Chapter 43: Fear of the Underground Garage For 150 people plus 10 war horses, the amount of drinking water consumed every day is indeed an astronomical figure. The barreled or bottled water stored by the predecessor and found in the closed dark room where even time had frozen were finally consumed at this time today. "Then go get some water." However, Shen Mu was not in a hurry. Instead, he calmly arranged: "Let all the Swadian heavy cavalry come over." "Yes." The Swadian infantryman nodded, then turned around and went to the military camp that was set up in the apartment rooms on both sides of the fifth floor to call out to the heavy cavalry. In a moment, 10 Swadian heavy cavalrymen wearing fine linen robes and no armor came over. They stood straight in a row and greeted Shen Mu calmly and respectfully: "Hello, Master Shen Mu!" "Yes." Shen Mu nodded and said, "Go to the livestock pen to bring down your horses, put on full armor, and leave the apartment with me later to protect the Swadian recruits as they go to fetch water." "Follow your orders."
The Swadian heavy cavalry responded, then turned around and walked quickly up the spiral staircase of the tower. Soon, leading their own Swadian warhorses, they carefully walked along the spiral staircase less than one meter wide from the seventh floor to the castle hall on the fifth floor. Although the spiral staircase is narrow and steep, it does not mean that their military horses cannot pass through. Moreover, both the chain mail of the Swadian heavy cavalry and the chain mail of the war horses were stored in their barracks rooms. Therefore, as long as time permits, they will lead the generals and horses to the castle hall, and the 10 cavalrymen will help each other put on their armor and then put on vests for the horses. Then they will be fully armed and can go into battle at any time. "Very good." Shen Mu nodded with satisfaction when he saw the 10 Swadian heavy cavalrymen were ready. He did not set out at this time. Instead, the thought communication system makes a dialog box appear on the retina in front of the eyes. [You have soldiers that can be upgraded:] 【①斯瓦迪亚农民×50名，可升级为‘雇佣哨兵（10第纳尔每人）/斯瓦迪亚新兵（5第纳尔每人）’。】200+150 [② Hired Sentinels × 10, can be upgraded to 'Hire Crossbowmen (50 Dinars each)'.] 500 [③ Robbers x 25, can be upgraded to 'Greenwood Bandits (20 dinars each)/Lake Rat Gang Newcomers (20 dinars each and requires Lake Rat Gang Training Camp)'] 500 [④ Swadian Light Infantry x 30, can be upgraded to 'Swadian Infantry (100 denars each)/Swadian Heavy Cavalry (100 denars each)'] 3000 This is a tip about upgrading arms. After Shen Mu received the 5000 dinars, he became wealthy and had a fiscal surplus, so he had of course made his own decision. "50 Swadian peasants, upgrade 20 mercenary sentinels, upgrade 30 Swadian recruits." "All 10 mercenary sentinels were upgraded to mercenary crossbowmen." "All 25 robbers will be sent to the Lake Rat Gang training camp to be upgraded to Lake Rat Gang rookies." "30 Swadian Light Infantry, all upgraded to Swadian Infantry." Shen Mu made arrangements in an orderly manner. Then, right between Shen Mu's eyebrows, streams of data condensed into white light and began to extend out. In the entire castle, nearly half of the Mount and Blade soldiers are now enveloped by this white light, which begins to load the combat experience of higher-level soldiers and materialize new weapons and equipment. Including the physique and quality of these soldiers themselves, they are also becoming stronger and stronger with the loading of data streams.
The Chapter branch has completed its transformation. The number of fourth-level Swadian infantrymen reached 45. The 30 first-level Swadian recruits, also holding scythes, lined up curiously and excitedly. The 10 third-level mercenary crossbowmen armed with war crossbows also led the 20 second-level mercenary sentinels to line up. Only the 25 robbers were climbing the stairs at this time, heading to the seventh floor where they had to pass through an entire wheat field to enter the sixth floor which was only half completed, and then enter the Lake Rat Gang training camp to complete the promotion to the second-level Lake Rat Gang newcomers. [Ding! You have selected a type of soldier to upgrade! ] 【You spent 4350 dinars. 】 [Your current remaining savings: 1400 dinars. ] Shen Mu's ears suddenly heard the sound of dinars colliding with each other, which became weaker and weaker. He knew this meant his savings were decreasing. But there is no way. If you want to upgrade, you have to pay the price of dinar. "That's why these Mount and Blade soldiers I have don't have weekly pay as maintenance fees." Shen Mu pursed his lips at this time. The lack of maintenance fees really helped save the biggest part of the losses. Otherwise, the weekly maintenance fees alone would be a headache for him. "Master Shen Mu!" Just as Shen Mu was thinking, 30 Swadian recruits who had completed the upgrade and became first-level soldiers came over carrying their long-handled sickles, and greeted Shen Mu respectfully. "Well, very good." Shen Mu nodded, and then arranged for them: "Go get all the buckets and basins, and let's go get some water." "Yes." These Swadian recruits immediately turned around and went looking for the appropriate water storage tools. It’s easy for them too. Plastic, iron, aluminum or stainless steel buckets and basins are available in this day and age. Soon everyone was holding a large bucket or basin. In order to be able to hold it steady when filled with water, these Swadian recruits even put down their scythes and old fan shields that they were good at, and carried a short axe or mattock for self-defense. "let's go." Seeing that they were ready, Shen Mu waved to the Swadian heavy cavalry, who were all wearing heavy chain armor, and walked outside together. "Sigh!" At this time, the holy white horse from the world of Pande behind Shen Mu also came over. Even though Shen Mu didn't hold the reins, he still followed him obediently and walked slowly. Including the Swadian heavy cavalry who took the reins. And those new recruits.
All following behind. However, when they looked at the white horse behind Shen Mu that did not need a rein, they all showed envy and admiration. Especially the 10 Swadian heavy cavalrymen, looking at the white horse, although it was not wearing a vest or even a robe, but the agile body, powerful and slender four legs, and the crisp sound of the horseshoes hitting the ground, they knew that it was definitely a good horse. Even vaguely, they realized that there were better horses than their own military horses bred in the manors of the Kingdom of Swadia and trained in the racecourse! This is true. Shen Mu brought his Holy Tree Steed to the fire door, and the veteran thugs of the Lake Rat Gang stationed there diligently opened all the doors, allowing them to walk slowly down the zigzag stairs to the first floor. This horse, which was born in the low-magic continent of Pendor and is a sacred tree horse in the G version of the world, has indeed demonstrated a smart IQ. He followed Shen Mu closely and went down the stairs without any mistakes, being very agile. Shen Mu was very satisfied with this. However, in the process of going from the fourth floor to the first floor, looking at the many fire doors that had been violently destroyed, the empty corridors and the narrow apartment hallways that had not changed much, a look of consideration appeared on his face. He deliberately left the corridors and apartments from the first to the fourth floors unmodified, only removing the elevator shaft and changing the direction of the stairs. The purpose is to make it convenient to appear in the dark, when the gray fog is full and the rules of the undead are coming. You can use the rules of the dead to spawn monsters on these floors! That’s right, it’s monster farming. Shen Mu also hoped that the 30 Swadian recruits could be upgraded to second-level Swadian militia as soon as possible. Of course you have to kill monsters and accumulate experience to do this! "Also... there's an underground garage underneath the apartment building, which runs through an entire floor of four apartment buildings. You can spawn monsters there!" When he reached the first floor, Shen Mu looked down at the thick steel door standing next to the stairs with a serious look in his eyes. That's the underground garage. It is also a civil defense project. Made of thick steel gates and reinforced concrete. When the undead rules first came into being, it was already closed and filled with absolute darkness. It was probably already the lair of undead monsters. "Whenever the black tide arrives every three months, the first horrible undead monsters to appear are those that rush out of these underground garages or civil air defense projects!" “That’s why people don’t like to live on the first floor or in the ground floor rooms…” "If you are not careful, you will be discovered by those undead monsters, and then you will get into trouble, or even get killed." Shen Mu sighed. Without thinking too much, he turned around and walked with his troops towards the direction of the apartment, about two blocks away. Because he knows. Right over there, a small Long River runs across the entire Long City, flowing with abundant water resources. (End of this chapter)