Let's suffer a little longer, fellow Blue Star folks.

After the three of them had a simple breakfast in the dining hall, they left the Xia family at the speed of light and came to the Yunzhong shop which had just opened.

"Hello, what can I do for you three?"

The clerk on duty this morning was the one who chased the little boy before. However, the last time Xia Keyu came, Oxygen and the other two did not follow her, so the clerk did not recognize them.

"We are here to look for Bu Dan. Is she in the store now?" asked Oxygen.

"Oh, the shopkeeper is not here right now. She usually comes in the afternoon. You can..."

"squeak--"

Before the clerk could finish his words, there was a slight sound of the back door of the shop being pushed open.

Immediately afterwards, Bu Dan walked in yawning. She first looked around the store as a routine, and finally her eyes fell on Oxygen and the other two, and she raised her eyebrows.

"Eh? Why are you here?"

"..."

"Mercenaries from Cloud City?"

While sipping the hot tea brought by the waiter, Bu Dan recalled the past with his newly cleared mind.

"Oh, yes, that's what happened."

"Because someone in Yangwei Village was selling fake medicine under the name of the Yunzhong Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce hired a group of mercenaries to investigate."

"But don't worry. These fake medicines probably have nothing to do with the people in Yuanfu Town. Although they are selling defective potions, the buyers are well aware of this. Moreover, those potions won't kill you, they will just ruin your future."

"Hmm~"

After taking a sip of tea, Bu Dan felt much more relaxed. Since he had nothing to do in the morning, he simply continued to talk to Yang Yang:

"You probably don't know much about this, but the mercenary group coming to Yunhe Town this time is called the 'Iron Hua Group'. They're quite famous in Yunzhong City, with hundreds of registered members alone. They're fully equipped, and their leader is a Xuan-level master."

"Most importantly, they're very kindhearted. I heard they've delayed missions several times to protect civilians and paid a lot of liquidated damages."

At this point, Bu Dan also shrugged his shoulders.

"However, these good deeds are just rumors, and we don't know whether they are true or not, but they are definitely very powerful."

"If a fight breaks out outside the city, it's likely to be enough to match the Yunhe Army with the same number of people."

Because most of the humans disguised as demons are kind-hearted people, most people in today's society are wary of these kind-hearted people.

But those villains who do not hide their true intentions are reassuring in a sense.

Perhaps this is a situation deliberately created by the demons.

"..."

"Then let's go."

"See you."

Because Bu Dan looked like he hadn't woken up yet, and Oxygen and the others were just asking for some information, so after draining Bu Dan dry, the three of them didn't stay in the Chamber of Commerce for long.

They walked quickly to the north gate of Yunhe Town, and just as they passed through the city wall, they saw a large group of people standing outside the city.

These people were all wearing uniform clothes, with a loose army green vest on the upper body, gray overalls on the lower body, and the same black boots on their feet, which looked quite handsome.

Looking more closely, it was found that these people were carrying their own weapons, some were guns, some were melee weapons, and a few of them were even wearing external armor that was somewhat similar to the leader's.

"Hey, who are these people?"

"Haven't you heard? The mercenary group that came from Cloud City is called something like... the Iron Blood Group?"

"See? These people's weapons are so good, they must be worth a lot of copper coins."

"Return the copper coins. See those machine-like armors? You can't even buy them with air stones. Each one is enough to buy you a house in the east city."

"..."

The discussions of the people coming and going around did not attract the attention of these mercenaries. After all, they were running around outside Yunzhong City almost day and night, and they had seen reactions more intense than Yunhe people.

The other two, Oxygen and the others, also watched as they walked. They even secretly approached the place where the mercenaries gathered and took several screenshots.

Then I posted them all on the forum.

Xia Shu: Holy shit! So many strong men! Where did you find them?!

Fujiwara Tofu Shop: Please read the text description before reading the post, don’t just speak after looking at the picture. Okay, didn’t Oxygen say that outside Yunhe Town, there was a group of mercenaries from Yunzhong City.

King of Gamblers: The NPC in the lower right corner of the first picture is wearing armor, am I seeing right?

Babatos: Hiss, it really is! Tell me now, these NPCs are hostile forces! Tell me now! I want to get some equipment!

The Flame Rat's Demon King: Let them destroy our equipment, right? The hundreds of us may not be enough to be killed by those mechas.

Cat-faced Thunder God: Let him show his health bar! I'll grind him to death!

Alps: Are these mercenaries going to Yangwei Village to investigate counterfeit drugs? What kind of counterfeit drugs are they investigating? Viagra?

Lao Wang next door: Wow, I just realized that the name of this village is so exciting.

Uncle Potato: You’re right, you’re right, I have actually seen a village with this name, right in my hometown.

Lao Wang next door: Bullfrog.

Lemon: Where is Yangwei Village? Is there a specific location?

Ke Ai's life story: We asked Bu Dan, and he said that it was on the west side of Yunhe Town, on a small plain close to Jiaoqiu Town. It was the border between the two towns, and it was not far from Yunshan River.

Alps: Uh...it doesn’t sound like a safe place. It’s close to the Yunshan River, so it’s also close to the demon-occupied area?

Gugu: Turtle, all the elements are complete. Are there frequent wars in that place?

Kegel Assistant: Fighting a war?! War is great! War requires munitions, right? We've developed a lot of disposable munitions, and we can definitely sell them!

Kegel Assistant: I just don’t know how often they practice and how fast they consume energy.

Flame Rat Demon King: I have a suggestion. You can provoke a fight between them and the rebels, and then sell arms to both sides.

The Flame Rat leads the Demon King: If the fight gets intense, maybe we can even take down Jiaoqiu Town and sell it directly to three parties. What a great deal!

Yu Wenbobo: I advise you to be kind.

Phosphorus pentoxide: I advise you to be kind.

Chapter 198 is simply the opposite of Tiangang!

Let's put the issue of selling arms aside for now. After all, provoking war is really detrimental to cyber virtue.

Although yesterday a player who was good at carpentry made a Buddhist shrine at the east gate of the gathering place, and placed a wooden fish inside, even the stick for hitting the wooden fish was made, polished and oiled.

Phosphorus pentoxide: Go to the East Gate and knock the wooden fish to accumulate some merit.

Favorite black stockings and beautiful legs: Why don’t you go and sell some light bulbs, and also get the matching wires and everything.

Qingdun Da Lao Ye: We have recently developed bicycles, so why not sell some? Although mountain roads are not easy to travel on, they are still suitable for simple transportation on flat roads.

Anal Lift Assistant: I can only say! It’s not as profitable as arms sales!

King of Gamblers: Hey, now that we're talking about it, can we open a casino in another gathering place? This thing has high profits!

Babatos: If you are not afraid of being beaten to death on the spot, you can go.

King of Gamblers: I’m not afraid. Dying once only costs 50 Alliance Coins. As long as the profit from every casino I open exceeds 50, doesn’t it mean I’m making a profit every time?

Not drinking Coca-Cola: Damn, you are such a genius.

King of Gamblers: But how to transport the money back is a problem. It would be great if the Chamber of Commerce’s bank could void deposits.

Phosphorus Pentoxide: You'd better sell some legitimate goods, otherwise the reputation of this gathering place will be ruined. We legitimate businessmen won't be able to sell anything.

Lao Wang next door: Hey, didn't the leader bring back a 3D printer from the pre-war civilization yesterday? Didn't you guys try it out?

Kegel Assistant: I tried it once, and the accuracy of the product was average, but it was good enough. At least some components that don't require high accuracy can be generated directly with it.

King of Gamblers: Can components be mass-produced using machines? Will the price of iron in the settlement go up? Is there still a lot of iron in the warehouse? How much is it selling for now?

Don't drink Coca-Cola: F*ck! If you dare to resell even iron, be careful that Sister Keyu will deprive you of the right to buy things in the warehouse! ! !

Dian Chong, take me with you: That's too good of a deal for him! Anyone want to join us? Let's just kill this bitch! He cheated me out of my money last time and he still hasn't paid me back!

King of Gamblers: No, buddy, I really didn’t lie.

Take me away! Tell the police what you said! I'm going to report you as a liar to the planning department!

Speaking of which, Tang Yi had actually known about the matter between Dian Chong and the King of Gamblers before, and Xia Keyu had also had tea with the King of Gamblers.

So he has now switched to reselling business.

However, after they reminded him, Tang Yi really remembered that there has never been much iron in the gathering place. If production is opened now, it will probably be used up by the players in a short time.

Thinking of this, Tang Yi quickly finished the noodles in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, then paid the money to the new recruit of [Lazy State Ramen] and walked all the way to the office next to the mission hall.

Xia Keyu is not here at the moment. I guess she went to inspect a factory.

So he placed the original skin of Xiaoxing that he had brought from the task hall on its exclusive workstation.

"Iron deficiency..."

Tang Yi sat in the chair and thought for a while.

For resources like steel, it is definitely most cost-effective to buy them from Yunhe Town. After all, the Yunhe Border Army is not the place in charge of people's livelihood. Even if there is steel stockpile in the military camp, it probably cannot be sold to them all the time.

However, if you go to town to buy it, you have to consider the transportation cost.

Large carts also consume gas stones, and the more cargo they carry, the more they consume. Not to mention the winding mountain roads leading into the mountains, with constant acceleration and deceleration, the consumption of gas stones soars.

"From now on, apart from food, all other items brought back from Yunhe Town should be placed at the trading point outside the valley."

Tang Yi turned his head to look at Xiaoxing, who was swaying gently left and right, and gently hit it on the head with his right hand.

"As for the subsequent assembly lines for the factories in the settlement, please inform the players that they can only be built at the trade point. There is not enough land in the settlement to grant them."

This will also reduce transportation pressure in some gathering places.

As for the players' R&D sites, they can be left in the valley. After all, the technology needs to be kept confidential. If it is placed in a trading point, it will not be safe with caravans coming and going.

"As for the workers on the assembly line..."

Although there are no labor problems in the gathering places at present, we still have to be on guard.

After all, once these newbies become veteran players, it will be impossible for them to continue doing these simple, dirty and tiring tasks.

Even some tasks with low risk and low returns will be ignored.

"It seems that the main task should be completed as soon as possible."

Tang Yi looked at the task progress on the task panel.

The item to recruit 500 players is already marked green.

The progress bar for obtaining 50,000 units of 'Chi' is more than halfway through.

Defeat 100 low-level and above monsters. After the players' efforts over this period of time, they finally broke through the 40 mark, with only 57 left to go.

After completing this main mission, he can directly replenish 1500 resurrection chambers, so he won't have to worry about the number of players for a long time.

……

"No, these people have slipped away too far."

Yu Shui stood on a slightly raised mound, looking through a telescope at the rebels stationed about four or five kilometers away, and sighed helplessly.

"They even chose such an open place, so it's hard for us to even harass them."

After the man in black armor discovered that there was a group of enemies of unknown origin hiding around Camp No. 1, he abandoned the camp that night, and then led his subordinates to march northwest overnight, and finally retreated to this place.

Fortunately, this place is still some distance away from Camp No. 2, so Yu Shui and others don’t have to worry about the number of enemies increasing again.

But the terrible thing is that as we head north, the density of demons begins to increase.

Especially because the demons near Camp No. 1 all fled to the north, the number of demons in this area is much greater than in other places.

There were even two teams of players whose whereabouts were exposed by the monsters, and they were ambushed by this group of rebels, losing six or seven brothers.

It is simply a rebellion against Tiangang!

"But these people are hiding here, and there's really nothing we can do."

Alps sat aside with his head in his hands, looking at the simple camp that had not yet been set up in the distance, and was also lost in thought.

Should we just change our target?