Chapter 387 Expansion of the Qiji Industrial Zone

At the northernmost part of the border wall, Roland stood on the border wall, calmly watching the chaotic elemental belt gradually subsiding in front of him.

In front of Roland, the chaotic elements in the buffer zone were rapidly dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye. The colorful elements dissipated in the sky and earth, revealing a wasteland that had been covered by chaotic elements for who knows how many years.

The buffer zone near the border wall is different from the deeper part of the buffer zone. Because it is close to Donnar, it was once the territory of the Kingdom of Clans and was cultivated a long time ago.

Therefore, the wasteland that reappeared after the chaotic elements dissipated was a real wasteland. Not to mention trees, there were not even weeds. It was all dark yellow, flat wasteland.

However, although they are dark yellow wastelands, they are not as lifeless as the dead lands in the committee's territory. On the contrary, after being dispersed by the chaotic elements, these wastelands have shown vitality.

Under the influence of the high-concentration element environment for hundreds and thousands of years, these wastelands were naturally affected by the elements.

This influence can be both good and bad, so under the influence of the elements, the wasteland is more fertile, more full of vitality, and can be used to grow extraordinary plants, but due to the chaos of the elements, the wasteland is also in chaos.

In order to make perfect use of these lands, a lot of manpower and material resources will be needed for adjustments.

Of course, if you don't plan to use it perfectly, it is also quite good to use it as ordinary farmland. The only problem is that due to the complex internal composition, it will definitely have a good harvest after planting, but it is hard to say what the harvest will be.

However, if there is no technology, this simple planting is also beneficial to the wasteland. The crops planted can harmonize the elements of the wasteland. If planted for several years or even decades, the wasteland can be harmonized into truly fertile land.

As I recall, the powerful agriculture of the Blade Edge was built on the vast fertile land in the buffer zone.

Although these wastelands are extremely valuable, the committee does not have the extra manpower and material resources to reclaim the wastelands here. There are also large amounts of high-value land within the committee that have not yet been reclaimed.

Therefore, although the chaotic elements have been pacified, most of the wasteland can only be fenced off and developed slowly later.

Roland raised his head and looked in the direction of the Northern Kingdom. Deeper in the buffer zone, an elemental storm led by Roland was slowly forming. According to Roland's deduction, this elemental storm will erupt in a month.

If nothing unexpected happens, this elemental storm will form deep in the buffer zone and move from north to south, sweeping the chaotic elements in the northern buffer zone southward. Then, Roland will be able to clean it up in one go.

If everything goes well, once Roland clears the elemental storm, the buffer zone between the committee and the Northern Kingdom will be able to return to normal.

When Roland was looking at the buffer zone, a wind knight also walked up to the city wall and came in front of Roland. He quickly walked to Roland's side and whispered.

"Chairman, everything is ready."

"Well, I see."

Roland nodded, indicating that he understood.

Then he turned and looked at the committee.

Compared to the barren buffer zone, the situation on the committee's side seemed more vibrant. Looking around, Roland could see countless traces of human activities.

Rows of stone roads connect all directions, and next to the stone roads are cultivated farmlands.

Further away, Roland could see the shadows of several towns in the distance.

Roland lowered his head and looked at the open space not far below the border wall.

Dozens of Wind Knights were standing in the open space below, ready for battle. Beside them, nearly a hundred workers were resting next to a pile of supplies and waiting.

Roland stretched out his senses and confirmed that there was no sign of life near the border wall below. Then magic power surged out of his body and, under Roland's operation, quickly flowed into the border wall under his feet.

With the influx of magic power, a large magic circle emerged on the border wall.

Roland operated the magic circle and began to reprocess the border wall.

Under Roland's delicate manipulation, the mark left by the knight on the border wall covered by the magic circle began to slowly shift.

As the knight's mark began to transfer, this section of the border wall also began to release powerful waves in all directions.

However, the committee was well prepared. After the wave was released, the committee's spellcasters quickly cast spells at a distance, and a barrier was formed to block the wave.

Due to the obstruction of the spellcasters, these fluctuations did not cause any harm.

The fluctuations lasted for nearly ten minutes, until Roland transferred all the knight marks away, and the border wall stopped releasing fluctuations.

After transferring all the knight marks in the area covered by the magic circle, Roland also controlled the magic circle, exerting a little force.

Then, the border wall covered by the magic circle was cut off and removed from the border wall under the push of Roland's magic.

After opening a new gate on the border wall, Roland also sorted out the situation of the border gate briefly before finally retracting his magic power.

"Let's act according to the plan."

After Roland said this, he teleported away.

"Yes."

The Wind Knight at the side responded, facing the place where Roland disappeared.

And below, after seeing Roland on the wall disappear, the wind knights on the open space quickly poured out from the new gate that Roland had opened. Except for a few wind knights who stayed behind to be responsible for the safety of the workers, the remaining wind knights went directly into the wasteland and began to investigate and eliminate possible dangers in the wasteland.

Behind the Wind Knight, the workers also pushed carts of supplies out of the border wall. A small number of workers were working on the hole that Roland had opened in the border wall, preparing to build a new gate, while the rest of the workers began to reclaim the wasteland and build residential areas.

After the workers, it was the spellcasters. As Donnar people, even as spellcasters, their physical fitness was much stronger than that of spellcasters of the same level in Sinnar.

Therefore, each of them carried a staff or a magic book and ran out of the border wall in an orderly and quick manner like infantrymen.

After leaving the border wall, these spellcasters began to work on the vast wasteland next to the residential area built by the workers.

Although the committee will not develop or utilize most of the wasteland in the buffer zone, this piece of wasteland is special.

Since Roland was planning to take advantage of the civil war in the Northern Kingdom to absorb refugees from the North, he naturally had to make preparations in advance. In addition to quelling the chaotic elements in the buffer zone, he also had to develop it a little.

It would be more convenient to build some residential areas and store some food in advance than to transport it from the committee when the time comes.

Therefore, the Committee planned to develop the wasteland between the Committee and the Northern Kingdom in advance.

While the wind knights, spellcasters and workers were doing their respective jobs, Roland also teleported from the border wall to the strange machinery industrial zone inside the committee.

The committee's odd-machine industry was established based on the voluntary surrender of the dwarf autonomous region where Siqi was located. Since the number of dwarf odd-machine masters in an autonomous region was limited, the development of the committee's odd-machine industry was restricted.

Even though the committee had given the dwarf artificers a large number of apprentices, and Roland had provided them with various advanced artifice theories, as well as a huge amount of material support from the committee, up to now, the war committee had only one artifice industrial zone. Moreover, due to the war preparedness plan, this one artifice industrial zone was dominated by military artifices, and although ordinary artifices could be produced, the output was still very limited.

During the war preparedness planning period, the strange equipment industrial zone, which mainly produces strange military equipment, is naturally of great significance. The large number of strange military equipment it produces is one of the important conditions for supporting the War Committee to fight against the Green Tide.

However, after the War Committee shifted to peaceful development and construction, the role of the Military Special Equipment Industrial Zone became relatively limited.

However, although the effect is not that great, Roland has no intention of converting the military odd equipment industrial zone into a civilian odd equipment industrial zone.

The military industry certainly cannot be reduced in size.

As for the committee's lack of civilian wonder equipment, Roland planned to build a new wonder equipment industrial zone.

After several years of training, the first batch of dwarf artificers who joined the committee have already trained several batches of low-level artificers, who have given the committee the confidence to build a new artificer industrial zone.

In addition, due to the reputation of the War Council, the Archipelago Dwarves also took the initiative to contact the War Council. Under Siqi's persuasion, the Archipelago Dwarves made a decision to transfer several dwarves from the autonomous regions to Donnar and join the War Council.

The addition of these dominions also allowed the War Council to have more mature artificer masters.

With the committee's first batch of dwarf artificers as the main body, newly trained low-level artificers and these newly joined mature artificers, the War Committee already has sufficient manpower to expand the artifice industry.

In fact, Roland came here to confirm the expansion plan of the Qiji Industrial Zone.

Due to safety concerns in the Qiji Industrial Zone, any space teleportation is prohibited inside the zone, even for Roland. Therefore, Roland only teleported to the entrance of the Qiji Industrial Zone.

After taking out his ID and confirming his identity with the fanatical guards, Roland entered the Strange Machinery Industrial Zone.

Roland had just taken a few steps in the industrial area when a dwarf machinist hurried over to him.

"Master of Magical Machinery, Siming, greets the Chairman!"

The dwarf mechanic who ran up to Roland was obviously a little nervous after seeing Roland. He stood straight in front of Roland, saluted very seriously, and spoke loudly.

Looking at the dwarf in front of him, Roland smiled slightly, waved his hand and said.

"Good afternoon, Siming. Don't be so restrained. I'm here to see Siqi."

"Yes!"

Although Roland's attitude was gentle, Siming was still a little nervous. After responding, he took the initiative to act as a guide and took Roland deep into the industrial area.

After all, the Qiji Industrial Zone had undergone several expansions. Even though Roland was more concerned about the situation here, he was not particularly clear about the complex internal structure of the Qiji Industrial Zone.

If Roland walked alone, he might get lost, so he still needed guidance.

As Roland followed Siming deeper, he also started chatting with him casually.

Faced with Roland's initiative to talk, Siming was a little nervous at first, but under Roland's gentle attitude, Siming gradually relaxed, really relaxed, and started chatting with Roland.

Based on casual conversations with him, Roland also knew about Siming's situation.

He is currently a third-ring machinist, one of the seven machinists responsible for the overall maintenance of the military machinist production line. He got married three years ago and now has a child. He has a happy family and a smooth career.

During his conversation, Siming was full of gratitude and admiration for Roland and the committee. When talking about their previous life in the islands, Siming almost couldn't control his emotions about their life in the committee.

After listening to Siming's story, Roland also asked him about his views on the committee's current policies.

Siming generally praised the committee's policies, but he also felt that some of them were a bit too radical, such as compulsory education.

As machinists, they are much more sensitive to data than other extraordinary people. Therefore, Siming only needs to do a quick calculation to know how exaggerated the cost of compulsory education is.

As a Sima Ming who was used to living a hard life, he still thought it was too wasteful and there was no need to be so radical.

In addition, Sima Ming also complained about some problems within the committee’s industrial zones.

Especially the issue of food. Siming and Roland complained about how outrageous the food in the industrial zone was.

Although Siming, as a dwarf, was not particularly picky about food, and pancakes were indeed delicious, but it was still a bit unbearable to eat the same kind of pancakes every day.

For two years in a row, the cafeteria has only offered one kind of pancake that can only be eaten dry. They are not even willing to boil some water and make pancake soup to change the taste.

Moreover, the cafeteria prohibits taking pancakes out and they can only eat them in the cafeteria, so they can't even take the pancakes back to the dormitory and simply eat them.

In desperation, they could only run to other towns during their rest time and spend their own money to find something else to eat.

Siming complained that there were so many flavors of pancakes, but the cafeteria never changed them and only had one kind. The dwarves and goblins were okay and could barely accept it, but other races couldn't stand it at all and chose to eat outside.

"So, who is in charge of your cafeteria?"

Roland asked.

Siming thought about it and replied.

"I really don't know about this. I heard that it seems to be registered under Siqi's name."

"I see."

Roland nodded and continued.

"Okay, I know the way back now. Thank you for your hard work. Let's go back."

"Ah."

Siming blinked, nodded reluctantly, and said.

"Chairman, I wish you all the best."

"Si Ming, I wish you all the best."

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