Shen Heng selected a relatively flat spot and then placed the building blocks there.
There are two types of building blocks.
One type is used purely as consumable materials to fill gaps in buildings, such as in the construction of city walls, which mainly uses this type.
Another type is the one we have now, which is designed in a specific way and can automatically unfold as long as you follow the steps.
This type of building is fairly stable, but it may consume a lot of resources.
If it weren't for the war and the urgency of the situation, which left no room for them to gradually build their bases, they wouldn't have used this method.
Shen Heng walked to the building block and then did a few simple operations on the buttons and interfaces on it.
Accompanied by a low hum and the sound of machinery, the building block metal box automatically unfolds, extends, and assembles as if it were alive.
In just a minute or two, a simple, silver-gray, military-style single-soldier dwelling, covering about ten square meters, was completed.
Shen Heng looked up at the black snow falling from the sky, then walked into the simple single-soldier dwelling.
It was empty inside; there was nothing there.
Shen Heng didn't pay any attention. He sat down against the wall near the door and slowly closed his eyes.
Attention surged outwards like a tidal wave.
The sound of wind, distant rocks tumbling down the mountain, and the occasional rustling of unknown insects and beasts...
A flood of information rushed into my ears, only to be quickly filtered out.
About an hour later, Shen Heng opened his eyes and looked outside.
Li Daoyi landed quickly on the open ground outside the house, his movements going from extremely fast to extremely slow without the slightest hesitation.
However, the whistling wind in my ears did not stop; it continued.
Shen Heng slightly raised his eyes and saw a soft cloud carrying a Cloud-Rending Eagle, over ten meters tall and unconscious, falling from the sky.
The Daoist priest's ability is quite convenient, at least when carrying things, unlike me, who can only carry things by hand. However...
Shen Heng gazed at the pure white clouds that carried the Cloud-Rending Eagle, his eyes revealing a thoughtful expression.
Can Origin Power exist outside the body?
If possible, even if the ability itself does not have this function, the martial artist should have the opportunity to do it.
Well, it shouldn't be possible to completely separate from the body without any connection, but it's possible to maintain an extremely thin connection to keep the external Origin Power stable.
Shen Heng gazed at the scene before him, pondering, and decided to give it a try in the future.
As for now, he hasn't considered such a thing.
After all, even at Fourth Tier, one can only barely fly, let alone carry things like this.
"Where was this caught?" Shen Heng glanced at the Cloud-Rending Eagle, then turned his gaze to Li Daoyi.
"It's about 150 or 160 miles away. They must have been sent here to scout the situation or something!" Li Daoyi he walked over, tapping his shoulder.
One hundred and fifty or sixty li? That's about eighty kilometers... Shen Heng quickly calculated it in his mind, then his gaze fell back on the unconscious Cloud-Rending Eagle.
Although the Cloud-Rending Eagle was unconscious, it was not dead and still showed some signs of life.
"You didn't kill them? Are you planning to take them away for interrogation to get information about the Ruins Realm?" Shen Heng asked.
"No, it's for making food," Li Daoyi.
"Then why weren't they killed?" Shen Heng asked.
Upon hearing Li Daoyi turned his head and glanced at the Cloud-Rending Eagle, as if he had just noticed it, and said:
"I didn't notice. I just happened to be passing by, hit it a little, and after it passed out, I didn't care anymore."
Shen Heng fell silent. Although he knew the gap between each tier was even greater after the Fourth Tier, he had still casually struck...
"As for interrogation," Li Daoyi didn't seem too concerned, "There's not much to interrogate about these Fourth Tier Calamity Beast."
Upon hearing this, Shen Heng's expression became slightly more serious.
"Has the interrogation been conducted at headquarters?"
"Hmm," Li Daoyi nodded slightly, "Before you arrived at the Erosion Zone, while the others were guarding outside, they captured some of the Calamity Beast and brought them to headquarters for interrogation."
"And the result?" Shen Heng asked.
Li Daoyi glanced at Shen Heng, hesitated for a moment as if organizing his thoughts, and then slowly said:
"Based on the intelligence gathered by headquarters, the overall structure of the Ruins Realm is very loose. It doesn't have a stable organizational form like a nation; if you had to describe it, it's more like a jungle."
Jungle?... Shen Heng frowned slightly, but did not interrupt, and continued to listen.
Li Daoyi raised his hand and pointed to the barren mountainside beside him, saying:
"In the primeval jungle, stable organizational relationships are not valued; they believe more in natural instincts and the survival of the fittest."
Therefore, low-level Calamity Beast either linger and hunt near their familiar lairs, or wander aimlessly through various areas.
" Fourth Tier and 5th Tier Calamity Beast usually occupy a relatively fixed territory as their own and do not leave it easily."
"Even those at lower levels dare to roam around, so why don't those at higher levels dare to?" Shen Heng asked at the opportune moment.
Li Daoyi narrowed his eyes slightly and said:
"Just like the old gangsters, if an ordinary citizen walks into their territory, they won't care. But if a leader of a rival gang goes there, it's a different story."
"Similar to a provocation?" Shen Heng understood something.
"Well, I guess so." Li Daoyi nodded.
"But if they don't have a fixed organizational structure, how did they organize their invasion?" Shen Heng frowned slightly, voicing his initial question.
"No, it's not entirely without any."
Li Daoyi narrowed his eyes slightly and said under Shen Heng's gaze:
"According to headquarters' speculation, there should also be a similar organization at the top of the Ruins Realm, but this organization basically doesn't care about the Calamity Beast below."
"Or, we can manage only a portion of the Calamity Beast Calamity Beast, ignoring the rest."
"You don't like it?" Shen Heng asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"That should be it!" Li Daoyi nodded.
Shen Heng let out a soft breath, closed his eyes briefly in thought, then opened them again and asked:
"Is this all the information we got from the interrogation?"
"Hmm." Li Daoyi nodded slightly.
"Even if it's Fourth Tier, is it still unclear about some more specific information about Fifth Tier?" Shen Heng frowned.
Ninth Tier, 5th Tier can hardly be considered low-level.
"So far, only two 5th Tier monsters have been caught. According to those two..."
Li Daoyi stroked his beard and looked at Shen Heng, saying:
"They were peacefully staying in their territory when a Sixth Tier creature suddenly came knocking on their door and told them, 'If you don't want to become food, bring the Calamity Beast from your territory with you,' and then they came."
"..."
That's really simple and straightforward.
but...