The core of Master Zhong's theory of spiritual energy is one word: "supply and demand".
The stronger the warrior, the more spiritual energy he needs. Without sufficient spiritual energy supply, ordinary supplies cannot support a powerful warrior.
Zhou Yuan saw centralism in this. A large amount of resources were tilted towards the warriors, forming an extraordinary class that combined wealth and power, and extending downward to the aristocratic families that controlled the local areas.
This is a special mode in which extraordinary people rule over ordinary people.
On the surface, it looks similar to the ancient times of Blue Star, but in essence, ordinary people have no ability to resist, and whether a dynasty changes or not is determined by extraordinary warriors.
Zhou Yuan didn't think these problems were far away from him. He had already entered the Wei army camp and would sooner or later face the restrictions of his background.
He was right. When Coach Zhong sent him to the inner hall of the Shenbi team, although the members of the Shenbi team welcomed the newcomer, they also asked about his background.
"Brother, how many crossbows can you fire?"
"Three stones."
"Can the arrow be accurate?"
"If you shoot still, you can hit the target every time; if you shoot in motion, you can hit the target eight or nine out of ten times."
"Dashan, my dear husband, what is your origin?"
"A good farmer."
"That's too low. You can't get into a good family with your ability. Try your best to kill the enemies. If you can kill more than a hundred enemies, you can get an official title."
The lowest rank of a member of the Shenbi Team is a captain, and more often they are a deputy captain.
It can be said that most of the people here are officials, not soldiers. Fortunately, most of them have risen to their positions through fighting. Although they value background, they also value ability.
Otherwise, Zhou Yuan really couldn't integrate into a team with more officers than soldiers.
While talking with the senior beside him, he observed the members of the Divine Arm Team in the inner hall.
The health bars of these people are all incomplete, the highest is 93% and the lowest is 86%.
Most weapons are equipped with two bows. Judging from the structure of the bow, one is a two-stone bow and the other is a three-stone hard bow.
Their secondary weapons are two long and short swords, and their armor is mainly half-body armor, which is even lighter than the weight of the Shesheng Battalion.
"Brother Wu, is there something special about the way we wear armor? Why is our defense decreasing instead of increasing?"
"Don't try to learn this from us. We are all veterans who often go in and out of secret realms to fight. We have our own fighting style.
You have just joined so please be cautious, but I can give you a suggestion. It is better for you to bring a bow that can shoot rapidly.
The demons in this secret realm have strengths and weaknesses just like humans. Holding a three-stone bow for a long time is exhausting, but a two-stone bow is just enough."
"Thanks for the guidance, Angkor. I don't need to practice any formations."
"No, you'll understand once you enter the secret realm. Only the turtles of the Xuanjia team need to form a formation. We just need to shoot accurately and learn to dodge."
Zhou Yuan followed suit and chose a two-stone bow. He then imitated the veteran soldiers and put armor-piercing arrows and cone-head arrows in his quiver.
"Upper Rank, what are you standing there for? You're the new guy, go first, see some blood and let everyone see what you're made of."
Since bows lose strength easily when they are constantly stretched, the camp stipulates that war bows must be unstrung for maintenance when not in use. Therefore, Zhou Yuan's three-stone hard bow was not strung.
He originally thought that since he had just arrived, even if he did not receive relevant training, he should be able to watch the game.
I didn’t expect the veterans to welcome the newcomers in such a special way. Without any practice or observation, they were directly thrown into the secret realm to fight.
"Are we all so direct here? I thought we had to undergo training first and then assess whether we could stay."
"Training? Why are you here if you haven't trained well? Only children from wealthy families have the opportunity to train, while children from decent families should do it whenever they get the chance.
Otherwise, when you finish your training, there will be nothing left to eat."
In the spacious inner hall, archers were busy stringing their bows, checking the quality of arrows, and adjusting the tightness of their armor.
At this moment, this place does not seem like an indoor resting place, but more like a camp ready for fighting at any time.
"Dong, Dong, Dong..."
As the drums sounded, the archers went out one after another. When they passed by Zhou Yuan, they did not forget to say "The troops are coming, follow them quickly."
Thirty-six archers walked to the front of the warehouse and formed a team of five, with hundreds of black-armored soldiers beside them.
A man with a dignified face and wearing bright armor quickly inspected the queue. He only bowed slightly when he saw Zhou Yuan.
“Newcomers come out.
I am Cai Cheng, the commander of the Central Army, and from now on I will be your direct superior."
Zhou Yuan was pushed by the veteran behind him, and two armored men holding large shields also walked out from the Xuanjia team.
"Very good. The rule of our Commandant's Mansion is to bring the old with the new. For this secret realm attack, Shenbi and Xuanjia will each bring one newcomer."
“Although you are newcomers, you are also veterans of each camp, so I won’t talk to you about military law.
Remember, once you enter the secret realm, you must not retreat or advance without orders. Anyone who disobeys orders will be executed immediately."
"promise."
"The three teams of Divine Arms are out, and the three teams of Black Armor are out."
Zhou Yuan was already standing in front of the queue, and without even moving, four sharp-arm archers automatically stood on either side of him.
Xuanjia sent out eight shield-bearing warriors, and randomly selected one from the two newcomers, making a total of nine people.
Nine Xuanjia, five Shenbi, plus the military Sima Cai Cheng, this number is exactly the same as the copy prompt's 'recommended challenge number 10~15 people'.
It seems that you can't just enter the game dungeon whenever you want. The number of challengers is the upper limit of the dungeon's capacity.
"Now that there are new soldiers joining the army to serve, I have something to say.
Kill all the demons, pay for the supplies immediately, provide the precious medicine to the wounded, and hand over all the magical medicines.
There are also warriors with divine arms and black armor. Killing enemies in secret realms is considered a meritorious service. Ten times their rank is promoted, and a hundred times their rank is granted an official title."
The promotion mechanism of the Shenbi and Xuanjia teams was even more stringent than Zhou Yuan had imagined. Ten promotions was already very harsh, and granting a hundred official positions simply didn't treat the soldiers as human beings.
In the history of Blue Star, he was able to kill hundreds of people in battle, and it would be unfair to his bravery if he was not awarded the title of general, but here he was given an official position.
"Now that the law is clear, my brothers, follow me into battle."
Under the leadership of military commander Cai Cheng, Zhou Yuan followed the team into the dungeon portal.
The next moment, the world suddenly changed from a fortress military camp to a desolate wilderness.
Looking forward, there are two small hills on the low hillside, which, together with the barren mountain that is flat at the bottom and steep at the top, look like the horns of two yellow cows.
"The Black Armor team will advance in formation, and the Divine Arm team will follow suit."
After Cai Cheng gave the order, he led the team forward holding a round shield and a spear.
It was obvious that he was very familiar with this place. He would use his spear to poke a few traps from time to time to remind the soldiers to avoid danger.
After walking for a while, the team came across a village built on the mountain at the corner of the hillside.
The village had a base of earth and rocks and walls of logs, and looked to be only about three meters high. There were two wooden arrow towers at the gate.
There were about twenty or thirty people standing on the not-so-high village, some holding swords and shields, some holding spears, and there were also six archers.
The identity information on their health bars are respectively displayed as 【Level 3 Bandit Knifeman】, 【Level 3 Bandit Gunman】, 【Level 3 Bandit Archer】
"Raise your shield."
At this moment, without Cai Cheng's order, the soldiers who were familiar with the procedure raised the large leather shields in their hands.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
The 【Level 3 Bandit Archer】 had great accuracy, and several arrows landed on the leather shield.
"Open up a gap, and let the God Arm team take out those archers."
Zhou Yuan changed to a three-stone hard bow and shot an arrow at the body of a 【Level 3 Bandit Archer】, directly knocking off 70% of his health bar.
He fired another arrow and finally drove away the leather-armored 【Level 3 Bandit Archer】.
【Ding, kill the level 3 bandit archer, experience +30】