so they didn't say much in the face of this crowded situation, but sat down after finding their own places.

Hua Lun and Zhi Ti came in last, so the boy accompanied the girl to the door of the wooden house with the fewest people and the least accessible; while Wei Wei and An Jie sat on the ground, leaning against the wall at the door; Tajima Then he pretended to be cold and stood by the window on the other side of the door, facing everyone.

Together, Jiatu and Hena stood in the deepest part of the house facing the gate, with Anjie squatting and Wei Wei sitting cross-legged at their feet.

Hena and An Jie beside Jiatu were still looking at each other suspiciously, while Sun Simiao, who was sitting on the bed, coughed lightly, and said:

"Anyone want an orange?"

He asked while holding the bamboo basket in his hand.

The bamboo basket is full of bright orange fruits, which look very fresh.

As a result, no one responded to him except Zhiti.

The people in the first group were full of doubts, and Warren and Hena, who had come two days earlier, were unlikely to talk to him at this time.

Only Zhiti raised her hand with a smile, ignoring the awkward atmosphere in the air, and said, "I want it!".

Then Sun Simiao picked up two oranges and threw them to her.

"So, where did Xu Xiu go?"

Seeing the end of the interaction between the two, Jiatu took the lead in asking.

Sun Simiao glanced at him with some surprise, and said curiously:
"Did you ask that question first? I thought you'd be more interested in 'blood fever.'"

"Other questions, I can roughly guess, only Xu Xiu I don't quite understand - it's normal for him not to want to see me, but judging by your expressions, it seems that it's not that simple..."

Jiatu judged calmly.

Although he didn't have much affection for Xu Xiu, if the young man died due to the attack of the tree wolf clan, then the man in front of him would have to bear a great deal of responsibility.

In the end, Sun Simiao shook his head directly, and replied simply and concisely:
"He escaped."

"Ran away?"

Now, not only Jiatu, but everyone present was a little surprised.

It seemed that even they thought Xu Xiu was just separated or missing.

"Yes, news from the Second Corps in Razor Town."

Sun Simiao affirmed: "Xu Xiu probably felt that this world was good, so she didn't want to be bound to the refuge and the exploration team anymore, so she took advantage of the chaos caused by the tree wolf tribe and escaped from the slave hunting team."

"He didn't join us, but returned to Razor Town along the way he came, as if he wanted to join the local baron—the Nordwald family."

"...so he succeeded?"

Jiatu suddenly realized the seriousness of the matter. After all, according to what Henry and the white wolf said, the expedition team should be prohibited from intervening in the war between the empire and the wolf clan.

Henry was worried about not being able to catch the expedition team, but Xu Xiu, as a participant in the bait mission, came directly to "send charcoal in the snow"!
Now the fun is on!

But Sun Simiao shook his head, and revealed an even more shocking result:

"He has already been 'disposed'. If Xu Xiu just wanted to escape, that's fine, but he actually wanted to betray the expedition team and ask for benefits from the nobles of the empire. Don't blame the second corps for being ruthless." ——It was directly disposed of by Captain Nolan, and now maybe even the body has been cremated—the Second Corps is professional in this regard, and I believe they can’t make a mistake.”

Hearing what Sun Simiao said, Jiatu and the others couldn't help being silent.

Jiatu suddenly realized the ins and outs of the whole matter——

"So the reason why the first team is composed of 'us lone rangers' is not only a 'need' for the slave catchers, but also a kind of 'test'?"

He asked in a low voice.

"'I like you guys' is certainly not a lie."

The young man with the hedgehog head glanced at Jiatu, and said sincerely:
"It's just that you also know that people like you basically have no ties, and discipline and obedience have not been cultivated, so it is inevitable that Xu Xiu will appear."

"So it's fine if we can turn our backs and get on the right track. Since Xu Xiu chose to go to Hei, that's the only way to go."

Sun Simiao said with a sigh.

It seems that I feel a little sorry for this result.

After all, the "Life Essence" used on Xu Xiu was real, and it was impossible to take it back.

"...So even if Xu Xiu doesn't inform the Nordwa family, will she develop blood fever after staying for a long time?"

Jiatu was silent for a moment, then thought of another thing.

"Correct."

Sun Simiao nodded and glanced at Jiatu:
"Trainees like you will develop blood fever after staying near Razor Town for about three months—although you have developed blood fever earlier than I expected due to unknown reasons."

"But this should only be the exception."

He looked at Jiatu and said:
"Formal explorers like Wu Ning or me, who are stronger than me, must go back to the shelter to rest for a week after a one-month rotation, otherwise they will also suffer from blood fever and collapse to death."

Hearing what Sun Simiao said, Tajima, who was standing by the window, couldn't help raising her hand and asked:
"So, what exactly is blood fever?"

Before Xu Xiu escaped, she actually got angry with Ta Maji.

It's just that Tajima couldn't believe Xu Xiu, so she stayed.

Now that Xu Xiu has died, and the expedition team has hidden so many secrets, the man with glasses can't help feeling a little terrified and afraid——

"Why do we have to suffer from blood fever after staying in another world for a long time?"

"You can understand that this is a different world version of 'acclimatization'."

Sun Simiao looked at Tamaji and nodded, pointed to the sky above his head and said: "For this world, no matter how we pack ourselves, we are all invaders, so while we continue to absorb the magic energy of this world to grow ourselves , the demonic energy of this world will continue to attack our bodies and repel us."

"For a short time, we can rely on food and water brought in from the Old World to resist this erosion."

"But as we breathe more and more of the local food and water we have to take in, our bodies will gradually break down under the onslaught."

"Usually, this kind of collapse will speed up as the number of demons flowing into our body increases, but there is an exception, that is, ordinary people who do not have any demon energy in their bodies—"

"They will quickly disintegrate with the demonic environment of the different world, and the time will range from a few years to a few days."

"... In other words, is it impossible to 'immigrate'?"

Jiatu quickly understood what Sun Simiao meant.

After all, no matter how bad the environment here is, it is much better than the shelter.

But after so many years, the people in the shelter have never heard of the "door".

It can only be because of its existence, it is really not beneficial to ordinary people.

"Correct."

Sun Simiao affirmed Jiatu's statement: "All the materials needed for the refuge must be carried back by us explorers, which is the most important reason why the explorers set up a base here to communicate with the locals—"

"Is it because of food and water..."

Jiatu nodded and understood.

The tree wolf tribe definitely couldn't make up for the refuge's industrial needs.

But food and water are not the problem.

In particular, the erosion of different worlds comes from the magic energy, so from the empire world with high magic environment to the wasteland world with low magic environment, the magic energy attached to food and water sources will quickly dissipate and will not harm Ordinary shelter dwellers.

"Yes."

Sun Simiao also nodded and said:
"In fact, the biggest factor affecting our food purchases is the population on this side of the border—"

"All the tree wolf tribes add up to tens of thousands of people, and there are even fewer in Razor Town, ranging from tens of thousands to ten thousand people, so if we just buy food, basically the entire frontier world is not enough for us to consume .”

"So we have to cut down the trees, ferment the starch with the wood, and make it into dry food sticks..."

Jiatu nodded, and finally understood what was going on.

Where did so many dry food sticks in the shelter come from——

After all, even wood is a very expensive thing at the bottom of the dark shelter.

Without the support from the "world inside the door", the annual "Great Expedition" of the expedition team simply cannot supply so many people!
And Sun Simiao nodded, and continued to add:
"The flour and poultry meat obtained by the second corps can only be given priority to the expedition team. Even the managers and elders in the middle-level area and below rarely eat fresh meat, let alone ordinary people. "

Jiatu and Hua Lun looked at each other, and saw the ponytail boy nodded, seeming to confirm Sun Simiao's statement:
"For example, my father and Zhiti's father can only eat canned food, and it's unreasonably expensive..."

The ponytail boy murmured, it seemed that it was also the first time he heard about the origin of the dry food stick.

"Even canned food is a scarce item, so the less you consume, the better."

Sun Simiao said affirmatively, then sighed:

"After all, it's something that us explorers traded their lives for..."

Cato and the others were silent.

They were all digesting the information that Sun Simiao sent.

At the same time, I also realized my obligations and responsibilities as a explorer.

"So, do we also need to ship food and timber to the Old World?"

Wei Wei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his hand and said.

Perhaps as the son of an eighth-tier distributor, Wei Wei is far more sensitive to material issues than others.

"Not in a hurry."

Sun Simiao looked at the round-faced boy and nodded slightly: "Transporting items from the 'door' to the outside world requires the consumption of mana. You have just become 'chackers' not long ago, and the total amount of mana in your body is still very small, so it is not enough to bear the burden. take on such a 'daunting' task."

He said jokingly:

"The next thing you have to do is to improve yourself as much as possible so that you can use it as soon as possible!"

　I will touch so much today, and the new chapter will not come up soon.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)