Chapter 356 Changes
Just like the last astral teleportation, Gothe's first feeling after finishing the teleportation was still dizziness.
The load brought by long-distance transmission on body functions still exists.
However, compared to the first astral teleportation, Gothe felt very comfortable this time.
Because this is the return trip, there is no need to worry about safety issues.
The return point of the astral teleportation is fixed and is set at Yugathila.
Gothe's chaotic eyes gradually focused.
The crisp swaying sound of the leaves came from above the head, somewhat like the sound of wind chimes.
This is Yugathila welcoming Gothe back, just like a mother who has been waiting for the return of a wanderer for a long time.
Gothe raised his head and saw that Yugathira was growing as lushly as ever.
Hybrid leaves are filled with colorful brilliance, sometimes blending into bright spots, sometimes dispersed into gorgeous ribbons, like a dream.
His heart moved, and he opened the Mandora Demonic Eyes to observe Yugathila. At the same time, he took a step forward and placed his palms close to the trunk of Yugathila.
About the detailed situation of Yugathila, it was conveyed to Gothe's mind through the connection in an instant.
Growth gain coefficient: 1.4——>1.42
Astral teleportation: 1 (17/60 days)
Lifespan: 1/3600 years
Opening up areas (transforming land): 14 acres-->29 acres< br/>
Height: 15 feet --> 16 feet
Land magic concentration: 10-15 (basic spiritual land) --> 24-35 (basic spiritual land)
The most obvious change is the progress of Yogathira's level up.
It was 196/1200 months when Gaode left the northern border. Only two and a half months had passed, and now its level improvement progress has leapt to 619.5/1200 months.
Although Yugathira can rely on the planting of new tree species to improve its growth progress, it is really incredible that there will be such a big improvement when the first wave of Phoenix's potential has obviously been exhausted.
It is obvious that in the past two and a half months, there have been some unusual gains or changes in Phoenix.
The growth gain coefficient does not change significantly compared to the level improvement progress.
This is because the increase in this value mainly depends on the number of trees in the natural realm opened by Yugathila.
With no way to communicate with the outside world, in most cases in the north, there are not even as many ordinary trees as there are magic trees.
Because ordinary trees have no way of growing in such an extremely cold environment, instead, they are magic trees, which can survive in various extreme environments because of their extraordinary characteristics.
The number of astral teleportations has been accumulated again.
This is to be expected, Yugathra is currently recharging the astral teleportation every sixty days.
The area of the natural domain opened up by Yugathira has doubled.
The concentration of magic power in the land has also increased to 24-35. In the core area closest to Yugathila, the concentration of magic power is not far from the 46 in the first-order spiritual land.
After understanding the situation of Yugathila, Gothe looked away from it and looked around.
Visible to the naked eye, a dozen brand new magic tree saplings sprouted nearby.
They should be the main contributors to the great improvement in Yugathila's growth rate.
Farther away, the camps and outposts that were being set up in full swing when Gaode left were already taking shape.
The outer wall of the camp is made of ice blocks, which is as high as two people. Inside the ice wall, there is a circle of tents covered by thick animal skins.
Not far from the camp, there is a sentry post that has just been built.
The sentry post is made of huge ice blocks and hard rocks. On the top is a circular observation tower with guardrails around it. In the center of the observation tower is a small shed made of animal skins, which provides a shelter from the wind for the sentry.
From the sentry post, you can overlook a large area around the camp, and you can also notice the movement of wild beasts and even earth-line creatures in the distance.
There are many people coming and going in the camp. Except for the sentry, everyone is also busy, some are processing food, and more are doing construction.
Because this is the location of the Holy Tree, the future plan has already been set. It will be the largest and most important port in Phoenix and even the North, as well as the second northern city after Phoenix.
It is foreseeable that when construction is actually carried out in the future, there will inevitably be an influx of people. Building the camp in advance now can be considered a precautionary measure.
Humistically visible, there are now more than a hundred people in the camp.
Gothe's eyes swept across the entire camp.
Under normal circumstances, people’s number sense ability is limited, below 5.
What is number sense? It is the ability to accurately judge the number of objects in an instant without counting.
In other words, if there are only five people in front of you, you can get the answer "5" at once.
But once the number of people in front of you exceeds five, for example, there are seven people, you have to "count" and go through a process of "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7" to get the final answer.
But with the blessing of Mandola's magic eye, Gothe's number sense ability has been amazingly improved in another way. With just one glance, he got accurate data.
167 人.
The original tree protection team of 100 people has actually grown to 167 people.
"My King!" Elder Gaien had already discovered Gothe's return the moment Gothe appeared, and rushed over to see him.
"There is no need to be polite, Elder Gein," Gothe waved his hand and asked: "Are there any free snow wolves in the camp now? I want to go back to Phoenix."
"Of course, my king, Elder Grant's pet has been in the camp during this time, waiting for your return." Elder Gein said respectfully.
"Okay." Gothe nodded.
"My King, are you going back to Phoenix now?"
"Yes," seeing Elder Gein's hesitation, Gothe asked, "What's wrong?"
"The situation has been a bit tense recently. War Mother has specially told me that if my king wants to return to Phoenix, I must escort him personally." He nodded and said, "Then let's go together. By the way, tell me what happened during this time."
The biting cold wind blew across his face like a knife, rolling up the snow on the ground, making it white.
Gothe rode on the back of the snow wolf and discovered that there was a new change in the two and a half months since he left.
There is a slightly rough road between Valar Bay and Phoenix. It was an ice road formed by the ice-born mage of the Zhenbing Tribe who solidified the snow.
The entire road is not too wide, just big enough for two snow wolves to walk side by side. From a distance, it looks like a winding ice snake entwined in the ice and snow.
Such a road is naturally extremely smooth, and it is extremely easy to fall when driving on it, so it is not considered a qualified road.
However, you only need to add a [Skating] or similar spell to eliminate the adverse effects of difficult terrain, and it can be temporarily used as a normal road.
At least after the completion of this ice road, the time it takes Gaud to ride a snow wolf to and from Varar Bay and Phoenix will be reduced from the original six days to less than three days.
To further shorten this time, a formal transportation network needs to be built, and it is best to dig through the Valar Mountains, build a tunnel, or purchase an airship.
After all, the straight-line distance from Varar Bay to Phoenix is actually only two hundred kilometers. The reason why it takes so much time to go back and forth is because the Varar Mountains lie between the two.
The time it takes to climb and descend the mountain is the big one.
For Phoenix, the former is more likely.
While rushing on the road, Elder Gein followed Gothe's request and gave a detailed introduction to what happened in Phoenix during his absence.
In fact, most of them were within Gaode's expectations, because he was the one who led the design.
As expected, the emergence of Northwest Barley No. 1, and the deliberate spread of it by the Zhenbing tribesmen, soon caused a big stir in the northern border.
Food is the most precious material in the north, and it is even better than the oil resources in Gothe's previous life.
In this icy and snowy north, having a stable source of food is simply a guarantee of life.
This is something that the people in the north have been pursuing for thousands of years but cannot get.
Small and medium-sized tribes are forced by the strong strength of the Zhenbing tribe. Even if they have many ideas in their hearts, they dare not do anything and can only choose to wait and see.
But the Frostwolf Clan and the Winter's Hammer, two large tribes with the same name as the Zhenbing Tribe, still have some confidence to challenge the Zhenbing Tribe.
Not to mention, after catching the "rat" from the Frostwolf Clan, the Zhenbing Tribe returned the favor and offered a sky-high price, asking the Frostwolf Clan to use twenty drops of fourth-level ice marrow to redeem the person.
In the end, it is unknown what kind of communication the Frostwolf clan and Winter's Hammer went through and what kind of agreement they reached. In the end, the war mothers of the two clans actually came to Phoenix together in the name of visiting the Redemptor.
It’s called a visit, but it’s actually meant to exert pressure.
"In the name of the northerners having the same roots and being a family, they asked the War Mother to provide them with Northwest Barley No. 1 wheat seeds and share the corresponding planting techniques." Elder Gain's voice was a little weak in the cold wind, but it reached Gothe's ears clearly.
"I underestimated them. I thought they would join forces, but I never thought they would be so thick-skinned." Hearing this, Gothe couldn't help but sigh.
“Of course, the War Mother decisively rejected their request, and then they began to accuse the War Mother of being cold-blooded and ruthless, saying that the people in the north have always been in the same spirit, struggling to survive in the ice and snow, and should have supported each other. Now that the Zhenbing Tribe has discovered Northwest Barley No. 1, they are hiding it and are unwilling to share it with them.”
"Saying that we violated the friendship of the people of the North who have the same origin and is selfish." Elder Gain's tone was full of disdain, and he was very contemptuous of the high-sounding war mothers of the two races.
"How did Sunaifa deal with it?" Gothe was curious.
"The War Mother said that if they were selfless, they would first share the skills of frost wolf taming, the Hammer of Winter, and the forging process with the Zhenbing Tribe and many northern tribes." The corner of Elder Gain's mouth raised slightly.
"Then, they were speechless. Verbal accusations were useless and turned into threats."
"But." Elder Gein spread his hands and showed a proud smile, "War Mother is not afraid of verbal accusations, let alone threats!"
"War Mother is not used to the threats from these two people. He just ignored them, turned against them, and took action, just outside Phoenix, in front of many tribesmen, one against two, and suppressed them both without any effort. In that scene, they didn't even have a chance to escape, let alone struggle, and could only be subdued obediently."
Gaode couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this.
Threatening Sunaifa is not just a matter of hanging oneself.
As the last pure-blooded iceborn in the contemporary era, Sunaifa has awakened the ultimate ice magic, and coupled with the exclusive magical weapon [Blizzard], he is a nearly invincible existence among the four rings.
With the introduction of [Breath of the Wild], he has even completed the unparalleled feat of defeating the fourth and fifth rings.
The war mothers of the Frostwolf Clan and Winter's Hammer are just two fourth-ring mages. Sunaifa's suppression of them is naturally as simple as chopping melons and vegetables.
"However, the War Mother had long-term considerations and believed that blind killing would not solve the problem, but might cause more hatred and disputes. Therefore, after suppressing them, she offered a reasonable price and asked the two tribes to provide corresponding materials to redeem them."
“When the ‘ransom’ was received on time, the War Mother kept her promise and released the two of them.” Elder Gain continued: “Many people also praised the War Mother for her kindness.”
In the eyes of others, material resources such as food and ice marrow may be more valued, but in Gothe's eyes, population is the most precious resource.
Population represents productivity and development potential.
Hence, the method of unification must not be military unification, as there will be casualties and the loss of too many people. Conflicts must be avoided as much as possible.
If these two war mothers are really killed, it will inevitably arouse strong anger between the two tribes, which may lead to a cruel war.
With Sunaifa, the absolute force in the north, and the upgraded Ice Jade Wutong, Phoenix is indeed not afraid of war, but casualties are inevitable.
The top priority of the Zhenbing tribe now is development. War will not only cause development to stagnate and interrupt the originally orderly agricultural construction, but will also consume a large amount of human, material and financial resources, affecting production, which is unnecessary.
"After the two of them were released, they would definitely not dare to retaliate due to the terrifying strength of the War Mother, but their covetousness for Northwest Barley No. 1 could not disappear, so they sent a large number of rats to keep an eye on Phoenix."
"Although Deputy Director Kathleen and Deputy Director Lanwen have caught a lot of rats, there are always fish that slip through the net, so War Mother told me that if you want to return to Phoenix, you must accompany them to escort you to ensure your safety."
“After all, everyone knows how important you are to the Zhenbing Tribe. If they don’t have the ability to attack the War Mother, they will most likely turn their target on you.” Elder Gain said seriously.
Sunaifa’s concerns are very reasonable. "In addition, just half a month ago, the War Mother took the initiative to send out a signal, announcing that the Zhenbing Tribe has solved its food problem and is capable and willing to accept other tribes to join."
"Subsequently, six small tribes surrounding our Zhenbing Tribe have sent envoys to contact us, expressing their strong intention to merge into our Zhenbing Tribe."
“These small tribes have struggled to survive in the harsh environment in the north for a long time. They only wanted a strong support that could protect them and a stable food supply, so the whole process was very smooth. They hit it off and these six small tribes soon became part of the Zhenbing Tribe.”
"But I don't know the specific details, but their joining has brought more than ten new magic trees to Valar Bay."
Gaode nodded secretly.
Although he temporarily left the North through astral teleportation, the more than 500,000 people in Phoenix are not just NPCs waiting for his command. Sunaifa is an excellent ruler with outstanding talents and decisive decision-making power.
So even if Gaode is not around, Phoenix is actually still developing at a rapid pace.
(End of this chapter)