“We really need to find a way to make these Human Soldiers into more elite versions of themselves.” After leaving the Noble Residence, Zhang Caidong’s closer senior managers gathered around him, wanting to discuss this topic.
After all, it had already been said in the Noble Residence that these Human Soldiers could be promoted as long as they engaged in combat.
And they would also obtain more powerful weapons and equipment.
Although they didn't understand exactly what was going on, thinking about the mysterious spiritual realm mark inheritance, they didn't dare to say much, as they had previously witnessed the extraordinary power of the fantasy-side crystal wall system.
Now, they were more concerned with how to promote their Human Soldiers to become like those burly Human Soldiers, or those wearing heavy armor—that would suffice.
While extraordinary power was currently formidable, most of the enemies they faced were ordinary low-level Undead Monsters.
There was hardly any so-called extraordinary power.
Instead, cold weapon combat accounted for the vast majority of the time.
If the quality of their followers, these Human Soldiers, could be improved, making their combat power stronger, they would be able to completely disregard those so-called Undead Monsters.
“I was just thinking the same thing and wanted to discuss this with you, but for now, due to Lord Shen Mu’s powerful strength, this surrounding area has completely lost the environment for Undead Monsters to appear.” Zhang Caidong nodded at this point, looking at these close senior managers and saying, “I also really want my Human followers to be promoted, but if a battle occurs, it will definitely be in the dark zone controlled by death spirit rules, and we’ll have to fight those Undead Monsters then.”
Hesitating slightly, Zhang Caidong continued, “But once we go into the dark zone, there will definitely be casualties. We must be fully prepared, otherwise, if we truly get trapped in the darkness and encounter any trouble, it won’t be good.”
The others also nodded in agreement with Zhang Caidong, as they all understood how numerous and ferocious the gray mist appearing in the darkness and the Undead Monsters within it were.
How incredibly ferocious.
Although they had all become Spiritual Realm Commanders, leading these Human followers who were like commoners, their combat power had actually decreased somewhat.
Compared to their previous Spiritual Realm Followers like Goblins, Goblins, or Orcs, Gnolls, Lizardmen, and so on.
Although these Human followers had a bright future, capable of promotion and growing into quite formidable Human Soldiers.
But they were still very weak now.
They were only slightly better than Goblins and Goblins, and perhaps better than Orcs, but if compared to Spiritual Realm creatures like Gnolls, Lizardmen, or even Pig-Headed People, they were certainly not enough.
Their combat power was simply incomparable.
These were just ordinary Farmers.
Although Zhang Caidong’s Human followers were somewhat better, being new recruits with decent-looking weapons and equipment, their actual combat power still needed to be discounted.
“It indeed requires careful consideration, but Brother Cai Dong, you’re in charge here. We’ll all listen to you. Besides, there are 20 of us, and each person has 10 Spiritual Realm Followers, which adds up to 200 people.”
“As long as we are united, can such a large number not deal with some low-level Undead Monsters?”
These executives also nodded one after another.
However, each of them was quite excited and eager to confront those Undead Monsters head-on, so their Human followers could level up quickly.
Moreover, even if these Human followers had weak combat power, their own combat power was not weak.
They had already been enfeoffed and became Ten-Man Commanders, and their clothing and weapons were imbued with the power of rules. In addition, they had previously achieved soul-level resonance with fantasy creatures, making their bodies quite strong.
After the enfeoffment, these changes were not erased; instead, they became even stronger and their combat power increased.
And they also wielded weapons possessing the power of rules.
Therefore, their true combat power should be able to reach the level of a third or fourth-tier Human elite soldier.
At least in Shen Mu's opinion, if these people wore armor, their combat power could stabilize at the level of a fourth-tier soldier, but without armor, it would still be the combat power of a third-tier unit.
Of course, for him, it was better than nothing. He had no hope for the combat power of these male humans. He was more concerned with how they could provide him with Faith Power, and then bring their Mount & Blade Soldiers along to provide him with even more Faith Power.
After all, the system had already stated that as long as the Mount & Blade Soldiers brought by the enfeoffed Blue Star Humans prayed, they could also provide him with corresponding Faith Power.
For example, if one Blue Star Human provides 1 point of Faith Power, then with the Faith Power provided by these Mount & Blade Soldiers, it could reach 11 points.
This was a 10-fold increase.
Don't look at the small number now; if the number increases to 1,000 Blue Star Humans leading 10,000 Mount & Blade Soldiers.
Then he could obtain 11,000 points of Faith Power every day.
If the number continued to grow, reaching 10,000 Blue Star Humans leading 100,000 Mount & Blade Soldiers, then he could obtain 110,000 Faith Power daily.
The more the quantity, the more he would gain.
And as long as a virtuous cycle is formed, the more Faith Power he gains, the more supplies he can obtain from the Mount & Blade World, and he will increasingly not have to worry about supplies and food, after all, Faith Power can accelerate construction and the return of caravans, and also accelerate the growth cycle of plants.
Once a virtuous cycle is formed, there will be a continuous supply of materials and food to provide to those Blue Star Humans.
This was also why Shen Mu was determined to enfeoff these Blue Star Humans as Ten-Man Commanders; it was because he saw the infinite possibilities for the future.
At this point, Zhang Caidong and the others had also come to a conclusion.
“You mean we team up and then sweep through the apartment buildings?” These senior managers looked at Zhang Caidong, their faces showing some surprise: “That’s certainly a method. We are quite familiar with this kind of sweep, after all, we’ve always done it this way before.”
They had all risen from temporary workers at the Diesel Company to become senior managers in Deherim, a complete polarization of status.
In the past, at the Diesel Company, they had to conduct such sweeps to acquire various supplies, which they could then exchange for meager rewards within the Orc Tribe of the Diesel Company.
Therefore, they were quite familiar with this type of activity.
Now that Zhang Caidong suggested doing it this way again, none of them hesitated and readily agreed.
Anyway, now they didn't need to sweep for supplies anymore; instead, they needed the Undead Monsters that emerged from the darkness and decay, so their Human followers could kill these Undead Monsters and gain experience.
Then they could be promoted by Lord Shen Mu.
“So, shall we act now?” Someone who was quite impatient couldn't wait any longer and asked Zhang Caidong.
“Let’s do it now. Anyway, we’ve all finished breakfast, and it’s still a while until noon. And many buildings in the old Bali River Street haven’t been cleared yet.” Zhang Caidong nodded at this point, shouting, “If there’s nothing else, then let’s all 20 of us set off together.”
As he spoke, he looked at Sun Zhiru and his three friends beside him, smiling and inviting them, “Brothers, let’s all go together.”
“Then let’s go together, everything is according to Brother Cai Dong’s arrangements.” Sun Zhiru and his three friends beside him also respectfully nodded, looking as if they would follow Zhang Caidong’s every word.
This attitude was absolutely fine.
Zhang Caidong also nodded in response, then after a moment's thought, he led everyone towards the west gate of Deherim, and then, leading these Human followers, they marched grandly towards the residential buildings and apartment complexes of Bali River Street.
Just as they said, they were quite familiar with how to sweep for supplies in these buildings and how to find all the rooms occupied by Undead Monsters.
They even knew how to judge the number of Undead Monsters in a room based on subtle sounds, as they were all very sharp temporary workers; if they weren't, they would have long died in these repeated sweeps and wouldn't be alive now.
“Brothers, let’s not talk too much. Just follow behind these people. Even if our Human followers don’t gain much experience, don’t talk nonsense. At this time, we must be respectful.”
Sun Zhiru was behind Zhang Caidong, pulling his three friends even further back. Seeing that they weren't noticed by those in front, Sun Zhiru instructed his three friends:
“We’ve already gained a big advantage. Those people must be resentful inside. They haven’t said anything now, but they’re all holding back anger. And Zhang Caidong is the boss after all. His current politeness towards us is entirely based on Lord Shen Mu’s politeness towards us. We must carefully accumulate our strength, not create any conflicts with them. Even if there are conflicts, we must swallow them and wait until we are strong enough to speak.”
“Don’t worry, Big Brother, we all understand. After all, this is no different from the workplace. We’ve all climbed up from the bottom before, so we understand this situation.” The other three friends, who were partners and close buddies before the disaster, also nodded at this point, their faces very relaxed.
It was precisely because they had experienced workplace struggles that they could be so relaxed.
“Well, let’s just be careful; it never hurts.” Sun Zhiru also breathed a sigh of relief at this point, looking at the executives who had already pulled slightly ahead, and urged his three brothers to hurry forward and quickly caught up.
Soon they arrived at a residential community.
The entire community had about 20 buildings.
And they were all high-rise buildings.
Zhang Caidong and the senior managers now stood downstairs, looking at the towering 20-plus story buildings, and began to assign them one by one, with each person trying to get one building.
“There’s also an underground garage here, but for our safety, we won’t go into the underground garage. Everyone be careful in your own building. If anything happens, immediately call for help, and we’ll go help together.” Zhang Caidong was still instructing.
“Understood.” The others also nodded in agreement, then, according to their assigned buildings, they led their Human followers inside, starting to kick open doors one by one and search for Undead Monsters.
This felt very strange to them; in the past, they would always avoid rooms occupied by Undead Monsters. Unless the situation was extremely special, they would never get involved with rooms occupied by Undead Monsters.
But now, they were actively searching for these rooms occupied by Undead Monsters.
And in their hearts, they were quite hopeful that there would be more rooms with Undead Monsters in their building, so they could encounter them.
And seeing their Human Soldiers following them, they couldn't help but smile wryly.
In the past, they always avoided it, but now that they had these Human followers, it was as if they saw a hopeful future and were willing to work hard for it.
And Zhang Caidong was the same.
He was very lucky; on the second floor, he found a room with an Undead Monster.
Pressing his ear against the door, he listened quietly to the clacking sound of bones colliding inside, a smile appearing on his lips. Then he reached out and directly patted the door, making a banging sound, as if he was trying to break it down.
But then, inside the room, the clacking sound of bones seemed to be activated, getting closer and closer with the sound, and with a clang, the entire security door twisted and deformed.
The seemingly sturdy security door simply could not withstand the force of the Skeleton Soldier smashing it with a thigh bone.
Because death spirit rules have a destructive impact on blue star rules.
Unless blue star rules merge with spirit world rules, they simply cannot withstand the attacks of those Undead Monsters under the influence of death spirit rules.
Concrete was like tofu dregs, let alone this security door, which was no different from a paper door.
And this meant Zhang Caidong didn't need to force the door open himself.
Looking at the security door that was clearly bulging out, he heavily knocked on it twice again, and the sound attracted the Skeleton Soldier inside.
Wielding its thigh bone again, it smashed the door twice with force, breaking it open.
But before the Skeleton Soldier could fully appear.
Behind Zhang Caidong, the Swadian Recruit, who had already raised his long-handled scythe and was ready for battle, immediately thrust the long-handled scythe fiercely inside.
Shattering the Skeleton Soldier into scattered bone fragments. (End of Chapter)