Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 442: Five-Star Big Fish

A few lines of messages flashed past, but Li Wei only chuckled "hehe".

He didn't take it seriously at all.

He had Painstakingly used Heaven-Veiling Cards to cover it up until now. Seeing that it was about to be harvested, how could he jump out himself at this time?

Over the past few months, every fifteen days, he truly immediately activated a Heaven-Veiling Card.

The entire process was covered in garbled code.

This manufacturing cost was too high. Fortunately, Neanderthals also liked to carry Heaven-Veiling Cards, otherwise they wouldn't be enough to use.

But no matter what, he had to hold on until the Winter Wheat harvest at the beginning of June.

As for now, the Wilderness Camp was also about to officially begin spring plowing. Li Wei ordered routine training to be halved. Royal Guards with the Farmer Profession went to reclaim wasteland and till the land; Royal Guards with the Woodcutter Profession formed teams to chop trees; Royal Guards with the Blacksmith Profession went to forge weapons. Those ten tons of Enchanted Steel from before were still waiting to be produced into weapons!

Perhaps these Blacksmiths would ultimately only be able to forge 1-star Enchanted Weapons, purely ruining these ten tons of Enchanted Steel. But it didn't matter. This was 'the drinker's heart is not in the cup'—it was all for farming Professional Fates.

In short, the Wilderness Camp now also needed to step up to a new level.Besides this, Li Wei also scraped out all the Clearance Tokens from his pockets. After Deep Deliberation, he dismantled them into one hundred and twenty Bronze Tokens, rewarding them to the one hundred and twenty Royal Guard Soldiers whose training was most outstanding and whose abilities were most eminent, thereby allowing their Primary Class to Upgrade to Three-Star. This point was very important.

The bright spring of March was exactly an excellent time.

Within the Blazing Territory, the Agriculture Group had long since launched this year's cultivation plan. Those farmlands belonging to individuals had also begun spring plowing.

Food security was a matter of great importance.

Even within the public farm north of the Blazing Main City, the four of them—Second Aunt, Li Yue, Hathaway, and Zhao Xuanxuan—would also extract a few days of time to personally plant.

Nowadays, in the markets within the Blazing Territory, the price of 1-star quality food had already increased by a full twenty times compared to three years ago! Ordinary People fundamentally couldn't afford to eat it anymore. Only the Sirs and Knights who had once rendered no small Meritorious Service during the territory's construction process didn't have to worry about this.

However, even so, they could only eat 1-star quality. If they wanted to frequently eat Two-Star quality food, they first had to join the Blazing Legion.

This could be considered something Li Wei set up before leaving. The Blazing Legion had to be prepared to expedition to the multiverse at any time, and be prepared to be Fallen in Battle at any time. Wars couldn't always be fought at their doorstep. For the Territory to develop, and for the Lord and Advisors to grow, forever relying on passive counterattacks was useless.

It was fine if enemies came to the doorstep to attack, but what if they didn't come?

So even the current Blazing Territory was silently severing ties: the extraordinary returning to the extraordinary, the ordinary returning to the ordinary. This was not a mere slogan.

Concurrently, it was also preparing for future Conquest Missions and Territory Dimension Ascension Missions.

A few hundred years in the future, the planet where the Blazing Territory was located would highly likely return to normal, becoming prosperous, civilized, and rational just like Earth. And the history concerning a few hundred years prior would perhaps be deliberately forgotten. It was that simple.

"Damn it! That old woman Night Owl is here again!"

At this moment, Second Aunt—who was happily tilling the land with everyone—suddenly cursed a phrase. In the next moment, a cloud of gray fog spread out under the tree shade ahead. Night Owl indeed appeared.

"Jiang Xinran, you've had enough. Is there something wrong with you? Li Wei is not in the Territory, and we don't have the relevant authority. If you have the ability, go find him!" Second Aunt cursed exceedingly unceremoniously.

This was already the third time since last winter.

Her purpose for finding Li Wei was only one: to requisition the Blazing Legion to assist in defending Thorns Pass, solely because one of her Main Legions had been drawn away by Duke Will to support the King.

And the Blazing Territory, being directly under Thorns Pass, also had the responsibility to assist in defending Thorns Pass.

But Li Wei could not be found. Alive, she couldn't see the person; dead, she couldn't see the corpse. She also didn't have higher authority to consult the main battlefield. Currently, she could only confirm that Li Wei was hiding in the main battlefield, using Heaven-Veiling Cards to exploit a BUG.

"Don't f*cking act like a shrew! Besides throwing tantrums, what else can you do? You guys fundamentally don't understand what the situation is now. His Majesty the King is determined to win, and the three great Dukes are following up synchronously. The main battlefield has been fought to the point of knocking dog brains out; both sides are fighting red-eyed! And you guys are still here exploiting a BUG for me? If I wasn't covering it up, do you think with a single Great Investigation Magic from the Royal Capital, Li Wei's BUG exploitation could succeed?"

"Anyway, I'll put the ugly words right here now: I can't shoulder it anymore! You must substitute for Li Wei within three days and lead the Blazing Legion to garrison Thorns Pass. This is the only passable result. Moreover, I must warn you: within the next few months, a major event will inevitably occur. This battle is equivalent to His Majesty the King crossing a tribulation. We all have to help! No one can escape! It's the same for me, the same for you guys, and still the same for Li Wei!"

Night Owl's face was as gloomy as water, somewhat flustered and exasperated. She truly couldn't keep her composure anymore.

Over this past winter, His Majesty the King personally supervised the battle, and the three great Dukes led the armies. At the front lines, they had already taken down two important Neanderthal mountain passes in one breath. Now they were assembling troops to attack the third mountain pass. The number of people Fallen in Battle had already exceeded two hundred thousand! Although the vast majority of people inside could quickly undergo Resurrection, what about the losses? Painstakingly working for half a lifetime, only to lose everything in a single day of being Fallen in Battle!

Right now, even she couldn't understand what His Majesty the King was actually up to or what he was plotting. But at this very moment, she could only forcibly endure it!

Hearing these words of hers, Second Aunt and Li Yue finally changed their expressions, knowing they couldn't drag it out anymore. Over the past half year, the Mercenaries of Will City had been suffering unspeakably, with an average of two deaths in battle per person.

If it weren't for Li Wei not being at home; if it weren't for them truly having some friendship between each other, as well as some trade dealings; if Night Owl hadn't truly given vigorous cover-ups, saying things like Li Wei was serving at Thorns Pass and so on... the Blazing Territory would probably also have to go die a round on the battlefield and come back right at this very moment.

"Three hundred people! The Blazing Legion will dispatch three hundred people. I will lead the army, bring Thomas along, and go assist in defending Thorns Pass. But regarding Li Wei's side, I hope you can cover it up for another period of time."

Li Yue spoke rapidly.

"Four hundred! Half Cavalry, half Infantry. And Zhao Xuanxuan also has to go. Thorns Pass needs a Blacksmith like her. Rest assured, the benefits won't be small. However, you'd best still prepare to go to the main battlefield. This will be a war involving the entire nation! No one can escape it! Once the situation becomes severe to a certain degree, even the Nine-Star Council of the Alliance of Heavenly Lords will intervene. Make more preparations, survive, and if we can endure until the end of the war, I can mix my way to a Duke by then, and Li Wei can at least mix his way to a Count."

After Night Owl finished speaking, she directly handed a troop transfer official document to Li Yue and hurriedly left.

Meanwhile, Second Aunt, Li Yue, Hathaway, and Zhao Xuanxuan looked at each other in dismay, all very surprised.

"We have to expand the army. The Blazing Legion is the main force, but we only have three hundred heavy Cavalry and three hundred Heavy Infantry. If it truly is a war involving the entire nation, throwing this little bit of our military strength in won't even be enough to hear a splash!"

"We can't expand. These six hundred full-time Soldiers are already the limit. Don't look at how we still have eight hundred standing garrison troops, but they can't fight this kind of battle! Moreover, it's not the time for mandatory conscription right now either. The matter of utmost urgency is that we still have to start from other aspects."

"Magic Potions, crests, Enchanted Weapons, enchanted Armor! These all need to be stockpiled in massive quantities! Otherwise, when Soldiers are Fallen in Battle on the battlefield, even if they have a Divine Temple for Resurrection, their Weapons and Equipment will highly likely drop. And there are also Class Cards—"

"Sigh!"

The few of them sighed repeatedly, all very worried. However, with Tacit Understanding, none of them mentioned Li Wei. They weren't worried about Li Wei. Even if he was Fallen in Battle, he would definitely undergo Resurrection.

But since he hadn't even undergone Resurrection right now, it meant this kid was hiding in some unknown nook or cranny. Just let him hide! This was actually the best state. Otherwise, the Blazing Territory would probably have been pressed into service long ago and thrown onto the main battlefield.

Sigh! A grain of sand of the era—once it fell, even a Viscount couldn't shoulder it!

At this moment, Li Wei was observing the celestial phenomena at night by the riverbank two hundred li away from the Wilderness Camp, and concurrently catching fish.

Over this past winter, in order to train the Royal Guard, he had opened all the Purple Cards in his hands. The star-level food inside, along with the food he carried himself, had been almost entirely consumed.

This move actually left quite a bit of ordinary food remaining. Currently, they could still eat for over a month. However, this wasn't enough. So taking advantage of the spring warmth, blooming flowers, and the thawing river water, he ran out to catch fish.

Except, at this time, his thoughts were not on catching fish, but rather gazing into the distance at the night sky, attempting to find some clues regarding the front-line battlefield.

Since last winter, he had indirectly perceived that the Chaotic Magic Particles on this planet were slowly increasing. Arriving in spring, this speed was still accelerating. If it were Ordinary People, they would have already felt somewhat unwell at this moment.

But the people on Li Wei's side were at worst starting with 150 Health Points, so their resistance to this bit of Magical Radiation was still very strong.

However, for the other creatures on this planet—for example, ordinary insects, birds, fish, shrimp, and other small animals—this numerical value of Magical Radiation was enough for them to undergo mutation.

And this kind of mutation would either cause them to suddenly go extinct, or become changed beyond recognition. For example, mosquitoes that dared to come out and bite people in the early spring season! With a casual pinch, Li Wei grabbed a blood-red mosquito. Who knew whose blood it had sucked, acting so arrogant.

Pinching it to death and tossing it into the water, Li Wei continued catching fish with single-minded focus. His fishing tool was just a line plus a single Neanderthal Gold Coin. The Gold Coin was the bait, and what he was fishing for wasn't ordinary fish either.

Only large fish that had undergone mutations would be attracted.

So he wasn't anxious at all.

Sitting withered for a night, he gained nothing. When dawn broke, Li Wei withdrew the fishing line, and that Neanderthal Gold Coin was unexpectedly gone!

He wasn't surprised by this at all. Replacing it with a new Neanderthal Gold Coin, he went to another location and continued fishing. Or rather, it was more like giving away Gold Coins.

Sometimes, with good luck, he had to replace four or five Neanderthal Gold Coins in a single morning. Sometimes, with bad luck, he only gave away one over a whole night.

Unknowingly, Li Wei had already fished by this river for over ten days. He hadn't fished up a single loach, but had actually lost roughly five hundred Neanderthal Gold Coins instead.

Finally, on a certain afternoon, dark clouds converged and spring thunder exploded! The Chaotic Magic Particles between heaven and earth oscillated endlessly. At this moment—commonly known as a massive change in vitality—waves rose from flat ground within this great river, and the giant waves transformed into a divine dragon. A giant large fish, at least ten meters long, surged upstream against the current, darting straight toward Li Wei! Because at this very moment, he actually had as many as a thousand Neanderthal Gold Coins in his hands! While sparkling with golden light, this thing also inherently carried pure Mana. It was an irresistible delicacy for all Mutated Creatures!

(End of Chapter)