Chapter 444 Return to the Territory (4K)_2
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"As for the Special Patrol Corps, the corps will be formed by your side, and you can recruit personnel from within the battle zone or reinforce your own troops..." The Legendary Realm looked at Mu Yuan, "The intent of the two commanders is that the corps should be established within three months, and official duties will commence after that period."
Like the former, the special corps also has a set quota for its organization.
Even within the special corps, the positions of squad leader and company commander have higher benefits and treatment than the former. This corps also has the authority to recruit some rare and exceptional species from the recruitment area, such as the Excellence Two-star Troops 'Heart Asker', Excellence One-star Soldiers 'Prophet of Illusion' and so on.
Organizational benefits can attract some pioneers from the battle zone.
Mu Yuan has the right to make appointments himself.
However, those they can recruit will be just ordinary third or fourth-order pioneers; they cannot possibly draw in real powerhouses.
These people are sufficient for running errands, handling affairs, and dealing with ordinary monsters, but to confront more challenging problems or monsters, one still has to rely on their own direct lineage elites.
Previously, the elites of Tianyuan who had accompanied him numbered around twenty or thirty, and more could be sent later on.
Squad leader, company commander, battalion commander—these military ranks are part of the official organization within the battle zone, with excellent benefits.
Many NCOs who have come out of the New Recruits Training Camp have the treatment of a squad leader.
His elites from Tianyuan City can gain experience, earn military achievements, and protect against monster waves here. This is killing three birds with one stone.
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In the battle zone, Mu Yuan also met several Senior Lords like the Lord Giant Elephant, with whom he had past acquaintances.
He heard that some of his peers from the same period were also preparing to embark on a journey of pioneering.
It was Wanf Erteng, the Lord of Wangba Territory.
He had always been a leading figure in Mu Yuan's cohort.
What about Mu Yuan himself? He had long since surpassed the scope of comparison and pursuit with the lords of his cohort.
Influenced by the internal competition within Lord Wangba's territory, contemporaries like Liu Miumiu and Jiang Luoxing were also getting ready to lead their division generals into the battle zones.
The places they were about to go were not the Great War Zones, but rather ordinary battle zones with a lower danger coefficient and less stringent demands for the lords.
"Everyone has a bright future."
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After spending more than ten days in the Hangu Mountain battle zone, Mu Yuan began his journey back.
"Let's go."
As they left from the third logistics base and ascended to the sky, Duo Lai couldn't help but look back.
Behind them, white clouds billowed, interspersed with strands of red mist.
The majestic city stood firm beneath the clouds of white and red, like a rock, like a heavy mountain, continuously resisting the onslaught of waves and annihilating any monsters that approached.
"It's precisely because of this that the lands behind us have the space to live."
The two flew into the clouds, and their figures quickly disappeared from view.
Shortly after, Mu Yuan and Duo Lai began to descend in altitude, concealing their presence, maintaining a low-fly sweep attitude, and spreading the power of the Concealing Pearl.
This was a necessary precautionary measure.
While the powerhouses of the Hangu Mountain battle zone were fighting and exterminating monsters, the various monster powers were keeping a watchful eye on the battle zone as well.
Transport teams leaving the battle zone's logistics base had to go through several layers of concealment and transfer before they could truly set out.
Mu Yuan and Duo Lai, though not a large target, would likely be marked by the wisdom monsters hidden in the vicinity.
If he dared to journey back carelessly, a dozen monstrous brutes might well emerge en route.
Duo Lai said, "Doesn't that sound quite good too?"
During its days in the Great War Zone, it had only managed to kill three monster legends during an encounter at the base with a monster tide.
It was not yet satisfied.
Mu Yuan replied, "At first listen, it does not sound bad, but, the ones who use fishing tactics aren't just us. Other Tai Xuan strongmen in the battle zone do as well."
Duo Lai: "And that means?"
Mu Yuan: "That means even if monster legends were foolish at first, now they have learned to be smarter. We won't be able to bait the fish so easily, and what we might end up hooking is not a fish, but a White Shark."
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Even catching a fish at just the right moment or slaying a dozen or so beings from the Legendary Realm... honestly, it has little meaning.
Risking things for this cause is not worth it either.
If he had the strength to kill the Great White Shark, he might have gone fishing.
But his power was still far from enough.
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On the return journey this time, Mu Yuan did not pilot the Mechanical Dragonflights but flew by harnessing the pure power within him, riding the forces of heaven and earth, the wind's power.
His flying speed was even faster.
Even though they camped in the wilderness for a few hours, just resting a bit, it only took two days and two nights to return to the Ten Directions Island Domain.
Upon reaching this area, although they were not yet before Tianyuan City, Duo Lai felt as if he were back home; his droopy eyelids suddenly lifted, and the elemental particles in the surrounding heaven and earth also began to frolic.
Two hours later, the familiar but significantly expanded Tianyuan City appeared on the horizon.
At first, it seemed like a tiny sandcastle on a beach, with the sun drawing out faint outlines of a city. Soon enough, those outlines rapidly expanded in the eye, becoming clear: the black city walls, the buildings with their returning-style architecture, towering spires, and cannon racks that gleamed with a metallic shine...
All these sights presented themselves before Mu Yuan.
Very familiar, yet there were many new things among them.
"Compared to before I left, Tianyuan City has expanded quite a bit," he mused.
The scale of the newly erected outer city district was now no less than that of the previous urban areas, although the city walls had not yet been fully enclosed.
Tianyuan City still utilized Rare Rank Black Rock City Walls.
Before returning, Mu Yuan had considered exchanging for a set of permanent Excellence city wall blueprints but was ultimately deterred by the high cost in Contribution Points and could not bring himself to do it.
He merely exchanged for some Legendary Realm cultivation materials, auxiliary treasures like the Concealing Pearl, and a set of blueprints for the Steel Train, along with some precise main components.
Mu Yuan found Isloa and said, "With this Steel Train system, our transportation between the various mining areas will be countless times more convenient."
"For the current stage, we can establish stations in Tianyuan City, Dragon Head Mountain, and the third mining site. Later on, once the situation in the Ten Directions Island Domain becomes more stable, we can establish a Domain outpost and station on the farthest southern and eastern tips of the island. With that, our travels south and to the east will be much more convenient."
Mu Yuan inquired Isloa about the situation in Tianyuan City and the Ten Directions Island Domain.
Even when he was away, he could always watch over Tianyuan City, and he was very clear about the conditions inside and outside the city.
Eight days ago, Master Xie Yi, the leader of the Gunner Troops who also headed the Mechanical Manufacturing Department, had improved the city's mainstream defense weapon, the Thunder Flame Cannon.
Master Xie Yi increased the caliber, range, and lethality of the cannon at the cost of a higher manufacturing price.
Upon returning to the city, Mu Yuan saw that the cannons mounted on the city wall were the newly upgraded large-caliber Thunder Flame Cannons.
Six days ago, the Exploratory Team discovered traces of the remnants of a Monster Overlord.
Sophia immediately followed the clues and tracked them to an unnamed valley, where she caught up with and killed two Legendary Monsters. Unfortunately, she only found those two.
Three days ago, the Exploratory Team discovered a passage to the outer domains at the extreme western end of the Crimson Great Forest.
It was Sophia again who ventured forth, crossing the perilous, chaotic blockade strip to step into the outer domains.
According to her, the good news was that the other side was not the Red Mist Land, and the monster powers might not be that strong.
The bad news was that the island domain on the other side was fragmented and barren.
Mu Yuan didn't care – his purpose for seeking these passages to the outer domains was to preemptively guard against potential dangers.
Expand outward?
The resources of the Ten Directions Island Domain were sufficient for his use for a long time; it was only the rarer, high-order resources that he still had to acquire through overpriced purchases, from Heaven and Earth's Gifts, and exchanging a few scattered Contribution Points.
Mu Yuan glanced at his balance of Contribution Points and bought a batch of Domain Sand, Will Crystal Dust, Illusionary Fertile Soil, Ancient Dragon Essence Blood, and other high-order cultivation materials.
If he had to collect these treasures on his own, he would not have obtained many even after a year, but by exchanging through the Taixuan Covenant Platform, materials and treasures of Epic or lower grade were almost never in shortage.
What was lacking was just Contribution Points.
"First, arrange for a batch of Elites to head to the Hangu Mountain War Zone; in the future, we could also arrange for Division Generals like Lu Liu and others such as Rakshasa, Uta, and Hong Yi to rotate in," he thought.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
He pondered as he opened the panel.
There, listed before him, the number of beings from the Legendary Realm was no longer eleven but had increased to fourteen.