Chapter 523: The Eve of War
This is a super mission!
As soon as the task appeared, it caused heated discussions throughout the server.
This mission has no location restrictions, no time restrictions, and only one requirement - defeat the mechanical race!
Upon success, the path to the stars will be opened.
"Starry sky, I'm finally going to the starry sky!"
"I can't travel , I must try it in the game!"
"All we have to do is defeat the Mechanical Tribe. According to the mission description, the player or player team that enters the Silver City first will get the most benefits."
"Defeat the mechanical race? It doesn't sound that difficult..."
“…”
Players were discussing excitedly on the forum, each of them was very excited.
For many people, tonight will probably be another sleepless night.
Many people realize that this is an opportunity to overtake others.
As long as they can get enough benefits in this mission and become the first players to enter the starry sky and accumulate early advantages, they will definitely occupy the first echelon for a long time in the future.
Players in the first tier have many benefits. Just the outdated equipment that they have replaced has been purchased with huge sums of money by many players in the second and third tiers.
The resources in the starry sky are unimaginable, and there are thousands of resource planets.
As the first group of players to explore, they can naturally obtain the most resources.
If done well, they can even achieve financial freedom through this game !
Several brothers in the dormitory contacted Su Xia immediately.
Li Defu sent a message: "Brother Su, the server-wide mission is here, do you have any ideas?"
Yuwen Shuxue: "Brother Su, we are planning to form a real alliance. Are you not interested in taking the position of leader?"
He Lie: "Brother Su, the last requirement of the mission is to 'attack the Silver City'. The Silver City is in our continent, so we have a great advantage over the players in the other two continents."
"The players from those two continents protested on the game's official website. They all felt that the game officials favored the players from our continent. After all, the game company is from our country..."
The roommates spoke one after another in the dormitory group discussion, and their vivid avatars flickered.
This scene couldn't help but make Su Xia feel a little emotional.
He recalled that life that seemed real and illusory, and thought of every time he attended their funerals.
Those memories were still floating in his mind, and they didn't seem fake at all, so much so that he would occasionally feel dazed.
After a long while, Su Xia spoke in the group: "What do you think about the alliance?"
"Brother Su, players from the entire continent have formed an alliance together, and our team is the representative of the southwest region." Li Defu replied immediately, "The rest of the player teams in the southwest region have agreed. We launched a vote on the forum, and more than 79% of individual players have no objection."
"Where is the Four Seasons Rice team?" Su Xia asked again.
"Brother Su, after the last incident, the Four Seasons Rice team has declined. Now in the southwest region, it is not even among the top ten." Li Defu said.
"Moreover, the city lord named Qi Lang said that Sijidao misused funds and has revoked his position. Now he has no source of income." Li Sihua said.
"His pharmacist teacher even expelled him from his school."
"His team is getting smaller and smaller every day, and his ranking is getting lower and lower..."
Several people explained in turn, clearly describing the current situation of Sijidao and his team.
In general, the other party is no longer a match.
"Okay, if it's not a difficult matter, just go ahead and do it. Call me if you encounter any troubles." Su Xia typed these words slowly and sent them to the group.
"Brother Su, aren't you planning to become the leader of the alliance?" Li Defu asked him.
"I'm not interested. I'm working on the school, and I have enough headaches here."
Yes, Suxia’s pharmacist school has officially started.
After such a long time, the school's teaching buildings, student dormitories, teacher dormitories, gymnasium, library and other buildings have been built and renovated.
All the formalities have already been completed.
Based on Su Xia's current identity, those people in the Coral City Office Building didn't dare to make things difficult for him, and he could go through any procedures he wanted.
As early as half a month ago, the school started its enrollment promotion.
Su Xia placed recruitment advertisements on major television media and online platforms, and hired people to conduct promotional .
After half a month of promotion, more than one hundred students have come to the school and completed the registration process.
What is more embarrassing is that there are .
After the last pharmacist conference, many pharmacists moved to Coral City with their families. They regarded Suxia as the holy land of the Pharmacist Guild and lived here openly. Many of them even held the honorary title of teacher.
"The number of teachers has exceeded 500, but there are only a little over 100 students. This cannot continue."
Su Xia sat in the principal's office, her eyes focused as she slowly flipped through the list of teachers and students in the school.
This body of his returned to Coral City very early and did not continue looking for traces of his father and the others.
"Principal, I heard that there is going to be a war outside. The situation has been very tense recently. Should our school continue to operate?" asked the dean of studies.
"Of course we should open it, don't think too much." Su Xia looked calm.
"But those undead..."
"Don't worry, I have people on the Undead side, and this war won't affect us."
The news about the war had already spread throughout the streets and alleys.
Players are all big mouths, so this kind of server-wide mission naturally cannot be kept secret, and almost all the natives of this world know about it.
In fact, this mission is nothing more than sounding the clarion call of war in advance.
Even without this mission, the war would still come.
As early as two months ago, the mechanical race had been making major moves, with large-scale personnel transfers occurring in various locations.
At that time, many people thought that the mechanical race was targeting the masked monster, and only a few people realized that the mechanical race was preparing for a war, but was just using the masked monster as an excuse.
On this planet, what other race, other than the Undead, could have allowed the Mechanicals to prepare for such a long time?
The human race and the Zerg race had long been devastated and were hiding in various parts of the world, barely surviving.
"Alas, the mechanical race is so powerful, and the undead are all immortal. This war is simply unimaginable." The dean sighed. He was a man who had lived through the war years and had awe of war.
"Don't think too much, we are just responsible for recruiting people." Su Xia said lightly.
There is no doubt that this battle will take a long time.
The players are far less powerful than the mechanical race, and can only rely on their immortal bodies to fight hard and continuously consume the mechanical race's resources.
More than 80% of the resources on the entire planet are in the hands of the mechanical race. How long will it take to consume them all?
It is rumored that the various resources that the Mechanical Clan has mined so far are less than 10% of their total reserves.
The vast majority of resources are deep underground. They are either strategic reserves or too difficult to mine, and have not yet been mined by the mechanical race.
"Principal, why haven't the mechanical race started to drive out the undead from the city yet?" the dean asked in confusion.
"I am also an undead. Do you want me to be driven away?" Su Xia asked him with a smile.
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant." The dean waved his hands hastily.
"The current situation is very delicate. It is best to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances." Su Xia said slowly, "The Undead are not united internally. Some of them can be won over by the Mechanical Clan. The Mechanical Clan will certainly not drive them away at this time. Just wait and see. Time will give all the answers."
After saying that, he put down the information in his hand, stood up and stretched.
A guest is coming.
No one else in the office sensed it, only Su Xia sensed it. It was a familiar fifth-level psychic energy fluctuation.
He walked out of the principal's office with a smile on his face, and saw Yu Tuo standing with his hands behind his back in the corridor outside.
It was evening now, and the corridor was filled with the afterglow of the setting sun.
Standing at Yutuo's position, you can see children playing and frolicking on the playground below.
"Lord City Lord." Su Xia walked over and greeted Yu Tuo.
"Um."
Yu Tuo nodded slightly, looking calm.
He kept looking at the children playing below. After a few minutes, he turned around and said to Su Xia, "Your school is quite good. The ground buildings form a circle, and the underground space is connected in all directions. It is a school in peacetime and a qualified war fortress in wartime."
Yes, the Suxia school was built according to the specifications of a military fortress.
He is not short of money now, so naturally he will build as good as possible.
In time of war, as long as it is separated from the surrounding areas, his school will be a city within a city. If anti-aircraft missiles are installed on the roof and heavy machine guns are mounted on the surrounding windows, the school can be isolated from the outside world and reopened after the war is over.
Even if the ground is lost, you can move underground and use the extensive underground world to slowly deal with the enemy.
"Compared with the city lord's base, my place is nothing." Su Xia said modestly.
"Not bad, enough to protect ourselves." Yu Tuo looked at Su Xia, "Which side do you plan to stand on in the next war?"
"The city lord knows that I don't have the right to choose." Su Xia answered seriously.
"Very good, you are a smart man."
Yu Tuo nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and looked at the children running and playing on the playground again.
Su Xia took out a storage disk, handed it to Yu Tuo, and said, "Lord City Lord, this is the pharmacist textbook I wrote."
"Um."
Yu Tuo picked up the storage disk.
He didn't ask any more questions and left after a while.
When it was evening, Su Xia invited Su Jianshe, the director of the Urban Construction Department, to have dinner with him.
After the meal, Su Xia handed the land deeds and property contracts that he had obtained in the Mercenary Town last time to Su Jianshe and said, "Minister Su, take a look at these lands."
"this……"
Su Jianshe took the contracts doubtfully, not understanding what Su Xia was trying to do.
Su Xia smiled slightly and continued, "Two of the plots of land are right around the school. As long as we buy the land in the middle, we can connect it to the school."
"Master Su, do you think the school is not big enough?" Su Jianshe couldn't help but ask.
The school is now large enough to accommodate five or six thousand teachers and students.
The entire Coral City has a population of only a few hundred thousand, less than one million. There are not many students of school age, and many of them are attending other schools.
Su Jianshe feels that the current scale is sufficient.
Su Xia smiled and said, "Let's prepare for a rainy day. I have connections with both the mechanical race and the undead race. If a war breaks out in the future, my place can become a temporary gathering place to take in homeless refugees."
"So that's how it is. I understand." Su Jianshe suddenly realized and immediately felt admiration.
Taking in refugees is not as easy as it sounds.
As the number of refugees increases, the daily food expenses become astronomical.
Su Jianshe lowered his head and carefully looked at the various contracts that Su Xia had given him. He was shocked when he saw the first contract.
"Isn't this the land owned by grain merchant Qin Fan?" He couldn't help but say, "That guy holds the land tightly and refuses to give up even an inch. I have approached him many times before, but he still refuses to sell it."
"Minister Su, formal means won't work when dealing with people like that." Su Xia said with a smile.
“I understand…”
Su Jianshe nodded and continued to look through the pages.
The two pieces of land closer to the school used to be two large residential areas, but were later bombed during the war and are still in ruins.
They are separated from the school by some old streets.
As long as we buy the old streets in the middle, we can connect them into one large area.
As for the other pieces of land and properties that were farther away, Su Xia did not plan to let them go. He wanted to transform them into material warehouses or backup bases.
Next, Su Xia drew a simple sketch and shared his idea with Su Jianshe.
It was not until 11:30 in the evening that Su Jianshe left with a bunch of contracts.
Afterwards, Su Xia left the school alone and returned to the pharmacy.
On the way, he went to a small hotel.
In the hotel, there lived four high-level psychic creatures.
These four people had received favors from their father and had wanted to assassinate Su Xia long before the Pharmacist Exchange Conference. They even wrote threatening letters to Su Xia.
But later, the eldest of the four changed his mind and thought that Su Xia was different from what was rumored, and planned to observe him for a while longer.
This observation has continued until now.
Su Xia didn't intend to give them any more time and walked straight into the hotel.
The four people in the hotel immediately became alert.
"What the hell is this guy doing here?"
"Did he discover us?"
Among the four men, the fourth one took out a dagger, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and his face became more ruthless.
He had been wanting to take action for a long time and thought he could deal with Su Xia within five seconds.
"Fourth brother, don't be impulsive!" The eldest man spoke, holding down the fourth brother's hand, with a steady voice.
"Boss, that bastard is heading for our room!" The fourth brother whispered, "If we don't take action now, he might notify the mechanical guards, and then we'll be in trouble."
As they were talking, Su Xia had already walked to their door.
He stopped, turned to the door, grasped the door handle and turned it gently.
Snap!
The door lock was broken on the spot!
There was a thud, and the broken door lock fell to the ground, and the door opened.
Su Xia looked calm as he walked into the room and faced the four people inside.
"This bastard is really coming for us!"
The fourth brother's face turned cold, staring at Su Xia and said, "There is a road to heaven, but you don't take it..."
