Chapter 3330: The Fortress's Management Problem (Revised)

The main trunk road of the underground mine, which usually appears exceptionally noisy, is much quieter today. The Pig-headed Men have all put down their mining tools and gathered in Mine Tunnel No. 3.

Guarding them are their former colleagues, the 36-man Pig-headed Man Uprising Army led by Pig-headed Man Hausman.

I don't know why, but when Baja said these Pig-headed Men were an uprising army, Su Xiao suddenly thought of the uprising army Old Smoke he met in the Hunter world.

Including Hausman, 36 Pig-headed Men showed the intention to resist the Demi-humans. The total number of Pig-headed Men in this mobile fortress is 673.

It's not even a tenth of the proportion. It can only be said that this is a very normal situation. In order to make the Pig-headed Men willing to be laborers, the Demi-humans have used all kinds of methods.

If it weren't for the fact that Pig-headed Men have beastliness, and the Demi-humans' methods were too cruel, out of more than 700 Pig-headed Men, it would be good if five or six dared to stand up and resist.

Su Xiao never thought that he could make these Pig-headed Men stand up completely through a few words of encouragement, or by letting each Pig-headed Man kill one foreman. That is impossible. They are no longer a matter of kneeling, but have been buried in the ground by the Demi-humans. Now you can only see a pig head. Under such circumstances, letting the Pig-headed Men stand up and punch a Demi-human is simply wishful thinking.

Under such circumstances, how to make the Pig-headed Men become combat power? It's simple: grab his ear and pull him out of the mud. This process is not only incomparably painful but also causes blood to spurt wildly.

After this, you need to find one of their own kind to lead. Pig-headed Men also have a herd mentality. They have been oppressed for a long time and will instinctively obey.

They are submissive and muddle along, but they are also numb and accustomed to obeying.

This is good. It's like playing a game. The probability of you leading a clumsy teammate to win is far higher than encountering that kind of teammate who is both bad and loves to show off, with strange thinking. The former will listen to commands, while the latter, if you command him, will think you are a fool and greet your genealogy.

Following the crowd, high obedience to commands, plus some other means, and finally the morale bonus of the War Lord title, there is no problem with the Pig-headed Men rushing up to die.

That's right, Su Xiao is prepared to let the Pig-headed Men form a large force and then rush up to die. These Pig-headed Men are essentially different from the Zerg, Wolf Cavalry, and Demon Sea Water Ghosts. Those three types of soldier units each have prominent aspects.

Looking at the Pig-headed Men, apart from their particularly prominent appetite, they are also resistant to beatings. Apart from these two points, they have no strengths.

Since that's the case, then form a scale and go to the battlefield to die. Anyway, they are resistant to beatings. A battlefield like a flesh-and-blood mill is the cruelest and most efficient teacher. Under the blessing of the unique characteristics of the War Lord, after being twisted in the "flesh-and-blood mill" for a period of time, Pig-headed Man warrior individuals or elite individuals will appear.

"Hausman, are you afraid of death?"

Su Xiao looks at Pig-headed Man Hausman. Hausman hesitates for a moment and nods vigorously, indicating that he is afraid of death.

"Very good. In half an hour, you take the 35 of them to the upper level to charge the defense."

"Good."

Hausman agrees very firmly. Seeing this, Su Xiao decides to let Hausman temporarily serve as the leader of the Pig-headed Men. Other things aside, his courage is commendable.

The reason Su Xiao let these 36 Pig-headed Men charge the defense, to the second and third levels to seize control of the fortress, is because he needs a few Pig-headed Men with relatively independent thinking.

How many of these 36 Pig-headed Men can survive is unknown, but this is their own choice. Choosing to stand up and resist is not a game of house; it is to pay with blood and life.

Conversely, it is much safer not to stand up like other Pig-headed Men. They are highly likely to continue mining in the future.

"Hey, wake up." Baja pushes the guard who was electrocuted on the ground. After finding that the other party has no reaction, Baja looks around and asks: "Who has yellow urine? Squirt him awake for me."

A group of Pig-headed Men look at each other. Finally, a Pig-headed Man who looks very irritable and has a mouth full of steel teeth steps forward. He is called Steel Teeth. This is a name he racked his brains to think of. He originally wanted to be called Steel Egg, but someone else got there first.

Steel Teeth strides to the front of the electrocuted guard. Just as he is about to loosen his wide pigskin belt, the guard on the ground twitches his cheek and sits up from the ground with effort, tearing off his helmet, revealing a face full of scars and pockmarks, looking somewhat fierce.

Seeing this, Steel Teeth can only stand aside, in a row with Hausman.

"Is there any meaning in what you are doing?"

The scarred guard knows his life is not long, so he is fearless, preparing to be tough before dying.

"Of course there is meaning. Look at how strong these Pig-headed Men are. They are all good hands at picking up shit."

Baja speaks. Its words make the scarred guard stunned. Then, he says in a slightly mocking tone:

"Do you really think these Pig-headed Men dare to resist us? You, come here, kneel down."

The scarred guard originally wanted to point at Hausman, but Hausman's gaze is somewhat gloomy, and the undershirt on his body is stained with blood spots, making him look fierce. So the scarred guard points at Steel Teeth and repeats:

"You, come here, kneel down."

Steel Teeth hesitates for a moment, then strides forward, and then he swings the iron baton in his hand and hits the scarred guard's head with one baton.

It can only be said that the scarred guard is truly good at choosing. Among the 700 Pig-headed Men present, Hausman is the best at observing the situation, fierce but steady. Steel Teeth, on the other hand, is completely an iron-headed fool. His brain hasn't been very good since he was a child. Now he has shown this advantage to the fullest. Labor, virtue—he doesn't understand these. No mining means no food, hunger—this is the core reason for Steel Teeth's labor.

Hausman has already agreed that as long as Steel Teeth dares to hit the Demi-humans, he will have food without labor. Steel Teeth weighs it. Although he is a bit afraid of the Demi-humans, compared to repeatedly swinging the mining shovel, it is obviously easier to beat the Demi-humans. In his simple understanding, the Demi-humans beat them, on average three or four times a week, which is easier than mining underground.

Bang!

The scarred guard takes a solid hit. His entire upper body sways. Only then does he slowly raise his head, looking at Steel Teeth with an uncomprehending gaze, and asks weakly:

"Are you stupid?"

Hearing this, Steel Teeth grins, making a gesture to raise the iron baton again, following the process of his own past beatings, and gives the scarred guard a "combo."

Steel Teeth fails to land the combo and is blocked by Baja. Undoubtedly, this Steel Teeth belongs to a rare talent among the Pig-headed Men. Not to mention whether his brain is good or not, just the degree of bravery, cultivating him a bit makes him a good hand for charging the vanguard.

The scarred guard, whose head was almost smashed, is dragged by Hausman to the front of Su Xiao. Having been hit by Steel Teeth just now, the scarred guard still hasn't come to his senses.

"I ask, you answer."

"You..."

Before the scarred guard finishes speaking, Su Xiao signals Hausman to let him and Steel Teeth drag the scarred guard to Mine Tunnel No. 2 to beat him, just leaving him a breath.

A few minutes later, the scarred guard is dragged back to the front of Su Xiao and sits on the ground.

"I ask, you answer."

"O... okay."

The atmosphere of negotiation suddenly rises. Through the scarred guard's narration, Su Xiao has a more comprehensive understanding of the Doomsday Fortress and the Demi-human Alliance above.

On this continent, there are also territorial disputes. Hunters and scavengers only dare to bully scattered forces. When encountering the "Demi-human Alliance," they run faster than anyone else.

The "Demi-human Alliance" is the faction occupying the largest territory on this continent. The second largest territory is the "Aurora Council," followed by the "Sentry Tower," and only after that is the territory range of the human forces.

The "Demi-human Alliance" is radical, the "Aurora Council," which is also a Demi-human faction, is conservative, and the two sides don't like each other, having slight conflicts.

The "T5-619 Fortress" where Su Xiao is now, which is the Doomsday Fortress, is a mobile fortress attached to the "Demi-human Alliance."

This is not a subordinate force of the "Demi-human Alliance," but more like hugging a big thigh. The active ore obtained by the Doomsday Fortress must be 80% handed over to the "Demi-human Alliance." This can not only obtain a certain degree of protection from the "Demi-human Alliance" but also mine ore veins in the territory of the "Demi-human Alliance."

After learning these, Su Xiao determines one thing: if he wants to support a human-sea tactic with many Pig-headed Men, he will inevitably be hostile to the "Demi-human Alliance," and his relationship with the "Aurora Council" will not be good either. On the contrary, the neutral "Sentry Tower" can conduct close trade, but they must never cooperate. No matter what, they are all Demi-human factions.

After making up his mind, Su Xiao signals Baja and Lie Chao that they can start attacking upward.

Arriving at the first level by freight elevator, the people under Li Xiniwei are still holding the second level. These Demi-humans are all hired by Li Xiniwei to help him supervise the Pig-headed Men. It's no problem, and when the fortress is stationed, they can also meet the attacking hunters and scavengers.

But the cooperation between the two sides didn't say that they would have to deal with a fierce person like Su Xiao during this period. This is no longer a job that can be taken by adding money.

On the open space of the first level, 36 Pig-headed Men led by Hausman walk in front, some holding mining tools, some holding iron batons.

Just as they reach the metal stairs leading to the second level, a signal pole tied with a pink flag sticks out from behind the corner, swinging at a constant speed. The Demi-human guard hiding on the opposite side shouts to Su Xiao:

"Hello, sir, we surrender."

The loud shouting comes from behind the corner, which makes Hausman, who originally wanted to roar and rush forward, hold it back.

More than half of the guards on the second level choose to surrender. This is both unexpected and normal.

Su Xiao's current identity has the feat of slaughtering hundreds of Demi-humans single-handedly. Even if all the Demi-humans in the Doomsday Fortress are added together, there are only about two hundred people. Under these circumstances, the Demi-human guards on the second level choosing to surrender is human nature.

After passing the corner, a slightly humorous scene appears. More than thirty Demi-humans wearing combat suits and holding various firearms surrender their weapons to the Pig-headed Men walking over.

The Pig-headed Men put on various firearms but still carry the uncomfortable melee weapons and stride forward. Why not use these firearms? The reason is they don't know how to use them.

After reaching the center of the second level, a corridor about 4 meters wide appears in front. To reach the stairs leading to the third level, one must pass through here, or break the ceiling, but what kind of damage that will cause to this mobile fortress is unknown. The interior is the weak point of the mobile fortress.

A Pig-headed Man just walks to the front of the corridor when a dull sound comes from the corridor, and a silvery-white "lead bullet" roars out, hitting the Pig-headed Man's chest, causing his skin to sink slightly.

The firearms of this world are very backward? Although because the Demi-humans and humans have mastered extraordinary power, firearms are not valued, but they are not weak to this extent.

The "lead bullet" that sank slightly into the Pig-headed Man's chest suddenly unfolds, turning into irregular metal blade strips, and then stirs, cutting out wind marks.

When the metal blade strips form a spiral and stop, the Pig-headed Man shrouded by it has turned into minced meat all over the floor, becoming meat filling on the spot.

This is the Demi-human's metal-type extraordinary ability. Its controllability, lethality, and growth potential are all excellent.

Su Xiao estimates that if the remaining 35 Pig-headed Men are allowed to rush in now, that is not choosing Pig-headed Men who dare to resist. In less than 5 seconds, these Pig-headed Men will become minced meat all over the floor in the corridor, or be evenly distributed on the walls.

Su Xiao throws a metal arrow to Lie Chao. Lie Chao used this kind of arrow in the Alliance world and immediately aimed at the wall in the corridor and shot an arrow.

Clang, clang, clang...

Successive metal bouncing sounds come, and with a bang, blinding white light fills the corridor. Baja merges into the different dimension and goes around to the other side of the corridor to assassinate.

2 seconds later, a scream comes from the inner side of the corridor. Lie Chao immediately leans out from the wall and shoots two arrows into the corridor.

A moment later, Su Xiao commands all the Pig-headed Men to swarm up.

Dealing with a T5-tier fortress like the Doomsday Fortress, if even this cannot be captured, then there is no hope for the more difficult T4 and T3-tier fortresses.

Most T5-tier fortresses are of one mode: first rent a T5-tier fortress, buy hundreds of Pig-headed Men, hire some Demi-human scavengers, and finally, under the maintenance of the fortress leader, squeeze the Pig-headed Men to mine together and reap huge profits.

The Doomsday Fortress is the most ruthless to other races among many T5-tier fortresses, and it is also the best managed, but this still cannot change the fact that it is a T5-tier fortress.

Bang!

A blood spear pins a Pig-headed Man covered in armor plates to the wall. One meter away from him is the door of the main control room. Su Xiao has seen this Pig-headed Man before; he is the guard of the fortress leader, Li Xiniwei.

This Pig-headed Man, who had a chip injected into his brain, has red eyes. He grips the blood spear, wanting to pull it out, but in the next instant, another blood spear pierces his head.

Blood spreads beneath the Pig-headed Man guard, flowing forward along the ground. Su Xiao steps over this bloodstain and comes to the door of the main control room, making a gesture to kick the door, but hesitates for a moment and chooses to knock on the door. He should be living here for the next few days, so naturally, he cannot break the door.

After calculating according to the ownership formula of the Law Breaker, this door is about to be Su Xiao's bedroom door. How could he destroy his own property?

"Who?!"

Li Xiniwei's voice comes from the main control room, with three parts of panic and seven parts of doubt. He really can't think of who would knock on the door at this time?

One of his own? Impossible. Those Demi-human guards are either surrendered or killed. The enemy knocks on the door? Li Xiniwei feels that this is even more impossible.

Just at this moment, a voice comes from outside the door.

"I have come to have peace talks with you according to the agreement."

"Are you kidding! I don't accept peace talks!"

When Li Xiniwei in the main control room shouts this sentence, his expression is distorted.

30 seconds later, Li Xiniwei opens the door of the main control room, and the smile on his face is much more enthusiastic. In fact, it's no wonder he is like this. Baja is landing on his shoulder, an eagle claw pressing on his head, and may help him open a few brain holes at any time.

"Let's talk about the management problem of this fortress."

Su Xiao speaks, signaling Li Xiniwei opposite not to be restrained and to find a place to sit down.

Su Xiao chooses to take over this fortress, not to be hostile to the Demi-humans immediately. On the contrary, he will not only not break this balance but will develop at the fastest speed on the basis of strengthening this balance.

At this stage, going to war with the "Demi-human Alliance" is looking for death. Hide and develop first. When showing fangs, it must be that he can already tear a large piece of meat from the Demi-humans and swallow it in a few mouthfuls to strengthen himself.

The seeds that can be developed at present have finally been found, which is this fortress.

At the same time, hundreds of kilometers away, 200 meters deep underground, there is a space of more than 100 square meters. The air circulation system and others are activated. Because the height here is above 5 meters, plus the layout is appropriate, there is no feeling of underground oppression at all.

Moon Apostle sits on the sofa, holding a cup of black tea in her hand. Her unique survival and development flow has officially started. She is going to sweep this world conquest war this time, telling everyone that she is not a silly girl, but a group combat phantom god!

PS: (Within ten minutes of the power coming on, update on time. It scared me just now, thinking there would be no power today.) ===== CHAPTER 3331 =====