80: Chapter 80 Smoke of War Everywhere, Feudal Era

"Ye Dou, the Fifth Squad's encampment is right ahead."

Amidst the purple-red Grey Werewolf troop advancing at a steady pace, a lanky Grey Werewolf reported loudly to another dignified Grey Werewolf.

"Advance quickly! Check if there are any survivors!"

The dignified Grey Werewolf remained expressionless, simply issuing the order loudly.

But deep inside, he was not as calm as he appeared.

When he saw the silent Fifth Squad encampment from afar, he had already accepted the reality in his heart.

The Fifth Squad was finished too.

As of now, besides the main force of over a thousand people in the Mad Wolf Tribe's Third Taiji Division, seven of the forty dispatched squads had vanished without a trace, leaving no corpses behind.

Upon discovering this situation, the main force promptly assembled three companies, with Commander Lang Wei, Lang Shu, and Lang Ju serving as Ye Dou (a rank in the Mad Wolf Tribe, similar to a company commander), and advanced in three directions to search.

However, by the time the Mad Wolf Tribe discovered this issue, several days had already passed, and the attackers had long since vanished without a trace.

In an era where communication and transportation were extremely backward, it was very difficult for news of an entire tribe being wiped out to get out.

If these squads were not subordinates of the Mad Wolf Tribe, perhaps they might have just vanished into obscurity without anyone caring.

"Search carefully!"

The situation was grave, and every squad leader approached it with the utmost vigilance.

Just a few minutes later, the squad leaders directing the search ran over quickly, holding several wooden sticks in their hands.

"Ye Dou, it is the same as before; there are no traces of any wolves. But these wooden sticks are broken strangely; there might be some clues here."

Commander Lang Wei hooked the wooden sticks with his fluffy yet slender sharp claws and took them.

These wooden sticks were quite thick, about the size of an adult human's lower leg.

Yet, they had been gashed by something and then forcefully snapped.

The gash was extremely smooth, not like the kind of damage that could be caused by stone tools.

Commander Lang Wei narrowed his eyes, seemingly having an answer in his mind.

After pondering for a moment, he handed the wooden sticks to the guards behind him and said in a deep voice: "Retreat!"

Zhao Feng, unaware that he had already been caught in the act, was still silly with joy.

Because after a week of hard work by the Farmers, the Ore had achieved mass production, and simultaneously, Qin City's iron mine had reached the requirements for an upgrade.

The current population limit of the Qin Empire could no longer meet the needs of expansion, so let it be: "Upgrade!"

Following Zhao Feng's order, a large amount of resources in the warehouse vanished into thin air, and clusters of green light flashed and rose upon various System buildings.

"It is a miracle!"

Countless foreigners discovered the changes around them and fell to their knees one after another.

When they lifted their heads, everything was different.

Zhao Feng pulled up the System interface to look for new changes.

Age: Feudal Age (95000 / 1000000).

Town Center: 5 (Qin City, Birch City, Unnamed, Unnamed, Unnamed).

Food: 110,000 / 100,000. Wood: 140,000 / 100,000. Stone: 70,000 / 100,000. Copper Ingots: 0 / 10,000. Ore: 0 / 10,000. Steel: 0 / 5,000.

The population limit had been greatly increased to 1 million, which already satisfied Zhao Feng's needs.

In such an apocalypse, the total number of native intelligent creatures on the Planet of the Dead was estimated to be only a few hundred thousand.

If the incoming Qin people were fully staffed, they would become the superior species, making it very simple to assimilate them.

The new age brought new changes.

Besides the Town Center of Qin City becoming a Royal Palace, the other four Town Centers became Prefecture Governor's Offices.

Royal Palace: Unique building, can only be built in the capital city. Can recruit special unit: Imperial Guards.

Imperial Guards: Special unit, recruitment price: 50 Iron, 50 Copper, 100 Wood, 200 Food.

Special skill: Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain.

Prefecture Governor's Office: Prefecture center building, can recruit unit: Prefecture Soldiers.

Prefecture Soldiers: Common unit, recruitment price: 5 Iron, 5 Copper, 20 Wood, 50 Food.

In addition to the changes in the Town Center, recruitment had also changed.

Previously, only one person appeared per recruitment, but now they were recruited in units of a platoon (tun), which was good news for Zhao Feng because he no longer had to bother with reorganization, assigning officers, and so on.

At the same time, the Qin City Taoist Temple became a Dao Palace, and a new recruitable unit appeared: White-Clothed Sword Cultivator.

White-Clothed Sword Cultivator: Special unit, recruitment price: 1000 Gold Elements.

Similarly, the Qin City Temple became the Bodhi Temple, and a new recruitable unit appeared: Temple Protector.

Temple Protector: Special unit, recruitment price: 1000 Buddha Power.

In the barracks, besides the previous soldiers advancing, new advanced units also appeared.

After experiencing the collective legion upgrades of Bronze, Silver, and Gold across three levels and nine tiers, Spearmen could advance into a powerful unit: Halberdiers.

After the same experience, Swordsmen could advance into White-Feather Elite Soldiers, and Archers could advance into She Sheng Marksmen.

The cavalry in the stables had three ways to advance: Tiger Cavalry, which were heavy cavalry; Leopard Cavalry, which were light cavalry; and Wolf Cavalry, which were horse Archers.

As for chariots, there were two types: light archery chariots and heavy chariots.

The ballistae and catapults in the engineering factory also became new units: Divine Might Giant Crossbows and Counterweight Trebuchets, both of which were powerful weapons of mass destruction.

There were also several new buildings.

There were the Exotic Beast Garden, Military Academy, University, School of the Hundred Schools of Thought, Tavern, Porcelain Factory, Furniture Factory, Winery, Clothing Store...

Except for the first four, the rest were civilian buildings, involving every aspect of food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

Exotic Beast Garden: Royal Palace auxiliary building, can tame exotic beasts and rare birds.

Military Academy: Can recruit generals, provides learning and advanced training for soldiers.

University: Scientific research building, provides scientific research.

School of the Hundred Schools of Thought (can be upgraded): Schools for the Hundred Schools of Thought such as Dao, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohism, Agriculturalism, Yin and Yang, School of Diplomacy, and Medicine, which provide special bonuses to the affiliated city.

This building, the School of the Hundred Schools of Thought, could be built as a unique structure, the Academy of the Hundred Schools of Thought, in the capital.

In local prefecture cities, however, one could only build single-discipline schools such as the Daoist School or Confucian School.

Overall, this age upgrade added some settings from "Total War" to the situation that was originally basically the same as the "age of empires" game, making it more convenient for Zhao Feng to control the nation.

It could be said that as long as Zhao Feng was given some time, he could completely and arrogantly say: "I want to fight ten!"

Taking on The Ten Great Tribes of the Planet of the Dead alone was no longer a dream.

Not to mention the sharper iron weapons and solid armor, nor the vast resources, war potential, and economic strength, even the majestic city walls that had just been upgraded to brick and stone structures were not something that The Ten Great Tribes could easily breach.

Sieges would at least require siege equipment; even if they used ladders to climb, given the current state of just slight recovery on the Planet of the Dead, it could not provide the large amount of wood needed for them to build ladders.

Currently, the only tribe that could still provide wood was the Qin Empire.

As long as he suppressed The Ten Great Tribes in terms of resources, coupled with secretly supporting the rebellion of the Grey Werewolves, Zhao Feng could gain enough time to build the powerful legions from the System one by one.

Whether by military conquest or peaceful evolution, in short, the Qin Empire would remain in an invincible position.

Zhao Feng, lost in his reverie, was startled by a report: "Great King, the Mad Wolf Tribe army is attacking!"