In the next few days, the number of people Zhou Bai received as professionals every day showed an increasing trend, and the number of people became more and more every day.
Just when Zhou Bai thought things would go so smoothly, on the 25th day of the doomsday game, special weather came.
Zhou Bai got up early as usual and prepared to summon NPCs, but he didn't expect that as soon as he opened the door, his eyes would be filled with white. A thin layer of snow had accumulated on the ground of the territory, and the cold wind was blowing in his face.
Zhou Bai closed the door without thinking, then returned to the room and put on the three-piece cold-resistant suit he had prepared in advance.
During this period of time, although it was sunny in the territory, since the last rainy day, she bought a lot of other special weather materials from the system mall. Diana prepared 100 copies of them first, and hung them one after another. In the tailor shop.
As for the price, Zhou Bai directly listed it at a high price. After all, the materials were expensive and the price of the goods could not be cheaper. The reason for this was also to get some wool from the "rich people" in the territory.
After all, if you buy equipment in advance, you can take advantage of such weather.
Those who are willing to buy in advance are definitely ranked high in the territory. They can also collect more special materials for the territory and save Zhou Bai money.
Zhou Bai naturally bought it in advance, and asked her mother to buy it by the way.
This time, it actually came in handy.
Once the clothes are put on, the warmth retention effect is very good.
Afterwards, he went directly to her parents' room and woke them up.
When the two woke up, they were still a little confused.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Zhengping asked.
"Today has turned into a snowy day. It's starting to snow heavily outside. The temperature will slowly drop. You should quickly change into cold-resistant suits." Zhou Bai reminded.
After Zhou Bai said this, the two of them felt that the temperature in the room had really dropped a lot.
When they got dressed and opened the door, they couldn't help but shudder when they looked outside.
It looks cold!
"Thankfully I listened to you and bought it earlier, otherwise I would really have suffered." Ding Qiurou quickly turned around and put on her cold-resistant clothes. Although her body was hot at this time, a mist came out as she spoke.
"How many cold-resistant clothes are there?" Zhou Zhengping looked at the heavy snow, feeling the surrounding temperature, and frowned slightly.
"Except for the soldiers, there are only 100 sets for each type of weather. Even if Diana and her apprentices rush to work immediately, it is impossible to supply them all at once." Zhou Bai said, during this period Diana was really I'm so busy that I don't stop every day. It's pretty good to be able to prepare some equipment for various weather conditions in advance.
"Then you should issue the mission and acquisition notice immediately!" Zhou Zhengping said directly, and he was ready to go out immediately.
"Yeah." Zhou Bai said, and immediately issued the task of collecting materials and updated the acquisition announcement.
[Task: Picking special materials]
[Nature: Snowy day limited mission]
[Reward: The harvest belongs to the individual (residents); salary bonus is 20% (soldiers)]
[Execution targets: Soldiers (mandatory), all residents (voluntary)]
[Note: Snow travel props for the Soldier Team will be provided free of charge by the territory. Please go to the tailor shop to get them. In addition, special materials belong to the territory. 】
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[Purchase honeysuckle flowers, 5 copper coins/flower]
[Purchase cedar resin, 10 copper coins/unit]
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As soon as he received the mission notice, Zhou Zhengping put on his hat from the last rainy day and went out directly. Unsurprisingly, he received a notification that his health points had been reduced. However, for a professional who had been promoted, this little health value was just a drop.
"Breakfast..." Ding Qiurou said quickly.
"Honey, please continue to rest in the house while I go to the restaurant to eat." Zhou Zhengping's words came directly from the wind and snow.
At this time, after Zhou Zhengping, many professionals in the residential area hurried out after receiving the news. Most of them still used the rain-resistant equipment from the last time, which at least had a small resistance.
These people already know the territory routines, but although it is a bit more expensive, being able to go out one step earlier is still an advantage. Every day is one more day than others. Over time, they will definitely be able to get a lot earlier.
As for the other professionals, after the experience of the last rainy day, they knew that the territory was already prepared, so they were not in a hurry. Many of them just stayed in the room and lit a fire pot to keep warm, waiting for the tailor to lay new clothes. Go out.
Some ordinary residents who had not yet been promoted to professionals immediately began to delve into the business opportunities.
The output of the territorial tailor shops cannot keep up, and many people must be very cold now.
Immediately, some people tried to use animal skin linen to make warm clothes and quilts at home.
As for worrying about being hungry in the snow, that does not exist in Hope Village.
There are even many Buddhist people who plan to take a day off for themselves and gather friends to warm up together.
"Gather the wood for a little while to keep warm, and hold on as long as you can. Let's have hot pot together at noon!"
"Okay!"
Suddenly, the residential area became lively.
Ding Qiurou looked at the situation outside and smiled knowingly.
After this period of time, everyone’s ability to withstand stress has become much stronger.
Immediately, he prepared to make a fire in the house.
As a result, when I turned around, I saw Zhou Bai with a somewhat worried look on his face, "What's wrong? Has anything else happened?"
"With such weather, the migration of residents will be hindered. These few days are a critical period for receiving the population." Zhou Bai said directly.
After the previous territorial war, the territory's population experienced explosive growth, and subsequently took in many residents from other territories. The growth rate entered a steady state. So far, the territory's population is 772 people.
There are only 5 days left in the countdown to the novice protection period.
This means that, in addition to the 16 positions occupied by undead NPCs and orc NPCs, she must absorb 212 people within 4 days. Originally, at the normal speed, she would be able to advance to the territory before the novice protection period.
But now, not necessarily.
"What should we do?" Ding Qiurou became a little nervous as she listened. She knew that Zhou Bai started his career and sold silver equipment during this period in order to increase the strength of the territory as soon as possible and deal with the beast tide during the upgrade.
If something goes wrong, the next plan may also be affected. This will be a chain reaction.
"There is only one way. Send people to take the initiative to look for survivors further away. You can even go to other territories... to dig people." Zhou Bai had thought of this unexpected plan before.
After all, Zhou Bai is quite confident about the current construction of his territory.
Especially recently, there have been many residents coming from other territories. They have been squeezed in other territories and are unwilling to stay. There are also many people who want to leave but dare not leave.
If someone picks it up, it will definitely be different.
Ding Qiurou was stunned for a moment after hearing Zhou Bai's idea, and then smiled, "Okay, it just so happens that it can be regarded as saving someone."
"Yeah." Zhou Bai nodded. She thought so too. It's not a bad thing for both parties!
After thinking about it, Zhou Bai continued to issue the task.
[Task: Perform an outing mission with the undead NPC and the orc NPC, and attract 212 residents to the territory]
[Nature: Temporary mission]
[Rewards: Contribution, copper coins, cold-resistant equipment, sleeping bags, etc.]
[Execution target: all residents (those who know the location of other territories are given priority)]
[Requirement: professional]
This time she gave quite a few rewards.
Not to mention the cold-resistant equipment, the sleeping bag was obtained by her father from killing the level 9 night saber last time. He gave her the blueprint after he came back. Considering that she was not going out, she did not go online. This time she can send it It comes in handy.
Immediately after seeing the task on the personal panel, Zhou Bai immediately signed up on the contribution task panel.
At this moment, Zhou Bai walked openly to the NPC gathering place.
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Bayer and other NPCs received this mission from Zhou Bai immediately. Almost as soon as he saw the mission, Bayer knew Zhou Bai's purpose.
"Lord, is this to upgrade the territory to level 2?" Dennis asked directly from the side. Obviously, he also guessed it.
"Today is a snowy day. Human beings will most likely not migrate. If they don't migrate, no one will join the territory. If the number of people is not enough, they will not be able to advance." Heidi on the side added.
"In this case, why don't we just send out the undead army and let those orcs come with us? Can they do good things?" Alik said dissatisfiedly. He still couldn't like those orcs, they were lazy and slippery, and they were greedy for money. It makes people uncomfortable.
Bayer listened to their words and said directly: "Not all orcs are like that. Baker and Aina are good, and the lord is prepared for the orcs."
These two sheep-headed men were specially assigned by Zhou Bai to Bayer's team. At first, he thought it was troublesome, but these two sheep-headed men were really different. They followed their troops and behaved obediently every time. I cleverly worked nearby, either collecting seeds of vegetables and fruits, or capturing small monsters for research. It was very comfortable to work with them.
"Does the lord depend on the performance of the orcs to decide whether to continue employing them?" Dennis asked keenly after hearing Bayer's words.
Bayer glanced at him without comment, apparently acquiescing to his words.
The others understood instantly.
Immediately afterwards, Bayer gave the task, "Go to their house and call someone."
Heidi and others listened and sent their men directly.
The entire undead army is now divided into 4 squads.
The infantry team is managed by Heidi, a level 19 junior magician. After all, she is the highest level undead here, just one step away from the intermediate magician. She is in charge of 10 magicians with high damage values.
The Shield Troopers are managed by another level 18 junior magician, Frey, who is in charge of 5 magicians with high defense values.
The archer team is led by archers Alik and Simmons, with a total of 15 archers.
The last team was Dennis, who was on his own.
After a while, 32 orc NPCs arrived in front of Bayer without landing. The leaders happened to be Lucas and O'Neill. Their expressions could not be seen to be strange, but behind them, there were obviously several pig-headed men with demeanor. He was tired and looked lazy.
One of Heidi's subordinates first whispered something in her ear, and then Heidi said something in Bayer's ear, "Those pig-headed men were called over by O'Neill and Lucas themselves."
Bayer looked at Lucas and O'Neal in surprise. They hadn't seen each other for a while, and their attitudes towards Hope Village had changed somewhat.
Thinking about it, Bayer said directly: "Lucas, O'Neill, you two each lead a team into the infantry team and the shield team! You should also know the mission. Do you have any questions?"
"No." The two of them had no objection.
During this period, they all followed the human soldier team to do things, and they also felt a lot of things, which made them take Hope Village seriously. As soon as they saw the mission today, the two knew that it might be their chance to form an independent team instead of being Opportunity to break up.
Anyway, they will perform well in this mission. As for Paul, the tribesmen who have been following them have become lax during this period, but he doesn't even listen to their words. With the level difference of one or two levels, they really can't do it. order them.
O'Neal glanced at Lucas who was standing aside. Is it true that he said someone would be fired after this mission?
Just as O'Neill was thinking this, the pig-headed man Paul spoke, "Yes, I do. On behalf of us pig-headed men, we don't want to go on such a far mission, so we'd better follow the human soldiers."
When Paul spoke, his big head was particularly determined.
Bayer narrowed his eyes slightly as he listened.
It was also at this time that Zhou Bai came over.
She didn't expect to see the passive side of the orc NPC as soon as she came over, so she directly hummed and interjected: "Are you sure?"
Suddenly hearing Zhou Bai's voice, a group of NPCs looked over and Bayer and others immediately saluted.
Zhou Bai nodded and looked at Paul, the pig-headed man.
"Sure, it's fine if we follow the human soldiers."
Zhou Bai thought about what Zhou Zhengping had mentioned to him last night, that once out of the territory, the pig-headed people would basically take the opportunity to sneak away, and then vaguely hand over some materials at night, and then looked at the tauren's heart-wrenching tauren, and said directly: "good."
Paul listened, and a fat smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he knew it.
As a result, the next moment, the smiling face froze in place.
[Your employer hopes that the village will terminate your employment, and you are about to return to your territory, Ocas. 】
"I don't want to terminate my employment, I am willing to..." Before Paul could finish his words, he disappeared with seven of his tribesmen.
Watching their disappearing figures, Zhou Bai made a mental calculation. The orc NPCs summoned from the Beast Temple these days are all very even. I wonder if she will send another pig-headed man after she terminates her employment with the pig-headed man?
Putting this idea behind him, Zhou Bai looked at O'Neill and the other orcs who looked surprised, and said directly: "Do you have any questions about the mission?"
The orcs shook their heads wildly.
They were all just junior warriors, and their life in their original territory was definitely not as good as that of Hope Village. What they did every day now was not difficult at all. Under such circumstances, they definitely did not want to leave.
Speaking of which, they knew about the pig-headed man's laziness, and were thinking about whether to follow suit! Next, they will definitely not dare!
Seeing that they had no objections, Zhou Bai looked at Bayer and said, "You will be fully responsible for this task. Someone will come to you later. You can choose the person yourself!"
With that said, Zhou Bai gave out a lot of cold-resistant suits and sleeping bags.
"Well, don't worry!" Bayer assured immediately after getting the things.
"Then I'll leave." Zhou Bai saw someone coming this way with sharp eyes, and said directly, she really wanted to go out for a walk with her, but now the territory needs her as the lord, so she can only give it to Bayer. .
Undead NPCs and Orc NPCs are not afraid of the low temperatures in the snow, and they are the most suitable candidates.
As for those who follow them, they have cold-resistant equipment to use alternately, and sleeping bags with constant temperature at night. If they go for two or three days, there will be no problem even if it snows.
Soon, Zhou Bai, who was leaving, ran into several residents who came to sign up.
"Boss, why did you leave?"
Zhou Bai listened and said helplessly: "They want people from other territories. I have always been in Hope Village, so I am not suitable."
"Oh." Others listened, and some inexperienced people gave up immediately, while the rest swarmed towards Bayer.
Zhou Bai also saw Zhong Yongnian among them.
Such a liver emperor, if he doesn't have liver today, he wants to go to other territories?
Although it was surprising, Zhou Bai quickly put it behind him because he had his own personal choice.
After a while, Bayer finished selecting the candidates and set off with his team.
