Chapter 429: Preparations

In the Yinjian barracks, the God-Slaying Crossbow, after being modified by Old Jin-tou, looks significantly larger.

The entire God-Slaying Crossbow was originally the height of a person, but its current size is closer to a small truck; just sitting there, it gives people a sense of inexplicable oppression.

In fact, this is indeed the case; the modified God-Slaying Crossbow can now fire three special arrows at once, and the processes of loading arrows and charging power are both completed automatically by mechanical structures.

The person responsible for operating the God-Slaying Crossbow only needs to lock onto a target and then fire; all others need to do is turn the winch to provide sufficient power.

As for its power, it is naturally several times stronger than the original God-Slaying Crossbow; if three arrows hit the target simultaneously, even a God-Man would undoubtedly die.

"It's a pity that the Lord did not come personally to inspect the results."

"Sigh, I was quite confident this time!"

"..."

In the forging workshop, several of Old Jin-tou's apprentices whispered with regret while handing the completed God-Slaying Crossbows to the Paper-Man soldiers to carry away.

For them, the modified God-Slaying Crossbow was an excellent opportunity to show off, but for some reason, the Lord did not come to take a look in person.

"Thump!"

"Ouch~ Master, go easy!"

Suddenly, an apprentice's head was struck hard by Old Jin-tou with a smoking pipe; Old Jin-tou himself appeared to have no reaction at all.

"If you have time to talk nonsense, why don't you hurry up and help!"

"This city needs at least four, and the camp outside the city needs eight; we've only finished two now, and we're still a long way from finishing them all!"

For Old Jin-tou, although it was indeed a pity that the Lord did not come to inspect the results personally, the real key was that the Lord had already issued such an order.

There is no attitude more explicit than the need for them to produce more God-Slaying Crossbows, which shows that the Lord is quite satisfied with the current results.

At the same time, in the barracks, the Writing-Ghost is also beginning to recreate the famous heroic soldiers and good generals from history.

The whole process is not complicated; the paper men themselves are excellent carriers, and he only needs to select a portion of the Paper-Man soldiers and then fuse the soldiers and generals manifested through text with the Paper-Man soldiers.

After the fusion is complete, the strength of the Paper-Man soldiers does not increase significantly, but their behavior loses some of its stiff, mechanical feeling and gains an air of iron-blooded bravery.

Especially when Paper-Man Generals or Paper-Man High Generals fuse with the manifested historical figures of famous, battle-hardened generals, the text even allows them to speak.

Of course, historical records are not particularly detailed, and these generals manifested by the Writing-Ghost's ability are essentially still fake characters.

At most, they possess some of the thinking patterns of those famous historical generals; for example, some generals are good at attacking, some are good at defending, and some like to swarm the enemy with troops...

In order to integrate these people, the Writing-Ghost specifically changed parts of their consciousness; for example, the object of absolute loyalty changed from the original national emperor to the current Lin Feng in the barracks, and some combat modes changed from leading ordinary soldiers to leading Paper-Man soldiers.

In short, the Writing-Ghost began to reform the army according to Lin Feng's requirements, all to give the Paper-Man army greater flexibility, and even allow them to autonomously devise various combat methods to ultimately achieve the goal of guarding the barracks and camps.

"There are eight or nine God-Ghosts left in my hands; should I keep them as combat power, or should I prepare a fifth True Monarch-level God-Ghost for someone?"

In the main barracks, Lin Feng is also calculating how to improve his strength as quickly as possible; to be honest, having one more True Monarch-level God-Ghost means one more point of confidence.

But the current situation is clearly not enough for a God-Ghost to complete an advancement, and after thinking about it, Lin Feng ultimately did not make a decision.

The remaining God-Ghosts in his hands can still exert some use in the upcoming battles, and if they are sacrificed directly, the resulting increase in combat power might not be enough to make up for the gap.

"Master, those things have already spread to the Wulao Mountain and the Yinjian Prison area; it is estimated that they will reach our territory in another two or three hours!"

Just then, the Twin-Ghosts appeared again to report the latest situation to Lin Feng; the speed of those God-Defiling Calamities is exceptionally fast, and it has only been a mere few hours since they appeared, yet they have already spread to nearly half of the Yinjian.

"Hmm, I know; how is the situation with the other forces in the Yinjian?"

Lin Feng nodded upon hearing their report and then continued to ask the Twin-Ghosts.

"Currently, there are different changes in various parts of the Yinjian; clearly, someone behind the scenes is connecting the various God-Men, and people from several major forces seem to have united, and some are even guiding those God-Defiling Calamities toward our territory."

Compared to the first piece of news, the second piece is the key; clearly, someone can no longer wait.

"Heh, they really couldn't help themselves; I just wonder how many people will come to throw their lives away this time?"

After a cold laugh, Lin Feng immediately ordered the Embroidery-Ghost: "Have all the craftsmen and paper men from the various mines withdraw, and then increase the density of the first line of defense!"

"Yes, Master!"

Currently, the outer mining camps have not been built at all, so naturally, there is no point in defending them; these places can be taken back directly after the war is won, so abandoning them now is not a loss.

As for how much effect the net laid by the Embroidery-Ghost will have against the approaching God-Defiling Calamity, it remains to be seen, but filling the sky and the ground is never wrong.

"Let's go, we'll head to the Ten Thousand Curses Array first; we can't let them hide in the back and reap the benefits!"

After saying this, Lin Feng disappeared, and when he appeared again, he had already arrived in front of the Ten Thousand Curses Array.

He had not used this array since the last test, mainly for two reasons.

The first point is that he did not want to expose this lethal weapon in his hands too early; once used, it must produce a sufficiently terrifying effect.

The second point is that the cost of using this array each time is not small; if he cannot get enough harvest, he will sooner or later be unable to bear the loss of using it once.

"Gluttony-Ghost, you're up this time!"

Lin Feng casually placed all the God-Man corpse remains on his person onto the array's altar, then directly gave orders to the surroundings.

Soon, the figure of the Gluttony-Ghost appeared in the array, and the various incense candles around were lit, and the array began to operate accordingly.

Suddenly, the Gluttony-Ghost's vision, under the blessing of the entire Ten Thousand Curses Array, expanded to dozens of times its original size; places thousands of miles away like the Yinjian Prison and Wulao Mountain instantly fell within the coverage of its ability.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz~"

However, what Lin Feng saw through the Gluttony-Ghost this time was not the desolate scene of the Yinjian, but a dense, overwhelming, omnipresent, twisted, greedy, and terrifying ghostly monster.