Chapter 1958 Exploring the Frozen Forest

Frozen forest, this is a forest on the back of the entire continent. To the north of this place is the endless sea. The temperature here is below minus 30 degrees all year round. Even at the hottest time, it is covered with ice and snow. No one has ever seen land in the frozen forest. There is only snow here. If there is land, it can only be seen by monsters. There are almost no resident humans here. If you live here, you don't have the skills of a sixth-level fighter. The cold alone may freeze people to death. Only people with a sixth-level fighter and above can ignore the temperature outside.

Most of the people in the Frozen Forest are mercenaries or adventurers, or those who run around for missions. It can be said that this place is different from the Warcraft Mountains. There are still some fixed gatherings in the Warcraft Mountains. point, but now there is absolutely no gathering point here, no one will do business in such a place, it can freeze people to death, and the number and variety of monsters here cannot be compared with the monster mountain range, The difference between this place and the Warcraft Mountains is that there are many ice magicians here. It is cold and icy and snowy, so for ice magicians, this is their paradise. Spiritual power, get your own improvement.

In fact, the above news is the news that ordinary people know. In fact, there are many things that ordinary people don’t know. Inside is the headquarters of the Thunder Gate that Li Cong wants to track down. Don't look at such a huge place. In fact, there are less than 30 people here. These 30 people are the absolute core of Thunder Gate. Of course, there are tens of thousands of ordinary people. Serving these thirty people, they are not afraid of these people running out, these guys are ordinary people, even if they can run out, they are not afraid of the threat of those drugs. The ice and snow outside could kill them too. Every time they communicate with the outside world, they also rely on a flying monster in the frozen forest. Only when it is a last resort, someone will step on it and go out.

It can be said that Christio is very close to here, at most only 1,500 miles away, but he has no idea that the place he has been curious about all his life is actually here. He thought this place would be in the core generation of the Frozen Forest. There, even a ninth-level fighter would have no chance of surviving in the past. He also wanted to investigate, but unfortunately he didn't have that ability, so this matter was shelved. But Li Cong is not someone who gives up easily. Li Cong is already preparing to study the Frozen Forest. Of course, the most important thing is to find the Thunder Gate quickly.

Among the 30 people inside the Thunder Gate, two are the owners of the door, and the other 28 people are the bosses of various departments. They will never go outside at all. The outside, in fact, is not like that at all. There are more than forty deputy hall masters outside to help them with their affairs. They just need to share the news with you at the monthly meeting. Except for the four of them, The others are the bosses of each department. In addition to the four halls of wind, rain, thunder and lightning, there are other departments, such as the procurement department and the training department. They all know the importance of these two departments. They are not much different from the four halls. It is said that they are the fundamentals of the Four Great Halls, without the people they cultivated,

It is impossible for the four halls to occupy so much territory and resources so easily, so even if there are conflicts, everyone has to be polite.

Today is the monthly meeting. The issues they want to discuss basically do not have the current problems. Although the speed of the flying monsters is very fast, the news they got is basically half a year ago. In this news In the unsmooth era, they can only do what they did half a year ago now. This is also doomed. Of course, Li Cong's airship can relieve it, but what they don't have, they can only rely on their flying monsters .

"Everyone, let's each report the news you have received in the past month. Let's discuss it together." A guy sitting on the left said, there seemed to be a flame on the brow of this guy. It is a ninth-level fighter, a ninth-level high-level fighter, but this person is different from ordinary ninth-level fighters. This person has obtained the source of power, and among ten thousand ninth-level fighters, there can only be one who can Those who have been recognized by the source of power, once recognized by the source of power, this guy's strength will also be greatly improved. Only fighters above the eighth level can be recognized by the source of power.

Li Cong had never seen such a person before. Among the people he knew, many people said they were peak fighters of the ninth level, but compared with those recognized by the source of power, those so-called peak fighters They are not even bullshit, just say that Lu Manjia's father, Dai Tian, ​​can be said to be the most powerful ninth-level fighter Li Cong has ever seen. It will turn into meat sauce in half an hour. The difference in strength is so big. Many people know that if nine-level fighters fight against each other, if you don't want to fight, you can definitely run away. It's easy, but it's a very troublesome thing to kill the enemy, but it's a very simple thing for guys who have the power source recognition, they can easily defeat ordinary ninth-level fighters.

"Let me first report something about the Southern Empire. Recently, the entire Southern Empire has been shaken. It is the thing called Cao's House that you mentioned before. Now it is blooming everywhere in the Southern Empire. Our people have investigated it." , They are doing very well in all kinds of business, especially the alchemy activity they did last time, I estimate that they can collect tens of trillions of silver at once." A guy in black said, he It is the hall master who manages the territory of the Southern Empire. This guy is only an eighth-level fighter, but he is also recognized by the source of power. Even against mid-level fighters at the ninth level, they will definitely not suffer.

"Cao's House of Commerce was only the top 20 largest chambers of commerce in the Northern Empire last month. If they can really collect tens of trillions of silver in a short period of time, I think they can rank in the top three. Famous." The guy who spoke first said that the only thing Cao's firm can draw their attention to is the ability to collect money. As for the others, it is impossible to attract their attention. People here don't know what happened. As for the things in the Forgotten Land, if he knew about it, he might not be as calm as he is now.

"Hehe, what a coincidence, what I want to talk about is also news about Cao's House. The force controlled by a ninth-level fighter from the Northern Empire is trying to carry out a series of operations against the Cao's House convoy. But you know the final result What is it?" This guy is the person in charge of the Northern Empire, this guy likes to talk to people, this guy is a ninth-level fighter, but he has not been recognized by the source of power. Although not that powerful. But this guy's brain is not comparable to that of ordinary people. He is the only person here who has not been recognized by the source of power, but this guy doesn't feel that his status is much lower than other people. Many people are very important to this guy. Especially with this guy's head, the words that come out count.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, just say it directly, such a huge guy will collide with us sooner or later, but our strength is not very strong now, don't forget our purpose, just a little collision, However, large-scale conflicts are absolutely not allowed. It is their business to make money. I feel jealous just like you, but those money is not something we can take. We have to rely on our own strength at this stage, crooked ways Things may end up tricking us." The guy on the first seat said, he is either the head of the Lightning Sect or the deputy head of the door, and only the two of them are qualified to sit there. Harmony and the others didn't have the guts to sit there.

"Our guy directly bought a lot of bandits to do this in the past, and none of the dozens of teams succeeded. I also took this as a joke at the beginning, but now I don't see it that way. I think This Cao’s House must attract our attention. Their guards are very powerful. According to their establishment, a regiment of them can withstand the attacks of tens of thousands of bandits. They currently have a large number of guards. If they continue If it continues to develop, it will be a very big hidden danger." This guy no longer has the smile just now, and everyone in this organization is like this. If there is no serious business in normal times, everyone can talk whatever they want. This wouldn't be possible if things were serious.

His words basically put everyone here in danger. This is the first person in the past 300 years to propose a threatening organization, whether it is a mercenary group or an imperial force, whether it is a big family or a powerful person. Whether it is the royal family, no matter how far they have developed, basically no one said that they are a threat to Thunderbolt Gate, but today this word came out, and some people said that they were a threat. They all know the people here He won't talk nonsense casually, since he said it, it must be.

"What's your opinion? Do you also think they are a threat?" said the guy sitting on the main seat.

"Sect Master, what I mean is the same as what he said. This matter is not that simple. How long has it been since the emergence of the Cao Family Firm? Their strength may not be able to threaten us, but their development speed It’s really a bit fast, although on the surface they are making money, but what is this money, money is the foundation of the world, many people say that strength determines everything, I also admit this sentence, but strength cannot Let many people willingly do things for you, but silver is fine. One trillion silver or a tenth-level fighter, who do you think is more reliable? Tenth-level fighters can do many things, but one trillion silver can do More things, they are frantically gathering wealth, which can explain a problem, these guys may have other ideas, and now they may just want to do business, but when the assets in their hands reach a certain level, Then it will be completely different, at that time they will naturally have the idea of ​​dominating, so this must attract our absolute attention." The other people in the room also began to express their opinions one by one.

"I agree with this statement. We need to attach importance to the Cao Family Firm. We used to think that only the royal families of the four empires and their magician unions were our enemies, but now I think the Cao Family Firm It may become our enemy, so I propose that the whole organization collect some information about Cao’s firm for us.” The old man who has been silent said, he may be the oldest person in the entire organization, if such a person All are generous portions.

The other people also nodded one after another. Their sense of urgency is still very good, and just like that, a resolution was passed. If they knew that Li Cong had already controlled the Forgotten Land. Maybe they are not just as simple as asking people to investigate, they will definitely take some other actions, then things will not be that simple, and Li Cong at this stage will not be able to develop dullly. It will definitely be a big challenge.

These people launched an investigation on Cao's firm. Although Cao's House knows that there is such an enemy at the moment. But at this moment, they don't know what to do. They don't even know what kind of order Thunder Gate has issued to them. This order from Thunder Gate can be said to cause a huge wave. Many people and forces in Thunder Gate are hidden in the dark. Maybe Li Cong fell into the enemy's trap without knowing it. Such things may happen frequently in the future.

Li Cong tried several times to test the sharp gang, the third largest force in the Forgotten Land, and found that they were not the subordinates of Thunder Gate as Crisio said. Li Cong even went to the boss's house on a dark and stormy night. I knocked this guy out in the room, checked the guy carefully, and found no sign of the Thunder Gate at all. At this time, Li Cong stepped on it at ease. As Cristo once said, everyone has lightning on their bodies. The sign of the door, as long as it is their person, this sign is necessary. Since there is no sign on his body, it means that this guy may not be from there, so Li Cong is going to put it in two to three years. This sharp gang is eaten up, and the entire Forgotten Land will become his own within five to eight years. This is a long-term goal, but Li Cong himself is absolutely confident in killing them.

A few months later, Li Cong has basically become the largest force in the Forgotten Land. At this time, a not-so-difficult problem facing Li Cong is that the bank of Cao's Commercial Bank received a large amount of gold and silver. In the past, no matter how many trillions of silver or tens of trillions of silver, they were all silver tickets or gold tickets, but now they are all real gold and silver. Cao's Commercial Bank doesn't even have enough boxes for silver. Tens of thousands of boxes were shipped in, but it was still not enough. This was mainly because people here basically didn't use bank notes, and they also asked people to carry the money for transactions of several million silver.

"Master, now we have 11 billion silver in cash. These things are very terrible. I finally know what it means to have too much money. Damn it, how did the people here transport these silver out? Well, look, how big is this mountain of gold and silver." 002 took Li Cong to the warehouse behind them, and Li Cong was also surprised.

Damn, 50 grams of silver is one tael of silver, ten taels of silver is a catty, 20 taels of silver is 1,000 grams, these 20,000 taels of silver are a ton of silver, and 11 billion silver is a full 550,000 tons of silver, even on earth The 550,000 tons is definitely not a small amount. It is also very terrible to use mechanized things to transport, not to mention that there is not so much mechanized equipment here, most of them are transported by bullock carts and the like. , These people can get such money here, it is definitely their own ability, Li Cong is also lamenting this at this time.

"Hehe, don't be surprised. In fact, those who can come here are capable people. Those who are not capable will probably be killed when they are caught by the people of the Northern Empire. If they can come here, they will naturally have money. , Besides, this place has been deposited for tens of thousands of years, and the silver here has always been brought in, not taken out, and all the silver accumulated here is definitely a very large amount." Christio will leave soon Yes, but in the days before leaving, Li Cong, the leader, was still handling some things. Li Cong also very much agrees with this guy's cooperation. This guy is quite particular.

"Yes, it's just to give them a channel now. It's very good. Thirty percent of the money belongs to us. I really don't know how easy it is to earn this money. Forget it, I'll do it myself Let's do it, let people gather all the money here, and I will find a way to get them away." Li Cong said with a smile, 002 knew this when he called Li Cong, and Li Cong was sure There will be a space ring, but I didn't expect Li Cong to have such a big one.

Christio on the side didn't expect to have such a big space ring. It is true that there is no such a big space ring, but the space in Li Cong's own body is okay, and the space in Li Cong's body is still expanding. Li Cong estimated that although it is not as big as this planet now. But there is no problem with the size of several earths, and it is still a piece of cake to store these things, and these things do not need to be transported to the inland at all, and the ticket numbers there are full of silver. How could it be impossible to even get this little money out. And when they get there, they can at most exchange the bank notes themselves. Only a fool would carry so much money, isn't that recruiting robbers, and those robbers are all thieves with very eyes.

The people working below all encountered a strange thing this afternoon. They also brought in several carts of silver and gold yesterday, but for some reason, it seems that all the silver has disappeared today. Where did most of the silver go? Yesterday, it was like a mountain. As for the silver, it seems to be just such a small hill today. They were all surprised by this change. Where did the silver go? Is it so gone? Who is likely to snatch the silver away? Although it is very chaotic in the Forgotten Land, it is estimated that no one has the guts to come here to rob money, right?

Li Cong looked at each of them with so many questions, but he didn't explain to them. These people don't need to know so much. They are just doing things, just transportation. As for the rest, they don't need to know. There are so many, and knowing more will not do them any good.

On the largest square in the Forgotten Land, today the director of Cao’s House is going to recruit some adventurers here. The recruiters must be level 6 fighters or above. Ordinary people are also allowed, but they must enter the frozen land. For those who work in the forest, it is no problem for ordinary people to go in for a month or two, but Li Cong wants to go in deeply, and they can't get in too much in a month or two, so they can only wander around Well, there is no need for them to investigate the surrounding areas, so why do you need so many ordinary people? The salaries are very generous. In the past, as long as they saw such recruitment information, these guys would probably leave immediately Yes, because they went to the frozen forest once to fight with their heads. There is no need for that. It would be better to rob a few newcomers in the city. If this is the case, life will be comfortable, but today But many people come to see this, and they all feel that the treatment here is really good.

For a one-year field trip, as long as you write down everything you see, you will be paid more than 2 million taels of silver when you come back. Of course, don’t think that you can find a place to hide and not work after you go in. There are airships in the sky every day to deliver foster care to people in a certain area, unless you are sick, otherwise if you stay in the same place for two days, then I’m sorry, your fee will be reduced, but if you find out Your salary will also increase exponentially for some large things that other people have not discovered. If you find some huge metal veins, it will be amazing, and you will be rich in your life.

Many sixth-level fighters are also excited at this time. Although they can get this amount in this city for a year or so, they can't save this money. Usually, eating, drinking and having fun can basically save this money. After playing cleanly, it is impossible to have so much money left. If you join this expedition, you will just walk in the frozen forest and write down everything you know. Very good, that is, there is so much money in one year, and I also said that as long as people who are not lazy and perform well can basically be sent to the Southern Empire, this is a lot of money Yes, if they go there by themselves, it is estimated that it will cost tens of millions of silver, and they will definitely not be able to earn this money. Of course, it is impossible for Li Cong to send them all over. This matter is fine. If they all leave, what will happen to their own business? Speaking of which, none of these people can worry about it.

In one morning, more than 60,000 people signed up at the 35 registration points in the Forgotten Land. There are even eighth-level fighters in it, but no matter whether you are an eighth-level fighter or a sixth-level fighter, as long as you don’t get any news, then I’m sorry, you can only have a basic salary of 2 million silver, and these people who signed up Li It is impossible for Cong to want all of them. If he wants all of them, his wallet will probably be empty. Li Cong only needs 5,000 people, and the rest can only be sorry for you.

The test will be held in a week, and each of them is a little nervous, and finally have the opportunity to earn so much money at once. You must keep stepping on it. Only one out of ten people is needed. This week, the Forgotten Land is full of fights. In fact, this is also a way for Li Cong to weaken them. So many people are fighters above the sixth level. Their combat effectiveness is also very objective. If you can't control it yourself, what kind of turmoil will be caused here. It's me who suffers, and I absolutely don't want to suffer, so I'm sorry. You can only kill each other.

When the count was counted again a week later, everyone was dumbfounded. There were only 10,250 people left, and nearly 50,000 people died. The remaining people were basically the more powerful people among these people. People were selected to enter the Frozen Forest. As for the rest of the unselected Li Cong, he also gave them a salary of 1.5 million taels of silver to help them stabilize the law and order here. Although the money is not much, it is better than insurance. Those who are in arrears, some people are usually idle. They all work hard for the opportunity to go to the Southern Empire. This kind of thing does not happen every day. If you prepare money yourself, it will be 60 million taels of silver. They are definitely incomplete, only those who originally lived in the innermost layer have that ability, and not everyone in the innermost layer has that ability63+

., only a small part of it is okay.

It will take 40 years to make money according to this job. For ordinary people, 40 years may be a long time, but for these people, 40 years is not very much. They can easily In the past 40 years, these people have been here for hundreds of years, so 40 years is nothing to them, just live it.

In the outermost area of ​​the Frozen Forest, Li Cong also recruited 300,000 ordinary people, each of whom conducted a dragnet search in the border area of ​​the Frozen Forest, and supplies in remote areas were also very easy. , In fact, Li Cong's idea is to block the Frozen Forest. Since they are all sure that the Thunder Gate is in the Frozen Forest, then they will definitely have various contacts with the outside world. Telling horses, I can always catch them.

Most of the people in the Forgotten Land are desperadoes. They can't survive in this place. Li Cong wants to recruit ordinary people, not to mention 300,000 people, even 3 million people are fine. From the beginning What these guys want is to fool around, but it’s different after they eat their first meal. The output of genetic medicine can supply hundreds of millions of people, and so many can be produced every year. They are all very dedicated.

On the first day, Li Cong used dozens of airships and tens of thousands of sleds to send these guys to the predetermined location. In the first month, they just scouted around and built a huge camp, and then there was a lot of food. Bring some warming things here. After they leave here, Li Cong will still let more people come here, so this is a permanent fortification.

The temperature here is very low for ordinary people, but Li Cong has experienced places with lower temperatures than this on the rty planet. This low temperature is really nothing to Li Cong. It's not the first time for people to enter the frozen forest. Some things that need attention don't need to be said by themselves, they all know it very well.

"Master, if the Lightning Gate is really inside the Frozen Forest, they should have reacted to what we've done with such fanfare." 002 watched the hundreds of people digging the ground in front of him and said that they were going to take half of the tent. It is built underground, and the other half is outside, otherwise it will be easily blown away by the wind, and the wind here is definitely not small.

"I feel the same way, but we have been here for a while, and the sixth-level fighters have gone deep into three hundred miles, but they still haven't found anything. Although there are some people who live here, they are all One or two lonely people, these people are not normal people here at all, let alone Thunderbolt Gate." Li Cong was a little bit confused at the moment, did Christio not know, Their headquarters may not be in a remote area, but hundreds of thousands of people just entered the frozen forest, and Li Cong didn't let the people below silence him, as long as he met people, he would ask them about the Thunder Gate Things, if the headquarters of the Lightning Gate is really here. It is absolutely impossible not to know.

"Maybe the place where they live is still inside. We just have to wait. The airship has already penetrated 500 miles to investigate, and it will reach 600 miles tonight. I really don't know where they are in such a cold place." How did you live?" 002 obviously didn't know how those guys on the airship lived. The temperature over there is absolutely minus thirty degrees.

This Li Cong didn't answer him either. Just smiled. In fact, those guys can easily survive the severe cold. Every airship that operates here has been equipped with heating equipment, and the outside is minus 30 degrees. It's 15 degrees above zero inside, so they naturally won't feel any cold, let alone 600 miles, even if they enter 6,000 miles, it's fine. Besides, the temperature of the innermost and outermost It’s not much different. Historically, people with close mouths can’t go forward when they are about 5,000 miles away from Li Cong. The decline has no effect on Warcraft, because they have lived here from the beginning to the end. For them, temperature is their best partner, and their greatest enemy is human beings. Those who want to kill them take them and sell them for money For human beings, temperature is the biggest damage to human beings. In fact, some less fatal injuries are nothing to human beings, but if human beings are in a low temperature environment, they may become fatal injuries.

Thunder Gate said they were in the Frozen Forest, but in fact they were just under those two hills, as long as they were less than a hundred miles away from them, it was absolutely impossible for them to see the surrounding situation. They are not in the mood, because they clearly know that no one will come in these places around them. Even if someone comes in here, they are just some mercenaries. If there is no threat, let it go, and if there is a threat, kill it directly. As long as it is not Tenth-level fighters and ninth-level magicians, they can easily kill those people. Of course, except for some special tasks, it is impossible for such a place to have such powerful people. It's okay to waste time in such a place, they all have to practice hard.

The people in Thunder Gate still live their lives according to their original habits, but one morning, they heard some unusual voices. Many people here are very powerful people, and many of them clearly know the people outside. Any sound, such a sound is impossible for them to appear. Could it be that some powerful fighters and magicians have come here again? Recently, the organization has not been very peaceful. The adults have been very patient. If possible, killing these people and letting them vent their anger is much better than holding them back one by one.

Several observers walked slowly to their posts. From the outside, it looked like a very thick tree, but from the inside, it was empty inside. It was very convenient for people to go up and down here. Everyone inside can observe the people outside from here. It is impossible for anyone except the space magician to know that this is an observation post, even the airship in the sky. At this moment, there is a small airship in the sky, and he is using it. They are cruising at a speed of 30 kilometers per hour. The reason why they use such a slow speed is because they want to see everything outside clearly. They are even used as bait. They hope that the people from Raiden Gate will find them and then they will launch an attack. , they will have a good harvest.

Their goal is huge. Such a thing has never appeared here before. Now everything here is very clear. This voice is coming from that thing in the sky. Many people think I can see clearly, the surrounding observation posts are now thinking about what it is. The people here must have been out for fifty years recently. There was absolutely no such thing outside fifty years ago. This thing is fifty years old. The things that appeared during the year, no one thought that this thing was aimed at them, they just felt strange, what is this thing for?

Several high-level members of Thunder Gate also saw this thing. The distance is a bit high. A nine-level fighter can kill this thing with a full blow, but they don’t know the depth of this thing. Isn’t it a bit too reckless to start attacking now? Well, the high-level executives don't know what to do at this time. Most people are waiting and watching. While they are watching, this airship flies past them. The speed of this thing is very fast, so In a short time, it passed over this mountain.

The airship didn't find anything below, because they didn't see anything different at all. This place is the same as the places they passed for hundreds of miles. Everything around here is the same. Here Everything is the same thing. It is impossible for them to find the Thunder Gate by observation, but they are so tall, it is a bit difficult for people to attack them. Except for senior fighters and magicians, It is impossible for ordinary people to attack them.

The senior management of Thunderbolt Gate are not fools either. When something like this appeared, they immediately wrote many letters to the outsiders, asking them to tell themselves what it was, but it probably took a long time to go back and forth. For a long time, the speed of these flying monsters is very fast, but they can't fly for 24 hours, and their level is not very high.

The second airship also passed safely in this way. It may take a few months to wait for the people behind to come over. At least they will be safe in these few months. It's safe, but as long as they meet each other, both parties can...

Li Cong, who was in the border area, did not go in easily. At this time, Li Cong felt the threat of Thunder Gate to him, which was different from others. If he went in like that, the one who suffered the loss might be his own. This feeling The first time it was on the Queen's body, I didn't expect it to come again now, this feeling is really not very good. (To be continued..)