Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 244 - 199 Research on Firearm Innovation

Chapter 244: Chapter 199 Research on Firearm Innovation

p.m.

Return Order Citadel.

Zhao Haiping arrived at the blacksmith’s shop, only to find a long line of players already waiting.

"I want that mid-grade armor!"

"Get me a better lance."

"Do you sell armor for warhorses? If so, give me the cheapest set you have!"

The nearby street was buzzing with activity.

After the two successful completions of the instance, the Return Order Citadel had seen many upgrades.

On one hand, there were many more merchants in town selling a variety of equipment and items, serving different functional needs of the town. On the other hand, the entire historical slice had expanded significantly.

Li Weiyi and other players had already started discussing the subsequent plans for the Return Order Citadel.

By now, the Phase I construction plan for Linyuan City had basically been completed, thanks to the players’ enthusiastic brick-moving.

In Li Weiyi’s prior plans, leaving aside the original county town’s rammed earth walls, the city walls of Linyuan City had three layers in total.

In fact, Li Weiyi and his allies were considering tearing down the rammed earth walls directly, as they no longer provided much defensive value besides occupying space; however, they had to be left for the time being due to a shortage of manpower.

The construction that was underway consisted of stone walls.

The innermost layer was a circle of stone walls at the cliff top of the mountain, securing the critical positions and ensuring that the inner city had a flat terrain, which could be considered the core area;

The middle layer was built mid-mountain according to the terrain, encompassing resources like farmland and mines;

The outer layer was constructed near the base of the mountain, following the terrain to form another circle of walls as the frontline defense against enemies.

The three walls were connected by additional walls filled with many secret tunnels and caves, allowing players to quickly support each other back and forth.

Additionally, some walls ran directly to the water’s surface, preparing for the future.

What if the game would allow naval forces later on? Then it would naturally lead to building naval docks, with transport of troops via rivers becoming much more convenient.

During the "No Desire for a Title" instance in the Return Order Expedition, the innermost layer of the city walls in the Return Order Citadel had fully been constructed and played a significant role in combat against the Northern Barbarians’ Cavalry.

Subsequently, players continued moving bricks without a pause.

Zhao Haiping once again arrived at the Return Order Citadel and witnessed a scene bustling with activity.

This was likely because the previous update had launched the "Dive Bag Grab" session in the Cavalry Trial, causing most players to clash against the Cavalry Trial. Hence, the brick-moving enterprise had slightly slowed down; however, as this transit version did not open any new minor trial instances, players gathered in the Return Order Citadel to work and make money.

By now, with the determined brick-moving by players, the second and third layers of the city walls had largely been completed.

It had to be admitted, the construction speed of the players was truly formidable, and as more resources fell under the players’ control with each new version of the "Dark Sand" game, and with the increasing number of players, the construction pace accelerated even further.

At present, the three-tiered defense system had initially taken shape, encircling the entire mountain top into three rings—from the base to the middle to the summit—secured as tightly as a sealed vault.

Players were immensely anticipating the Northern Barbarians’ Cavalry to attack again.

While a cavalry charge was indeed thrilling, there was a different kind of joy in battering the demons with rolling logs and stones, and various defensive implements from atop the city walls.

If they followed the previous construction plans by Li Weiyi, the next step would be to continue building the walls to connect all three layers completely.

The following step would be to continue reinforcing and heightening these walls, building fortresses on top of them.

Then looking from afar, the whole mountain would resemble a giant hedgehog, with the three layers of walls and the fortresses on them acting like myriad spines that easily discouraged any thoughts of attack just from a mere glance.

And the fearless offensive nature of the demons, when faced with this fortress, would only bring more joy to the players.

However, at this moment, Li Weiyi was heatedly discussing the subsequent construction plans for the Return Order Citadel with other construction magnates.

They faced a choice: continue expending construction points to completely finish Linyuan City’s defensive system as previously planned, or maintain the current state of Linyuan City temporarily and spend a significant amount of construction points to modify the nearby terrain?

This dilemma arose because after "No Desire for a Title" and "Heroic Spirit of the Wild" historical slices were integrated, the overall range of the Return Order Citadel and player’s territories had expanded massively.

The historical slice where the Return Order Citadel was located had grown several times in size compared to its initial state.

Originally, it had only been enough to construct a single city.

Of course, the mentioned range included not only the city itself but also areas it could influence and cover.

Each city had a specific coverage area, and considerable space had to be left between cities.

If this space was too small, it meant wasted resources and overlap in city functions; but if too spacious, it resulted in defense gaps.

And in these newly expanded areas, numerous resources needed by players were present.

For instance, wood, stone, coal, iron mines, farmlands, and so forth, all randomly distributed.

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