Age of Empires From Scratch

  Chapter 77 Dig a pit and bury some soil

  Will's discovery was a pleasant surprise. After David asked, he also knew that it is not difficult to mix crystal ore powder into weapons. Even a blacksmith can do this job well.

   It is even possible to directly use existing weapons to 'strengthen', and the final effect is not much different from adding crystal ore powder during forging.

After David personally experienced the swift sword, shield, cross sword and other weapons made by Will, he wanted to give everyone a set of weapons mixed with crystal ore powder on the spot, but Mark said that the current crystal ore powder The number is not large, and other tests need to be carried out. It is good to build a few first.

There is no real army in the village at the moment. David, Fording, Peggy, and Sharon are mainly responsible for fighting. Because Laura and Steve will often return to their own world, they sometimes cannot take care of them. Lindong Village: "So, I think that the weapons of the few of you are ready first, and it will be enough for the time being."

"That's true, let's do it!" David thought for a while, and decided to build a set of weapons for Sharon first. Peggy's shield is already strong enough, there is no need to add crystal powder, and her shield is in the cold. There is no way for Dongcun to go back to the furnace and rebuild.

  As for offensive weapons, how do guns use crystal ore powder to upgrade and strengthen them? Is it possible to use crystal ore powder to mix metals to make warheads? That would not only be troublesome, but also consume a lot of energy. Cold Winter Village does not have so many crystal mines that can be such a disaster—only two crystal mines. Next, we need to study how to use the energy contained in them more efficiently.

   "Maybe we don't have to worry about not having enough crystals at all."

  David still remembers how these two crystal ores grew out of the soil. The spherical crystal that Mark didn't know what to use after research may be the key to the growth of this strange mineral.

  In fact, Mark also has this guess, but he hasn't had time to conduct the actual test.

   "Where are you going to 'plant' this thing?"

   "Plant where it is originally, it should be the safest."

  So, after visiting Will's discovery and asking Will to help Sharon build the handy crystal mine weapon first, everyone moved to the back of David's cabin.

   "It's better to cover up." David looked at the land, thinking whether to build a small wooden shed or something? Cover the crystal mine like you hide the weasel chariot?

   "What if ... the growth of this mineral requires solar energy?" Mark asked a question, which made Leonard, David and others tangled up.

"Then bury it in the soil first, and after confirming that the crystal ore can grow, use a shed to cover it to see the situation." David quickly gave a compromise plan. After hearing it, everyone felt that they couldn't think of a more reliable one. The way to do it, so I did what David said.

  David immediately waved the shovel, dug a one-meter-deep pit at the place where the crystal ore was found before, then put the spherical crystal in, and buried it with soil.

   Everyone watched David bury the minerals, and suddenly felt that this scene was weird.

"This thing, can it really grow that kind of mineral?" Eva felt that these things had a huge conflict with the worldview she had cultivated over the years. Even if she experienced such a magical thing as traveling to another world, she still couldn't understand Why can ore be 'planted'.

   "I don't know, let's try it!" David is very confident in his golden finger. Although there is no instruction manual or various explanations, he feels that his judgment is absolutely correct.

   Everyone stood behind the wooden house, braving the wind and snow to see where the spherical crystals were buried. They waited for a long time but did not see any response.

   "..."

"Are we going to wait here?" Leonard couldn't bear it at first. He usually lives in Los Angeles, where the temperature is very comfortable all year round. The low temperature in Winter Village lasts for several months, and the surrounding area is still surrounded by mountains and rivers. The plain was unobstructed, and the knife-like wind was blowing on the body and mixed with snowflakes, which drilled into the gaps in the clothes. The sour feeling made Leonard, whose body was not as good as ordinary people, almost collapsed: "I mean, we can first Go stay in a warm room and check back in a few hours."

   "Well, good idea, let's go to the cafeteria!"

The space in the cafeteria is large enough, and after David thought of the artifact of radiators, the cafeteria installed the most radiators, plus the delicious food made by Jonah. Now when people in Cold Winter Village have nothing to do, they like to stay in the cafeteria. canteen.

   Even if you don’t eat anything, sitting there and chatting is a good choice.

   A group of people poured into the cafeteria again. Looking at the lively environment inside, they already had the feeling of entering a lively restaurant or tavern back then.

Jonah just stayed behind the bar, chatting with people—as the population of Cold Winter Village increased, the cafeteria also increased staff, and some family members of craftsmen would come to the cafeteria to help with work, which made Jonah not have to cook alone, Serving, washing dishes, and cleaning.

  Seeing David and his group coming in, everyone in the cafeteria greeted David.

   For the village head who provided them with a new life, the former stonemason union members are very grateful. At least after this period of time, no one expressed their nostalgia for the time in the brotherhood.

  The crowd found an empty table, and Jonah came over at the right time to entertain these people himself.

In fact, from the perspective of the villagers of Lindong Village, these people around David are the high-level officials of Lindong Village. The villagers are usually very respectful to these people. , or the 'serfs' sent by Elizabeth, or these people from the Masonry Union, they all live in a world with strict hierarchy, and no one thinks that David and his group have privileges, which is something wrong.

   "What do you want to eat?" Looking at the snow on the group of people, Jonah knew that they had spent a lot of time outside: "I personally recommend stew, maybe it can warm up your body faster."

"Stew is good." David is not picky about food. If he was picky, he would not have lived in this world for so long. Since Jonah came to Cold Winter Village, he no longer has to worry about what to eat. Just as Jonah decides, Jonah will give him something new every time, and it tastes great.

   "Wait for a while, the hot stew will be ready soon." Jonah asked everyone if there was anything else they needed, and then went to the kitchen to get busy.

  David and the others were still clearing the snow off their bodies at this time. By the way, they looked at Sheldon who was half-squatting, hands in front and back, and walked around lightly.

   "Sheldon, what are you doing here?" If Sheldon's hands are in front, it's a big praying mantis.

   "I'm trying to enter the interlayer between the world and the shadow space." Sheldon didn't even lift his head, and continued to maintain the 'sneak' posture: "This is the method Edwin taught me."

   "Then have you ever succeeded?"

  Selton stood up straight with a displeased face, looked at a table of people looking at him, and lowered his head helplessly: "No."

   "Why don't you have something to eat first, and then continue to try."

   "Oh no, my daily menu is fixed..."

  He was interrupted by Leonard before he finished speaking: "Sheldon, we are not in Los Angeles now, and there are no restaurants on your menu here."

   "You're right." Sheldon nodded, then stared at Leonard: "Leonard, take me back to dinner."

"No!" Leonard seemed to have expected the other party's reaction, and rejected Sheldon flatly, and blocked the other party's words before Sheldon protested: "We are in Winter Village now, Don't you want to try the 'special food' of this world?"

"Special food... What kind of special food can a civilization in the Middle Ages have? Boiled meat? Barbecue? And there is no seasoning, and maybe it has a special virus from another world." Shelton muttered for a long time, and finally decided to go back Eating is better: "Leonard, take me back."

   "..."

   Leonard felt a headache, and while he was trying to persuade Sheldon, David was chatting with Fording about another matter.

"The things you asked me to help find someone to identify some time ago have already been identified." Fording left the dead mine after sending 400 people from the Defias Brotherhood to the Winter Village, and then returned to the Winter The village rested for a while.

  He wanted to take advantage of this time to read all the chronicles and 'clear' all the unfinished games.

  But David found him, hoping that he could help find someone to identify something—the metal piece found on the assassin.

This job is not particularly urgent. Fording can go to Azeroth when he is free. David also told him that no matter whether this thing is identified or not, there is no need to bring it back. The world of Xerath is destroyed.

After a period of time, David had almost forgotten about it, and Fording suddenly said that there was a result: "I wanted to tell you directly, but Laura said that Will had found something, and everyone wanted to see Will. New discovery, she said that she will also call you over..."

   "Oh~" David nodded, this matter was not in a hurry at all, it was no big deal if it was half a day late, now he is more curious about the appraisal result: "Is there anything special about that thing?"

   "Nothing special, there's very little power in it, and it only has one purpose."

   "What does it do?"

   "A kind of identification." Fudding paused, and added: "Because there is no correct identification method, so I can only see so much."

   "I see." David nodded, and thought of another point: "Does this mean that this assassin is organized?"

   "Yes, otherwise there is no need to use this method."

  From what organization? Is it just a so-called temple? David thought for a while, and found that the information he had was still too little to make an accurate judgment.

   "I have to collect all kinds of information about this temple."

  (end of this chapter)