Chapter 306: Chapter 301: Light and Darkness Noon.
Warm sunlight shone on the Earth, the entire forest emitted a rich vitality, but in the natives’ camp, it was filled with blood and death.
The fire had just been extinguished, the surviving natives began to cry, not only the women and children, but even some adult men were shedding tears of fear.
Everything happened too suddenly.
The enemies before them appeared suddenly like phantoms, first breaching the fence with unknown weapons, followed by a bloody massacre. They didn’t know how many died in this invasion, the only certainty was that this place had been destroyed.
The fire destroyed nearly half of the camp’s houses, blackened corpses were found everywhere, their slow pace led to their doom in the sea of fire, without even a chance to be captured.
Everyone’s weapons were confiscated, food and resources were moved aside, this was a huge camp, though the fire destroyed some materials, the remaining amount was still astounding.
The scent of blood reached nearby areas, making some beasts restless, they lingered around, eyeing the scene, attempting to get a share.
However, beasts had sharp perception, besides food, they also sensed dense killing intent in the camp, making them pause, only daring to peek inside without taking an actual step forward.
In a spacious clearing, heads filled the area.
Natives were divided by gender, their hands respectively tied with ropes, losing the chance to escape. Among these people, it was difficult to find elderly natives.
In such harsh environments, aging meant inability to work and hunt. Besides dying from diseases, some were deliberately driven into the wild to fend for themselves, but the idea of elderly surviving in the wild was a naive dream; besides death, they had no other path.
Inferior civilization.
Chen Feng stood aside, gazing at these captives, thoughts flickered in his mind; these were slaves, destined to contribute labor, time, and even lives for the construction of the Economic Development Zone.
Meanwhile, a silhouette entered Chen Feng’s view.
Zhang Jianxiong was a talent.
This was an interesting discovery.
Lu Wei was still lacking some maturity, no matter how quickly his strength had surged, experience was there, lots still required learning.
But Zhang Jianxiong was different, compared to Du Men who focused solely on research, this subordinate who joined halfway was fiercely capable, like a loyal dog fulfilling every command of his master; though the analogy was unsavory, it was apt.
In this battle, half the credit belonged to Zhang Jianxiong, he didn’t stop on account of casualties, but persisted in the orders, killing recklessly, which directly broke the natives’ courage, laying the foundation for victory.
"He is a talent."
Chen Feng glanced at him indifferently, upon returning, he intended to appropriately grant him some power; indeed, compared to Wei Xun’s somewhat reckless command style, this veteran underworld leader was more shrewd and intelligent.
"Sir."
At that moment, a warrior walked over holding a list.
Evidently, these were the statistics.
"Begin reading." Chen Feng said indifferently.
Having just fused the Power of Faith from monsters, a trace of killing intent lingered around Chen Feng, which made the warrior somewhat fearful, yet he boldly spoke: "This time, we killed two hundred and sixty-seven enemies, captured seven hundred and thirty-six people; besides that, we lost twenty-seven people, forty-three lightly wounded, some injured have already been sent for treatment."
Deaths were inevitable.
The battlefield was full of uncertainties.
Despite Chen Feng’s ample preparations for this battle, even deploying the Magic Crystal Cannon, natives, as local residents, relied on traps and projectiles, causing some warriors to fall victim.
Twenty-seven lost their lives.
This was the bloodiest since the Economic Development Zone’s conflicts.
Chen Feng’s face wasn’t pleasant, these were elite soldiers, each fallen was a lost unit, even he was affected emotionally, becoming irritable.
"Take them back to the camp, anyone causing trouble, kill without mercy!"
Killing intent!
Chen Feng’s order was no joke!
A group of warriors rushed out, driving the natives away. Everything here no longer had any relation to them, weapons, status, even family, nothing belonged to them anymore, their only identity was as Chen Feng’s slaves.
The cries rose sharply again.
When driven away from their homes, the natives began wailing loudly; evidently they foresaw something, unable to return to their homes, it was evidently a tragic thing.
No weaklings in war.
This was merely a clash of two civilizations.
One side winning, gaining it all, while the losing side lost everything.
Looking at the desolate camp behind him.
Chen Feng turned around and looked again at the slaves lined up like a long dragon, a victor’s smile crept up his lips.
These natives possess tremendous strength, their broad hands are almost twice the size of an adult’s. What does this signify? They can lift heavier tools and materials. When put to use, they are obviously the perfect construction slaves.
Natives and goblins working together, soon enough the Economic Development Zone will be transformed, and previously conceptual buildings can finally be realized.
The swarming insects felt like a stone pressing on Chen Feng’s chest. Before the disaster strikes, he must gather all his strength and build a fortress, only then can he fend off the impending calamity.
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Ten days.
Resources within a radius of thirty miles have been cleared out completely. In the Economic Development Zone, sunlight dried food is spread along three long streets, and nearly twenty tons of ore have been mined.