Castle of Black Iron

Chapter 71: Base and ideal

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Zhang Tie held a multi-purpose engineer shovel and dug hard in the tree hole above. After folding the shovel surface of the engineer shovel at 90 degrees, the shovel became a small hoe. One edge of the shovel surface was very sharp. , can be used as a small axe, but there are serrations on the other side of the shovel surface, which can be used as a saw. This multi-purpose engineer shovel is multi-purpose, but it truly lives up to its name. Zhang Tie waved the shovel to remove the rotten wood in the tree hole piece by piece. They dug it out piece by piece while humming a tune. The novelty of living in a tree house made everyone work energetically.

Barry and Shavin took the big pot Zhang Tie brought and found stones under the tree to build a stove. They were lighting a fire to cook dinner. Doug and Sista were responsible for policing the area within 50 meters, while Zhang Tie and Baghdad, along with Wright, who was responsible for the treehouse renovation.

After the tree house on the first floor was basically renovated, the three people put all their energy into the renovation of the tree house on the second floor throughout the afternoon. Compared with the tree house on the first floor, the amount of renovation on the tree house on the second floor was The workload is larger, and the space in the second-story tree house is limited. Only one person can enter at the first time. Only when the person who enters expands the space inside can the second person enter, so the speed is It was also slower. The first one to enter the tree house on the second floor was Zhang Tie. An hour after Zhang Tie entered, he was replaced by Wright. After Wright worked for an hour, he was replaced by Baghdad. After working in Baghdad for an hour, , the space inside could barely accommodate two people, and then Zhang Tie and Wright came in together. After working for almost an hour, Baghdad could barely squeeze in, and the renovation work on the second floor of the treehouse began to speed up. .

At noon, several groups of trial students from No. 2 Middle School and No. 7 Middle School also discovered the tree house that Zhang Tie and the others had renovated. Among them were two groups of guys from No. 2 Middle School. Relying on the fact that they had more people than Zhang Tie and the others, they attacked the tree house of the Aircraft Brotherhood. The tigers in the house were eager to try, but when Doug took out the "Iron Gate T21" he was carrying and pointed it at the guys with malicious intentions, those people were stunned from the corner of their eyes, and they all retreated helplessly. I didn’t expect that the Aircraft Brotherhood would be so perverted and even bring this kind of thing. The "Iron Gate T21" is a two-string crossbow. You can load two strings at a time and pull the trigger twice in a row. With the "Iron Gate T21" The power of T21", even if they are wearing light leather armor, the power of the crossbow is enough to pierce a person's body within 50 meters. If they want to rob the tree house, Zhang Tie and the others only need to pull the trigger twice, which is enough to make the person want to move. People with brains have to pay a heavy price. Naturally, no one dares to move. It is just a foothold. It is not worth fighting for a foothold.

After working all afternoon, towards the evening, the second floor of the tree house was renovated and could barely accommodate two people. Standing for three people and lying down for two were completely different things. Everyone was a little exhausted. Feeling overwhelmed, Wright, who was in charge of digging the treehouse, couldn't stand it first and replaced Sista. Seeing that Zhang Tie's physical strength could last as long as his own, the guys in Baghdad and all the fraternity seemed quite embarrassed. They were surprised. Everyone originally thought that Zhang Tie would not be able to persist. Unexpectedly, Zhang Tie actually worked with Baghdad until the end. Everyone was a little impressed by Zhang Tie, a guy with a not-so-outstanding figure. Zhang Tie, through this afternoon's work with Baghdad, confirmed his current strength as a first-level soldier from the side. His strength should have just surpassed Baghdad's line at this moment. After the bright spot of the shrine was ignited, it had a great impact on physical fitness and physical fitness. Changes and improvements are rapidly closing the gap in physical fitness between the Upper Chinese race and other races. Of course, if Baghdad also ignited the shrine's bright spot, he would not be his opponent in his improved state, but could Baghdad's speed of igniting the shrine's bright spot be comparable to his own

Zhang Tie, who wanted to understand this, became more determined about his purpose of participating in this trial.

In the evening, the pot of fragrant hot soup that Barry and Shavin set up on the stove under the tree made everyone feel hungry. After Barry shouted twice that he could eat, everyone They all held their own lunch boxes and gathered eagerly in front of the pot of hot soup. Black Flame City's compressed dry food is a must-have for everyone, but if you can chew those dry compressed dry food, , and a bowl of hot broth, it would be perfect.

The broth contains beef jerky that Barry brought and wild bracken that Shavin found. It doesn’t require too complicated cooking. Just add a little salt and mix the two things and cook them together. That’s it. Delicious.

Everyone was very satisfied with this dinner. After dinner, everyone washed their dishes in the creek dozens of meters away, and then everyone sat back in front of the fire under the tree and rested. , while discussing the subsequent arrangements.

"I think it will take another day to make this tree house base fully operational and complete the second step of transformation. If you save what you bring, it will only be enough for one week, and there are still two months to go. Time, that little thing is definitely not enough, you have to find a way to get food, because everyone works together to eat a big pot of rice, so in theory everyone must turn in one kilogram of food every day, whether it is wild vegetables, wild fruits or meat. This is the minimum requirement..." Barry said seriously, and then looked at everyone seriously, "This trial is about real swordsmanship. When preparing food, there are some dangers that may lead to death, so... We must be serious about food, because we are all brothers, we are all together, we are a collective, but each of us has our own interests and ideas, so when it comes to the issue of food acquisition and distribution , we must take into account the interests of the collective and the individual, and find a way to balance the two, and we will not force everyone to obey the group blindly. This is also the organizational principle of our fraternity. When I came here, I had already thought of something related to I am speaking out about the food-related distribution plan now and hope everyone will discuss it... "

Then Barrie stated his distribution plan. For all food obtained through collective action, the right to distribute and dispose of the food is jointly owned by the members of the brotherhood participating in the collective action, and is equally distributed among all participants. Individuals rely on their own The right to distribute food obtained by ability and hard work is divided into three parts. The food obtained on that day weighs less than one kilogram and belongs to the collective. The shortfall must be made up by oneself, because everyone has to work in the same pot. Have a meal. The part that exceeds one kilogram to three kilograms is a mandatory personal food reserve. It must be kept in the same place where everyone keeps food. It cannot be misappropriated, because you will have to eat in the future, and your food will be lost to others. I definitely can’t watch you starve to death without saving me, so your personal food reserves must be guaranteed. Anything over three kilograms can be disposed of by individuals at will. You can use it as a gift, as a favor, to hook up with a girl, or to exchange it for other things at Wild Wolf Castle, or simply contribute it to your brothers at the market price of Black Flame City. Yes, it can be replaced by points for an individual's contribution to the fraternity. The advantage of the points is that when they are accumulated to a certain level, they can be converted into one vote. For example, Barry, this fat guy, is because of his contribution to the fraternity. , his points give him two votes.

As soon as the plan mentioned by Barry was announced and everyone discussed it for a while, they all agreed. This plan indeed took into account the interests of both individuals and the collective.

"If I hand over more than one kilogram of food every day, can I freely arrange the rest of my time?" Zhang asked Barry a question.

"You can arrange it freely, but our tree house base must have at least one person on duty and cooking from 8 am to 6 pm every day. Everyone must also take turns to stand guard in the first half of the night and the second half of the night. As long as the pay is sufficient, As long as the food for your own ration does not affect these rotation arrangements, you can do whatever you want during the rest of the time!" After Barry finished speaking, he glanced at Zhang Tie curiously and suggested, "Da Tou, I'm alone here. Action may be very dangerous, we are brothers, whatever we are going to do, it is safer if we all go together!"

"You probably don't want to do what I want to do!" Zhang Tie said with a smile.

Baghdad patted his chest, "What are you afraid of? Even if you want to settle accounts with Gris and the others, our brothers in the fraternity will also support you!"

"That's it..." Everyone spoke in various directions.

"I want to go mining later, are you going to come with me?" Zhang Tie looked at these guys and one sentence made everyone look at him in shock.

"Mining, you want to go mining?" Barry's mouth felt like an egg.

"I know how everyone thinks about those guys who can't find food and end up doing hard work in exchange for some dry food in the survival trial, but I really think mining is fun!" Zhang Tie blinked, looking innocent. Looking at everyone, "I have thought mining is so interesting since I was a child. If I have the opportunity this time, I have to give it a try!"

"Brother, you will regret it!" Sista said sincerely, "This trial is a test for us, and it is also an opportunity arranged by Black Flame City for us to get to know those girls and pair up in the future. Those girls, there is no A guy who would look up to a guy who couldn't hunt prey to get enough food, and would only hide in a cave every day and make himself look disgraced. The guys who went mining every year were the unlucky ones in the trial, and these unlucky guys In the end, most of them become old bachelors."

"This is a dream I had when I was a kid. I'll try it first. If it doesn't fun, I'll come back!"

Hearing what Zhang Tie said, everyone had their faces cramped and closed their mouths. Even Barry couldn't figure out why a smart guy like Zhang Tie had such a fucking ideal of being a miner when he was a child. , but it’s hard to say. When I was a child, my ideal was to be a majestic doorman.

Zhang Tie looked at everyone's faces with different expressions and said in his heart, "I'm sorry, brothers. This trial has different meanings for you and me. Your biggest goal in this trial is to obtain food. Even the favor of those girls, but my biggest goal is to let the Black Iron Castle accumulate enough basic energy reserves. Apart from those bottomless mines that no one cares about, I can’t think of any other place in this world. Where else can it be more convenient for Black Iron Castle to replenish its basic energy reserves than in those mines? If I return to Black Flame City or change places, it will be difficult for me to find such an opportunity again in a short time.

Before coming, Zhang Tie determined the main goal of this trial, which was to make the Black Iron Castle grow and become stronger as much as possible. After trying the effect of the first flawless fruit and surviving a life and death After the crisis, Zhang Tie has deeply felt the changes and hope that the Black Iron Castle has brought to him. The Black Iron Castle and the small tree are the biggest trump cards in his hand, and they are inseparable from his destiny, because In the Black Iron Castle and that magical little tree, Zhang Tie had involuntarily embarked on a path that was never the same as anyone else. That little bit of food, that little bit of cold looks and ridicule from ignorant people, is nothing in the face of your own path.

While Zhang Tie and the others were chatting under a small tree, Doug, who had just finished eating and ran to the distant grass to defecate, suddenly heard an earth-shattering scream, causing everyone in the Aircraft Brotherhood to take it from the ground. He jumped up with his weapon in hand and rushed towards the place where Doug screamed. The ones who rushed to the front were Baghdad and Zhang Tie. This made Baghdad couldn't help but look at Zhang Tie more, and when everyone saw Dao With such a dignified appearance, everyone's eyes widened...

The naked Doug screamed loudly in a pile of grass. While screaming, he covered his butt and jumped around, "Ah, my butt... bastard... I can't even poop..."

Seeing everyone running over, Doug, who was in tears, ran towards everyone with his bare buttocks as if he was seeing a savior, "Help... help me quickly... I didn't know what was bitten on my butt just now... I feel like that thing is poisonous...I'm going to die...Help!"

Doug was running without even pulling up his pants. He had just taken a few steps when his pants tripped and he fell to the ground again. When Doug fell, Zhang Tie saw clearly that there was a little blood mark on Doug's left buttock, and the area was already somewhat red and swollen.

Baghdad quickly helped Doug up, and Zhang Tie rushed towards the place where Doug had just jumped. Doug had just buried a landmine in that pile of grass, and Zhang Tie just ran there. The smell almost made him spit it out, but compared with his brother's life at this moment, this smell was nothing. Doug knew what kind of bite it was, and could prescribe the right medicine to buy Doug time.

When running over, Zhang Tie casually broke a branch on the side of the road. Then Zhang Tie held his breath and carefully used the branch to find it in the grass where Doug had just squatted. It took almost no effort for Zhang Tie to find it. Tie found a finger-long blue-gray scorpion in the haystack next to the "mine" that Doug had planted, with its tail raised, sword drawn, and ready to attack people. The moment he saw this scorpion , Zhang Tie took a breath all of a sudden, but as soon as he breathed out, a stinky smell hit his face, almost making Zhang Tie do a somersault. Zhang Tie quickly broke the branch into two pieces, like using chopsticks to pick vegetables. Just like that, he grabbed the scorpion and retreated.

"Ah... it hurts so much... I'm going to die... Hurry up, brothers, help me take the drug. If I don't suck the drug out, I'm going to die. I can already feel half of my body starting to feel numb. Ah, I'm getting more and more It's getting colder... Hurry up... Ah..." Doug screamed loudly while looking pitifully at a group of weird-looking members of the Aircraft Brotherhood. Before Zhang Tie came back, all the guys from the Aircraft Brotherhood looked at him and said The swollen spot on Ge's smelly buttocks. Everyone stood with pale faces and solemn expressions, as if they were making a life-or-death decision. The atmosphere was weird. You look at me, I look at you, no one dares. Open your mouth - it's okay to take drugs... But put your mouth to doug's butt and take drugs, that... that...

Just when everyone was about to draw lots, they saw Zhang Tie walking over with something between two branches. Everyone hurriedly rushed forward as if they were seeing a savior.

"It's nothing, it's not a powerful thing. It's just an ordinary gray scorpion. It's poisonous, but not very toxic. The person who was bitten will be fine after a day of rest..." Zhang Tie showed the scorpion on his hand to everyone, and shouted, Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and their faces returned to normal. Doug, who was lying on the ground and kept shouting that the poison was going to flow into his heart and half of his body was already numb, suddenly closed his eyes. Mouth.

This is just an ordinary gray scorpion. It has very little toxicity. The bite will only make people feel a little pain. At most, it will temporarily affect the movement, and it won't be a big problem at all. Everyone just breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly thought of something, and then they all glared at Doug who was still lying on the ground. Doug, this bastard, half of his body was numb, and venom flowed to his heart. He was almost deceived by him. Thinking of the consequences of being deceived by this guy Doug, everyone couldn't help but feel angry and evil in their hearts...

Barry was the first to walk over with a smile, "You said half of your body started to feel numb just now?"

Baghdad, who was squeezing his fingers so hard, also walked over with a sullen face, "You also said that you were starting to feel chills..."

"The venom is almost flowing to your heart..." Wright, who was holding his arms, asked with a cold face.

"Do you really want someone to help you take drugs?" Sista grinned.

"You liar!" Chauvin also pouted.

Feeling that the atmosphere was completely wrong, Doug quickly stood up with his pants up. Seeing Doug's action, even Changtie couldn't help but frown. It seemed that this guy didn't have time to wipe his butt. It was really... really... too... too powerful. , Zhang Tie was also speechless.

"Well... just now... I was too nervous... yes... too nervous... my body felt wrong!" Doug stammered.

"Do you feel something is wrong? Then we have to help you correct it. I just thought that you don't need to take drugs. Just hit the injured area hard to make the venom flow out as soon as possible. This is the secret slapping therapy from the East... "Barry said, and unexpectedly kicked the wound on Doug's butt, causing Doug to scream. Doug wanted to run away, but he grabbed Baghdad. Then, everyone except Zhang Tie swarmed forward. , in the next three minutes, Doug, who had just been stung by a scorpion, thoroughly enjoyed the effects of "slapping therapy"...