Border Mammoth Town", a team is preparing to set off.
This is the station closest to the Dark Mist Mountains and has a teleportation circle. If we continue to the west and get closer to the Dark Mist Mountains, there will be no convenient teleportation circle to borrow.
"So, you can only rely on beasts of burden for the rest of the journey." An experienced Knight stood on a simple wooden platform and spoke to the members below.
"I am the guide of your team this time and the transportation officer to and from the Dark Mist Mountains's various stations. You can call me Reginson."
"This time I will take you through Black Lion Wilderness, and then arrive at the foot of the Dark Mist Mountains, which is a place we have specially explored and is suitable for establishing a station."
"In the future, you will build a new supply station there. I hope you can successfully achieve your goal." Then he glanced at the young students below him again.
"Now, mount your horses, watch your supplies, and then set off with me!"
Soon, a brass bell rang in front of the team, and the long team began to set off.
The entire team consisted of about 200 people and more than 50 horse-drawn carriages, carrying various supplies, including those urgently needed for the construction of new stations and supplies destined for the border front lines.
In the middle of the team, Sylutia followed on horseback, occasionally listening to introductions from his companions.
"Senior Tia, we have a total of 63 students this time as the first batch of resident members. In addition to the 52 people recruited by Golden Radiance Plain, there are 11 other bachelors and craftsmen from "Candlekeep School"."
"They will support us in building the station in the early stage, but they will leave after the first phase is completed."
"Who will do the follow-up maintenance?" Sylutia looked at the members in the back wearing white robes. Most of them were wearing white bachelor's robes, similar to the style of Scholar Heide in his memory.
"There will be 1-2 people left to take care of it. If you need to build a new building, you need to apply to the Association and then send people over."
"Can't it be permanent?" The girl was a little puzzled.
"Residents will consume a lot, and if they are not building buildings, they will not be of much use." It can be seen that within the Woodland, the status of an organization like Candlekeep School" is not high.
"That's it----"
The team gradually left Mammoth Town and headed towards the Black Lion Wilderness. The clouds above here gradually became lower and thicker. Under the dim sky, everything began to become depressing.
It was like going on an extremely long downhill. After leaving Mammoth Town, Sylutia felt that the entire team was slowly moving towards a deeper and darker area.
A few days later, when she looked back in the direction of Mammoth Town, she could only see the intersection of dark golden clouds and the horizon. The rest was deserted, with no trace of the town at all.
And ahead, there is also a dark sky, with the distant place and the horizon blurred, as if falling into the gap of Abyss.
No wonder the Association offers such favorable conditions that some people are willing to come here to develop. Such a place really puts a lot of psychological pressure on people, as if there is a kind of worry and fear that they will never get out.
A week later, the team came to the bottom of a dark mountain range. The terrain here was similar to a horizontal V", with mountains on both sides and a small triangular open space in the middle.
Thanks to the topography of the mountains, it is protected from the strong winds of erosion. At the foot of the mountains, there is a piece of land that is safer and easier to guard.
"This is it, Sylutia." Reginson rode up to the girl.
"The new station you are developing is located here. If successful, this will become a transit point between the borders of the Dark Mist Mountains and the Woodland."
"I and others will be stationed here for three days to help guide you in building the station. After that, we will set off and continue to deliver supplies to the station deep in the Dark Mist Mountains."
"Thank you, I understand." The girl nodded, then raised her hand to ask the companion behind her to dismount and began to explore the surrounding situation.
In the evening, the members who had finished the preliminary exploration rested around the campfire and cooked dinner.
"Has the water source been determined?" Sylutia asked several accompanying scholars and craftsmen.
"There is no problem with the water source. In fact, the water source has been determined when selecting the site, otherwise the Association would not have chosen this place as its residence."
"It's just that the water source here is close to the depths of the Dusk Sea, and is also very polluted. It must be pumped out, poured into a pool, and allowed to stand for purification before it can be drunk."
"After that, we will build a special temple at the water well for Purification water source and isolation protection."
"Okay."
At night, everyone had dinner, slept in their tents, and slept peacefully.
In the next two days, after some discussion and planning, the construction plan of the new station was finalized.
"First we need to build a wall to surround the entire station." A scholar wearing glasses tapped the drawing.
"Because manpower and resources are limited in the early stage, we only need to surround this line." He pointed to a solid line drawn.
"If the station is expanded in the future, it can be expanded step by step according to these three dotted lines."
After determining the location of the fence, the first phase of construction began. The students first quarried stones in the mountains, then cut them into suitable bricks and built the fence along the mountains.
"The arrangement steps, stacking sequence, and patterns of these stone bricks are all strictly controlled by Candlekeep School's bachelors, because only in this way can we build a special magic circle that can dispel and resist the erosion of "Distortion"."
On the other side, Sylutia also began to discuss the reclamation of crop fields with several bachelors.
"The light intensity here is less than 30% of Golden Radiance Plain", so I'm afraid we can't grow wheat." A bachelor reminded the girl.
"I understand, so I prepared seeds for other crops in advance." Sylutia nodded.
She has done research before and found that the light in the Dark Mist Mountains is weak and many crops cannot adapt to it, so they can only choose shade-loving plants. Currently, potatoes and taro are the staple foods, and water spinach, lettuce, spinach, etc. are the vegetables.
Carrots, broad beans, etc.
"But the environment here is indeed worse than I imagined." Sylutia looked at the sky worriedly.
Not only is the soil seriously polluted, but even the wind is erosive. Ordinary plants will die quickly when exposed to this environment. No wonder there are no plants along the way.
"We want to build Glass Greenhouse to isolate it from airflow and wind erosion. I don't know how big Glass Greenhouse you can build."
"This——" Several bachelors shook their heads in embarrassment.
"It's not that we don't want to, but building a greenhouse that meets your requirements may require special glass."
"Ordinary glass can block the wind, but it will become brittle under corrosion in about three months. If it is built with stones, it will indeed block the wind and will not be easily damaged, but it will not let in the sunlight.
"What kind of special glass do you need?" the silver-haired girl turned around and asked.
"It takes second-order, excellent" quality Filament-Embedded Glass to withstand the endless Erosion Wind of the Dark Mist Mountains." A scholar informed after pondering.
"Filament-Embedded Glass is embedded with special metal wires during the glass manufacturing process. This can increase the strength, and the wires can form special rune marks to add special effects."
"If it is to deal with corrosion, it is recommended to use the two Castle Dao Path inscriptions Swan Arc Window" or Gate of Shemira"."
"How much does a piece of glass like this cost?" Sylutia had a feeling it would be a lot Hemorrhage.
"A square piece of glass with a side length of 1 meter costs about 40 gold coins. If we order in large quantities, we should be able to lower the price to 30 gold coins per piece."
"Six-Part Glaze School is the only one that can provide a large amount of this kind of glass." They also produce many of the lenses used for identification in the Association." This reminds Sylutia of the time when he cultivated perfect quality wheat, and Appraiser, who did the quality appraisal of the wheat, used a special lens to distinguish the quality of the wheat.
"What if we make it ourselves?" She remembered that teacher Serophi's teaching schedule contained the knowledge of "Six-Part Glaze School".
"If we have suitable Alchemy technicians and craftsmen, the cost can probably be around 10 gold coins." After all, glass raw materials and special metal wires also need to be purchased.
"I understand." Sylutia nodded.
"Use ordinary glass first. When you are richer, you can replace it with the special Filament-Embedded Glass."
After that, the construction of the first phase of the settlement began, starting with the city walls, stone houses and towers for living, and then the tall greenhouses for growing crops.
As for the Association Hall"
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The "hotel" will be placed in the second phase of construction, with the main goal being the survival of the guests.